t o t z s v i s a i á V H H V Q 3 0 WS 3 A V L S I Z 6fr0t7 W 1I10H 3IW 39V L IH 3H aaxiw ************ * * * * * * * * ongnorns defeat UTSA Roadrunners 58-37 % § »SP0RTS PAGE IB T h e Da ily T exan Serving The University of Texas at Austin community since 1900 Tuesday, November 13, 2007 www.dailytexanonline.com Th e r o a d l e s s t r a v e l e d S tu d e n t G o v e rn m e n t rep rese ntative K e sh a v R aja go p a la n , a Plan II a n d c o m m u n ic a tio n stu d ie s se n io r sp e a k s at the Faculty C o u n c il m e e tin g a b o u t issu e s related to p lu s/m in u s g r a d in g . Tina H ogu e | Daily Texan Staff Plus/minus grading scale details noted Faculty Council proposal specified at meeting, could be implemented as early as fall 2009 By Kiah Collier Daily Texan Staff A plus/m inus grading propos­ al presented at M onday's Facul­ ty Council meeting outlined im­ plementation specifics for the con­ troversial new grading scale set to take effect in fall 2009. In April, the council's Educa­ tional Policy Committee proposed that the undergraduate grading scale be changed to mirror the graduate grading scale, which as­ signs minus and plus values to let­ ter grades. University President William Powers approved the pro­ posal in June. mittee, presented the 15-item mo­ tion, which will be voted on at the council's December meeting. If the grading scale does not take effect in the fall 2009 semester, it will take effect at the beginning of the'next academic year, or fall 2010, according to the proposal. If the proposal is passed at the coun­ cil's December meeting, Lawler said the 2009 date for implementa­ tion will be almost certain. The proposed im p lem en ta­ tion date depends on the Office of the Registrar making neces­ sary changes to accommodate the Desmond Lawler, chair of com­ GRADES continues on page 2A The Plus/Minus Grading Implementation Proposal: This proposal that will be voted on at the Dec. 10 Faculty Council meet­ ing includes the following: • Course catalog references that require a C, B or A or better as a prerequisite to take certain courses should be changed to C- or better, B- or better or A- or better. • The new grading scale will not change minimum GPA require­ ments for scholastic probation (a 2.0), academic dismissal, gradua­ tion, continuation in certain pro­ grams and access to courses based on performance in a previous course. • New grading system will take effect in fall 2009 and will be ap­ plied University-wide •If the new grading system goes into effect in fall 2009, references in the 2008-2010 catalog to grades of C, B or A will be interpreted to in­ clude associated (plus and) minus grades for the sake of satisfying pre­ requisite or degree requirements. • If the system does not take ef­ fect in fall 2009, it will at the start of the following academic year, 2010 • In the 2010-2012 course catalog, references to specific grades for academic requirements will be changed to the associated minus, unless an academic unit specifies otherwise. • Grades received before the grading system takes effect will not be re-calcuated • Transfer student GPAs will not be recalculated if the school they are transferring from does not have a plus/minus grading sys­ tem • The grading system will be used for courses taken through in­ ternational exchange • AD- will be the minimum pass­ ing grade • Grading scale will apply to ex­ tension programs and will not be applied to credit received in place­ ment exams. Source: Educational Policy Committee's plus/minus grading proposal New scale for undergraduate grade points: A = 4.0 A- = 3.67 B+ = 3.33 B = 3.00 B- = 2.67 C+ = 2.33 C = 2.00 C- = 1.67 D+ = 1.33 D = 1.00 D- = .67 F = 0 INSIDE: A j o g g e r ex ercises o n the b a n k s o f L a d y Bird Lake M o n d a y a fte rn o o n . D e sp ite the c h a n g in g se ason s, te m p e ra tu re s h a ve re m ain e d w arm e n o u g h for A u stin ite s to still en jo y o u td o o r activities. Jeffrey M cW horter | Daily Texan Staff UT gains access to research vessel By Stephen Keller Daily Texan Staff The National Science Foundation launched its new seismic research vessel, available for use by UT and other universities in Galveston, on Monday. The 235-foot-long ship has been outfitted with computers, multi­ beam sonar and state of the art hy­ drophones that can stretch up to five miles. "It's the cou n try's most ad­ vanced seismic research vessel," said John Bird, spokesman for the Geology Foundation at the Jack­ son School of Geosciences. "They put off acoustic sounds under wa­ ter and depth charges and measure the sound wave responses to map the sea floor and the earth's crust. It's a premier ship for exploring the earth and understanding parts of the earth we still know very lit­ tle about." Bird said the boat's topographic research can produce other tangi­ ble returns. "The basic research done on a ship like this often produces discov­ eries that then help us find new oil and gas resources or new sources of energy like methane hydrates," he said. "There are all sorts of al­ ternative fuels that we leam about through this kind of research. Some people have heard about these deep ocean vents, where you find new forms of life. There are all sorts of things associated with the vents like learning about new chemicals that are used in pharmaceuticals." The new vessel, called the R /V Marcus G. Langseth, replaces the R /V Maurice Ewing, named after the founder of the UT Institute for Geophysics. In early 2008, UT scientists will board the vessel for its first scientif­ ic voyage. Researchers will explore an earthquake zone off the shore of Costa Rica. Due to the high cost of research vessels, the ship was purchased by the science foundation and ad­ ministered by the Lamont-Doherty Earth In stitu te at C olu m bia University. "They manage it and then lease out the vessel to geophysicists and marine researchers around the country," Bird said. "We used the last one more than any other university." Task force calls for youth commission reforms By Stephen Keller Daily Texan Staff Members of a task force con­ vened to evaluate the flailing Tex­ as Youth Commission's correction­ al facilities said on Monday that the organization must implement fur­ ther reforms to properly rehabili­ tate juvenile delinquents. Despite lauded efforts to fix the scandal-plagued commission, grim conditions continue to be reported in state-run facilities. In an October hearing, the com­ mission's independent ombuds­ man Will Harrell recommended the state close down its Victory Field facility in North Texas, citing deplorable conditions and graffiti- covered walls. The state had shut down a facility in Coke Coun­ ty a few weeks earlier for similar reasons. Lawmakers also balked at an August hearing about commission officials' decision to allow guards to use pepper spray instead of physi­ cal force in restraining disobedient youth. A local activist joined three task force members in the Texas Union's Eastwoods Room on Monday for a discussion on how the commis­ sion can improve its dealings with youth offenders. Task force chairm an David Springer, UT associate dean for academic affairs and social work TYC continues on page 2A D a v id iringer, isociate D e a n r A ca d e m ic fairs,spe ak s a p an el e e tin g to dis- iss p ro p o se d la n ge s to the x a s Youth >m m ission at e Texas U n io n \ M o n d a y te rn o o n as Mow p an elist a n G arcia te n s on. Stephen Durda Daily Texan Staff TYC /the Numbers percen t o f th o se in ju v e n ile corre ction facilitie s w h o are n o n -v io le n t o ffe n d e rs ■? V#V/ c o st p er year to in ca r­ cerate o n e ch ild p erce n t o f ju v e n ile s in Texas y o u th corre ction cen ters w h o w ill return Orange Santa promotes good will, affordable Christmas By Katie Flores Daily Texan Staff hristmas season is mak- lf apparent on the U T with gift-wrapped bar- arious buildings promot- i will toward fellow Aus- ge Santa started its an­ nual cam paign Monday to col­ lect toys for faculty, staff and stu­ dents who can't afford Christmas gifts for their children. "That's the joy of Christmas, is making sure kids get what they w ant," said Pat Masson, an ad­ ministrative assistant in the Col­ lege of Pharmacy. M asson has already d o n at­ ed Hot W heels toy cars to the school's fourth-floor barrel. Her toys joined a baby rattler and a toddler learning toy donated by another faculty member. Janet Larsen, an administrative associate in the College of**Phar- macy, has sent e-mails to the stu­ dents in the school but said in her experience it is mostly staff who donate toys to Orange Santa. "It's here for them to use, but I don't think the word gets out," Larson said. O range Santa began in 1994. GIFTS continues on page 2A SENIORS NAMED AMONG TOP 12 FINALISTS FOR CHIP0TLE AD CONTEST Advertising students Zach Vernon and Suzy Elizondo look to Noah's Ark, foil for inspiration » S E E P A G E S A F O R M O R E I n d e x 5A V o l u m e 108, Number 48 Opinion.......................... 4A University..............................6A Focus.................. World&Nation __3A News. 7A Sports............. ....... 1-4B __________5B Classifieds Comics................... 6B Life&ArtS-.............. 7-8B 25 cents TO M O R R O W 'S W EATH Ef We're digesting burritos. H igh 88 Low 58 TUESDAY, N O V E M B E R 13 ,2 0 0 7 Tuition and fee bills for the spring semester dis­ tributed to students electronically. Notice is sent to the e-mail address on the student's record. PAUL KRUGMAN OF THE NEW YORK TIMES, 7 p.m., UTC 2.102. The New York Times colum­ nist and Princeton professor will talk about his new book "The Con­ science of a Liberal" w ith com­ ments from James K. Galbraith of the LBJ Schcxil. LATIN IMPRESSIONS JAZZ ORCHESTRA, 6 p.m., Bates Recit­ al Hall. An 18-piece ensemble com­ prised primarily of graduate music students. The concert will feature entirely original compositions and some of the best Latin jazz around Austin. Admission is free and open to the public. GIVE WHAT YOU CAN, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Etter-Harbin Alum­ ni Center. The Texas Exes Student t hapter will be hosting the Blood and Tissue Center for blood dona­ tions, Capital Area Food Bank for canned goods and Texas Organ Sharing Alliance to sign up organ donors. "FROM DRACULA TO HEDY I .AMARR," 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., ACES Avaya Auditorium. Ira Flatow of NPR's "Talk of the N ation" will give a free talk about how scien­ tists, artists and others discover .and develop their creativity. ROUNDTABLE ON INTERNAL­ IZED RACISM, 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., Jester West H uman Development Center. Presented by the Diversity Education Institute and Division of Housing and Food Sendee. DIABETES AWARENESS WEEK: CARIBBEAN FITNESS, 7 p.m., Anna Hiss Gym. A motivational and fun aerobics class that will help you bum calories (especially around your waist line) and get toned-up as you groove to the rhythms and beats of the Caribbean. SAM GWYNNE OF TEXAS MONTHLY, 7 p.m., BUR 220. The Society of Professional Journal­ ists presents the executive editor of Texas Monthly and former bureau chief of Time magazine. PRSSA, 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., BUR 224. 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Financial com pensation is provided upon study completion and the surgery is performed at no cost. For information, call 462-0492 PPD eT wo T iif, D a i l y T e x a n TODAY'S W EATHER High & Low 8 6 -lÉ K m 6 5 GRADES: Plus/minus scale won’t change academic requirements From p a g e l A g rad in g scale. W hen im plem ent­ ed, the g ra d in g scale w ill begin on d ay o n e of th a t sem ester and apply to any g rad e s received af­ ter that date. Prev ious grades will not be re-calculated using the new grading scale. "[The g ra d in g scale] c a n 't be a p p lie d re tro a c tiv e ly ," L aw ler said, ad d in g th at it w ould not be p lau sib le for facu lty to go back and assign pluses and m inuses to all the grades they have ever giv­ en out. The proposal sets the standard for a m inim um passing grade at a D-, or .67 grade points. The proposal also sets the de­ fault for m inim um grade require­ m ents as specified in the course c a ta lo g to C-, B- a n d A-. The roughly 1,200 classes that require a C or better in a previous course w ill require a C-, unless the aca­ dem ic u n it o fferin g th a t course specifies otherw ise. L aw ler ex p lain ed the "a p p a r­ en t disconnect" betw een the val­ ue of a C and C-, w hich falls be­ low th e m in im u m 2.0 GPA re­ q uired for g rad u atio n , by p o in t­ ing o u t th at not every class has a m inim um grade requirem ent. "Ill tlie new7 scale, if w e say that a C- is an acceptable g ra d e as a p re re q u is ite — an d th a t tr a n s ­ lates to a value of that class as 1.67 [grade points] — then th e re 's the possibility that you can be passed on to fu tu re classes b u t still end u p w ith a GPA th at w ill get you on p ro b atio n and not b ein g able to graduate," Lawler said. "T he assum ption is th at som e­ bo d y w ill m ake the sam e GPA in the n ew system b etw een C- and C+ th a t they m ake now betw een a C and D. If the current rule says you have to have a C or b etter in such class, the b ottom p erso n in th at cu rren t C is likely to en d up w ith a C- in the new scale. If that level of perform ance is acceptable today, it will be acceptable tom or­ row," he added. L aw ler said that since the grade requirem ent is done on a class-by- class basis, the m in im u m g rad e sh o u ld n ot have to correspond to the m inim um 2.0, assum ing that a stu d e n t's GPA is calculated w ith a m u ch larger n u m b e r of classes an d the stu d e n t p resu m ab ly will not m ake a C- in every class. If the scale takes effect o n the date set in the proposal, it w ill be out of sync w ith the course1 catalog, w hich is prin ted every tw o years and specifies m inim um g ra d e re­ quirem ents. Lawler said th at aca­ dem ic departm ents will probably n o t h av e tim e to go th ro u g h the norm al process of changing m in ­ im um g rad e requirem ents for in­ d iv id u al courses before th e 2008 catalog is prin ted , so the p ro p o s­ al says th at the default m in u s on the g rad e requirem ent will be as­ sum ed. "T h e c a ta lo g is g o in g to be printed w ith rules in effect a t the tim e," L aw ler said. "W h a t th is says is th a t for the 2009-2010 ac­ adem ic year, all the things th at in the catalo g says C or b e tte r are still going to say that, so w e're go­ ing to accept C- as the equivalent of a current C. So, in other w ords, no change." The proposal also says th a t the grading scale should be ap p lied to transfer students w ho are com ing from a u n iv ersity w ith a sim ilar g rading scale, as w ell as to class­ es taken d u rin g stu d y abroad and distance educafion courses. "The idea here is that w e d o n 't w an t to ch an g e the academ ic re­ q uirem ents; th at w as not p a rt of the ex p ectatio n of ch an g in g the grading scale," Law ler said at the council m eeting. A p ro p o sal for a sym bolic A+ provision, as proposed by the Sen­ ate of College Councils, is p e n d ­ ing. The Faculty C ouncil will vote on the p ro v isio n a t a later d ate, Lawler said. If passed, professors will have th e o p tio n of assigning an A+ to stu d e n ts w h o receive a p articu larly h igh A or w h o are clearly b e tte r p e rfo rm in g th a n other students. The A+ will not af­ fect GPAs b u t will ap p ear on tran­ scripts. Law ler said th a t this d o es n ot m ake the g ra d in g process m ore subjective o r susceptible to favor­ itism. "Faculty som etim e really sw eat over when* they're going to d raw the line b etw e en an A and a B," L aw ler sa id . " N o w th at line is going to b e b etw een an A- an d a B+, w hich w ill be w orth .34 grade points rath e r th an 1 g rad e point, I think it w ill be a little bit easier for the faculty to m ake th at deci­ sion an d , as a resu lt, w ill be less subjective." GIFTS: University lends helping hand during holiday season From page 1A Steve P arks, d irec to r of p ro d u c ­ tio n for th e O ffice of R elatio n ­ sh ip M an ag em en t and U niversi­ ty E vents, said th a t he believed faculty initiated th e project w hen th e y rea lize d th e ir c o -w o rk e rs could u se the fjelp. Toys are accep ted for children of all ag es, from in fan ts to teen­ agers. A list of s u g g e ste d gifts c a n be fo u n d o n th e c h a r ity 's Web site. Faculty, staff a n d stu d en ts can apply to shop a t th e O range San­ ta sto re in w h ic h u n w ra p p e d to y s a re se t u p a n d s h o p p e rs can go a ro u n d an d pick o u t tw o to y s fo r each child as w ell as a sm all stocking-stuffer. A n y s tu ­ d en t, faculty o r staff m e m b er a t the U niversity w h o is th e p are n t or g u ard ia n of a child 17 years o r y o u n g er can apply. Incom e is n o t checked d u rin g the process. T he a p p lic a n ts m u s t re g iste r for tim e slots to go an d sh o p , an d each sh o p p e r follow s their sch ed ­ u led block a p p o in tm e n t so there a re n o t too m a n y p e o p le s h o p ­ p in g a t once. The holiday gift store is located in B ellm ont H all, next to D arrell K R oyal-Texas M e m o rial S ta d i­ um . S hoppers w ill h ave a chance to get gifts from Dec. 8 to Dec. 11. O ran g e Santa helped 400 fam i­ lies, including 1,500 children last year. N o t only does the p ro g ra m give each child a gift, b u t it also gives each fam ily a gam e to play. The UT Police D ep artm en t also don ates bicycles to events, giv in g 200 bicycles last year. The School of M usic w ill p re s­ en t "Songs of the Season," a holi­ d ay sing-along on the w est step s of th e M ain Building th a t m a rk s the en d of the d o n ation d riv e for the 2007 O range Santa p ro g ram . U T a th le tic s w ill e x c h a n g e tickets a t three ev en ts for a n u n ­ w ra p p e d gift. The events in clu d e th e w o m e n 's v o lle y b a ll g a m e against K ansas S tate on Nov. 24, th e w o m e n 's b a s k e tb a ll g a m e against U T -A rlington on Nov. 29 a n d the m e n 's b ask etb a ll g am e against N o rth Texas on Dec. 5. The to y d riv e w ill la st u n til Dec. 7. The ch arity 's Web site has various locations w h ere stu d en ts can d ro p o ff th e ir u n w ra p p e d toys. John G arza, a g u a rd at o n e of the UT p ark in g stations, received a board g am e a n d som e M y Lit­ tle Pony to y s from a s tu d e n t on M onday m o rning. "We g e t a real g o o d resp o n se every year," G arza said. TYC: Task force members say rehabilitation should be priority From p a g e l A professor, said the group w as cre­ ated after recent abuse scandals to develop the ideal treatm en t and health care system at com mission facilities, b u t w idened its aim to in­ clude forming the ideal juvenile jus­ tice system in Texas. It consisted of about tw o dozen national and local experts in juvenile justice, educa­ tion, probation an d parole, Spring­ er said. "I w o u ld lik e to see a g re a t­ e r p rio rity p la ce d on tre a tm e n t Care with compassion Appointments available within 24 brs 444-1811 • 4316 James Casey Bldg. F, SH 200 Souhail Asfouri, M.D. cenitied Vy the American Bo,mi £r"%¡¡ www.austinswobgyn.com a n d e d u c a tio n o v e r p u n iti v e m e a s u re s th a t a re b e in g u s e d , su ch a s p e p p e r spray," S p rin g er said. "T here are som e im p o rta n t ch a n g es th at h ave been m a d e at TYC, b u t I think m ore rem ain s to b e d o n e." It costs the state nearly $60,000 to incarcerate one child p er year, said Juan Sanchez, task force m em ­ ber and president of the Southw est Key Program. Sanchez said that 67 percent of those incarcerated in Texas ju v e­ nile correctional facilities are nonvi­ olent offenders. The panel suggest­ ed th at those w h o do n o t pose a risk to themselves or others should be treated through com m unity in­ volvem ent rather than a trip to a lock-up facility. 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The task force will present its Sep­ tember report to the H um an Rights Commission at Austin City Hall on Monday. The group hosted a two- day sum m it in the Texas Union last May to hash out ideas and generate the basis for the report. S o m e s t u d e n t s in a t t e n ­ dance said they found the p an el inform ational "I th o u g h t it w as a really good exam ple of the academic co m m u ­ nity making concrete policy recom­ m endations, which is really the in­ terface betw een scholars and poli­ cymakers," said public affairs g rad ­ uate student Laura Martin. M artin said she d isapproves of the cu rren t state of y outh correc­ tional facilities in Texas. "I th in k it's p retty appalling," M artin said. "It is really frightening to m e to think that this is how cit­ izens of this country and children and young people in our com m u­ nity are treated. I think it's adm ira­ ble that there are efforts being m ade to reform the system, and 1 think it is im portant that w e need to contin­ ue advocacy." S p rin g e r sa id h e h o p e s th a t state lead ers take a serious look at the rep o rt an d im p lem en t the recom m endations th at they deem feasible. "I think there are a lot o f d ed i­ cated staff at TYC on the front lines trying to provide treatm ent, trying to educate the youth, but they are doing so in a system that is under­ staffed and underfunded," Spring­ er said. "T here n ee d s to be com ­ mitment by the public and by state leaders to truly reform the system if w e w ant o u r com m unities to be safer and o u r youth to be truly re­ habilitated. They need treatm ent, they need education and they need good health care." Our LSAT instructors now have even bigger scores. 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Hadi Mizban Associated Press 3A Tuesday, November 13, 2007 WORLD BRIEFLY H a m a s police kill 7 as th e y disperse large Fa ta h rally GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — A rally of more than 250,000 Fatah supporters ended in mayhem Monday with Hamas police opening fire and protesters hurl­ ing rocks or mnning for cover. Seven civilians were killed and dozens were wounded in the vi­ olence between Palestinian fac­ tions. The demonstration in a Gaza City square, marking the Nov. 11, 2004, death of iconic Pal­ estinian leader Yasser Arafat, posed the strongest challenge to Hamas rule in Gaza since the Is­ lamic militant group seized the impoverished territory by force in June. B h u tto p u t on house arrest in lieu o f p lan n e d protest LAHORE, Pakistan — Oppo­ sition leader Benazir Bhutto was placed under house arrest for the second time in four days to prevent her staging a march on Tuesday to protest emergency rule, police said. A close aide to the former prime minister said she would try to lead the 185- mile procession anyway. The showdown intensi­ fied the political crisis engulf­ ing Pakistan and further cloud­ ed the prospect of a pro-U.S. al­ liance against rising Islamic ex­ tremism forming between Bhut­ to and President Gen. Pervez Musharraf. Saudi prince b u yin g private 'flyin g p a la c e 'je t, says Airbus DUBAI, United Arab Emir­ ates — In the annals of excess, it could be a new high: a more than $300 million, super-sized luxury airplane, bought and outfitted solely for the private comfort of a Saudi Arabian bil- 1 lonaire. Once done, the Airbus A380, the world's biggest passenger plane, will be a "flying palace" for Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, the manufacturer announced Monday. Compiled from Associated Press reports U.S. troop cuts begin in Iraq By Robert Burns The Associated Press WASHINGTON — The first big test of security gains linked to the U.S. troop buildup in Iraq is at hand. The military has started to re­ verse the 30,000-strong troop in­ crease, and commanders are hop­ ing the drop in insurgent and sec­ tarian violence in recent months won't prove fleeting. The current total of 20 com ­ bat b rig a d es is sh rin k in g to 19 as th e 3rd B rig a d e , 1 st Cavalry Division, operating in vol­ atile Diyala province, leaves. The U.S. command in Baghdad an­ nounced on Saturday that the bri­ gade had begun heading home to Fort Hood, Texas, and that its bat­ tle space will be taken by another brigade already operating in Iraq Between January and July, the force is to shrink further to 15 bri­ gades. The total number of U.S. troops will likely go from 167,000 now to 140,000-145,000 by July, six months before President Bush leaves office and a new com ­ mander in chief enters the White House. As the U.S. troop reductions proceed, it should become clear w hether the so-called "su rge" strategy that increased the U.S. troop presence in and around Baghdad resulted in any lasting gains against sectarianism. The acceleration of the U.S. mis­ sion away from direct combat to more of a support role will put greater pressure on Iraqi securi­ ty forces to bear more of the load. And it will test the durability of new U.S. alliances with neighbor­ hood watch groups springing up with surprising speed. Finnish school shooter linked to Pennsylvania teen Two students met on YouTube, discussed Columbine massacre, exchanged videos tember about video games and the 1999 Columbine massacre in Colorado and exchanging videos they found on the Internet. and likely chatted on certain Web sites, he said. The two met through the You­ Tube video-sharing site, Farrell said. They also exchanged posts on a Web site dedicated to the Columbine killers, traded e-mail Auvinen killed six students, a nurse and the principal Wednes­ day in Tuusula, about 30 m iles north of the Finnish capital, Hel­ sinki. He then shot himself in the head and died hours later at a hospital. By Patrick Walters The Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — A teenag­ er who admitted plotting a school attack near P h ilad elp h ia had c o m m u n i c a t ­ ed online about the C olum bine m a ssa cre w ith a teen ag e o u t­ cast who killed eight people and himself in a high s c h o o l s h o o t­ ing in Finland, th e P e n n s y l ­ v a n ia b o y 's a tt o r n e y s a id Monday. Dillon Cossey, online friend But the teen was "h orrified " w hen he found out about the Finnish attack and said he never would have suspected him of fol­ lowing through with a violent act, the attorney said. Finnish police said m aterial seized from the computer of Pe- kka-Eric Auvinen suggests that the 18-year-old had com­ municated online with Dillon Cossey, 14, who was arrest­ ed in October on suspicion of preparing an attack at Plym­ outh Whitemarsh High School in suburban Philadelphia. The attack never took place. Cossey's attorney, J. David Farrell, said that he showed Auvinen's online screen name to the Pennsylvania boy Mon­ day and that his client remem­ bered communicating with the Finnish teen in August or Sep­ Get Ripped Before Class The Perfect Pushup’s unique rotating handles will maximize strength and definition in your arms, shoulders, chest, back and abs. Includes workout chart, with easy-to-follow, two-minute drills. Invented by a Navy SEAL. W ire Editor: Megan Wintersteen www. da i I ytexa nonline.com University presidents garner big pay raises, benefits By Justin Pope The Associated Press College presidents are getting healthy raises, and a dozen at pri­ vate universities earn $1 million or more including benefits, accord­ ing to a new survey published Monday. Salaries at public universities re­ main a tier lower but also are on the rise, with eight presidents earn­ ing $700,000 or more last year, six more than the year before, accord­ ing to the annual survey by the Chronicle of Higher Education. Presidential salaries are facing closer scrutiny at a time when col­ lege prices continue to rise well above the rate of inflation. The survey reports salaries from p rivate colleges for 2005-2006, the latest year for which they are available. Figures for public col­ leges are for 2006-2007. O f the 12 presidents earning $1 million or more, only three con­ tinue to lead their institutions. Richard Freeland, who stepped down in August 2006 at N orth­ eastern University, was id en ti­ fied as the highest-paid p resi­ dent, with $2,887,775 in total com­ pensation, including $2,373,285 in benefits. James P. Gallagher, who stepped down at Philadelphia University, had $2,557,219 in total compensation. F reelan d 's com pensation in ­ cluded the present value of a long­ term annuity for retirement, and G a lla g h e r's included deferred com pensation that accrued over five years. Presidents who left their jobs during the recorded year were ranked separately. That list includ­ ed Benjamin Ladner, who received $4.3 million in pay and benefits in fiscal 2006 from American Univer­ sity. Ladner stepped down follow­ ing revelations of excessive per­ sonal spending of university mon­ ey, and most of his compensation came from severance and deferred payouts. 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I hope UT students can see through these unwarranted attacks and realize that accusations of this kind are only a way to distract people from our positive, conservative message. After all, labeling an entire group of people as hateful racists is certainly a great way to discredit them. Furthermore, I'm not exactly sure how our organization can be sexist if it is run by a woman, but maybe I'm miss­ ing something. Perhaps instead of attacking YCT in an opinion piece (for the second time this semester), Pace could approach me or another member with his concerns. For someone so obsessed with tolerance, I don't think that's too much to ask. It seems a little hypocritical to demand tolerance, and then proceed to bash a student organization just because its members don't hold the same beliefs as you. I guess an exception can be made for tolerance when it comes to describing conservatives. I do applaud Pace, however, for at least attending our standing-room only event even though he completely misrepresented some of D'Souza's statements. D'Souza's speech on this campus was a huge success, and I want to thank everyone w ho attended for being respectful to Dinesh. For anyone who attended the event and is interested in joining YCT, our next meeting is Nov. 15 at 7 p.m. in CBA 4.326. Liz Young Chairm an Young Conservatives o f Texas Government junior No trouble in the SAC I am greatly troubled by the Nov. 9 Viewpoint, "What's in the SAC?" In it the Texan criticizes the addition of a Liberal Arts building to the East Mall, a separate project that will be connected physically with the student- approved Student Activity Center. The authors claim 'there may be existing space in campus buildings that can be renovated to meet the needs of Liberal Arts." Unfortunately, if the Texan had done its research by asking those involved in the development of a Liberal Arts building they would have discovered renovation is not a possible solution to the space crisis in the College of Liberal Arts. Liberal Arts currently has faculty who share offices. That's right, share offices. The Department of Asian Studies is wedged into the fourth floor of the WCH, a natural sciences building. As we stand, the col­ lege has no room to house new faculty, which makes increasing the stature of departments, such as history and English, which President Powers has identified as some of the University's most outstanding, a very difficult task. Additionally the new Liberal Arts building will include a Liberal Arts Student Center, a place liberal arts students can call home on campus, kind of a mix between the FAC and the McCombs School of Business atrium. Liberal Arts is the core of every UT student's education and without the space its ability to fulfill its basic mission is at risk. Bill Bacon President Liberal Arts Council Anthropology honors a n d history senior America can fall, part II In regard to "Can America Fall?" Nov. 7:1 would like to remind Daniel Earnest of a few other ideas hailed by our forefathers (many of w hom were deists, not Christians), like freedom of religion and separation of church and state. Need I remind him also that America is not a Christian nation and holds no national religion? Additionally, I have no doubt that our forefathers would be more than willing to question a war before diving headlong into it and dying for his (or her) country. One is not unpatriotic for choosing one's battles, and a life is a terribly valuable thing to lose in a war only because it is your country fighting it. If the people are uninspired, maybe one should be ask­ ing why there is such a lack of so-called "patriotism" today, though I suspect that Mr. Earnest would be more than willing to blame this on Hollywood movies as well. Robin Schindler Anthropology junior America can fall, part III In response to "Can America Fall?" Nov. 7: While I don't wholly disagree with Daniel Earnest's views on the United States' self-undermining acts, I am saddened by his exam­ ples and applications of patriotism, morality and spiritual­ ity. A patriot is not defined by willingness to fight, but rather by support of national interests, which may or may not include war. It is obvious to me that our patriotism is only as certain as the direction of our national interests, which are currently in significant flux both on the home front and abroad. Frankly, I would be worried if we didn't all occasionally examine our support for our nation, as a patriot who follows blindly may be the worst patriot of all. As for morality and spirituality, I suppose I can't be surprised by Earnest's direct association of these topics with Christianity. Realistically, religious affiliations provide a significant source of personal moral fiber and feed the spiritual starvation of many. However, the implication that Christianity must act as the sole source of these is irresponsibly false. Millions in the United States meet their spiritual needs by heeding to words other than those of Christ. It might be wise for Earnest to cease measurement of spirituality by instances of governmental seculariza­ tion and focus instead on those ideals that charge the human spirit with compassion, teamwork and a zest for the uniqueness of life, regardless of their Christian nature. By strictly measuring spirituality and morality against tra­ ditional religious values (Christian ones, in this instance) Earnest also undermines the potential for religious groups to meet the needs of an ever-changing populace today and for the future. Despite Earnest's frustration with "even the smallest of minority opinions," which apparently detract from our national spirituality, he seems to have forgotten the minority religious group that first colonized what would become the United States. And should he continue on his same path, I fear he may become the minority he decries. Todd Carroll Civil engineering senior Defining the law Thank you for your story about my very difficult deci­ sion to leave the University of Texas after nearly 13 years ("Law professor leaves to direct Chicago law center," Nov. 7). I would like to correct one portion of the article. Your reporter wrote: "Leiter wrote that he is making the move to Chicago because he finds the University of Chicago Law School to be stronger than the UT School of Law." What I actually wrote is that one of the factors in my deci­ sion was "the excellence of the law school at Chicago, which is one of the two or three best in the U.S., and so one of a small handful that is probably stronger than UT's."The meaning of that, in context, is rather different than what you reported. Brian Leiter Hines H. Baker a n d Thelma Kelley Baker Chair in Law, Philosophy professor, an d director o f the law a n d philosophy program Looking to the future I am a baby boomer. Chris Jones raised an excellent point in his Nov. 9 column, "Are you the next (assistant) CEO?" His generation has indeed been saddled by mine with a huge financial burden. A great deal of this is the bill for Social Security and Medicare. Unfortunately, the architects of Social Security all died before they saw the financial disaster their scheme will bring to the U.S. But at the time (1930s), people loved the idea — who could object to the government stepping in to take care of the elderly? Had Mr. Jones'generation been alive at the time, I feel sure they too would have, in the main, condoned it. No generation since has reduced wholesale government expenditures for any given population segment. The fraud of Social Security aside, try, Mr. Jones, to find, say, 5 percent of your generation w ho will agree that Medicare should be abolished. Or find, say, even 1 percent who advocate abolishing government support for the arts, or welfare or (much closer to home) student loans and Pell grants. You see, it's all of a piece. If Mr. Jones' generation can successfully campaign to eliminate the Departments of Housing and Urban Development, Health and Human Services, Labor, Education, Commerce, Agriculture and Energy, future generations and I will revere them as sav­ iors of America. But if they can't conceive a nation free of these burdens and vote to continue them, they too will increase future generations'grievous problems. Alan McKendree UT staff, Nursing T h e D aily T ex a n Editor-in-Chief: Claire Harlin Phone: (512) 232-2212 E-mail: editor@dailytexanonline.com Associate Editors: Leah Finnegan Emily Watson Grant M anning An MRI into the minds of U.S. voters By Kat Snyder Daily Texan Colum nist Rem em ber the good old days when people would sur­ vey undecided voters over the phone? Now, they take them to the fMRI, or functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging, scanner. A study detailed by seven scien­ tists in an op-ed from The New York Times on Nov. 11 had swing v o te r s look at p h o t o s of the 2008 presidential candidates, then watch each candidate making a speech, and then look at the photos once more. The study's conclusions were based on the brain-imaging data as well as on more traditional paper question­ naires. This latest high-profile article on brain research, presented as insight into the minds of poten­ tial voters in the 2008 elections, fell flat on a few counts. The study gives no new insight into the minds of voters. Instead, it attempts to assimilate brain imaging data to the status quo media spin. For example, the article states: “Emotions about Hillary Clinton are mixed." That sentiment holds true for most politicians. The study em pha­ sizes that subjects had a very active anterior cingulate cortex, which activates when a per­ son must decide between two options, when looking at pic­ tures of Clinton. Ignoring the fact that researchers aren't that certain the anterior cingulate cortex really plays that role, all the scientists can really conclude is that people are making a deci­ sion about Clinton. The study also says created h asn 't that an Obama impression with swing voters because he was rated highly in the questionnaire but there was little brain activity in partici­ pants while they looked at his photo before seeing his speech. This conclusion seems consis­ tent with the media opinion that Obama isn't experienced enough in politics to present himself as an exceptional candidate. The scientists s h o u ld h a v e e x a m in e d further other possible explana­ tions of their data, rather than just picking up this unoriginal line of reasoning and reaching the same tired conclusion. This latest high-profile article on brain research, presented as insight into the minds of potential voters in the 2008 elec­ tions, fell flat on a few counts. The study gives no new insight into the minds of voters. to The scien tists' attem pt explain complex voting behav­ ior by measuring brain activ­ ity in areas implicated in fear, reward, disgust, empathy and decision-m aking. W hile they didn't state explicitly in the op­ ed how they measured interest or engagement in a politician, one can assume they used the measure of overall brain activ­ ity to conclude when subject* were engaged with a politician's photo or speech. The measures seem a bit too sim plistic tc reach the conclusions they have but they may have left out the details to reach out to laymen Perhaps they think that the gen­ eral population wants to know more about how people will vote in the elections, but I propose a better research program to ben­ efit the general population. Here's what we really need insight into — why people aren't upset about their rights being taken away from them. The original study showed pic­ tures of presidential candidates their follow ed by videos of speeches. Someone should run a study with a film of George W. Bush explaining how Habeas Corpus makes the terrorists win. What part of an American citi­ zen's brain is activated? Are the thoughts being driven by fear? Is anyone having to make a hard decision? Here's an even better idea: Run new A ttorney General Michael Mukasey through the fMRI scanner. Make him watch the Senate Judiciary committee ask him if waterboarding is tor­ ture. This may be the only way to find out his true opinion. Is his waffling answer driven by fear or by reward? Or is he jus! entirely unengaged by the ques­ tion? That would explain why he claims not to have though! about waterboarding enough tc give a proper answer. Snyder is a psychology graduate student. How to burn books without afire By Nick Staha Daily Texan Columnist There is perhaps no moment that offers more redemptive sat­ isfaction than discovering that a guilty indulgence is actually a good thing, like when the evening news reports that your favorite junk food might help to prevent cancer. Parisian literature professor and psychoanalyst Pierre Bayard serves up such a notion in “How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read." A best-seller in France, Bayard's book was released in English last month and got star treatment in Sunday's New York Times. For Bayard, who says he has only heard of Joyce's "Ulysses" and has only skimmed Homer's "Odyssey," talking about books he hasn't read is an essential part of his role as a literature professor. On a regular basis, he discusses the books he hasn't read with his students and colleagues In many respects, Bayard sees not reading a book as a better use of timé than reading it thoroughly. Bayard challenges readers to change their impressions of what is important about books. He begins his book with the reason­ able idea that the first element of reading is choosing simultane­ ously what to read and what not to read. After that, however, sensibil­ ity and the French professor walk different paths. He contends that all books have equal value, and the reader is better off in exhaustively seeking the totality of the "sys­ tem" of books, meaning the way books relate to one another. Only at the end of his book does Bayard reveal why all books have equal value. In the meantime, Bayard professes that the reader must be a "non-reader" and investigate the relationship among books rather than the contents of any one book, so as to find "perspective" of the whole. Cultural literacy, according to Bayard, is a matter of "orienta­ tion." Besides observing the cover of a book and checking out the table of contents, the primary way of finding relationships among books is to discuss them with others, whether or not they have read All books are equal because they are all equally meaningless. “The key, in the end," author Pierre Bayard says, “is to reveal to students what is truly essential: the world of their own creation." them. In doing this, Bayard says books are "mobile objects" that change meaning depending on the way they are formulated in con­ versation. Herein is the real significance of talking about books you haven't read: All books are equal because they are all equally meaningless. "The key, in the end," Bayard says, "is to reveal to students what is truly essential: the world of their own creation." This argument may be the first of its kind to appear in a "how to" book, but the underlying philosophy is that of dixtrinaire deconstruction, which can easily be traced back to Heidegger and Nietzsche. While tajk of creativity and "self-invention" can be inspir­ ing, it does little to describe the very profound consequences of such a concept. As Nietzsche explained in the 19th century, when nature disappears into the abyss of the subjective, no room remains for right and wrong, justice or truth. Nietzsche was a fierce critic of freedom, equality and democracy, and his views were a major influ­ ence on both the extreme right and left in the Weimar Republic and at least partly responsible for the rise of national socialism. Bayard's book is about more than reading books. It's about whether there's any such thing as knowledge at all. He says, "One sees how directly the discussion of a book leads us to a point where the notions of true and false ... lose much o their validity." But if each man is a "self-invention," one is hard-pressed to explain why Nietzsche's philosophy of the will to power is any less authoritative than a love of freedom and equal- ity, or why extremism is any less authoritative than moderation. As the late political philosopher Allan Bloom was fond of saying: "America is nihilism without the abyss." In America we take for granted that our beliefs are "self- evident." This is just the notion Bayard wishes to dispel. The argument behind Bayard's radical historicism is that books have no objective significance — metaphysically, this is compa­ rable to the power of burning a book in the physical sense. Books, as with education in general, serve to dispel our prejudices and opinions by seeking the truth, in order to address the fundamental questions of how to live the best possible life. By reading books (not all, only the most important ones) and reading them carefully to understand authors as they understood themselves, we dis­ cover that we know too little to be dogmatic and too much to be skeptical. And if the pursuit of wisdom is the highest form of liv­ ing, that is just right. Staha is a law student and former chairman of the Senate of College Councils. MOBILE ALERTS Opt In to Daily Texan news, sports, entertainment or opinion section alerts at www.dailytexanonline.com. Alerts are sent out dally at 9 a.m. and standard m essage rates apply. You will receive no adver­ tisements, your information will not be sold, and you can opt out anytime. SUBMIT A FIRING LINE Please e-m ail your Firing Lines firingline@ dailytexanonline. to com . Letters m ust be fewer than 300 w ords and sh o u ld include your m ajor and classification. The Texan reserves the right to edit all letters for brevity, clar­ ity and liability. 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The 30-second ad, titled "Natu­ ral Selection," features a foil Noah, ark and several normal and mutat­ ed chickens. In their commericial, Noah selects the chickens for the ark — a flour tortilla wrapped in foil. Once in the ark, Noah activates the flood, which consists of a storm of lettuce and black beans. Vernon came up with the idea after thinking about how Chipotle takes pride in selecting all-natural ingredients for its food. "I thought of Noah's Ark and his ultimate selection process," Vernon said. After establishing their direction, the two began to storyboard their commercial. Elizondo then made the props. The commercial is a stop anima­ tion short, meaning that it is a mov­ ie made out of a series of photo­ graphs. The objects change slight­ ly in each frame, giving the appear­ ance of motion. "I've always loved stop anima­ tion and never had the opportuni­ ty to try it out, so I was glad we got a chance to make our own short," Elizondo said in an e-mail. Some parts of the ad involved Go to umrw.youtube.com and search "UT Austin Natural Selection" to watch the ad. back-breaking work. "Bending in the same spot for the shoot to barely move Noah and the chicks around — my back didn't appreciate that," Elizondo said. After finishing the project, they turned it in to their instructor, ad­ vertising lecturer Sean Thompson. They perfected it after a couple of his suggestions. "We tried filming it with rice first, but it didn't show up with the background," Elizondo said. "Then we did only black beans, and my professor said it didn't look appe­ tizing enough with only beans." Chipotle allowed each school to pick two teams to submit up to three entries. UT sent two entries from two teams, and Vemon and Elizondo's commercial was chosen as one of the 12 finalists. The entire advertising portfolio class worked on the project. "It's exciting to see how far a wild, smart and strategic idea can go," Thompson said in an e-mail. "Zach and Suzy are great thinkers. They did a wonderful job expand­ ing their idea from a fun figment to a raw storyboard to a fully-realized stop motion piece that's reaching a national audience." Since people are allowed to com­ ment on videos posted on You­ Tube, the commercial has been get­ ting some negative feedback. Some claim that the ad resembles a Free- birds World Burrito ad. "Suzy and 1 have taken a no-re­ Advertising seniors Zach Vernon and Suzy Elizondo used a foil rendition of the Biblical Noah in their ad for Chipotle Mexican Grill. sponse policy to all the negative comments," Vemon said. "We're only answering the positive, legit­ imate questions." Elizondo agreed and admitted that the comments were somewhat discouraging. There are, however, far more positive comments, and she is thankful for all the support. Despite the bad feedback from some, winning the contest is im­ portant to them. 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I Hispanic leaders call for educational outreach Former San Antonio M ayor Henry Cisneros speaks at a lun­ cheon hosted by the Hispanic Scholarship Consortium Monday. He discussed the im portance of resources for the availability of higher education. Joe Buglewicz Daily Texan Staff By David Cabañero Daily Texan Staff Hispanic students have the support from 1oc.il community leaders to obtain a higher t ¡ . ai 11, members of the Hispanic Schol­ arship Consortium said Monday. The nonprofit organization called local Hispanic leaders to a scholarship luncheon M onday that addressed the importance of higher education opportunities for the His­ panic community. Form er m ayor of San Antonio, Henry Cisneros, joined the scholarship luncheon to show his support for providing scholas­ tic services to the community. D uring his keynote speech, C isneros said that because the Hispanic com muni­ ty is the fastest-growing population in the nation, it is imperative for cities to provide educational outreach to the community "In our community, there is still a large num ber of fam ilies who don't have the ambition to go to college because there is no experience in the parental guidance," he said. "We need to create w ays to raise the awareness and resources to make high­ er education possible." D ian a M a ld o n ad o , p re sid e n t of the Round Rock Independent School District and board member of the consortium, said schools need to integrate the higher ed u ­ cation process in its curriculum. She said m any H ispanic students fear college be­ cause thev are unaware of the higher edu­ cation processes. It is the school's task to create an out­ reach program to inform unaware families, she said. "You have to talk to the abuelitas and the family members to let them know that we are here for them," M aldonado said about relativ es like grandm others. "We need to bridge the gap because every student has the opportunity to succeed." Ruben Olivarez, a professor in public school administration and a board m em ­ ber of the consortium, said Austin and oth­ er Texas cities are on the right track to fur­ thering educational initiatives. "There is a great deal of awareness going on in this state," he said. "But populations are growing, so we also need more schools with better administrators and teachers." nities by plaving a direct role in the chil­ dren's lives, he said. Cisneros said the m ost im portant ele­ ment for urban educational success is the need to have quality teachers. Teachers have to be able to open doors of opportu­ Monica Richards, a biomedical engineer­ ing sophom ore, said the consortium has been a major driving force in her ed u ca­ tion. A s a 2007 Hispanic Scholarship recipi­ ent, Richards said that everyone has the op­ portunity to gain financial, educational and employment support from local leaders. "N ot only d o they inspire excellence in a community," she said, "they dem and and inspire excellence in an individual." Professor’s biological enhancement lecture sparks moral debate By Mike Jeffers Daily Texan Staff Parents will be able to pick and choose genetic traits such as hair and eye color, for their offspring in the near future. This and other new m edical developm ents raise ethical qu estions that need to be an sw e red , a law p ro fe sso r said Monday. Stanford Law School professor Hank Greely talked about the eth­ ics behind hum an biological en­ hancem ents at the A pplied C o m ­ p u tation al Engineering and Sci­ ences Building to an audience of about 50 people. Scientists can rem ove a sin gle cell from the gooey m ass of three- day-old em bryos that are created from in vitro fertilization and per­ form D N A testing on that cell to identify if the em bryo will h ave certain d iseases such as diabetes, cystic fibrosis and Parkinson's d is­ ease, am ong others, he said. "T h e r e 's n o th in g in h eren tly w ron g ab o u t h u m an b io lo gical enhancem ents, but som e of them m ay c au se p rob lem s with sa fe ­ ty coercion and equity, and those p roblem s need to be ad d resse d , b u t the p re su m p tio n sh o u ld be that individuals sh ould be able to u se enhancing tech n ologies un­ less there's a good reason for them not to," Greely said. "The fact that som e people think its unnatural is not a good reason to ban it." H um an biology freshm an Dan­ ish Jaffer asked G reely if w atch­ ing a gam e of 20 Michael Jordans w ould be worth it if athletes en­ hanced them selves. "The presumption should be that individuals should be able to use enhancing technologies unless there is good reason for them not to." Hank Greely, Stanford Law School professor Greely said that it w ould be­ com e an arm s race w here ath­ letes take risks but d o not gain an yth in g. He then p o se d the sam e question regarding intel­ lectual enhancement. "W hat about tw o chem istry professors taking sm art pills to get better in a one-on-one com ­ petition, but w hat they are pro­ ducing we hope h as som e broad­ er ben efits for so c ie ty ?" G reely asked. Jaffer later said that Greely ig ­ nored the issue of naturalness. "I think h um an natu ralness is the argum ent that there are som e flaw s in society, and if you remove all those flaws, it will be like a sci- ence-fiction film in which every­ one is perfect," Jaffer said . "The only thing the im provem ents can do is ju st raise the stan d ard ." G reely said p eople sh ou ld not let their fear inhibit developm ent. 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Sometimes w e w ish w e could see more nu­ ance brought to how other peo­ ple portray Am erica. It's incum ­ bent on people like me and oth­ ers in the information business to keep that in m ind." Bro w n has covered p o sitive change and entrepreneurship in Russia. H er story topics have in­ cluded a woman who started her ow n chain of fitness centers in a country that previously did not have a concept of fitness, a suc­ cessful coffee shop chain and the first Alcoholics Anonym ous pro­ gram ever instituted in the coun­ try. R u ssian n a tiv e O lg a Pech- nenko Kopp, a business d evel­ opm ent m anager at M c E lro y Translation Com pany in Austin, said she agreed w ith m uch of Brow n's ideas. " I believe that people pay too much attention to Putin, and Rus­ sia is not just about Putin. There is so m uch more to that," Kopp said. "B u t I actually believe that Putin is a very strong leader." Brow n said corruption in the co u n try rem ains, in clu d in g a big-city police force that spends its tim e helping politicians and businessmen instead of protect­ ing people. "Underneath that, underneath the ceilin g structure, b elow it people are livin g their lives, and they're continuing to grow and im prove their lives," Brown said. "T h e re 's s till tons of b rillia n t people and minds out there. Peo­ ple are returning to Russia from here and Europe, and they're re­ alizin g that there are actu a lly so m any opportunities in Rus­ sia and you just have to look harder to find them." Tina Hogue | Daily Texan Staff Jessica Hoy stops by one of the many booths dedicated to informing graduate students interested in public affairs programs. ldcaHst.org hosted a graduate degree fair Monday evening. The event, which was held in the Texas Union Santa Rita room, brought together 55 different representative.-- from various graduate school programs across the nation including H ar­ vard, Johns Hopkins and Yale. Participants had the opportunity to collect informative brochures and booklets from each of the universities present, as well as discuss degree plans with the representatives at each table. Singers, dancers, rappers participate in event planned by freshmen members By Katie Flores Daily Texan Staff D ancing to "Sm ooth C rim in al," a M ichael Jackson- clad emcee began the talent show hosted by the Black Student A lliance's Freshman Action Team. The organization hosted their third annual talent show M onday night in the Jester Auditorium . " It 's the first event that the freshm en put on by them selves so they learn how to get organized," said business freshman Rondria Richardson, co-chair of the event. The event filled the auditorium , leaving standing room only for patrons w ho co u ld n 't get a chair. The show theme, " A N ig h t of the Stars," was played out w ith a red carpet at each entrance, festive balloons and lights, paintings of celebrities and a disc jockey w ho kept the crowd entertained. " It helps students transition from high school lead­ ership to college leadership," said M argorie M cLenan, student association treasurer and com m unication stud­ ies senior. She said the freshm en held fundraisers, did their own advertising to promote the show and even con­ tacted the adm inistration in order to have the event. "I'm really proud of the Freshm en Action Team be­ cause w e supervised the event, but they did most of it on their ow n," said Chad Stanton, radio-television-film and government junior and student alliance president. Stanton also said that the event is very im portant be­ cause it helps build black leaders on campus. The talent show featured singers, dancers, rappers, a com edian and even a skit. First place winner, applied learning and developm ent sophomore Joe Anderson, w on the $100 prize. M usic studies freshm an Ju liu s Gordon and the dance group Redefined won $75 and $50 for second and third places, respectively. By Mike Jeffers Daily Texan Staff There is more to the story of Russia than the corruption, mur­ der, oligarchs and class disparity that is portrayed in the Am erican media, a Forbes magazine w riter said M onday afternoon. H eidi Brow n spoke to an audi­ ence of about 30 students, facul­ ty, staff and other visitors in the Texas U n io n 's C hicano C ulture Room about the challenges of re­ porting on Russia. She began her career at Forbes in 1998, but her relationship with Russia dates back to w hen she began studying the language as a high school student. As a college student, she spent a semester in St. Petersburg in 1992 where she lived w ith Russian students in a dorm. In the m id 1990s, she re­ turned to Russia to report for the V lad ivo sto k N ew s, an English language newspaper w ith most­ ly local expatriate readers. "Russia has been in the news so m uch recently, it seems to me that it's actually been in the press m ore recently than any time since the C old W ar," Brown said. "T here's been an increas­ ing dark tone to the coverage about Russia." The deteriorating personal re- la tio n sh ip betw een Presid en t Bush and Presid en t V la d im ir Pu tin and the high-profile m ur­ ders of former K G B agent Alex­ ander Litvinenko, Forbes Russia editor Pau l Klebnikov and Rus­ sian journalist A nna Po litk o vs­ kaya are examples of the news stories that frame the Am erican im pression of Russia as a soci­ ety rife w ith corruption and vio­ lence, she said. 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At least seven of SCH M ID T continues on page 4B SNAPSHOTS OF VICTORY: UT'S WIN IN IMAGES Captured moments from Longhorns' opener against UTSA » SEE PAGE 3B FO P M O R E NEBRASKA QB SETS RECORDS IN 2ND START Ganz tosses for 7 TDs, more than 500 yards in 73-31 victory * SEE PAGE 4B FOR M O RE Boston Red Sox second baseman on being voted MLB's American League Rookie o f the Year — "Everyone doubted me ... saying I'm too small, I'm not fast enough, my arm's not strong enough. There's a lot of people that have stuck by me and knew deep down in, that there's something about me that makes me a winning baseball player.'' RANKINGS Top 25 AP NCAA Basketball 1. N. Carolina 2. UCLA 3. Memphis 4. Kansas 5. Georgetown 6. Louisville 7. Tennessee 8. Indiana 9. Washington State 10. Marquette 11. «Oregon 12. Michigan State 13. Duke 14. Gonzaga 15. Texas A&M 16. 17. Arizona 18. Arkansas 19. Pittsburgh 20. Stanford 21. NC State 22. Kansas S t 23. Southern Illinois 24. Villanova 25 Butler SCORES NCAA Men's Basketball UTSA N M St. C. Mich 37 58 Missouri Chat. (8) Ind. 59 99 Siena Syracuse 61 86 55 W. Mich. (11) Ore. 66 76 87 79 99 89 97 88 97 wm T h e D a i l y T e x a n Sports Editor: Ryan Killian E-mail: sp o rts@ d a ilyte xa n o n lin e .co m Phone: (512) 232-2210 w w w .d a ily te x a n o n lin e .co m OPENING DAY WIN D J. Augustin drives through tw o Roadrunner defenders on his way to the basket during Texas' 58-37 victory on op ening night. Augustin finished the night Stephen Durda | D a ily Texan S ta ff with a gam e-high 19 points and four assists. MEN S BASKETBALL Roadrunners tripped up by UT Slow start overcome as stalwart defense dominates UTSA in second half what they were, and Texas over­ came its slow start to win 58-37 over UT-San Antonio. ning," said UTSA freshman guard Devin Gibson. "Then they woke up." Texas started the game four-of- Justin M ason helped turn the 15 shooting and fell behind early. "They had a lull at the begin­ B -B A L L continues on page 2B By Ryan Killian Daily Texan Staff The Longhorns began Monday night's contest looking like a team that hadn't played a real game in 239 days. Of course that's exactly Barnes-coached squad better prepared, more worthy than Wildcats, Trojans Abrams finds stroke late in contest against UTSAy finishes with 11 points By Clay W hittington Daily Texan Staff After m issing the first game of his college career, A.J. Abrams needed over 30 minutes to knock the rust off. The Longhorns opened their season with a 58-37 defeat of Texas-San A n­ tonio, but Abram s struggled to find his rhythm before finishing with 11 points in 26 minutes. Abrams missed By Ryan Killian Daily Texan Columnist Without playing a game, Texas fell one spot to No. 16 in the AP poll released Mon­ day. While that night's 21-point win in the season opener didn't prove much — what's there to prove against UTSA? — at least the Longhorns didn't go the way of U S C and Kentucky, who both dropped their openers to previously unheard of schools. KILLIAN continues cn page 2B A B R A M S cont nueson page ?B Texas soccer players react with disap­ pointm ent to the news that they're headed for College Station for the N CA A tourney's op ening round of play. Tina Hogue Daily Texan Staff S O C C E R No. 2 regional seed leaves Longhorns disappointed By Mark Waclawiak Daily Texan Staff The Texas Longhorns soccer team sat in quiet nervousness as a man attempted to adjust the television connection. They were waiting to hear the seeds of the upcoming NCAA tournament, and they had been told the announcement would be on at 7 p.m. It was already 7:10 and there was still no sign of the bracket. They fixed the television just in time, but even those pre-bracket nerves were noth­ ing compared to the feeling that enveloped the room afterwards. The on ly thing that cou ld be heard throughout the room was the voice of an SOCCER continues on page 4B M E N 'S B A S K E T B A L L N O T E B O O K Horns nearly flawless from free-throw line By Ryan Killian Daily Texan Staff W hile the Longhorns struggled in shooting all night, they found a steady rhythm at the free-throw line-making 13 of 14 attempts. D.J. A u g u stin con v erted five free throw s in as m any attem pts, and A.J. A b ram s w as a p erfect th ree-for-th ree from behind the lin e . Ju s tin M a so n and A le x ­ is W angm ene each turned their one ch an ce from the line into a point and on ly C onnor A tchley m issed a shot. U T -San A n to n io m ean w h ile, converted only eig h t of their 12 free throw tries. Roadrunners fans come in relative force A s u su a l, the lo u d est grou p of fans a t T exas' gam e w as the L on gho rn B asketb all Band. R e­ m a rk a b ly e n o u g h , a sm all b u t v o c a l c o n t ig e n t r o o tin g fo r U TSA cam e in a close second. If it w eren 't for the b an d 's a sso rt­ m en t o f tru m p e ts, sa x o p h o n es and other various w oodw ind in- strum ents, they m ight have been in trouble. in all 73 gam es sin ce his a rriv ­ al at Texas. A t h alftim e, th e flag-w av in g band taunted the L on gh o rn s as they clung to a 3-point lead. D exter Pittm an w as also listed as probable, but he cam e in with 12:59 left in the first half. " It w as great," said freshm an guard Devin G ibson. After chanting "W e w ant Tex­ a s " in the clo sin g m o m en ts of th e ir season o p en in g w in over H ardin-Sim m ons, the fans broke in to that old c la ss ic "O v e rr a t­ e d ," on M onday night. The R oad runners w ere dow n by 17 points at the time. Injuries already showing up Texas started the season with tw o p la y ers a lrea d y sid e lin e d due to injuries and another two day-to-day. Dogus Balbay underw ent sur­ gery after injuring his right knee during a pre-season pickup game and is ou t indefinitely. S o p h o ­ m ore center Matt Hill is also out w ith an injured left heel. A.J. A bram s has a right toe in­ jury, but it w asn't enough to pre­ v en t him from sta rtin g again st UTSA . The ju n ior has appeared Day of firsts W hile the L onghorns picked up their first win of the season M onday night, they also accrued several other season firsts. C o n n o r A tch ley scored T ex­ a s' first point of the season with a free throw at the 18:05 m ark. M o m e n ts la te r he a c c o u n t ­ ed for the sq u a d 's first b lo ck , a th u n d ero u s re je ctio n o f UT- SA 's Devin Gibson. The series of firsts con tinu ed w h en D .J. A u ­ gustin hit a 3-pointer to give the L onghorns a 6-4 lead, their first lead and th ree-p o in t field goal o f the season. F re s h m a n C lin t C h a p m a n gave Texas another lead later in the gam e, and he scored his first tw o points as a Longhorn in the process. The points cam e off free throw s after a Jo ey Sh ank foul. W angm ene also scored his first career points in the win. D.J. Augustin makes the Lo ngh orn s'first 3-point basket of the season to give Texas its first lead of the gam e. Augustin finished with a pair o f 3- point field goals. MEET THE AUTHOR At the Property November 15 J o e Vitale author of The Key: The Missing Secret for Attracting Anything You Want Thursday, November 15 2:00pm to 3:30pm 1 H » * m * UM<¿ * * C * U T a r T f c a t 1 1 n u a h i r h t m a i r m w a n t J O E V I T A L E *4 The Atifttí&t Tkx S # $ r tl The Key reveals the ultimate secret of attracting wealth, health, success, happiness, or anything else that we want from life. From author and self-help guru Joe Vitale, The Key builds on his bestselling book The Attractor Factor, and goes beyond the mega-hit book and movie The Secret, which features Vitale. B-BALL Roadrunners remain winless against Texas, suffer from lack of offensive production From page 1B m o m en tu m in T exas' fav or for good shortly after the R oad ru n­ ners had gotten back w ithin three points in the second half. Mason was fouled in the process of m ak­ ing an acrobatic lay-up, and he converted the free throw to dou­ b le th e L o n g h o rn s ' lead . M o ­ m ents later he drained a jum per that gave Texas its largest lead of the gam e, up until that point. "It cam e within the flow," M a­ son said . "I d o n 't th in k I took over." Texas used stifling defense that held the Roadrunners to 26.7 per­ cent shooting to overcom e their offensive struggles. "D efen se is the key," said ju ­ nior guard A.J. A bram s. "T h a t's our main focus." W ith the L onghorns thinking d efen se , and the R o a d ru n n ers looking to maintain long posses­ sions and hurry up the game, the first h alf produ ced little in the way of offense. "T h eir gam e plan w as to keep it clo se, and they execu ted it," Abram s said. Texas without being "star struck." H is p la y ers w ere m ore co n ­ cerned w ith trying to pull off an upset. "I thought at halftime, w e had a chance to w in," Gibson said. U n fo rtu n a te ly for the fresh ­ man, w ho faced D.J. Augustin in a heart-breaking triple-overtim e p la y o ff lo ss d u rin g h is ju n io r year of high school, this rematch ended with the same result. The Longhorns have only lost five season openers since moving into the Erwin Center and UTSA w asn 't going to hand them their sixth. A fter scoring 10 points in the first h alf, A u g u stin scored another nine in the final period w ith sev eral signatu re, d arting lay-ups along the way. The soph­ om ore also show ed off his high­ ly regarded passing instincts. The second of his four assists result­ ed from a toss to freshm an Clint C h ap m an w ho finished w ith a fastbreak lay-up as Texas started to pull awray. Head coach Rick Barnes would still like to see his star take more shots though, instead of looking to pass. U T S A h e a d c o a c h B ro o k s Thompson agreed, saying he was proud of his team for taking on T exas fell b eh in d 4 -0 at the gam e's outset, but Damion Jam es did his p art to b rin g the L ong­ horns b a ck . A fter picking o ff a pass near the top of the key, Jam es raced d ow n the court and scored with a fastbreak slam dunk. At the h alf Texas held on ly a slim 2 2 -1 9 lead , and th ey had needed a last-second lay-up from Augustin to gain even that much separation. L u c k ily fo r th e L o n g h o rn s , U T SA s tr u g g le d e v e n m o re , sh oo tin g a d ism al 28.6 p ercen t from the field. The Roadrunners connected on half of their three- point attem pts though, and those shots kept them in the game. A u g u s tin s c o re d a g a m e - high 19 p oints while M ason and Abram s also ended up in double digits. Jam es led the Longhorns in rebounds with nine. With the loss the Roadrunners fell to 0-6 all-tim e against Texas. They're 1-1 this season. G ib s o n led a ll U T SA s c o r ­ ers w ith 13 points and n otched a g a m e -h ig h 10 reb o u n d s, but few of h is team m ates ev en a p ­ pro ach ed th a t su ccess, as they m issed n e a rly th ree -fo u rth s of their shots. "T w en ty -six percent w ill win you a lot o f ball gam es," Barnes said , "e v e n w h en you p la y as bad as w e did tonight." KILLIAN: Longhorns’ unimpressive victory nothing to hang head over, look at Gillispie From page IB The W ild cats are coach ed by fo rm e r T exas A & M co a ch B il­ ly G illisp ie. You know , the guy w h ose b ig g est claim to fam e is au d acity, th e kind o f a u d a city that leads one to believe it's O K to text your players and tell them you'll be ditching them for a tra­ ditional power. The W ildcats' em barrassing 84- 68 loss to G am er-W ebb cam e on Gillispie's birthday. H appy birth­ day coach; you got w hat you de­ served. T h e T ro ja n s d id n 't d e s e rv e a n y th in g b etter than the 96-81 tro u n cin g th at M ercer laid on them . U S C 's biggest star is O.J. Mayo. I d o n 't need to kn ow m u ch about him to not like him. This is the high school kid who sent an envoy to m eet USC head coach Tim Floyd and offer him "th e best player in the country." M ayo d id n't w ant to go to UCo- nn or som e mom and pop opera­ tion like that. He wanted to be in L.A, w here he could market him­ self better. U CLA ? No thanks — they've w on too much. He want­ ed to pioneer for an up-and-com ­ ing program. O f cou rse, a kid w ho uses an e v e n t p ro m o te r to p itc h h im ­ se lf m u st th in k h e 's got ev e ry ­ thing figured out. Maybe he real­ ized he cou ld n't live up to expec­ tations at U CLA. That w ould be truly insightful. Floyd 's not any m ore likeable. Th is guy has gotten verb al com ­ m itm e n ts from ju n io r h ig h e rs fo r tw o -s tra ig h t y e a rs. T h a t's lik e c o n v in cin g a girl th a t age y o u 're in love w ith her, excep t th a t's a rite o f p assage. T his is ju st inappropriate. A s fo r th e L o n g h o rn s, they took care o f bu sin ess on op en­ ing day like any half-legitim ate team shou ld . Rick Barnes might face scru tiny from tim e to time, but he also faces suitors, and he a lw a y s te lls them h e 's hap p y w here he is. That sa id , he d id n 't seem too happy a fte r startin g the season with a w in. He benched Dexter Pittm an af­ ter the sophom ore failed to exe­ cute tw o d ifferent plays d raw n up specifically for him. D.J. A u ­ gustin, h e said, needed to shoot more and forgo a passing oppor­ tunity or tw o — especially when an open lay-up is staring him in the face. W hile his defense lim it­ ed the Roadrunners to 37 points — the low est opening day total since th e 1945-46 season when San A ntonio's YM CA scored only 23 off them — Barnes d idn't seem to buy into the notion that exem ­ plary play w as to credit. So defense, which has been the team 's prim ary focus throughout the preseason, can also be thrown with ev erything else into the to- be-im proved category. The L o n g h o rn s may need to get b etter in every aspect o f the game, b u t at least they've got one thing U SC and K entucky failed to attain — an opening day win. ABRAMS: Injury limits junior’s effectiveness during 58-37 triumph over UT-San Antonio From page 1B the L o n g h o rn s' on ly ex h ib itio n gam e o f the seaso n w ith an in ­ ju red rig h t to e and w a s listed as p ro b a b le co m in g in to M o n ­ d a y 's gam e. A b r a m s to s c o r e f a i l e d th rou g h o u t the en tire first h alf and m issed his first six shots be­ fore finally scoring on a 3-point­ er with 7:54 rem aining. "I got som e looks, I just d id n't k n o c k th e m d o w n ," A b ra m s said. "E v ery o n e did a good job of p ick in g up my sla c k in the first half and, fortunately for me, I got it going late in the second half." A b ra m s fo llo w ed a 0 -5 first h a lf p e rfo rm a n c e in w h ich he also m issed three from behind th e arc, by h ittin g th ree of his fiv e s h o ts in th e s eco n d p e ri­ od. In the final 7:54 seco n d s of the g am e, A b ra m s ca u g h t fire, co n n ectin g on 3-of-4 sh ots dur­ ing the sp an , in cluding 2-of-3 3- pointers. L ast year, A bram s set the Big 12 record for 3-pointers in a seaso n w ith 120. A b ram s returns as the team 's top sco rer from last year w hen he averaged 15.5 points, the best scoring average by a sophom ore d u rin g R ick B a rn e s' n in e-y ea r reign as head coach. Texas could have used his scor­ ing, especially in the opening half w h en the L onghorns stru ggled to m ake eight of their 23 shot at­ tem pts. But A bram s w asn 't the only player shooting poorly dur­ ing the first half; Ju stin M ason had three points at halftim e be­ fore finishing with 12. "Ju stin and A.J. w ere l-fo r-1 0 [in the first h a lf]," Barnes said. " B o t h o f th e m m is se d so m e pretty good looks early and they then th ey g ot a little tentative. They ca n 't do that." W ith 16.8 seco n d s rem ain ir b e fo re h a lftim e , A b ra m s w¿ also responsible for a foul, allov ing O rrin Greer to cut the lead one, 20-19, before the Longhori took a 22-19 into halftime. A fter p la y in g in every garr d u rin g h is first tw o y e a rs an s ta rtin g e v e ry g am e la st ye, before sittin g for the first tin in his co lle g e career w h en Te as defeated Xavier (La.) 87-56 t Nov. 2. " I t w a s k in d o f w e ir d A b ram s said . "[T h e in ju ry ] more o f a pain issue, and it lir its me on the court with som e the things I w ant to d o." A bram s, w ho holds the hig! est career (90.6 percent) and si g le -se a so n free throw percen age (92.4) in school history cor ing in to the gam e, only attemp ed three free throws in the gam A ll c o m in g in the final 3 :3 3 < the gam e. F O L L E T T S intellect al proper y B O O K S 8e C O M P U T E R S Need a spa treatment? 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Guaranteed, We're here so you don't have to think about physics or calculus when you should be watching football We have great tutors for almost every course fo u n d e d t>y Texas lo n g h o rn s 4B S p o k Tuesday, November 13, 2007 ' • y : SOCCER: With first-round win over BYU, UT would face rival Texas A&M once again From pagelB ESPN anchor going over the last rem aining bracket. O ther than that, the little room in the basketball stadium was com ­ pletely silent. It had just been announced that Texas A&M , the team Texas beat no more than 24 hours ago to win the Big 12 championship, had got­ ten the No. 2 seed as w ell as the chance to host the first two games at home. Soon after, the players learned that they were unseeded and were in the same bracket as A&M. All of them sat stunned and in complete disbe­ lief, until coach Chris Petrucel- li took the team out to present their recently won trophy to the scream ing crow ds in the bas­ ketball stadium. For a quick explanation of how women's soccer does the seeding for the tournament, the top 16 teams are seeded and split into four brackets. The players at Tex­ as were hoping for a high seed, and felt one word when the re­ sults came out: disappointed. “Of course we're disappoint­ ed that we w eren't one of the top seeds," Petrucelli said. “But that's just som etim es how the NCAA tournament is." But Texas better put that be­ hind them as they go up against a very talented BYU team who won the Mountain West Tourna­ ment to earn a spot. "BYU is a very good team and that's jvh at w e're focused on now," Petrucelli said. "We can't think about anything else." And if they win that, they advance to the winner of Texas A&M and Stephen F. A ustin, a particularly painful gam e if they do have to play the A g­ gies in C ollege Station. D ur­ ing conference play, the Aggies beat Texas 2-0 in a gam e that was very one-sided. And even after Texas evened the score this past w eekend, it will be a very d ifficu lt and em otio n al­ ly charged game for the Long­ horns. But this is a team that has proven it can b est c h a l­ lenges and this seeding upset only m otivated them for this tournament. SCHMIDT: Lesser-known names still create big impact in starting running back roles Nebraska quarterback Joe Ganz prepares to throw in the second half Saturday. Nebraska scored on 11 straight possessions while ending a five-gam e losing streak with a 73-31 win over Kansas State. From page 1B Dave Weaver | Associated Press Huskers’ Ganz shatters records in decisive win By Ryan Killian Daily Texan Staff N ebraska has a new quarter­ back, and he's the Big 12 O ffen­ sive Player of the Week. Joe Ganz replaced Sam Keller during the C ornhuskers' defeat at Texas, and the replacem ent becam e perm anent when it was determined that the injury Keller sustained against the Longhorns was season ending. G anz made his second career start ag ain st K ansas State last w eek and rew rote N ebrask a's record books w ith single-gam e highs in p assing yards, to u ch ­ dow ns and total offense as the H uskers rolled to a 73-31 win. Ganz com pleted 30 of his 40 at­ tem pts including seven touch­ d o w n p a sse s. H e en d ed the gam e w ith 510 yard s through the air and 528 yard s of total offense. Aqib Talib is already having the kind of season that's caused a few non conform ists to m en­ tion the co rn erb a ck 's nam e in the sam e sen ten ce w ith H eis- man Trophy. A gainst O klahom a State, the junior had a career day making nine tackles, including one for a loss. He also intercepted one pass and broke up another on his way to earning his first con­ ference Defensive Player of the Week honors. The Jayhaw ks bested 43-28, h a n d in g the C o w b o y 's th eir first tw o-gam e losing streak of the season. Now 10-0, K ansas is ranked third in the BCS, and they're No. 4 in the AP's Top 25. D eM arco M urray continu ed his eye-opening freshm an cam ­ paign with a big day on special team s during a 52-21 win over Baylor. M urray returned three kick s for a total of 129 yard s, in c lu d in g a 9 1 -y a rd to u c h ­ dow n. The im p ressiv e retu rn w as en o u gh to m ake M urray the Big 12 Special Teams P lay­ er of the Week. T h e So o n ers flip -flo p w ith Kansas in the BCS and AP, tak­ ing the third spot in the poll and fourth in the BCS standings. these so-called backups have done it this season, and more are sure to follow. G uys like G raham , Kenton Keith and Jesse Chatman have done their dam age thanks to the starter getting hurt. C hat­ man in place of Ronnie Brown — who was put on injured re­ serve after week seven — has rushed for 203 yards in his only two starts of the season. O ther backs like Ryan Grant of the Green Bay Packers are step p ing out of the back-by- co m m ittee cloud and a sse rt­ ing them selves as the starter. W ith his tw o 100-yard ru sh ­ ing games in three weeks from G rant the Packers don't look so one-dimensional anymore. But how is this happening? These guys don't get paid the big bucks. They w eren't picked in the first round or heralded coming out of college. Several things could be con­ tributing to their emergence. It could be their fresh legs or the lack of game tape on them, but I think it is more the backup's Pittsburgh Steelers quar­ terback Ben Roethlisberger scrambles 30 yards against the Cleveland Browns. The quarterback has more rushing attem pts than Willie Parker in 2004. Gene J. Puskar Associated Press mentality than anything else. Parker's measly 32. As a backup your job is simple. Get positive yards while you're in, or you're cut. Oh, and don't even think about fumbling. Where a starter may be more in clin ed to dance around to possibly break a long one, the backup will lower his head and take the few yards he can get. There are so few opportuni­ ties for a backup to show what they really have. W illie Park­ er sp en t m ost o f 2004 riding the bench behind Jerom e Bet­ tis, D uce S ta le y and Verrón H aynes. Even Ben R o e th lis­ berger had more carries than But, one year and a couple of injuries to Bettis and Staley lat­ er, Parker was the man rushing for more than 1,200 yards. He was only the second undrafted running back ever to rush for more than 1,000 yards. G ra n t a n d C h a tm a n are probably going to start the rest of the season, and could be the next Parkers. As nice as it is to have guys like Adrian Peterson or LaD ainian Tom linson, just rem em ber that you can have a running gam e w ith ou t the name. You just have to find the right fit. 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"WHALE; THE GROUP: THE GREATEST THING IN THE WORLD, ASIDE FROM FUDGESEX" Tuesday, Novem ber 13, 2007 SOUNDBITES Alicia Keys As I Am Sony In 2001, an unknow n soulstress nam ed Alicia Keys released her de­ but album, Songs in A Minor, to mass critical praise. Quickly gain­ ing a following, Keys rose to the top of the charts and became a constant force in the music business. After six years, 20 million albums sold and numerous aw ards and honors, Keys is set to release her third studio al­ bum, the highly-anticipated As I Am. Belting out a range of power­ ful notes, Keys proves that her voice and attitude are as diverse as they get, bringing the sounds and beats of pop, R&B and soul together in one amazingly polished album. Known for her musical diversi­ ty, Keys doesn't disappoint as the album contains a style unlike any other. Coming to life through u p ­ beat, soul-searching tracks like "Go Ahead" and "Wreckless Love," the album is able to not only show­ case Keys, but also the music in which she sings. These tracks are especially strong due to the pow ­ erful vocals, but most credit must be placed in the hands of the m u­ sicians who drive home a beat that gets the blood flowing. The two as­ pects mesh perfectly creating two spine-tingling tracks that are sure­ fire radio hits. Then there are the slow, vocal­ ly centered tracks like "Prelude to a Kiss," "The Thing About Love" and the undeniably strong "Sure Looks Good To Me." All three tracks excel on the vocals of Keys and really help show a different side to the w om an behind the mic. Though the album takes a slow LO S A N G E L E S — D o n d a West, m o th er of K anye West an d fo rm e r c h a ir w o m a n of C h ic a ­ go State U n iv ersity 's English d e ­ partm ent, h as died, a spokesm an for the ra p p e r said. She w as 58. D o n d a W e st d ie d S a tu r d a y n ig h t in L os A n g ele s, said th e sp o k e sm a n , w h o a sk ed for a n ­ o n y m ity b e c a u se n o t all fam ily m em bers h ad been notified. A cause of d eath h as not been released. D o n d a W est w a s k n o w n fo r the strong b o n d she shared w ith her son, b y w h o se sid e she w as often seen a t p arties a n d a w a rd show s. K anye W est, 30, o fte n sp o k e of his close relatio n sh ip w ith his m other, w h o raised him alone af­ ter her h u sb a n d left w hen K anye w as 3. She w as th e inspiration for the so n g , "H e y M a m a," on K an y e W est's 2005 a lb u m Late Regis­ tration, in w h ich he sings: "H e y M am a, I w a n n a scream so lo u d for you, cuz I'm so p ro u d of you ... I appreciate w h at you allow ed fo r m e. I ju s t w a n t y o u to be ‘Albatross’ leads Fishboy to epic, rockin’ heights [ j p p & \ R T S turn at the end, the presence of a soft, innocent, delicate woman nev­ er shows through. We are always presented w ith a sturdy, ground­ breaking voice to accompany any and all styles of instruments. As I Am is everything that we have come to expect from the un­ deniably talents Alicia Keys: a pure voice mixed with a w ide array of beats and styles. The result is a strong, fluid album full of hits that easily rank among the year's best. — Stephen Davis Cassidy B.A.R.S. RCA es between B.A.R.S. and 2005's I'm A Hustla. The post-coma Cassidy w ants to remind us that he loves family and life, evidenced by tracks like "Leanin' On The Lord." But Cass gets lazy in the booth, and B.A.R.S. is full of straight skippa­ ble tracks. "Innocent" features Cass rhyming six-year-old three times in a row. The dopest song on this album is "Cash Rulez" with Bone Thugs. There's no clear consensus for the worst song, but there are quite a few to choose from. Overall, B.A.R.S. is a letdown, but, like every Cassidy album, there are still some tracks that are straight fire, — Cass "Money" Luskin Trisha Yearwood Heaven, Heartache and the Power of Love Big Machine Records 7 B Fishboy, featur­ ing from left to right: Eric M ichener (vocals, guitar), Justin Lloyd (bass), John Clardy Jr. Ill (drums), and Adam Avram es- cu (key­ board, horns, percuss­ ion). Courtesy of Fishboy Last year was a hard year for Cassidy. Charged (but not convict­ ed) with first-degree murder, he was released in May 2006 only to be left in a coma after a near-fatal car crash in October. And although the club success of his first single and come-back song, "My Drink N ' My 2-Step," is impressive, the Philly na­ tive has again created a mediocre album. Cassidy's new album is a chronic underachiever, combining a continuation of his trademark alter- egotism bordering on schizophrenia (can't you dudes learn from T.I. vs. T.l.P.l) with unimpressive beats and occasionally lazy lyricism. The fact that Cass (also nota­ ble as the only guy besides me nam ed Cass) has the ability to be an incredible lyricist only makes it worse. His underground, punch­ line raps have consistently gar­ nered praise, and songs like "Cel­ ebrate" w ith John Legend and "Done For Me" illustrate his well- honed technical ability. His sub­ ject matter has also changed for the better, likely due to his experienc- Starting out in 1981, country sing­ er Trisha Yearwood's career has been on a rollercoaster of success. Currently known more for her mar- nage to superstar Garth Brooks than her music, Yearwood is set to stake a comeback with her twelfth stu­ dio album Heaven, Heartache and the Pouter of Love. Completely revamp­ ing her style and teetering on genre lines, Trisha Yearwood's new album plays to its strength through a blue- grass sound and strong, pure vocal performance. What truly amazed me about this album is its resemblance to ac­ ceptance and change on the part of Yearwood. Her time had almost run its course in the form of a music ca­ reer; however, with the help of a new record label she has gone blue- grass, playing to her strengths and creating possibly her most solid al­ bum yet. The album features some slow, vocally centered tracks in "This is Me You're Talking To," "The Dreaming Fields" and "Sing You Back to Me." All three' tracks are vo­ cally charged and on all three oc­ casions Yearwood answers the call, showing that she has a voice that can compete with any country art­ ist on the market today. She sings with feeling, bringing a delicate yet steady attitude to the mic and cap­ turing your every emotion as she belts out the lyrics. But the album dives much deep­ er as Yearwood also performs some fast, upbeat diim es with "Heaven, Heartache and the Power of Love," "They Call It Falling for a Reason" and the catchy "Nothin' About You is Good For Me." With these tracks, Yearwood is able to showcase her di­ versity and vocal ability while bring­ ing some rough edged attitude to an otherwise sweet innocent album. In the end, Heaven is a classic ex­ ample of playing to your strengths. Trisha Yearwood understands her audience and sings for them, bring­ ing to life a songstress that was quickly dying with the changing country genre. — SD Fishboy Albatross: How We Failed to Save the Lone Star State with the Power of Rock and Roll Happy Happy Birthday to Me Records The ghost of Buddy Holly trapped in a parachute hangs over Albatross. Holly floats through the songs, guiding Eric Michener (Fish­ boy) in his quest to fulfill a prophe­ cy that he would write that defini­ tive song with the harmonic pow er to redeem the entire state of Texas. Though it's bold, even if facetious, M ichener's comparison between himself and Holly is apt. Albatross, billed as a rock opera, demonstrates Fishboy s most seri­ ous, mature song writing without losing much of the quirkiness and whimsy present on Little D and Zip- BangBoom. The burden of maintaining a nar­ rative strand throughout the album does make for some ponderous and overly contrived situation in the lyrics, as in "Half Time at the Prop­ er Name Spelling Bee," b ut the vig­ or and melodiousness of the m u­ sic — fast-paced drums, whirling keyboard, the occasional bleating of a horn — make the kinks trivi­ al. Some highlights are "Race t ar," which sounds like a lo-fi Pavement outtake, "Blackout/Flashbac k," a mellow country-folk reminiscence, the riotous "The Details of Our Trip" and the defiant, uplifting clos­ ing track, "Farewell Albatross." For a twee pop album with glim­ mers of early rock and roll, Albatross is quite often epic while being a thor­ oughly rollicking gcxxi listen. It's un­ clear whai the 8,031) songs claimed to b e penned by Michener were su p ­ posed to save us from, but the 11 tracks on Albatross sure make the prospect of salvation sound sweet, even if it only gets us on our feet. — Priya Hora Kanye’s mother, muse dies Singer Kanye West per­ form s with his mother, Donda West, outdoors during a taping o f "The Ellen DeGeneres Show." p ro u d of m e." In May, she p u blished the book " R a is in g K anye: L ife L esso n s from th e M o th er of a H ip -H o p Star," in w h ich she p a id h om age to h er fam ous son. 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Now leasing for Fall 2008! venueonguadalupe.com Bob Dylan performs on stage to finish out the 2007 Austin City Limits Music Festival. Tens of thousands of music fans packed into Zilker Park over the weekend to enjoy the music and festivities Sept. 16-18. J o e B u g l e w i c z | D a ily Texan Staff Bob Dylan picks: the best of the rest By Zach Ernst Daily Texan Columnist N ext w eek, the co n tro v er­ sial new Bob Dylan biopic "I'm Not There" will be released. Its sound track, featuring dozens of Dylan covers by some of in­ die rock's most popular artists, was released to great acclaim last week. The Daily Texan salutes a selection of inspired covers that have been floating around long before this film soundtrack. 'All Along the Watchtower' -J im i Hendrix My initial exposure to Dylan was by way of the "Blue Chips" soundtrack — still the best single cover of any Dylan song and pos­ sibly the greatest rock song ever. 'It Ain't Me Babe' - Johnny and June Carter Cash Appearing famously in "Walk the Line," the playful lyrics of this tune were well served by a duet treatment. Johnny Cash covered a number of Dylan tunes during his illustrious career, but this is the one that trumps the original. 'If Not for You' - George Harrison and a sweet vocal from Harrison, this is the definitive version of "If Not For You," 'Mr. Tambourine Man' - The Byrds This tune was released before Bringing it All Back Home, mak­ ing it the public's first opportu­ nity to hear this Dylan classic. While the version hasn't aged as well as other Byrds tunes, it is historically significant because it provided an opportunity for West Coast folk fans to discov­ er Dylan during a crucial point in his career. 'If You See Her, Say Hello' - Jeff Buckley Live at the Sin-E is a fascinating live document, not only for Jeff Buckley's unbelievable vocals, but also for his choices of covers. In addition to tunes by Nina Sim­ one and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Buckley takes on a num ber of Dylan and Van Morrison tunes. His take on Blood on the Tracks' "If You See Her, Say Hello" mightily trumps the original, transformed into an eight-minute epic of loss and regret. 'Isis'-T h e White Stripes O r ig in a lly a p p e a rin g on Dylan's overlooked New Morn ing, the quiet Beatle included it on his solo debut, All Things Must Pass. Featuring a plaintive slide guitar A ppearing on a num ber of Stripes bootlegs, this bam burn­ er from 1976's Desire is the per­ fect cover for Jack and Meg. Their take on "One More Cup of Cof- A The Transactional Practice C enter was designed to teach students enhanced skills, especially applicable to the corporate, real estate and international business/intellectual property w orkenvironm ents. 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'A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall' - The Arcade Fire I doubt that this appears offi­ cially on any releases, but "Hard Rain" was a staple of the Arcade Fire's live set during the Funeral tour, including their two stops in Austin in 2005. Win Butler's vo­ cals breathe new life into a song that sounds as relevant today as it did more than four decades ago. 'O phelia'-The Band The definitive version of this tune appears on Scorcese's "The Last W altz." A lthough Dylan and The Band collaborated on a great num ber of tunes (techni­ cally keeping this from being an official cover), "O phelia" stands out as one of Bob D ylan's most in stan tly likable and m elodic tunes. 'Everything is Broken' - R.L. Burnside There's a lot riding against this song. First of all, it appears on a compilation called "A ll Blues'd U p ," which may be the w orst title of anything ever. In addi­ tion, it appears as though Burn­ side doesn't understand what he is singing about. 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