^ot? es v i saiavn tvCitj » s 3AV i S I Z 6t? Ot? WH30HD IW 30V1 I'd3H BASEBAL The Texan gets baseman Branaun tseit a Dit better » SPORTS PAGE IB dqy aaxiw THE OTHER BIG XII Studio artists'representative works are on display at the future home of the Visual Arts Center until May 2 » NEWS PAGE 6A RUSSIAN READING Mikhail Shishkin gives some unusual advice to aspiring young writers » LIFE&ARTS PAGE 6B a ily T e x a n Tuesday, A p ril 15, 2008 ------------- Serving The University o f Texas at Austin co m m u n ity since 1900 www.dailytexanonline.com UT reveals its endowment spending Three months later, UT System responds to questionnaire 8y Maya Srikrishnan Daily Texan Staff The UT System respond ed Fri­ d ay to a qu estio n n aire from the federal governm ent regarding the uses of its endow m ent. In January, Sen. C huck G rass- ley, R-lowa, and Sen. Max Baucus, D -M ont., o f the S enate Finance Com m ittee sent a letter out to 136 U.S. colleges and universities w ith e n d o w m e n ts of $500 m illion or m ore. In stitu tions w ere asked to detail their en d o w m en t spending and stu d en t financial aid policies in the letter. G ra s s le y to ld th e T exan in M arch th a t h e h o p ed the q u e s ­ tionnaire w o u ld m ake u n iv e rsi­ ties "self-co rrect" th e ir e n d o w ­ m e n t sp e n d in g , so th a t the fe d ­ eral gov ern m en t w ill not have to m andate spending. "I just w an t colleges to be aw are of th e fact th a t the p u rp o se s of college are te ach in g , e d u c a tin g an d research an d th a t the m o n ­ ey ought.to be used for that p u r­ pose," he said. "A college end o w ­ m en t should not be a storehouse of funds." E ndow m ents are money, p ro p ­ erty or other assets donated to an institution th at m u st be invested to grow over tim e for the univ er­ sity's well-being. The UT System has the largest public-school en d o w m en t in the nation and fifth largest overall, to­ taling m ore than $15 billion, ac­ cording to a D ecem ber stu d y re­ leased by the National Association of College and University Business Officers. H a rv a rd a n d S tanford u niversities have also increased th eir en d o w m e n t sp en d in g . Be­ cause of its endow m ents, students at Brown U niversity will not have to pay tuition if their parents make less than $60,000 a year. U T 's e n d o w m e n ts are m ore com plex than o th er universities, said A nthony de Bruyn, director of UT System public affairs. The state constitution and donor des­ ign atio n s restrict nearly 99 p e r­ c e n t of th e UT S ystem e n d o w ­ m ent funds. T hree fu n d s m ake up th e UT S y stem 's en d o w m e n t. The larg ­ e s t is the P e rm a n e n t U n iv e rsi­ ty Fund, w hich consists of m ore than $7 billion in m onetary invest­ m ents and land holdings in West Texas given to the system by the state of Texas. The $890 m illion P erm anent H ealth Fund and $5.6 billion Long Term Fund m ake up the other tw o funds. The UT System Board of Re­ g en ts increased th e d istrib u tio n of the Perm anent University Fund from 4.75 percent to 5 percent in February. "T hat increase w as n o t in re­ sponse to the questionnaire," UT ENDO W M ENTS continues on page 2A Th e r ig h t t o r e m a i n s t y l is h Dahlby to take over School of Journalism directorship . By Larry Dechant Daily Texan Staff Tracy Dahlby, the Frank A. Bennack Jr. C hair in Journalism , w as appointed director of the School of Journalism Monday. Dahlby, w ho has taught at the University for m ore than a year, said his tw o-year appointm ent will help m aintain the school's m om entum and provide con­ tinuity w hile the com m unication school m oves into its new building. "This is very exciting for m e, and I am delighted to have this opportunity," D ahlby said. "The director is like the conductor of the b and — he keeps the con­ versations going and know s w h at is best for the fac­ ulty, staff and students." C ollege of C om m unication D ean Roderick H a rt said the typical hiring process involves appointing an interim director for a year an d conducting a n a ­ tional search. But because the school w ill u n d erg o pressing issues w ithin the next couple of years, h ir­ ing a perm anent director w as necessary, he said. * 'T really th o u g h t having som eone w ho w o u ld n 't m ind taking the position and having im m ediate con­ trol w ith all of the things the school is looking to ac­ com plish w as the right w ay to go," H art said. "This will give us time for the issues and how w e w an t to go long term for the leadership." D AH LBY continues on page 2A Professor Tracy Dahlby was appointed director of the School of Journalism Monday. Elizabeth Moskowitz Daily Texan Staff UT physics professor, researcher dies at 96 W heeler influenced colleagues, students in scientific field s By Andrew Kreighbaum Daily Texan Staff A former UT physics professor, whose contributions as a teacher and a communicator matched his work as a researcher, died Sunday at the age of 96. John A. W heeler is known for popularizing the term "black hole" to describe the space phenomenon. He also worked with a team of sci­ entists on the Manhattan Project to develop the first atomic bomb. Wheeler arrived at UT in 1976, looking to escape mandatory re­ tirement at Princeton Universi­ ty and to stay active, former col­ league Austin Gleeson said. Gleeson, a UT physics professor, said Wheeler's presence raised the credibility of the physics program at UT and its national ranking. "He had a real flair. He made physics a much more popular dis­ cipline," Gleeson said. After earning a doctoral d e ­ gree at Johns Hopkins University, Wheeler spent nearly four decades as a faculty member at Princeton. His tenure there was interrupted only by his work on the Manhat­ tan Project during World War II. In the 1930s, Wheeler wrote a pa­ per with famed scientist Niels Bohr on the theory of nuclear fission and developed the scattering matrix, which has become an essential tool in particle physics research. But according to colleagues and students, Wheeler's greatest ac­ complishments were not so tech­ nical in nature. His thinking be- The Austin Police Department debuts a new line of police vehicles and uniforms, including a larger badge sported by Officer James Mason. APD unveils new uniforms, cars John Gilchrist | Daily Texan Staff New A PD fleet will be more \earth-friendly' operate on ethanol By Amie Glover Daily Texan Staff Image isn't everything. But in crime fighting, it can mean a lot. Assistant Chief David Carter un­ veiled Austin Police Department's new look at Auditorium Shores on Monday. Carter said APD's new uniforms, badges and patrol cars meet officers' requests for a clean, professional style. Officers will now wear pants made from a tightly-woven polyes­ ter and wool weave that makes the pants more durable and fire resis­ tant. Uniforms and patches replace the red trim with a more visible sil­ ver and* gray design. APD'S new badge is larger than its predecessor and features the Texas Capitol with a star. Carter said the new design is also protect­ ed by a city ordinance, making it illegal to duplicate the badge. The o ld d e sig n w as n o t p ro tec ted by such an ordinance. A PD h as also m a d e a m ove to­ w ard earth-friendly policing: The de­ partm ent's new Ford patrol cars are "flexible fuel vehicles" capable of op­ erating on either stan d ard gasoline or 85 percent ethanol. The cars also feature safer lights and new touch­ screen laptop com puters that allow officers to respond to em ergencies w ithout the aid of a dispatcher. Officers rem inded the public that the departm ent's new look w ill come at no additional cost to taxpayers. C arter said th a t in o rd er to ease the cost of the sw itch over, the d e ­ p a rtm e n t w ill g ra d u a lly p h ase in the new uniform s and vehicles. "A t this point, w e are living w ith­ in our means. T hat's why, for a p e ­ riod of tim e, you will actually see b oth u n ifo rm s an d b oth cars o u t there," C arter said. APD plans to have the entire d e ­ partm en t into the new uniform s by the en d of the year, th o u g h it m ay take longer for all the new vehicles A P D continues on page 2A Pretrial hearings delayed for former UT professor Wise to stand trial fo r acts committed after 1999 dismissal an interview w ith the Texan in 2005. "The case has to be an ex­ treme circumstance." By Stephen Keller Daily Texan Staff Pretrial hearings for a former UT professor accused of hir­ ing a hit man were postponed Monday. Gary Wise, former engineer­ ing professor, stands trial for so­ licitation to commit capital mur­ der, stalking and three counts of deadly conduct with a firearm. Wise suffered a stroke in 1999, when he was 47, and lost his job the following year. "Asking a tenured faculty member to leave does not hap­ pen often," said College of Engi­ neering Dean Ben Streetman in After the dismissal, Streetm an received h arassing p h one calls, had paintballs fired at his hom e an d found his car and m ailbox m ark ed w ith blu e sp ray paint. In A pril 2000, a UTPD officer c a u g h t Wise n e a r S tre etm an 's hom e w ith a can of blue spray p a in t, a n d a re stra in in g o rd er w as filed. Police filed th e sta lk in g and fire arm ch a rg e s in 2005 afte r Wise allegedly fired a gun at the C hem ical and P etroleum Engi­ n eerin g B uilding as w ell as at S treetm an's hom e. Arrest affida­ vits said a search of Wise's hom e tu rn ed u p 29 firearm s an d one paintball gun. In 2007, p o lic e s a id W ise W ISE continues on page 2A % Associated Press Former UT professor Dr. John A. Wheeler, center, is presented the Atomic Energy Commission Enrico Fermi Award by President Lyndon B. Johnson in the White House on December 2,1968. came more philosophical over time, and he took an unconven­ tional approach to physics ques­ tions that informed the work of his students. "Johnny enjoyed teaching, and he enjoyed teaching young peo­ ple," Gleeson said. W HEELER continues on page 2A in d e x \folume 108, Number 131 25 cents W orld&Nation........... 3A 4A ^ News..........................__5-6A Com ics ,. 2B 4B Classifieds.......................3B Life&Arts................... 5-6B FfomAdnenne. TOMORROW S WEATHER H ig h g Q L o w J § TODAY'S WEATHER High 77 O Low 56 We were driving down Guadalupe, and she said, "There he is!" WHEELER: Physics career shaped departments at UT, Princeton, Maryland From p a g e l A Bill Unruh, a physics professor at the U n iversity of British Co­ lum bia, called W h eeler's in flu­ ence on his career "trem endous" in a variety of ways. "One of the things was just his courage in being able to tackle questions m any other physicists found so vague and nonsensical," Unruh said. This often resulted in an intu­ ition that w ould not be proved until 10 years down the road, he said. Wheelei was the first person to emphasize the importance of string theory and one of the first to emphasize reflection on the foun­ dations of quantum mechanics. Unruh compared W heeler to a man perched on the crow 's nest of a ship and said he could see farther than those below him C harles M isner, a professor em eritus of physics at the U n i­ versity of M aryland, said W heel­ er's research could be charted in three phases. He spent about 20 years each on nuclear physics and gravitational physics before m oving to the fundam entals of quantum mechanics. In the field of quantum me­ chanics, U n ru h said W h eeler formed a bridge between the first generation of theorists and later researchers concerned about the meanings of the theory, while his contemporaries were more inter­ ested in calculations. Though based at Princeton and UT, W heeler was instrumental in establishing M aryland's physics department, M isner said. A former student of W heeler's built up the departm ent to be­ come one of the top 15 in the na­ tion. W heeler also arranged for Joseph Weber, founder of the field of gravitational wave astronomy, to take a sabbatical at Princeton's Institute for Advanced Studies. His time there would allow him to develop his theories. "A m o n g fam ous men, you don't often find truly nice peo­ p le," G leeson said. "H e cared about people he was around and wanted young people to succeed. He was just the kind of colleague everybody wanted." WISE: Officials say Wise offered inmate $10,000 to kill ex-wife From p a g e l A com piled a hit list from his jail cell that in clu d ed Streetm an, fo rm er U T P re s id e n t L a rry Faulkner, tw o other professors and W ise's ex-wife. O fficials al­ lege W ise gave the hit list to a fellow inm ate along w ith a list of addresses. W ise offered the inm ate $10,000 to carry out the hit against his ex-wife and gave a $900 dow n paym ent, accord­ ing to police affidavits. The affi­ d avit said W ise thought the in ­ mate was a gang member. Also according to the affidavit, Wise wanted Streetman shot in the face with an AK-47 so he could not have an open-casket funeral. W ise's next hearing is M ay 16. District Court Judge M ike Lynch w ill hear the case. W ise w ill remain in jail until his trial and if convicted, could face up to life in prison. DAHLBY: New director has ‘already begun to reach across campus’ TUESDAY APRIL 15,2008 Registration continues for the summer session and the fall semester for continuing and readmitted students. ENDOWMENTS: Web site shows proposals for tuition and fees CONTACT US Main Telephone: (512) 471-4591 From page 1A spokesm an M att Flores said. “ That was something that was al­ ready in the works." The U T System launched a Web site in M arch to help in ­ form students and parents about paying for college. The site in ­ dudes campus proposals for tu­ ition and fees and financial aid inform ation at U T System insti- utions for the next two academ­ ic years. This site was included in a re­ sponse to one of the questions in the letter regarding how U T han­ dles student financial aid. In recent years, in stitutio n­ al aid has grown in im portance and is now a major source of fi­ nancial aid at U T System insti­ tutions," U T 's response states. "Each U T System institution has established a financial aid guar­ antee policy that reflects a com­ mitment to cover the full cost of tuition and fees through grant aid for students w hose fam i­ ly income falls below a certain threshold." For most U T institutions, if a fam ily income totals less than $25,000 a year, financial aid w ill pay the student's tuition. For UT- Austin, this minimum income is $40,000. Students whose fam i­ ly incomes range from $40,000 to $80,000 can receive partial finan­ cial assistance. COPYRIGHT Copyright 2008 Texas Student Media. 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Bran­ ham begins work in her new po­ sition Ju ly 1. “ W e need tim e for a tran si­ tion, and Syracuse is w illin g to give me a couple of weeks to get everything together," Branham said. "W e are going to play it by ear, but I expect him to be fu ll­ time by the end of July." Dahlby worked in Asia for 13 years as Tokyo bureau chief for N ew sw eek and The W ashing­ ton Post and has been involved in journalism for more than 30 years. A t UT, he has created two courses: Reporting Asia and Re­ porting the World. le ie sa M io i Recycle your copy of T h e D a il y T e x a n Vanessa Orr Ricky Treon Cody Hale TSM BOARD MEETING Friday April 18, 2008 3 : 0 0 P .M . C am pus Club Lobby 4 0 5 W . 2 5 T H S T R E E T A U S T I N , T X 7 8 7 0 5 Visitors Welcome We encourage any community member who has any k in d o f temporary or permanent disability to contact Texas Student M edia beforehand so that Appropriate accommodations can be made. Anyone is welcome to attend. Danny Grover Í K V i ú i e ' Y O U R W O R L D Try Questia Online Library! 70,000 books 1.7 million articles Instant Citations & Bibliographies Open 24/7 Students save more than 5 hours on their research! "Spring 2008 user survey results k q u e 8 t © a faster, easier research! www.questia.com/start W ire Editor: M egan Wintersteen www.dailytexanonline.com T h e D a i ly T e x a n Tuesday, April 15, 2008 Ex-president offers to be foreign communicator By Beth M arlow e The Associated Press AIRPORT CITY, Israel — For­ m er President Jimmy Carter de­ fended his plan to meet with the top leader of the violently anti-Isra­ el Hamas movement, saying Mon­ day he hopes to become a conduit between the Islamic militant group and Washington and Israel. Isolating Hamas is counterpro­ ductive, Carter said. Hamas rules the Gaza Strip but is ostracized by Israel, the U.S. and European Union as a terrorist group. "I think it is absolutely cru­ cial that in the final and dreamed- a b o u t an d p ra y e d -fo r p eace agreem ent for this region that Hamas be involved and Syria will be involved," he told a business conference outside Tel Aviv. "I can 't say that they will be amenable to any suggestions, but at least after I meet with them I can go back and relay what they say, as just a communicator, to the leaders of the United States," he said. The U.S., EU and Israel have blacklisted Hamas for its history of killing some 250 Israelis with suicide bom ber attacks and its refusal to renounce violence and recognize the Jewish state. Israel's top leaders are boycot­ ting Carter during his nine-day M ideast trip, in part because he plans to meet later in the week in Syria with Hamas' exiled supreme leader, Khaled Mashaal. In W ashington, State D epart­ m en t sp o k e sm a n Tom C asey said the U.S. g o v ern m en t has "m ade clear our views that we did not think now is the moment for him or anyone to be talking with Hamas." U.S. officials will be "happy to hear" C arter's reflections on his visit w ith Hamas, but that they aren't likely to change the admin­ istration's views on the m ilitant group, Casey said. The D em ocratic chairm an of the H o u se Foreig n R elation s Com m ittee criticized C arter for meeting with Hamas. C arter "in effect is undermining a current pol­ icy which is not just American but held by many others," Rep. How­ ard Berman of California told The Associated Press. C arter also offered to relay Hamas' views to Israel. If the U.S. agrees to hear what Hamas says, "I hope then the Israeli government will deign to meet with me, they have so far refused," he said. President Shimon Peres, Isra­ el's ceremonial head of state, was the only leader to meet with Cart­ er since he arrived Sunday. Peres, a fellow Nobel Peace Prize laure­ ate, criticized Carter for planning to meet with Mashaal, calling it a "very big mistake," a Peres spokes­ woman said. A schedule released by C art­ e r's aides show ed no plans for talks w ith Israeli Prim e M in­ is te r E h u d O lm e rt, F o reig n M inister Tzipi Livni or Defense Minister Ehud Barak. The cold shoulder is a highly unusual brush-off to a former U.S. leader, especially one so closely linked to Mideast peacemaking. Former U.S. President Jim m y Carter, right, listens to police sp o k e sm a n M icky Rosenfeld, center, as he lo o ks at h o m e m a d e rockets that were fired at Israel M o nday. Sebastian Scheiner | Associated Press Berlusconi wins Italy’s election for third time i ú \ By A lessand ra Rizzo The Associated Press ROME — Silvio B erlusconi won a decisive victory Monday in Italy's parliamentary election, set­ ting the colorful conservative and staunch U.S. ally on course to his third stint as premier. The victory in voting Sunday and M onday by parties support­ ing the 71-year-old Berlusconi avenged his loss two years ago to a center-left coalition. "I'm moved. I feel a great re­ sponsibility," he said in a phone call to RAI public television while monitoring election results at his villa outside Milan. Berlusconi capitalized on dis­ content over Italy's stagnating economy and the unpopularity of Romano Prodi's government. "I think it w as a vote against the performance of the Prodi gov­ ernm ent in the last two years," said Franco Pavoncello, a polit­ ical science professor at Rome's John Cabot University. "Berlus­ coni won because he has a strong coalition and because people feel that on the other side, the gov­ ernment is going to take them no­ where." This was Berlusconi's fifth con­ secutive national election cam ­ paign since 1994, when he stepped into politics from his media em ­ pire, currently estim ated to be w orth $9.4 billion. He has fend­ ed off challenges to his leadership by conservative allies, withstood accusations of conflict of inter­ est and survived criminal trials linked to his business dealings. During his last time as premier, Berlusconi served a record-setting five years until his 2006 defeat. He made notable international gaffes as well as unpopular decisions at home, such as sending 3,000 sol­ diers to Iraq despite widespread opposition among Italians. Berlusconi once said he agreed w ith th e U .S. re g a rd le s s of W ashington's position. He calls President Bush a friend, and his return to power is likely to make relations warmer, no m atter who b eco m es th e n ex t A m e rica n president. NATION BRIEFLY Spokesman says polygamist women returned to ranch SAN ANGELO, Texas — A spokesman for a polygamist sect in West Texas says the state has returned 139 women who were staying at a shelter with their children back to the Yearning For Zion ranch. Spokesman Rod Parker says a ranch resident told him Mon­ day that the women were back at the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints ranch. The women voluntarily fol­ lowed the 416 children who were seized two weeks ago from the ranch. — The A ssociated Press Luca Bruno | Associated Press M e d ia billionaire Silvio Berlu sconi w o n a decisive victory M o n d a y in Italy's p arlia m e n tary elections. WORLD BRIEFLY CBS News journalist rescued after two months in captivity BAGHDAD — Iraqi troops freed a kidnapped British jour­ nalist for CBS News on Monday after finding him hooded and bound in a house during a raid in a Shiite militia stronghold in Basra. Richard Butler's rescue af­ ter two months in captivity was a welcome success story for the Iraqi military, which has been strongly criticized for its effort to impose order on Iraq's sec­ ond-largest city, an oil hub 340 miles southeast of Baghdad. Butler, 47, was thin but in good condition as he was shown on Iraqi state television hugging well-wishers and greet­ ing beaming Iraqi officials. — The A ssociated Press X PecowSe w t 4 ® « Su4®ku p ozzle ¥*e/ c Í COvjj4 Some cask, W%*y a A e w k a t , fl|/e m / ckops... k w c a 4aiei L I V E ANIMALS! T *ll os vs Its the world s easiest, coolest / o o f í j e contest. Just tell us why you ride the bus. How hard is that? Shoot a video. W rite a story. Compose a song. 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For more information, . 1% * call 475-6630 or visit http://sec.union.utexas.edu/dsc. 4A Tuesday, April 15, 2008 VIEW POINT O p i n i o n T h r D a il y T r x a n GALLERY Editor-in-Chief: Claire Hauin P hone: (512) 232-2212 E-mail: editor@dallytexanor > n< co r A ssociate Editors: Leah Finnegan Aboubacar N'Diaye Andrew Vickers Taxploitation There's no definitive way to tell how many undocumented people living in the U.S. are paying their taxes and how much, exactly, they are paying, but experts agree that dues are being paid — and will am ount to billions of dollars in federal income, Social Security and Medicare taxes this year. According to the Associated Press, one rough estimate puts the am ount of Social Security taxes alone at around $9 billion per year, something these taxpayers will likely never ben­ efit from. And a report released last week by the Immigration Policy Center estimated that immigrant households and businesses paid a total of about $300 billion in local, state and federal taxes in 2005. Americans dread the April 15 tax deadline; most w ould prob­ ably weasel their w ay out of paying taxes if they could. People hire high-dollar tax professionals to get them the "best deals" on their filings, and state comptrollers reclaim millions lost due to tax fraud each year. Many Americans probably couldn't fathom the thought that a person w ith no legal identity w ould pay taxes w hen he or she could get aw ay w ithout doing so, but many undocum ent­ ed im m igrants do despite fear of deportation. And m any are happy to do so, as they may see it as a step in the direchon of U.S. citizenship (unfortunately, it's not) or simply as the right thing to do. But despite undocumented persons' readiness to give back, our federal government has no problem spending millions on a wall to block them out of our country, and our state governments aren't half bad at wasting time and money on discriminatory measures either. As of Nov. 1, undocumented persons in Oklahoma have been unable to legally obtain driver's licenses or public services, and an Oklahoma Bankers Association study released last month estimated that the new law will cause $1.8 billion in economic losses as foreign-born workers flee the state. Last week, Rhode Island's General Assembly discussed a bill that would require all employers to electronically verify employ­ ees' citizenship statuses, and the measure is highly expected to move forward. In Texas, the towns of Irving and Farmers Branch have been successful in pushing anti-illegal immigration law through: Irving, a town of about 200,000, has detained and deported more than 2,000 undocumented immigrants under a program launched in 2006, and Farmers Branch has banned undocumented individuals from renting apartments. The list goes on and continues to grow. Still, the IRS gladly provides alternatives for Social Security num ­ bers so it can collect income tax from foreign workers, even though these citizens seldom see refund checks or Social Security benefits. Likewise, they most often enter the U.S. in their prime working years, missing out on the benefit of an American education and upbringing. Last week's IPC report estimated that immigrants pay, on average, between $20,000 and $80,000 more in taxes than they consume in public benefits. Many undocumented workers are paid under the table, often in cash, so they can only estimate how much they make. Economist William Ford of Middle Tennessee State University told the AT* that there are undoubtedly hundreds of thousands of people who pay more than they owe. The ÍRS, on the other hand, is no honor system. Our government could leam something from our country's undocumented population beyond how to surreptitiously exploit them. me. Ch in a NWfc W CHINA MADE IN — C H > MW- IN CHINA 4 » MACE IN CHINA CHINA MAKE IN cu n a MADE IN china Horns up, Horn Latter-Day denial If being uprooted and relocated isn't enough for the 416 children and 139 women removed from the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints run-YFZ Ranch in Eldorado after allegations of sexual abuse surfaced last week, a judge has ordered that some women be stripped of their cell phones. After one church member sent images of the shelter's living conditions from a cell phone and tried to get in contact with a newspaper reporter, Judge Barbara Walther ordered state police to seize the cell phones of women at two shelters. According to the Dallas Morning News, the womens' attorneys requested that their cell phones be removed to not interfere with the investigation by allowing outside contact. But several of the church's women still managed to tell The Deseret News, a Salt Lake City newspaper, that conditions at the shelters were subpar. These women may be connected to a cult-like religious sect, but they are not criminals. Keep their civil liberties intact. 'Dillos out to pasture The 'Dillo, CapMetro's jaunty answer to transit around central Austin, has always struck us as slightly odo Is it a bus? A trolley? A shelled mammal? In any ca >e, CapMetro is scaling back its fleet of 'Dillos due to waning use, according to the Austin American-Statesman. Con August, the 'Dillo will go from running five routes to two: one north-south on Congress Avenue, from Riverside Drive to 17th Street, and one east-west on Fifth and Sixth Streets, from Bowie Street to Red River Street. 1 he abridged service will allow for the 'Dillos to w ork i n- quickly and efficiently, with buses coming ever} ii minutes from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. We're glad that CapMetro is finally tightening the bolts of this undefined (and unre­ fined) service. But if you don't thii Jc you can live without a particular 'Dillo route, CapMetro will be holding two public forums at its Congress Avenue office to discuss the changes at 11:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. on April 22. Borris Miles If y o u 're searching for lesson in public hum iliation, look no further than Rep. Borris Miles. Things are looking dow n for the H ouston D em ocrat, w ho was once the life of the p arty — literally. Last December, M iles reported ly crashed a C hristm as p a rty at the St. Regis H otel in H ouston, d u rin g w hich he w h ip p ed out a pistol, kissed an o th er m an 's w ife and told partygo- ers he w as a gangster. Miles w as indicted yesterday for the incident, and h e 's charged w ith tw o counts of dead ly conduct. If convicted, he faces jail time an d a hefty fine. To ad d insult to injury, d u rin g the M arch prim aries, Miles w as unseated by his old D em ocratic rival A1 E dw ards, w ho held M iles' seat before him. H ow em barrassing. DNA boutiques If New York City is the predictor of any trends, DNA bou tiques will soon be de rigeur. Navigenics, a California-based company, has sel up shop in the SoHo section of the city, offering genetic scans at $2,500 a pop, according to the Nev York Times. Walk-ins are welcome, but the process re ­ more than a day. After ponying up the cash and ! i Hmg u t vial with your saliva on-site, the sample is mailed to , u> • analysis of your predisposition to 18 genetic conditions After several weeks, you can view your results on the Internet and begin whatever regimen of disease prevention is neces sary. Navigenics has been cleared to operate in rex a we'll wait for an Austin franchise to appear — but we m'f promise that we w on't spend our stimulus package lie - before then. i THE FIRING LINE Flock of conservatives Both YCT responses to "Modern- day witch hunt?" (April 10) in Monday's Firing Line had good intentions (which is new for YCT) but were misguided ("Livin la vida liberal,"The Firing Line, April 14). Both claim that powerful liberals not living by the ideals they preach is proof that liberal ideas are wrong. But they are wrong on two counts. First of all, that would mean that as soon as Larry Craig and the many other gay-bashers came out as homosexuals, conservative ide­ als would be immediately thrown dow n the drain. The fact is, though, that sleazy people use both liberal ideals and conservative ideals to gain power without actually ever espousing them. Nearly every politician today does that. Bush used the religious-right vote, just as Nancy Pelosi is using the Berkeley vote, both without actually caring for the respective positions. Power is the name of the game. Not ideals. Second, you say that without liberal ideals guiding their lives, these people lead much easier prosperous lives, which is true. But the problem is that liberal ideas were never meant to make the ultra-rich and powerful have easier lives (like conservative ideals). They already have good lives. It's those un-unionized workers in Pelosi's hotel that liberal ideals are for. They are the ones whose lives are bad and would be better with the true implementation of liberal policies. YCT constantly forgets to look at the other side of conservative poli­ cies; you help the rich lead easier lives without restrictions on their business and labor, but you forget that the labor they use are human beings too. They their lives aren't easier without the implementation of liberal policies. Don't forget the lower (and at times) middle classes in your policies, YCT. And also don't forget that a movement is not worthless just because some of its supposed leaders are power-hungry hypo­ crites, because that happens on both sides of the aisle. Charles Allen Government sophomore As a defense from being over­ whelmed, people tend to simplify things. This is problematic when dealing with delicate issues of importance. Politics is a good example. A smart debate is one that would clarify issues enough to bring potential solutions to light. People like Peter Schwiezer detract from this process by exploiting people's nature to behave like a flock of birds. It is entertaining to be riled up, but as far as conflict versus solutions are concerned, he is just adding fuel to the fire. People are able to be much more constructive when using their fron­ tal lobes instead of entrenching feelings to advance themselves. So if advancing the hopeless power struggle is not your primary goal, then it would be smart to lay off of the labels that keep underling issues complexed. Ben Chorush UT alum West Mall mission By Amanda Patterson Daily Texan Columnist W hen I first saw him, he looked like a zebra encircled by a pack of hu ng ry hyenas, like an image from a N ational G eographic m agazine. His nam e w as Tom Short, and his mission w as to tell the cam pus about Jesus. Last week, Tom Short C am pus M inistries visited UT, attracting a crow d on the West Mall and enraging many. Short sat on a stool w ith a can of soda and Bible in hand, daring students an d professors to chal­ lenge his Jesus. M any flam boyantly disagreed and even m ocked him, b u t still he came faith­ fully back to his perch in front of the FAC every day. His theories w ere not p o p u lar in this com ­ munity, w hich prides itself on intellectualism and concrete visible facts. W hat w as it about this m an that drew such a crowd? His speech w as in to leran t and m any of his "answ ers" seem ed redun d ant. Yet, curiously enough, this did not d issuade a crow d from com ing every day. Was it just a challenge for students to see w ho w ould be the first to convert him from his ardent faith? O r w as it really God that drew the crowd in, as he professed? If G od w as on cam pus last w eek, w hat did Tom Short achieve as his m issionary? Looking at the crow d, I w as astonished by m any of the violent reactions to him from th e students. All law s of civil and o rg an ized hu m an ity w ere blow n aw ay by the w ind and replaced by an anim alistic savagery. Some yelled out to him , claim ing that he w as "Jew hater." O thers angrily protested ag ain st his "M uslim bashing." A theists p ushed thro ugh the crow d w ith signs aim ed at trying to enrage him as best they could. A nd it w as not just atheists th a t tried to pu sh Short to his lim its — it w as alm ost every b o d y w ho p artic ip a te d in the ongoing debate. Typically placid in d iv id u als in the crow d actually yelled at him w ith their arm s flailing in the air. They treated him w ith im m ense disrespect. There w as laughing, nam e calling and hurling of religious jokes. I have n o t seen such a violent reaction tow ards one m an anyw here before on the UT cam pus and w as left befu d d led by the scene. It sad d en ed m e to see how few of us gave him the respect he deserves as an indiv idu al, even though his professed religious ideals w ere firm and, in m any cases, challenged o u r own beliefs. Jesus, a m an of love, h ope and peace, still invokes a deeply passionate response, w hether p ositive or negative. In a p am p h let h and ed out d u rin g the week entitled "W hy Jesus?," the first page reads, "Think ab out it ... he h ad no form al education, com m anded no army, held no political office, w rote no book, produced no art or m usic and yet he has becom e the m ost w idely know n and loved figure of all history. Every m ajor religion stakes out a p o si­ tion concerning Him . M ore people from m ore cultures follow Jesus than any o th er person. Truly, Jesus C h rist stan d s alone as the m ost unique and fascinating person of all tim e." It is un deniable th at Jesus C hrist stan d s o u t and h as for th o u san d s of years. Did Tom Short, although critical an d often antagonistic, truly reveal the face of Jesus and the inner battle that lies w ithin us all? The real question lies even d eep er than w hy w e h ated Tom Short — W hat d id we h ate about his Jesus? Patterson is a M iddle Eastern studies senior. SUBMIT A C O L U M N Please e-m ail your to editor@dailytexano:¡Hia C o lu m n s m ust be few er tl 6 00 w ords. The Texar reset the righ t to edit all ^olum . brevity, clarity and liability < f RECYCLE! h .. . Recycling paper use* 60 percent less energy m anufacturing paper from v, gin timber, and com m ercidl and residential paper accounts for m ore than 40 percent o f waste that e n d s up in landfills. In other words, please place this copy of The Daily Texan in a friei ly recycling bin or back i ir • stand where you found it. T! t w ould m ake us very happy. SUBMIT A FIRING L ME Please send firing lines to firinglineQdailytexanonline cm ¡ Letters should be less than GO w ords and sh o u ld include your name, major and classification The D a ily Texan re se rv-s t o' right to edit for clarity b 'e ity and liability. LEGALESE O pinions expressed in The Daily Texan are those of the ed tor, the Editorial Board or writer of the article. They are not neces­ sarily those of the UT administra tion, the Board of Regents or th Texas Student M edia Board of Operating Trustees. All Texan c torials are written by the Editon. ¡ Board, which is listed in the top right corner of rhis page. Tuesday, April 15, 2008 NEWS 5 A UT team to study panhandling BELAY ON By Lauren Winchester Daily Texan Staff Though panhandlers are prev­ alent on the sidew alks and road­ sid es of A u stin , little is know n ab ou t the p e o p le w ho b eg for money on the streets. The city cou ncil will give re­ searchers in the UT School of Social Work $48,000 to study solicitation on the streets. Councilman Brewster McCrack­ en said the money will be used to study those who engage in road­ side panhandling. If the panhan­ dlers are homeless, the study will also seek to determine their medi­ cal and human-service needs. "W h en we em barked on the w h ole d iscu ssio n on ro ad sid e p an h an d lin g, one thing we all learned, to our surprise, was that no one knew who was engaged in roadside panhandling," Mc­ C racken said. "It m akes sense to understand w hat the needs o f these folks are b efo re we spend money." Laura Lein, a social work pro­ fessor, w ill lead the panhan­ dling study. The research team will work with the Austin Police Department to identify panhan­ dling locations. The researchers will interview panhandlers to leam more about those who engage in the activity. The team's interviews with pan­ handlers will help the researchers examine the efficacy of available services and those that panhan­ dlers may find lacking, Lein said. "W e will also look at life tra­ jectories and the w ays people found themselves panhandling," she said. Lein said the $48,000 will pay for small gifts for the panhan­ dlers who are interview ed, sti­ pends for graduate students con­ ducting the interviews and for resources to record and manage the acquired data. Lein said the team w ill start its study in June and report its findings to the city in August. When researchers study pan­ handling, they tend to focus on the status of the problem rather than its origin, she said. "O ur intention is to look at what brought people to Austin and to their situation." Lein said. Patrick Wong, a public affairs professor and form er executive committee member of the Ending C om m u nity H om elessn ess C o ­ alition, will advise Lein in her re­ search. Wong said the link between solicitation and panhandling is the "$6 million question." "There is a common perception that the tw o issues are identical, but the little empirical research I know of indicates that is very far from truth," Wong said. Sm all-scale studies of individ­ ual cities have shown that about one-third of the those w ho pan­ handle are homeless, Wong said. Carole Barasch, spokeswoman for the Travis County Health and Human Services Department, said that while no services target pan­ handlers, some services benefit peo­ ple who are typically uninsured, un­ derinsured or homeless. She said these services include hom eless shelters, a health clinic that provides for adults and vari­ ous organizations involved with the city, such as the Salvation Army. Transit-oriented developments planner George Adams said there have been concerns from nearby neighborhoods about the mixed-use building heights, but said the plan limits buildings to 60 feet, the nor­ mal height limit in the area. "Overall, I think the community was pretty supportive of the plan," Adams said. City council also approved a similar plan at the commuter rail stop at Plaza Saltillo and dty planners for transit-ori­ ented developments will propose an agenda to council for the stop located at North Lamar and Justin Lane Elizabeth M o sko w itz | Daily Texan Staff Nathan Russell holds up a sign on Guadalupe in hopes o f getting some extra money. The Austin City Council recently gave UT's School o f Social W ork a $48,000 grant to research panhandling and solicita­ tio n in Austin. TRANSPORTATION BRIEFLY 49-mile addition to SH-130 may relieve 1-35 traffic There may finally be an alterna­ tive to the rush-hour gridlock that plagues Interstate Highway 35. The fourth segment of State Highway 130 will extend the toll road from State Highway 71 to U.S. Highway 183. The high­ way is one of three major toll road projects currently underway in Austin, including State High­ way 45 and the Mopac Boulevard extension, also known as High­ way 1. "Folks are very happy that they now have the option to bypass the downtown area," said Marcus Coo­ per, a spokesman for the Texas De­ partment of Transportation. Segments one and two of State Highway 130 opened in 2006 and segment three followed in Sep­ tember 2007. The 49-mile tract runs parallel to 1-35 from George­ town to U.S. Highway 183 at Mus­ tang Ridge. The new segment pro­ vides increased access to the Aus- tin-Bergstrom International Airport and the southern portions of Trav­ is County. TxDOT is in the process of study­ ing the impact that segments one, two and three have had on alleviat­ ing traffic on 1-35 and will release its findings in the fall Cooper said the sale of TxTags — stickers placed under rearview mir­ rors that are programmed to auto­ matically deduct tolls from driv­ ers' pre-paid accounts — best de­ termines the popularity of new toll roads. Since November 2006, the number of TxTag subscribers in Austin has more than doubled from 140,000 to 300,(XX). The roadway will open April 30, ahead of schedule, due to a joint effort between public and private sectors. — A m y Bingham Commuter rail line opening this fall; stops near campus The city of Austin is planning on UT students, faculty and staff to take full advantage of the new commuter rail line, due to begin service this fall. With last week's city council approval for new zoning plans, transit-oriented developments are underway to bring people from the commuter stop closest to UT, at Martin Luther King Jr. Boule­ vard and Alexander Lane, to the 40 Acres. The city wants to reduce depen­ dence on automobiles by devel­ oping integrated streets and path­ ways with new walking trails, wider sidewalks, on-street bicycle lanes and a new bus stop at Pan- nell Place and East 16th Street. Vertical mixed-use was approved for the rail station, which will allow businesses to occupy ground floors of residential units, creating a pe­ destrian-friendly environment. SÓ...WHFM CO I FÍR9Í PAVcHFCKt Jeffrey M cW h o rte r Daily T^xan Stati Dave Mastell, a 32-year-old medical technician in Austin, reaches for a handhold w hile bouldering in the Barton Creek Greenbelt Mot.da, afternoon. 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Howard Miller has dealt with every type of class distraction. In 1978, a close friend dressed in an 8-foot chicken costum e, stormed his history class in Bur- dine Hall and led the students in singing "Happy Birthday." Now, after Monday's lecture, he has a new story to tell. As part of its tradition, UT's Fri­ ar Society surprised Miller with its annual Friar Centennial Fellow ­ ship by parading friends, co-fac­ ulty and several members of the Longhorn Band through M iller's class in Calhoun Hall. The fellow­ ship includes a $12,000 to $15,000 stipend and recognition at a Friar Society reception Saturday night. The Friar Society is UT's oldest student honor society and was founded in 1911, said Bill Bacon, Friar Centennial Student Fellow­ ship co-chair. The annual fellow­ ship was started in 1983 by an endow m ent created by several Friar alumni. Architecture professor Larry Speck received the award last year. "This has always been one of the most lucrative fellowships, and now that I have it, I can re­ tire," Miller said. "If nothing else, at least some of my students finally woke up." G. Howard Miller, 2008 Friar Centennial Fellow Miller is a native of Graham, a small North Texas town west of Fort Worth. From 1960 to 1966, he attended the University of North Texas where he received a bache­ lor's degree in music and a mas­ ter's in history. He earned a doc­ torate in history from the Univer­ sity of Michigan in 1970. Brette Gamer, Plan II senior and president of the Friar Centennial Student Fellowship, said the stu­ dent members of the society heav­ ily research the nominated profes­ sors by reviewing hundreds of stu­ dent and faculty evaluations, at­ tending lectures and interviewing past students. Though there were 55 nominees this year, Miller was unanimously selected, Gamer said. "Dr. Miller really stood out from the other applicants because of the care and concern he puts into un­ dergraduate education," she said. "He has done this consistently for many, many years." Since coming to the University in 1971, Miller has taught cours­ es in history and religious stud­ ies, often developing much of the course material. "He is very charismatic," said Gordon Muir, a rhetoric and writ­ ing junior. "And his lectures are a good mix of humor and interest­ ing historical facts." Muir is tak­ ing "Unbelief in America," a class Miller developed. Muir also said Miller makes his lessons more relevant by provid­ ing a social context to the informa­ tion. Miller will often start class with music from whatever time period on which the day's lecture will focus. While Miller said he was grate­ ful to receive the award, he en­ joyed the effect the presentation had on his students. "If nothing else, at least some of my students finally woke up," Miller said. G. Howard Miller, a distinguished teaching associate professor of history, receives a bundle of flowers from Brette Gamer, who announced that Miller had won the Friar Centennial Teaching Fellowship Monday morning. Jeffrey McWhorter | Daily Texan Staff Studio art master’s candidates showcase work in XII exhibit By Megan Kaldis Daily Texan Staff From sculptures and paintings to installations and photography, each of the 13 students completing their Master of Fine Arts degrees have chosen works that best re­ flect the individual style they have developed through the three-year graduate program at UT. The XII exhibit, presented by UT's Department of Art and Art History, showcases these studio artists' individual thesis exhibits at the future home of the Visual Arts Center. The Master of Fine Arts pro­ gram in studio art allows students to work closely with faculty and visiting artists as they investigate contemporary issues in art, build technical skills and develop their own works. Studio art graduate student Kurt M ueller's "Inherit the Wind!" in­ stallation incorporates a transcript from the 1925 Monkey Trial — a debate about teaching evolution in school — into a karaoke video, he said. The transcript is a clip from the religious debate between Wil­ liam Jennings Bryan, the prosecu­ tor who wanted to ban the teach­ ing of evolution, and Clarence Darrow, the lawyer defending the teacher accused of telling students about the theory of evolution. "'Inherit the Wind!' is part of a larger project intended to infuse ethical discussion into the art world and the reverse of that — to deal with ethical debates through an aesthetic experience," Mueller said. "It takes an ongoing debate and re­ presents it in way that's more en­ gaging to a contemporary viewer." Anna Krachey, a studio art grad­ uate student, said her photos have an element of cultural production — the idea that she portrays famil­ iar objects in a different way. *------------------------------------------- "I use photography to con­ fuse the reading of the picture plane, to skew scale and per­ spective, to allow the viewer to re-evaluate the status of the ev­ eryday," Krachey said. Drawings and paintings of normal and bizarre animal im­ agery are the focus of the exhib­ ited works by Jules Buck Jones, a studio art graduate student. "[Wildlife and sciences] can be a tool to initiate conversation about mutation, conservation and preservation," he said. "But the viewer may just see a por­ trait of the eagle. Every reading is OK." The exhibit is open Monday, Wednesday and Friday, noon to 5 p.m. until May 2. A visitor to the XII exhibit looks at thesis pieces by studio art students in the Master of Fine Arts program in the art and art history department. 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Fhx»**' BTuesday, A p ril 15, 2008 B A S KE TBA LL T h e D a i l y T e x a n Sports Editor: Ricky Treon E-mail: sports@ dailytexanonline.com Phone: (51 2 ) 232-2210 w w w .da ilytexanonline .com Americans making mark overseas Game going global as former college stars play abroad By Brad Gray Daily Texan Columnist RIGA, Latvia — Dwayne Bro­ yles knew he had to get off the train. Broyles, a 6-foot-5-inch forward who currently plays for the Lat­ vian professional basketball team ASK Riga, saw a group of men who appeared to be neo-Nazis standing at the front of the train as he traveled through Split, Cro­ atia, three years ago. One of the men looked at him, looked at the others, and then started moving his way. Broyles, who is black, was play­ ing in his rookie year of Euro­ pean basketball in the Adriatic League. He had been warned by his agent to watch out for groups of neo-Nazis and told that assaults on m inorities w ere becom ing more prevalent. As soon as he saw the group coming toward him, he moved to the back and made his way off to the next stop. “I don't know if they were go­ ing to try and jump me or what, but I had to get off," Broyles said. "I was texting one of my friends telling him where I was and that these neo-Nazis are looking at me like they're coming for me." Needless to say, he got a car for next season. B ro yles' u p -close and p e r­ sonal scare w ith the d isg u st­ ing face of racism w asn't the only obstacle he faced during his first year. Broyles had to cope with culture shock, language barriers, the lack of a guaranteed contract and the sheer fact that he was thousands of miles away from his home in Canton, Ohio. Still, he is one of a growing num ber of A m erican bask et­ ball players who make the hop across the pond in order to pursue the sport. The money's good, the players are competitive and the scenery is out of this world. During my time in Latvia last month, I was able to see firsthand how globalized basketball has be­ come. When I told college students that I was from Houston, the first thing I was asked was about the Rockets' winning streak. In Lat­ via, basketball is every bit as pop­ ular as soccer. The NBA has done a better job of reaching out to the world than any other American sport. Players from all over are show­ cased and gam es are being watched everywhere from Chi­ na to Africa to Argentina. It's got­ ten to the point where there's se­ rious discussion of having an ex­ pansion team move to London or Paris. Despite all that, the NBA might not be the most important factor in the increase of basketball's pop­ ularity. The leagues in Europe are closing the talent gap and catch­ ing up with the NBA, even if they still have a long way to go. American players are a large part of it. "Every team gets one or two of us to bring some flair," Broyles said. "The people over here are crazy for American players. You think that everybody hates Amer­ icans, but over here they love us." Broyles came over to Europe to play in Croatia after gradu­ ating from James Madison Uni­ versity in Virginia. He decided BBALL continues on page 2B BASEBALL CO LU M N B e l t in g it o u t o f t h e p a r k Texas pitcher Austin Wood was one of the pitchers in Texas' recent 31-12 loss to Missouri. W ood gave up seven runs in tw o innings. Jon Huang | Daily Texan Staff By Colby White Daily Texan Columnist Texas baseball team in dire need o f fresh pitching You'd expect a 9-2 victory over the No. 8 team in the na­ tion in their home field to cause a bit more excitement in 40 Acres. But then again, I guess the re­ cord-setting (and laughably em­ barrassing) 31-12 and 13-2 kill­ ings Texas was handed the two days before by Missouri might force you to overlook Sunday's modest-in-comparison win. So what happened to Texas? "OK, I'll say it," Missouri right fielder Ryan Lollis told the Austin American-Statesman after Texas fell in game two. "Texas' pitching is struggling. They're really struggling." If you need more than Lol­ lis stating the obvious, just take a look at some of the stats from the two-day massacre: • No one abused Texas pitch­ ers better than M issouri's Ja­ cob Priday, who went 5-for- 5 in Friday's 19-run win with four home runs, a Big 12 single­ game record and third on the NCAA list, nine RBIs and six runs, each becoming school re­ cords. (Priday was named Big 12 Player of the Week Monday. No surprise there.) • After the first two games the score margin was already 44-14 in favor of the Tigers, ty­ ing a Texas school record for runs allowed in a three-game series, first set in 1995 against Texas Tech. M issouri's two runs on Sunday set the record at 46. • The Tigers put up video game numbers, hitting 43-for- 86 (.500) with seven home runs, eight doubles, 38 RBIs and a slugging percentage of .837 through the first two games. • In an attempt to find some­ body who could stop the bleed­ ing, Texas went through pitch­ ers like warm water, sending nine different hurlers to the mound with Stayton Thomas and Kyle Walker being used twice. • Walker hasn't been par­ ticularly successful all season (8.49 ERA and an opponent bat­ ting average of .320 in 11 ap­ pearances), but Friday couldn't have helped his confidence. He faced three batters in the fourth and walked every single one of them while he struggled to keep the ball out of the dirt. He was promptly yanked. It's important to note that the swirling winds in Columbia, Mo., which were reported to reach speeds of 35 mph, played a role in M issouri's big week­ end. It's important to note that Texas' pitching rebounded Sun­ day behind freshman Chance Ruffin's four straight scoreless innings. It's important to note that Cole Green pitched three perfect innings in relief of Ruffin. But not even temperamen­ tal winds can hit .500 over two days — unless, of course, the pitches are right down the mid­ dle of plate. "Anything I say right now appears to be an excuse," Texas head coach Augie Garrido said after Friday's loss in game one. "That's honestly the best thing I can say about a game like this. This was a truly dominant per­ formance by M issouri." And a truly embarrassing performance by Texas pitching. Kansas State freshman Michael Beasley declared for the NBA draft Monday. Beasley could be the No. 1 overall pick this June. Charlie Riedei j Associated Press BEASLEY DECLARES FOR DRAFT CLUB WATER POLO Brandon Belt is congratulated by his team after scoring a run recently. The sophom ore transfer is hitting .319 despite an odd bat­ ting stance that resembles that of former Houston Astros first baseman Jeff Bagwell. Michelle Connolly | Daily Texan Staff Belt fitting in with ’Horns Strange batting stance not a problem for hitter who leads team in RBIs By Nathan Riojas D aily Texan Staff See ball, hit ball. It's a cliche for the simplest approach to hitting a baseball. Easy as it sounds, everyone w ill tell you it's really not that simple. Everyone except Brandon Belt. It's ju st not that com plicated for Texas' first baseman. "H e said, 'If it's outside, I hit it to left field; if it's inside, I hit to right field,'" associate head coach Tommy Harmon said of Belt. "That's about as simple as you can get." And regardless of how many times you ask him, prying for him to reveal some kind of secret to his success, Belt insists th ere's really not that much to it. "I just put the bat on the ball,” the left-hander said. "I don't care where it goes to be honest with you." W hether or not you believe getting hits is that sim ple, Belt's production is unquestionable. He leads the team with 42 RBIs and 74 total bases, behind a .319 batting average and a .525 slug­ ging percentage. The H u d son H igh School p ro d ­ uct out of Lufkin has all the num ­ b ers, d esp ite an aw kw ard battin g stance. Just like form er major leagu­ er Jeff Bagwell's, Belt's stance is wide and squatty. "I w as talk in g to coach G arrido about this the other day and he said, 'Ya know, you can't fix th at,'" junior Travis Tucker said. Given Belt's success, the Longhorn coaching staff hasn't tried. When Har­ mon recruited Belt to come to Tex­ as, he w arned G arrido about B elt's unusual stance. "I told him , 'T his kid 's different, but w e're going to have to leave him alone,"' Harmon said. "[The first time Garrido saw him] he was hitting line drives everywhere, so he was an easy sell. If he hadn't been hitting that first day it might not have been that easy of a sell. But we d on't really care if you stand on your head, if you get a base hit." His stance is strange to everyone else, but it's all Belt has ever known. He traces it back to his Little League days in N acogdoches and his coach Kenneth Beck. As a member of Beck's Cardinals, Belt said he just hit like Beck told him to. "H e really worked with me on my hitting, and he really got me hitting the way I do," Belt said. "It has worked for me ever since, so I just keep on doing it." And while his teammates mock his stance in the batting cages, no one can replicate Belt's effectiveness with it. "We always just sw ing and m iss," Tucker said. "I don't see how he can hit like that. It's just one of those things, BELT continues on page 2B UT students compete in gritty sport By Harsh Kalan Daily Texan Staff For 20 year-old Kinesiology ju­ nior Flor Beckmann, splashing her way past her adversaries is part of a regular day at the pool. The Bry­ an native is one of the 11 players that comprise the UT Women's Water Polo club. "I started playing water polo in the freshman year of my high school. It's been seven years now," Beckmann said. Beckmann has been a part of the UT Women's Water Polo club since her freshman year and is an important part of the team now. "I was swimming since I was very little, and then 1 did running. But I wanted to do something that would keep me active at all times and not be monotonous. So water polo was the perfect sport to play for me," Beckmann said. Beckmann and her teammates diligently practice four days a week for about two hours. They compete in the Texas division of the Collegiate Water Polo As­ sociation, which has six teams in all. "Right now the most competi­ tive teams, and major rivals, would be Rice and Texas A&M. My best memory of playing water polo is when we went to Texas A&M to play regionals, and we beat them to reach nationals. We got to go to New York to play against the top dogs," Beckmann said. ly counteract the brute physicality that typifies this sport. For a rough sport, water polo involves a lot of strategy. The UT Women's Water Polo Club is coached by former Michigan State goalie, Karin Robertson. "You have got to be smart while playing water polo, because there are a lot of tricks to it. Karin Rob­ ertson helps us a lot. She is an awesome coach and she rocks," Beckmann said. Another critical aspect of the sport is the injuries to which play­ ers are susceptible. Athletes wear extremely tight swimsuits and padded headgear for safety rea­ sons. But this does not complete­ "It is really rough because you don't know what's going on un­ der water. The refs can't see it. So, people get grabbed, pulled, pinched, kicked and anything you can imagine," Beckmann said. This is what attracts Beckmann to this sport, who hopes that the graduate school of her choosing also has a water polo team for her to continue playing. "It's a different sport. It's nice If you like to be very competi­ tive and you like to fight, it's good to take out your anger. If you can't play nice, play water polo," Beckmann said. 2B Sports Tuesday, April 15,2008 BELT: Batting stance, personality crack up teammates on and off field From page 1B the team . N ic k n a m e d J e t h r o ( fr o m th e B ev erly H illb illie s in th e 1960s) b e c a u s e of h is re s e m ­ b la n c e to c h a r a c te r , B elt a l ­ m o st alw ays h as a sm ile on his face an d c o n s ta n tly k ee p s h is team m ates laughing. " H e a c t u a l l y lo o k e d m e s tr a ig h t in th e e y e a n d g o es, 'W h y is it every tim e 1 say som e­ thing, you lau g h a t m e,'" catch­ er P reston C lark said. "H e w as d e a d serious, a n d I ju st sta rted cracking u p rig h t th e n ." H arm o n a d d e d , " H e 'll com e u p w ith som e th in g s th a t re a l­ ly just crack 'em all up. T hey're ju st so g e n u in e a n d so sim p le, b u t so true. H e 's a gen u in e p e r­ son and real. G reat kid." Belt has a u n iq u e m in d s e t, b u t th a t's w h a t m a k e s h im a joy to be a ro u n d . H e m ay h av e a different w ay of d o in g things, b u t he flat o u t gets it done. A nd h e a n d e v e ry o n e e lse a r o u n d him have fun in the process. B-BALL: European leagues offer year-to-year contracts From page 1B to g iv e E u ro p e a n b a s k e tb a ll a chan ce w h e n one o f h is frie n d s fro m c o lle g e to ld h im a b o u t h is experience. “ T he m o n e y 's n o t b a d , e i­ ther," Broyles said. A fter th ree years, h e 's p la y ed for th ree team s in tw o d iffe ren t co u n tries. C o n tra cts in E u ro p e a r e y e a r - to - y e a r , so t h e r e 's n o t e l l i n g w h e r e h e c o u l d p la y next. T h e r e 's a ls o th e c o n s ta n t th re a t th a t an in ju ry co u ld end h is career. " T e a m s w ill j u s t c u t y o u th e n a n d th e re s in c e y o u 'r e n o t o n c o n tra ct," B royles said. L e a g u e s in S p a in a n d I t ­ a ly a re c o n s id e r e d to b e th e b e s t, a n d p a y o u t m o n e y th a t r i v a l s s o m e o f th e s m a lle r N BA contracts. " R i g h t n o w I d o n 't r e ­ a l l y t h i n k a b o u t th e N B A m u c h , b u t I 'm j u s t e n j o y ­ in g life h e r e ," B ro y le s s a id . " If I c o u ld m a k e it to s o m e ­ w h e r e lik e S p a in th a t w o u ld b e g re a t, b u t I'm ju s t e n jo y ­ in g the o p p o rtu n ity th a t G o d 's g iv e n m e." W h e rev er he p la y s next se a ­ s o n , B ro y le s is ju s t p a r t o f a t r e n d t h a t 's b e e n g o in g o n f o r y e a r s . B a s k e tb a ll is n o t ju s t a n A m e ric a n s p o r t a n y ­ m o re , a n d A m e ric a n s sh o u ld reco g n ize it. It s h o u ld n 't take a n o th e r u p ­ se t a t the u p c o m in g O ly m p ics for th a t to h a p p e n . SPORTS BRIEFLY Carmelo Anthony arrested Monday morning for DUI DENVER — NBA All-Star Car­ melo Anthony was arrested ear­ ly Monday on suspicion of driv­ ing under the influence of alcohol, hours after his worst game of the season. The Denver Nuggets forward was arrested on Interstate 25, po­ lice said. He was alone in the car and pulled over for weaving and not dimming his lights. Detective Sharon Hahn said An­ thony failed a series of sobriety tests. He was charged with DUI, then taken to police headquarters before being released to a "sober responsible party," Hahn said. An­ thony is due in court May 14. 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The first b a s e m a n 's p ro d u c tio n w as actually a p le asa n t su rp rise to H a rm o n a n d G a rrid o a fte r they recru ited him . B elt w a s a h ig h ly c o v e te d p itc h in g p r o s p e c t o u t of h ig h school a n d o rig in a lly c o m m it­ ted to Texas. But after being se­ le c te d b y th e A tla n ta B rav e s in th e 11th ro u n d of the M ajor L eague d ra ft, he d ec id e d to a t­ tend San Jacinto C ollege. From there, as a d raft-an d -fo llo w , he co u ld h av e g o n e p ro afte r o n e y e a r w ith th e G a to rs, b u t A t­ la n ta 's o ffe r w a s n 't te m p tin g e n o u g h , a n d Belt o p te d for a transfer to Texas. H is tim e a t San Ja c in to r e ­ v ea le d his p o w e r a t th e p la te. H e finished w ith a .441 b a ttin g av e rag e an d 10 h om e ru n s as a p itc h e r a n d d e s ig n a te d h itte r for the G ators. "W h en w e re c ru ite d him he w as p retty m u ch just a pitcher," H a rm o n sa id . "W h en he w e n t to San Jacinto last y ea r an d w as o n e o f th e ir b e s t h itte r s , th a t w a s s o m e w h a t of a s u r p ris e . We h ad a v oid at first base, so it w o rk e d o u t w ell." A sid e fro m ex c ellin g a t th e p la te , Belt is also d e v e lo p in g in to a fo rc e on th e h ill. T h e so p h o m o re (1-0, 1.93 ERA) h as tw o saves in eig h t a p p e aran c es and 9 1 /3 innings. For a guy th a t co n trib u tes so m u c h to h is team , Belt a lre a d y s h o u ld be lo v e d by h is te a m ­ m a tes. B ut B elt is e v e n m o re likeable as a p e rso n th a n h e is as a b a llp la y e r. H is E ast Tex­ as d ra w l a n d stra ig h tfo rw a rd , n o -n o n sen se p e rso n a lity m ake him one of th e fu n n iest guys on REWARD! LOST Special emerald and diamond earrings between KUT Studio and paid parking lot on Guadalupe. 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"A reader w ho reads my book is like a guest com ing into m y house. If I give him tea, how am I supposed to ask them pay for that tea?" Shishkin asked. Even though Shishkin sounds p e ssim istic ab o u t th e state of R u ssian lite ra tu re , he said he feels the opposite. "I really am op tim istic, and I have no doubt that great m usic, film and lite ra tu re w ill com e from R ussia," he said. S h i s h k i n 's l a t e s t n o v e l, "V en erin V o lo s," tran slated as "M a id e n h a ir ," w o n R u s s ia 's National Bestseller Prize. "T h e novel is p artially au to­ biographical and deals with the d ifficu ltie s o f b ein g an au thor in R u ssia," said Thom as G arza from the D ep artm ent of Slavic Languages and Literature. G arza added that the title of the novel is a m etaphor for the exiled writer, w ho lived in Sw it­ zerland at the time. M aidenhair re fe rs to a p la n t th a t ca n n o t s u rv iv e a n y w h ere b u t w h ere it's from. S h is h k in 's n o v e ls hav e y et to be tran sla ted into E n g lish , b u t one of his sh o rt sto ries is a v a ila b le on the W ords W ith ­ out Borders Web site, translated by M arian Schw artz Sch w artz a c c o m p a n ie d S h is h k in and helped translate som e of his an­ sw ers d uring the Q & A session at M onday's event. "H is w ritin g sty le is m u lti­ layered with lots of threads It's rich and d en se," Schw artz said. Shishkin claim s to have w rit­ ten his first novel when he was nine years old. " I w rote a w h o le p ag e and then put 'T h e E n d ' at the b o t­ tom ," he said. H e h a s b ee n w r itin g e v e r since. Before writing a novel, Shish­ kin decided to stop w riting al­ together. He cou ld n't get out of bed for three days and had his w ife call in sick for him . T hat's when the idea cam e for his nov­ el and he found his ( ailing. To young w riters he offers this advice: "Stop writing. N ow ." 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Sp rint^S *. ... ■ Go online to read the full text of this article. L A V I D A LS at the Frank Érwin Center f Tomorrow^ Wednesday, April 16 at 8PM! r iC K FTS A V A II A 31. F A l Í 5>. A SBO X O F FIT. B ■'~ O M 1 - 8 0 0 - 9 8 2 - 2 3 - 3 6 A N D AT A I - . T Z ' / A b B O X O r i - C L C U ’ LCTS. I N C . L O N G SFl FC :i H F B A O P R F UTERWINCENTER.COM j ~ pm( or :■> i t Critically praised band releases album with multiple tracks By Andy O'Connor Daily Texan Staff M e s h u g g a h 's c o v e r a rt for O b Z e n , r e le a s e d la s t m o n th on N u clear B last R ecord s, fea­ tu re s a m e d ita tin g m an w ith blood on his hands. The title is a p o rtm an teau of obscene and zen, w hich not only fits the a l­ b u m 's sound and look, but also the hum an condition. "W e , a s h u m a n ity , h a v e fo u n d o u r in n e r p e a ce — or z e n m o m e n t — th ro u g h the o b scen e , th rou gh b lo o d sh e d ," rh y th m g u ita rist M arten H ag- strom said. T h e S w e d ish q u in te t is in ­ d e e d th e s o u n d tr a c k to d e ­ stru ctiv e catharsis. ObZen co n ­ tin u e s th is m a n ife sto , th o u g h it rep resen ts a d ep artu re from th e b a n d 's p re v io u s tw o a l­ b u m s, C atch 33 and 1. W h e re ­ as those albu m s had only one lon g song on them , O bZen re­ tu r n s to m a k in g in d iv id u a l son g s. In lig h t of th is ch an g e, M esh u g g ah has alw ay s a core s o u n d , d efin e d b y H ag stro m and d ru m m er Tom as H aak e 's u se o f o d d tim e s ig n a tu r e s , lead gu itarist Fredrik Thorden- d a l's freeform soloing and Jens K id m an 's acid -d renched yells. T h e ir s u c c e s s , h o w e v e r, h as b een in tw eak in g th is fo u n d a­ tion. From b reakin g from their th ra sh ro o ts on D estroy E rase Im prove to utilizing m echanical g ro o v e s on N oth in g , M e sh u g ­ g a h h av e a lw a y s b e e n a b o u t m a k in g su re no tw o a lb u m s are the sam e. "W h en ev er we do an album , i t 's a re a c tio n to w a rd s w h a t w e 'v e b een doing p reviou sly," H agstrom said. "C o m in g from C atch 33, it felt liberating to go back and focus on ag g ressio n ." A g g r e s s io n is o f fe r e d in sp a d e s on O bZ en , ev en m ore so than on their e arlier efforts. The album has an ov erall faster, m ore pu m m eling feel. W ithout b ein g p sy ch e d e lic or am b ien t, both elem ents used in the past, M e s h u g g a h h a v e c re a te d an en com p assin g vortex. "B le e d ," arg u ably the stan d ou t track, is on e o f the m o st b ru ta l tra ck s on the albu m . K id m an p roves to b e an a m p le m o u th p ie c e for H aake, w ho w rites m o st of the lyrics, as he scream s "M a l­ fu n ctio n th e m ean s for its a s­ ce n t/B lo o d le ttin g the stringent v o ice to b eck o n m y so u l." The con stru ction of the lyrics began before the recording. "B y the tim e w e finished up w ith C atch 33, T o m as, w h o 's m u ch m ore p ro lific than I am , had a b u nch of lyrics that piled up that aim ed tow ard s regular so n g s," H agstrom said. M esh u g g ah h av e b een a fa­ v o rite of m etal m agazin es and m a in stre a m critics alik e. A s a re s u lt, th e y h av e b ee n sh o w - tv t E z G A L . C I M E M A S 0 C ' O P EN C A r - O N E : * V * Í»; ‘*r; • B.iUiatn Show,s In i } ¿/A LAfelE Wec^eirdav • Discount Shews A!. Day EkcIjcujkj j Films METRO POLITAN STADIUM 14 800-FANDANGO 368» I-35 S AT STASSNEV LANE Adv. 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Come to the Ford Vehicle Experience & WIN! Date: Thursday, April 17,2008 Time: 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM Location: Platinum Parking Lot www.FordDrivesU.com/Campus F IR S T 2 5 W IN V IP P A S S E S FOR FO R B ID D E N K IN G D O M PR EM IER S C R E E N IN G T h f D a i l y T k x a n T U ES D A Y , A P R IL 15, 2008 SECTION JjjJ w w w .d a ily tex an o n lin e .co m Life&Arts Editor: Vanessa Orr Associate Life&Arts Editors: Randi Goff, A le x Regnery E-mail: lifeandarts@ dailytexanonline.com Phone: (512) 232-2209 SOUNDBITES tYwYrAYV The Raconteurs South Austin Jug Band Consolers of the Lonely Strange Invitation You'll Like IfYou Like: MC5,TheWho If you like: Matt Costa, Jack Johnson W ith a ra p id ly c h a n g in g — so m e m ig h t say fa d in g — re ­ c o r d in g in d u s tr y , T h e R a n - c o n te u rs ' Consolers o f the Lone­ ly joins th e co n tin u in g e x p e ri­ m e n ta tio n by e s ta b lish e d acts in th e w a y th e y re le a se n e w m usic. T he album w as released le s s th a n th r e e w e e k s a f te r com pletio n , sk ip p in g the tra d i­ tional six m o n th s of p ro m o tio n a n d to u rin g p rio r to the release of a m ajor label album . M a n y o f th e s o n g s b a re a s tr o n g re s e m b la n c e to "Ic k y T h u m p " tr a c k s fro m J a c k W h ite 's " o th e r b a n d " — n o t to sa y th a t's a b a d th in g . In- strum en tally , Consolers is stim ­ u la tin g , b u t th e v o c a l m e l­ o d ie s s e e m c o m p a r a t i v e l y ru sh e d . T he a lb u m h as a m e ­ lodic b rig h t sp o t in the up te m ­ p o b a lla d " M a n y S h a d e s of Black," w h ere s in g e r/g u ita ris t B ren d a n B enson s o u n d s p o s ­ sessed by E lton John. To a v o id fu tu re re p e titio n , W h ite s h o u ld c o n sid e r ta k in g a b re a k fro m s e lf- p r o d u c in g his g ro u p 's album s. S om ebody please lock him in a room w ith R ick R u b in u n til th e y b o th a g re e R u b in s h o u ld p ro d u c e his next project. D o n 't b e f o o l e d b y th e nam e: S o u th A u stin Jug Band is n o t ju s t a n o th e r p la y e r in th e s te r e o ty p ic a l " c o u n tr y - p o p " /A m e r ic a n a genre. W ith its new a lb u m Strange In vita ­ tion, th is risin g lo c al b a n d 's c re a tiv e y e t accessib le so u n d s ta n d s o u t as it w elco m es lis­ te n e r s o n a n e c le c tic j o u r ­ n e y th ro u g h m u ltip le m usical styles. W hat g en re is th e b an d a im ­ in g for? A h a n d f u l of s o n g s h o ld s o m e w h a t tr u e to th e ir " J u g B a n d " p e r s o n a g e , e lic ­ iti n g m u ltip le g u ita r s , f i d ­ d le s a n d a m a n d o lin . "C o m e To M e," h o w ev er, co u ld h a v e b e e n w r itte n b y Ja ck J o h n ­ s o n , a n d m a n y s o n g s h a v e th a t a lte rn a tiv e , Jo h n M ay er- like feel. O th ers h a v e the h alf- b lu e g ra ss, h alf-ro ck tw a n g of Bob D y la n . T h e tr a c k "Ja c k A ss" is a Beck co v e r. C le a r ­ ly, th e se g u y s p u t n o lim its o n th e ir m u sic a l c a p a b ilitie s , a n d it w o rk s. A ll a n d all, it's ea sy to see w h y S o u th A u stin Jug Band h a s b ee n g e n e ra tin g so m u c h p re s s la tely . Its c re ­ a tiv e an d fu n n ew alb u m is an e n jo y a b le , S trang e In vita tio n w o rth accepting. — Phil Paquette — Leigh Patterson D e c a d e n c e o f l i t e r a t u r e The Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies hosts "W riting Under Putin," a lecture from visiting Russian author Mikhail Shishkin, center. J o h n G ilchrist Daily Texan Staff Shishkin talks to young writers By Andres Martinez Daily Texan Staff M ikhail Shishkin is asto u n d ­ ed by the fact th a t w ritin g ex­ ists as a profession in the West­ ern w orld. But, as a w in n er of R ussia's three m ost coveted lit­ erary prizes, he c a n 't help but label w riting as his job. Shish­ kin le c tu re d M o n d a y a t the Texas U nion on w h a t he con­ sid ers the decadence of litera­ ture in Russia u n d er Putin. The e v e n t w as p re se n te d by U T's C enter for Russian, E ast E uro­ pean and Eurasian Studies. "A t the end of the Soviet era, no o n e c a re d , n o o n e re a d a n d th e sta te ig n o re d lite ra ­ tu re ," S h ish k in sa id d u r in g the lecture. U n d e r th e S o v ie t U n io n , w ritin g w as so m e th in g th a t the govern m en t controlled, so w hen the state collapsed there w as, all of a s u d d e n , a free lite r a tu r e . T oday, h o w e v e r, Shishkin said he thin k s m any contem porary Russian authors sacrifice quality for profits. "W riters m u st appeal to the largest audience," Shishkin said. In o rd er to accom plish that, w riters m ust low er th eir sta n ­ d a rd s a n d follow th ree ru les th a t S h ish k in o u tlin e d . First, they m u st w rite a lot. Second, they m u st a p p e a r everyw here — on TV, rad io a n d all n e w s­ p a p e rs a n d m a g a z in e s. A nd third, they m ust create as m any scandals as possible in o rd er to d ra w a tte n tio n to th eir w ork. S h is h k in c a n 't b la m e m o s t young w riters for doing this. As an exam ple, he m entioned th at a young w riter w ith a fam ­ ily to su p p o rt d o e s n 't h ave the o p tio n to p u rsu e th e n ex t lit­ e ra ry m a ste rp ie c e , r a th e r he m u st m ake m oney to feed his family. H ow ever, Shishkin said th a t once th o se w rite rs h a v e w ritten for money, there is no turning back. "You c a n 't ju st sell a little b it of y o u r soul to the d ev il," Shishkin said. Today there is a paradoxical situation in Russia — that of a totalitarian state w ith free liter­ ature, Shishkin said. "T he a c ce p ta n ce [of lite ra ­ ture] does n o t show liberalism , b u t h o w m a rg in a l lite ra tu re is," he said. SHISHKIN continues on page 5B Krispie delight makes sweet study snack By Claire Smith Daily Texan Staff W ith a g ru elin g m o n th of tests, p a ­ p e rs a n d ex a m s a h e a d , a d e lic io u s trea t is ju st w h a t w e need. Rice K risp­ ie T reats are n o t o n ly r id ic u lo u s ly easy to m ake, th ey are scru m p tio u s. T im e is a lw a y s a n iss u e . G o o d n e w s: Rice K ris p ie T re a ts r e q u ir e th re e in g r e d ie n ts a n d a q u ic k trip to the g ro c e ry sto re. Since I am a l­ w a y s c ra v in g c h o c o la te , I s p e n t a little e x tra on c h o c o la te ch ip s a n d b u tte r s c o tc h c h ip s to a d d to m y chew y treats. 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