LETTHE FESTIVITIES BEGIN DT Weekend gives you the inside scoop on this weekend's festivals as well as break-out bands around Austin AUSTIN GETS FEIST Y Singer-songwriter chanteuse Leslie Feist graces Austin with vocal talent »DT WEEKEND a ily T exa n www.dailytexanonline.com Serving The University of Texas at Austin com m unity since 1900 U n i t y in t r a g e d y 'HORNS FALL TO MAVS Texas tripped up by UT-Arlington's freshman pitcher in 4-2 defeat SPORTS PAGE 18 r Thursday, April 17, 2008 UT company decreases investments UTIMCO executive wants to avoid \social investing’ in Sudan By Maya Srikrishnan Daily Texan Staff The University of Texas In­ vestment Management Compa­ ny has decreased its Sudan-relat­ ed investments to $12.5 million. This private entity ifrafuiges and invests $24 billion in endow­ ment funds for the UT and Texas A&M systems. At the Oct. 12, 2007, Board of Regents meeting, White Rose Society divestment chair Nata­ sha Levinsohn proposed that UTIMCO funds be withdrawn from Sudan. The society oppos­ es genocide and monetary in­ vestments that could fund mass eradication in foreign countries. Bruce Zimmerman, chief ex­ ecutive officer of UTIMCO, said in a letter to Board of Regents Chairm an H. Scott Caven Jr. that he wanted to avoid “social investing." Zimmerman told the Texan in January that UTIMCO is not di­ rectly invested in Sudan. He dis­ cussed two broad types of in­ vestments UTIMCO makes: in­ dex investm ents and invest­ ments made by individual out­ side managers who pick indi­ vidual stocks for the company. When using an index to subsi­ dize, the company would hold stock in the 500 largest compa­ nies in a certain stock market. "For example, we have some money in what are global equi­ ty indexes and those indexes are comprised of hundreds or what­ ever number of the largest com­ panies in the world, and that will UTIMCO continues on page 6A Lethal injection law upheld in Kentucky By Ana McKenzie Daily Texan Staff A U.S. Supreme Court decision released Wednesday upheld Ken­ tucky's use of lethal injection to execute criminals, ending a sev­ en-month moratorium in 36 states that sanction capital punishment. Seven of the nine justices reject­ ed the challenge brought by two Kentucky inmates on death row. Ralph Baze and Thomas C. Bowl­ ing claimed that painful mistakes could occur while the first of the three injections is administered, thus violating a Constitutional amendment banning cruel and unusual punishment. The Supreme Court has never rejected a challenge to an execu­ tion method. At least 30 other states, includ­ ing Texas, and the federal govern­ ment administer the same three- drug cocktail. The first injection in­ duces unconsciousness so that the painful effects of paralysis and car­ diac arrest caused by the second and third injection are not felt. The petitioners acknowledged that if the first injection was ad­ ministered correctly, the death would be humane, according to Chief Justice John Roberts' major­ ity opinion. "[The petitioners] contend that INJECTIONS continues on page 2A Facts about capital punishment in Texas: • Since 1999, all executions in Texas have taken place at the Pol- unsky Unit in Livingston, Texas. • Six sets of brothers have been executed — eight by electrocu­ tion and four by lethal injection. • An offender is usually pronounced dead seven minutes after the lethal injection is administered. • The cost of the drugs used in the injection is $86.08. • Excell White spent 24 years on death row, the longest an in­ mate has waited to be executed. • Joe Gonzales spent 248 days on death row, the shortest wait. • The youngest age of someone to be executed is 24; the oldest is 66. • Harris County has 121 inmates on death row, the most in Texas. Travis County has five. Source: The Texas Department of Criminal Justice Above, Graduate student David Gagnon stands on the East Mall for a Virginia Tech memorial. Wednesday marked the one-year anniversary when a Virginia Tech student shot 32 students on campus. Below, Graduate student Roxana Capper wears Virginia Tech colors. Pater Franklin | Daily Texan Staff UT remembers Virginia Tech Va. Tech graduate speaks at East Mall one-year memorial By Katie Petroski Daily Texan Staff Virginia Tech graduate John W oods glanced up from his speech on the East Mall Wednes­ day to look at his audience as he described what it was like to be on campus the day that 32 Hok- ies were massacred by a student gunman. Woods, currently a graduate student at UT, gave his speech at a one-year anniversary memorial to remember the lives of all who were lost and affected by the Vir­ ginia Tech tragedy. His message touched on the sweeping influ­ ence shootings have on commu­ nities and ways to combat men­ tal health stigma to encourage people to get help. Woods was off cam pus the Andrew Rogers | Daily Texan Staff morning of the shooting. The phones were down, he said, so Facebook and instant messenger acted as the primary means of communication. "I kept hitting refresh, refresh, refresh, hoping it was a dream, hoping it was a mistake," Woods said. He later found out that his girlfriend and several close friends were among the victims. Student G overnm ent mem­ bers passed out maroon and or­ ange ribbons to approximately 30 people who gathered to listen, and SG president Keshav Raja- Honored staff member Steve Parks dies at 60 By Erika Jaramillo Daily Texan Staff Steve Parks, a UT staff member whose many contributions made special events such as commence­ m ent, Explore UT, Honors Day and Orange Santa possible, died Sunday after suffering injuries from an automobile accident. He was 60 years old. "I'm really sad for his family and friends. He was so young," said Peggy Mueller, special pro­ gram s officer for UT Libraries. "He had so much more to give." In 1969, the native New York­ er graduated from Yale University with a bachelor's degree in histo­ ry. Three years later he moved to Austin, where he served as UT's first technical director of the Per­ forming Arts Center. Parks served the U n iversity and Austin comm unity in a fac­ et of different jobs, but in 2002, he b ecam e the UT d irecto r of production. He w as responsible for the planning and execution of various productions and pro­ grams hosted by the Office of Re­ lationship Management and Uni­ versity Events. "I met him the day he got that job," Mueller said. "I'm going to miss the twinkle in his eye and the way he made everything fun." Mueller praised Parker for his 30 years of experience in the tech­ nical production of live perfor­ mances, drama, dance, opera, mu­ sical theater and the planning of special events. Parks' death occurred about three weeks prior to UT Remem­ bers, a memorial event he helped organize that honors m em bers of the UT community who have died in the past year. Susan Clagett, associate vice president for the management PARKS continues on page 2A gopalan started off the memori­ al with a speech calling for peo­ ple to help each other to prevent similar tragedies. A few of the listeners hung their heads and looked to the ground as Woods spouted out numbers — 32 people killed, 50 wounded, 200 bullets, 10 school shootings in the past 12 months. The com­ mon ingredient in the shootings is mental health, Woods said. "If we could be more open about mental health issues, we could cease to stigmatize it and make it easier for people to ask for help," Woods said before re­ counting a tale of a student who asked for mental health counsel­ ing and was put at the bottom of a three-week waiting list. That scenario, he said, happened to the Virginia Tech shooter. Jane Morgan Bost, associate di­ rector for UT's Counseling and Mental Health Center, said the ANNIVERSARY continues on page 2A Sgt. Alexander Kuiper, originally from Washington, D.C., gave up an Ohio State University scholarship to enlist in the Marines following the attacks of Sept. 11. Nancy Rosenthal A Daily Texan Staff Student worked as intelligence analyst in Iraq invasion History junior Kuiper enlisted in Marines before going to college By Teresa Mioli Daily Texan Staff Editor's note: This is the fou rth part in a series on U T students who have served or are serving in Iraq. Two days after graduating from high school, Sgt. Alexander Kui­ per, a history junior, gave up his partial academ ic scholarship to Ohio State University and enlist­ ed in the U.S. Marine Corps. He later became an intelligence analyst and participated in the November 2004 invasion of Fallu- jah, Iraq. "I knew the day I enlisted I was going to go to Iraq; there was no question," Kuiper said. Kuiper's family has a military background. He said he enlist­ ed out of love for his country and a sense of duty. Originally from W ashington, D .C., K uiper said Sept. 11 was the deciding factor in his decision to join. "Being in the military, I must h ear a th ou sand tim es people who tell me 'I almost joined,' and I don't want to be the 'I almost' guy," Kuiper said. He w as assigned to a casual­ ty evacuation team, Medium Ma­ rine Helicopter Squadron 268, or the Red Dragons, and deployed to Iraq in August 2004. In November, the unit invad­ ed Fallujah. Kuiper called the city, which is 40 miles west of Bagh­ dad, a "hotbed of insurgent activ­ ity." The M arines took over a mil­ itary airbase at A1 T aqaddum , which is less than two miles out­ side of Fallujah. Kuiper worked to secure the base, which he said was shelled about 12 to 13 times a day during the week before the invasion. He also briefed pilots before they went on combat mis­ sions and occasionally accom pa­ nied them as an aerial observer. Kuiper took part in helicopter missions that brought Fallujah cit­ izens to the military base, so they could vote in the national elec­ tion. Kuiper was near a base din­ er when an Iraqi suicide bomber killed himself and others inside the building. The Iraqi had trav­ eled to the base to presum ably vote in the election. He said it wras "hell; it's just mayhem." Kuiper said November was the worst month for casualties during the time he was in Iraq. He said his friends and colleagues knew they might be asked to put their FALLUJAH continues on page 2A Volume 108, Number 133 Index 25 cents World & Nation..........3 A O pinion..................4A New s Sports ............ 5-7A ------------------ 1-3B Life&Arts _______ 4,7-8B ..............5B Classifieds Com ics............ 6B T 0 M 0 H H Í W E A J H I Blend of Enchantment High Low THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 2008 Registration continues for the summer session and the fall semester for continuing and readmitted students. 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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. PARKS: Memorial to be held Friday From p a g e ! A office, worked closely with Parks and said he always acted in a pro­ fessional manner and was a gra­ cious and good man. "We're going to miss him more than w ords can express," she said. Parks is survived by his wife, two daughters and son-in-law. A memorial service for Parks is scheduled for Friday at 4 p.m. at the University Catholic Center. COLLEGE OF NATURAL SCIENCES APRIL 18th UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH FORUM WELCH HALL I 11AM-3 PM Need to have your wisdom teeth _ removed? Don't go to extremes. We have a better option. Right now, PPD is looking for men and women for a post-surgical pain relief research study of an investigational medication. Surgery for qualified study participants will be performed by a board certified oral surgeon. Financial compensation is provided upon study completion and the surgery is performed at no cost. For information, call 462-0492 PPD Thinking about Law School? join us for Law School Experience—a free mock 1L Class with a Question & Answer session! Event Details: SPEAKER Fuerza Linda Fraga UT Law Student & LSAT Teacher DATE AND TIME Thursday, April 24th 6:00-8:00 PM LOCATION Austin Kaplan Center 811 W. 24* Street Space is limited! To register, visit kaptest.com /law or call 1-S00-KAP-TEST. 1/ A p i A M ) TEST PREP A N D i t n n y A D M I S S I O N S i n r TODAY'S W EATHER High 79 Low 56 Everyone's yelling! T h e D a i l y T e x a n INJECTIONS: Inmates’ challenge rejected by justices From p a g e l A the Eighth Amendment prohib­ its procedures that create an 'un­ necessary risk' of pain," the opin­ ion stated. And the risk of pain during an execution is inherent, "no matter how humane," according to the opinion. "It is clear, then, that the Consti­ tution does not demand the avoid­ ance of all risk of pain in carrying out executions," Roberts wrote. However, he added, a state's re­ fusal to change its method of exe­ cution when an alternative deemed more humane is created would vi­ olate the Eighth Amendment. Justices Anthony Kennedy, Sam­ uel Alito Jr., Antonin Scalia, Clar­ ence Thomas, Stephen Breyer and John Stevens concurred with Rob­ erts, though some expressed vary­ ing opinions. Stevens added in his opin­ ion that this case would not end the controversial use of lethal injections or the death penalty debate. This was the only victory in the case for Scott Cobb, president of the Texas Moratorium Network. "[Stevens] seems to be making a stance in saying he's ready to look at whether we should keep the death penalty, and he's never said that in the past," Cobb said. "Changes in Supreme Court jus­ tices during the next president's term might ban capital punish­ ment all together." He added that in Texas, it is three times more expensive to execute a prisoner than to award a life sen­ tence without parole, because the court process is more tedious and time-consuming. Texas leads the nation in execu­ tions: 405 inmates have been exe­ cuted since 1976. Virginia, behind Texas, has executed 98, according to the Death Penalty Information Center. "It is clear, then, that the Constitution does not demand the avoidance of all risk of pain in carrying out executions." John Roberts, Chief Justice No inmates on death row are scheduled for execution in Texas, and Jason Clark, spokesman for the Texas Department of Crim ­ inal Justice, said he is unsure when district attorneys will begin re-seeking capital punishment, a punishment supported by Gov. Rick Perry. "Today's ruling by the U.S. Su­ preme Court affirms the method the state of Texas has in place to carry out the death penalty," Perry said in a statement. When Kentucky adopted le­ thal injection as a form of execu­ tion in 1998, the injection protocol was left to officials in the Depart­ ment of Corrections and was ac­ cepted without challenge or scien­ tific aid, wrote Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and David Souter in the co-written dissenting opinion. Medical personnel immediate­ ly leave the room after injecting the first round of drugs and do not en­ sure that the pain-dulling catheter is effective — unlike Florida, Mis­ souri and other states, where war­ dens or medical personnel must determine that inmates are uncon­ scious by physically shaking them, the justices wrote. According to Ginsburg's opin­ ion, officials from Kentucky ar­ gued that if the sedative were ad­ ministered incorrectly, the prisoner "would be awake and screaming." "That argument ignores aspects of Kentucky's protocol that render passive reliance on obvious signs of consciousness," she said. FALLUJAH: Student says media often distorted ground reality From page 1A lives on the line, and he believes they died for a greater cause. "You get so dehumanized of death," Kuiper said. "I've been to more funerals than most people have been to church." Kuiper said that while it was a good decision to invade Iraq, the strategy was bad. He said the military did not account for some of the moves Saddam Hussein would make, such as emptying out the coun­ try's prisons. "There can be an argument for 'There are lots of horrible lead­ ers and why did we pick him' — whatever argument you have. But he needed to go, and it was a good thing that we invaded, and now we have to clean up the poor strategy that we had going in there," Kuiper said. The geopolitical situation be­ tween Sunnis and Shiites is dif­ ficult for people to understand, he said. "Im a g in e if your fist w as clenched for a hundred years and someone said open it. You w ouldn't be able to open it. It has to be a slow process; your hand would be deformed," Kui­ per said. "So that's what people don't understand." "I think that it's very hard for people to get a real sense of what's going on looking on TV, because you have the left and you have the right, and they're both extreme," Kuiper said. "I'm watching the battle and I'm watching [a CNN reporter], and he's reporting on something totally different. I look at the Fox News guy; he said 'Ev­ erything's going well, everything's going great' when it's not, so ev­ eryone has their biased opinion." K uiper received an h on or­ able discharge due to perm a­ nent knee and foot dam age he incurred in Iraq. Two days after returning from Iraq in April 2005, Kuiper went to Las Vegas with his brother. "It w as the b ig gest culture shock, and the second biggest cul­ ture shock was coming from the Marines to Austin," Kuiper said. "You go from people dying to just everyday life. It's very hard to deal with." Kuiper enrolled at the Univer­ sity in fall 2006. He said he hopes to attend law school and practice criminal law after graduation. 2205 North Lamar. Stunning newly constructed boutique loft development across from Pease Park— move in now! Designed by Team Haas Architects (Long Center architect) & interiors by award winning designer Tracey Overbeck Stead. Slight mid cen­ tury modern influences perched on a hill overlooking prestigious Old Enfield & Pemberton Heights. 11-22 ft. ceilings, Carrera marble, wood ceilings, steel construction & more. Starting at 269k. $4000 buyer appliance upgrade incen­ tive. Selling fast/buyer incentives. This development is so unique, and w ill never be duplicated. 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The Health Center has a cri­ sis team available from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. that guarantees students can be seen on the same day they ar­ rive. UT sponsors a 24-hour tele­ phone counseling service staffed by paid professionals open every day of the year. In August 2007, the Behavior Concerns Advice Line opened for students to call in with safety concerns. This advice line received 126 calls in its first six months, said Stu­ dent Emergency Services coordina­ tor Latoya Hill, who supervises the hot line. From there, individuáis are referred to the appropriate mental health resources on campus. It was this hot line that led to the arrest of a UT student carrying a gun on campus Tuesday morning. UT graduate student and Vir­ ginia Tech alumnus David Gagnon dailytexanonli ■ Watch video of the Virginia Tech memorial on the East Mall. said the best defense is the avail­ ability of mental health resources and that knowing this has allowed him to forgive the shooter. 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Monday 12 p.m. Thursday 12 p.m. Friday........................Tuesday 12 p m Wire Editor: Megan Wintersteen www.dailytexanonline.com Pentagon documents show abuse used by U.S. interrogators By Lara Jakes Jordan The Associated Press W ASHINGTON — Military in­ terrogators assaulted Afghan de­ tainees in 2003, using investiga­ tion m ethods they learned d ur­ ing self-defense training, P enta­ gon documents released Wednes­ day show. Detainees at the Gardez Deten­ tion Facility in southeastern A f­ ghanistan reported being m ade to kneel outside in wet clothing and being kicked and punched in the kidneys, nose and knees if they m oved, according to the documents. A 2006 Arm y review conclud­ ed that the d etainees w ere not abused but that the incident re­ vealed “misconduct that warrants further action." T he d ocu m en ts, w h ich w ere turned over W ednesday evening to the A m erican Civil L iberties U nion, focus on the 2003 death of Afghan detainee Jam al N ass­ er, who died in U.S. custody at the Gardez facility. The docum ents detail interro­ gation techniques used on eight d e ta in e e s , in c lu d in g N a sse r, who were suspected of w eapons trafficking. The A rm y review found that ab u se did n ot cau se N a s s e r's death. But the documents include interview s w ith som e interroga­ tors who acknowledged slapping the detainees — a technique they learned during survival training at the A rm y's SERE school. SERE stands for Survive, Evade, Resist and Escape. “You say you gave perm ission for (redacted) to hit detainees dur­ ing interrogations; did you have a memorandum or order from your higher headquarters authorizing th at?" a m ilitary crim inal inves­ tigator asked one of the interro­ gators, according to a Novem ber 2004 transcript am ong the more than 300 pages of documents. “No, I did not have a memoran­ dum and had not seen one," the interrogator answered, according to the transcript. “I used tactics that were used in SERE." T h e in v e stig a to r co n tin u ed : “Did you see (redacted) hit d e­ tainees during the interviews?" “Y es, op en or clo sed s la p s, n ot p u n ch e s," the in terrog ato r answered. SERE m ethods were also used on detainees by m ilitary interro­ gators in Iraq and at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Singh said. W o r l d & N a t io n T h f . D a i l y T e x a n 3A Thursday, April 17,2008 Clinton: ‘Yes, yes, yes’ Obama can win By Beth Fouhy The Associated Press P H IL A D E L P H IA — H illa ry Rodham Clinton said emphatical­ ly W ednesday night that Barack Obama can win the W hite House th is fa ll, u n d e rcu ttin g her e f­ forts to deny him the D em ocrat­ ic presidential nomination by sug­ gesting he would lead the party to defeat. “Yes, yes, y es," she said when pressed about O bam a's electabil- ity d u rin g a cam p aig n d ebate six days before the Pennsylvania primary. Asked a similar question about Clinton, Obama said “Absolutely and I've said so before" — a not- so-subtle dig at his rival who had previously declined to make a sim­ ilar statement about him. In a 90-m inute debate, both ri­ vals pled ged not to raise taxes on individuals m aking less than $200,000, and said they would re­ spond forcefully if Iran obtains nuclear w eapons and uses them against Israel. “An attack on Israel would in­ cu r m assiv e re ta lia tio n by the United States," said Clinton. O bam a said, "T h e U.S. would take appropriate action." They differed over social secu­ rity when Obama said he favored ra isin g p ay ro ll taxes on h ig h - er-in com e in d ivid u als. C linton said she w as opposed, her rival quickly cut in and countered that she had said earlier in the cam ­ paign she was open to the idea. U n d er cu rren t law, w o rk ers must pay the payroll tax on their first $102,000 in w ages. O bam a generally has expressed support for a plan to reimpose the tax be­ gin n in g at a lev el of $200,000 or more. The debate w as the 21st of the campaign for the nomination, an epic struggle that could last weeks or even months longer. P enn sy lvania, with 158 d ele­ gates at stake, is a must-win con­ test for Clinton, who leads in the polls and hopes for a strong victo­ ry to propel her through the other states that vote before the primary season ends on June 3. O bam a lead s in the d elegate ch a se , 1 ,6 4 3 -1 ,5 0 4 , w ith 2,025 needed for the nom ination. And despite a recent gaffe, he picked up endorsem ents during the day from three superdelegates from a pair of states with primaries on May 6 — Reps. Andre Carson of Indiana and Mel Watt and David Price of North Carolina. After primaries and caucuses in 42 of the 50 states, Obama leads his rival in convention delegates, pop­ ular votes and states w on. C lin­ ton is struggling to stop his drive on the nomination by appealing to party leaders who will attend the convention as superdelegates. Pope: At times, clergy sex abuse was poorly handled by church By Victor L. Sim pson The Associated Press W ASH IN G TO N — Feted at the W hite H ou se on h is 81st b irth d ay, P ope B en ed ict XVI p ra ised A m erica n s fo r th eir deep religious beliefs W ednes­ day but later told the nation's bishops that the scourge of cler­ gy sex abuse had som etim es been "very badly handled." B e n e d ic t's c o m m e n ts , h is toughest critique yet of the U.S. church's worst problem, marked the second day in a row that he ad dressed the abuse scandal. They came as he addressed the nation's bishops at the imposing Immaculate Conception shrine. He also rem inded the prel­ ates that religion cannot only be considered a "p riv ate m atter" w ithout any bearing on public behavior. The pontiff questioned how C atholics could ignore church teaching on sex, exploit or ig­ nore the poor, or ad op t p o si­ tions contradicting "the right to life of every human being from conception to natural death." Democratic presidential hopefuls Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., left, and Sen. Barack Obama, D-lll., smile as they stand behind the podium before a Democratic presidential debate at the National Constitution Center Wednesday. Jae C. H on g | Associated Press Archbishop Donald Wuerl, left, and M onsignor Walter Rossi, director of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, show s Pope Benedict XVI the ceiling o f the Basilica in W ashington Wednesday. Pier Paolo Cito Associated Press WORLD BRIEFLY East Timor's president returns after assassination attem pt DILI, East Timor — President Jose Ramos-Horta returned to his tiny troubled nation early Thursday after recuperating from wounds sustained in an assassination at­ tempt more than two months ago. Thousands of supporters cheered and clapped as the pop­ ular Nobel laureate stepped off the plane, accompanied by body­ guards, aides and his personal doc­ tor. Some waved East Timorese flags and banners that said “Wel­ come home our beloved president! We love you!" Ramos-Horta hugged govern­ ment ministers lining a red carpet on the tarmac and posed for pictures. Europe urges more oversight of Iranian nuclear program VIENNA, Austria — The Euro­ pean Union has called on Iran to open its nuclear program to greater international scrutiny by joining a treaty that would let other nations review safety at its nearly finished nuclear plant. Slovenia, which holds the EU's rotating presidency, said at a closed conference Monday that Iran should sign the Convention on Nu­ clear Safety, which lets member na­ tions ask for information about safety programs at each others' fa­ cilities. A copy of the Slovenian del­ egate's remarks was provided to The Associated Press. Britain's Brown calls for action on global economy for stability NEW YORK — British Prime Minister Gordon Brown called Wednesday for international action to stabilize the global economy and predicted closer relations between the United States and Europe as di­ visions over the Iraq war come to an end. Despite uncertainty in the global economy and domestic complaints over his response to the global credit crunch, Brown said he be­ lieves Britain and America can en­ joy a new decade of growth. Com piled from Associated Press reports K N O W L E D G E F O R A N E W W O R L D i T g A T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F T E X A S U l t f K AT S A N A N T O N IO , COLLEGE OF BUSINESS "A ny tendency to treat reli­ gion as a private matter must be resisted," he said. Benedict's re­ marks came on a day when all of the five Catholic justices on the U.S. Suprem e C ourt approved the m ost w idely used m ethod of lethal injection, and congres­ sional representatives who sup­ port abortion rights said they p lan n ed to take H oly C o m ­ m u n io n o n T h u rs d a y a t a papal Mass. Benedict returned to the cler­ gy sex abuse scandal that has cost the American church more th an $2 b illio n , m o stly p aid o u t to v ictim s in the last six years w ho calls it a cau se of "deep sham e." 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FLEX M B A "3 IN THE SOUTHWEST 26 NATIONWIDE A s r a n k e d by B u r> in e s s W e e k INFORMATION SESSION: Wednesday, April 23 5:30 p.m. Nadltson Hotel, Chavez ( 210) 4 5 8 - 4 6 4 1 m b a i n f o u t s a . e d u h t t p : / / b u si ness, u t s a . e d u / q r a d u a t e / I r V i v d e Y O U R W O R L D TM t D A ILY T H A N . D A I L Y T « X A « O N L I* E C O M T E X A S S T U D E N T T f i E V t S i O N * K V N X $ 1.7 EM T E X A S T R A V E S T Y * C A C T U S Y f A A K J O K tONGWOANLJVíNC OAG 4A Thursday, April 17, 2008 V IEW PO IN T O p in i o n T h f D a i i .y T e x a n Editor-in-Chief: Claire Harlin Phone: (512) 232 2212 E-mail: editor@dailytexanonline.com Associate Editors: Leah Finnegan Aboubacar N'Diaye Andrew Vickers Armed with awareness One year ago, the Virginia Tech massacre m ade it clear that if people w ant to bring g u n s onto a college campus they will, and until the w orld's largest metal detector is created and installed over the United States, no one is immune to that possibility. But just because it is plausible for someone to bring a gun onto a campus, and it is a constitutional right to carry one nearly everywhere else, doesn't mean it should be easy. Gun control is the one issue in which our democracy should turn fascist. Buying a gun should be more difficult than running for office, climbing Mt. Everest or merging onto a highw ay with your eyes closed. The less people are able to buy gems, the less people will be able to use them. It should be m ade nearly impossible for people to obtain guns, and stringent control of sales and CIA-caliber buyer background checks should be enforced. That is the only w ay to ensure a m odicum of security across the country and that places such as col­ lege campuses can remain havens for the weaponless. But groups like Students for Concealed Carry on Cam pus are challenging cam ­ puses as gun-free zones. Calling them ­ selves a "grassroots" effort, the group aims to change cam pus policy so students can carry w eapons to class, just as they w ould to "movie theaters, office buildings, shop­ ping malls, banks, etc.," the group's Web site states. The up-and-com ing chapter of SCCC at UT is filing paperwork this week to become an official student organization, said UT's SCCC cam pus representative, Joseph Boudreau. The group plans to solidi­ fy its existence by participating in a National Empty Holster Protest next week, in which members "will wear empty holsters to por­ tray how defenseless students are while on campus," Boudreau said. Boudreau said he came across SCCC after the student-shooting rampage at Northern Illinois University in February. Since then, he has discovered many like-minded stu­ dents who crave a sense of physical security at UT. Boudreau's long-term goals for the group are still being sketched out, he said, but their motive can be boiled dow n to convincing the state government to allow students to bear arms on campus. Evidently, some UT students see no rea­ son to organize on campus and go to the legislature to challenge the University's gun- free policy. On Tuesday, sophom ore Jason Liao was arrested on cam pus for having a gun in his possession. His m ention to several people of a "m ission" he w anted to complete and pictures on his MySpace page of him posing w ith w eapons were enough to prom pt his peers to phone UT's Behavior Concerns Advice Line. Such fla­ grant advertising of his assets, combined w ith the sm art response of those w ho called the advice line to report him, led to his capture. Liao's case show s that w e're becoming conditioned to look for certain w arning signs to prevent potential tragedies that we m ay have previously ignored, and our University offers chan­ nels of support, such as the advice line, to cope w ith the difficult decisions that come w ith suspicious behavior. Safety is about preventative action, not preventative reaction. We'll never be secure — but really, we never were. Instead of working to let students have guns in an effort to protect them, we should focus on keeping our individual judgm ent sharp and our eyes open so our holsters can remain empty. — L F Go figure The talking heads and powers-that-be tirelessly bandy about the issues of failing "subprime loans," "collateralized debt obli­ gations" and lack of "fiscal liquidity" in an effort to explain why America's economy is in dire straits. Financial illiteracy — or more accurately, "innumeracy" — has become the explanation de jour for our country's fiscal crisis, and a new "silver rights movement" seeks to combat just that. A special report in last week's Economist Magazine highlighted this effort as an attem pt to educate the masses about our intricate financial world in order to "take the greed and the financial misrepresentation out of [the current reces­ sion]," said John Bryant, vice chairman of the U.S. Council on Financial Literacy and founder of Operation HOPE, a silver rights movement organization. "The root of this crisis," Bryant said, "is massive levels of financial illiteracy." According to a survey cited by The Economist, 33 percent of Americans are unable to calculate interest rates of our exploding credit card debt, and 60 percent don't know the difference between pen­ sion, Social Security and 401k plans. But for all the danger that this ignorance poses, it takes a lot of gall to blame our nation's monetary problems squarely on the "unedu­ cated" small borrowers who do n 't com­ pletely understand the terms of their loan contracts. The root of this crisis involves none other than the men and women whose guiding hands were supposed to insulate U.S. citizens from financial meltdown in the first place — not forgetting our friends in Congress w ho benevolently just named April "Financial Literacy Month." In the sobering essay "Numbers Racket" in this month's H arper's Magazine, Kevin Phillips makes a compelling case that the impending recession is a result of our gov­ ernment's attempts to "gull its citizens and creditors" through "debasement" of official economic statistics. Phillips maintains that the well-known numbers we use daily to assess our nation's fiscal well-being (GDP, unemployment, inflation, etc.) have been stripped of the transparency and candor that are essential to a functioning capital­ ist svstem, leading to our oncoming crash. Ever since U.S. currency dropped its ties to precious metals, the government has been systematically dismantling the num bers that should be telling the world what our money is actually worth. For example, Richard Nixon asked then-Federal Reserve Chairman Arthur Bums to decouple "core" inflation and "headline" inflation by creating a new Consumer Price Index that doesn't include the volatile prices of oil and food in its offi­ cial statistics. Besides the obvious problem of removing the price of our three most impor­ tant commodities from one of our primary economic health indicators, changing the inflation rate can be highly detrimental to our macroeconomic system. For example, bank, and other lenders rely on inflation statistics to set their interest rates to prevent losing money to a weakening dollar. For a bank to make money on a loan, they must make sure that interest payments keep apace or above inflation over the life of the loan. By being able to keep the ris­ ing prices of food, oil, and after a Reagan Administration decision in 1983, housing out of the inflation rate, the Federal Reserve has been able to publish a reduced figure that allows banks to set artificially low interest rates, encouraging the type of reckless bor­ rowing and lending that has resulted in our current economic impasse. For the last eight years, people have been borrowing cheap money against the ever-rising costs of their homes (the value of which, they were told, would never diminish), fueling the mas­ sive consumption binge that has kept our economy afloat in the post-Sept.ll world. People also used these "home equity" loans to invest in the stock market, giving mon­ etary value to companies that didn't deserve it (not to mention that they lined the wallets of Wall Street's famous I-banking and "finan­ cial management" glitterati). Washington and New York City's grubby hands weren't the only ones on the inflation rate. In 1994, the Bureau of Labor Statistics decided to redefine the notorious "discour­ aged worker" (one w ho has given up on looking for work) to include those who haven't been able to find a job for at least 12 months. Automatically classifying them as "discouraged" after one year subsequently drops them from monthly unemployment statistics — and more than 4 million adults were indeed dropped from the ranks of unemployed citizens, improving America's employment rank (along with the Clinton administration's image during a mid-term election year). The Bureau of Labor Statistics quietly publishes five other unemployment figures besides the one routinely cited by the government, all of which are above the cur­ rent celebrated rate of 5.1 percent. Financially literate or not, Americans would be taking to the streets if they knew our nation's unemployment rate is actually closer to 10 percent, as one BLS figure shows. They would be howling for the head of the Federal Reserve if the exploding prices of food (which the World Bank shows as hav­ ing risen more than 200 percent in the past 3 years) and oil showed up in our official inflation rates. And if they knew how badly the impending recession was truly going to be for the average American, they'd be much less likely to continue pum ping more than $10 billion a month into an unwinnable Iraq war. Capitalism, like democracy, requires integ­ rity, transparency and free access to infor­ mation in order to function properly. Our elected (and unelected) leaders have been denying this to us for too long, and the con­ sequences of that neglect will soon become painfully clear. — AV THE FIRING LINE SAE's light punishment I just read the story on Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity and their new "no hazing policy" in response to the death of one of their pledges in November 2006 ("Fraternity agrees to prohibit hazing, underage drinking," April 16). I was shocked that the University took no disciplinary action against the fraternity and that they remain an on-campus organization in good standing. Another fraternity was kicked off campus for more than a year and then held on probation for even longer because a member put Vaseline in a pledge's hair. But an SAE pledge dies after a night of binge drinking with paddle marks all over his backside, and SAE faces no consequences other than having to say they will be adopting a "no hazing policy?" I would urge The Daily Texan to look into this matter further. Many fraterni­ ties have faced several forms of disci­ plinary action for several less-severe offenses. It seems suspicious that SAE is facing no sort of response from the University. I obviously haven't done the research necessary to dig up all the facts; it just seems completely unfair that a pledge lost his life, and SAE is still in "good standing." stituents, leaving approximately 300,000 veterans without supportive services. We can do better. Paige Phillips Business freshman Sophia Kwong UT alum Misrepresenting the homeless Skewed schooling In Edward Oden's facile and com­ pletely speculative analysis of Austin's homeless population ("Vagrant ven­ geance,"The Firing Line, April 16), he neglected to mention that a sig­ nificant portion of the "lazy" vagrants are also war veterans. I guess he also didn't consider that half of them might be unable to find work due to the combined effects of post-trau­ matic stress disorder, substance abuse and a disappointing lack of accessible healthcare. I find it funny that Mr. Oden is so swift in passing his judg­ ment; you would think YCT members would be the first to acknowledge their efforts in making America "the greatest capitalist democracy in the history of the world." I can, however, concede one point to Mr. Oden: Many homeless people do have "chips on their shoulders." According to the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans, the VA only has resources to reach 25 percent of its con­ In "Home-schooling misconceptions," The Firing Line, April 16, Charlie Matthis warns us to "recognize the potential for children to receive either an extremely skewed education — or very little education at all," as if this is an problem that's somehow unique to home- schooled students. I suppose a similar warning should be issued regarding regular public and private school stu­ dents, because most will never earn a full scholarship to Princeton University, followed by a Ph.D in aerospace engi­ neering from UT, as I did. I guess we all have our own mea­ sures of success. M y own schooling was obviously skewed more towards critical thinking and academic suc­ cess than social interaction and igno­ rantly spouting off about things I don't understand, but if that's what Matthis got from his school experience, more power to him. Isaac Boxx UT alum Desperados waiting fo r the Amtrak sive leadership of Amtrak's most recent presidents, Amtrak has seen a resurgence — though it seems this resurgence has missed Texas by and large, and is focused mainly on the Northeast Corridor from New York City to Washington D.C. On the short trip I took Monday, I saw that the populated areas near the tracks are as neglected as the national public transportation infra­ structure itself, from the economic flop of Fort Worth's Rail Market to the Austin Amtrak station is cor­ doned off and isolated. Some sights along the way abso­ lutely celebrate Texas: lush, green unspoiled field and forest, cows on the graze, expansive hills, plateaus lined with elm and oak, depos­ its of that clay that are as red as my neck after a day on top of my mom's roof. Most of what you get is the good stuff — proof that God blessed Texas with His own hand. But there's also proof that man the intent on damning her: is rusted silos and mills just waiting for their chance to fall to pieces, an infinite number of lots littered with skeleton frames of burned out Chevrolets, old death-traps disguised as fridges, piles of bald radials, discarded children's toys, broken two-by-fours and pressed wood. There are entire neighbor­ hoods that seem to be rotting away — immune to that spirited progress of the new urbanism that would usually gen trify such areas. If you paid attention in U.S. his­ tory class you'd know that, at one time, where the railroad went and stations were set up soon followed commerce, people and prosperity. Now the railways are littered with neglect, and hardly anyone rides. Hell, except for the juxtaposition of green hill majesty with rust-best style depression, why would they? The fares are cheap enough for quick rides, but the Amtrak's lack of efficiency is pathetic. And there's nothing powerful about a nation with a slipshod public transit sys­ tem in a constant state of disrepair. There's nothing more annoying transit being eternally late because right of way must be given up to graffiti-covered Union Pacific freight trains. Our country has a responsibil­ ity to provide an efficient, cheap national infrastructure that makes long-distance rail accessible and manageable for all Americans. This calls for a much bigger investment and the requisite regulation. For the McCainites and small- govemment harpies who'll whine about the "waste" of tax dollars to passenger rail, simply consider that no form of passenger transportation in the United States is self-sufficient — not driving your own ruggedly individual automobile across high­ ways, and especially not air travel. From w hat I've gathered by watching both "Hostel" films and "EuroTrip," the trains in Europe zip folks around efficiently and inex­ pensively, so why not in America? It's high time that America put our money where our myths are. This country is too beautiful and flawed to not be seen from the win­ dows of a moving train. Like Tom Waits sang, "There ain't nothin' sweeter than ridin' the rails." Kalmbacher Is a journalism senior. By Colin Kalmbacher Daily Texan Columnist I took the train from Fort Worth to Austin on Monday. It wasn't close to being on time (three hours behind schedule), but my attitude was: "Why would it be?" Amtrak is underfunded, underappreciated, underused and yet still under the constant stress of operating a national rail net­ work. Amtrak is also frequently and fiercely under attack by critics such as John McCain who want to strip away all government operat­ ing subsidies and kill national pas­ senger rail service. Of course, the private airlines, upon which the people in McCain's state of Arizona are dependent, are loaded up to their seat backs in gov­ ernment subsidies, and they would probably hemorrhage cash if they weren't. But McCain doesn't say a word. The airlines even received a hefty $15 billion bailout following the grounding of flights after Sept. 11, even after Amtrak proved its usefulness as a means of transporta­ tion. Go figure. Amtrak is the moniker of the Passenger N ational Railroad Corporation, a governmental cor­ poration owned mostly by taxpay­ ers that has been doing business since 1971 following the breakup of private passenger trains. Though ridership has increased to record numbers in the past couple of years, the Reagan-Bush- Clinton consensus was: let Amtrak languish. Largely due to the aggres­ GALLERY RECYCLE! 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They are not necessarily those of the UT administration, the Board of Regents or the Texas Student Media Board of Operating Trustees. All Texan editorials are written by the Editorial Board, which is listed in the top right corner of this page. Thursday, April 17, 2008 j \ j.’ \\ < R o b b e r y i n r l m Regents name health center head By Toree Roy Daily Texan Staff The U T System Board of R e­ gents Chairm an H. Scott Caven jr. announced M onday that Dr. Larry Kaiser will become the new president of the U T Health S ci­ ence Center at Houston. "Dr. Kaiser is a distinguished clinician and educator with out­ standing credentials and a proven administrative track record, capa­ ble of moving the UT Health Sci­ ence Center at Houston to a high­ er level of prom inence in m edi­ cal care, teaching and research," Caven said in statement. Kaiser w ill replace Dr. Jam es W illerson, w h o an n o u n ced in 2007 that he w ould step dow n from the position. W illerson, an internationally distinguished car­ diologist and medical educator, is pioneering one of the first Food and Drug A d m in istra tio n -a p ­ proved clinical trials to treat pa­ tients with end-stage heart d is­ ease using their ow n stem cells derived from bone marrow. W ille rso n w ill b eco m e the n e w p r e s id e n t o f th e T e x ­ as H eart In stitu te at St. L u k e's Episcopal H o sp ital, iri place of Dr. Denton Cooley. "D r. D enton C ooley has been like a m entor to Dr. W illerson," said D eborah Lake, media sp e­ cialist at the U T Health Center. "S o [W illerson] d ecid ed to re­ sign from his position as p res­ id en t of the cen ter in ord er to take the p o sition as the p re s i­ dent o f the institute." K aiser is currently the ch a ir­ m an of the dep artm ent of su r­ gery at the U niversity of P en n­ sylvania School of Medicine and has been since 2001. He has held positions in surgery at the Wash­ ington University School of M ed­ icine in St. Louis and Cornell Uni­ versity Medical College. "I am glad they chose me for this position, because it presents many new opportunities," Kaiser said. "To work with a new group of people is exciting." Thank you to our sponsors: m u t t e r s the'^ raieranda K A P L A N TEST PREP A N D A D M I S S I O N S Buffalo Billiards Clean Water Action Balfour B ird ’s Barber Shop DW I.CO M , Experienced DW1 Attorneys Armed police secured Robert Lee Moore Hall Wednesday night, evacuating students inside the building, after an unidentified suspect entered with a weapon and robbed a UT student. The aggravated robbery took place around 9 p.m., said UT spokeswoman Rhonda Weldon. The male victim described his assailant as a 6-foot-tall male dressed in dark clothing with a medium muscular build, she said. Weldon said the UT Police Department could not release any further information. Bryant Haertlein | Daily Texan Staff — Caroline Page NEWS BRIEFLY Border Patrol chase near Texas A&M-Kingsviile closes campus KINGSVILLE, Texas — Tex­ as A&M University at Kingsville had to be locked down for hours Wednesday because of a law en­ forcement chase of suspected ille­ gal immigrants. The lockdown began around 3:30 p.m. and continued into Wednesday evening, school spokeswoman Jill Scoggins told The Associated Press. The school, on its Web site, said the chase near campus involved the Texas Department of Public Safety and the Border Patrol. A DPS trooper had stopped a pickup for speeding. The driv­ er pulled over, and about 12 peo­ ple got out of the truck and fled, ac­ cording to Trooper Eric Hinojosa. The truck driver said he was forced at gunpoint to transport the truckload of illegal immigrants to Kingsville, Hinojosa said. The driver's name was not im­ mediately released. — The Associated Press Apply Now. C lasses B eg in May 27. 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One route will run along South Congress Avenue from Riverside Drive to 17th Street, and the oth­ er will run along Fifth and Sixth streets from Bowie Street to Red River Street. "We're hearing from a lot of rid­ ers that they don't find the sendees very convenient," said Erica McK- ewen, com m unications special­ ist for Capital Metro. "We're rede­ signing the whole system, so there are only two routes, but neither is exactly like any route now." McKewen said other Capital M etro bus routes will provide for areas no longer served by the 'Dillo. "No one will be losing a ride," she said. "It just w on't be a 'Dil­ lo route." Tina H ogue | Daily Texan Staff A Capital Metro Dillo bus makes a stop downtown. Facing low rider- ship, Capital Metro plans to cut'Dillo routes from five to two. The 'D illo w as originally in­ tended to be a frequent d o w n ­ town shuttle, but as Capital M et­ ro expanded its routes, the bus system becam e less efficient, McKewen said. M ost UT stu d e n ts w ho use the 'Dillo ride it to A ustin Com ­ m unity College, b ut it is rarely crow ded, said UT governm ent senior Chr issie Badilo, w ho rides the 'Dillo to her dow ntow n job every day. "It's cute and great for to u r­ ists, b ut me and my room m ate are the only regulars I ever see on it," said W endy W heless, a b u sin e ss g ra d u a te s tu d e n t w ho rides the 'Dillo from cam ­ pus to her home on South C on­ gress A venue. "N orm ally, I'm one of the only people on it, ex­ cept m aybe som e tourists w ith a m ap." If a p p ro v e d , C a p ita l M e t­ ro will im plem ent the p ro p o s­ al in A ugust 2008 and will save C ap ital M etro ap p ro x im ately $1 m illion per year. McKewen said the com pany will use the savings to im prove p lannin g, outreach and current buses. UTIMCO: Company decreases Sudan investments From p a g e l A include some of the Chinese oil companies. Those are the ones that are kind of on all of these lists," he said. "But none of our managers have kind of, on their own, said 'Gosh, I really think a Chinese oil company is where I want to make a big investment.'" In October, UTIMCO invest­ ed $19 million through indexes in companies on the Sudan Di­ vestment Task Force list and $8.6 million invested directly. The Texas State Com ptroller released a list in December, nar­ rower than the task force list, of Texas companies with ties to Su­ dan. Based on this list, UTIM­ CO only had $850,000 invested in Sudan — all in one company — Petrofac Limited, a U.K. ener­ gy facilities company. Outside managers sold these shares, as reported by the Aus­ tin A m e ric a n -S ta te sm a n on Monday. Another manager also sold $700,000 worth of shares of PetroChina Com pany Limited, another company on the com p­ troller's list. Levinsohn said she is disap­ pointed that the decrease in Su­ d an -related in v estm en ts w as not m ore and th at the W hite Rose Society w ill continue to campaign. "We continually dialogue with all of our managers to make sure they are aware of risks associat­ ed w ith all investm ents," said UTIMCO m anager of finance and a d m in istra tio n M elynda Shepherd. "That reduction isn't the result of any pressure but simply the result of the job we do on an ongoing basis." 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The N ational Abortion Rights Action League's Pro-Choice Texas Foundation presented its third an­ nual report, which found that state- funded crisis pregnancy centers do not deliver recommended services to pregnant women. The Texas Pregnancy Care Net­ w ork received a grant from the state to start and operate the Alter­ natives to Abortion program. Some crisis pregnancy centers began re­ ceiving state funding in 2006 as part of the program. Crisis pregnancy centers do not provide medical care but provide references and information. Accord­ ing to the abortion rights organiza­ tion's report, many centers have a religious, anti-choice mission. Sen. Tommy W illiams, R-The Woodlands, authored the addition to the state budget to create the pro­ gram, which cut $5 million from family planning funding over the 2006 and 2007 fiscal years, accord­ ing to the report. The organization said that over the same tim e period, the Tex­ as Pregnancy Care Network used more than $3 million to help an av­ erage of 127 wom en per month. The program also spent $1.4 m il­ lion in overhead expenses. The report said the Texas Preg­ nancy Care Network's crisis preg­ nancy centers do not offer a num ­ ber of medical services — such as prenatal care or testing for HIV and sexually transm itted diseas­ es — recommended by the Amer­ ican Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. The centers are not required to hire medical profes­ sionals or social workers. Austin's Gabriel Project Life Cen­ ter receives state funding as a crisis pregnancy center, said Lorrie Saldi­ var, education class coordinator at the center. Saldivar said the center offers emotional and spiritual support as well as educational classes. The cen­ ter has no medical professionals, and Saldivar said the center tells women th is when they walk in the door. Rep. D aw na D ukes, D-Aus- tin, a member of the House A p­ propriations Committee, said the state needs to re-evaluate the need for the Texas Pregnancy Care Net­ work's program. "If the true intentions of the pro­ gram are to serve pregnant w om ­ en, w hy w ould the state need to create a whole new program at a multi-million dollar cost to Texas taxpayers rather than simply aug­ ment the budgets of existing pro­ grams?" Dukes said. C o u n c i l c a n d i d a t e s vow t o s u p p o r t t h e a r t s Austin City Council candidates said they would support the arts at a statewide artist coalition's forum Wednesday. Members of the Art Alliance and art supporters questioned council candidates about their platforms re­ lating to the arts in Texas at the third consecutive Aus­ tin City Council Candidates Art Forum hosted at Bryant Haertlein | Daily Texan Staff Nuevo Leon Restaurant. 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Audition Sunday, April 20th Sign-in: 9:30am Audition Time: 10:00am Ballet Austin 501 West 3rd Street Austin, TX 78701 Applicants must view an online presentation prior to audition. Visit disneycollegeprogram.com/epresentation. \ Thursday, April 17, 2008 New 7A Faculty salary disparity favors private over public universities Research shows that gaps in pay have led to core member loss By A udrey Campbell Daily Texan Staff The increasing gaps in facul­ ty pay between private and pub­ lic universities are threatening the ability of public universities to re­ cruit and retain qualified faculty members, according to a report released this week. The American Association of University Professors said in its report that large disparities be­ tween faculty salaries at the two university levels have led to core faculty member loss at many pub­ lic universities. “The issue can be viewed in two ways: as both a matter of uni­ versity priorities as well as an is­ sue of priorities on the state and even federal levels," said John C urtis, the association's direc­ tor of research. "The state should be providing the funding for the best staff, faculty, researchers and graduate programs." Over the last several decades, public institution funding has decreased as a result of the im ­ portance placed on higher ed u ­ cation at the state and national levels, Curtis said. "This has been a long-stand­ ing concern," said Thomas Palai- ma, a classics professor. “Every UT president has spoken about the need to increase salaries and benefits for the faculty and grad­ uate students." Private universities are often able to provide payment and ben­ efits for faculty that public schools cannot, according to the report. Unlike many public universities, private institutions can provide higher salaries, partner benefits and even college tuition for the children of faculty members. "In my experience, one of the things that is a major impediment to excellence here is the staff and faculty turnover," Palaima said. "We can often p u t together of­ fers that make it very attractive for people to come here, but the low percentage of yearly increas­ es causes those people to fall be­ hind in comparison to what they could get at other institutions " The faculty salary disparity is not a problem that UT can a d ­ dress on its own, Palaima said. "I think it's partly a problem with the state and partly the Uni­ versity's problem for not m ak­ ing a strong enough argument to the relative parties and the state legislature," said Doug Bruster, an English professor. "You can't have an excellent institution w ith­ out excellent funding." Private institutions will like­ ly maintain the upper hand over public schools in regards to fac­ ulty salaries because they do not have to rely on state funding. People are draw n to UT for more than high salaries, said Vice Provost Neal Armstrong. "The reputation of UT, the qual­ ity of the students and the bene­ fits of being here in Austin are all aspects that encourage people to join us," Armstrong said. International grad applications fall Decline may be due to stiff competition from foreign colleges Between 2003 and 2004, the tightening of the visa process pro­ duced a perception around the world that the U.S. was no longer as welcoming to foreign gradu­ ate students, said Stuart Heiser, spokesman for the council. at nearly 11,000. They bottomed out at about 7,000 in 2005 and have been climbing slowly since. The number of students adm it­ ted to UT graduate programs re­ m ained mostly flat during that tim e period, and graduate a d ­ missions in recent years have be­ come more competitive. By Andrew Kreighbaum Daily Texan Staff The grow th of international applicants at American graduate schools dropped 3 percent this year, according to a recently re­ leased survey. The trend in the Council of Graduate Schools' survey shows it will take a while before Ameri­ can graduate programs can fully recover from the decline in inter­ national applications after 2003. The co u n cil's surv ey in 2004 found a 28 percent decline in the num ber of subm itted appli­ cations, based on the beginning stages of the application process that year. Heiser said it is important that international application rates continue to grow because such students com prise a large po r­ tion of graduate students in the U.S. — 16 percent overall and as high as 50 percent in some sci­ ence and engineering programs. The ability of American graduate schools to attract international students is an indicator of where they stand against overseas com­ petition, he said. Patricia Ellison, assistant dean of admissions, said internation­ al graduate applications at UT largely reflect national trends. In fall 2003, the applications peaked "We're just glad the num bers are back on the rise and we have a good applicant pool to select the best students possible," Elli­ son said. Heiser said the U.S. State De­ partm ent has made great strides in reforming the visa process but that it may still be difficult for American graduate programs to return to 2003 application levels. American graduate schools are still seen as the best in the world, but other countries have bettered their recruitment of international students, he said. liliS ss Dave Levine w alks his basset hound, Kelly, ou tsid e o f the C a p ito l steps W ednesday to su pp o rt th e 10th a n n u al M ig h ty Texas Dog Walk, an e v e n t th at w ill try to gain Texas the record for largest d o g walk. Andrew Rogers | Daily Texan Staff Dog lovers want record By Am y Bingham Daily Texan Staff With a gang of basset hounds weaving around their feet, about 10 dog lovers from the A ustin community gathered on the Cap­ itol steps W ednesday morning to show their support for the 10th an­ nual Mighty Texas Dog Walk to be held on May 17. H osted by Texas H earing and Service Dogs, a nonprofit organi­ zation, the event attem pts to re­ claim for Texas the world record for the largest dog walk. The re­ cord has been caught in a tug- of-war betw een Texas and Brit­ ain for the past 10 years b u t is held by the British at 10,272 dogs walked sim ultaneously “You betcha w e 're going to break the record," said Francye H u tch in s, fo u n d er of H elping Hands Basset Rescue and a partic­ ipant in the annual dog walk. “Ev­ erybody knows that Texas has the best dogs." Sporting a British accent and a princess dress, Sheri Soltes, the founder of Texas Hearing and Ser- "You betcha we're g o in g to beat th e record. E veryb o d y kno w s th at Texas has th e best dogs." Francye Hutchins, H elping Hands Basset Rescue founder vice Dogs, posed as Duchess Der- yl Dorkshire, a “loyal British sub­ ject," to urge Austinites to "accept defeat" and abandon their attempt to break Britain's record. “England has it, and in England it shall stay," she said. This declaration was followed by a “beat the Brits" chant from the mock protesters and barks from their dogs, w ho rushed the platform at the end of the speech and brought the duchess to the ground in a flurry of wagging tails and barking bassets. The three-mile walk will kick off on the Congress Avenue bridge and end at the Capitol building. "We w ant to beat the Brits and get all Austin dog owners out en­ joying Austin and enjoying their dogs," said Chris Pearcey, a train­ er for Taurus Training and Doggy Play Day. Proceeds from the w alk's reg­ istration fees will benefit Texas Hearing and Service Dogs, which ad o p ts and train s dogs to a s­ sist people with mobility or hear­ ing challenges. With the help of a grant from the Dallas Foundation, the group now focuses on training dogs for members of the military who have been injured in Iraq or Afghanistan. “They are an awesome organi­ zation because they really make a difference in people's lives," Pearcey said. 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The Longhorns (22-16-2) again rode their starting pitching in a two game- sweep of the visiting Bearkats at Mc­ Combs Field. Denny (15-5) earned a 2- 1 win in a tight opener, striking out 16 batters in the process, the second high­ est total of her career, and allow ing only five hitters to reach base over the seven innings. "I'd give myself an A ," Denny said. "I was pitch-to-pitch mentally; me and [catcher] Kacie [Gaskin] were reading each others' minds. That's always great to have." Follow ing a first inning Texas run, a solo home run from the light-hitting SO FTB A LL continues on page 2B A Texas player reacts against Sam Houston. Peter Franklin | Daily Texan Staff By Laken Litman D aily Texan Staff The Texas L o n g h o rn s re ­ turn to in-conference play to ­ day as they seek vengeance on Texas Tech at 6:30 p.m. at Mc­ Combs Field. In their last meet­ ing, the Red Raiders beat the Longhorns 5-4. Although the sco reb o ard show ed a clo se game, head coach Connie Clark thought otherwise. "O ur pitching staff and our defense gave [Texas Tech] about 10 extra opportunities," Clark said after the Tech game earlier this season. "The box score only showed two errors, but there were several other situations where we did not m ake very good decisions. The four walks, h it-b y -p itch and w ild pitch that scored a run really were the difference." According to Clark, the de­ fense did not take care of the ball and the game was anything TECH continues on page 2B St r u g g l e s c o n t in u e M EN 'S TENNIS Texas outlasts Baylor in close 4-3 road victory race, end losing *Horns still in title streak in Waco By Andrew Martinez Daily Texan Staff Snapping a nine-year los­ ing streak of regular sea ­ son matches in Waco, No. 7 Texas defeated No. 13 Bay­ lor Wednesday, by a close 4- 3 count at the Baylor Tennis Center in Waco. The win keeps Texas in the hunt for the Big 12 regular season title and handed Bay­ lor its first conference loss of the season, advancing the Horns to a 4-1 Big 12 record and 18-4 record overall. The Bears gave Texas a tough time from the begin­ ning of Wednesday's match, which was originally intend­ ed to be played on April 9 but was rescheduled due to in­ clement weather. Sophomores Dimitar Kutro- vsky and Josh Zavala drew first blood at third doubles, de­ feating Dominik Mueller and Jordan Rux by a hard fought 8-6 count. Kellen Damico and Ed Corrie secured the dou­ bles point for the Longhorns at the first position in an 8-5 nail-bitter against David Galic and Denes Kukacs. Texas se­ nior Luis Diaz Barriga and ju­ nior Miguel Reyes Varela fal­ tered at second doubles, fail­ ing to deliver the finishing blow to Lars Poerschke and Attila Bucko in a 9-8 loss. Moving into singles play, Baylor struck back qu ick­ ly as Lukács defeated Texas' Damico by a 6-3, 6-2 count at second singles. At third singles, Corrie handed Bay­ lo r's G alic an easy 6-1, 6- 4 defeat. Kutrovsky put the Longhorns up by 3-1 in his 6-4, 7-6 w in over B aylor's eighth-ranked Poerschke. The Longhorns clinched the match with Diaz Barriga's ex­ tended 6-4, 1-6, 6-2 win over Mueller, yet Baylor continued to play, stealing the last two matches at fifth and sixth sin­ gles from the Longhorns as Baylor's Rux defeated Reyes Varela 3-6, 7-6, 7-5 and Bucko defeated Texas' M ilan M i- hailovic 1-6, 7-6, 6-2. ANOTHER MEMPHIS LOSS? Texas catcher Preston Clark reacts during the Longhorns' 4-2 loss against UT-Arlington Wednesday at Disch-Falk Field. Despite two home runs from Kyle Russell, the Mavericks' freshman starter Mark Picca kept the Texas batters off balance for most of the night. Tina Hogue | Daily Texan Staff Texas hitters held in check Freshman pitcher earns first career win against ’Horns By Nathan Riojas Daily Texan Staff Texas trailed 3-1 with the ty­ ing run at second base w ith tw o o u ts in the b o tto m of the seventh. That's as close as the Long­ h o rn s c a m e to c h a l le n g ­ in g U T -A rl in g to n fo r th e win Wednesday. M averick head coach D a­ rin Thomas brought freshman Adam Boydston out of the bull­ pen to face Texas' pinch h it­ ter Russell Moldenhauer. Mold- enh au er fou led off the first two pitches, sending Boydston ahead in the count. He eventual­ ly popped up a 1-2 pitch that fell harmlessly into the third base­ man's glove, and the UT-Arling­ ton freshman got the Mavericks out of the jam. "We missed our chance with M o ld en h au er," coach A ugie Garrido said. "We had a chance to tie it 3-3, but other than that, their starting pitcher really con­ trolled our offense." The 4-2 loss drops the No. 20 Longhorns to 23-13 on the year and UT-Arlington improves to 17-20. Maverick freshman Mark Picca (1-2, 5.06 ERA) earned the first win of his career behind a brilliant six-inning outing. The left-hander allowed just three hits, one run and two w alks while recording three strikeouts. "[Picca] hasn't been a domi­ nating pitcher, but he was in this gam e," Garrido said. "H e got ahead of hitters and forced us to put the ball in the play. It's to his credit that he pitched such a fine game." Texas starter Kenn Kasparek got off to quick start too. The se­ nior retired the first nine UT-Ar­ lington hitters in order. But Mav­ erick junior Collin Garner came in to pinch hit in the fourth. In just his 16 Ja at-bat of the season, Gamer broke up Kasparek's per­ fect game with a leadoff dou­ ble. UT-Arlington tacked on two more doubles and a single for a three-run frame. A n o th e r on e o f T h o m a s' moves paid off in the eighth. He sent in S teffan G uest to pinch hit in the nine hole, who responded with a leadoff single, and the Mavericks were able to manufacture a run. Guest was bunted over, and UT-Arling- ton's David M cLeod came up with a one-out single to push Tina Hogue | Dally Texan Staff Texas freshman Tant Shepherd receives a pick-off throw during the Longhorns'gam e against UT-Arlington Wednesday. the Mavericks ahead 4-1. "Our pitching was good, and we got the big hits when we needed them ," Thom as said. "We really needed this to get some momentum going. This is a tough stretch in our schedule, — eight games in 10 days." Kyle Russell was the only Longhorn who managed much offensively. He put Texas on the board with a solo home run in the fifth, pulling the Long­ horns w ithin two at 3-1. The right fielder finished off his 2- for-4 night with a leadoff hom­ er in the ninth to make the final score 4-3. Tant Shepard drove in the only other Texas run with a two-out single that plated Jordan Danks in the eighth. Second baseman Michael Torres added a positive note, individually. He opened the game with a single through the right side of the infield to ex­ tend his 23-game hitting streak. The junior's streak is now just one game shy of Rick Bradley 24-game stretch in 1974. Clem Murray {Associated Press Despite Texas being am ong his prospective teams, the fourth­ rated high school basketball recruit, Tyreke Evans, above, com ­ mitted to M em phis Wednesday. Evans, however, said he would not officially sign a letter o f intent until head coach John Calipari signed a contract extension. BASKETBALL Augustin not rushing NBA decision; Longhorns left to sit and wait By Jim Vertuno The Associated Press AUSTIN — The Texas Long­ horns are waiting. Waiting to see if they could be next season's No. 1. Waiting to see if they'll have to find a new floor leader. They're waiting for sophomore All-American point guard D.J. Au­ gustin to make up his mind: Will he stay in college for another sea­ son or bolt for the NBA? Augustin, however, seems in no hurry to make up his mind. "I'm still evaluating," he said at Monday night's team banquet. "I'm going to be taking my time." He has until April 27 to submit his name, but if he doesn't hire an agent, he could still change his mind and pull out of the draft. If he signs with an agent, he'll lose his college eligibility. Augustin averaged 19.2 points and 5.8 assists in leading Texas to one of the best seasons in school history. The Longhorns won a school-record 31 games, a share of the Big 12 regular season cham­ pionship and advanced to the NCAA regional finals before los­ ing to Memphis. Augustin won the Bob Cousy Award as college bas­ ketball's top point guard. If he leaves, Augustin will join an impressive lineup of former Longhorns who departed early for the NBA over the past five years: T.J. Ford, Daniel Gibson, LaMar- cus Aldridge, P.J. Tucker and Kev­ in Durant. If he returns, Texas is likely among the handful of teams that would be seriously considered for preseason No. 1 and a favorite to win next season's national champi­ onship. Texas would return all five starters and all top bench players. It's a similar scenario to 2003, when Ford had to make up his mind af­ ter leading Texas to the Final Four. Back then, Ford chose the NBA. Texas made it to the round of 16 the first season without him, but hasn't made it back to the Final Four. "I'm not sure what he's think­ ing," said guard Justin Mason, who was Augustin's roommate on the road and is as close to him as anyone on tíre team. "If he came back, that would be good for us." But chasing a championship doesn't come with any guarantees. The NBA does offer guaranteed contracts. Augustin, overshadowed by Durant as a freshman, made Tex­ as his team this season, morphing from a great passer to a solid scorer as well. His NBA future is tough­ er to read than Durant, who proba­ bly would have been a top pick out of high school if NBA rules had al­ lowed it. Durant was the No. 2 pick overall last year, making it an easy choice to leave. Augustin didn't seem concerned about who might be picked ahead of him. "There's good players in the draft every year," Augustin said. "I've just got to make the best de­ cision for myself." 2B S p o r t s Thursday, April 17,2008 TECH: Texas looks forward to rematch BIG 12 MEN'S BASKETBALL Ford follows Sutton as Cowboys’ head coach From pagelB b u t c le a n . F re s h m a n p itc h e r B ritta n y B arn h ill su ffered the loss th at n ig h t, to ssin g 3.0 in* nings, allow in g unearned runs on three hits and strik in g ou t tw o . S e n io r h u r le r M e a g a n D enny relieved B arnhill in the fo u rth , s u rre n d e rin g one run on tw o h its in th ree in n in g s of work. " I ta k e fu ll r e s p o n s ib ility for that last m e e tin g ," Barnhill said. "B u t we are going to play o u r A -g am e. 1 k n o w w e can beat them ." Since that last gam e, Barnhill feels that if an yth in g , her co n ­ fidence has im proved the most. She has figured out that w hen she goes after hitters and d oes not give the opponent free p ass­ es "good things happen." A lth o u g h B a rn h ill's p e rfo r­ m an ce has im p ro v e d , D en n y will get the start against Tech. "[D e n n y ] is hot so she g ets the s ta rt," C lark said . "S h e is read y to take the team on her b ack. She w an ts the b all, and she is very excited ." The Longhorns are 4-4 in the Big 12 since their last m eeting w ith the Red Raiders. O n paper, Texas has the edge for this gam e. T h ey hold a 6- 5 reco rd , w h ich p u ts them at No. 4 in the Big 12, w hile Tex­ as Tech's 3-8 conference record p uts them at No. 9. The L on g ­ horns also have a little chip on th e ir s h o u ld e r from th e ir re ­ g io n a l d o u b le-h ea d e r w in s at hom e W ednesday ag ain st Sam H ouston State. The L onghorns' pair of solid p erform ances w ill give them m om entum head ing into tonight's game. In gam e one of W ed n esd ay's d o u b le -h e a d e r, D en n y (1 5 -5 ) got the 2-1 w in as she registered 15 strikeouts w ithout giving up a w alk. Barnhill (6-9) earned a 4-0 w in in gam e two as she tied her p erson al record w ith n in e strik e o u ts in a solid sh o w in g from the Texas offense. "W e were the best w e'v e been all season [against Sam H ou s­ to n ]," C lark said a fter the w in. "T h e team w as as en th u siastic as they've been all y ear." SOFTBALL: Longhorns rack up the strikeouts By Jeff Latzke The Associated Press O K LA H O M A C ITY — Travis Ford replaced Sean Sutton when the two w ere still playing college basketball. He'll do it again in the coaching profession. Ford a g re e d W e d n e sd a y to leav e his jo b as M assa ch u setts' coach to take ov er S u tto n 's old p o sitio n at O k lah o m a S ta te . A new s conference w as planned in Stillw ater on Thursday to form al­ ly introduce him. In a tw ist of fate, Ford has been in a p o sitio n to fo llow S u tto n once before. After grow ing up in Kentucky, Ford ended up leaving the state to start his college career w h en the coach seem ed h e a d ­ ed toward playing his son at the point guard position. K entu cky's coach at the time? E d d ie S u tto n . A n d h is p o in t guard? His son, Sean. So Ford h ead ed to M isso u ri for his first season, but then end­ ed up transferring back hom e af­ ter E dd ie Su tton ran into tro u ­ ble with N CAA violations and al­ coholism and w as forced ou t at Kentucky. Eddie Sutton ended up return­ ing to his alm a mater, Oklahom a State, and Sean transferred to join him before eventually joining his coaching staff. The two combined to take a dow ntrodden program to 13 N C A A tournam ents in the n ext 16 seasons — including Fi­ nal Four appearances in 1995 and 2004 — b efo re the eld er Sutton stepped aside follow ing a drunk- driving accident in 2006. That set the gears in m otion to­ ward Ford's second chance at fol­ low ing the Suttons. S ean S u tto n , w h o had b een prom ised the chance to succeed h is father, took ov er the C o w ­ b o y s' program late in the 2005- 06 and led the team to its first of three straight first-round exits in the NIT. U p on a n n o u n cin g S ea n Sut- From page IB Wiginton, only her second of the season, briefly tied the gam e at 1-1. However, Texas centerfield- er Kori Cook responded with a solo hom e run of her own, only her seventh hit of the season and second career hom er, to restore the Texas lead. "I'm ju st try in g to stay the cou rse w ith every a t-b a t" she said. "I have to m ake sure that w h e n e v e r I g e t m y c h a n c e I'm ready." T h at fourth innin g run w as all D enny w ould need, ending the game w ith four consecutive sco reless innin gs for her 13th complete game of the season. Texas had a little more room to breath in game two, putting two runs on the board — cou rtesy a tw o-out, tw o-run single from D esiree W illiam s in the second inning — before a Bearkat had made it past first base. T hey w ould tack on runs in the third and fifth innings, w ith second basem an K elly M elone contributing a run scored and a RBI, to push the lead to 4-0. Barnhill (6-9) gave up only five hits in pitching the second com ­ plete game shut-out of her young career. She struck out nine, tv mg a career high and pushing the Texas total to 25 on the evening. Peter Franklin | Daily Texan Staff A Sam Houston baserunnerslides into second base during Wednesday's doubleheader against Texas. "You just have to go after [the hitters], let vour defense play be­ hind you and get groundballs," Barnhill said. "T h e strik e-ou ts are just a bonus." A fter being kept to just tw o ru n s and sev en h its in gam e one, the Texas offense, ignited by lead-off hitter Desiree Williams, responded in game two. W illiam s had tw o hits, tw o RBIs and a stolen base in the fina­ le, m arking her m ost successful game at the plate since returning to the lead-off spot against Kan­ sas last Sunday. "S h e 's had to w ork through som e things in the past m onth- and-a half," head coach C onnie C lark said. "B u t it w as tim e to put her back in that spot." O n a w h o le, the n ig h t re p ­ resented one of the m ost co m ­ p lete p erfo rm an ces the L o n g ­ horns have put in all year. The three-game winning streak they now protect m atches their lo n ­ gest of the season. "W e need to get on a roll at this stage of the season," Clark said. "T onigh t, w e had a good p e r­ form ance all around. We w ere as enthusiastic as we have been all year." David Gard I Associated Press UMass head coach Travis Ford yells at his players in the Atlantic 10 men's basketball championship in Atlantic City, N.J. ton's resignation April 1, athletic director M ike H older called him a victim of the expectations set by his father. Now, Ford w ill assum e those e x p e c ta tio n s . T h e 3 8 -y e a r-o ld coach led U M ass to a 25-11 re­ co rd th is s e a s o n and an a p ­ pearance in the N IT cham p ion­ ship gam e, w here it lost to Ohio S tate. H e d irected the M inu te- m en to a 62-35 m ark in three sea­ sons, including N IT bids the past tw o seasons. "I h av e g re a tly en jo y ed my three years here at UMass. It was a very difficult decision to leave UM ass, one w hich my fam ily and I struggled w ith m ightily," Ford said W ednesday in a statem ent released by the university. "I wish nothing but the best for the staff and players at UM ass. They have been and w ill always be fam ily to me. I feel the team at U M ass has a great nucleus in place and 1 wish them the best in the future." O k la h o m a S ta te 's c o a c h in g search began w ith a high-profile bid to lure Bill S e lf aw ay from Kansas after he led the Jayhaw ks to the n a tio n al ch am p io n sh ip . Rum ors of a big payday backed by billionaire booster Boone Pick­ ens never cam e to fru ition, and Self signed an extension to stay at Kansas instead of returning to his alma mater. The end resu lt w as an o th er O klahom a State hire w ith a Ken­ tucky connection. le >t his brother n i@n g. ney pit n o damr rnonday, april 28 o r o his 8pm union theater o no man n OS accepting submissions can be until april 18 him fight anyway and killer, he turn in films to CMC 3.200 Killer said "that’s he star no crack, an< oiler e called off all his fights v j C a K for more info write: out, Then In a rageV 7 letters@texastravesty.com and his nea onaer beat. Wow, You enow uh, I never thouaht I’d sr I 4 Thursday, April 17, 2008 BIG 12 FO O TB A LL Sports Texas Tech lost $200K on Gator Bowl Red Raiders carít break even during trip to Jacksonville By Alex Ybarra Daily Toreador (U-Wire) LUBBOCK — A shortfall in trav­ el allow ance given by the Big 12 Conference caused the Texas Tech football team to reach into its finan­ cial pockets after the team's trip to the Konica Minolta Gator Bowl Jan. 1 in Jacksonville, Fla. Bobby G leason , Tech's d ep u ­ ty athletic director, said while the num bers still may fluctuate, the athletic department spent $202,240 out of its regular operating budget of $44 million, which goes to show that the public can be misled when it sees the bowl payout numbers. "M ost fans read something that says that the G ato r Bow l p ay ­ out is $2.5 m illion," Gleason said. "M ost fans think that goes to us because w e're playing in the G a­ tor Bowl, but they d on't under­ stand that all that money is paid to the conference." Gleason said, in turn, the Big 12 C onference disperses a form ula- based travel allowance among the teams attending bowl games. "W ith [750] people traveling, it gets very expensive very quick­ ly," Gleason said. "So we basically hope to break even on that travel allowance each year. We hope that we spend a little bit less than what it is, but it does take most of that money to travel." Gleason said because the Gator Bowl is a tier-one bowl — a level below a BCS bowl — the form u­ la provided Tech with a bowl ap­ pearance fee of $925,000 and a re­ imbursement policy that gives $199 per mile traveled. According to the bow l's finan­ cial report, the trip to Jacksonville equaled $239,198 in reimbursement money, so Tech received just under $1.1 million. To put it in perspective, Gleason said the appearance fee for a BCS bowl is $1.5 million along with the reimbursement policy. A ccording to the report, Tech subtracted nearly $74,000 after tick­ et sales did not equal the total price of complimentary tickets used by the university. Gleason said Tech used about half of the 12,000 tickets that were available to sell. The fin an cial report in d icat­ ed that Tech spent approxim ate­ ly 68 percent of its allowance on transportation, meals and lodging, while roughly 27 percent went to­ ward awards and extra compensa­ tion for staff. "If you take away what we paid for the extra work effort, whatev­ er the people devote to the bowl," Gleason said, "then that gets you back closer to a break even point." The remaining five percent was spent on prom otion and adver­ tising, m edia guides, and train­ ing room supplies, according to the report. Bob Burda, assistant com m is­ sioner of com munications for the Big 12, said Tech's allowance was substantially higher than most be­ cause of the distance from Lub­ b o ck to J a c k s o n v ille , w h ic h w as calculated on the report as 1,202 miles. "Obviously that reimbursement is going to be considerably high­ er than it would be if Texas Tech, say, played in the Cotton Bowl," he said, "w here they were traveling from Lubbock to Dallas." However, Gleason reiterated the allowance was not enough to ex­ pect a profit w hen the team re­ turned from the Gator Bowl. "I w o u ld n 't say it fru strates m e," Gleason said, "but I would b e supp ortive — w e w ould be supportive, as a school — 1 think, o f the conference increasing that travel allowance." Burda said while the rise of air­ fare, the cost of charters and jet fuel has forced the issue of increasing the allowance, the present formu- SOFTBALL C H TSTV Live Sports broadcasts UT Athletic games LIVE across Austin, and is totally student produced and student-run. Come volunteer, have fun, get paid, and build your resume. Texas Tech running back Jared Flannel looks for room against Texas during their game in Lubbock on Oct. 28. The Red Raiders would eventually end up in the Gator Bowl but lost more than $200,000 on the trip. Bryant Haertlein | Daily Texan Staff las were created to lessen the like­ lihood that teams lose money in a bowl game. "There are mechanisms in place for them to minimally recoup the expenses involved," he said, "as well as the opportunity to look at travel party and number of mem­ bers that traveled, so it's hoped that teams aren't losing money playing in bowls." Tech A thletic D irector Gerald Myers said a unanim ous recom ­ m endation was m ade at an ath­ letic directors' meeting recently in Kansas City, Mo., for a retroactive expense check that can shoulder some of the financial burden. "Our travel allowance was based on a lot lower cost for transporta­ tion," he said. "W e did ask for an increase in travel allowance to the bowl games because all the schools face the sam e problem that the money w as not enough to cover travel expenses." Myers said the presidents of the Big 12 universities have the final say in issues that deal with expense budgets, so he said after the athletic directors vote, then the faculty ath­ letic representatives control wheth­ er the recommendation reaches the presidents. In this case, M yers said the fa c u lty a t h le t ic r e p r e s e n t a ­ tiv es ap p roved it, w h ich w ill set up a discussion betw een the university presidents. "It's just a one-year deal, just a one-year request," he said. "W e'll have to take a look at it at the spring meeting and see if we can increase that travel allowance, we can't pre­ dict what that cost will be next De­ cember, January, when those bowl games are played." Tech president Jon W hitm ore said the retroactive expense check was not an item at a separate board meeting between Big 12 university presidents in Kansas City, which he said probably means it will surface at the next meeting, May 23. "Before it comes to the board of the presidents," he said, "the staff of the Big 12 puts together a re­ port or whatever it is and it comes to the board, that's speculation on my part." Myers said he believes that the presidents would adjust the bud­ get in this particular case. After everything gets finalized, Gleason said the overall exposure for the university on national tele­ vision, on ESPN and in new spa­ pers, will make it all worthwhile in an advertising sense. "[$200,000] is a lot of money, I guess you could say, but it's in the big picture," he said. "If you were to purchase that advertising dollar, it's not a large expense, when you look at it that way." ; i s o p h o m o re e r in t r e s s e l i 3B SPORTS BRIEFLY Redshirt freshman Hudson earns Golfer of the Week After leading Texas to Mor­ ris Williams Intercollegiate vic­ tory last week, redshirt fresh­ man Bobby Hudson was named Golfweek magazine's National Golfer of the Week With the tournament being held at the newly renovated University of Texas Golf Club, Hudson's 6-under-par 65 set a course record and helped Texas overcome a four stroke deficit to finish first in the event, fin­ ishing ahead of Oklahoma State by six strokes. It was the first time Texas had won both individual and team titles at their own tour­ nament since 2002 when John Klauk finished a top the leaderboard. Golfweek also named Texas National Team of the Week for their performance. Texas soph­ omore Charlie Holland finished four strokes behind Hudson to place second in the tournament. — Colby White Kansas State re-signs Martin through 2011-12 season MANHATTAN, Kan. — Kan­ sas State signed coach Frank Martin to a five-year contract on Wednesday that will keep him in Manhattan through the 2011-12 season. Martin will get a base sala­ ry of $180,000 with a total com­ pensation package of $760,000, which includes TV, radio and internet appearances, shoe and apparel sponsorships, and other services. The contract is retroac­ tive to the 2007-08 season. "Frank and his staff have done a tremendous job of el­ evating our men's basketball program into one of the best in both the Big 12 and the nation," Kansas State athletic director Bob Krause said in a written statement. 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C O N C E R T R E V I E W By Raquel Villarreal The Daily Texan It's not every dav that you hear a strik in g ly b eau tifu l vo ice at Stubb's. Leslie Feist, who goes by the name o f Feist and won five Juno awards last w eek, revealed her mellow and pop-rock sound Tuesday to a sold-out show. Her pure, shining vocals caressed the very eclectic audience dressed in vests, dresses and cow boy boots. All band m em bers w ere clad in white against a backdrop of neon pink and electric blue. Feist, like an abstract painting, is op en to in te rp re ta tio n , and you either love her or hate her. The tem po sw itched back and forth from dow n to upbeat, but there were dow n-tem po songs in which you wondered if you were really, really tired, or if she was just boring. She m ade references to having a curfew before en d ­ ing w ith the single every bo d y was waiting to hear: “1234." The show was warm, vet stale. Som e c h a rism a d id sh in e th ro u g h , though, when she grabbed a cell p h o n e from the a u d ien ce and greeted the caller, w ho hung up. Feist sang m ostly tracks from h e r new re le a se T h e R em in d ­ er, featu ring “1 Feel It A ll" and "T h ere's A Lim it To Your L ove," in w hich the crow d sang along w ith her. H er su stain ed n otes an d c h ro m a tic p a s s a g e s le ft people breathless. She recorded loops live and sung over them , giving the im pression that more v o ic e s w ere o n sta g e and c re ­ a tin g a rich e r, m o re a m b ie n t sound. The visuals also played a part, im m ersing sp ectators in a w orld of lace, porcelain dolls 4B TV BRIEFLY Venezuelan TV channel faces fines for airing 'The Simpsons' CARACAS, Venezuela — Regu­ lator^ first kicked "The Simpsons" off Venezuela’s davtime airwaves. Now they're threatening to punish the station that showed it during a time slot approved for children. The National Telecommunica­ tions Commission said Tuesday that the channel Televen could face a fine, be taken off the air for three days or be forced to show programs chosen bv the agency in place of regular programming. The channel yanked the ani­ mated series off the air earlier this month after the regulator)' agen­ cy said showing it each day at 11 a.m. — a time slot approved for all viewers — violated regulations to protect children. Broadcast in its place was "Bay- watch Hawaii," featuring scantily clad lifeguards — which the chan­ nel says has not drawn complaints. Commission Director Elda Ro­ driguez said in a statement that the agency had urged Televen in January not to show "The Simp­ sons" at that time. — The Associated Press I,in & \ i! i' Thursday, April 17, 2008 Feist enchants audience Inform al C la s s e s presents 0 ’ © tfo A i/ £ (), £ 0 0 8 in l/le tÁrciA 0/ruosi Join Inforrtuil Classes for a wonderful evening o f dancing at Austin's best dance hail, the Texas Union Ballroom. This is an opportunity to fine tune the dance steps you learned in our classes while enjoying the live music of the Tempi O rchestra and dem onstrations from professional Ballroom champions Agnes Kazmierczak and Urs Geisenhainer. This event will start in the afternoon with be­ ginning and intermediate workshops where you will have the opportunity' to learn the lango from the Ballroom cham pions themselves. There will also he a Foxtrot mini-lesson in the evening ro get you readv for the main event. Stewart Yaros is a professional Ballet and Ballroom dancer and is the Artistic D irector of Dance International. For more information, call 512 - 23CLASS or 2 3 2 - 5 2 7 7 Tliis project has been funded in part by the City of Austin through the Cultural Arts Division. rma Beginner Tango Workshop........................1 - 2pm with Agnes Kazmierczak and Urs Geisenhainer Intermediate Tango Workshop................2 - 3pm with Agnes Kazmierczak and Urs Geisenhainer Doors open.................................................. 7pm Foxtrot mini-lesson.....................................7 - 7:30pm with Stewart Yaros Tempi Orchestra first s e t ........................... ":30pm Dance Demonstrations .............................8:30 - 9:30pm Tempi Orchestra second s e t ..................... 9:30 - 10:30pm Course 1404.601 Advanced registration: $15 General I $12 U T I At the door $18 Price indudes afternoon workshops. Register online at m formaLiasm.orv IT 'S A C A M PU S W IDE CO N VERSATIO N A N D YOy'flE INVITED! s u b t s x t Canadian-born singer Feist played Tuesday nights at Stubb's to a sold- out crowd. The singer played songs off her release The Reminder. Shelley N eum an ¡ Daily Texan Staff and leaves. She sealed the show w ith her rem ake of N ina S im ­ on e's classic "Sea Lion W om an," and a fte rw a rd su n g a d o w n - tem po song before thanking the crowd and leaving awkwardly. A little o ff the su b je ct — if you're ever at Stubb's, don't take alcohol in with you. A staff m em ­ ber caught a girl in front of me drinking an alcoholic beverage out of a w ater b ottle, and not only was her drink taken away, but she was escorted outside. Ministry plays last Austin show, fills playlist with multiple covers By Andy O'Connor Daily Texan Staff So long Ministry, it's been nice knowing you. Tuesday night, A1 Jourgensen and his m e rry m en d ro p p ed by La Zona Rosa for their final show ever in Austin. Jourgensen cam e on stage with a top hat and Jo h n L en n on g la sse s, look in g m ore ready for E eyo re's B irth ­ day than a m etal show. Even as he gets closer to retirem ent, he could blast his vocal chords with the best of 'em. He hadn't lost his sense of humor either, as he twice heckled the crowd for acting like they were at South by Southwest. The band w as in top form too, beginning the set w ith a robust sampler of songs from the band's final studio album, The Last Suck­ er. Ministry also took plenty of di­ rect potshots at George W. Bush w ith anthem s like "N o W " and "R io Grande Blood." M inistry on ly slow ed things dow n for "K h y b er P ass," w hich b eca m e m o re d is o r ie n tin g as band m em bers left the stage and the song becam e deconstructed in to less an d less. T h ey cam e b a ck on s ta g e fo r an e n c o re , w here Fear Factory's Burton C. Bell help sang classics "N .W .O ." and "Ju st O ne F ix ." For a s e c ­ ond encore, the banned ripped th ro u g h T h e D o o r s ' " R o a d ­ h o u s e B lu e s " an d ZZ T o p 's "Ju st Got P aid ." Bell closed the set w ith a sv n th -p o p flavored rendition of the Rolling Sto n e's "U nd er my Thu m b." W hile the co v e rs w ere d on e w e ll, th e y were also an odd coda for M in­ istry's last perform ance in A us­ tin — co u ld n 't they have fit in "P salm 69" or "S tig m ata?" S p e c ia l g u e s t M e s h u g g a h opened the concert, as planned opener H em lock was unable to perform. Ironically, in a live set­ ting, the band's music becom es more inhum an and more m ech­ anized . The Sw ed es m anaged to get a rowdy pit going, as evi­ denced by the reception to "R a ­ tional G aze" and "Future Breed M achine." W hen not m oshing, the crowd was awed by Meshug- gah's 8-string guitars. The group did exactly what it needed to do — warm up an impatient crowd. Bruce Springsteen, left, and Max Weinberg of the E Street Band perform during their concert at the Los Angeles Sports Arena on Oct. 29 of last year. Chris Pizzello Associated Press Springsteen endorses Obama for president By Joan Lowy The Associated Press Rock star Bruce Springsteen endorsed Democratic Sen. Barack Obama for president Wednesday, saving "h e speaks to the Am eri­ ca I've envisioned in my m usic for the past 35 years." In a letter addressed to friends and fans posted his Web site, S p rin g ste e n said he b e lie v e s O bam a is the best candidate to undo "the terrible damage done over the past eight years." "H e has the depth, the reflec­ tiveness and the resilience to be ou r next presid en t," the letter said. "H e speaks to the A m er­ ica I've envisioned in my m u ­ sic for the past 35 years, a gener­ ous nation with a citizenry will­ ing to tackle nuanced and com ­ plex problems, a country that's interested in its collective destiny and in the potential of its gath­ ered spirit. A place where '...no­ body crow ds you, and nobody goes it alone.'" The bard of New Jersey is known for his lyrics about the struggles of working-class Amer­ icans, particularly in the eco ­ nomically ravaged factory towns of the Northeast. Springsteen and his E Street band were part of the Vote for Change tour, a coalition of musi­ cians opposed to the re-election of President Bush in 2tX)4. Springsteen did not d irect­ ly m ention Sen. H illary Rod­ ham Clinton, Obama's rival for the Dem ocratic nomination, in his letter, but appeared to take issue with her recent criticisms of com m ents m ade by Obama about w orking-class voters in sm all tow ns in P ennsylvania and controversial statements by his pastor. 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"I get to m ess aroun d with weird sounds, b ut I still like to make catchy songs," Fraizer said. "Anyone can get a guitar and play a power chord and be in a punk band." McFarland emphasizes the bal­ ance between noise and pop. "On the inverse, anyone can get a crazy guitar pedal and make weird sounds," he said. Fraizer, although he and the band admit Ringo Deathstarr lean toward pop, does not think about the balance so consciously. "If I make the right noise, then the song will be featuring that noise a lot, but it depends on the song, really," he said. Ringo Deathstarr will be playing at The Parish tonight. Soundpool, All in the Golden Afternoon and She, Sir will support. Ringo Deathstarr originated in Beaum ont and formed its final lineup in Austin. The band plays tonight at The Parish. N ancy Rosenthal ¡ Daily Texan Staff REWARD! LOST Special emerald and diam ond earrings betw een K U T Studio and paid parking lo t on Guadalupe. I f found I will pay a LARGE REWARD Please contact me at: 512- 472-9599 Thursday, April 17, 2008 j ] F E & A R T S Reggae band shakes up Austin Group sang cover songs before creating its original music By M ary Lingwall Daily Texan Staff A long w ay from their native H aw aii, Iration is playing to ­ night in Austin on the Playboys in Paradise tour w ith Red Eye Empire and Pepper. O ne of the lead vocalist and guitarists, Mi- cah Pueschel, was kind enough to share a few words about Ira- tion's unique reggae sound and the band's first tour throughout the south. The Daily Texan: Iwt's start with your band name — Iration. This word is not in my dictionary. Is it an allusion to Bunny Waiter's “Ar­ mageddon" lyrics, or just a pun on the word irate? M icah Pueschel: It's a lyric that's in a lot of reggae songs, the definition is 'creation.' And as a band w hat we try to do is make som ething th a t is u n ique and do sen 't fit into a specific genre and hasn't been done before. DT: What hirned you on to mak­ ing reggae music? MP: Hawaii is actually a hot­ bed for reggae music right now. Because it's an island and is­ lands in general just love reggae music, I guess it's the sound and the v ibe of it. And growing up in Hawaii — I was born and raised there — on the radio and in the local m usic there has alw ays been a lot of reggae and reggae influences. DT: Your music is eclectic; how do you all achieve this rhythmic mix without losing continuity? M P : Well w e have that sen­ sibility of rock and influence of rock and popular m usic in the band, but w e keep it blended. You know, we d o n 't go all the way to that rich reggae edge; the reggae influence is there, in terms of style and a lot of the tones that w e're using, b u t w e're m aking music for everyone in the world to enjoy. When we w rite a song, we w a n t everyone, no m atter where they're from or w hat their outlook on life is, to be able to understand w hat w e're talking about and be able to enjoy it. DT: Speaking of eclectic sounds, the blues infusion of your music is really unique; what blues artists are you most influenced by? MP: I'm prim arily the blues guy in the band, and blues for me ... I come from Clapton and Stevie Ray Vaughan of course. I know that Stevie Ray Vaughan is like a hero here in Texas, and for me, it's him, Clapton, B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Derek Trucks — you know, guys like that. Am azing guitarists. DT: You started as a Bob Mar- ley cover band. What instigated the change from covers to original work? MP: We pretty much just real­ ized that there was really no fu­ ture in playing covers. That is just som ething we did for fun because no one w e knew out there was playing the songs that we liked and the music that we liked properly, so we all kind of learned to do it ourselves. Then we decided, 'Hey, w e're pretty good at this' and wanted to take it to the next level. We started writing our own music and shit happens, and here we are. DT: You all have worked close­ ly with music legend Mikey Dread, who tragically passed on March 15; can you share with us a little more about his impact on music? MP: Mickey Dread's influence on reggae is huge. He was one of the first reggae DJs who had his first reggae show in Jamaica and in England, called "The Dread of the Controls." He's produced UB40, and p retty m uch every big nam e in the business h e's w orked with. Also, he discov­ ered The Clash and co-produced Sandanistas, which is, of course, the album that they did that just blew every one away. DT: Borrowing a question from "Inside the Actors Studio," if heav­ en exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the pearly gates? MP: Welcome to heaven, Ira­ tion; you crushed life. Iration plays tonight at 7 p.m. With Pepper and Red Eye Empire at Stubb's. ¿ 'V V V S * ? 1' ? 5 1 - ^ ? I ^ ? 3 -Sf 2 5 ^ 2 ^ Tl 2 ^ ^ s . 2. to to C ^ s£ O ’- i 1 It r r i i r t r s A - ¿ y r T E X A S ! STUDENT k MEDIA A YOUR VV O R I O Iration, origi­ nally from Hawaii, plays an eclectic blend o f reggae music. Photo courtesy of Iration TV: Wilder stars in TCM documentary about his life From page 8B felt sorry for A m anda. H ere's a girl th a t w a n ts th is p o si­ tion so m uch that she insists on staying hom e to w ork on her resu m e, a lie n a tin g h e r­ self from the rest of the p a ­ per crew, w ho are all at some­ one's house indulging in u n ­ d e ra g e d rin k in g and heavy petting. Once she gets the po­ sitio n , it's clear th at e v ery ­ one is less than h appy about it an d they m ake sure to let A m an d a know , alm o st to a cruel extent. My weekly fix of teen dram a isn't satiated with "D egrassi," w hich is w hy I'll be tuning into "The Paper" on M onday nights at 9:30 p.m. Wilder days G ene W ild er has a lw ay s been a part of my life. I grew up w atch in g "W illy Wonka and the C hocolate Factory," "Y oung F ra n k e n ste in " and "B lazing Saddles." I caught "See N o Evil, H ear N o Evil" on UPN one S aturday after­ noon and saw "The Produc­ ers" before it tu rn e d into a B roadw ay sm ash hit. I even m ade sure to watch "M urder in a Small Town" when it pre­ miered on TNT back in 1999. I love his w ork and that's what m ade the Turner Classic Mov­ ies docum entary "Role M od­ els: Gene Wilder" such a trea­ sure to watch. He hasn't made a film in alm ost 10 years, so it was refreshing to see him well and still very full of life. He talked about his film roles, life and love w ith Alec Baldwin, w ho conducted the interview w ith the 75-year-old actor W hen W ilder recalls that his breakdown scenes as Dr. Fran­ kenstein utilized a lot of anger he had pent up toward his first w ife, B aldw in seizes on the chance to m ake a joke about Kim Basinger. W hile things got u ncom fortable w h e n ev ­ er Baldwin broke into Basing­ er bashing, the docum entary (directed by Robert Trachten­ berg) w as a candid and excit­ ing look at where one of cine­ m a's greats has ended up. Ford Drives U is on Campus! C o m e to the Ford Vehicle Experience & WIN! Thursday, April 17,2008 Location: Platinum Parking Lot www.FordDrivesU.com/Campus F IR ST 25 WIN V IP P A S S E S FOR F O R B ID D E N K IN G D O M P R E M IE R S C R E E N IN G Reviews showcase two opinions on UT theater department's latest play T h e D a i l y T e x a n THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 2008 SECTION www.dailytexanonline.com Life&Arts Editor: Vanessa Orr Associate Life&Arts Editors: Randi Goff, Alex Regnery E-mail: lifeandarts@dailytexanonline.com Phone: (512) 232-2209 T V W I T H M E M i V reality series features newsroom drama in high school By Alex Regnery Daily Texan Columnist Stop the press "The Paper" is a new reality show on MTV more in the mold of "Made" than faux-reality TV like "The Hills." I was intrigued to see what the show was all about, since I work at the school paper. Little did I know that the show would be a bunch of high schoolers bitching and moaning, but isn't that what high school­ ers do best? The students that run the Cypress Bay Circuit make their monthly publication seem like it's a truly intense affair with plenty of screaming, running and skullduggery. The premiere epi­ sode featured more backstabbing than an episode of "Gossip Girl," with almost everyone at the pa­ per plotting against would-be ed­ itor-in-chief candidate Amanda Lorber. When Amanda gets strep throat, one guy says she final­ ly caught something from "kiss­ ing so much ass," only to bring her soup later (Who visits some­ one with strep? I think that seems like you're asking to get sick, as well). The kids plot that they will disobey all of Amanda's orders if she gets the position, which the episode makes pretty obvious that she does since it's told from her fabulously bitchy perspective. By the end, I both disliked and TV continues on page 7B I've never been a Stephen Sondheim fan. I de­ spise "Into the Woods" and have a less-than-pos- itive opinion of "Sweeney Todd." The theater de­ partment's production of "Assassins" was almost professional quality and somehow able to keep me entertained throughout a play that I very nearly hate. Seeing their potential just makes their choice in script that much more tragic. The production itself was very impressive. The set was creatively constructed, and I thought all of the costumes were appropriate and fitting. I was a little disappointed that the actors were in shadow much too often, even during solos, and the stage in general was not well-lit. The actors all sang wonderfully, a n d I p . u t K ■ ¡ H 1HL I ) ‘ , mm a c t o r w h o ecuted (pun intended). The script e' iciffc'd a dif- Once again, S o n d h e ¡ O t t f i f I I I M i l t h u t i n s t e a d " \ •*< - V > ‘ i n t o t h e u i . n n / > .* , v / ' i ; | v i m a O ’ s m S& £m nuts. Photo courtesy of Mark Rutkowski 1 he idea and Zachary Ullah interprets Charles b eh in d the P la Y (s e e m S lay "Assassins". things from th e a s s a s ­ sins' points of view) is a creative one that could re­ sult in a terrific story, but Sondheim takes way too much creative initiative and runs away with him­ self. Fantasy stories are not supposed to be realis­ tic, but the writer has to make that world believ­ able within itself. Sondheim fails miserably at this when he runs away with even the simplest of his­ torical facts. Sondheim may not be twisted and de­ mented, but his works certainly are. — Lara Hasse Students on MTV's "The Paper" depict what it's like to work at a high school newspaper. The show airs Mondays at 9:30 p.m. Photo courtesy of MTV Ringo Deathstarr takes popularity, comparisons to big-timers in stride By Andy O'Connor Daily Texan Staff Elliot Frazier — guitarist, vocal­ ist and founding member of local shoegazers Ringo Deathstarr — must feel like his dog Jet an aw­ ful lot lately. A stroll in the park is never quiet, as many dogs pick up the scent of "the best ass in Aus­ tin," a dubious compliment Fra­ zier gives his dog. Ringo Death­ starr has been attracting a lot of attention from local and interna­ tional publications, as well as the homy butt-sniffing dogs of the In­ ternet: music bloggers. Said press has made many comparisons to big-league names The Jesus and Mary Chain and My Bloody Val­ entine, but the band isn't fazed. "It's great that people think we sound like that," Fraizer said. "The Jesus and Mary Chain sounded like The Ramones with reverb, so it all goes back to the Ramones." They have been witness to more fickle elem ents of the press, though. "I was wearing a sparkly hood­ ie [in a photo] once, and some­ one said it didn't do it for them," Fraizer said. Frazier had originally set out to play songs "with reverb and RINGO continues on page 7B Want to learn about production and programming for TV & radio? U n iv e rs ity o f Texas s t u d e n t t e le v is io n a n d r a d io w a n t t o t e a c h you NMdlC ScfcWl Production Camp June 9-13 News Camp July 14-18 A Production Workshop June 16-20 Journalism Workshop July 21-25 Texas Student & K V R X 9 U THE UNlVrJtSSTT Of AT AUSTIN OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN For more get tickets to Ul games, it s time to g et your horns up' 7 e . * 0 . 3 S p o r t S . • m mss photo by Mary Bruton m Your THURSDAY APRIL 17 I TICKETS O N SALE NOW! L K M U S CKS GGERS Verizon Wireless can help you make your phone as big a fan as you are. 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Creating music th a t sounds like a mixture of the tig h t, chugging Motorik of Krautrock and the primal lust of The Stooges, the five members of the Houston-based band are somehow able to tame sheets of unruly guitar noise, mono­ lithic bass drones and decaying electronic percussion into the long, mesmerizing passages th a t charac­ terize their albums, as well as their live sets. The dark, fractured sound of their debut album, 2005's Invasive Exot­ ics, was filled out by these types of pulsating, hypnotic jams, but there was a sense th a t everything could fall apart a t any moment, imploding into audiences are allowed to witness the struggle between the songs themselves with their clear melodies, vocal in ­ cantations and rhythmic progressions — and the instruments and people creating them. Kerschen and the rest of the band are not only battling to control their erratic samplers, guitar feedback and bevy of effects pedals, but also seem to be in a constant tug of-war with each other, as the mem­ bers take the jams in their own directions while trying to stay within the confines ol the song. By combing this aura of conflict with their noisy gui­ tar squalls, rough vocal refrains and dense bass drones, Indian Jewelry add an aggressiveness and intensity th a t is missing in the knob- twiddling of most experimental bands. Though this alone makes the show worth the price of admis­ sion, this particular tour has an added incentive built in, as the band will be lend­ ing th eir destructive live playing style to several of the songs from their forthcom ing album, Free Gold!. Prepare to be dazzled in every possible spectrum. — Brad Barry Indian Jewelry play with The Carnys and ST 37 at Emo's Lounge on Satur­ day. Doors a t 8 p.m. their tantalizing moves during Atash's performance. Texas Salsa Champions and World Salsa Championship finalists Carlos and Azucena from th e Jazzy Dance Company will wow th e audience with their dance steps. And ju s t when you th oug ht th u g s couldn't get any b etter, Grupo Fantasm a taken e stage with th eir funky Latin flair. In addition to the performing groups, there will be a silent auction with several items patrons can bid on, such as an autographed guitar signed by Grupo Fan­ tasma, a weekend getaway at a bed and breakfast, a one-year membership to a UT gym and much more. Event coordinators have a goal of rais­ ing $15,000 through ticket sales and the silent auction O n Y o u r F e e t In te r n a tio n a l M usic an d Dance E x tr a v a g a n za The first On Your Feet International Music & Dance Extravaganza takes place tonight with Austin-based Latin orchestra Grupo Fantasma headlining. All profits from the event benefit Casa Marianella land Posada Esperanza, organizations that provide shelter for homeless immigrants ¡and international refugees. Hosting the extravaganza are KUT DJ Michael Crockett and KXAN anchor Jenny Hoff. The event kicks off at 7 p.m., start­ ing with a performance by Buscando El Monte. Other artists set to perform are the Lannaya Drum and Dance Ensemble, ¡Ritmo Tres, Atash, Sabaya, the Jazzy Dance Company and finally, Grupo Fantasma will round out the evening. Heart-pounding, high-energy entertain­ ment is the theme and all the bands will bring their own variation. (In other words, charge up your pacemaker.) The Cuban conga group Buscando El Monte blends jazz melodies and Cuban rhythms for an energetic sound. Lannaya combines a group of dancers, drummers and singers to create an irresistible African sound from Guinea and the Ivory Coast. Salsa group Ritmo Tres creates danceable Spanish rhythms certain to entertain. Indian and Middle Eastern melodies and rhythms come to life through Atash, voted Best World Music Band by the Austin Chronicle in 20 07. The Sabaya belly dancers will perform Th e refugees w h o b e n e fit fro m th e w orks o f Casa M arian ella an d Posada E s p e ra n za are as d ive rs e as th e ac ts p erfo rm in g a t th is firs t eve r O n Y o u r Fe e t D an ce E x tra v a g a n z a . photo courtesy of Sabaya has opened its doors to guests from 22 countries around the world. Casa Mari­ The idea for the On Your Feet Extrava­ anella provides food, shelter and English ganza came after two successful Salsa dance fundraisers. The events brought lessons to refugees and immigrants, averaging 21-30 occupants a night. The in more than $6,500, but the committee house was named after Marianella Garcia wanted to open up the event to a wider audience. 'It appeared to us that by limit­ Villas, who was killed in 1983 by death squads in El Salvador. ing the event to Salsa music we exclude a lot of people. Being an organization that is serving [the] international com­ Posada Esperanza, Casa Marianella's new facility, opened in 2003 to provide help specifically to women and their munity, we ... expanded the umbrella and children. Up to four families can occupy included a variety of international music," the house at one time and the families said Ahmed Mohiuddin, executive director of the event. typically stay for three to six months. School-age children are enrolled in Casa Marianella opened in 1986 as a Ortega Elementary School and the response to Central American refugees seeking shelter. Since then, the home staff provides homework help and any additional tutoring the child may need. The children also have the opportunity on the weekends to visit local museums and parks, such as the Capitol and the Austin Nature Center. 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