Friday, July 18, 2008 Serving The University o f Texas at Austin co m m u n ity since 1900 Committee to vote on Bible class content Board o f Education w ill decide whether to accept proposed controversial curriculum By Teresa Mioli Daily Texan Staff The Texas State Board of E d u ­ cation w ill vote to d a y on th e fi­ nal a d o p tio n of c u rric u lu m re­ q u irem en ts for high school elec­ tive courses that teach Bible scrip­ tu res' im pact on the history and literature of W estern civilzation. The b o a rd 's C om m ittee on In­ stru ctio n p assed th e cu rricu lu m to the full bo ard in a 3-to-l vote Thursday. Today's vote will fuel controver­ sy that started betw een religious- freedom advocacy groups in June 2007 w h en the Texas L egislature passed a bill allow ing school dis­ tric ts to teach th e co u rse. State Rep. Scott H ochberg, a H ou sto n D em ocrat w ho serves on the Pub­ lic Education C om m ittee, said the bill w as an attem pt to provide dis­ tricts w ith legal protection if they choose to offer the course. As outlined in the b o ard 's agen­ da, the voluntary course w ill dis­ cuss biblical content, history and literary style. T hree p erc en t of sta te school districts offered Bible courses du r­ ing the 2005-2006 school year, ac­ cording to a 2006 report from the Texas Freedom N etw ork, a liberal w atchdog organization. T he c o m m itte e d r a f te d th e guidelines, called the Texas Essen­ tial Knowledge and Skills, or TEKS, that outline course requirements for the elective and in the spring sub­ m itted them to A ttorney G eneral Greg A bbott for approval. Abbott said on July 9 the course w ould not violate the First Amendm ent. The guidelines require that the course m a in ta in s religious n e u ­ trality a n d d o es n o t e n d o rse or disfavor any religion. Educational, political and legal figures have criticized the g u id e­ lines as too general and d evoid of content and testified before the com mittee on Thursday to develop more specific course requirements. H och b erg sa id he w as u n d e r th e im p re s s io n th a t th e b o ard w ould carry o u t the regular and obligatory process of creating spe­ cific guidelines as it does w ith oth­ er courses. "I'm su re y o u 're fam iliar th a t the TEKS that you picked u p and placed essentiallv un d er a header, [which] said this is a course about biblical literature ... are TEKS that could just as easily be u sed for a co u rse ab o u t an y th in g in social s tu d ie s ," H o ch b e rg sa id . "You could have it as a course on the h isto ry of 'A m erican Id o l'; you co u ld h ave it as a course on the history of the m edieval times." BIBLE continues on page 2 Into the blogosphere Site declares city easily accessible for non-drivers Walk Score includes Austin in nation's 40 most 'walkable' cities By Joanne Liou Daily Texan Staff R e s id e n ts in th e U n iv e r s i­ ty area a n d A ustin's dow n to w n d istric t can get by easily w ith ­ o u t a car, according to a stu d y re­ leased Thursday. WalkScore.com, a project of Se­ a ttle-b ased civic softw are com ­ p a n y F ro n t S eat, ra n k e d th e "w alkability" of m ore than 2,500 neighborhoods in 40 of the larg­ est U.S. cities. Walk Score developed a com put­ er algorithm to measure walkabili­ ty, which incorporates information from Google AJAX Search API, the 2000 U.S. C ensus an d Zillow, an online real estate service that lists neighborhood boundaries. The "W alkers' P arad ise" cat­ egory, w hich requires a score of at least 90 out of 100, m eans peo­ ple can accom plish m ost errands and carry out day-to-day activi­ ties w itho ut a car. The UT area, in cluding cam ­ pu s and West C am pus, ranks as "v e ry w alk a b le ," the p ro je c t's second-highest ranking. C h a y W alker, s e n io r a g e n t m a n a g e r a t A u stin -b a se d U p ­ to w n R ealty, s a id w a lk a b ility is less of a concern for stu d en ts looking for a place to live. "More or less, students are real­ ly concerned w ith tw o things: the price and the proxim ity to cam ­ pu s," W alker said. "W alkability is at the top of the criteria, but it's not that m uch of an issue, because most of Austin is walkable." T hree N ew York C ity n e ig h ­ b o rh o o d s — T ribeca, L ittle It­ aly and Soho — to p p e d the list of 138 W alkers' Paradises, w hile so m e D allas a n d San A n to n io neighborhoods received a w alk­ ability score of 90 or above. The vicinity of grocery stores, re sta u ra n ts, schools and p ark s determ ines the w alkability score. "Some cities w ere designed or developed before the ad v en t of the autom obile a n d aro u n d the p ed estrian lifestyle," said C lark W illiam s-D erry , a m e m b e r of Walk Score's advisory board and research director at Sightline In­ stitute, a n o nprofit research and com m unication center th at p ro ­ m otes principles of environm en­ tal and social sustainability. "B ecause of h ig h gas prices, p eo p le a re less w illin g to p ay WALKING continues on page 2 Lucas McClure, a business and architectural engineering senior at Austin Com m unity College, and Melissa Seal, a hydrology junior at UT, don "dirty coal" and "clean energy" suits to represent the Sierra Club while a G o Left T V newsperson interviews them Thursday evening at the Netroots Nation convention, w hich will run through Sunday at the Austin Convention Center. Bloggers convene in Austin By Andrew Kreighbaum Daily Texan Staff M elissa N oriega is convinced th a t Texas le ft-w in g b lo g g ers p ro p elled h e r h u s b a n d 's U.S. senatorial cam paign. W hile d ep lo y ed in A fghani­ stan w ith th e N atio n al G uard, Rep. Rick N o rieg a, a H ouston D em ocrat, n o m in a te d his w ife to serve in his place in the Texas H ouse of Representatives. A t the N etro o ts N atio n con­ v e n tio n in A u stin T h u rsd a y , M elissa N o riega to ld a caucus of about 50 bloggers from across the state that blogs w ere a valu­ able source of inform ation d u r­ ing her service in the House. T he blogs of the Texas P ro ­ gressive Alliance, a coalition of liberal Texan bloggers, help ed her, she said. "W hen they talk about my be­ ing effective in A ustin w hen I stood in for Rick, it was because I was reading you," she said to the bloggers gathered in a room at the Austin Convention Center. T he th ird a n n u a l N e tro o ts N ation, form erly know n as the YearlyKos C onvention, brought nearly 3,000 liberal bloggers and activists to A ustin from across the nation this w eekend to net­ w o rk and discuss the presid en ­ tia l c a m p a ig n . T he fo u r-d a y event started Thursday. "Today, o u r cau cu s a n d the fact that the convention is in Tex­ as speaks a lot to w h a t is h a p ­ pening in our state," said Karl- T hom as M usselm an, p u b lis h ­ er of th e Texas blog B urnt O r­ ange Report, in reference to the prospect of Texas electing D em ­ ocrats in the fall to national and state political seats for the first time in decades. M usselm an said states w here D em ocrats d o n 't h av e to fight for re p re se n ta tio n in g o v e rn ­ m ent b o d ie s p ro d u c e w ea k er progressive blogging com m uni­ ties. H e said Texas' possible par­ ty transition is pushing left-wing bloggers to organize and unite. "In Texas, w e realize w e have to fight for every inch w e get," M usselm an said. A brief ap p e aran c e at Brush Square o utside the A ustin C o n ­ v e n tio n C e n te r by H o w a r d D ean, form er V erm ont g o v e r­ nor and current chairm an of the D em ocratic N atio n al C o m m it­ tee, drew m ore than 200 atten d ­ ees T hursday afternoon. D ean w a s at th e c o n v e n ­ tion to m ark the start of a new 50-state electoral strategy begin­ ning in C raw ford, Texas. Dean, w ho often joked about sending P resid en t Bush back to C ra w ­ ford to retire d u rin g th e 2004 p residential cam paign, said he m ade his first trip to the tow n this month. NETROOTS continues on page 2 Susannah Davis and M adeleine Andrezik converse as they cross Pfluger Bridge. Paul Chouy | Dally Texan Staff Dean urges Texans to vote Dems into office DNC chairman stops in Austin on national tour to register voters By Teresa Mioli Daily Texan Staff D em ocratic N ational C o m m it­ tee C h a ir H o w a rd D ean rolled into A u stin T h u rsd ay afte rn o o n aboard a red, w hite and blue bio­ diesel b u s for the second stop on the com m itte's n atio n w id e voter registration tour. The 2004 presidential candidate cam paigned not only on behalf of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack O bam a b u t also for state Democratic candidates. "Rick N oriega's going to be a lot better senator than John C om yn is, and if w e pick u p five seats in the Texas H ouse w e can get a H ouse of R epresentatives t h a t '» actu al­ ly go in g to d o so m e th in g ab o u t health care and gas pnces," Dean said T h u rs d a y in B rush S quare Park across from the A ustin C on­ vention Center. D ean started th e tour in C raw ­ ford, the sm all Texas tow n w here President Bush's ranch is located, before h ea d in g south to ad d re ss about 300 A ustinites at the park. "A lot of people w ant change in this country, even in Crawford, Tex­ as," said com m ittee spokesw om ­ an Stacie Paxton. "To have a h u n ­ dred people com e out in a tow n, that's 700 in population I think says som ething ab o u t people w anting change in this country." Local Democratic grassrix>ts or­ ganizers attended Dean's speech to further their ow n efforts in expand­ ing the party' w ithin the state. "E veryone rig h t n ow is really p u sh in g for ch an g e, an d I think the biggest change Texas can do is tu r n b lu e ," said 19-year-old T hom as Sizer, a m em ber of Rep. M ark S tra m a 's C am p aig n A cad­ em y a n d a v o lu n te er w ith Turn Texas Blue, a Travis C ounty D em ­ ocratic organization. A m ong th e crow d w ere b lo g ­ gers from around the country at­ te n d in g the 2008 N etro o ts N a ­ tion conference where Dean spoke DEAN continues on page 2 Index Volume 108, Number 25 cents World & Nation............. 3 Opinion......................... 4 S ports....... Classifieds Comics...... L ife & A rts. Howard Dean, chairm an of the Dem ocratic National Comm ittee, speaks to a crowd at Brush Square in dow- town Austin Thursday. Megan Peyton Daily Texan Staff Texas cyclists to ride 3,300 miles for cancer foundation By Natalia Ciolko Daily Texan Staff Six Texas cyclists are tra v e l­ ing across the c o u n try to raise m o n e y fo r th e L a n c e A r m ­ stro n g F oundation. The 33-day, 3300-m ile journey from San D i­ eg o to W a sh in g to n , D .C ., b e ­ g an July 1 an d included a stop at Mellow Johnny's Bike Shop in A ustin Wednesday. Each rid e r has been affected by cancer in different w ays, and all were inspired to hit the road. "O u r basic prem ise is that w e all have a connection w ith can­ ce r," sa id fo rm e r L iv e stro n g C hallenge rider Joe H aeggquist, w h o as a teenager lost his best friend to leukemia. H aeggquist generated the idea for the trip in O ctober 2007. He originally planned to go alone be­ fore fellow Beaum ont cyclists Tom Simon, Charlie Dixon, Eric Laing, Britt Gober and Richard James III volunteered to join him. "C ancer is a plague on our so­ ciety w hich w orsens every year," Jam es said. "Fifty years ago you d id n 't hear about cancer the way you do today." Jam es, C E O of Alchemy L re- ative, Inc., which focuses on chil­ d ren 's education, said he under­ took the ride to inspire kids to leam about science and enter the research field as ad u lts. Jam es h as d o n ated boxes of books to c h ild ren 's hospital w ard s along CYCLISTS continues on page 2 \ FRIDAY, JULY 18,2008 Last day to apply for an undergraduate or a law degree. Last day an undergraduate student or a law student may register in absentia for the summer session. Last day during the summer session for new summer session students and continuing and readmitted students to register for the fall semester. PageT wo T h e D a i l y T f. x a n TOMORROW 'S WEATHER Low /'■ '* High 9 9 L / 7 3 There's nothing like free advertising. DEAN: Local Dems attend speech to further efforts in expanding party From page 1 early Thursday night. Netroots Na­ tion is an online blogging communi­ ty for progressive voices in politics. "[T h e bloggers] b rin g a voice to the process," Paxton said. "The Dem ocratic Party's about includ­ ing more people into the process, and that's what this convention is about — giving people a voice in their own democracy." Paxton said the blue bus's pres­ ence in a red state is important for the national Democratic Party. "W hile it may be a challenge to win the presidential election here, we are only a few points dow n," Paxton said. "W e have great can­ didates, like Rick Noriega, that are running for the Senate, and hav­ ing a majority in the Senate is go­ ing to be really critical when Ba­ rack Obama is president so we can get priorities done for the Am eri­ can people." NEWS BRIEFLY School of Information receives grant for digital librarianship The UT School of Information re­ cently received $1.2 million to im­ prove the study of digital librarian­ ship and video games. The Institute of Museum and Li­ brary Sciences awarded the money to the school to fund research and help educate doctoral students in the field. Information school assistant pro­ fessors Lynn Westbrook, Gary Gei- sler and Luis Francisco-Revilla re­ ceived $978,617 to educate four full­ time doctoral students in the field of digital librarianship. The professors will work with Drexel University in Philadelphia and the Internet Pub­ lic Library to provide the education and training needed in the growing industry of managing and preserv­ ing digital materials. Information school assistant pro­ fessor Megan Winget was award­ ed $255,040 to research the creation and development of video games. She said her research will help es­ tablish successful methods of pre­ serving digital materials. "Most of our materials are being created digitally now, and it's very difficult to preserve those materi­ als without a better understanding," Winget said. The Institute of Museum and Library Sciences has previously awarded the School of Information $950,555 to educate doctoral stu­ dents. Several universities across the nation share the grant, which will fund doctoral fellowships and three week-long workshops for students, faculty and working archivists. — Sean Beherec M e g a n Peyton | Daily Texan Staff Cynthia Noland Dunbar explains her stance about a Bible course in public schools Thursday. Dunbar and other mem bers of the Committee on Instruction of the State Board of Education, acted on the motion to include a literature elective about the Bible that the full board will approve or disapprove Friday. BIBLE: Critics claim curriculum bias From page 1 Terri Leo, who chairs the com­ m ittee, said the com m ittee did not need to create more specif­ ic standards, such as those for a m andatory course, since the Bible courses will be taught as electiv es. L eo and com m ittee member Cynthia Nolan Dunbar said creating more specific stan­ dards would put the board on a "slippery slope." Som e co m m itte e m em b ers implied that if they specify too many course guidelines, it would open the door to lawsuits. Jonathan Saenz, spokesm an for the Free Market Foundation, a conservative nonprofit organi­ zation, said the guidelines out­ lined by the board are sufficient. "It's im portant to rem em ber that there's no way to guaran­ tee that anything anyone does in a school will be constitutional," Saenz said. "The other side is al­ most demanding some assurance and guarantee that nothing will happen that will be unconstitu­ tional, and that's impossible." Spokesman for the Texas Free­ dom Network Ryan Valentine said students will suffer if the board passes the curriculum today. " If they proceed alon g this path, as we expect them to do, then districts that choose to offer a Bible course are going to be left with the task of com ing up with cu rricu lu m e n tire ly on th eir own with no guidance from the state," Valentine said. "A nd we know that the cou rses around the state that are alread y b e ­ ing offered and [whose schools] have had to com e up w ith the curriculum on their own have all sorts of problem s." V alen tine said the netw ork discovered through Freedom of Inform ation A ct requ ests that Jew ish stu d ents w ho took the co u rses w ere bein g d en ig rat­ ed and that courses were being taught from a biased Protestant and fu n d am en talist C h ristian perspective. "A s school districts choose to create these cou rses and they have no direction from the State Board of Education on how best to do that, we're gonna see more of the same [problem s]," Valen­ tine said. "T h ere's no reason to think we w ouldn't." NETROOTS: Speakers give tips on canvassing From page 1 D ea n sp o k e a b o u t re ce n t D em ocratic leg islato rs' efforts to reach out to evangelical vot­ ers and said the co n serv ativ e g ro u p 's g re a te st co n cern s — w hich include poverty, clim ate change and the genocide in Dar­ fur — were key elem ents of the Democratic Party platform. "S to p fighting ab ou t things you can't agree on, and start fix­ ing the things you can agree on," he urged the crowd. D ean said a D em ocratic vote alone would not be enough to p rodu ce political change, and he asked each audience m em ­ ber to knock on 25 doors at least three tim es before election day in the fall. "I'm asking you to go out and explain to people why it makes a difference," he said. C o n v e n tio n -g o e rs received tips on how to talk to n e ig h ­ bors about politics from Parag V. Mehta, director of training for the committee. M ehta said that w hen cam ­ paign volunteers are uninformed about part of a candidate's plat­ form, they should respond to a question by acknowledging their inability to answer and should ask for the voter's contact infor­ m ation so the volunteer can re­ spond when better informed. "D on't ever be afraid to say 'I don't know,"' Mehta said. "It's not our job as an activist to supplant our values for the candidate's." A panel of bloggers talked to attendees about im proving the effectiveness of their television appearances. "A s m u ch as w e w o u ld n 't w ant to adm it it, people often com e away with a judgm ent of your argu m ent based on how you looked ," said panelist and blogger Amanda Terkel. The panel recorded mock in­ terview s w ith aud ien ce m em ­ bers and critiqued their perfor­ mances. The most com m on cri­ tique was that volunteers were not sin g le-m in d ed enou gh in pushing their talking points. "T V is incredibly corrosive to public discourse," said panelist and blogger Matt Yglesias. "The w hole point is for progressives to hold their own in an uneven battle field." CYCLISTS: Participants average 100 miles a day in cross-country fundraiser From page 1 the rid ing trail, m ost recently stopping at A u stin's Dell C h il­ dren's Medical Center. " I f they see m e on my hike, then they know every person can do their part," James said. The Livestrong Across America riders blog from the road, posting video and photos of their progress. "Fifteen thousand miles w ith­ out so ck s," said a rid er in one video as he discarded his old cy­ cling shoes and donned a shiny new pair, "sure smells bad." Inspiration for the cy clists to push on grow s w ith each stop. The riders average 100 m iles a day, followed by a "sprinter" van that m eets them every 20 m iles w ith extra tire tubes, water and gear. In Austin, the group was w el­ com ed by em ployees from M el­ low Jo h n n y's, a com m uter bike center co-ow ned by Lance A rm ­ s tro n g and b u s in e s s p a rtn e r B art K naggs. The shop p rovid ­ ed the riders with breakfast tacos and coffee before they left town Wednesday, said center em ploy­ ee Robbie Brennan. "The level of support and en­ cou ragem ent we have received has been the m ost su rp risin g ," Haeggquist said. "From the little desert tow ns in N evada to Aus­ tin, Texas, we have received noth­ ing but love." COPYRIGHT Colby White Joseph Devens Lindsey Muttkm Jennifer Baxter Glona Kwong Pnsctka Villarreal Cheisey Delaney Richard A Finnell Copyright 2008 Texas Student Media. All articles, photographs and graphics, both in the print and online editions, are the property of Texas Student Media and may not be reproduced or republished in part or in whole without written permission. ........................................... 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H e a lth y \ «yetarían C u ism e with a D eliciou s C h ien ta l F lair Voted UTm ost vegetarian cuisine by Daily Texan readers W E SERVE BUBBLE TEA 1 9 1 4 A G u a d a l u p e • 4 5 7 -1 0 1 3 P A R K I N G A V A I L A B L E 1 2 - 8 : 4 3 M O N — F R l / l 2 - 8 : 4 5 S A T - S U N T - S h i r t s f o r S a l e $5 W I T H I N W A L K I N G D I S T A N C E o f U T C a m p u s Blackboard will expand, link to another system By Ines Min Daily Texan Staff A new softw are link added to the Blackboard system w ill soon enable users to access a com peti­ to r's educational learning system. Sakai offers the sam e tools as Blackboard but is an open-source system , which allows universities to change and add content and applications to the system to meet specific needs. According to offi­ cials, this makes the system a col­ laborative learning tool because p ro g ra m m e rs can u p d ate and modify others' work, while Black­ board only allow s its p ro g ram ­ mers to upload content. The idea to create a softw are c o n n e cto r b etw een S a k a i and Blackboard originated in a discus­ sion between Syracuse U niversi­ ty and Blackboard, said John Fon­ taine, Blackboard's senior director of technology evangelism. "It's possible to take pieces and bits from individual system s out there and combine them in new and more interesting w ays," Fontaine said. "W hat we've thought of here is how to take schools that have whole sets of different course management systems out there and put them to­ gether in a way that allows for com­ mon things to happen." U T will follow the progress of the new conn ector closely, said Judy Ashcroft, dean of U T's Con­ tinuing and Innovative Education Division, w hich trains faculty to use Blackboard and researches its effectiveness. "Blackboard is well-established and has a lot of flexibility," Ash­ cro ft said . "S a k a i, b ecau se it's open-source, is still evolving." A lthough Sakai is a free soft­ ware program, colleges must still pay for staff to cu stom ize and m aintain the program , Ashcroft said , ad d in g that UT w ants to keep course-m anagem ent system options open. UT already has a membership with Sakai, but because of the size of the cam p u s, any integration into the campus computer system would be gradual, she said. The software connector will be released at the same time as Black­ b oard 's new op erating system , Project NG. Blackboard's new system , im­ plemented during the spring 2007 semester, has taken several years to develop, Fontaine said. "We have no intention of open sourcing our core product," Fon­ taine said. "W hat we've done is cre­ ate add-ons and extensions to our products that are open source." Arabic language and literature junior Katherine Burk said Black­ board is a necessary tool on cam ­ pus but that it could be more us­ er-friendly. "I think it could be better," Burk said. "The design could improve." WALKING: Study examines how Austinites utilize ‘walkability’ From page 1 p rem iu m s to live on the urban fringe, and those kind of places are losing property valu e," Wil- liam s-D erry said. The institu te w ill also use in­ form ation from the study to con­ tinue researching a possible cor­ re la tio n b etw een w a lk in g and real estate prices, he said. The study also ranked the walk scores of resid ents living in the 40 m ost w alkab le c itie s' n eig h ­ borhoods to see how m uch peo­ ple are actually taking advantage of their city's walkability. A bou t 18 p e rce n t o f A u stin resid en ts have a w alk sco re of 70 or above out of 100, w hile 51 percent hav e a score of at least 50, accord ing to the study. The scores are based on how easy it is to live w ithout a car. T he city of A u stin scored 49 ou t of 100 in its ov erall w a lk ­ ability. Jullianne Ballou, an undeclared liberal arts junior, transferred to U T from W h itm an C o lle g e in Walla W alla, W ash., and lives in W est A ustin, w hich w as ranked in Walk Score's "car-dependent" category. Walla Walla m ade the "v ery w alkable" category. "W alla Walla w as a little more convenient, because it w asn't as cro w d ed ," Ballou said. CLARIFICATION In yesterday's story "Stu dy says rising tem ps a cause of kidney stones," it should have clarified that Yair Lotan, w h o co-authored the study, is a physician at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. The lead author, Tom Brikowski, is from the University of Texas at Dallas. The Texan regrets the error. T h e D a il y y A IV A Fj A f i i l Th is newspaper was printed with P1-1*1® bV The Daily Texan and Texas student Media. Editor............................. Managing Editor Associate Editors ........... News E d it o r.............. Associate N e w s Editors Senior Reporters Copy Desk Chief ............ 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More than 30 percent of adults in Mississippi, Alabama and Ten­ nessee are consid ered obese. In part, experts blam e Southern eat­ ing h a b its, p o v erty and d em o­ graphic groups that have higher obesity rates. C olorad o w as the least obese, with about 19 percent fitting that category in a random telephone su rv e y d o n e la st y e a r by th e C enters for D isease C ontrol and Prevention. The 2007 find ings are sim ilar to results from the sam e survey the three previous years. M issis­ sippi has had the highest obesity rate every year since 2004. But Al­ abam a, Tennessee, West Virginia and Louisiana have also clustered near the top of the list, often so close that the difference betw een their rates and M ississippi's may not be statistically significant. The South has had high death ra te s from h e a rt d is e a s e and stroke, health risks that have been linked to obesity, som e exp erts noted. The CDC study only surveyed adults, but results for kids are sim ­ ilar, said Dr. Miriam Vos, assistant professor of pediatrics at Atlanta's Emory School of Medicine. "M o st of the studies of obesi­ ty and children show the South has the highest rates as w ell," Vos said. W hy is the Sou th so heavy? The traditional Sou thern diet — high in fat and fried food — may be part of the answ er, said Dr. W illiam Dietz, w ho heads C D C 's n u tritio n , p h y sical activ ity and obesity division. The South also has a large con­ centration of rural residents and black women — two groups that tend to have higher obesity rates, he said. The study found that about 36 percent of black survey p artici­ pants were obese, while 28.5 per­ cent of Hispanics and 24.5 percent of whites were. High poverty rates in the South probably are another factor, said Naa O y o K w ate, assistan t pro­ fessor of sociom edical sciences at Colum bia U n iv ersity's M ailm an School of Public Health. In today's A m erica, poor peo­ ple tend to be obese: The cheap­ est foods often tend to b e calorie- heavy, and stores offering health­ ier and m ore e x p e n s iv e food ch o ice s are n ot o ften found in poor neighborhoods, she said. And why is C olorado so thin? It's a state with a reputation for exercise. It has p len tifu l biking and hiking trails, and an elevation that causes the body to labor a bit more, Dietz said. O besity is based on the body m ass in d e x , a ca lc u la tio n u s ­ ing height and weight. A 5-foot, 9 -in ch ad u lt w h o w e ig h s 203 pounds would have a BMI of 30, which is considered the threshold for obesity. C D C officials believe the tele­ phone survey o f 350,000 adults offers con serv ativ e estim ates of obesity rates, becau se it's based on w hat respondents said about th eir h eig h t an d w eig h t. M en com m only overstate their height and w om en often low ball their weight, health experts say. QUOTE OF THE DAY way gas prices a re, people are rediscovering their fe e t . 99 Pam Fischer, a traffic safety director in Mew Jersey, who is pari of a program teaching pedestrian safety WORLD BRIEFLY Jihadis in Afghanistan recruit more from foreign nations PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Af­ ghanistan has been drawing a fresh influx of jihadi fighters from Tur­ key, Central Asia, Chechnya and the Middle East, one more sign that al-Qaida is regrouping on what is fast becoming the most active front of the war on terror groups. More foreigners are infiltrating Afghanistan because of a recruit­ ment drive by al-Qaida as well as a burgeoning insurgency that has made movement easier across the border from Pakistan, U.S. offi­ cials, militants and experts say. For the past two months, Afghanistan has overtaken Iraq in deaths of U.S. and allied troops, and nine Ameri­ can soldiers were killed at a remote base in Kunar province Sunday in the deadliest attack in years. Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, warned during a visit to Kabul this month about an increase in foreign fight­ ers crossing into Afghanistan from Pakistan, where a new government is trying to negotiate with militants. Two U.S. officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the information, told The Associated Press that the U.S. is closely monitoring the flow of foreign fighters into both Af­ ghanistan and Pakistan. Jihadist Web sites from Chech­ nya to Turkey to the Arab world featured recruitment ads as early as 2007 calling on the "Lions of Islam" to fight in Afghanistan, said Bri­ an Glyn Williams, associate profes­ sor of Islamic history at the Univer­ sity of Massachusetts. Williams has tracked the movement of jihadis for the U.S. military's Combating Ter­ rorism Center at West Point Local Afghans in the border re­ gions are increasingly concerned about the return of the "A raban" or "Ikhw anis," as Arab fighters are known in the Pashtun lan­ guage, Williams wrote in a CTC paper He said that there were ru­ mors of hardened Arab fighters from Iraq training Afghan Pash- tuns in the previously taboo tactic of suicide bombing Cambodia, Thailand increase troops at shared border region PREAH VIH FIAR, Cambodia — Cambodia and Thailand sent more troops Thursday to their disputed border region surrounding an 11th century temple - despite agree­ ing to hold talks next week to avoid military action. The standoff — now in its third day — is the latest escalation in a long-standing conflict over land that surrounds Preah Vihear temple, which is similar in style to the more famous Angkor Wat in northeastern Cambodia. The confrontation came to a head last week when UNESCO approved Cambodia's application for World Heritage Site status for Preah Vi­ hear. Protesters in Thailand have decried their government's deci­ sion to endorse the application, say­ ing it undermines Thai claims to the territory. They have also accused Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej of by­ passing Parliament and backing the UNESCO application in exchange for business contracts for the cronies of toppled Prime Minister Thak­ sin Shinawatra. The Constitution­ al Court has ruled in the protesters' favor. To some extent, the demon­ strators appear to be playing to na­ tionalist sentiment to gain support for their larger goal of unseating Sa­ mak, whom they accuse of being a proxy for Thaksin. The border standoff began after three of the protesters crossed into Cambodia on Tuesday to visit the temple and were briefly detained. Soon afterward, Thai troops de­ ployed to the border. The army has been tightlipped about reasons be­ hind the troop movements, saying only that it is protecting Thai sov­ ereignty, though it's unclear why it thought it was threatened. Cambodia has accused the Thai troops of crossing into its territo­ ry, but Thailand has publicly main­ tained otherv, se However, a senior Thai military official acknowledged Wednesday that the troops are on "disputed" ground. He spoke on condition of anonymitv, citing the sensitivity of the situation. Compiled from Associated Press reports A m anual laborer sits on the side o f a street Sunday as he waits to be em ployed in Baghdad's Shiite enclave of Sadr City. Iraq's governm ent has launched a major job-creation program to stem the high rate of unem ploym ent nationwide and revive the economy. Karim Kadim | Associated Press Iraqis face unemployment hurdles By Sally Buzbee The Associated Press B A G H D A D — They fan out acro ss B ag h d ad in s u m m e r 's scorching heat — men in blue over­ alls picking up trash, mowing the sparse grass in parks, and standing on ladders to paint highway un­ derpasses and prune palm trees. Iraq's government has launched a job-creation program in recent months in a first step to address high unemployment and revive the econom y — moves that U.S. and Iraqi officials call crucial in advanc­ ing Iraq from this sum m er's rela­ tive calm to a more lasting stability. Baghdad officials alone are hir­ ing as many as 4,000 people a day, paying most a small daily rate to clean streets, do repair work and com plete other small tasks like p ainting signs. M any p ro v in c­ es have sim ilar programs, but in smaller numbers. The national government also is offering some limited job training, and it is paying unem ploym ent benefits of about $100 a month to some jobless people. Even with violence at its low­ est level in four years, solving un­ employment won't be simple. Iraq has few functioning modem facto­ ries to provide solid-paying jobs, and m any of its institutions like schools are still getting back on their feet. Hazim Kadim, 23, works as one of the new street cleaners in Bagh­ dad, earning $8 a day, although he has a teacher's certificate. He has been unable to get a teaching job. "I want to work a real job, a job that is in my profession," he said. "These jobs, they are very little." High unem ploym ent — esti­ mated betw een 35 percent and 50 percent nationally by the la­ bor ministry and by some outside economists — has long fed Iraq's violence, beginning with the 2003 invasion. The decision to disband Saddam Hussein's army, in partic­ ular, left thousands of men out of work, pushing many into the arms of the Sunni insurgency. Other Iraqis were so desperate for jobs that they risked their lives to work for U.S. officials and inter­ national groups. U.S.-led efforts to revive state factories and lure in private investment foundered as the violence grew. The reasons for high unemploy­ ment now are many, but most ul­ timately cycle back to the violence that afflicted Iraq's 27 million peo­ ple for years: the battles in cit­ ies like Baqouba, Basra and M o­ sul, and the sectarian threats that drove people from neighborhoods and jobs in Baghdad. Iraqi Prime M inister Nouri al- M aliki has begun a m ajor push to increase trade ties and attract investm ent from neighbors like Turkey. But investm ent is com ­ ing in only slowly and sporadical­ ly, even in key industries like oil, for which a law meant to pave the way for investment is still hung up in parliament. Not all of Iraq's economic prob­ lems resulted from the war. The econom y was state-co n ­ trolled and in the doldrums under Saddam, discouraging private en­ trepreneurship and outside invest­ ment. Years of U.N. sanctions im­ posed after Iraq's occupation of Kuwait proved a devastating blow, depriving Iraq of modem technol­ ogy and spare parts to maintain power stations and factories. With the rot so deep, reviving the economy is a formidable chal­ lenge, even for a country awash in $70 billion in oil revenues. There are no recent, generally accepted estimates on how much it would cost to secure and rebuild Iraq, perhaps because early figures floated by the U.N ., World Bank and Bush administration proved disastrously low. But some private economists have pegged the over­ all figure at $80 billion to $100 bil­ lion, depending on the definition of a "rebuilt Iraq." A m ong the m ajor hu rd les is the need to rebuild destroyed city centers to lure people and shops back. There is also an urgent de­ sire to return refugees to their neighborhoods. N e w Yo r k e r c o v e r d r a w s f l a k NATION BRIEFLY Texas approves $4.9 billion plan to generate wind energy AUSTIN — Texas, headquarters of America's oil industry, is about to stake a fortune on wind power. In what experts say is the big­ gest investment in the clean and renewable energy in U.S. histo­ ry, utility officials in the Lone Star State gave preliminary approv­ al Thursday to a $4.9 billion plan to build new transmission lines to carry wind-generated electrici­ ty from gusty West Texas to urban areas like Dallas. "People think about oil wells and football in Texas, but in 10 years they'll look back and say this was a brilliant thing to do," said Patrick Woodson, vice pres­ ident of E.On Climate & Renew­ ables North America, which has about 1,200 megawatts of wind projects already in use or on the drawing board in Texas. Texas is already the national leader in wind power, generating about 5,000 megawatts. But wind- energy advocates say the lack of transmission lines has kept a lot of that power from being put to use and has hindered the building of more turbines. Supporters say Thursday's 2-1 vote by the Texas Public Utility Commission is critical to getting that energy to more people. "We will add more wind than the 14 states following Texas com­ bined," said PUC Commission­ er Paul Hudson "1 think that's a very extraordinary achievement. Some think we haven't gone far enough, some think we've pushed too far." Most of Texas' wind-energy production is in petroleum-pro­ ducing West Texas, where nearly 4,(XX) wind turbines tower over oil pump jacks and capture the breeze that blows across the flat and largely barren landscape The new plan would not direct­ ly build a slew of new turbines, but would add transmission lines capable of moving about 18,000 megawatts. One expert said that is enough to power more than 4 mil­ lion Texas homes. Number of unemployed people applying for jobless benefits rises WASHINGTON — The num­ ber of newly laid-off people sign­ ing up for jobless benefits rose last week as companies keep work forces lean given the economy's slowdown. The Labor Department report­ ed Thursday that new applications filed for unemployment insurance increased by a seasonally adjusted 18,000 to 366,000 for the week end­ ing July 12. That left new claims at their highest level since late June, when they spiked to 404,000. The number of new layoff filings was lower than the 380,000 that economists were forecasting. Yet, the filings are higher than a year ago, when they stood at 309,000, underscoring weakness in employ­ ment conditions. Meanwhile, the four-week mov­ ing average of claims, which smooths out week-to-week fluctua­ tions, dipped last week to 376,500. A year ago, this figure was 312,500. The number of people continu­ ing to draw unemployment bene­ fits fell to 3.1 million for the week ending July 5, the most recent pe­ riod for which that information is available. That compared with 2.6 million a year ago. Several companies that an­ nounced job cuts in July include: Tribune Co.; American Airlines; IndyMac Bancorp Inc.; Cardinal Health Inc.; and Pfizer. Cautious employers have cut jobs for six months straight bring­ ing total job losses to 438,000 so far this year, the government reported earlier this month. The jobless rate held steady in June at 5.5 percent after jumping in May by the most in two decades. The unemployment rate is expect­ ed to climb to 6 percent or higher by early next year. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bemanke, in back-to-back appear­ ances on Capitol Hill this week, told Congress that the economy is facing numerous difficulties, in­ cluding rising joblessness and fall­ out from the housing and credit crises. High energy pnces also add to the economy's woes. Compiled from Associated Press reports Courtesy Th« Now Yorfcor C IN C IN N A TI — N ew York Gov. David Paterson and the N AA CP on Thursday condemned The New Yorker m agazine's satirical cover depicting Democrat Barack Obama and his wife as flag-burning radicals. Paterson, a Democrat who is New York's first black governor, told delegates at the civil rights organization's national conven­ tion that the cover that hit new sstands M onday is "o n e of the most malignant, vicious covers of a magazine I have ever seen," drawing a loud applause. "It depicted them as angry, hateful, violent and unpatriotic," Paterson added. The National Association for the Advancem ent of Colored Peo­ ple released a resolution that calls the cover "tasteless, Islam-a- phobic, mean spirited and racially offensive " It calls on other Am ericans who are offended by the cover to contact the m aga­ zine about their concerns. A message seeking comment from The New Yorker was left at the magazine's offices on Thursday. The cover depicts Obama in traditional Muslim clothing while his wife, M ichelle, has an assault rifle slung over one shoulder and is dressed in cam ouflage and com bat boots with her hair in an Afro. The cover show s them bum ping fists as an Am erican flag bum s in a fireplace behind them and a portrait of Osama bin Laden hangs above the mantel. — The Associated Press O p in io n T h e D a i l y T e x a n Editor in Chief: Leah Finnegan Phone: (512) 232-2212 E-mail: editor@dailytexanonlme.com Associate Editors: Josh Haney Andrew Vickers Friday, July 18, 2008 VIEWPOINT A page out of Bush’s book M any of our nation's chief executives look to continue their legacies after their time in office with the construction of stately presidential librar­ ies in their honor, lik e the pharaohs of Egypt, they choose to erect these costly structures in hopes that their legacy will forever be cemented in the pages of history. George W. Bush is no exception. His library, which has an estimated price tag of $500 million, will be housed by Southern Methodist University. W hile political comedy writers are having a field day ex­ changing jokes about which two books would be appropriate to include in the archives, more serious question are starting to arise: How exactly will this great pyramid of a library be funded? And, more importantly, by whom? Unlike political campaign contributions, which are strictly regulated and must account for every penny, donations to the George W. Bush Presiden­ tial Library do not have to be recorded or accounted for by any means. While the House did unanimous­ ly pass a bill last year that would ensure transparen­ cy in the library fundraising process, it has yet to see a vote in the Senate, thanks in large part to Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska. Given the ethical lapses concern­ ing this unique type of fundraising that have recent­ ly been exposed, that must change. In a piece published in the London Times on July 13, undercover reporter Yerzhan D osm ukham e- dov secretly videotaped a meeting with Stephen Payne, a well-known lobbyist who raised a consid­ erable amount of money for the Republican Party in 2004, in order to arrange a phony meeting between the exiled form er president of Kyrgyzstan Askar Akayev and a high-ranking U.S. official. Payne al­ legedly suggested that if Akayev made a hefty con­ tribution to the Bush's library fund, he could ar­ range a meeting with someone in the adm inistra­ tion — Vice President Dick Cheney and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice were a few of the names that were tossed around. Although Payne claims his quotes were taken out of context, we fail to see how telling Dosmukhame- dov that "1 think that the family, children, whatever [of Akayev], should probably look at making a con­ tribution to the Bush library ... maybe a couple of hundred thousand dollars ... to show that they're serious" could be misunderstood. But it d oesn't stop there. A ccording to anoth­ er story published last February by the Texas O b­ server, Bush's proposed border wall, while barrel­ ing through many other pieces of private property, conveniently ends right at the property line of Dal­ las billionaire Ray L. Hunt. Hunt, a close friend of Dubya, recently made a $35 million contribution to the Bush library fund. Exiled presidents from the former Soviet Union and billionaires looking to buy preferential treat­ ment are among the individuals that are being con­ sidered to fund this project, and we can only guess as to which other morally ambiguous characters are on the short list. Although having a presidential library is un­ doubtedly a prestigious prize for a university or city, it is not worth the price we will pay as citizens by letting these private interests gain more leverage with our political leaders than they already have. With these upsetting ethical oversights in mind, w e're thankful U T's 2005 bid for the library was denied. — Josh Haney SEX ED WITH GULIFAGER re "extra thin" condoms just as effective as regular condoms? I've been using the regular kind and want something that will let me feel more sensation. ¡¡gajjirst of all, congratulations on using condoms regularly. When latex and polyurethane condoms are used consistently and correctly, they prevent pregnancy 98 percent of the time and are the only way — besides choosing not to have sex — to significantly reduce your risk of HIV and other sex­ ually transmitted infections. Way to go! According to the 2008 National College Health Assessment, only 27 percent of UT students who are sexually active always use condoms. Yet students overestimate how often their peers use con­ doms. Condoms are only effective if you use them — the correct way, every time. All condoms for sale in the United States — every single one — have passed electronic tests be­ fore being packaged and sold. That applies to thin condoms, ribbed condoms, studded condoms, extra large condoms, flavored condoms and colored condoms. Different people prefer different features in condoms. Some people prefer thin ones because they can feel more sensation and heat during sex; some people like the thick ones because they can pro­ long orgasm. Certain men need larger-size condoms; others prefer a "snugger fit." Ribs and studs are a must for some but totally anathema to others. The way to find the best condom is to try a va­ riety and pick the one that is right for you. In the Health Promotion Resource Center (SSB 1.106), students can get three free Durex Enhanced Pleasure condoms per day or buy 50 for $3. The UHS Pharmacy sells a wide variety of condoms, all of which are awesome, for $2 a dozen. You can buy Trojans, Kimonos, Lifestyles, Durexes and more and find one that you like. You can read more about condom s and learn how to properly use them at the UH S website, http://healthyhorns.utexas.edu/education/condompacket.htmI. Got a burning question (or a burning sensation)? E-mail Guli Fager at g.fager@uhs.utexas.edu. Fager is the healthy sexuality education coordinator for University Health Services. GALLERY «HSS&yeZZSS? /d n * a ém Checks and balances Your tuition money could be going to help f u n d an organization you do not even a g ree with. ” By Abhinav Kumar Daily Texan Columnist Historically, July 8 ranks as a pretty important day. Som e of us rem em ber it as the day Prince Charles Ndizi of Burundi took over his fath er's throne in 1966. Others may recall it as the day the Chippew a tribe let go of land in O ntario to the Brits in 1822. And w ho could forget the Dano- N orw egians' (under the com m and of V ice-A d­ miral Tordenskjold, of course) victory against the Swedes in 1716? But before you lean back and rem inisce about all the July 8's of past, d on't for­ get to pay tribute to this year's Ju ly 8. O n the date this year, the nonprofit Texas Public Pol­ icy Foundation unveiled a Web site that is sure to give people an edge over b ig governm ent bureaucrats and politicians. The site, TexasBudgetSource. org, o ffers a w ealth o f in fo r­ m ation about the accou nting of state and local governm ents and school d istricts. W ith the goal of bringing more transp arency to govern­ ment, the site also provides user-friendly consoli­ dation — a one-stop source for spending records from across the state. D isplayed p ro m in en tly in th e upper right- hand corner is a nifty, up-to-the-m inute "Spend- O -M eter." As of now, the state has already spent over $66.9 billion of our money. More than giv­ ing a lump sum , the site also breaks down spend­ ing into appropriated groups (education, public safety, health and human services, etc.) and dis­ plays inform ation from up to 10 years ago for comparison. T e x a sB u d g e tS o u rce la rg ely fo llo w s in the fo otstep s of an oth er W eb site, head ed by Su ­ san Com bs, the state's Com ptroller of Public Ac­ counts. Com bs is a rare public official who spear­ heads governm ent transparency initiatives. After she assumed office in 2007, she created her site — Where the M oney Goes — to post state agencies' expenses online "dow n to the pencil." Bringing the need for transparency from state­ w ide organization s d ow n to local governm ent sp ecifically , The H ou ston C h ron icle last w eek published its own governm ent expenditure track­ ing m easure as w ell. Though not quite as co m ­ prehensive as the other tw o sites, the Chronicle provides a searchable payroll database for sev ­ en Houston government organizations, including H ouston ISD and the city of H ouston. A quick search can tell you that H ou ston 's police ch ief earns nearly $200,000 a year. A ustin's com mitment, however, to online gov­ ernm ent transparency is a bit m ediocre. All the inform ation is available — just not at the sam e time and not in the same place. The city of Austin Web site provides dow nloadable PDF files, but beyond these lengthy, insid er-oriented, fourth- grade Pow erPoint presentations, there is no easy way to analyze A ustin's local gov­ e rn m en t sp e n d in g . If there w as, people m ay realize that the city is projected to have at least a $20 m il­ lion deficit for the upcom ing fiscal year. C o m b s s a y s she p ro v id e s her state ag en cy sp en d in g site at no cost to taxpayers, according to an interview on T exasB u d g etSou rce. But even if cost is an issue for m ak­ ing A ustin's budgets user-friendly, the city could have taken the m on­ ey and time spent on its ridiculous "clim ate protection" Web site (com ­ plete w ith carbon calculator!) and instead used it to m ake inform ation on spending more readi­ ly available. At least most people only have to worry about state and city expenses. U nfortunately for stu ­ dents, transparency gets even w orse at the U n i­ v ersity level. O ne call to the Stu d en t G o v ern ­ m ent office will reveal that specific, appropriat­ ed spending inform ation of its $132,192 bud get is not available at all online. Your tuition m oney could be going to help fund an organization you do not even agree with, such as University D em ­ ocrats or the Young Conservatives of Texas. In the end, politicians and bureaucrats (and SG officers) get too m uch of the blam e. Sure, they m ay be m anipulative, pow erless cogs in som e­ one else's m achine, but they only screw around with our money because w e let it happen. H ope­ fully this trend of online governm ent transparen­ cy will continue, but it's up to us to keep their spending in check. Kumar is a Business Honors and supply chain management senior. Loving thy neighbor .d < By Wayne Cheong Daily Texan Columnist «a W hen I first arrived in Austin, I managed to find a nice, affordable apartment where I live to this day. 'The people I meet on the compound are generally cordial. There's a gym and a swimming pool. The police patrol the area nightly. Recently, they erect­ ed an electronic gate, assuring us in our minds that we're truly safe. But while I considered the threats of the outside world when choosing a place to live, I should have been more concerned with the troubles that can arise within it. I've never had the fortune of having normal, de­ cent neighbors. As I write this at an hour that some­ one might described as "ungodly," my next-door neighbor is outside his apartm ent, admonishing himself. Loudly. Back in Singapore, my family lived in an apart­ ment situated at the end of a corridor. There was a particular family that lived down the hall from us. W hen we happened to meet, we would exchange genteel greetings. Som etim es w e would inquire about each other's health. But this fam ily owned a huge, toothy mastiff with an enormous belly that would have been per­ fect container for a small child. They often chained the beast outside their apartment, which proved dif­ ficult for my sister and me when we returned home from school. W'e would either wait for the neighbors to bring in their pet or we would squeeze our skin­ ny frames between the sleeping canine's body and the wall. In the evening, the dog barked for seem­ ingly no reason (except to annoy us). Som etimes w e'd end up with tumbleweeds of stray dog hair at our front door. "Couldn't they shave the damn thing?" my moth­ er would mutter as she swept up the mess. Luckily, they soon moved away. The family that moved into their place seemed nice — the husband worked in construction, and his wife took care of their baby More importantly they didn't have pets. But two weeks after our new neighbors moved in, strange men started appearing outside their apartment. Three days later, their apartment was vandalized — the Chinese w ords "borrow m on­ ey, pay money," were written on the wall in scarlet script. This was the modus operandi of your aver­ age Singaporean loan sharks. O ur new neighbor frantically painted over the message, but the damage was done. Speculations scurried about the rest of the building. A w eek later, the loan sharks returned and splashed red paint on our new neighbors' front door. The family upped and left. The slightly fad­ ed red on the door of the empty apartment remind­ ed me of Moses' markings on the Israelites' doors to ward off the Angel of Death. When I lived in Oklahoma City during my under­ graduate years, I rented a place my friend described as "ghetto." Apparently, when "Open House" signs are put outside an apartm ent com plex, som e see them as invitations to loot. I could easily hear the regularly scheduled abuses of the couple that lived below me. Something about a car. A final salvo from the w om an. Som ething vulgar about the m an's mother. A slammed door. Then I moved to Austin for graduate school. As luck would have it, I moved in next door to Mr. Crazy, who likes to let out his unbridled opinion about how he hates himself in the wee hours of the morning. Peeking through the lowered slats of the blinds, I often see his massive, lumbering frame in the shad­ ows. With each step he takes upward, he lets out a "goddamn you." Mr. Crazy makes no effort to low­ er the register or volume of his voice as he continues his personal tirade behind closed doors. He's clearly insane. 1 don't know where he came from, what he does for a living or what his condi­ tion is, but I think I know everything I need to know about him through his diatribes. No man is an island, goes the adage. We do not build our castles surrounded by moats. But when I return home after a long day at school or work, I just want to kick off my shoes, draw the curtains and engage in a little "nude me-time" — you know, be comfortable in my own space. I don't want to be involved in the affairs of the outside world, espe­ cially those that live next door to me. I suppose I could try to be amiable and take at least a passing interest in the more com posed res­ idents. Maybe we could find some commonality, a way to build those good fences between neighbors. Maybe we could talk about our Mr. Crazy. 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Please recycle this copy of The Daily Texan by placing it back in a burnt-orange stand. Sports Editor: David R. Henry E-mail: sports@dailytexanonline.com Phone: (512) 232-2210 www.dailytexanonline.com M LS S ports T h e D a i l y T e x a n Friday, July 18,2008 Shorthanded Dynamo blanked by Mexican team By Michael Sherfield Daily Texan Staff H O U S T O N — T h e u s u ­ al orange glow of sunset visible through the cracks of R obertson Stadium at D ynam o gam es had faded long before the crow d of 30,000 — scattered across greater Houston Tuesday night. Indeed, there was little orange to behold even below the h eav ­ ens as the red and w hite stripes of C h iv as de G u adalajara ov er­ whelmed the field and the stands in a 1-0 w in ov er the tw o-tim e M LS champions. Yet after a nervy opening from the Dynamo, the game proved to be far from a routine preseason game for the more illustrious visitors. As the host team cam e to grips w ith an un fam iliar 3-5-2 form a­ tion , forced by ab sen ce of five starters through injury and su s­ p e n s io n , an d an u n fo rg iv in g p la y in g s u rfa c e , th e y p u sh ed Chivas to the brink. Chivas goalkeeper Ernesto M i- che w as forced into a strin g of fine saves from A rg en tin e fo r­ w ard Franco Carracio at the start of the second half, w hile the D y­ n am o had the ball in the net on 64 m in u te s fo llo w in g a g o a l­ m ou th scram ble, only to be d e­ nied by the referee's whistle. Midfielder Brad Davis beat both Miche and the referee with a 53rd- minute shot but was denied. A t the o th e r e n d , th e sp eed o f th e C h iv a s c o u n te r -a tta c k stretch ed the th ree-m an H o u s­ to n d e fe n s e o f P a tr ic k Ia n n i, B ob b y B osw ell and C raig W ai- bel, yet H ouston held firm until the 71st m inute. A gainst the run of play, striker O m ar A rellano gave C hivas the lead after tu rn in g Ianni on the left flank and beating g oalkeep ­ er Pat O nstad at his near post. T h e goal started a p erio d of D ynam o d om inance that w ould last u n til th e fin al w h istle but could not produce a goal. M id fie ld e r R ic a r d o C la r k , booked early in the gam e after a shoving m atch at a D ynam o cor­ ner, controlled the m iddle of the park w ith a co n ta in e d a g g re s­ sion and w illingness to run C h i­ vas could not rival. But w ith forw ard Brian Ching and p laym ak ers Stu art H old en and D w ayne De R ossario m iss­ in g , th e D y n a m o d id n 't h av e enough fire power. P a ss io n s th r e a te n e d to b o il over as the final w h istle neared, and th e D y n a m o p u sh ed fo r­ w ard w ith in cre a sin g d e s p e r­ a tio n . H o u sto n ca p ta in W ade B arrett w as booked after p u sh ­ ing back a C h iv as d efen d er a t­ te m p tin g to d e la y a D y n a m o fre e k ic k and o ff-th e -b a ll c o n ­ fro n tatio n s b ecam e in cre a sin g ­ ly com m on. Six p lay ers en d ed up in the r e fe r e e 's b o o k , th ree on e a ch sid e, as the p h y sica l n atu re of the game took its toll. A fte r 94 g ru e lin g m in u te s , C h iv a s a ssu re d th e ir p a ssa g e from G roup A and into the Su- perLiga sem ifinal after w inning their first tw o gam es. H ou ston, on the back of a 4-0 opening win over A tlanta, needs to avoid de­ feat in th eir final gam e ag ain st D.C. U nited on Saturday to join their rivals in the next round. Chivas de Guadalajara's O m ar Arellano (9) reacts after scoring a goal as Houston Dynam o's Patrick Ianni, left, watches d uring the second half of a SuperLiga soccer match Tuesday in Houston. D avid J. Phillip | A sso c ia te d Press He r e’s johnniei TOUR DE FRANCE Winner of two stages at Tour expelled from race due to doping Italian rider is third person caught at this year's competition By Jamey Keaten The Associated Press N A R B O N N E, France — W ith the com petition reduced to an af­ terth o u g h t, the Tour de France was rocked by another drug bust Thursday that left cycling's show ­ piece event all but synonym ous with doping. T his was the third time in this race that a rider has been caught, and it netted the biggest name yet: Italy's Riccardo Ricco, a winner of two stages. "You can 't believe that a w ave of a m agic wand can change the w orld of cy clin g ," Patrice C lerc, head of Tour organizer ASO, told a news conference. "It's going to take time." R icco w as exp elled from the race and detained by police to the b oos of fans. His Saunier D uval team pulled out of the Tour and suspended all its activities. This is the third straight year the Tour has been undercut by doping. The d ay's 12th stage was won b y M ark C av en d ish of B ritain while Cadel Evans of Australia re­ tained the yellow jersey. But, as is often the case in cycling, drugs overshadowed all. "M a y the cheaters get caught. M ay they go aw ay," Tour p resi­ dent Christian Prudhom m e said. "I said to the rid ers before the race, behind closed d oors, that you have the key. ... Some d idn't get the message." Evans welcomed the drugs busts, and "that the sport is being cleaned up in serious, fair and transparent way. Our sport is being crucified for doing the right thing." As the stage got under way, Ev­ ans rode alongside the car of the Tour director, and said: "'R est as­ sured, w e're on the road toward a clean s p o rt/" Prudhom m e told The Associated Press. All three riders were ousted for the perform ance enhancer EPO — cycling's drug of choice. R ic­ co tested positive after the fourth stage, a time trial in Cholet. "It's just amazing. It's irrespon­ sib le ," said David M illar, a Brit­ ish rider with the Garm in-Chipo- tle team. "This guy does not have any love or care for the sport. " Millar, w ho rode with Sauni­ er Duval last year, has become a leading critic of d ru g use after serving a two-year doping ban. The Saunier Duval bus was lat­ er detained by gendarmes, and its contents were inspected, the state prosecutor for the Foix region, An­ toine Leroy, said by phone. P ie rre B o rd ry , h ead o f th e French an ti-d op in g agency, an ­ nounced the positive result just before the stage. Som e of R icco's team m ates had already taken the starting line before returning to the team bus. "It's a team decision not to start the race," Saunier Duval sporting director M atxin Fernandez said. "H e's our leader. We can't act as if nothing happened." R icco , th e G iro d 'lta lia ru n ­ ner-up, w on the sixth and ninth stages of this Tour and was ninth o v e ra ll e n te rin g T h u rsd ay. He w as 2 m in u tes, 29 seco n d s b e ­ hind Evans. "W e are learning that things that look too good to be true are too good to be true," Millar said. The case was at least the ninth doping-related scandal at the last tw o Tours. Among those last year, Alexandre Vinokourov tested pos­ itive for a blood transfusion, Cris­ tian Moreni was caught using tes­ tosterone, and Iban Mayo — also with Saunier-Duval — tested pos­ itive for EPO, though he was later cleared by the Spanish cycling fed­ eration. Two years ago, U.S. Floyd Landis was stripped of his title af­ ter using synthetic testosterone. Ricco had com e under suspi­ cion about what he says is his nat­ urally high hematocrit level — the volum e of red blood cells. High hematocrit levels can suggest EPO use but do not confirm it. Follow in g his v icto ry in the ninth stag e, R icco said he has had high hematocrit levels "since I w as little," ad ding he hoped "ev ery b o d y will stop speaking about that." R icco 's p o p u la rity in Italy rocketed with his tw o stage wins, draw ing front-page coverage in the soccer-focused Gazzetta del- lo Sport. The rider has said his idol was M arco Pantani, w ho in 1998 be­ cam e the last Italian to win the Tour. Pantani faced d oping al­ legations throughout his career and died of a cocaine overdose in 2004. Riccardo Ricco of Italy of the Saunier Duval-Scott cycling team, right, is led away by French gendarmes prior to the start of the 12th stage of the Tour de France cycling race between Lavelanet and Narbonne, southern France, on Thursday. Ricco is the third cyclist who tested positive for the use of EPO in this Tour de France. Former Texas defensive back Johnnie Johnson, who played from 1976 to 1979, will be enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame this weekend. Johnson is president and CEO of Growing Tree Learning Center, Inc., a published author and a motivational speaker. Courtesy Texas Sports Johnson enshrined in Hall Defensive back proud to be representing school, won many awards as Longhorn By David R. Henry Daily Texan Staff Until Johnnie Johnson, just about the only thing La Grange, Texas, was famous for was "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas." "I d id n 't know of anybody that had ever gone on to play football in college," Johnson said. "F o r that m atter, I didn't know anybody who had played any sport in college." All that changed with the speedy defen­ sive back, who wreaked havoc for oppos­ ing offenses as a Longhorn from 1976 to 1979 and played in the NFL with the Los Angeles Rams from 1980 to 1988. Jo h n so n , a tw o -tim e A ll-A m e rica n while at Texas and an All-NFL defensive team selection as a part of the Rams, was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fam e in December 2007 and is taking part in the festivities today and tomorrow in South Bend, Ind., as a part of the 2008 College Football Hall of Fame Enshrine­ ment Class. Am ong the big nam es of the class are Doug Flutie, Ahmad Rashad, John Randle and coach Joe Paterno. "It's sim ply hum bling to be honored with all these other great players," John­ son said. "I'm proud to be representing the University of Texas." A co-captain of the 1979 team and win­ ner of the n ation 's top defensive back award in 1978, Johnson had 13 career in­ terceptions. He w as also an electrifying punt returner, with 1,004 return yards. Every time Johnson went back to return a punt, the Longhorn Band started playing the theme song from "The Tonight Show w ith Johnny C a rso n ," and the crow d shouted "H ere's Johnnie!" "It was almost like something out of a movie," Johnson said. "W e get people to m axim ize their po­ tential in their personal and profession­ al life," Johnson said. "In sp orts, I had coaches that helped me through a lot of ad v erse circu m sta n ces. T o d ay 's tim es have a nervous econom y and a volatile m arket. E xe cu tiv e s and co m p an y e m ­ ployees need training to reach the fullest level in a tough environm ent." He's a well-known author, inspirational speaker and peak-performance coach. He previously spent nine years in real estate, being honored during his career as one of the top five producing agents in the nation within the 25,000-plus agent chain of ERA Real Estate. His success in real estate led to hisO starting the program Common Sense Steps to Selling Real Estate. He's also the author of "Says W ho?," a Courtesy Texas Sports motivational book about reaching goals. Johnnie Johnson sits on the bench in one of his games at Texas. Inset: Johnson today. He w as o rigin ally recru ited to Tex­ as by legendary coach Darrell K Royal. He only got to play under Royal for one year, as Fred A kers took o v er in 1977. H ow ever, the team went undefeated in A kers' first year before losing to N otre D am e in the C otton Bowl By the tim e Johnson finished at Texas, he becam e a m em ber of the Southw est C on feren ce All-Decade Team. "H e w as a great recruit in an era of outstanding recruits for Texas football," said sports information director and au ­ thor Bill Little. "H e had a real d ed ica­ tion to the gam e and was a team leader. H e's one of the greatest defensive backs in Texas history." The U n iv e rsity of T e xas' m o tto is "W h a t starts here ch anges the w o rld ." That's been true for Johnson in his post­ playing career. Johnson is president and CEO of Grow­ ing Tree Learning Center, Inc., an interna­ tional educational company. Its prim ary company is World Class Coaches. Jo h n so n an d his w ife , Ju lie , h a v e three children, sons Kirk and Collin and daughter Camille. H e's currently collab o ratin g with his kids to w rite a "Says W ho?" for youth. While he resides in the Silicon Valley of California these days, Johnson makes plenty of trips to Austin. "I have a lot of clients in Texas and som e family in the area," Johnson said. " A u s t in is still my favorite city in the w orld." And he h asn 't forgo tten the s c h o o l where his career got started. "I bleed orange and try to do w h a te v e r I can to support the football p r o g r a m / John­ son said. "I want to thank all mv coach­ es and team m ates from my time, as well as the fans, because there's no fans better than Texas fans." The road to the College Football Hall o f Fame has been quite a journey for John­ son, considering he cam e from such hum­ ble beginnings. "I grew up on the welfare sy s te m ," he said. "A thletics w as my wav out I want­ ed to m ake the m ost of the opportunity I h ad." 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Mi- chener Collection of the H onolu­ lu Academ y of the Arts. The prints range from private scenes of beautiful w om en, rau­ cou s p arties and pow erfu l pas­ torals. W orks date from the Edo p erio d , 1 6 03-1869, to the 20th century. T h e 12 artists featured include three preem inent print- m ak e rs — U tam aro , H oku sai, and Hiroshige. The array of w orks allow s for m any stand ou t pieces. The pil­ lar prints — those m ade to hang v e rtic a lly to o rn a m e n t p alace pillars — offer long, elegant per­ spectives of the idealized female figure. In la te r w o rk s' a d h e re n ce an d d iv ersio n s from co n v e n ­ tion are m ost clear in the strik­ in g "E y e b ro w P en cil" by Ito Shinsui. The d rastic th eatrical­ ity of the red background that envelops all but the female gei­ Austinites Tom Mitchell and Michelle Langlois look at Japanese w oodblock prints W ednesday afternoon in "Exquisite ¡¡I Visions of Japan," an exhibit at the Blanton M useum of Art. Andrea Lai D a ily Texan Staff MOVIE REVIEW ‘Mamma Mia!’ performs the old-fashioned way By Brian Losoya Daily Texan Staff T h is w eek en d th ere is one movie everyone is going to see, but if you see another, or if you want to see som ething funny in b etw een your m u ltiple sh o w ­ ings of "The Dark Knight," you should certain ly con sid er see­ ing "M am m a M ia!" Based on the 1999 m usical of the sam e name, "M am m a Mia!" tells the story of Sophie (A m an­ da Seyfried), w ho wants her fa­ ther to give her away at her wed- ding. T he only problem is that her m other slept with three men around the sam e time, and any one of them could be Sop h ie's father. Sophie invites all three to her wedding without her moth­ er Donna (M eryl Streep) know ­ ing. W hen the three potential fa­ thers arrive, chaos and lies en­ sue, creatin g an aw kw ard re­ union and m uch confusion for Donna and the people on their small island in Greece. From the beginning, the film lets y o u know th at y o u 're in store for a good, old-fashioned m usical, ii s becom ing a trend in H ollyw ood to make all of the son gs in m u sica ls seem m ore n a tu ra l (see "D r e a m g ir ls " or "O n ce "). "M am m a M ia!" offers a stark con trast to these film s by u n a b ash ed ly b reak in g out into song at random points, of­ ten to a com ical extent. The acting in this film is bet­ ter than expected. Meryl Streep naturally delivers with her por­ trayal of an overw orked m oth­ er trying to cope with aging and th e m arriag e of her daughter. Seyfried nails the part of an im­ m ature young bride-to-be, con­ fused about her identity. The m en in the m ovie are a d ifferent story. All three of the p o ten tia l fath ers leav e s o m e ­ thing to be desired. Colin Firth and Ste lla n Skarsg ard are un­ d e r u s e d and e n d up b e in g n oth in g m ore than reason s to get a q u ick laugh. Pierce Bro- snan, a stran g e ch oice fo r the lead role, seems to have no pas­ sion for Streep, despite his char­ a cte r's 20 years of pining. Not to m ention, the movie becom es aw kw ard every tim e he opens his m outh to sing, and not in a good way. A sid e from th is , the m o v ­ ie has som e great m om ents. It ends up being very campy, but a c k n o w le d g e s th e m o m en ts w ith s m a rt co m e d ic c h o ic e s o f ch oreo g rap h y and at tim es seem s to be m aking fun of it­ self. S till, "M am m a M ia !" sat­ isfies and leav es you sm ilin g at the end, which is just what it intends to do. ☆☆☆☆☆ sha of "Eyebrow Pencil" shatters the convention of realistic im ag­ es of idealized women. Even so, this w om an, one hum bly h a lf­ dressed while applying eyebrow m ak eu p , seem s the m ost real representation yet, displayed as her figure seem s to traverse her ow n fram e. H ow ever, women are not the sole subject of the prints. The ex­ h ib itio n in clu d es exam p les of prints o f the U kiyo-e genre, or "p ictu res of the floating w orld." O ne particu larly effective piece is "T h u n d e rsto rm Beneath the Sum m it" by Hokusai, circa 1830. The um ber foothills near the bot­ tom of th e print seem to crack apart as Mt. F u ji's peak tow ers high in solitude. And all this ac­ tion is fram ed in the blue sky. The benefit of being arranged in historical order and by artist is that the viewers are allowed and facilitated to compile some men­ tal co m p a rativ e of their ow n. They m ay judge for themselv es how each w ork's take on a sim ­ ilar subject bears m eaning. The museum also displays in a glass case the printing plate^ carved to create one exam ple piece This show s the com pilation process of layered grounds and harm o­ nized colors, and it is a valuable insight to anyone interested in ap p reciating these w orks m ore fully. The exhibition's more than 50 w orks are innum erably faceted for the enjoym ent of any viewer, from the averag e art-p leasu re- seeker to the con n oisseu r. The m u seu m 's b roch u re con clu d es a p p ro p riately in the w ord s of M ich en er, "1 m u st stre ss that Jap an ese p rints are a joy ... In the long h istory o f m an 's per­ sistent attem pts to create beauty, these prints are one of the grati­ fying successes." The exhibition runs until Aug. 24 and is free to all UT students