SERVING THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOR MORE THAN 100 YEARS x i osvd 13 *55 naaNVA isv3 SI1«fid0d3IW IS3> H iiiU, N IH ! 0 d 1 3 VOL. 102, NO. 77 RY 22, 2002 T exas 25 CENTS Horns survive Huskers Texas survives double scare in 77-66 win over Nebraska Saturday. See S p o rts, Page 9 Sanchez speaks out against fee By Jennifer Mock Daily Texan Staff UT S y ste m R e g en t Tony S an ch e z is d is p u t in g the U n iv e rs ity 's p ro p osed in fra stru ctu re fee, m ark in g the fe e 's first o p p o sitio n w ith in th e B oard o f R eg en ts. S a n ch e z , a D em o cratic g u b e rn a to ria l h o p e fu l, said h e o p p o ses the fee b eca u se stu d en ts sh o u ld n o t have to co m p en sate for the lack o f U n iv e rs ity fu n d in g from th e L eg islatu re. "W e sh o u ld n o t b a la n ce the sta te b u d g et o n the b a c k s of o u r stu d e n ts, so I d o not s u p p o rt the p ro p o sed fe e ," h e said. T he m o n eta ry n eed s are ap p aren t, but th e fu n d in g sh o u ld b e so u rc e o f a d d itio n a l d e te rm in e d by th e s ta te , not th e b o a rd , S a n ch e z said . T h e fee w ould c o s t an ad d itio n a l $230 a s e m e s te r in s e v e n fo r s tu d e n ts e n ro lle d h o u rs or m o re and $115 p e r sem este r for s t u d e n ts e n ro lled in less than seven hou rs. T h e am o u n t w ill in cre a se by $50 per s e m e ste r o v e r the n e x t five y ears. "In ord er to m ain tain th e e x ce lle n ce of o u r s ta te 's flag sh ip u n iv ersity , the U1 Board o f R e g en ts h as been ask ed to g e n era te a d d itio n al re so u rces to m ak e up fo r th e d eficien t s ta te fu n d in g ," he said. "B u t I b eliev e th at this is th e re sp o n sib ility o f the L eg isla tu re , and th e y sh ou ld step u p to th e plate an d m ak e th is fu n d in g a v a ila b le ." C h a rle s M iller, ch airm an o f the b o ard , said he su p p o rts the fee, but is w illin g to listen to id eas to im p ro v e o r ch an ge the p lan as they arise. "In the cu rre n t situ a tio n , we h a v e to look "1 for every so u rce o f re v e n u e ,’ h e said th in k cu rre n t and fu tu re stu d e n ts w ill u n d e r stan d and b en e fit from th is ." S en . Je ff W e n tw o rth , R -S a n A n to n io , req u ested last w eek that A tto rn e y G e n e ral Jo h n C o rn y n rev iew the leg o h iv o f the fee p a ssin g th rou gh o n ly the board and not th e L eg isla tu re . M ille r said the b oard w ill ab id e bv the law as thev u n d e rstan d it in co n s id e r ing the fee. S ee REGENT, Page 5 “ But I be lie ve th a t th is is the re s p o n s ib ility of the L e g isla tu re , and th e y sh o u ld ste p up to th e plate and m ake th is funding a va ila b le .” — Tony Sanchez, UT System Regent "I have a dream my fo u r little child ren will o n e day live in a i1 on w h e r e t h e y will n o t be ju d g e d by the c o lo r of th e ir skin but by the con te n t of thei: c h a r a c t e r . I h a v e a d r e a m t o d a y ' ” — M ARTIN LUTHER KING JR. Parade o f Dreams SG provides alternative fee proposal S tudent fee proposal A ustinite Kevin Cannon, 24, raises his arm s tow ards the sky as p art of a march and rally paying trib u te to th e M a rtin in front of the Texas Capitol Monday m orning. The event had close to 3 0 ,0 0 0 p a rtic ip a n ts th is ye a r. Luther King Jr. 30,000 Texans march to celebrate life of King Yen Yi U u/D aily Texan Staff B y Courtney Morris Daily Texan Staff By Elizabeth Esfahani Daily Texan Staff M ore th an 30,000 p eop le m arched from th e c a m p u s o f H u s t o n - T illo tso n C o lle g e in E a st A u stin to the s te p s of the C a p ito l to c o m m e m o ra te and re d e d ic a te th e m s e lv e s to M artin L u th er K in g 's stru g g le fo r e q u a lity and p eace. 4 "T h e c h a lle n g e that M artin L u th er K ing pu t b efo re us is to not ju d g e p e o p le by the c o lo r of th e ir sk in , but by the co n te n t of the'ir c h a ra c te r," said A u stin M ayor C u s G arcia. "W e are n o t th ere yet, bu t we are hungry tor th e day w h en w e can say w e a re ." The c ity 's n in th ann u al M LK C o m m u n ity C e le b ra tio n — "C e le b ra te P eace, C e leb ra te U n ity " — was sp o n so re d by th e H e rita g e Koury Angelo/Daily Texan staff C o u n cil and w as led by Jo e B eal, h o n o ra ry Amy Priestly, a 1997 Amy, visit the M artin M onday afternoon. M any people paid th e ir respects to civil rights leader on Monday, his legacy. UT graduate, and her 4 -year-old daughter ch a ir ot th e m arch and g eneral n u n a g e i of Luther King Jr. statue on the East M all ‘ h e L<'w e r C o lo ra d o R iv er A u th ority, and D aw n n a D u k e s, D A ustin, gran d m ar- the sla in the national holiday that celebrates sha of m arch , See MLK, Page 2 Bush adviser touts war on terrorism Rove stresses Republican grass-roots activity, need fo r homeland security By Miguel Llscano Daily Texan Staff The Republican Party can reach citizen s by focusing on the w ar effort, hom eland security and eco nom ic im provem ent, said Karl Rove, senior adviser to President Bush. Rove presented his ideas during a luncheon at a p nublican National C om m ittee w inter m e ti,. , Frid a" advocating his priorities as a way for R epublicans to win the upcom ing national election. He said every race will be close this year because recent elections have show n that the is even ly split b etw een cou n try R epublicans and D em ocrats. ‘ All gains ;n every party are like ly to be m easured in inches anu feet and yards, not m iles, and w hat will result in victory is the grass-roots activity o f our party," he said. In addition, R ove said the nation is w inning the war against terror ism, and President Bush and his war Cabinet will continue the effort no m atter how long it takes because the goal is critical to the country and the world. Rove said the war effort will require a new toughness and increased aware ness to defend America's homeland. The new techniques should start by protecting borders and calling on \merican people to play an active roll defending the nation at home, he id. 'Sept. 11 changed the nature of forever," Rove said. "It is no er a contest fought on distant b. h e s a n d f a r a w a y la n d s .S e p t .il brought the evil hom e to the United States, and now it is im portant for us to m ake the changes necessary at hom e to do a better job of protecting the hom elan d ." S m ROVE, P age 2 Gerry McCarthy 'Dailv Texan Staff Karl Rove, senior adviser to President Bush, spoke at the Republican National Committee Winter Meeting Saturday. The committee elected former Montana Gov. Marc Racicot as its new chairman. Increased student involvement encouraged Student leaders presented UT adm inistrators with a pro posal of their own Friday, suggesting potential alternatives to the proposed infrastructure fee. Student G overnm ent President Matt H am m ond and Jarrad Toussant, SC vice president, presented the counterproposal "Partnership for the Future: The Students' Response-" at the President Student Advisory Com m ittee m eeting Friday. If the UT System Board of Regents approves the fee, the University would charge students an initial fee of $230 per sem ester for students enrolled in seven hours or m ore next fall. The fee would also increase by $50 annually fo r the next five years. "W e had to act quickly, so this was the best collaboration and m ost realistic proposal that we could com e up with that would benefit students," said 1 lammond, a governm ent senior. T h e proposal states that if students agreed to pay $115 for one vear to offset the University's essential costs, the adm inis tration must begin an aggressive cam paign in the next legisla tive session to lobby for increased funding. "Students understand that there is a need ," Hamm ond said. "B u t we d on't feel it is the students' responsibility to fund the University at the level that they're asking us to." See SG, Page 5 Racicot to head GOP national committee By M iguel Liscano Daily Texan Staff 1 he Republican National C om m ittee elected form er Montana Gov. Marc Racicot as its chairman Friday, despite crit ics' concerns about his obligations to a Houston-based law firm. Racicot, who was recommended by President George W. Bush, replaced form er Virginia Cov. Jam es Gilmore who resigned the same day, but Racicot has faced criticism tor con tinuing to w ork as a partner at the law firm of Bracewell and Patterson LLP while he serves as chairman. During the RNC winter meeting, Racicot downplayed the charges of conflict of interest and outlined what he would do as chairman. "A s a fellow Republican, I want to issue a call-to-arm s to you, the leaders of the committee, to seize this moment to think and act anew, to enliven and transform our party with a pur pose and a cause greater than our individual lives," he said. The Republican Party should focus on energy security, trans portation improvements, free trade and protecting the envi ronment, he said, adding that the party must focus on outreach efforts to minorities, the nation's youth and women. H e said there are still some moral and ethical contractual obligations that he must fulfill at his Houston office without causing tiny conflict, but Racicot said he has provided every degree of safeguard to ensure that he can proceed with "absolute integrity" in his new position. For example, he will no longer lobby, but only provide strategic advice for clients. See RACICOT, Page 2 Aroun theWorl Gas station blast kills 30 GOMA, Congo — Lava touched off a mas sive explosion and a series of fireballs at a gas station Monday, killing at least 30 people scavenging for fuel. Still, residents picked their way across hardening slabs of lava, returning home to this town demolished by a volcanic eruption. With most of the tens of thousands who fled last week’s eruptior^ already returned, a volcano expert declared the area reasonably safe despite continuing earth tremors. ► See CONGO, Page 3 Vendor halts Kmart shipments DALLAS — Kmart Corp.’s troubles escalat ed Monday when its primary food and con sumables supplier cut off most shipments due to the troubled discounter’s failure to make its weekly payment. Reming Cos., based in suburban Dallas, said Kmart owes it $78 million. Reming is the latest supplier to have stopped shipping to Kmart to reduce its risk if the company files for Chapter 11 bank ruptcy. Scotts Co., a maker of lawn and gar den products, decided last week that it would d e l^ shipments. However, the latest develop ment poses the biggest crisis for Kmart, whose grocery offerings drive traffic. Israeli troops take over town TULKAREM, West Bank — Israeli troops searched homes and traded fire with Palestinians as the military took over an entire Palestinian town Monday, a first in 16 months of fighting and another blow to belea guered Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. Troops firing tank-mounted machine guns fought with Palestinian militiamen and round ed up suspected militants. Two Palestinians were killed and 24 wounded. Israel said the seizure was in response to lethai anacKs on Israelis. The Palestinians accused Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of trying to bring down Arafat. New detainees arrive in Cuba GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba — Fourteen detainees from the war in Afghanistan arrived on stretchers at this U.S. base Monday, as new questions arose about the treatment and legal status of its inmates. The military cargo plane that arrived was the sixth flight bringing detainees from the U.S. base at Kandahar in Afghanistan. The detainees wore blackedout goggles and appeared to have their arms strapped to their bodies. U.S. officials say the restraints are needed because some captives have threat ened to kill their American guards. Abortion restrictions criticized On the 29th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision, groups called for Roman Catholic hospitals to ease restrictions on emergency abortions and contraceptive proce dures. The American Civil Liberties Union and MergerWatch said policies at the hospitals infringe on employees and patients with differ ent religious beliefs. The reports note that America's 618 Catholic hospitals serve people of all faiths, including many patients whose bills are paid by Medicaid ahd Medicare. Compiled from Associated Press reports '• c i r\ i t b l u e Riding into the Sunset Tom bstone’s brand new director’s cut DVD heads up a bevy of great new releases from Disney. See Entertainment, Page 16 WORLD & NATION OPINION UNIVERSITY STATE & LOCAL FOCUS SPORTS CLASSIFIEDS COM ICS ENTERTAINMENT High 72 I C O N D IT IO N 3 4 6 7 8 9&10 12&13 14 15&16 Low Toast anyone? Vtatt The DUy fexsm on the Web www.dailytexanonline.com X Page 2 Tuesday, January 2 2 , 2 0 0 2 T h e D a ily T e x a n Sanchez: ‘We have a long wav to go’ Racicot’s law firm position cnticized MLK, from 1 at H u s t o n - ’Tiliotson College. O J • . • • . i ' "T< lay is an op portu nity to c e le the diversity of ou r culture brad and o m m u n ity ," Beal said. D uk e said the fight for ju stice and e q u a lity m ust also con tin u e 36 s d ays a year. "T h is d ay should be a day to truly re c o m m it o u rselv e s to the principles o f equality, |ustice and fre e d om ," she said. The t w o -m ile walk culm inated in a rally where local leaders rem ind ed the c e le b r a tio n 's particip a n ts that, although progress has been made, a great deal more must still be done to continue King's dream. "W e are not there in fairness, we are not there in equality, we are not there in d ignity," said D em ocratic Tony g u b e r n a t o r ia l Sanchez. " W e have a long w ay to go, but we are m oving in the right d irection." c o n t e n d e r M arc h ers also a ck now led g ed the need for e v e ry o n e to continu e p u r suing the ideals of King and said they w e re large and d iv e r se crow d that tu rned up inspired by the s o c i o l o g y " I t 's really e x citin g to see so m any people here for this im p o r tant occasion, said L este r Kurtz, a U T p ro fe s s o r w h o attend ed the celebration. "W e still have a long w a y to go, though, until w e re a liz e the d re a m s of M artin L uth er King." c itiz e n s of O rg a n iz ers e m p h a s iz e d finding w ays to unify the co m m u n ity and re m in d A u stin the in te rcon n e cte d n ess d iv ersity and that e xists a m o n g all races, creeds and n ationalities More than 100 spiritual and c o m m u n ity leaders gathered before the m arch for a " u n i t y b r e a k f a s t ," c o - s p o n s o r e d by the H eritage Council, Austin P o lic e Faith D e p a r t m e n t 's C o m m u n it y N etw o rk and Austin Area Interreligious Ministries. This inaugural event will be used to launch racial reconciliation efforts in Austin. " A u s t i n 's in te r r e lig io u s m i n istries are m ak ing a bold statem ent o f c o u r a g e ," said S u s a n W ills, e x e cu tiv e director of Austin Area " T h e y In te rre lig io u s M in is trie s . MORE TH AN SPRING BREAK Over 3 0 ,0 0 0 people participated in the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day march, which began at Huston-Tillotson College, and ended at the Capitol. e v e n t s . Yen-YI L iu /D a ily Texan S taff are willing to sit dow n at th e table with p e op le who may be d ifferent in terms o f their skin color o r their beliefs and make an effort to listen, to learn and to un d ersta nd ." O th e r n e w e v e n ts th is y e a r include a b lo o d d riv e , sponsored by the D io cese o f A u stin Office of Black C a th o lics, p a y in g tribute to the m en and w o m e n who sacri ficed their liv e s d u rin g the civil rights m o v e m e n t. TSP BOARD MEETING Friday, January 25, 2002 3:00 P.M. TSP Conference Room C3.302 Visitors Welcome We encourage any community member who has any kind of tem porary or permanent disability to contact Texas Student Publications beforehand so thatl appropriate accommodations can be made. Anyone is welcome to attend. 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T h e U n i v e r s i t y o f T e x a s a t A u s t i n 2002 fEmyCovee President Larry R. Faulkner á n d th e Excellence Awards Committee are pleased to announce that nominations are now being accepted for the 2 0 0 2 University of Texas at Austin Employee Excellence Awards. Now in its twenry-third year, this award program is designed to honor and recognize the invaluable contributions of non-teaching personnel to the continuing success o f the University. THE ELxce ‘Awards UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN Core (Purpose: To transform lives for the T>o y o u know a ‘U T ‘A u s t in T m p io y e e b enefit o f society. E d ito r wfw d eserv es special re c o g n it io n ? Please take a few m inutes to co m p lete the n om in ation form . 2002 ‘E m ployee Excellence ‘Awards To assist you w ith selecting your n o m in e e, p lease use the fo llo w in g g u id e lin e s : Eligibility: All non-teaching personnel ,u U T Austin who hold at least half time appointments and who have been employed for a m inim um of two years as of September l, 2 0 0 1, are eligible. Classified employees as well as administrative and professional personnel (C ode 1000) are eligible. Previous recipients who received the award more than five years ago are also eligible. C riteria: I he Excellence Awards Com m ittee is seeking nominations for employees whose outstanding dedication, competence, Name of Nominee: Title: conscientious performance, excellent customer service, or ingenuity Department: has had, or is having, a significant impact on the University. Some A d d r e s s :___________________ _ examples of criteria: 5 iw p o rtin y Statement: Describe the qualities and/or characteristics that prompted your nomination of this employee. Attach an additional page if necessary. constituents. requirements. contributions.) • N om inee has contributed to and demonstrated a com m itm ent to the I niveisity s Core Purpose and Values. • Nom inee has significantly improved customer service or increased customer satisfaction for specific University customers. • N om inee lias significantly improved a work process or system, or has significantly increased the efficiency of an operation or unit. • Nom inee has an exceptional ability to foster collaboration, com m unication, and cooperation among colleagues and I Jniversity • N om inee has performed at a level above and beyond normal job Award: Thirty employees will lie selected and awarded $ 1 ,5 0 0 each. ( I he awards are subject to withholding for taxes and retirement N om ination Process & Deadline: Any University employee may submit a nom ination. T he nom ination should include a completed nom ination form and a supporting statement, no more than two pages in length, describing how the nom inee satisfies the criteria. Send your nom inations via Campus Mail to Excellence Awards C om m ittee, c/o Human Resources Services, J 5600. An electronic version o f the form can lie found at http://www .utexas.edu/staff/excellence/. N om ination deadline is Friday, Feb ru ary 15, 2 0 0 2 , at 5 :0 0 pm . Recipients of the Employee Excellence Award will be notified in mid-April and formally recognized at the Annual Staff Recognition Program on May 1, 2 0 0 2 . I f you have questions about this program, the aw ard criteria, or how to submit nomination materials, please contact Leah Giovan at 471- 8742 or leahgiovan@mail.utexas.edu. N o m in ato r’s Nam e: Sig n atu re:_________ D ep artm en t: Address:__ — ------- Core Values: Learning A carin g Community, all o f us students, helping one another grow. Discovery Exp and in g knowledge and hum an understanding. Freedom T o seek the truth and express it. Leadership T h e will to excel with integrity and the spirit th at nothing is impossible. Individual Opportunity M any options, diverse people and ideas» one University. \ ‘Return domination ‘Form tfirougfi Campus ‘Mail to: E xcellence Awards C o m m ittee c /o H u m an Resource Services J5600 N o m in atio n d ead lin e is Friday, Feb ru ary 1 5 , 2 0 0 2 , a t 5 :0 0 pm Responsibilii T o serve as a catalyst for positive change in Texas and beyond. RACICOT, from 1 D a v id Norcross, R N C c o m m it te e m a n for New Jersey , s a id he h a s spoken with R a cico t a n d h a s b e e n assured that his o b lig a tio n s w it h his law firm w ill n o t i n t e r fe r e w ith R acicot's s e r v ic e a s the c o m m itte e 's chair. H e said it is u n d e r s ta n d a b le t h a t R acico t found e m p lo y m e n t w it h a law firm after he e n d e d h is te r m as governor, and R a c ic o t is tw o n o w obligated to c o m p le te y e a r s w ith th e firm , N o r c r o s s s a id . G ilm ore's recen t r e s ig n a t io n a n d P re sid e n t B u s h 's e n d o r s e m e n t caused an u n lik ely t r a i l of R a c ic o t agreed to fo rg o a n R N C s a la r y to stay on his la w f i r m 's Payroll. " H is reputation is w e ll- k n o w n , a m a n of his w o rd ," N o r c r o s s s a id . "W hat he seeks to d o is to s e r v e u s as volunteer c h a ir m a n , to s e r v e us in the fashion th a t w e all s e r v e , that of a v o lu n te e r." fo r E c o n o m ic Karen H a d d e n , cle a n air coord i n a to r w ith S u s t a i n a b le Energy and D ev e lo p m en t C oalition , sa id R a c ic o t is a bad c h a ir ch o ice because he m a y b e in clin ed to rep resent c lie n ts o t h e r everyd ay citi zens. She sa id s h e d o e s not u n d er stand why, o u t o f a ll possible ca n d id ates, th e p a r t y c h o se a lobbyist fo r their h e a d . c o m m it te e "O n c e m o re w e 'r e seeing an ap p o in tm en t t h a t 's a ll about c o r th e cou n try p o ra tio n s r u n n i n g instead o f a tr u e d em ocracy that also r e p r e s e n ts in terests of everyd ay p e o p l e ," H ad d en said. th e She s a id R a c i c o t 's new easy access to th e p r e s id e n t and d iffer e n t m em b ers o f C o n g re s s presents a con flict o f i n te r e s t because he w ill be e n title d to in sid e inform a tion such as b il l m ovem ent and tco n g re ssio n a l p^lans. She also s a id th e agreem ent he m ade n ot to lo b b y w h ile chairm an is not e n o u g h to sh o w he will not fav or c o r p o r a tio n s o v e r citizens. Rove urges support for faith-based charities ROVE, from 1 A ls o , Rove sa‘^ tke R e p u b lic a n s s h o u ld target the e c o n o m y th is th e u p c o m in g e le ctio n b e c a u s e A m e r i c a n people e x p e r ie n c e d th e s lo w d o w n firsthand a s th e y sa w fe w e r custom ers and le s s s a le s . H e sa id the party m u st d e t e r m in e h o w to best restart g r o w th an d c r e a t e jobs, instead o f f o c u s i n g on lo w e r in g interest rates. crave "A m erican s are p eo p le w h o do an u n e m p lo y m e n t n o t c h e c k . They d esire to h a v e a s t e a d y paycheck, and o u r fo c u s h a s g o t to be on c re a tin g jo b s in th is co u n try he said. H e said his party w ill s e e k to c u t ta x e s to stim u la te b u s in e s s g r o w th and create jo b s. A n energy plan t h a t r e d u c e s d e p e n d e n c e on fo reig n s o u r c e s of e n e r g y and en cou rag es c o n s e r v a t i o n w ill also stim u late th e e c o n o m y , h e said R o v e said unleashing f a ith -b a s e d in stitu tio n s and com m u n ity in s titu tio n s to help n eig h b o rs in n e ed th r o u g h the president's fa ith -b a s e d in itia tiv e is another w ay to s tim u la te th e economy. He sa id th e r e a u th o riz a tio n of the 1995 W e lfa r e Bill W ill h elp people realize th e ir g o a ls life b e c a u s e in... d ep end ency o n th e government. it discourages Tom S m ith , d ir e c to r of Public C itizen T e x a s, s a id h e agrees that the focus o f im p r o v in g the econ o m y shou ld b e o n c re a tin g jobs, not low erin g in t e r e s t ra te s . H o w ev er, h e s a id f a i t h - b a s e d the p re s i d e n t's in itia tiv e , w h ich R o v e e n d o r s e d , contains flaw s th a t w ill s t o p it from accom p lishing a n y th in g con stru ctiv e. "T h e p r o b le m w ith faith -b a sed in itia tiv e s is t h a t it re lie s on local ch a rity to c u r e lo c a l p roblem s, and o ften tim e s e n tire com m uni ties are d e v a s ta te d by a sin gle econ om ic m a l a is e ," h e said. W hen an e n t ir e com m u n ity falls into p o v erty , h e s a id , there's no m oney in th e c h u r c h to help those in need. Sm ith a ls o s a id resigning the 1995 W elfa re B ill w ill not b enefit A m erica n s, as it h a s alread y taken o p p o rtu n itie s a w a y from citizens by failin g to p r o v id e them tra in ing as th ey g e t o f f w elfare. "T h e m y th w a s th a t we w ould train p e o p le a n d g iv e them new jo b sk ills, a n d w e s im p ly have n ot done s o ," h e s a id .'" 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Box D , Austin, TX 78713. ^ m m e r 0 0 6 Yeaf ( ^ Send orde ’ 1/22/02 Monday..........................Wednesday, 4 p.m. Thu rsday................................Monday, 4 p.m. Tuesday......................... Thursday. 4 p m Friday W ednesday.............................. Friday, 4 p.m. “ Tuesday, 4 p.m. y Woíd(í 2 , ^ s ,,am D a Lava sparks explosion in Africa By The Associated Press GOMA, Congo — Lava touched off a massive explosion and a series of fire balls at a gas station Monday, killing at least 30 people scavenging for fuel. Still, residents picked their way across hard ening slabs of lava, returning home to a town demolished by a volcanic erup tion. With most of the tens of thousands who fled last week's eruption already returned, a volcano expert declared the area reasonably safe despite continuing earth tremors. He said there were no indications Mount Nyiragongo would e r u p t again soon and that all lava flows had halted. Residents scoured cooling, tongues of lava for scorched sh e e ts of corrugated iron to use as roofs for makeshift dwellings. Lava destroyed about 40 per cent of Are dty at th e h e a d of Lake Kivu. U.N. officials said th e y were concerned about water and air quality. And the blast a t the gas station M onday morning showed the dangers as residents try tfc m ove in. Lava appar ently igrdtec* fumes of gasoline and diesel fuel at the station, detonating a series of massive fireballs that sent a cloud of jet-black sm oke into the sky. More than a dozen 50-gallon barrels in the station storeroom exploded for hours, sen d in g 100-foot flames skyward and engulfing the building. No bodies were visible outside. People were trying to scoop fuel into containers from the already burned- out station when the first explosion hit. One witness said 50 people were killed, but soldiers from the rebel organization that controls Goma said 30 died, some of them women and children. in the -phere have been unconfirmed reports that as m any as 40 people were killed initial eruption on Thursday, when M ount Nyiragongo — 30 mile8 to the north — sent out streams of lava that destroyed some 14 villages and ran through the center of Goma. Jacques Durieux, a vulcanologist at the French Group for the Study of Active Volcanoes, said the worst of the eruption appeared to be over. He said continuing earthquakes caused by the settling of the area w ere the only threat. "The active phase of the volcanic A fireball and black sm oke billow from downtown Goma, Congo, Monday after lava flows from a volcanic eruption ignit ed a gas station, killing at least 30 people who were trying to syphon fuel from the tanks, witnesses said. eruption is finished," said Durieux, con tracted by the United Nations to assess the situation. In New York, Stephen Johnson of the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said officials were trying to determine w hether the air and w ater were safe for Com a's 500,000 res idents. Johnson said the United Nations expects to appeal Tuesday for $15 mil lion in immediate assistance including food and other items, coordination efforts and future assessments. Laura Melo, spokeswoman for the U.N. World Food Program, said no more than 40,000 of the 300,(XX) people who fled eastward to neighboring Rwanda in the wake of the eruption last week remained there. Others had fled west, deeper into Congo. In Gisenyi, nearby in Rwanda, U.N. emergency relief official Ross Mountain said he would consult with Congolese and Rwandan authorities on how to provide aid to the 10,000 families whose homes were destroyed by lava. He said U.N. officials were reluctant to begin a major aid operation in Goma until the city was considered safe. As residents in Goma checked their homes and searched for materials to rebuild, Rwandan-backed rebel soldiers who control the area fired shots to warn Associated Press looters. Patnck Mazimhaka, Rwanda's envoy to peace talks in Congo's civil war, said Rwanda had sent another arm y battal ion into Goma to help rebels secure the city, adding to the 7,000 Rwandan troops already in Congo. "We owe Congolese people support to get through this," he said. Aaeros Travel Spring Break 7 nts. 2002 Sale!! Mar9-i6 Austin to Cancún Packages starting at $779 p.p. Q u ad o c i upuncy or c h o o se y o u r o w n hotel! fncludes r.i airthre from A ustin, 7 nis hotel ac co m m o d a tio n s, r.t. tra n sfers and all taxes. Book by Jan. 31st and SAVE! call 708-1940 Promised aid for Afghanistan falls short of U.N. hopes By The Associated Press TOKYO — Afghanistan's leader m ade an emotional appeal for aid to rebuild his shattered country, but at a conference of donors on M onday pledges so far fell short of the United Nations' hopes. Afghan Prime M inister Hamid Karzai collected promises of $2.6 bil lion for the next three years on Monday. U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said he hoped for $10 billion over five years, and the United Nations estimates a total of $15 billion w ould be needed over the next decade. Delegates consider this a make-or- break chance for Karzai, who is trying to collect funds while the world's atten tion is still focused on Afghanistan. He assured the delegates that his post-Taliban government was commit ted to free-market policies, advancing hum an rights and wiping out terrorism. O n the first day of the two-day Tokyo conference, the w orld's biggest economic powers rallied behind his message Monday. Secretary of State Colin Powell promised $2% million in the current fiscal year, telling Karzai that “the American people are with you for the long term." Afghanistan is beginning recon struction nearly from scratch. Decades of w ar have all but levelled the coun try's infrastructure; the central bank w as looted; and government employ ees have not been paid for months. Karzai's plea came as he embarked on a world tour to gain support and solidify his power base in Kabul. "I stand before you today as a citi zen of a country that has had nothing but disaster, war, bmtalitv and depri vation for many years," Karzai said. About two-thirds of Afghan adults are illiterate, and nearly 3,(XX) people are maimed by land mines every vear. By Monday night, at least 25 coun tries said they were willing to con tribute money, a Japanese' foreign min istry official said. An overall total was not yet available, he said. Countries can pledge more later, and some were unable to promise money ahead of their ow n government budg et processes. But w ith most big pledges already made, further donations are expected to slow to a trickle. The United States, Japan and the European Union contributed about half of the more than $2.6 billion in pledges. But many other contributioas were small, such as $5 million prom ised by Turkey over five years. Latest Developments • U.S. officials say John Walker Lindh, the Am erican found fighting alongside th« Taliban, will likely leave Tuesday for the United States, where he faces trial on charges of conspiring to kill fellow country men. • A man is arrested in the southern Philippines for allegedly belonging to an . il Qaida-linked group accused of plotting ter ror attacks in Southeast Asia. • U.S. District Court Judge A. 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Opinion Honor MLK: Keep South Mall statues 4 The Daily HAN January 22, 2002 T he Daily T exan Editor Marshall Maher Sen ior Opinion E ditor Brian Wellborn Op inion E ditor Remi Bello Opinion Editor Kris Banks Opinions expressed in The Daily Texan are those of the editor, the Editorial Board or writer of the article. They are not necessari ly those of the University admin Lstration, the Board of Regents or the lexas Student Publications Board of Operating Trustees. VIEWPOINT Otto Must Go If the Bush administration is serious about trying to fight terrorism, then it should immediately withdraw the recess appointment of Otto Juan Reich as assistant secretary of state for Western Hemisphere affairs. Reich's long history of sub verting federal law and dubious associations with anti-Castro terrorists runs contrary to our nation's efforts to route the world of those who seek to use terror as a tool. Specifically, it is Reich's relationship with Cuban-bom terrorist Orlando Bosch that should be of particu lar concern. V4 Bosch, a CIA asset, was first arrested in 1968 for firing a bazooka at Polish freighter in Miami Harbor docked because he believed it was delivering supplies to Cuba. In 1974 he fled to Latin American and formed a mercenary group with ex-CIA officials known as CORU. U.S. authorities suspected Bosch and CORU in dozens of bombings, including the bombing of a Cuban airliner that killed 73 people. Otto Reich: U.S. chief ambassador to Latin America For some reason Reich, himself a staunch anti-Castro activist, helped Bosch try to attain an American visa. U.S. Attorney Joe Whitley obviously denied the request by say ing, "The United States cannot tolerate the inherent inhu manity of terrorism as a way of settling disputes. Appeasement of those who use force will only breed more terrorists." Bosch then entered the country illegally any way. But despite Bosch's despicable record of murder and deceit, former President Bush pardoned Bosch in 1990 at the request of Reich an<^ his own son Jeb. But Reich does have first hand knowledge of high-level government, having already served in the Reagan admin istration in the Office of Public Diplomacy, a shadowy White House office that reported directly to the National Security Council and Lt. Col. Oliver North. In 1987, the Republican-appointed Comptroller General found that Reich's office was involved in "prohibited covert propa ganda activities" not against foreign countries, but against Americans. That's right, Reich was using our own tax dollars to devise secret covert activities aimed at tricking Americans into supporting the U.S.-backed Contras in Nicaragua. The findings also concluded that Reich's activities went "beyond the range of acceptable agency public informa tion activities." The House Foreign Affairs Committee filed a 1988 report on Reich's activities that found "senior CIA officials with background in covert operations, as well military intelli gence and psychological operations specialists from the Department of Defense were deeply involved in establish ing and participating in a domestic political and propa ganda operation." It continued, "This network raised and funneled money to off-shore bank accounts in the Cayman Islands or to the secret Lake Resources bank account in Switzerland for disbursement at the direction of Oliver North." In addition to Reich's storied career of unleashing prop aganda on Americans, he was a central player in the Iran- Contra scandal. A scandal that involved an illegal smug gling ring where high-ranking government officials were selling arms — and drugs — to raise money for congres- sionally prohibited terrorist activities in Nicaragua in an effort to topple the democratically elected Sandinista gov ernment. Most of Latin America is concerned about Reich's appointment as well — and rightfully so. Reich has consis tently funneled all policy decisions and ideas regarding Latin American through a decidedly anti-Castro prism. Many worry about Reich's "Cubanization" of America's policies toward the countries to our south. Farmers and lawmakers from agricultural states should be concerned about Reich's hard-line stance toward Cuba and his stated goals of maintaining and strengthening of our economic embargo of Cuba. Many countries see Reich's obsession with Cuba as a distraction from much more important hemispheric issues — like the collapse of Argentina. Perhaps Reich's fixation on Castro and Cuba stem frorfi the fact that Reich was the president of the U.S.-Cuba Business Council, a quasi-govemmental lobby formed under the umbrella of Bacardi, a rum company that had a distillery expropriated by Castro in 1959. Reich's council has received at least $3 million from the U.S. government and $600,000 from Bacardi. But expecting a propaganda artist to be ashamed about an obvious conflict of interest issue is laughable. There is really no conceivable argument to allow Reich's recess appointment to continue past the next term of Congress, as specified in the Constitution. Knowing full- well Reich stood no chance of being confirmed by Congress, Bush decided to rush him into office with a recess appointment — something the GOP took particular joy in lambasting Clinton for. Congress should act swiftly and decisively when the next opportunity to rescind or withdraw Reich from his post becomes available. Reich has displayed contempt for the rule of law, a soft spot for terrorists and a willingness to hijack foreign policy for his own financial gain. Lawmakers made a serious mistake by not allowing Reich a nomination hearing and voting him down resoundingly. Now is the time to correct that mistake. On the Web The National Security Archive maintained by George Washington University. Contains declassified National Security Documents about Otto Reich. http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB40/ By Monty Markland Daily Texan Columnist Every year, on the third Monday of January, we are rem inded of the life and dreams of Dr. M artin Luther King, J r . And every year, the legions of politi cal correctness rem ind us how far away our society is from King's dreams. The New Y ork Fire Department announced Saturday that plans for a statue inspired by the now-fam ous photograph of three firefighters, rais ing a U.S. flag at Ground Zero, have been scrapped. The m onum ent fell victim to the advocates of h isto rica l revisionism , when it was revealed that the statue would depict a racially-modified group of firefighters raisin g the flag. According to The New York Times, over 1,000 New York firefighters signed a petition opposing installation of the "racially-revised" statue. The sad story that played out to its inevitable co n clu sio n this w eekend illustrates the d an gers of historical revisionism and com m unity tyranny. Instead of uniting behind the con struction of an inspirational, historical ly accurate m onum ent, we are witness to bilious conflict, and attempts to color history by the num bers. its The U niversity has withstood own radical attem pts of social dem oli tion in the recent past. During the 2001 Legislative Session, Rep. Lon Burnam , D-Fort Worth, filed House Bill 953. B u rnam 's intent was to require the rem oval and disposal of the South Mall statues. The statues in question depict lead ers of the C onfederacy and they have been a constant target for the cohorts of the radical left for many years. Burnam 's bill encouraged the UT System Board of Regents to arrange for the disposal of the statues "in any other way considered appropriate." To its credit, th e Legislature showed some sense; B u rnam 's bill didn't make it out of com m ittee. King's words shed light on the solu tion to our problem s: "I have a d ream that my four chil dren will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character." Amen. Americans should never be judged by the color of th eir skin — nor should New York firefighters. That is why th e UT System Board of THE FIRING LINE Inventive UT economics The University is pressed for money, eh? A few ideas: How about we hold an auction on the South Mall lawn and finally rid ourselves of those egregious statues of racist slave owners? Or what if we opt not to invite a war criminal (Powell, Kissinger) to come speak this year? Also, we could forge a tribute to President Faulkner while cutting down on utility costs if w e were to simply drain all the water from Littlefield Fountain and replace it with undiluted foolishness. Trying to pull a fast one on his students, now that is foolish. Jordan Buckley Sociology/Spanish Sophomore Pass the fee on Something is not right regarding the (proposed) fee increase. Everyone can see that. However, it is going to happen. Fee increase proposals result in fee increases. The public hearing to discuss this tomor row is just for show. It has probably already been decided. Recognizing that this fee hike is going to happen, there is one way that it should happen. Students who matriculate to the University do so with the expectation that things will continue relatively unchanged during their stay at the University. Someone who wants to study English assumes that the English department will continue to be there while they are a stu dent. Families look at their finances, the cost of the education, and make a decision regarding its affordability before commit ting to come here. The cost of the University makes it more or less attractive to prospective students when comparing the University to other universities. Thus, it is dishonest to the student body to sud denly increase fees in a manner that will affect the students that are already here. The solution is to begin this fee increase effective with next year's incoming class without increasing the fees of the students currently enrolled at the University. Prospective students will have the oppor tunity to make a decision regarding the affordability of U T before they commit to and begin their education here. It is unfair and dishonest to the current student body to do otherwise. Rob Henneke UT School of Law Don’t dismiss the fee Sadly, the discussion of the proposed infrastructure fee has fallen behind a cloud of fancy rhetoric about legislatures, education codes and the like. Hidden is the real issue, namely, who should pay? In truth, those w ho oppose the fee do not Regents should, at their February meet ing, discuss and pass a resolution sup porting the retention o f all historical monuments on UT System campuses. Such a resolution w ould provide substantial obstacle to politically m oti vated revisionism. The most significant revisionism in recent memory occurred under the watch of former Gov. G eorge W. Bush. During the 2000 presidential prim ar ies, Bush came under fire for support ing a state-rights stance on the removal o f Confederate symbols. A few short weeks later, two plaques on the Texas Supreme C ourt building were whisked away in the night. One plaque bore the image of a Confederate flag, and a- quote from Robert E. Lee; the other depicted a C onfederate seal. Failure to publicly and enthusiasti cally support the preservation of the history of this great state will leave our cam pus open to mob revisionism for decades to come. Under different circumstances, given dire changes in political climate, even King could find his statue in jeopardy. In reflecting on events in Nazi Germany during the years 1933-1939, Reverend M artin N iem oller (1892 - 1984) penned these im mortal words: "In Germany they cam e first fo r the Communists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist. Then they came fo r the Jews, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew. Then they cam e fo r the trade unionists, and I didn't speak up because 1 wasn't a trade unionist. Then they came fo r the Catholics, and I didn't speak up because I was a Protestant. Then they came fo r me, and by that time no one was left to speak." N iem oller's words should forever haunt those w ho would turn a blind eye to the tyranny of the mob and their irrational, reactionary, dam aging revi sionism. King's memory should encourage all of us to shun the shallow pools of thought waded by dem agogues and do-gooders, and come to logical con clusions based upon our own reasoned thought. If w e adhere to reason, heed King and N iem oller's warnings, then our history will be secure, our statues will rem ain standing, our liberty u nfet tered, and our progress undettered. Then there w ill alw ays be som eone left to speak. Markland is an RTF/history senior do so because the Board of Regents is act ing on its own to forward an agenda, but rather because this agenda does not agree with their own. Suppose that instead of a fee increase, the regents were seeking to lower tuition costs. Surely some would question the legality of such a move, but the criticism would come from a different camp. Let's be honest, how many of those now in opposition would oppose a simi lar move by the regents to lower tuition fees on any grounds, legal or otherwise? With or without the fee increase, students still pay only a fraction of the actual cost of their education, while a sizeable por tion of the remaining burden falls on Mr. and Mrs. Taxpayer. Nevertheless, a dis cussion of this proposed fee is warranted by no means is this a clear-cut issue — it should be open and honest. but Focusing on the legality of the regents' action is misleading and is an inconsistent position taken by many of those in oppo sition. Eric Spiess Economics graduate student They’re Texas, w e're not Larry Faulkner says the University needs $119-8 million over the next few years to keep our buildings from crum bling. He says that we students, have to foot that bill, as well as paying an addi tional $33-7 million to create scholarships. These scholarships will help pay the $120 million for students who can't afford to pay their share. In other news, the University is a few dollars short of its $1 billion fundraising goal. Right now, UT has raised $950 mil lion with the "We're Texas" campaign. To me, the solution to the 'budget crisis' seems simple ... find more donors. $120 million is a lot of money, but it seems manageable when compared to $950 mil lion. I think that "We're Texas" can raise an additional $120 million. After all, iFs only a 12.5 percent increase over whaFs been raised so far. The "We're Texas" Web page states one of the campaign's goals as "providing state-of-the-art facilities for our faculty and students." This sounds remarkably similar to the "repair and renovation" purpose of the proposed infrastructure fee. So President Faulkner, I ask you this: Why not use the "We're Texas" money already raised to meet the University's most pressing needs? Then raise a little extra, and everyone's happy. The students don't have to pay the $119 million (or the $34 million scholarship fee), and "We're Texas" still has a full billion-dollar bank account for you to spend. Stephen Daspit Business sophomore Enron reinforces capitalism Enron fell because they deceived their shareholders, mismanaged finances and engaged in fraudulent practices. As the public reflects their somewhat unexpect ed demise, we should note that in any mature capitalist economy, that is exactly GALLERY what should happen. Companies that deceive the public and their clients will ultimately fail under cap italism, as there is no big brother to pull them off the sidewalk. What capitalism is not is the plethora of government subsi dies to prop dying firms in order to pro tect certain politicians. That is known as socialism, where the government inter feres with the economy. Varying fqrms of socialism merely increase or decrease the gravity of the sit uation. We are not fortunate to live in a capitalist society. Merely, we live in a semi-free economy hindered by varying forms of socialism. Moreover, "campaign finance reform" is another gussied up form of socialism. When the government stops subsidiz ing farmers to grow less and stops bailing out impotent companies for poor mana gerial decisions, only then can one expect unions, farmers and conglomerates to stop stuffing the pockets of politicians (for now they have no reason to cozy up to politicians). If you expect to get the money out of politics, first get the politics out of money. The specious claim is that Enron's collapse warrants more govern ment meddling. However, Enron's lesson should dictate that capitalism is the only just and moral economy. Arpan Sura Computer science/Philosophy freshman No fault with Bush Matt Howell was right on the money with his remarks about President Bush in his Thursday column (Enron proof cam paign reform unneeded, Jan. 17). Critics and the national media are poised and ready to stamp "scandal" on Bush's forehead if and when more details about the Enron situation become available. However, Bush is in a no-win situation. Let7 s assume that he did know about the Enron collapse in advance. If he does help Enron pull things together, he would be labeled as a sellout, only willing to help the biggest financial supporter of his cam paign and a fellow Republicans. However, if he doesn't inter vene, then he is heralded as an uncaring president that will not take the steps nec essary to revive a major company in a struggling economy. supporter of Get real. Bush made the right decision. Those responsible for the largest corpo rate bankruptcy in America will now be held accountable, as they should. If the government had intervened, Ken Lay and the other Enron execs would be back to their old tricks, all the while knowing that still nobody would be looking over their shoulder. Now that's something you can shake a cigar at. David Waldo Mathematics freshman T h e D a i l y T e x a n Tuesday, January 22, 2002 Page 5 Additional student oversight requested in SG fee proposal SG, from 1 UT President Larry Faulkner said the students presented a well thought-out alternative proposal. "I think we had a full and careful dis cussion that included other possibilities," Faulkner said. "They're being very thoughtful, and I respect that." The proposal asks the administration to increase student representation in the creation and implementation of new stu dent fees, analyze its spending habits in relation to the state of the economy, and work actively to ensure that students are not disenfranchised by the fee. The proposal also requests the reacti vation of the Student Fee Oversight Committee. Created in 1993 by former UT President Robert Berdahl, the com mittee was composed of students from SG, the Cabinet of College Councils and the Graduate Student Assembly. These students along with four faculty mem bers selected by the administration, would review financial affairs and advise the administration. The proposal calls for the creation of the President's Planning Commission on New Student Fees, a committee that would have the power to participate in the developmental process and approve a new student fee. Students also requested that money generated from the fee be used on specif ically designated projects such as the development of Speedway Mall, erecting a statue that represents minonty groups on campus, and beginning a campaign to actively recruit underrepresented student groups. The PSAC student members and the administration seemed receptive to reaching a compromise, Hammond said. "[The proposal] was well-planned, well-orchestrated and well-researched," Hammond said. "We feel like the partner ship is something the administration will embrace." Elliott Kruppa, PSAC member, said he felt administrators were apologetic about their failure to include student input and are making a genuine effort to collabo rate with students. "I'm happy about the effort adminis trators are making to keep an ear open to our opinions. I felt [Faulkner] was very excited about our input," said Kruppa, a finance junior. "He said he would do as much as he could to get our feedback." Faulkner added that he will present the students' ideas to the Budget Council Wednesday and continue to negotiate the fee with students next week. James Vick, vice president of student affairs; Sheldon Ekland-Olson, executive vice president and provost; and Kevin Hegarty, vice president and chief finan cial officer, also attended the meeting. The following are suggestions from a Student Government proposal to UT President Larry Faulkner, regarding the proposed infrastructure fee. 1. The fee be used for designated projects such as the development of Speedway Mall and the erection of a statue commemorating leaders from underrepresented cultures. 2. Give an increased percentage of the fee to need-based scholarship recipients to ensure no student is disenfranchised by the financial burden created by the fee. 3. The University analyze its spend ing trends in relation to the current state of the economy. 4. Increase student representation by creating the President’s Planning Commission of New Student Fees, a committee that would have the power to participate in the develop ment and approval of any new stu dent fee. 5. Students and the administration create a partnership to lobby for increased funding for higher educa tion before the Texas Legislature. Source: Student Government propos. Students' Response il, Partnership tor the \ uturc: the Proposed increase ‘necessary,’ regents say REGENT, from 1 "Those things are not alw ays clear, but everything we do will be legal and proper," he said. "I know we have some flexibility on setting some fees." Regent Robert Estrada said he is also unclear about the legal power limitations of the board. "I'm assum ing we will have some additional legal guidance before voting in February," he said. "I certainly would not want to vote on something that might be reversed on the legal side later on." But E strada said som ething needs to be done about the reno vation needs of the University* and sooner rather than later. "I think it is very critical that the University of Texas at Austin get money for its infrastructure n eed s," he said. "I'm a firm believer that the longer you wait to fix something, the more it will cost later on." Regent Judith Craven said the fee is necessary because the state is givin g the U niversity less funding each year. and how reasonable "I think the rationale for the fee is the amount w as derived was legiti m ate," she said. "I know it places an additional burden on the stu dents but our funding must come from multiple sources with less and less coming from the state." Regent Cyncli Taylor Krier said she wants to hear more options to the fee before she can oppose or su ppo rt it. Krier attended the student fee hearing held on cam pus last Thursday to hear differ ent opinions of the fee. "I am still trying to get input," she said. "I found the hearing helpful and I hope to have more op portu nities like that before next m onth's meeting. I am will ing to listen to p ro p o sals for alternative sources of revenue." (0 (ft ° 0) o 0 ( f t ■ 3 co c CD X CD (ft Í ft) (ft E ó • “ o M - CD a ~o 3 2P 5 It used to be the end of a great night. 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Longhorns set for off-season surgery
By Jeff Sturdevant
Daily Texan Staff
The inevitable w ear and tear of a long season has
taken a toll on three Texas football players. Wide
receiver Roy W illiams, defensive end K alen Thornton
and linebacker Derrick Johnson will each undergo su r
gery this w eek to repair injuries su stain ed d u rin g the
2001 season.
W illiams, w ho cau gh t 67 p asse s for 836 y ard s and
seven touchdow ns d u rin g his soph om ore seaso n will
u ndergo su rgery on Friday to repair bone sp u rs in his
left ankle. W illiam s w ill m iss sprin g drills, which begin
Feb. 25, but is expected to rejoin the team for sum m er
w orkouts.
H is 67 catches last seaso n w as the second-best m ark
p osted in Texas history, and the 836 vards w as seventh
best. The sophom ore receive! ended the year on a high
note, hauling in 11 receptions for 114 y ard s in Texas
47-43 win over W ashington in the H oliday Bowl.
W illiam s also earned firsf-team A ll-Big 12 honors last
season.
Thornton, m eanw hile, d iscovered he tore his anteri
or cruciate ligam ent in h i s right knee as a result of an
MR1 taken follow ing the H oliday Bow l.
He will also undergo surgery on Friday, and is
expected to need s i x to eight m onths for rehabilitation,
leaving him out of sp rin g drills. H e is expected to
return for preseason w orkouts. Thornton had 20 q u ar
terback p ressu res, 44 tackles, 11 tackles for loss and
fou r sack s du ring 2001.
Joh n son w as also injured d uring the H olid ay Bowl
gam e in which he w as n am ed m ost valu able p lay er on
defen se, after recording seven tackles, a sack an d an
interception. Joh n son cam e u p with the sack an d inter
ception in the fourth q u arter to help secure Texas'
com e-from -behind effort in the H oliday Bow l.
The Big 12 D efensive Freshm an of the Year injured a
fin ger on his right h an d d u rin g the gam e, and is set to
h ave surgerv on Saturday. 1 le is expected to be back for
sp rin g drills. Johnson ended the 21)01 seaso n with 83
tackles, 13 tackles for loss and 4.5 sacks.
Horns topple Huskers
Sooners hand
Texas first loss
O klahom a's quickness countered Texas’ size, forcing 2 4 Texas
turnovers in Saturday’s 89-69 loss. It was Texas’ first Big 12 loss.
Associated Press
Texas looks to bounce
back against Missouri
By Mercedes Parker
Daily Texan Staff
Texas cou ldn 't find an sw ers for O k lah om a's g u a r d s on
S atu rd ay in an 89-69 loss. Now, the Horns are left with the
qu estion o f w hether or not they can bounce back and av o id an
u p se t bv unranked M issouri T u esday night.
T he friendly confines o f the Erw in Center — w here the
H orns are 8-1 this season — are w here Texas will get its shot
at M issou ri. But it w as in the hostile Noble Center in N orm an,
O kla., w here Soon er g u a r d s h eld a 64-20 a d v a n ta g e on
Saturday.
The O klahom a backcourt o f Stacey Dales, L aN eish ea C aufield
and R osalind Ross netted 21,19 and 10 points respectively, help
ing then-No. 3 O klahom a (15-2, 5-1 Big 12) to an 89-69 victory
over Texas.
T exas freshm an K ala B ow ers w as just abou t the only
Longhorn p layer to see action in the backcourt, sc o rin g a
career-high 17 points.
The d efeat w as the first conference loss for then-N o. 12
Texas (13-3, 5-1) and the H orn s' w orst loss in their 17-game
se rie s with the Sooners.
"W e need to take care of the basketball," C o n rad t said to
KVET radio. "O u r defense w a s pretty good until the second
h a l f ... then they m ade us p ay for it. They put a d a g g e r in your
heart."
A s m uch as Texas cou ldn 't get things going on the ou tside,
if had nearly as many p ro b lem s on the inside. E ven with
Step h en s finish ing with 20 p o in ts and 12 b o ard s — her sev
enth dou ble-dou ble of the se a so n and fifth in the last seven
games — Texas had trouble gettin g the ball into her h an ds.
The H orn s were also ou t-rebou n ded for only th e second
tim e this season, with O k lah om a ow ning a 37-32 ad v a n tag e.
T urnovers were another problem for Texas, as the H orn s com
mitted 24 to 13 for the Soon ers.
With ab o u t 10:30 left in the first half, neither team h ad led
by m ore than tw o points. But aro u n d the five-m inute m ark,
O U 's R o ss Jut a three-pointer to give the Soon ers a 7-point
lead. T exas freshm an 1 leather Schreiber, who finish ed with 16
points, an sw ered with a three-pointer of her own, an d tw o free
throw s by senior Tracy C ook brough t Texas within tw o, 26-24.
Step h en s scored the H orn s' last nine points of the half, but
Yen-Yi Liu 'D a i , Te« in S ta ff
Texas toward Brian Boddicker blocks a Nebraska player’s shot in the Longhorns’ 77-66 win Saturday. Texas blocked six shots in the victory.
Reserves play major role in Longhorn
By Chad Thomas
Daily Texan Staff
W hen q u e stio n s arose concerning
how the Texas m en's basketball team
could perform w ithout injured forw ard
C h ris O w ens, the rem ain der of the
H orn s' starting cast step p ed up to lead
Texas on a five-gam e win streak.
But w hen 25 m inutes of slu g gish
p lay a g a in st N e b rask a forced head
coach Rick Barnes to sit those sam e
starters — T.J. Ford, Jam es Thom as,
and Brandon M outon — it w as the
Texas bench that had to step up to keep
the streak alive.
"W e're a tough team ," center Jaso n
Klotz said. "[C h ris O w ens] went dow n,
and it's a terrible thing. People were
like, 'They're done, they're out of the
race.' But w e're still getting it done.
W ithout C.O., and even with T.J. out,
w e still get it done. We've g o t a lot of
an sw ers in a lot of p laces."
T hose an sw ers cam e in the form of
Klotz, Fredie W illiam s, and S vd m ill
H arris, w ho keyed a 12-0 T exas run in
the second h alf to bring the I lorn s back
from a 10-point deficit.
N ebraska narrow ly led 32-31 at the
th ree-point
half, but u sed
streak y
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Texas track dominates at Houston Invitational
Gardner leads Horns in season opener Robinson posts NCAA provisional qualijying time
By Hunter Taylor
Daily Texan Staff
A s the H orn s opened u p the seaso n , head coach
B ubba Thornton described this m eet a s a g au g e to
see w here h is team w as in the year. But w hile the
m en 's track fan s m ight be in aw e o f the H orns'
H o u ston Invitational title, Bubba Thornton m ay
not have been as equ ally im pressed.
"We got to evaluate a lot of people today, and we got
a good feel for where w e are," Thornton said. "We still
have to im prove in every area of our performance."
The H orn s com piled 96 poin ts an d w ere led in
in d ivid u al points by junior Tre Gardner. G ardn er
took first, m ovin g u p to third on U T 's all-tim e list
in the 60-m eter d ash w ith a tim e o f 6.68. Senior
A m ar Joh n son, w ho h o ld s the U T record for fastest
60-m eter tim e, finished third in the even t with 6.82.
Gardner also placed third in the long jum p (23^61 / 4),
while sophom ore teammate Jason Ward w on the event
with a leap of 24-7 3/4. This w as Ward's first time to
compete in Longhorn colors since he transferred from
Arkansas.
Junior Jermaine Cooper cruised through, the 60-
meter hurdles with a time of 7.84, and junior Reggie
Griffith won the shot put title with a throw of 55-61/2.
The only other first-place finisher w as sophom ore
Nick Talley who tied for the top honor in the high
jum p with a 6-9 jump.
"Tre Gardner, Jerm aine C ooper, A m ar Johnson
an d Jaso n Ward all had great o u tin gs," Thornton
said. "We sh ow ed a lot of confidence today."
Other H orns placing in the m eet w ere freshm en
Jaso n G ou ld finishing second in the m ile (4:19.72),
Steve M etting finishing third in the 5,000-meter run
(16:05.64), Einar H jartarson finish ing third in the
h igh ju m p (6-7) and Ryan P onsonby finishing
fourth in the 800-m eter rurt (1:55.87).
"We ju st wanted to see where w e w ere right now ,"
head coach Bubba Thornton said. "I w as extrem ely
p leased with the perform ance level we d isp lay ed ."
The H orns return to action next Saturday, Jan. 26,
w hen the men travel to Baton Rouge, La., to com
pete in the Louisiana State U niversity Invitational.
"W e're off to a goo d start right now, but w e'v e
still got a long w ay to go ," Thornton said .
By Jared Vitemb
Daily Texan Staff
The Texas w om en's track and field
team continued its success this season
with a first-place finish at the Houston
Invitational. On Saturday, the Longhorns,
led by junior M oushaum i Robinson,
scored 116 points to take home a team title
for the second week in a row'.
Robinson, a preseaso n All-Am erican,
w on the 400-m eter d ash and ran anchor
on the H orn s' victorious 4x400-m eter
relay team .
The junior from C olu m bu s, Ohio,
recorded an N C A A provisional q u alify
ing time in the 400-meter, but w as not
com pletely satisfied with the results.
"I'd feel better if 1 had qualified auto
matically," Robinson said. "B ut I did
prove to m yself that 1 can run a good time
on this track, and that is a good thought
going into the rest of the season."
R ob in so n 's time dot's not gain her an
au tom atic berth in the national ch am pi
o n sh ip s on M ay 29 in Baton Rouge, but
it d o e s g iv e her the chance to receive a
provision al berth from the N C A A s.
"I think that my time is really going
to drop, and I'm really looking forw ard
to get ready and take on som e other
track team s later on in the seaso n ,"
Robinson said.
Robinson said im provement will come
through specific changes suggested to her
by Texas head coach Beverly Kearney.
"I need to becom e m ore m entally
tou gh and becom e m ore o f a com peti
tor, an d alw ays get on the line to race
dow n to the wire, no m atter w hat,"
R obinson said.
ju n io r Aleah W illiams captu red first
in the 60-m eter with a tim e o f 7.53 sec
ond*' to win for the second tim e this
year, and seem ed prim ed to q u alify for
the national cham pionsh ips.
ju n io r Erin Sim s also ran her best race
o f the year to win the mile with a time of
4:56.49, and Jenna Vaughan broke her
ow n Texas record in the pole vau lt with
a m ark of 11 feet, 11-3/4 inches.
But it w as Robinson w ho e arn e d the
only qualification, p rovisio n al or au to
matic, for the team. In track an d field, f
team s d on 't qualify for the national
ch am p ion sh ip s — in d iv id u als qualify
by m eeting stan dard tim es set by the
N C A A .
R ob in son feels that the team as a
w hole will im prove and m ore o f her
team m ates will qualify for the trip to
Baton R ouge later in the year.
"W e have the talent to get w here we
want to b e," Robinson said. "W e need
to get m ore m entally p re p are d to go
out an d leave it all out on the track,
every tim e."
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Sampras winless in last 21 tournaments
By The Associated Press
M E L B O U R N E, Australia — A nother tour
nam ent turned irto one m ore d isappoint
ment for Pete Sam pras, w hose w inless streak
now stretches to 21 events.
M arat Safin hurt Sam pras wuth his pow er
gam e early, and then held off a late com e
back bid by the Grand Slam K ing to advance
to the quarterfinals at the A ustralian O pen
with a 6-2, 6-4, £-7 (5), 7-6 (8) v ictory
M onday night.
Satin saved two set points in the final
tiebreaker befo re finishing Sam pras off.
D uring the three-hour, thirty three-m inute
m atch, b oth players were upset by som e line
calls, and the norm ally reserved Sam pras
vented h is frustration at a spectator at on e
juncture in the second set.
"I w as one point away from tying it u p ,"
said Sam pras, who is w inless since capturing
W im bled o n
in 2000 for his record 13th
G rand Slam tournam ent title.
He h a d been fav o red h e re a fte r the fiv e
to p -s e e d e d m en w ent o u t b e fo r e th e
th ird ro u n d T h at left S a m p ra s an d S a fin
as the o n ly p la y ers w ith G ra n d S lam
title s s till p lay in g . And S a fin p re v a ile d ,
lu st as h e did in the final o f the 2 0 0 0 U .S.
O p en .
"H e played a great match," Sampras said.
"H e set the tone early, and I got off to a real
ly bad start. ... It's disappointing, because I
thought the longer the match went on, the
momentum was going my way. And the
crowd got me definitely more into the
match."
O ne quarterfinal matchup that7s set has
seventh-seeded Tommy Haas, the highest-
in the tournament,
ranking player still
against former-No. 1 Marcelo Rios, the 1998
Australian runner-up.
Haas beat No. 11 Roger Federer 7-6 (3), 4-6,
3-6, 6-4, 8-6, and Rios defeated No. 23
Nicolas Lapentti 7-5, 6-1, 6-4.
P e te S a m p ra s re tu rn s a b a ll d u rin g his loss M onday.
A ssociated Press
Longhorn bench leads Texas to victory over Huskers
BENCH, from 9
shootin g fro i s
build its biggest :
n-footer Brian C onklin to
id at 41-31.
After a p air of s ores from Royal Ivey pulled
the H ornt' within six, K lotz converted a three-
point p ía’ hitting a tw o-footer and a foul shot.
On the H orns' next possession, W illiam s
d rew a foul and san k tw o free throw's to d raw
Texas w ithin one.
After a N ebraska turnover, H arris pulled up
from the left w ing and drilled a three that p u t
Texas on top 43-41.
"I thought our ben ch w as terrific," Barnes
said o f his Texas reserves, w ho outscored the
H u skers' bench 34-8.
With the un expected extra playing time,
W illiam s said that h e had to provide a spark
on defense in the second half.
Ironically, W illiam s' defense provided an
offensive spark. T h e senior guard cam e up
w ith three steals th at led to a fast break lay-up
and forced tw o N ebraska fouls, tw ice sending
Texas to the line.
In addition to his steals, W illiam s tallied 10
points, six boards, and four assists.
Klotz, m eanw hile, finished w ith nine points
and eight rebound s — both career highs.
"I think this w'as m y most com plete gam e,"
Klotz said.
H arris put up 8 points, 6 of w hich cam e on
crucial three-point shots. But H arris' contribu
tion cam e on ly after he resolved his w ardrobe
dilem m a.
"S y d forgot his jersey," Barnes said. "I put
him in seven m inutes into the gam e, and he
didn't have a jersey on. Most guys put their
jerseys on after shoot-around, but he forgot."
Forward Brian Boddicker also came off tjie
bench
to add seven points and seven
rebounds, forcing the Nebraska defense to
guard the perimeter.
"The way they were playing defense, we
needed to have Brian on the floor to stretch
their defense," Barnes said.
Boddicker also restricted the shooting of
Conklin and finished 5-of-6 from the free
throw line.
Homs overcome hot-shooting Huskers
HOOPS, from 9
questionable ignited them to a 12-0
run down the stretch.
spanned ov er sev en m inutes.
'onklin and som e of these
ers likt
o th e r
like to run off
jys, they
screens and shoot o u tsid e ," Klotz
said . "It's tough to guard them ,
becau se you have to run a lot more,
and it w ears you dow n throughout
the gam e. But if you can guard peo
ple like that, you can guard any
team ."
Texas trailed 32-31 at halftim e,
but fell into a rut early in the second
half as N ebraska opened up w ith
three con secu tiv e three-pointers.
"W e show ed a lot of resiliency in
the fact that w hen we went d ow n by
10, I w as determ ined not to call a
tim eout," Barnes said. "I was going
to m ake those guys play through it."
A nd they did.
Texas began d efending better, as
N ebraska m issed five three-point
ers d u rin g a 16-3 Longhorn run that
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"It w as real hard for us to defend
them, bu t we knew our focus of the
gam e w as to guard the three-point
line," W illiam s said.
The H uskers hit five consecu tiv e
three-pointers ov er the next three
m inutes to clim b ahead 61-55 w ith
6:41 left to play.
six,
After Brian B od d ick er's layup g ot
*the H orn s w ith in
guard
Brandon M outon m ade a steal and
drove dowm the court on a fast
break. B ut he w as w histled for a
charge w ith 5:36 on the clock, which
sent the 10,124 at the Erw'in C enter
into a choru s of boos.
But the call
the H orn s found
Jam es Thomas, who led Texas
with 15 points and nine rebounds,
got his team within a point after
converting a three-point play.
Seconds later, Williams made a
steal and drove down the court for
an easy layup, which gave the
Horns the lead for good at 62-61.
Texas has now won all five games
it has played without Chris Owens.
And at 4-0 in conference, the Horns
are tied with Kansas for first place
in the Big. 12.
Texas' next game is Wednesday
night at the Erwin Center against
Texas A&M (7-11,1-3).
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Oklahoma w ent on a late 10-0 »un as
Texas went into the locker room
down nine, 42-33.
O nce again in a familiar situation
— Texas has been down at the half
in four out of its last five games —
the Hom s made an early run to start
the second half, going on a 6-0 run
to pull within three. But Dales hit a
bucket to start a 14-7 m n for the
Soohers.
Schreiber hit another three to put
Texas within four, 50-46, with 13:13
to play. But Texas continued with
turnover problems, and Oklahoma
continued to take advantage. The
Sooners turned 24 Texas turnovers
into 26 points by the end of the
game.
O klahoma took a nine-point lead
on a three-pointer by Dales just
before the nine-minute mark and
never looked back.
Texas was riding a six-game win
streak going into the matchup, with
its last loss coming against Penn
State on Dec. 21. The Horns
rebounded from that loss to handily
defeat Ohio 87-66.
Missouri (12-4, 3-2) comes into the
m atchup having only w on one
game in the eight-game series with
Texas. The lone win came last sea
son in a 68-52 upset in Columbia.
"W e have to bounce back in a
hurry," Conradt told KVET radio
after the game. "This is our shortest
turnaround yet, and against a good
Missouri team ."
Scoreboard
NBA
Charlotte 111, New York 68
Atlanta 98, Houston 91
Seattle 109, Philadelphia 9 8
Dallas 113, Now Jersey 106
Milwaukee 97, Detroit 79
Indiana 93, Chicago 81
Utah 1 01, Golden State 99
Minnesota 105, Washington 101
Miami 95, Cleveland 5Í3
Boston 106, Toronto 97
Memphis at Sacramento, late
Denver at t.A. Clippers, late
N H L
St. Louis 4, Boston 3
Florida 7, Montreal 5
Vancouver 7, Carolina 5
Dallas 5, Columbus 3
Pittsburgh 5, Philadelphia 2
Tampa Bay 3, New Jersey 2
Phoenix 1, Nashville 0
San Jose 4, Edmonton 3
Buffalo at Colorado, late
Los Angeles at Anaheim, late
NCAA Basketball
MEN S TOP 25
(6) Oklahoma 84, (20) Missouri 71
WOMEN’S TOP 25
(1) Connecticut 80, Notre Dame 53
Wake Forest 65, (20) N. Carolina 64
BRIEFS
Texas tennis wins
opening tournament
The Texas men's tennis team
kicked off the spring season this
weekend at the 2001 M et/Rice
Indoors in Houston. Texas came
close to walking away with wins
in the final round of both divisions
of the split-division tournament.
No. 2-seeded Division B play
er Roger Gubser fell to Daniel
Scholten of TCU in the finals
bracket (3-6, 7-6, 7-6). Despite
his early lead in the first set,
Gubser dropped the last two sets
in tiebreakers.
In Division A, senior transfer
Rodrigo Echagaray left Houston
with a victory in the * tourna
m ent's singles consolation finals.
Echagaray, who was the tour
ney's No. 7 seed, completed a
four-match winning streak after
recovering from his loss in the
first round of the main draw.
Echagaray defeated Jarin Skube
of Texas A & M (6-1, 7-5).
Compiled by Kelsey Scroggins
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it. We encourage letters from our readers.
Here’s how we can be reached:
■ E-mail: dtsports@utxvms.cc.utexas.edu
■ Voice: 512-232-2210
■ Postal: PO Box D, Austin TX 78705
W HO?
✓ All full-time U T students (female)
WHAT?
i / Participate in try-outs to walk-on to the
2002 W om en’s Soccer team
W HEN?
✓ 8 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 3 1
WHERE?
✓ Mike A. Myers Stadium and Soccer Field
If interested, please call
Assistant Coach Jen Renola at 475-7907
no later than Monday. Ian. 28.
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Board of Operating Trustees
Three positions available for the term 6/1/02 - 5/31/04
P L A C E 2 - College of Communication
P L A C E 3 - College of Communication
P L A C E I - A t-Large
One position available for the term 06/01/02 - 05/31/03
P L A C E 1 - College of Communication
Registered undergraduate and graduate students are eligible to serve as
student members o f the T SP Board o f Operating Trustees.
College of Comm unication, Places 1, 2 and 3
Any student enrolled in the C ollege o f Communication who has com
pleted twelve (1 2 ) hours o f C ollege o f Communication courses, is in
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pleted at least one sem ester in residence in the long term at UT-Austin
is eligible to be elected to the Board. It is no longer required that stu
dents be Journalism or Advertising majors. Place 1 is available in the
2002 election for one one-year unexpired term beginning June 1, 2002.
Places 2 and 3 arc available in the 2002 election for two two-year terms
beginning June 1 ,2 0 0 2 .
At-Large, Place I
Any student enrolled in The University o f Texas at Austin who is not
on scholastic probation and has completed 30 or more hours in resi
dence at UT-Austin is eligible to be elected to the Board. Place 1 is
available in the 2002 election for one two-year terms beginning June
1, 2002.
The TSP Election is held concurrently
with the Students’ Association Election
DEADLINE FOR APPLYING
Noon, Wednesday, January 30, 2002
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