L iJ h * 1 M S p o r t s P a g e 6 s T i g e r W o o d s t o m is s r e s t o f s e a s o n f o r k n e e s u r g e r y „ ly T ex a n Massages, yoga a n d a Japanese Zen garden at the Blanton Serving The University of Texas at Austin com m unity since 1900 w ww.dailytexanonline.com Bu m p e r to b u m p e r - i ' . Thursday, June 19, 2008 : ?1’: *i' ^ »- Ai*"'.* -* y y ■ UT retirement boom expected in coming years Faculty baby boomers likely to keep working into their 60s and 70s By Andrew Kreighbaum Daily Texan Staff This year, America has reached a mile­ stone in demography — the first wave of baby boomers has turned 62, the age at which workers become eligible for retire­ ment Social Security benefits. The term "baby boom " refers to a population increase that occurred in the wake of World War II and lasted until the early 1960s. Forty-two percent of the University's 1,300 faculty members and 50 percent of its 4,300 staff members can be classified as boomers. Julien Carter, associate vice president for hum an resources, said that w ithin the next five to seven years, 40 percent of UT's faculty and staff could be head­ ing out the door. But the milestone should not cause U niversity officials to expect a large chunk of their professors to retire over­ night, said Paul Yakoboski, researcher for Teachers Insurance and Annuity Associ- ation-College Retirement Equities Fund, a financial services company. "Retirem ent ages tend to be kind of spread out. People in the non-academic world tend to take their retirement cues from Social Security," Yakoboski said, "A cadem ics are a bit different. They m ay well work into their late 60s, ear­ ly 70s. It doesn't mean most academics will retire like clockwork. But you are looking at a situation where inevitably people will be retiring." Yakoboski said most universities give professors lighter teaching loads to help ease their transition into retirement. Universities also offer professors fi­ nancial incentives to encourage early re­ tirement. A buyout, in which the Univer­ sity pays a portion of an employee's con­ tract up front, would allow the Universi­ ty to save money in the future by reduc­ ing the amount of staff salaries. Carter said generations following the boomers may want more flexibility, re­ w ards and to w ork from hom e som e days, whereas boomers have been com­ fortable working at the office M onday through Friday. Mark Smith, an associate professor of American studies and expert in Amer­ ican social and cultural history, said he sees his younger colleagues as profes­ sionally oriented. Younger professors are more interested in advancing their careers by publishing w orks, he said, w hereas older professors are more fo­ cused on teaching. "M aybe it's ju st becau se th e y 're BOOMERS continues on page 2 Middle East programs attracting UT students By Ines Min Daily Texan Staff The num ber of UT students studying abroad in Middle Eastern countries in­ creased by 46 percent in a four-year peri­ od, according to the University's Center for Global Educational Opportunities. From 2002-2003 to 2005-2006, the num ­ ber of UT students studying in the Mid­ dle East increased from 28 students to 41 students, and in the 2004 school year, 46 UT students traveled to the Middle East. According to the Institute of Interna­ tional Education, a group that works to strengthen U.S. relations overseas, Mid­ dle East study abroad programs are be­ coming increasingly popular. The num ­ ber of students studying abroad in these countries increased nationw ide by 30.8 percent from the 2004 to 2005 school years, according to the data. Randa Slim, vice president of the In­ ternational Institute for Sustained Dia­ logue, a national organization that or­ ganizes open talks with representatives from the Muslim and American worlds, said increasing student travel to the Mid­ dle East is a progressive step and that there is a lack of education in Arabic lan­ guage and culture in the U.S. "I think that there are four or five [members] in Congress who have taken maybe one course on the Middle East," Slim said. "And they're sitting there to­ day m aking decisions on the M iddle East. There's a lot of ignorance, in my opinion, driving their decisions." U.S. Department of Education statis­ tics, cited in a June 2004 New York Times article, show ed that of the 1.8 million students w ho graduated in 2003 — the year the U.S. invaded Iraq — 22 received degrees in Arabic. The article points to a lack of initiatives in the U.S. that pro­ mote Arabic-language education w hen compared to the educational initiatives im plementetd during the Cold War un­ der the National Defense Education Act. According to the College Board, 18 uni­ versities in the U.S. offer undergraduate MIDDLE EAST continues on page 2 O N I H S H , TWO FISH Motorists wait in traffic on 1-35 at the Martin Luther King Jr. exit Wednesday afternoon. The MLK and Riverside exits were recently named two of the most congested interchanges in Texas. Jeffrey McW horter | Daily Texan Staff Austin jams among worst Study finds two 1-35 intersections to be the state's most congested By Ines Min Daily Texan Staff Kinesiology senior Raquel Hernandez has been a Riverside resident for three years and takes the bus every day. H ernandez said the ride from her apartm ent to cam pus takes 15 m in­ utes on a good d ay b ut that w hen there's traffic, the trip can take 30 to 40 minutes. "I was pissed at how long the bus took this morning," Hernandez said. Hernandez said that she was riding the UT shuttle about a year ago when an accident occurred at the Riverside Drive and Interstate Highway 35 in­ tersection, which is one of Texas' two worst traffic bottlenecks, according to a study released Tuesday. The Martin Luther King Jr. Boule­ vard southbound and Riverside Drive northbound exits on 1-35 are the most congested intersections in the state, ac­ cording to INRIX, a research organi­ zation that records and predicts traffic trends. The average speed of traffic on MLK Boulevard during congestion is 9.8 mph. For Riverside, it is 17.1 mph during congestion. Austin is ranked fourth in the nation for the shortest distance drivers travel JAMS continues on page 2 City council approves West Campus project Plan to widen 23rd Street sidewalks, add trees, lighting "West 23rd Street desperate­ ly needs improvements, espe­ cially for the kids walking to class," said Austin Mayor Will Wynn at the meeting. By Katy Justice Daily Texan Staff A new construction proj­ ect has been planned for West Campus, but this time it's not an apartment complex. At W ed n esd ay 's A ustin City Council meeting, coun- c ilm em bers a p p ro v e d the 23rd Street Streetscape Im­ provement Project, which will fund im provem ents to the three-block portion of 23rd Street from Rio Grande Street to the Renaissance Market just before Guadalupe Street. The project will widen and improve sidewalks and add street trees and lighting in hopes of making the area more pedestrian friendly, said city spokesman George Adams. "I will go out of my way and walk around the stores to avoid the area because it just looks scary at night," said Max Mat­ thews, who frequently walks in the West Campus area. "It's hard to see anything." On the south side of 23rd S treet, w o rk e rs w ill c o n ­ struct a 20-foot-w ide sid e ­ w alk w ith a double row of trees, and the north side will include an 8-foot-wide side­ w alk w ith a single row of trees. Both sides will have installed lighting for n ig ht­ time pedestrians. "We recognize that w ith all the other developm ents, there is also a need for a bet­ ter pedestrian infrastructure so people can move around easier," Adam s said. Jackie G ilíe s | Daily Texan Staff Councilmembers voted to approve a plan to fund improvements in a three-block portion of 23rd Street. The construction, w hich has been discussed by the city since 2005, is projected to be­ gin betw een May and Sep­ tember of 2009 and is expect­ ed to take 60 to 90 days to complete, Adams said. A dam s said that for the last few years, city planners have been looking for fund­ ing and develo pers for the $165,000 project. While construction occurs, project m anagers will try to maintain pedestrian access and allow for the Renaissance Mar­ ket to remain open as much as possible, Adams said. Annwen Stewart and her 2-year-old son Kavan watch the fish swimming in one of the ponds at Mayfield Park Wednesday morning. A n d re w R o g e r s | Daily Texan Staff I n d e x Volume 108, Number 158 25 cents World & Nation..........3 O p in io n ................... 4 N e w s ........................... 5 S p o rts .......................... 6 Classifieds.... DT Weekend You guys were left out of the budget. High Low T H U R S D A Y , JUNE 19,2008 UT gets grant to build site, hold workshop to educate about past U.S. presidents Interactive site shows timeline with audio clips and documents By Brett Alexander Daily Texan Staff T he N atio n al E n d o w m en t for th e H um an ities, a gran t-en d o w - m e n t o rganization th a t su p p o rts hu m anities projects, aw arded UT $30,000 Tuesday to fund a project for educating stu d en ts and teach­ ers about past U.S. presidents. The project, an interactive Web site, allows students to view a time­ line of digitally scanned copies of historical docum ents, such as the docum ent President H arry S. Tru­ m an signed to authorize use of the atomic bomb. Students will also be able to listen to sound clips, such as the phone call that President Lyn­ do n B. Johnson received inform ­ ing him of the attacks on U.S. naval vessels in the Gulf of Tonkin. T he p ro ject, "U sin g P rim a ry Artifacts to U nderstand P residen­ tial D ecision-M aking," is a joint endeavor w ith the U niversity, 12 national presidential libraries and the hum anities organization. T he g r a n t w ill fu n d a fo u r- d ay w ork sho p tentatively set for som etim e in January in w hich 25 h isto ry teachers w ill becom e fa­ m iliar w ith the project and learn ab o u t its application in the class­ room, said project director and e d ­ ucation professor Paul Resta. "T h is ta k e s th e se h is to ric a l events and gives them an elem ent of re a lity th a t is far m o re th a n just reading a sum m ary in a text­ book," Resta said. The ti meline contains 1,500-2,000 digital resources, including digital docum ents, images, audio record­ ings and visuals. "E ach y ea r, th e p r e s id e n tia l tim e lin e w ill g e t d e e p e r a n d ric h e r in te rm s of b e in g a r e ­ source," Resta said. The tim elin e w ill act as an in ­ fo rm a tiv e reso u rce for s tu d e n ts an d te ac h ers an d p ro v id e a d if­ ferent w a y to learn ab o u t social studies, Resta said. "In th e p ast, k id s w o u ld u se te x tb o o k s a n d m e m o riz e d a te s and nam es, b u t not really having this exciting o p p o rtu n ity to ac tu ­ ally use a n d in teract w ith these prim ary resources," he said. The tim eline has n o t been ful­ ly integrated into any classes, b u t Resta said it should be considered a serious and helpful resource. "W e b a sic a lly c o u ld see th a t for an y kind of in n o v ativ e p ra c ­ tices o r n ew teach in g m aterials, you c a n 't ju st expect teachers to autom atically be able to effective­ ly em ploy in their teaching p rac­ tic es," he sa id . "M u ch like e v ­ ery kind of in n o v atio n in teach ­ ing, there has to be a high-quality com m ercial developm ent." F or m o re d e ta ils “a b o u t th e project, visit http://voww.presiden- tialtimeline.org. Around Campus 1 tD k "MEMORY AND RECONCILIA­ TION: CIVIL WAR AND TRAU­ MA IN EL SALVADOR," 7 p.m., Harry Ransom Center. Ricardo Ainslie explores how societies at­ tem pt to recover from such cata­ strophic and traumatizing experi­ ences as civil war. Ainslie is a pro­ fessor in the Department of Edu­ cation Psychology and affiliate fac­ ulty for the Center for Mexican American Studies and the Depart­ m ent of American Studies. EPIC UT SUMMER PROJECT, 8 p.m. - 10 p.m., 26^ and Pearl. Those interested in finding a com­ munity of Christ-centered believers, learning and practicing how to share their faith, and praying for the UT campus are encouraged to attend the EPIC Summer Project Get-Togethers. Please contact Joy at jooooyjoy@ya- hoo.com or Rachel at rachel_k@rnail. utexas.edu for more information. FLAMENCO DANCE SERIES, 6 p.m. - 7 p.m., AHG 136. Grupo Flor y Canto is hosing a five Class Fla­ menco Series. This beginning lev­ el class is a must for anyone who wants to develop clean, strong, and fast footwork. Classes will focus on building strength, rhythm, bal­ ance and grace through technique exercises, simple choreographies and zapateado drills. Tuesdays and Thursdays through June 19*^. To reserve your space, email grupoflo- rycanto@yahoo.com. Find more listings at www.dailytexanonline.com. To submit your event to this calendar, send your Information to aroundcampus @dailytexanonline.com or call 471-4591. r p i l h e D a i l y i e x a n prid? ^ Da,|yt«x«" Thl« newspaper was printed with r r v 1 T e x a s Stu d e n t M e d ia ............ ............ Editor Managing Editor News Editor Copy Desk C h ie f............. 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In 1945, the last year of World War II, G erm an troops attem pted to tran sfe r su p p lie s of m ercu ry a n d jet eng in e technology to Ja­ pan. W hen British troops decod­ ed a m essage b etw een the Axis p o w ers d escrib in g the delivery, British su b m a rin es w ere sen t to intercept the G erm an subm arine c a rry in g th e su p p lie s a n d su c­ cessfully sank the G erm an vessel to the ocean floor. for the approach," Reible said. Reible is w orking w ith a team of three other A m ericans and five N orw egians to sto p the erosion o f th e c a n i s ­ ters holding the m ercury. O ne- t h i r d o f th e 1,857 m e rc u ry c a n iste rs h av e scattered on the seabed, accord­ in g to N o rw e ­ gian officials. You 're not p o t e n ti a ll y risskin g a v e ry significant p r o b le m in the sense t h a t y o u ’re im p lem e n tin g so m e th in g th a t c a n be d o n e , a n d i t s a c h iev a b le. ” M e rc u ry h a s b e e n s e e p in g from the su b m a rin e ever since. W hen the subm arine was discov­ e re d 500 feet below sea lev­ el in 2003 by N o r w e g i a n g o v e r n m e n t officials, D an­ n y R e i b l e , a n e n g in e e r ­ in g p ro fe sso r a n d c o n ta m i­ n a n t c o n ta in ­ ing specialist, w a s a s k e d to r e c o m m e n d h o w to d e a l w ith the toxic substance. C iv il e n g i ­ n e e r in g g r a d ­ u a t e s t u d e n t N a th a n J o h n ­ so n a c c o m p a ­ n ie d R eible to N orw ay in O c­ to b e r to h e lp w ith th e e v a lu a ­ tion. H e sa id the h a n d s -o n ex ­ p erie n ce h a s aid e d in the p ro ­ cess his m a ste r's degree. "As a result of w orking in that p articu la r area, m y nam e cam e u p as a logical p e rso n to help identify and advise an evaluation — D a n n y R e ib le . en gin eerin g p r o fe s s o r "M ost of the stuff I've been do­ ing is a little m ore theoretical in term s of w hich bacteria and dif­ fe re n t p rocesses are im p o rta n t for understanding the situation," N athan said. Reible sa id he an d h is team p la n to "c ap " the crash site by dropping gravel, sand and organ­ ic soils then pouring large rocks over the area to stop the canisters from releasing more mercury. C o n ta in in g th e 10-acre site presents less risk than recovering the subm arine, Reible said. "Y ou're n o t p o te n tia lly r is k ­ in g a v ery sig n ific an t p ro b lem in th e sense th a t y o u 're im p le ­ m e n tin g s o m e th in g th a t ca n be d o n e, a n d it's a c h ie v a b le ," Reible said. Reible and his team will return to N orw ay to give their p ro p o s­ al to the N orw egian governm ent in the fall. IT'S COOL IN THE POOL NEWS BRIEFLY Blackboard Inc. calls to hold competitor in contempt Blackboard Inc. has asked U.S. District Judge Ron C lark of the Eastern District of Texas to hold C anadian-based Desire2Leam Inc. in contem pt of court over ongoing issues related to p o te n ­ tial patent infringem ent of soft­ w are technology. D e sire 2 L e a rn , B la c k b o a rd 's b ig g e st com petitor, h as n o t re ­ m o v e d th e fu n c tio n a lity th a t w a s i n f r i n g e d u p o n , s a i d M a th e w S m a ll, B la c k b o a r d 's chief legal officer. T he so ftw are in q u e stio n a l­ low s users to have o ne account w ith m u ltip le roles. A n e x a m ­ ple of this is a university stu d e n t registered as both a teaching as­ sistant and a student. T he o rig in a l decisio n in th e case w as m ade in February in fa­ vor of Blackboard. The jury found that Desire2Leam encroached on the softw are patent. P a rt of th e d ecisio n h a n d e d d o w n by Ju d g e C lark req u ired D esire 2 L earn to sto p an y c u r ­ re n t sa le s o f the q u e s tio n a b le c o u rs e -m a n a g e m e n t s o ftw a re an d g av e B lackboard $3.1 m il­ lion for the violation. A ccording to the contem pt fil­ ing, D esire2Learn inform ed the court shortly after the verdict that it w o u ld u p d ate the softw are to conform to the court's decision in less than 30 days. D esire2Leam officials said the content w as rem oved before the new softw are w as published. A post on D esire2Leam 's com ­ p a n y blog sa id the m o v e m e n t w a sn 't unexpected b u t th at the co m p a n y o n ly re c e n tly h e a rd about it from a reporter. "W e are d is a p p o in te d th a t Blackboard has chosen to contin­ ue this litigation," the post said. D e sire 2 L e a rn a lso re f e r re d to th e recent rejection of Black­ b o a r d 's 44 claim s of in f rin g e ­ m e n t by th e U.S. P a te n t a n d T radem ark Office. T h e p o s t s a id th e c o m p a ­ ny w o u ld be releasing a full re­ sp o n s e to B la c k b o a rd 's a r g u ­ m ents. D esire2Learn is allow ed to refute the claim s before Clark rules on the order for contem pt. — Brett Alexander Dave Junker, a UT public relations lecturer, plays with his children Mabel, 5, Gigi, 2, and Felix, 1, at the Shipe Park and Pool on a hot W ednesday afternoon. The triple-digit weather brought a crowd of parents and children to the recently reopened park to cool down in the water. Andrea Lai | D aily Texan Staff JAMS: Congestion subsides Mondays From page 1 in one h o u r and sixth for the h ig h e s t p e r c e n t- in c r e a s e of tim e sp en t in congestion. " A girl cu t off th e b us d r iv ­ er and he rear-ended her," H er­ n a n d e z s a id of th e ac c id e n t. "W e h ad to w ait a n d tra n sfe r to a n o th e r b u s, w h ic h c a m e an d picked us up." G erri Seidle, an A u stin P o ­ lice D e p a rtm e n t h ig h w a y e n ­ fo rc em e n t officer, sa id b e tte r traffic signs w o u ld h elp allevi­ ate the b o ttlen eck in g . H e said that traffic occurs w h e n drivers realize they are in a tu rn -o n ly la n e an d n e e d to slo w d o w n and change lanes. "I'v e been a p o lic em an for 30 years. The m ore inform ation you give, the better," Seidle said. "T here is signage at Riverside, but obviously it's not enough to get people's attention." As for the MLK intersection, the n u m e ro u s lanes can seem confusing, Seidle said. " P e o p le c o m m it to a la n e th a t's n o t th e lane th e y w a n t to com m it to." N atio n ally , th e w o rs t h o u r to d riv e is on F riday from 5 to 6 p.m ., according to th e study. T he le a s t c o n g e s te d d a y to d riv e is M onday, b u t th e best h o u r is on F rid ay from 6 a.m. to 7 a.m. BOOMERS: Older profs teaching intro courses From page 1 y o u n g e r an d try in g to secure their futures," Sm ith said. Sm ith an d classics professor T hom as P alaim a sa id th e re is a g re a te r e m p h a sis on fin a n ­ cial success today a n d th at the focus m ay b eg in w ith c h o o s­ in g a m a jo r b a s e d on s a la ry expectations. Ale* Regnery A lack of fu n d in g for facu l­ ty salaries is forcing older p ro ­ fe s s o rs to te a c h in tr o d u c to ­ ry courses n o rm ally ta u g h t by p r o fe s s o r s w ith le ss e x p e r i­ ence, Palaim a said. "I see ju n io r faculty and se­ n io r fa c u lty w h o w o u ld sa y th e y 'r e w o rk in g a s h a rd as th e y 'v e ever w o rk ed ," Palaim a said. "Q uite frankly, lim itations h av e been im posed on them ." H ig h stu d e n t-to -te a c h e r r a ­ tio s are h o ld in g UT d o w n in n a tio n a l ra n k in g s th a t g au g e the educational quality of u n i­ versities, and a lack of financial s u p p o r t from th e sta te is d i­ rectly connected to the U niver­ sity's inability to hire new pro­ fessors, Palaim a said. "T he co n d itio n s are ju st not good. P eople are fru stra te d ," he said. "It is disturbing to hear faculty approaching retirem ent sa y in g , 'I w a n t to g e t o u t of here,' w here before they w ere saying, 'I w an t to stay in .'" 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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. Visit T h e D a i l y T e x a n online at www.dailytexanonline.com MIDDLE EAST: Study abroad helps to fix cultural divides, professor says From page 1 degrees in Arabic language and literature. "There's a lot of ignorance, in my opinion, driving [peo­ p le's] d ecision s," Slim said . "There's also a lot of fear, w ell- placed and w ell-d eserved at times, but a lot of ignorance." Slim o rg a n iz es the o n g o ­ in g m ee tin g s for S u stain ed D ialogue. The group is co m ­ prised of politically moderate individuals, including former American diplom ats, Europe­ an diplomats and others, from six Arab countries. They d is­ cu ss identity, terrorism, fair­ n ess and ex c lu siv en ess, and the establishment of new rela­ tionships, Slim said. "There is a wall of fear sep ­ arating our so ciety from the society o f the M idd le East," Slim said "We n eed to h u ­ m anize the other sid e, or w e are doom ed to be a part of the cultural divide." E d w ard D orn , a p r o fe s ­ sor in the LBJ School of Pub­ lic Affairs, said it is important to repair political ties with the M id d le East and that stu d y abroad program s can help in this process. "It is abundantly clear that w e have not awarded enough effort to the region, consider­ ing its strategic importance," Dorn said. Because of the lack of g o v ­ ernm ent initiatives to educate stu d en ts on M iddle Eastern lan gu age and culture, Dorn said there are several prob ­ lem s in regards to stu d y in g abroad in the Middle East and accep tin g in tern ational s tu ­ dents from the region. "The p rob lem is that the U .S. is n ot a very p o p u la r p la c e in the M id d le East," D orn sa id . " S ch olars w h o com e to stud y encounter su s­ picion w hen they get back to their hom e co u n tr ies. T hey are im m ediately suspect." W o r l d & N ation T h e D a i l y T e x a n Thursdayjune 19, 2008 Violence impedes truce in Gaza www.dailytexanonline.com Bush urges drilling, blames Democrats for high gas prices Senate majority leader accuses Bush o f campaign ploy9 By H. Josef Hebert The Associated Press W A SH IN G T O N — W ith g a s ­ o lin e to p p in g $4 a g allo n , P re s­ id e n t B u sh urged C o n g re ss on W ednesd ay to lift its long-stand ­ in g ban on o ffsh o re oil and gas d rilling, saying the U nited S tates n eed s to increase its energ y p ro­ d u ctio n . D e m o cra ts q u ick ly re ­ jected the idea. " T h e r e is n o excu se for delay," t h e p r e s i d e n t s a id in a s t a t e ­ m e n t in th e Rose G ard en . W ith the p re sid e n tial elec­ tio n ju st m o n th s aw ay, Bush m ade a p o in te d a tta ck o n D e m o c r a t s , t h e m a c c u s i n g o f o b s t r u c t i n g h is e n e r g y p r o ­ p o sa ls and b la m ­ ing them for high D espite w hat P resid e n t B u sh , J o h n M cC ain a n d th eir f r ie n d s in the oil in d u stry claim , w e ca n n o t d rill o u r w ay out o f this p ro b lem . ” — Harry R eid , Senate majority th a t h a s b e e n s u p p o rte d b y a s u c c e s s io n o f p r e s id e n t s fo r n e a rly tw o d eca d e s. "T h is is n o t so m e th in g th a t's g o in g to g iv e c o n su m e rs sh o rt­ term re lie f and it is n o t a lo n g ­ term solu tio n to our p ro b le m s," said O bam a. S e n a te M a jo rity L ead e r H a r­ ry Reid, lum pin g Bush w ith M c­ C a in , a c cu se d them o f sta g in g a "cy n ica l ca m p a ig n p lo y " that w o n 't help low er energy prices. "D esp ite w h at President Bush, John M cC ain and their friends in the oil industry claim , w e cannot d rill o u r w a y o u t o f th is p ro b ­ le m ," Reid said. " T h e m a th is s im p le : A m e r ­ i c a h a s j u s t t h r e e p e r c e n t o f th e w o r ld 's oil reserves, but A m e ric a n s u se a q u a rte r o f its o il." leader W h ite H o u se s p o k e s m a n Tony F ratto re ­ torted: "A n yo n e o u t th e r e s a y ­ ing th a t s o m e ­ t h i n g c a n b e d one overnight, or in a m atter o f m on ths, to deal w ith high g a so lin e p rices is try­ ing to fool p e o p le . T h e re is no tool in the toolbox out there that w ill low er g as p rices ov ern igh t, o r in w e e k s , o r p ro b a b ly n o t even in m o n th s." B u sh s a id o ffs h o r e d r illin g cou ld yield up to 18 billion b ar­ rels o f oil an d tak e p ressu re o ff gas prices ov er time. T here are tw o p roh ibition s on offshore d rilling, one im posed by C on gress and an o th er by execu ­ tiv e o rd er sig n e d by B u sh 's fa ­ ther in 1990. W h at the p resid ent n ow proposes w ould rescind his f a t h e r 's d e c is io n — b u t B u sh says C on gress has to act first and then he w ould follow behind. g a s o l i n e c o s t s . H i s p r o p o s a l e c h o e d a c a ll by R e p u b lic a n p res­ id en tial can d id ate Jo h n M cC ain to open the C ontinental Shelf for exploration. C o n g r e s s i o n a l D e m o c r a t s w ere qu ick to reject the pu sh for liftin g the d rillin g m o ra to riu m , s a y in g o il c o m p a n ie s a lre a d y h a v e 68 m illio n a c re s o ffsh o re w a te rs u n d e r lease th a t are n o t bein g developed. H o u se S p e a k e r N a n cy P elo si called B u sh 's p rop osals "a n o th ­ e r p ag e from [an]... energ y p olicy that w as literally w ritten by the oil industry." S e n . B a r a c k O b a m a , t h e D e m o c r a ts ' p re s u m p tiv e p r e s ­ id e n tia l n o m in e e , re je c te d l if t ­ in g th e d r i ll in g m o r a to r iu m R e f l e c t i n g o n R u s s e r t M ark Duncan | Associated Press The two men vying to become president, Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain, sat next to each other at Tim Russert's funeral service Wednesday. Also present were members of Congress, television journalists and several generations of politicians from both parties. The host of N BC's "M eet the Press," died Friday of a heart attack. NATION BRIEFLY Immune-priming experiment cures cancer for Oregon man ATLANTA — An Oregon man, given less than a y?ar to live, had a complete remission of advanced deadly skin cancer after an exper­ imental treatment revved up his immune system to fight tumors. The 52-year-old patient's dra­ matic turnaround was the only success in a small study, leading doctors to be cautious in their en­ thusiasm However, the treatment reported in Thursday's issue of the New England Journal of Medicine is being counted as the latest in a small series of successes involv­ ing immune-priming treatments against deadly skin cancers. "Im m unotherapy has become the most promising approach" to late-stage skin cancers, said Dr. Darrell Rigel, a dermatology re­ searcher at the New York Univer­ sity Cancer Institute in New7 York who had no role in the research. Still, the immune-priming ex­ periments have yet to yield a con­ sistent therapy. Even researchers who worked on the expenment in­ volving nine patients and just one success are quick to couch the re­ sult. "This is only one patient," said study co-author Dr. Cassian Yee of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle. And two years after his remark­ able recovery, the patient fell out of contact with researchers and scien­ tists do not know his condition. Melanoma is a cancer in the skin cells that make pigments and cause skin to tan. Cancer begins when ra­ diation overloads and damages the cells, causing mutations. A bout 62,000 new cases are diagnosed in the U nited States each year. W hen caught early, melanomas can be easily treated by surgically removing the cancerous patch of skin. But "once it has spread, basi­ cally nothing w orks," Rigel said. Recently, however, scientists be­ gan thinking they might have an­ other option — helping the body's immune system. Doctors had long thought that immune system cells were giving a pass to cancer cells. But about 20 years ago, some scientists discov­ ered that immune cells could latch onto and attack skin cancers. "There's a long history behind all of this," said Dr. Steven Rosen­ berg of the National Cancer Insti­ tute, a pioneer m that research. — T he Associated Press An Israeli house is d am aged by a rocket fired by Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip, in the southern city of Sedrot. Israel confirmed that a cease-fire with the H am as will begin this week in an effort to end a year of fighting, which killed more than 400 Palestinians and seven Israelis. D an Balilty | Associated Press Seven Israelis, more than 400 Palestinians killed in past year By Matti Friedman The Associated Press JE R U SA L E M — P alestin ian m il­ itants fired 50 rockets and m ortars tow ard Israel on W ednesday, and Israel resp o n d ed w ith a irstrik e s in G aza ju st hou rs b e fo re a truce w as to take effect, illustrating how fragile the cease-fire betw een Isra­ el and H am as w ould be. In another d ip lom atic initiative, Israel called on L eb an o n to open peace negotiations — an overture that w as quickly rejected by Leba­ n o n 's prim e minister. A fter a year o f vio len ce that has killed m ore than 400 P alestin ian s an d sev en Israelis, th e lead ers of bo th sides expressed h o p e a truce w ou ld succeed — b u t m ad e clear they hav e little faith in their a d v er­ saries' com m itm ent to the deal. " I h o p e it w ill s u c ce e d . I b e ­ liev e th ere will be qu iet in [Isra ­ el's] so u th ," Israeli Prim e M inister E h u d O lm ert said in a sp eech to p h ilan th rop ists. B ut he a lso said he instructed his m ilitary " to p re­ p a re for an y o p e ratio n , s h o rt or lo n g , that m ight be n e c e ss a ry " if the truce breaks d ow n as sev eral previous ones have. In G aza, H am as P rim e M in is ­ ter Ism ail H aniyeh said the tru ce w ould e a se the liv e s o f G a z a n s, b u t su ccess or failu re w as in Is­ ra e l's h an d s. "T h e calm is g o in g to bring stab ility to Israel if they com m it them selves to it," he said. T h e tru c e d eal b e tw e e n I s r a ­ el and H am as w as reached afte r m on ths o f effo rts b y E g y p t and cou ld a v e rt a la rg e -s ca le Isra e li m ilitary incursion. T he talks w ere brokered b y E gyp t b e ca u se Isra ­ el, like m u ch o f the intern atio n al com m u nity, sh u n s H am as for re­ fu sin g to re c o g n iz e Israel o r re­ nounce violence. But on W ednesday, violence w as still e v id e n t and a tru ce seem ed rem ote. T h e m ilitary said at least 40 rockets and 10 m ortar shells ex­ p lo d ed in Israel b y n ig h tfa ll, an especially h igh one-d ay total. Islam ic Jih a d cla im e d re s p o n ­ s ib ility fo r m u ch o f the ro c k e t fire , s a y in g it w as to a v e n g e Is ­ raeli airstrik e s that killed 10 m il­ ita n ts in th e p re v io u s tw o d ays. Israel hit b a ck w ith tw o m ore air­ s trik e s, w o u n d in g tw o P a le s tin ­ ians, a cco rd in g to H am as sec u ri­ ty officials. O n e of th e m ilitan t rockets e x ­ p lo d ed in Ilan B ash erim 's g re en ­ h o u se at M o sh a v Y esha, n o t far from G aza. T he 38-year-old Israe­ li said a tru ce w ould not im prove secu rity fo r b o rd er co m m u n itie s like his. "T h is cease-fire w ill give m ore strength to H am as, and they will b e m o re v io le n t in a n o th e r six m onths. T his is n o t good for Isra­ el, and definitely not good for u s," Basherim said. P alestin ian s in G aza h av e s u f­ fered the con sequ ences of p u n ish ­ ing Israeli retribution — airstrikes and m ilitary raid s targ etin g g u n ­ m en and a b lo ck a d e that h as cu t o ff m any vital supplies. Israelis in com m u n itie s near the G aza Strip have lived for years with barrages o f m ortars and rockets that sen d them scram bling for cover alm ost ev ery day. A cco rd in g to th e tru ce te rm s, m ilita n ts w ill im m e d ia te ly h a lt th eir attack s on Israel, and Israel w ill cease its raids w hen the accord takes effect at 6 a.m. Thursday. A fter three days, Israel is to ease the Gaza blockade, and a w eek lat­ e r Israel w ill fu rth er ease restric­ tions at cargo crossings. Iowa towns inundated, awaiting levee overflow Residential hubs may be spared, but some towns lost forever " M y h o u s e is p a s t h e lp . S o w e 're try in g to sa v e e v e ry b o d y e lse 's," said Bethany Frank as she help ed till sa n d b a g s in a ch u rch p ark in g lot in O ak v ille, ab o u t 40 m iles southw est of D avenport. ÉÉ^rrftfiiy wttKtKn, fKMHB By Allen G. Breed The Associated Press O A K V IL L E , Iow a — E ven b e ­ fore the Iow a River used this tow n as a s h o rtcu t to the M iss is sip p i, there w asn 't m uch here: A post of­ fice, a con ven ience store, a tavern and a little restaurant. T h e la rg e s t e m p lo y e r w a s a p o rk -a n d -g ra in p ro d u c e r ca lle d T riO a k F o o d s. T h e c o m p a n y 's to w e rin g g rain e le v a to r w as the tallest structure for m iles around. T h e n the flood w a te rs so a k in g m uch of the M id w est turned their fo rce on the re g io n 's sm all c o m ­ m u n itie s — m o st w ith s k y lin e s that con sist on ly o f a w ater tow er and a couple o f church steeples. A s rivers rise, th ese to w ns su r­ v iv e b e c a u s e n e i g h b o r h e lp s neigh bor. T h e p eop le rein fo rcin g th e le v e e s are b u s in e s s o w n e rs, farm ers and fellow church-goers. O n W e d n e sd a y , I o w a n s a s ­ sessed th eir losses from floo d in g that in u n d ated D es M o in e s and Iow a City. But sm all tow ns up and dow n the M ississippi still aw aited th e w orst o f the floo d in g . S o m e riv ers w ere not exp ected to crest until Thursday. S to rm s and flood in g acro ss six sta te s this m on th h av e killed 24, injured 148 and caused m ore than $1.5 billion in estim ated d am ag e in Iow a a lo n e — a fig u re th a t's lik e ly to in crease a s riv er le v e ls clim b in M issouri and Illinois. F e d e ra l o ffic ia ls p re d ic te d as m an y as 30 levees could o verflow this w eek, leaving in d u strial and ag ricu ltu ral areas v u ln e rab le b u t sp arin g m ajor residential cen ters. S o far, 20 levees have overflow ed. A t le a st 10 le v e e s h a v e b e e n to p p e d in Illin o is and M iss o u ri in recent days, including tw o that mm • •' ~v . ; * Flood waters cover the small town of Oakville, Iowa, on Tuesday. Twenty-four people have died from the storms and flooding in six states. Allen G. Breed Associated Press threatened to sw am p 30,000 acres o f farm lan d n e ar th e e v a cu a ted tow n of M eyer, 111. A 2 8 0 -m ile stretch o f the M is­ s is s ip p i R iv e r re m a in e d c lo s e d b e tw e e n F u lto n , 111., and W in ­ field , M o., and is exp ected to re­ m ain clo sed fo r at le a st 10 m o re d ay s. Lynn M u e n ch , o f to w b o a t and barge trad e group The A m er- ican W aterw ays O perators, said as m an y as 10 tow s — each w ith as m an y as 15 barges — w ere stu ck on the upper M ississippi River. • E v en if p o p u la tio n h u b s a re spared, so m e fear en tire co m m u ­ nities may b e lost forever, possibly w ip in g o ff the m ap n am es su ch as C o lu m b u s Ju n ctio n , Fred on ia, P alo and N ew H artford. WORLD BRIEFLY Dozens of insurgents killed by NATO and Afghan forces ARGHANDAB, Afghanistan — Backed by helicopters firing mis­ siles, hundreds of NATO and Af­ ghan forces hunted Taliban mili­ tants in villages outside Kandahar on Wednesday, killing dozens of in­ surgents. NATO reported only light resis­ tance in Arghandab district, a lush nver valley filled with fruit groves that offer militants bountiful defen­ sive positions. The Afghan army says up to 400 militants poured into the area on Monday, just 10 miles northwest of Kandahar city, the Tali­ ban's former power base. U.S. and NATO officials have re­ peatedly played down the scope of the Taliban push. But the swift mil­ itary response — 700 Afghan sol­ diers flew to Kandahar on a mo- ment's notice — and the fighter air­ craft dedicated by NATO suggest that keeping Arghandab free from militants is an urgent priority. Arghandab is considered a gate­ way to Kandahar. If militants can gain a foothold there, attacks be­ com e easier on the city once com ­ manded by fugitive Taliban leader Mullah Omar. Elsewhere in Afghanistan, m ili­ tants killed six NATO soldiers and wounded 10. Just last week Defense Secretary Robert Gates called atten­ tion to the worsening situation in Afghanistan, noting that American and allied combat deaths here in May surpassed the monthly toll in Iraq for the first time. The Afghan Defense Ministry said more than 20 Taliban fighters were killed Wednesday in NATO airstrikes in the Arghandab village of Tabin and 16 more were killed in the village of Khohak. Two Afghan soldiers were also killed, the minis­ try said in a statement. Twelve other militants were killed in fighting in Maiwand, a separate district also in Kandahar province. The governor of Kandahar, Asa- dullah Khalid, said the Taliban had controlled 10 towns in the Arghand­ ab district, but government and NATO forces took back four. Europe imposes detainment laws on undocumented persons STRASBOURG, France — Eu­ rope's hardening attitudes toward immigration found a voice in the EU Parliament Wednesday, as leg­ islators passed new rules for expel­ ling illegals amid a widening crack­ down in the United States. As the global economy slows, governments in rich countries are coming under increased pressure to act tough on immigration While the European rules do not lay the groundwork for workplace raids like in America, they do provide for long detention periods. Under the new guidelines, al­ ready approved by EU govern­ ments, illegal immigrants can be held in specialized detention centers — not jails — for up to 18 months. EU countries must provide detained migrants basic rights, including ac­ cess to free legal advice. Following apprehension, immi­ grants will be given the opportunity to leave voluntarily within 30 days. If there is a flight risk or they do not comply, they can be put in custody for up to six months while their de­ portation is processed. Until now, there has been no EU policy on expelling illegal immi­ grants, and detention penods varied from 32 days in France to indefinite custody in Britain, the Netherlands and five other countries. Compiled from Associated Press reports 4 Thursday, June 19, 2008 O p in io n T h e D a i l y T e x a n HORNS UP, HORNS DOWN GALLERY Editor in Chief: Leah Finnegan Phone: (512) 232-2212 E-mail: editor@dailytexanonline.com Associate Editors: Josh Haney Andrew Vickers FIRST, E. C0LI EACIFHA T/WFD FOOD UE THOUGHT HEALTHY, LIKE LETWCE AND SPINACH. NW THEPfó ECEN AN OUTBREAK. OF 5ALM0N6U-A fO£ON(T& IN TOMATOES. Lending loss According to The New York Times, Democratic Senators Chris Dodd of Connecticut and Patty Mur­ ray of Washington have introduced legislation requiring lenders wishing to participate in the Federal Family Education Loan Program, which provides more than $567 billion to tens of millions of students, to extend credit to any eligible student "regardless of such things as income or the number of years of education, as long as the college is part of the program." The bill, whose prospects for success are un­ certain, is a response to recent reports that some lenders in the program have stopped offering loans to community and other small colleges due to concerns about the economy and the profitability of a "small number of borrowers and the small amounts borrowed at certain institutions." Though loans administered through the federal program are largely guaranteed, some financial aid directors are worried about the new legislation potentially pushing lenders out of the program due to a perceived small profit margin. With rampant inflation and a worrying exposure to subprime mortgages, perhaps some banks are thinking that investing in the future isn't what it used to be, but we find it hard to be­ lieve that picking and choosing among America's universities is the best solution to this problem. Houston sees the light As a reminder that Austin's mass transit delays pale in comparison to those faced by our dysfunc­ tional bigger brothers, the Houston City Council finally approved a light rail plan that would allow five separate lines originating in the city's suburbs to be built on city streets. We can't say we're too ex­ cited about the city's plan to add another layer of construction to the perpetual highway nightmare that is 290 or Katy Freeway, but it's nice to know that the oil capital of the U.S. is doing its part to zap some cars off of the road. Obama gains adviser from UT According to the Burnt Orange Report, Barack Obama has announced he'll be introducing a little piece of Texas into his policy decisions by adding Jim Steinberg, current dean of UT's LBJ School, to his impressive list of foreign-policy advisers. Dr. Steinberg is also currently a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and was previously a national security advisor to President Bill Clinton. Sinking ship The "Scholar Ship," a cleverly titled joint venture between Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines and "a con­ sortium of international universities" has announced that it will not be offering its fall maritime semes­ ter this year due to the huge price increases of oil and food — the two main expenditures for an inter­ national cruise of that size. Would-be sea dogs take heart: If students still wish to pursue their degrees on the open ocean, they may still register for the less wittily but more appropriately named "Semes­ ter at Sea" program. And if students are looking for real maritime adventure beyond the usual hazards of quarantine or sea sickness, there's always a place to find pleasure and search the world for treasure — tíie U.S. Navy. The Texan in history... A modest proposal for By J. Ridewood Daily Texan Columnist I think everyone would agree that our Univer­ sity's greatest virtue and worst vice is its size. In­ creased enrollment has created diversity that il­ luminates our halls and enriches our Universi­ ty's dialogue. There are, however, other meth­ ods to maintain lecture-hall multiplicity that will not cram students into already congested class­ rooms, and I suppose that the man who proposed a fair, cheap and easy method would find himself a hero among his peers. Officials from the admis­ sions department, relieved of much of the stress of their job, would propose a statue for this hero to stand next to one of our University's monu­ ments to civil rights icons and the most celebrat­ ed of Confederate generals. But my intentions are not restricted to simply reducing classroom size; additionally, I intend to solve the problem of the most despicable, vile as­ semblage of students that attend the Universi­ ty. College freshmen — those miscreants of ig­ norance, stumbling around campus in homoge­ nous groups, clueless to proper body comport­ ment — add additional grievance to this Univer­ sity. They decrease our cumulative intellect, low­ er our ranking in U.S. News and World Report and corrupt our sightlines with their corpulent bellies and disgraceful fashion sense. The souls on campus desiring degrees num­ ber some 50,000 students, of which 10,000 or so are snooty graduate students, leaving 40,000 un­ dergraduates roaming the halls. Supposing that students are dispersed equally among each grade level, approximately 10,000 of the original 40,000 are freshmen. I subtract 5 percent of the most at­ tractive stock for breeding purposes and anoth­ er approximately 300 student athletes to compete on our athletic fields for us. There will remain 9,200 of these dispensable scoundrels. The ques­ tion, therefore, becomes, what is to be done with these afterbirths of creatures, and how should they be provided for, which, as I mentioned, un­ der the proposed methods, proved to be impos­ sible to solve? The University is unable to provide enough dorm rooms for them and certainly cannot em­ ploy them all in custodial or lawn-manage- ment posts until they, seeing the light, con­ form to minimal benchmarks of academic excel­ lence and social report. I have been assured by a very knowledgeable chef with the most deli­ cate of palettes that a young plump freshman is a most succulent, nutritious meal, whether baked, boiled, chicken-fried, stewed or cooked on a George Foreman grill. Thus, I put this modest proposal to public con­ sideration at a time when the freshmen infesta­ tion is at its worst. When freshman orientation began this week, hundreds of students inundat­ ed our campus without any of the tools neces­ sary to succeed at the undergraduate level. Do these brats really need someone to tell them not to leave their bags unattended at the library, how many hours to take in a semester and what the best bike locks are? Instead, let's use the summer months to plump up this lower caste. Freshman 15? Let's aim for freshman 30! We will have a new delicacy to enjoy in season from September until May until a new class of underlings matriculates. In addition, we can flay the carcass; the skin of these freshmen will make first-class boots for the frattier and more country of students, standard issue footballs for our football team and trendy sandals for the non-vegan hippies. Sure, there have been other catch-all solutions and expedients to diminish class size: The Univer­ sity has erected new buildings, enrolled freshmen in a summer program, hired a slew of non-ten­ ure track teachers and unqualified lecturers, cre­ ated a "School of Undergraduate Studies," devel­ oped a partnership with other public universities to ease the transfer process, started new majors, etc. None of these solutions quite measure up to my plan, which will solve not only the problem of class size but, in addition, purge our Universi­ ty with the most appalling social class. It may take some convincing to get this project started, so somebody needs to make sure our dis­ tinguished President William Powers reads my proposal. I suspect he could use a new leather backing for his office chair, and what better way than this? Ridewood graduated in the spring with a degree in government. 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Columns must be between 500 and 700 words. Send columns to editor@daiIytexanonline.com. The Texan reserves die right to edit all columns for brevity, clarity and liability. oue latest TTsriNe show s w r ONLY ONE- TYFE OF FOOD IS NCW TVCÜ6W Tb F t CCNStSliNTLY SAFE'- TW NKIES! tn I ICE does not belong in Austin’s jail IC E s ra id s, like the b o rd er wall, do nothing to address the root causes o f illegal imm igra tion. ” By Ansel Herz Daily Texan Columnist For Austin's immigrant community, particularly those who are undocumented, the prospect of land­ ing in the Travis County Jail has recently become far more frightening. In January, news broke that Travis County Sher­ iff Greg Hamilton was establishing an expanded and permanent office space for Immigrations and Customs Enforcement in the jail. ICE, a division of Homeland Security, requested the space to beef up its presence in the jail as part of its escalating en­ forcement-only approach to im­ migration. The agency made 4,900 arrests in 2007, almost a tenfold in- crease from 2002, largely due to hundreds of brazen raids on facto­ ries, schools, nightclubs and work­ places nationwide. A i n ICE's raids, like the border wall, do nothing to address the root causes of illegal immigration. But they generate the kind of insecu­ rity and fear that immigrants in their communities tried to escape when they left home — where eco­ nomic mobility and human rights are often in short supply, due largely to U.S.-backed "free trade" policies and support for right-wing au­ thoritarians across much of the Global South. The raids break up families when a parent is sud­ denly detained or deported. In San Pedro, Calif., a school principal told the news magazine In These Times that the raids and presence of ICE agents near the school has created a climate of "ongoing, relentless terror," with more students absent from school or distracted by the possibility of their par­ ents being gone when they arrive home. After a huge ICE raid in Iowa last month, detainees alleged in a federal lawsuit that many immigrants' chil­ dren were left stranded with babysitters and other caretakers. Once an undocumented worker is in custody, he or she may be drugged and sedated without con­ sent, according to a recent Washington Post re­ port. The paper identified more than 250 cases in which detainees were given "dangerous antipsy­ chotic drugs" before being deported, without any medical reason. Last year Sen. Ted Kennedy prompted ICE to adopt a set of discretionary humanitarian guide­ lines, but immigrants rights' advocates say they are not being enforced, and ICE detainees are of­ ten denied a speedy hearing or access to immigra­ tion lawyers. Austin became an official sanctuary city for im­ migrants in 1997, prohibiting police from check­ ing a person's immigration status or reporting it to the federal government. But that label is rendered almost meaningless by Hamilton's unilateral de­ cision to facilitate ICE's expansion into the Travis County Jail. The first three months of this year saw a 400 percent increase in immigration holds placed by federal agents on persons brought to the county jail over last year, according to the Austin American-Statesman. Sixty-two percent of those individuals were charged with misdemeanors, and some with no crime at all. The impact of ICE's presence in the jail goes well beyond its increased capacity for detaining and deporting inmates. It brings the climate of fear associated with raids and the prospect of deportation into our community. The installation of ICE at the lo­ cal jail, along with closer cooperation with local po­ lice, is undoubtedly a powerful deterrent to immi­ grants and undocumented workers in Austin from reporting crimes. "There's a very bad feeling in the community about ICE to start with," Jim Harrington, director of the Texas Civil Rights Project, told a community forum in March. "When that is tied in with the per­ ception that there's going to be collusion or cooper­ ation, it creates a reluctance on the part of the com­ munity to use law enforcement," he said. This decision puts Austin's immigrant popula­ tion at significant risk of inhumane treatment, de­ tention, deportation and family separation by an agency notorious for its hostility toward immi­ grants. In the absence of comprehensive immigra­ tion reform, threatening one of the few sanctuar­ ies immigrants have left is not a just or effective solution. Herz is a journalism senior. THE FIRING LINE The value of Plan II Tuesday morning I picked up The Daily Texan, where I briefly worked a thousand years ago, and read with dismay Andrew Vickers' "A New Plan for Plan II" (June 16). This piece's premise is that Plan II fails to prepare its students for the job marketplace. Let me tell you how the landscape looks 28 years post-graduation. First, while the marketplace is competitive, and students (includ­ ing my daughter, a college junior) must think about job prospects, a well-rounded education is still the key to a good job. Period. Many of today's best jobs, including in my field, law, simply did not exist when I was in college. Thus will it be for today's graduates, and the best preparation is acquiring a knowledge base on which to build and learning how to learn new material. So far from being cocktail party chatter, courses such as Plan II philosophy are proving grounds for tomorrow's lawyer, doctor or businessperson. Second, the piece falsely assumes that the point of a uni­ versity education is getting a job. Work turns out to be an astonish­ ingly small part of adult life. Most of life is family, fnends, intellectual and spiritual growth and citizen­ ship, which are informed by the courses Mr. Vickers derides. For example, to my surprise, I have dealt with Islam in practicing law — and in my family, neighbor­ hood, and civic life. If Professor Robert Kane had not introduced me to Islam, I would not have known how to grapple with these situations. Instead, Plan II philoso­ phy gave me information about Islam and tools for further study. That is the real value of education. Entering the marketplace is scary. But fear cannot drive a pro­ gram that, for so long, has given its students much more that they realize until later in life. Kathryn Tullos UT alum Substance on substance Pierre Bertrand should be commended for his trite work of propaganda, when it would have been much easier to simply reprint the AP article concerning the record levels of THC in marijuana ("Study: U.S. THC levels reach record high," June 17). The article is chock full of ter­ rifying tidbits and quotes about the new dangers that come from an ancient plant as if somehow, magically and against all scientific understanding, the main psycho­ active compound found in mari­ juana has changed radically over the past few decades from what it has been for the last several millennia. Though, as with all things mari­ juana related, we can't let pesky things like facts cloud our judge­ ment since the very prohibition the government enforces requires the government to take any actions necessary (including the spread­ ing of outright lies) to ensure that marijuana remains a Schedule I controlled substance. For clanty, though, let's look at some of them. First and foremost, THC is the same as it has always been. It has not changed, nor has its effect on the body changed. If THC was not capable of caus­ ing addiction when the Institute of Medicine released its findings in the late '90s, then it is still not capable of causing addiction today, no matter what one of APD's fin­ est declares. Secondly, more THC generally equates to less marijuana smoked, which we could all agree is a good thing. Finally, why don't we just take it straight from the horse's mouth and reiterate that in 1988 DEA Administrative Law Judge Francis Young ruled that "mari­ juana in its natural form is one of the safest therapeutically active substances known to man." Brian Parrett UT alum UT staff < Thursday, June 19, 2008 N ew s 5 Mansion restoration continues Foreman says mold growth has slowed renovation process By Sean Beherec Daily Texan Staff Architects and construction crews sifted thro u g h debris and d o cu ­ mented interior damages at the Tex­ as G overnor's Mansion Wednesday as restoration of the 152-year-old structure continued after a fire last week destroyed it. "[The renovation project] is in­ tense," said Tere O'Connell, an ar­ chitect that specializes in histori­ cal structures T he c o n s tru c tio n a n d re s to ­ ration team s m u st identify and nam e each p a rt of the build in g 's interior before pieces can be taken to a curator, she said. The $10 million set aside for the original renovation project, which w as und erw ay w hen the fire oc­ curred, will pay for the restoration until the Texas Legislature approves more funds in the upcom ing ses­ sion, said Krista Piferrer, a spokes­ woman in the governor's office. C onstruction crew s have been unable to reach the second floor to stabilize the b u ild in g 's structure because of the collapsed roof, said construction foreman John Braun. B raun said p ro te c tiv e covers placed over m antels and m irrors in the mansion during earlier ren­ ovations fared su rp risin g ly well during the fire. Braun said one of the biggest is­ sues, aside from the collapsed roof, is the m old grow th throughout the structure, which has led the teams to seek the help of mold-rem oval specialists. The am o u n t of w ater sprayed onto th e building, com ­ bined w ith th e a m o u n t of tim e construction team s were unable to enter the structure because it was deem ed a crim e scene, led to the m old's developm ent, he said. O 'C o n n e ll s a id o rig in a l a t ­ te m p ts to im p le m e n t e n e rg y - co n serv in g w in d o w s an d other "green" im provem ents d uring the restoration project before the fire will continue as planned. P recise m e a su re m e n ts of th e d e s tro y e d d e c o r a tiv e fix tu re s w e re w e ll-d o c u m e n te d b efo re the fire, so they can be recreated, O 'C onnell said. "We know th is b u ild in g very, very well," O 'C onnell said. "We're not starting from ground zero." A specific tim eline for the ren­ ovation will not be available u n ­ til the team can analyze the entire structure. PAINT THE TOWN Tere O'Connell, an architect specializing in historical structures, looks on as construction foreman John Braun explains some of the problem s concerning rebuilding the Texas Governor's Mansion. A n d r e w R o g e rs | D aily Texan Staff STATE BRIEFLY State officials approve plan to repurpose closed high school AUSTIN — State officials ap­ proved a re-purposing plan Wednesday that would rename Johnston High School and rehire 25 percent of the original staff. Robert Scott, education com­ missioner at the Texas Education Agency, closed the school earlier this month after four years of "aca­ demically unacceptable" ratings. The closure was followed by a flurry of community meetings and discussions by the district's board of trustees to formulate a repur- posing plan. The district has yet to replace the school's principal, and final de­ cisions on several aspects of the plan, such as two new schools opening on the campus, have yet to be decided. The decisions will be determined with additional in­ put from the community. University Interscholastic League athletics will return to the campus in the fall. Interim princi­ pal David Kemwein hired a new football coach Wednesday. Austin Independent School Dis­ trict superintendent Pat Forgione said new and rehired teachers will receive a $7,000 stipend in addi­ tion to a salary. Eight teachers who will direct core subjects will be paid $15,500 in addition to their salaries. A letter written to Forgione by Scott said new schools must be open to any student in the district and transportation to and from the school should be provided. — A n d re w Kreighbaum Houston man attempts flight with three suitcases of cocaine FORT WORTH — A Houston man has been convicted of trying to board a London-bound plane from Dallas with plans to distrib­ ute more than a half a million dol­ lars in cocaine, authorities said Wednesday. Julius Junior Ajah, 31, checked three suitcases that contained about 11 kilograms of cocaine at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport in December, U.S. Attor­ ney Richard B Roper of the N orth­ ern District of Texas said in a news release. When U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents found the drugs, Ajah told them two drug dealers would pay off his $20,(XXI debt if he took the bags to London, the news release said. An ICE agent testified that the cocaine Ajah was carrying could be sold in London for more than half a million dollars. Ajah was convicted by a feder­ al jury on one count of possession with intent to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine, the news release said. At his sentencing on Sept. 29, Ajah faces a maximum of life in prison and a $4 million fine. — The A ssociated Press El Paso man pleads guilty in large public corruption case EL PASO — An El Paso man is the latest person t< plead guilty in a massive public corruption case that has focused on past and cur­ rent elected officials, the U.S. At­ torney's Office said. Antonio Dill pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court in El Paso to a charge of conspiracy to defraud El Paso County. He was accused of committing mail fraud and wire fraud in a scheme to bribe an unidentified member of the El Paso County Commission­ er's Court. A two-page court filing outlin­ ing the charge against Dill said he paid a commissioner in exchange for a vote in favor of a particu­ lar vendor wanting to do business with the county. The court record did not specify how much mon­ ey the commissioner was paid or what type of business the uniden­ tified vendor was to provide the county. Dill is the eighth person to plead guilty in an ongoing public corruption probe first launched by federal investigators in 2004. Ac­ cording to court records, the case involves at least 12 investigations focusing on 80 people. Federal investigators have seized 2,300 boxes of evidence in several searches that include a raid on the county judge's office last year. — A P Premature infant hidden by teen mother found alive BRECKENRIDGE — A pre­ mature baby was found alive be­ tween a mattress and door sev­ eral days after a teenage mother gave birth, hid the infant there and went on a trip, police said. The baby girl was found Sat­ urday morning after the teen's younger sister heard faint cries coming from a bedroom, opened the door and found a newborn completely wrapped in two tow­ els between a mattress and bath­ room door, said Breckenridge Po­ lice Chief Larry Mahan. "Her sister heard whimper­ ing and didn't know what it was, thought it was an animal and went in her sister's bedroom," Mah­ an said. The girl immediately called au­ thorities, who took the baby to a hospital in Fort Worth, about 100 miles east of the 6,000-resi­ dent town of Breckenridge. The in­ fant remained hospitalized, but her condition was unavailable Wednesday. Lauren Renee McDonald, 19, of Breckenridge, was charged with child abandonment and endan- germent after she returned from her trip on Sunday. McDonald has since been released from jail on $10,000 bond. — A P Texas GOP cuts off vendor who sold racist campaign button AUSTIN — The Republican Party of Texas will donate pro­ ceeds from a vendor who sold a racist campaign button at the state convention last weekend, a party spokesman said Wednesday. ■ A vendor called Republican- market.com sold a button that read "If Obama is p resid en t... will we still call it The White House?" The button was sold in a pavilion adjoining the convention hall in Houston. Jonathan Alcox, owner of Re- publicanmarket.com, said he didn't intend to offend anyone. He made 12 buttons and sold four of them, but said two of them were sold to reporters. "We're into humor, not racism," said Alcox, who described him­ self as an independent who still may vote for Obama in November. "Why would I do that purposely? I thought it was funny." He said the idea came hum a political cartoon he saw in a newspaper. Besides donating the $1500 rent collected to Midwest flood vic­ tims, party spokesman Hans Klin- gler said the state GOP will bar the vendor from future events. — A P Noriega attacks Comyn for voting for Texas border fence SAN ANTONIO — Democrat­ ic Senate candidate Rick Noriega said Wednesday that Republican Sen. John Comyn is a "hypocrite" who should not expect South Tex­ ans to vote for him after he "spit in their face" by voting for the bor­ der fence. Noriega, a state representative from Houston, predicted he would prevail in the Rio Grande Valley, where Comyn has been working with landowners in the path of the U.S.-Mexico border fence, earn­ ing himself several local endorse­ ments. "You don't go down to South Texas and spit in their face, which he has done, on children's is­ sues, on veterans issues and on the (border) wall and on pri­ vate property issues, and then ex­ pect the people to vote for you," Noriega told a news conference where he was endorsed by more than a dozen San Antonio-area officials. — AP Two painters add touches to the outside facade of the University Baptist Church on W ednesday L a u re n T u c k e r | D aily Texan Staff , WIN TEXTBOOKS! 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He also suffered a double stress fracture of his left tibia two weeks before the U.S. Open, ignoring doc­ tors' advice to take six weeks off to let it heal. And he still won the U.S. Open at Torrey Pines, going 91 holes over five days on a knee that was getting worse. "N ow , it is clear that the right thing to do is to listen to my d oc­ tors, follow through with this sur­ gery and focus my attention on re­ habilitating my knee," Woods said on his Web site. He had a rth ro sco p ic su rg e ry April 15 to clean out cartilage in his left knee, bypassing A C L surgery with hopes it could get him through the 2008 season. But the stress frac­ ture and a ligam ent that could no longer sustain a pow erful sw ing made it impossible to keep going. W oods did n ot sa y w hen he w ould have surgery. H is sw ing coach, Hank Haney, said the recov­ ery is typically six to eight months. "H e's been playing way less than 100 percent for a long, long, tim e," H aney said. "It has limited him a lot in practice. He's going to com e back better than he's ever been." W oods w as last seen in public late M ond ay aftern o on w alking with a pronounced limp across Tor­ rey Pines toward the parking lot, the U.S. Open trophy in his arms. U p com in g su rgery m akes his 14th major title even more stagger- ing despite the stress fractures, he m anaged to win a U.S. O pen that required five days of flinching, grim acing and a long list of spec­ tacular shots that have defined his career. "Although I will miss the rest of the 2008 season, I'm thrilled with the fact that last w eek was such a special tournam ent," Woods said. H e won despite doctors telling him to rest. Haney was with him in Florida when doctors told Woods the pre­ ferred treatment for the stress frac­ tures was three weeks on crutches and three weeks of inactivity. "Tiger looked at the doctor and said, 'I'm playing in the U.S. Open, and I'm going to w in .' And then he started putting on his sh oes," Haney said. "H e looked at me and said , 'C om e on, H ank. W e'll just putt today.'" Floods another trial for gymnast Olympic hopeful gets ready for competition while gym is flooded By Nancy Armour The Associated Press PH ILA D ELPH IA — Go hom e and rest, Shawn Johnson's coach­ es insisted. There was nothing to worry about. Her gym would be safe from the fast-rising river, and nothing was going to disrupt her training in those last few days be­ fore the Olympic trials. When Johnson w oke up in the m iddle of the night, though, and found that her parents still weren't hom e, she knew som ething w as wrong. She drove to the gym and found w ater from the R accoon River lapping at the parking lot and volunteers stacking sandbags around the building. By the next morning, there was a foot of water inside the gym. "W e definitely haven't been hit ^ as h ard a s o th ­ ers. In some cities, ^ houses have com ­ p letely g one u n ­ der," Johnson said W ednesday after her practice at the O lym pic gym nas­ tics trials. "[B u t] it's hard to see our own gym go under water and to know a lot of equipment wra s d a m a g e d . We're there every day o f our lives, basically, so it's kind of like seeing your home go under." There are all kinds of obstacles athletes encounter on their w ay to the Olympics: injuries, fatigue, doubt, financial hardship. M other N ature, though, isn 't usually on the list. Jo h n s o n an d c o a c h L ia n g Chow s relatively smooth road to the Ben mg Olympics was in disar­ ray late last week after floods rav­ aged Iowa. Johnson and team m ate Nastia Liukin are considered the favorites for gold in Beijing. They were 1-2 at the national championships two weeks ago, and few' are expecting anything different at this w eek's trials, where the top tw o earn au ­ tomatic bids to the Olympic team. The rest of the six-w om an squad will be chosen July 20. All Johnson had to do was stay her consistent self, and that trip to Beijing was hers. Then the rain began to fall. Jo h n s o n liv e s in W est D es Moines, and neither her nor Chow's home was threatened. But the gym, Chow's Gymnastics and Dance In­ stitute, is in an industrial park only a few blocks from the Raccoon Riv­ er, and Chow kept one eye on the water and one on Johnson while she trained last Thursday afternoon. "I dismissed all the classes ear­ ly," said Chow, who coaches John­ son with his wife, Li Zhuang. "It's not life-threatening, it's not close to that, it's that w ater is com ing to the parking lot. Li was teaching Shawm on beam and she was try­ ing to squeeze every last minute. 1 said 'Li, we have to finish up class right now.'" A s the water level climbed high­ er and higher, parents, city offi­ cials and people Chow didn't even know began show ing up at the gym . They filled sand bags and piled them o u t­ sid e th e b u ild ­ ing in a makeshift b a rric a d e . T h ey w rap p ed p lastic around the outside walls. They hauled mats and balance beams and vaults and uneven bars off the floor, car­ rying them up to a balcony where the w a te r w o u ld n 't touch them. Johnson wanted to help, but Chow and Li shooed her away. They were leaving for the O lym pic trials in four days, and she needed to rest. "I w an ted to h e lp so b a d ," Johnson said. "M y coaches want­ ed m e to be as safe as possible. They didn't want me wasting en­ ergy. I understand that, but it's re­ ally hard to stand back and watch w hen y ou 're norm ally help ing and in the activity." Said Johnson, "W hen you think flooded you think, 'O K , th ere's w ater on the g ro u n d .' But w e w ent there and it's w aist-d eep throughout the w hole gym, and the parking lot w as even d eep ­ er. It was crazy. People actually brought out canoes." Training w as out o f the ques­ tion. N ot only w as there a foot of w ater in the building, but the gymnastics floor was ruined. We went out th ere a n d it was w aist-deep throughout the whole gy m , a n d the p a rk in g lot was even d eep er. It was c ra z y ." — S h a u n J o h n s o n . O lym pic h o p e fu l Shawn Johnson practices on the uneven bars in preparation for the U.S. Olympic gymnastic trials Wednesday in Philadelphia. The trials begin today. Rob Carr | A s so c ia te d Press N A S C A R Car of Tomorrow will benefit race car drivers By Larry Lage The Associated Press BROOKLYN, M ich. — The Car of Tomorrow is m aking life hotter for N A SC A R 's drivers today. H eat-stricken d rivers had just enough strength to rant about the topic earlier this m onth at the Po- cono 500 and the conversation was a hot topic again last week at Mich­ igan International Speedway. "I heard som eone m ake a com ­ m ent, 'T h e y 're race car d rivers, making m illions of dollars. They're hot. Who cares?"' Jeff Burton said. "I guess that's a good point, but at the sam e tim e it's to the p oint of being ridiculous N A S C A R te c h n ic a l d ir e c to r Steve Peterson said the new cars can get about 10 degrees hotter — up to 140 degrees — than previous models because exhaust exits on the right side instead of both sides. "You could certainly cook eggs on it to say the least," Jimmie John­ son said. "With all the radiant heat from the tubes and the steel around you over the course of the race, you just can't get away from the heat." Peterson insisted there are mea­ sures som e team s are taking to improve conditions for their driv­ ers such as adding insulation and adjusting the routing of air ducts and vents. "Som e teams are having success by doing those things and some teams are reluctant to add weight o r alter the aerod y n am ics," Pe­ terson said "T h e d ifferent way teams are attacking the heat leads Linebacker Fowler denies using steroids Titans player faces possible suspension, intends to fight claim ion w ere found dead in his Pla­ n o , T e x a s, h o m e e a rlie r th is month. Asked if he could defini­ tively say he had never done ste­ roids, Fow ler replied, "I can tell you that." stances policy, Fowler could face a four-game suspension pending a hearing. B ob Brodbeck | Assoc ite d Press NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. cools himself after winning the LifeLock 400 at the Michigan Internationa! Speedway in Brooklyn, Mich., Sunday. to us seeing one guy driving with a floor pan at 140 degrees and an­ other guy at 100 in the same race. The C ar o f Tom orrow, a NA- S C A R -d ev elo p ed v e h icle th at spent seven years in development, was designed to im prove safety, reduce team costs and im prove competition. The Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennes­ see Titans linebacker Ryan Fowl­ er denied Wednesday he had tak­ en performance-enhancing drugs after reports surfaced linking him to a steroids dealer found dead in his Texas home. Fowler, who received a letter from the NTT less than two weeks ago saying he faced the possibili­ ty of suspension, spoke to the me­ dia Wednesday for the first time since the story w as reported on ESPN.com last week linking him to convicted steroids dealer Da­ vid Jacobs. Jacobs and a fem ale com pan­ F ow ler's attorney Peter G ins­ berg has said he intends to fight the allegations and that the line­ backer never had any sort of pos- itiv e test for p e rfo rm a n ce -e n ­ hancing drugs in his NFL career. Before his death, Jacobs su b ­ mitted to an interview with The Dallas M orning News and also m entioned a relationsh ip wfith Fowler, who played for the Dal­ las C o w b o y s b efo re sig n in g a four-year, $11.5 million deal with the Titans before the 2007 season. F o w le r d e clin e d co m m e n t when asked if he had any sort of relationship with Jacobs. U n­ d er the lea g u e's banned s u b ­ Both Fow ler and Titans coach Jeff Fisher expressed cautious op­ timism the situation could be re­ solved favorably for the player. "I'm really not thinking of that [suspension] as a possibility. I think it will all get cleared up be­ fore then," Fowler said. Fisher agreed w ith that sen­ timent after Wednesday's mini­ camp practice. 'I 'v e had d isc u ssio n s w ith R yan and con fid en tial d iscu s­ sions with Ryan and we're hope­ ful we can have this cleared up rather quickly," Fisher said. "I'm not anticipating there being any problems with this situation." F ow ler said he h o p es fans would give him the benefit of the doubt in the matter as it plays out. y Tiger Woods holds onto his knee during the third round of the U.S. Open championship at Torrey Pines Golf Course in San Diego Tuesday. Woods will miss the rest of the season because of knee surgery. Charli* Riedel Associated Press SPORTS BRIEFLY Torch relay runs smoothly in tumultuous region of China KASHGAR, China — Hun­ dreds of security personnel lined the streets to head off any disrup­ tion as the Olympic torch relay resumed in western China's res­ tive Muslim region of Xinjiang. Black-gloved security agents jogged alongside the torch as it wound through the streets of Kashgar, an ancient Silk Road city near the borders with Cen­ tral Asia, Afghanistan and Paki­ stan. Foreign journalists were not allowed along the route, where cheering bystanders shouted "Go China!" under sunny skies. The event ended without inci­ dent two hours later. Also Wednesday, Olympic torch relay organizers said the flame will make a one-day stop in Tibet's capital of Lhasa on Saturday. That leg has been shrouded in secrecy because of political sen­ sitivities surrounding Tibet. The route has been criticized by Ti­ bet activist groups who see it as an attempt by Beijing to symbol­ ize its control over the Himala­ yan region. Vaidisova loses in first round of Wimbledon to 19-year-old EASTBOURNE, England — Nicole Vaidisova, a Wimbledon quarterfinalist last year, didn't make it through the first round of the International Women's Open on grass. Vaidisova, preparing for her Wimbledon return, was beaten 6-2,6-4 by Olga Govortsova. The 19-year-old Czech has lost six of her past eight opening-round matches since a fourth-round loss to Serena Williams at the Austra­ lian Open. Earlier, former No. 1-ranked Lindsay Davenport withdrew with a knee problem before her first-round match, but still hopes to play at Wimbledon. 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(PtfAKJ in nm pise, wua it mm. sen srbmissions to Thursdayjune 19,2008 I ) ! ’ W K F .K K N D NEELY: Cartoonist’s creation reflects personal shortfalls From page 10 "Cox and Combes' Washington," an Internet cartoon featuring a hyperbolic colonial rap about the first president, that N eely discov­ ered he could make a living do­ ing w hat he loved. W ith his grow­ ing popularity, N e e ly attracted "South P a rk " creators Trey Park­ er and Matt Stone, w ho recruited the burgeoning cartoonist to their w riting team last fall. " T h a t w a s lik e g o in g to school," N e e ly said. "W atching those g uys w o rk w as intense; they make a w hole episode in a week. They are super brilliant and honestly care about their country." H e is not just the hand be­ hind the pen, but the voice and ed ito r; he e ve n colors all his com ics. E a c h anim a te d short takes about tw o w eeks to sin ­ gle-handedly finalize. "Ideas can sprout from a one- line joke to a song on the ra ­ dio," he said. " I try to watch ev­ ery movie and read every book I can. I really can't get enough." A s id e from "W a s h in g to n ," N e e ly places v a lu e on n a rra ­ tive storytelling w ith "Professor Brothers," shorts narrated by ec­ centric and slig h tly dem ented professors. " I wanted to show how people can personalize a w ell-know n tale or situation w ith their ow n extreme peculiarities," he said. A s for the character, Baby- cakes, an overgrow n man-child w h o keeps a d ia ry of d a ily ob­ servations and raps w ith a v iv ­ id im a g in a tio n , N e e ly cre a t­ ed the rapping 30-year-old as a critical reflection of his ow n in­ eptitude as an engaged, respon­ sible citizen. " W it h Babycakes I w as tr y ­ ing to look at myself — 30 at the time — in an honest and critical way. I realized I w as v ery igno­ rant about a lot of current events and how the nation w o rk s," he said. "Babycakes can say some­ thing like ['m y country is w o n ­ d e rfu l; I d o n 't h ave to think about anything'] coyly w h ile il­ lustrating a point, w h eth er he is aw are of the meaning behind the statement or not." Recently, SuperDeluxe.com an­ n o u n ce d it w o u ld be m e rg ­ ing w ith its sister W e b site, AdultSwim.com, w hich w ill force N ee ly and the artists on the site to pursue other alternatives. A fan of history and literature, the anim ator has been w o rk in g on a comedic novel about the C iv il W ar that he hopes to finish soon. H e is also interested in develop­ ing an animated television show in the near future. "It's really w eird to be called an anim ator or cartoonist: It's just one thing I did," he said. Neely admits that landing a new Web site is not a high priority. " I d o n 't u n d e r s ta n d a n y of it," he said. " I ju st do the drawings." In this file photo, Gregory Peck is shown as attorney Atticus Finch, a small-town Southern lawyer who defends a black m an accused o f rape, in a scene from the 1962 m ovie "To Kill a M ockingbird." The film is a m o n g the American Film Institute's best courtroom dram a movies. A sso c ia te d Press Attendees participate in the Alam o Drafthouses "M onster Rock Sing-Along,"a take off the theater's previous "Power Ballad Sing Along." M a y - Y in g L a m | D a ily Texan S ta ff SING-ALONG: Hair, noise and air shredding important From page 10 coming out," Stevens said. im p e d im e n t. L a d ie s lo v e that musk. Teasing your hair is a must — you should use enough hair- spray to make even A l Sharpton nauseous. If you are bald and/or have short hair, a w ig w ill make up for the deficiency (only Bruce Dickinson and Rob H alfo rd are exempt from this rule). " If you're a fan of David Lee Roth's flowing locks, then I hig h ly recommend 2. N othing sounds better than a B C Rich through an overdriven Marshall. Nothing. 3. D o n 't com plain about sex­ ism , because th e re 's n o th in g w rong with being sexy. It's called "c o c k ro ck " for a reason. W e treat al) w om en eq u a lly as o b ­ jects, w hether she's our "C h e r­ ry P ie " or she just leads us "In to the Fire." W hen we wanna "S lip It In " a la Whitesnake or rave about how "the looser the w aistband/ the deeper the quicksand," w e're trying to make you feel beautiful. Bret Michaels would agree. 4. Sh o w some life! Cock rock emphasizes m o vin ' and shakin', whether it comes from "it's total­ ly hetero, b ro " crotch-thrusting to raising yo ur fist in defiance at wimpiness. A ir shredding is high­ ly recommended, as it's the only w a y to worship Eddie Van Halen. For those sitting behind you w hile yo u 're rocking out, Stevens has some advice: "The person behind you can't see? Guess w hat? They can stand up, too!" 5 .1980s Kiss is better than 1970s Kiss. If you w ant proof, YouTube "L ic k it U p ," "H e a ve n 's on F ire " or, even better, "Tears are Falling." 1970s Kiss, however, is much bet­ ter than Frehley's Comet. If you w an t proof, YouTube "In s a n e ," "R o ck Sold iers" or, even worse, "It's O ver N ow ." George Michael sounds off on gay marriage, calls it ‘long overdue’ By Natalie Rodman The Associated Press S A N D IE G O — George Michael is a most happy fellow these days: H e 's kicking off his first N o rth Am erican tour in 17 years, and same-sex marriage has just been legalized in California. "It's w ay overdue," the 44-year- old English pop star told The A s ­ sociated Press. "It's something that happened ... almost without a w his­ per in England, but it was basically because we weren't that concerned about the word 'marriage.'" M ich a e l, w h o is o p e n ly gay, said, "Because this is a much more religious society, there are a huge number of people who w ant [their] unions to be part of something that they can place in their religion, so [marriage is] much more im p or­ tant here. I think that's w h y it's so long in arriving here, but I think it's fantastic, obviously." H und reds of gay and lesbian couples rushed to county clerks' offices throughout California this week to obtain marriage licenses and exchange vow s as same-sex m arriage became legal M o n d a y afternoon. The next day, M ichael kicked off the multi-city "25 L iv e " tour at the San Diego Sports Arena. W h y so long between concerts here? "The '90s were a bit of a disas­ ter for me in so m any w ays. O n a personal level, I do n't think I could have toured. A lso , I had some physical problems w ith m y L A f l D m A i t K ' t DCBIE— 21st t Guadalupe • (512) 472-FILM F R E E PARKING IN THE O OBIE GARAGE All shows $6.00 with college l.D. w w w . L a n d m a r k T h e a t r e s . c o m S t e v e Ca r e l l A nn e H athaw ay GET SMART Fri: |4 10) 7:10. 9:40 Sal/Sun: (1:10. 4:10)7:10. 9:40 Mon-Tbur: 7:10,9:40 The Duchess of Langeais Fri: (4:00) 7:00 9:30 SatTSun (1:00, 4:00) 700. 9:30 Moo-THur 7:00, 9:30 m \F WE! Fri: (4:30) 7:30,10:00 SatfSun. (1:30, 4:30) 7:30,1QÜ0 Mon-Thur: 7:30 10:00 M N I G H T S H Y A M A L A N ’S THE HAPPENING Fri: (420) 720. 9:40 Sal/Sun: (1:20 4:20)720, 9:40 Mon-Tbur: 720. 9 40 S H 0 W T I M E S V A L ID FRIDAY. JUNE 20 - THURSDAY. JUNE 26 B a r g a in S h o w tim e s m I I JOIN OUR FILM CLUB AT FILMCLUB LANOMARKTHEATRES COM George Michael performs during his concert at the San Diego Sports Arena Tuesday in San Diego. C h ris P a r k A sso c iate d Press might be back here begging you all to forgive m e," he said. "B u t I really think I can do much more constructive w ork as an artist if I step out of this again." Michael sang in the 1980s pop group W ham ! before stepping out for a successful solo career. H is hits include "Fa ith ," "Father Fig ­ ure" and "O ne More Try." ■ DIN N E R - D R IN K S • M SPACEBALLS QUO TEALO NG F R Í E F O R T U N E C O O K IE S «t " J A M " D O N U T S S U N D A Y JU N E 1 5 T H A T T H E K IT Z B IG S C R E E N C L A S S IC S : BIG TRO U BLE IN LITTLE CHINA 6/16 & 6/17 A T T H E R I T Z Á W H IT E R U SSIAN S# S i W I T H THE BIG i K MONSTER ROCK m i nvisiEBsmra. w m t n . « e / W M ALAMO RITZ THEATRE ■ 320 E 6TH ST SEX I THE CITY INDIANA JONES THE MONSTER ROCK SING ALONG SEX & THE CITY>THE FEAST! TR30R PONT OQ IN THE WOOOS _ _ FfU. JUN E 13 - ANCAKl GOLfiFWOfR SAT, JUNE 14 _ B6X Í THE CITY__________________ 3*g_ SEX 4 THE CITY KME CLASSICS ANGELS FROM HELL "* OOtfifWKtK_____ SUN. 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FASTER INR) (1250 255 530-900 ’015 ¡1215 245 510/ 740 ’010 (1240 30C 520! 750 965 ,1200 230 500(730 * 000 "210 225 445:710 930 /1220 240 510] 735 950 "205 23C 455’ ’20 945 ■ 123C25C 515/745 1006 Free Fmlyfítn Festival Tut. Wed A Thu 10AM AFI: Multiple Spielberg films appear on list From page 10 ..." (No. 6) and "Sleepless in Seat­ tle" (No. 10). "T h is is w h y these shows are so im portant. T hey keep these film s in the cu ltu ra l conversa­ tio n ," said Bob G a z z a le , A F I president. "W h e n 'C it y Lig hts' is honored as the No. 1 romantic comedy, m illions of people w ill go back and watch it again." The best genre m ovies w ere announced in the C B S special " A F I's 10 Top 10," the latest in the in s titu te 's a n n u a l best-of shows. The winners were chosen by actors, filmmakers, critics and others in H o lly w o o d from bal­ lots that included 50 nominees in each genre. Past A F I lists have included rankings of the top-100 A m e ri­ can films, comedies, love stories, screen stars and movie quotes. W a lt D is n e y ru led the a n i­ mation category. Trailing 1937's "S n o w W h ite ," the first feature- length anim ated film, in the top five were the Disney tales "Pinoc- chio," "B a m b i," "The Lion K in g " and "Fantasia." T w o Disney-Pixar computer- animated comedies made the list, "T o y S to ry " at No. 6 and "F in d ­ ing N e m o " at No. 10. The only non-Disney cartoon w as "Shrek " at No. 8. Som e film m akers w e re con­ fined to their best-known special­ ties, such as H itchco ck in m ys­ teries and "The Searchers" direc­ tor John Ford in Westerns. Others landed films in several genres. S teven Spielberg had Nos. 3 and 8 among epics w ith "S ch in ­ d ler's Lis t" and "S a vin g Private R y a n " and N o . 3 am ong sci-fi movies w ith "E.T. the Extra-Ter­ restrial." Besides "2001," Stanley K ubrick had the No. 4 sci-fi tale w ith " A Clockwork O range" and the N o. 5 epic w ith "Spartacus." A lo n g w ith "R a g in g B u ll" in sports, M artin Scorsese w as on the gangster list w ith "Goodfel- las" at No. 2. S o m e actors crossed genre boundaries, too. Jam es Stew art popped up in four categories: Fan­ tasy w ith "It's a Wonderful Life" (No. 3) and "H a rv e y " (No. 7); ro­ mantic comedy w ith "T h e Phila­ delphia Story" (No. 5); courtroom drama w ith "A natom y of a M u r­ d e r" (N o. 7); and m ystery w ith tw o H itchcock flicks, "V e rtig o " and "R ear W indow ." Tom H a n k s also m ade four genres: Fantasy w ith " B ig " (No. 10); ro m a n tic c o m e d y w ith "Sleepless in Seattle"; epics w ith "S a vin g Private R ya n "; and an­ im ation w ith "T o y S to ry ," for which he provided lead vocals. D ia n e K e a to n had film s in three categories: Gangster flicks w ith the two "G o d fa th e r" m ov­ ies (Part II was No. 3 on the list); epics w ith "R e d s " (N o. 9); and rom antic com edy w ith "A n n ie H a ll." M ajor m ovie franchises were snubbed as fan tasy nom inees "H a rry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban," "Spider-Man 2," "B a t­ m an" and "Su p e rm an " failed to make the cut. S u c h p o p u la r W e ste rn s as "Dances W ith W olves" and "The Magnificent Seven" were exclud­ ed, w h ile best-picture w in n ers "C hario ts of F ire " and "M illio n Dollar Ba b y" landed outside the top-10 in the sports category. Gazzale said part of the fun of the film lists is the debate they prom pt over w h ich m ovies are included and omitted. "These countdowns are a col­ lective opinion of leaders from across the film community. A n y s u rp r is e a b o u t an o m is s io n w o u ld be e n tirely su bjective," Gazzale said. Seinfeld: Author is minimizing humor By Larry Neumelster The Associated Press N E W Y O R K — Jerry Seinfeld claims a cookbook author is cooking up some fancy semantics by calling him an actor rather than a comedi­ an to minimize the humor in state­ ments she says defamed her. La w yers for Seinfeld say M is­ sy C hase L a p in e 's la w y e rs re­ sorted to the sw itch in w ords to describe Sein fe ld w h e n sever­ al weeks ago they filed a rew rit­ ten version of her lawsuit against him and his w ife in U.S. District Court in Manhattan. " J e r r y S e in fe ld is an e n o r­ mously w ealthy and well-known actor," Lapine's revised law suit said. The original had called him a comedian. L a p in e , the au th o r o f "T h e S n eak y Chef: Sim p le Strategies for H id in g H e a lth y Fo ods in K id s' Favorite M e a ls," accused Seinfeld's wife, Jessica Seinfeld, of p la g ia riz in g her cookbook w hen in October she published her o w n , titled : "D e c e p tiv e ly Delicious: Sim ple Secrets to Get Your Kid s Eating Good Food." During an appearance on C B S ' "L a te Sh o w w ith D a vid Letter- m an," Jerry Seinfeld said Lapme w as accusing his w ife of "veg e­ table plagiarism " and compared her to the three-name killers of John Lennon and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. " If yo u read history, m any of the three-nam e people do be­ come assassins," Seinfeld said. " M a r k D a v id C h a p m a n . A n d you know , Jam es Ea rl Ray. So that's m y concern." H is law yers said in court pa­ pers file d late T u esd ay: " N o reasonable v ie w e r could have th o u g h t that S e in fe ld re a lly meant that Lap in e ... m ight be­ come an 'assassin' s im p ly be­ cause she has three names." L a p in e 's la w y e rs h a ve said Seinfeld, best know n for the sit­ com "Seinfeld," used the Letter- man appearance to begin a "m a­ licious, premeditated and know ­ ing ly false and defam atory at­ tack" on her. "The issues of law w ill be de­ cided by the court, and w e are confident of the outcome," Lapine law yer How ard B. M iller said. T h k D a il y T e x a n THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 2008 PAGE w w w .d a ilytexan o n lin e .co m Life&Arts Editor: Alex Regnery Associate Life&Arts Editor: D ylan M iracle E-mail: lifeandarts@ dailytexanon!in§.com Phone: (512)232-2209 Columnist gives secrets of Monster Rock enjoyment By Dr. Andrew William O'Connor Ph.D. in Metal/Daily Texan Columnist I've only lived in Austin since August of 2005, but in that short time, I've learned m uch about the culture of the city. I quickly noticed that indie rock is a sta­ ple of many Austinites' musical diets. The "rock" in indie rock is largely a misnomer, as it does not call passion nor sincere Mill­ er High Life consum ption into play. Don't let the traditional gui- tar-bass-drums setup fool you. A lthough m any A u stinites avoid music that truly rocks, such as ' cock rock" or heavy metal, about once or twice a year, Austinties crave full-frontal rock­ ing. The Alamo Drafthouse, one of the w orld's foremost innova­ tors in cinem atic experiences, created the "Power Ballad Sing- Along" to provide rockin' nour­ ishment, but it wasn't enough. "We just needed to show all the bands w ith awesom e hair and too much makeup in their tru e, h ardcore, ro ck -h u n g ry form," said Caitlin Stevens, one of the event's hosts. Now, the good folks at the D rafthouse came up w ith the M o n ste r Rock S in g -A lo n g , which features the most adren­ aline-pum ped tu nes from the Power Ballad favorites. Having attended this past Thursday, I want to get a sex change and be on "Rock of Love." It w as that good. It better have been, be­ cause "the show was too packed full of awesomeness" that it was difficult to choose songs, accord­ ing to Stevens. Since m ost pro­ spective attendees have not had a youth filled with A C /D C and Twisted Sister listens, I've creat­ ed a guide to help the residents of Austin get the most out of the Monster Rock Sing-Along. 1.Dress the part. Cock rock is as m uch about the look as it is the sound. Take heed from Dee Snider and borrow some of your girlfriend/w ife's linge­ rie. Black leather is always good, but if you're not feeling so devil­ ish, red, white and Bon Jovi lav­ ender are also acceptable. N oth­ ing n e ed s to m atch — lim e- green gloves and zebra pants go great together. A true cock rock­ er d o esn't know w hat a sleeve is other than a m usk-blocking SING-ALONG continues on page 9 you should be ... Seeing 'Altar Boyz' Playing now through July 13 at the Zack Scott Theater, "Al­ tar Boyz" tells the tale of a religion-fueled boy band and its rise to stardom. The musical is a hilarious send-up of the pop music scene and features great choreography from Christopher Gattelli, who choreographed the original off-Broadway production. Vari­ ety called the show "an entertaining crowd-pleaser," and it won the New York Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Off-Broadway musical. With songs like "Church Rulez" and "La Vida Eternal," "Altar Boyz" is sure to have you tapping your toe and laugh­ ing out loud. — Alex Regnery Singing at'Ladies of the'80s Sing-Along' If you couldn't get enough of the Monster Rock Sing-Along that Dr. O'Connor highly recommended, then hit up the "Ladies of the '80s Sing-Along" Sunday night at the Alamo Ritz. Strap on the bedazzled jean jacket and listen to the likes of Tiffany and Debbie Gibson. This one-night-only sing-along event will benefit the Girls Rock Camp Austin, so you definitely w on't feel guilty indulging in the sweet sounds of bubblegum pop. It's going to be just like a mall tour, minus the Orange Julius stains and secu­ rity guards. The show starts at 10:15 p.m. — AR Getting a David Sedaris autograph Author David Se­ daris will be sign­ ing copies of his new release, "When You are Engulfed in Flames," tonight at 7 p.m. at BookPeo- ple. Vouchers for the book are available at BookPeople until the signing. Accord­ ing to Paul Benson, as si st an t m a n a g ­ er at BookPeople, around 700 vouch­ ers ha ve a l r e a dy been sold, and the store expects more than 1,000 att end­ ees. But not to worry — they offer more vouchers than they ex­ pect customers. The first 500 people with vouchers will be al­ lowed upstairs where Sedaris will speak. The rest will hear a broadcast throughout the store. According to the BookPeople Web site, he will also sign his other books. Oh, and he doesn't like cameras, but you can clip out his picture from this page. — Dylan Miracle Going to the IHEARTCOMIX party Since there's always an excuse to try to extend the weekend, hit up the I HEARTCOMIX Records CD release party at Beauty Bar Monday night. The show will be packed and probably result in some tom ligaments from dancing too hard. RadiocPt, Drop the Lime and Franki Chan are all set to perform. In order to get in, you have to RSVP at vsrww.scion.com/amelease. The party runs from 9:30 p.m. to 2:00 a.m., so chances are you'll be calling in sick on Tuesday, but boy oh boy will it be worth it. — AR f Brad Neely on SuperDeluxe, ‘South Park’ and sneaking comics into The D aily Texan images courtesy Brad Neely Photo by May-YIng Lam Daily Texan Staff By MaryTuma Daily Texan Staff After a much-needed family hi­ atus, Austin cartoonist Brad Nee­ ly has returned to the real world to give fans a chance to view his popular Web comics at showcas­ es this month at the Alamo Draft­ house Ritz. Spending the last few days sans the Internet has m ade this successful animator realize how dependent we are on technology. "I am not tech savvy," he con­ fesses as his phone rings numer­ ous times during our interview. "Changing a setting on my cell phone is like surgery." H is lack of technical exper­ tise is ironic, as his career cen­ ters around SuperDeluxe.com, a venue for his popular animated series "Professor Brothers," "I Am Baby Cakes" and, most re­ cently, "China, IL," a hybrid of the two. Fans will be able to view these and a few of his one-offs in a nearly two-hour showcase at the Alamo Ritz. Neely plans to be present at all three showcases to introduce the shorts, field ques­ tions and "apologize," if need be. He has even promised a couple of surprises. Growing up, Neely drew ev­ learned an old, masterly m eth­ od of drawing. Though passion­ ate about fine art, he w orried that these skills w ould not re­ main relevant in contemporary e r y th in g f r om G.I Joes to m ono­ graphs of famous artists. A fan of M arvel com ics, "The Far S ide" and "Calvin and H obbes," N eely was pulled into "the m ysterious u n d e r g r o u n d w orld" of comic books. I didn’t have a gigantic need to be famous or relevant, but I wanted to make sure I could pursue something that was my own. ” culture. "I d id n 't have a gigantic need to be fam ous or re le v a n t, b u t I w anted to make sure I could pur­ su e so m e th in g t h a t w a s m y own," he said. W i t h a Raised in the Ozarks of North- w e s t A r k a n ­ sas, N eely w as not aw are of the comic book fan culture. "Comics were more like mys­ terious telegraphs from some­ where else that I could buy," he said. H is educatio n at the Penn­ sylvania Academy of Fine Arts was highly specialized — Neely l a n ­ g u i d a p p ro a c h to his career, the A ustin cartoon ­ is t k e p t b u s y w i t h his b a n d a n d t he p r o s ­ p ec t of an act­ ing career. He drew comics as a side project, sometimes 100 at a time, and sent them anywhere he could, including The Daily Texan, which ran Neely's com­ ics for two years before discov­ ering he was not a student. "I have a kinship to the Tex- WHAT: Brad Neely Animation Showcase WHERE* Alamo Drafthouse Ritz WHEN: Tonight at 7 p.m. an," he said. "They let me get away with a lot." With no formal instruction in the business side of animation, Neely relied heavily on friends, word-of-mouth and connections with independent publications. "I w as w as m aking a lot of content and putting deadlines on myself to make more for no reason," he said. "I just pushed an d pushed until some of the right people saw my copies." Like most creative processes, it took "Creased Comics" years to be featured in a m agazine, and even then the artist did not see a dime. "If I w ould have considered anim ation as a career, I w ould have given up on it," he said. It was not until the viral video NEELY continues on page 9 Top genre flicks include ‘Godfather,’ ‘Snow White’ By David Germain The Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Snow White, Dorothy Gale, the HAL 9000 com­ puter, C harles C h a p lin 's Little Tramp and Marlon Brando's God­ father share top billing am ong the American Film Institute's best genre movies. Films featuring those characters were among the No. 1 picks Tues­ day on the AFI's top-10 lists of the finest flicks in 10 genres, includ­ ing mystery, Westerns, sports tales and courtroom dramas. The w inners included "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" for anim ation; "The Wizard of Oz," featuring D orothy and her little dog, for fantasy; "2001: A Space Odyssey," with HAL the dem ent­ ed com puter, for science fiction; Chaplin's "City Lights" for roman­ tic com edy; and B rando's "The Godfather" for gangster flicks. The other No. 1 movies: West­ erns, "T he S earchers"; sp orts, "Raging Bull"; courtroom drama, "To Kill a M ockingbird"; epics, "Lawrence of Arabia"; and mys­ teries, "Vertigo." Not surprisingly, Alfred Hitch­ cock dom inated the m ystery cat­ egory. Besides "Vertigo," he land­ ed three others on that top-10 list: "Rear W indow" at No. 3, "North By Northwest" at No. 7 and "Dial M for Murder" at No. 9. C haplin's "C ity Lights" from 1931, one of only two silent films to make the genre lists, was a sur­ prise, beating such popular m od­ ern rom ances as "A nnie Hall" (No. 2), "W hen H arry Met Sally AFI continues on page 9 Andrea Lai | Daily Texan Staff Gallery assistant Nicole Neeley walks through the Workspace exhibit at the Blanton Museum of Art. The current exhibit, "Zen Garden," shows the work of Argentina native Fabia Bercic. Blanton to offer summer relaxation with garden and ‘menu of activities’ By Ravi Antani Daily Texan Staff The Blanton M useum of Art wants to give you a free massage and let you experience a m od­ em Japanese Zen garden. Today, the Blanton hosts its free monthly event, Third Thursday. Named for the third Thursday of the month, each Third Thursday has a differ­ ent theme. Tonight's theme is "an evening devoted to the relaxing rhythms of summer." As Kathleen Brady from the Blanton explains it, "Summer relaxation is carried out through a menu of activities" that include massages, yoga, a book club discussion and a plastic Jap­ anese Zen garden conceived of by Fabian Bercic, an emerging Argen­ tine artist. Doors open at 5 p.m., and an hour later, students from the Lau- terstein-Conway Massage School will offer free massages to visi­ tors. There will also be yoga in the galleries to contribute to the re­ laxation. In addition to running tours of the exhibits in the Blan­ ton, there will be a Blanton Book Club discussion of Robert Long's "De Kooning's Bicycle: Artists and Writers in the Hamptons," a fasci­ nating introduction to several art­ ists who lived in Long Island and used each other as resources to contribute to American culture. The highlight of this event is the reception for the Blanton's newest exhibition, part of a series devoted to emerging artists from around the w orld. Bercic is the WHAT: Third Thursday WHERE Blanton Museum of Art WHEN: Monthly, from 5 p m . to 9 p.m. ADMISSION: Free first to be featured and has recre­ ated a Japanese Zen garden, but with a twist. As a commentary on the commercialization of culture, the garden's traditional organic and natural elements have been replaced with colorful synthet­ ic plastic. Bercic has assembled the garden with painstaking de­ tail, just like traditional Japanese Zen gardens. The exhibit will run through September 21.