@thedailytexan facebook.com/dailytexan Tuesday, January 18, 2011 >> Breaking news, blogs and more: www.dailytexanonline.com Calendar Gubernatorial inauguration Gov. Rick Perry and Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst will be sworn in for PerryÕs third term. Begins at 11 a.m. on the south steps of the Texas State Capitol. ÔThe Real CountryÕ Mike and the Moonpies play an unplugged show at Mo¥hawk, with doors opening at 5 p.m. 21+ ÔWishful makeupingÕ Alamo Drafthouse Ritz will show Pretty in Pink. The show begins at 7:45 p.m. Tickets are $8.50. Potluck The Austin Teapot Party will meet to discuss reforming drug laws. Begins at 7 p.m. at 3109 E. Cesar Chavez St. Campus watch ÔHoney donÕt runÕ San Antonio Parking Garage Two UT students reported an unknown male ran up behind them and dropped his pants to the ground. The students stated the subject was standing there with his pants on the ground exposing himself to them. As they ran away, the subject yelled, ÒHoney donÕt runÓ as he lunged at them. Today in history In 1957 A trio of B-52Õs completed the first non-stop, round-the-world flight by jet planes Quote to note Ô Ô Ò[The new offensive coordinators are] anxious to get started, and we canÕt wait to watch what they do.Ó Ñ Mack Brown Texas head coach SPORTS PAGE 1B Tamir Kalifa | Daily Texan Staff Austin Police Department Officer Patti Robinson walks with Taisier and Alaiha Briggs down Chicon Street during a march to commemorate the accomplishments of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday morning. UTÕs connection with Dr. King goes beyond his statue on the East Mall. In March 1962, he spoke at the Texas Union to a crowd of 1,200 and spent the night in a guest room on the fourth floor. Celebration of civil rights leader attracts students, community to East Mall Spoken word poetry, gospel songs and Government freshman Cortney Sanders prayers could be heard across the East Mall on opened the rally before the march with her Monday morning as students from UT, Aus-original poem, ÒA Peculiar Man Who Took a MARCHto tin Community College, St. EdwardÕs Univer-Stand.Ó King traveled, she said, singing, shout¥sity, Huston-Tillotson University and members ing, praying and preaching to give others the of the Austin community gathered at the UTÕs freedom to dream. REMEMBER statue of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. ÒI find myself asking, ÔWhat is wrong with MondayÕs celebration marked the 17th an-daring to dream?Õ Allowing my heart to sing, nual MLK Community March. Participants dancing carefree, shouting for glee, believing By Allie Kolechta marched from the statue to Huston-Tillotson one day that all will truly be free,Ó she read. University in honor of KingÕs legacy and to pro¥mote the ideals he fought for. MARCH continues on PAGE 2A ON THE WEB: Check out a video and picture slideshow of the dayÕs events @dailytexanonline.com Students travel to Israel with Birthright program By Audrey White Daily Texan Staff Amid thousands of shoppers pre¥paring for their Sabbath dinners, a few dozen UT students took in the sights, smells and sounds of the Machne Yehuda Shuk, JerusalemÕs largest open-air market. Thirty-eight Texas Hillel students, like thousands of others, traveled to Israel over winter break as part of the Taglit-Birthright Israel program. The program began in 2000 and offers 18¥to 26-year-old Jewish people the op¥portunity to take an all-expenses paid trip to Israel for 10 days with the fi¥nancial support of philanthropists and the Israeli government. ÒThe program is a way for young Jewish people to strengthen their Judaism and connect to the land of Israel,Ó said Texas Hillel Rabbi Da¥vid Komerofsky, who traveled with the group. In Israel, Hillel students said they experienced a sense of belonging and a familial connection to the people they met there. Broadcast journalism senior Samantha Unell ISRAEL continues on PAGE 12A Erika Rich | Daily Texan Staff UT students Elaine Hirsch and Samantha Unell decorate soldier Idan Porat with artwork created by school children. Program seeks fewer faculty, gives bonuses for retirement By Matthew Stottlemyre Daily Texan Staff The College of Liberal Arts will feel the effects of a retirement incen¥tive program, which offered buyouts to 87 tenured professors that 27 pro¥fessors accepted. The initiative will save the college about $2.4 million annually, an administrator said. James Southerland, assistant dean for business affairs, said 87 profes¥sors in Liberal Arts received buyout offers in the summer of 2010, and 27 accepted the offer. In order to quali¥fy, Southerland said faculty members had to satisfy the rule of 93 Ñ their age plus years of service had to equal at least 93. The college compensated those who agreed to retire at the end of the semester with the equivalent of two-yearsÕ salary. ÒOur plan over the next few years is to let the number of faculty decline as people leave,Ó Southerland said. Southerland said the college of¥fered buyouts to prepare for coming cuts in funding from the state legis¥lature. He said the college is prepar¥ing for a 10-percent cut on top of last yearÕs $3.3 million 5-percent cut. He said the buyouts will also help the college pay for its new building. Six faculty members in the College of Fine Arts and three in the College of Communication took similar re¥tirement incentives, spokespersons for the colleges said. Daniela Bini, the French and Ital¥ian department chair, said the ad¥ministration decided on the retire¥ment incentive plan democratically. BUYOUTS continues on PAGE 2A Senior Media Support Tech Richard Stimpert makes one last adjustment to equipment in the legislative assembly room before today Ôs opening of the new Student Activity Center. Corey Leamon Daily Texan Staff Student Activity Center opens for business Building planners attempt to accommodate students, incorporate sustainability By Ahsika Sanders Daily Texan Staff The product of years of planning will debut today with the opening of the Student Activity Center. The $68 million building fea¥tures a black box theater, auditori¥um, study lounges, meeting rooms, dance halls and new food options, including a Taco Cabana and Zen. Former Student Government Vice President Marcus Cisner¥os, who was in office in 2006-07 when students passed a referen¥dum to add the $65-per-semester tuition increase that will pay for the center, said it was important that the center reflect what stu¥dents wanted. ÒWe asked ÔWhat do you want, what do you like, and what do you need?Õ And we tried to put that together to make the best build¥ing possible,Ó said Cisneros, who was on the planning committee. The students involved in the planning process worked with the Campus Environmental Cen¥ter and the Students with Dis¥abilities Agency to make sure the building was both environmen¥tally sound and easily accessible to all students. ÒWe worked with stu¥dents with disabilities to make sure that every space was accessible by wheelchair and accommodating to students with different needs,Ó Cisneros said. ÒWe also wanted our building to have elements of sustainability CENTER continues on PAGE 2A 2A NEWS Tuesday, January 18, 2011 THE DAILY TEXAN CENTER Volume 111, Number 127 BUSTINGOUTTHEGOODLINENS continues from PAGE 1A CONTACT US Main Telephone: (512) 471-4591 Editor: Lauren Winchester (512) 232-2212 editor@dailytexanonline.com Managing Editor: Claire Cardona (512) 232-2217 managingeditor@ dailytexanonline.com Retail Advertising: (512) 471-1865 joanw@mail.utexas.edu ClassiÞ ed Advertising: (512) 471-5244 classiÞ eds@dailytexanonline.com The Texan strives to present all information fairly, accurately and completely. If we have made an error, let us know about it. Call (512) 232-2217 or e-mail managingeditor@dailytexanonline.com. COPYRIGHT Copyright 2010 Texas Student Media. All articles, photographs and graphics, both in the print and online editions, are the property of Texas Student Media and may not be reproduced or republished in part or in whole without written permission. TOMORROWÕS WEATHER High Low 64 48 ÒTotally forgot about funny weather.Ó and efficient energy usage.Ó The center is held to high environmental standards with flower gardens and the cisterns to collect water and reduce the buildingÕs wasted resources. The University is seeking a sil¥ver LEED certification for the building, which would indicate high levels of efficiency and sustainability, said UT sustain-ability director Jim Walker. Cisneros said perhaps the most important element of the center was making it activity-driven with expanded facilities. ÒStudents who didnÕt have a space to conduct certain dance practices, for example, now have a space to do that,Ó he said. SAC director Crystal King said she hopes students em¥brace the center as a special place and make it their own. Student Government Presi¥dent Scott Parks said the cen¥terÕs many new features and convenient location will soon make it a new high traffic area. SG offices are moving from the Student Services Building to the SAC this month. ÒI think that the Student Ac¥tivity Center will be a really nice compliment to the Union that we already have,Ó he said. ÒIt will be a more vibrant, flex¥ible space for all different kinds of student groups to meet and hang out.Ó In addition to SG, the cen¥ter is now home to the Of¥fice of the Dean of Students, the Multicultural Information Center and the Gender and Sexuality Center, among oth¥er organizationsÕ offices. Trent Lesikar |Daily Texan Staff Patsy Williams and Jacob Ervin, employees for the Eddie Deen catering company, fold unused tablecloths Monday in preparation for Rick PerryÕs inaguaration barbeque at the Capitol this afternoon. MARCH continues from PAGE 1A ÒFree to enter as they are, regardless tor Kirk Watson, D-Austin, joined this world a better place.Ó East Mall, CŽsar Ch‡vez on our of house, job or car, children will Dukes on stage. The first MLK Community West Mall and Barbara Jordan un¥not be discouraged to dream.Ó ÒThe reason I ask my colleagues March was planned and sponsored der the Battle Oaks Ñ these are State Rep. Dawnna Dukes, who to join around me this morning is 28 years ago by the African Amer-stone symbols of diversity and in-authored the house bill for the MLK because we all know that the work ican Culture Committee, which clusion on our campus, of tolerance statue, spoke about the impact of that Dr. Martin Luther King did, he Huston-Tillotson University later and respect,Ó Powers said. ÒBut they KingÕs work at the rally. Several law-did not do alone,Ó she said. ÒHe did joined, said Brenda Burt, spokes-must be more than symbols.Ó makers, including Rep. Lloyd Dog- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.Õs ... These are stone symbols of diversity and inclusion on our Ò campus, of tolerance and respect.Ñ William Powers, UT President gett, D-TX, former Texas State Rep. Wilhelmina Delco and State Sena¥dreams are still as relevant to stu¥ dents as ever, given events such as This newspaper was printed with pride by The Daily Texan and THE DAILY TEXAN Texas Student Media. the recent renaming of Creekside Hall dormitory, said student body SKI SPRING BREAK 201 ! 1 Permanent Staff president Scott Parks during the Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lauren Winchester Managing Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Claire CardonaAssociate Managing Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bobby Cervantes marchÕs opening rally. The dorm Associate Editors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Viviana Aldous c was previously known as Simkins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Doug Luippold, Dave PlayerNews Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lena Price Ò Hall dormitory in honor of former UT law professor William Stew¥ art Simkins, a member of the Ku Klux Klan. 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Patrick Zimmerman Senior Videographer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Janese QuituguaEditorial Adviser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Doug Warren Volunteers Reporters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Allie Kolechta, Yvonne Marquez, Amy ThorntonComics Artists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Victoria Elliot, Garrett Sullivan, Claudine Lucena. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brianne Klitgaard, Riki Tsuji, John MassingillMultimedia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Raymond Perez Advertising Director of Advertising & Creative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jalah GoetteAssistant to Advertising Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CJ SalgadoLocal Sales Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brad CorbettBroadcast Manager/Local Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Carter GossCampus/National Sales Consultant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joan BowermanStudent Advertising Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kathryn AbbasStudent Advertising Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ryan Ford, Meagan GribbinStudent Acct. Execs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cameron McClure, Daniel Ruszkiewkz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Josh Phipps, Selen Flores, Patti Zhang. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sarah Hall, Maryanne Lee, Ian PayneStudent Office Assistant/Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rene GonzalezBroadcast Sales Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aubrey RodriguezSenior Graphic Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Felimon HernandezJunior Designers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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A new department is being opened on UTÕs campus for African and African Diaspora Studies, said University President William Pow¥ers Jr., and more than half of this fallÕs entering class is composed of students of color, a first for UT. ÒMLKÕs presence here on our BUYOUTS continues from PAGE 1A ÒThatÕs a very important, symbol¥ic moment for our campus in my mind, and one that Dr. King would be incredibly proud to see happen,Ó Parks said. ÒSimkins was a racist, and the renaming of that dormito¥ry brought about a lot of really pro¥ductive and honest and amazing conversations on this campus, espe¥cially among students. It was a real¥ly valuable experience for everyone, and today is a fitting day to thank everyone involved in that decision.Ó She said all faculty members voted from a list of about 20 cost-cutting options, including cutting off profes¥sorsÕ phones and reducing paid trav¥el, and the incentives were the most popular choice. The Academic Planning and Ad¥visory Council, a nine-member pan¥el, created and distributed the facul¥ty survey. Liberal Arts Dean Randy Diehl appointed the committee and charged it with finding ways to cut the budget. Bini said she has already had to cut courses in the face of the state legis¥latureÕs reduced allocations, and her department lost three faculty mem¥bers to the retirement incentives. College of Liberal Arts spokesman Gary Susswein said by shifting teach¥ing loads and allowing fewer unfilled spots in classes, the college can soft¥en the impact on students of the re¥duced number of professors. The English department lost six of its 76 tenured professors; more than any other department. English de¥partment chair Liz Cullingford said the reduction in faculty will primar¥ily impact specialty and graduate courses, some of which have already been cut. She said because she knew the cuts were coming, she and other depart¥ment chairs had time to adjust before spring registration opened. ÒMy son going to UT has given me a new appreciation of what hell it causes to drop a class after regis¥tration,Ó Cullingford said. ÒIn a way itÕs a juggling act, and we have to jug¥gle classes all the time. WeÕre hav¥ing much more trouble figuring out what to do about a class where the professor got sick.Ó Cullingford said her biggest sched¥uling hurdle from the reduction came when two professors slated to teach sections of the same course took the offer. She said she had to cancel one section of about 20 offered and in¥crease the size of other sections. ÒIt makes no difference to a lectur¥er whether there are 250 or 300 stu¥dents in a section,Ó Cullingford said. ÒI donÕt think students are going to notice an increase of 22 to 25 stu¥dents in a discussion section.Ó Cullingford said the faculty is gen¥erally happy with the buyouts con¥sidering the alternatives. She said de¥spite drawbacks, the incentives of¥fered new opportunities for those who took advantage. Jose Limon, a former UT English professor, took the offer of the in¥centives to continue his career at the University of Notre Dame. He said he ignored the buyout offer when he got it last summer. Then a col¥league nominated him for a posi¥tion at Notre Dame. He said while these nominations are an honor, he ignored them in the past because he wanted to stay at UT. ÒIÕll be making more money than I was making at UT on top of the incentives, so I took it,Ó Li¥mon said. ÒI think all of us were surprised [about the buyout], but it certainly reflects the seriousness of the budget problem.Ó STORIES VIDEOS FOR WEB PHOTO GALLERIES EXCLUSIVE& MORE @dailytexanonline.com World&NatioN 3A Tuesday, January 18, 2011 | The Daily Texan | Sydney Fitzgerald, Wire editor | dailytexanonline.com Rescue workers cover the body Troops constructing bridges in Brazil slide zone of landslide victim Samara By Juliana Barbassa ged area north of Rio where the slides hit, to begin taking supplies and firefighters in, Coelho da The Associated Press hampering efforts to move in the heavy ma-while shuttling injured survivors out. Silva in Nova Friburgo, Brazil. chinery needed to begin massive clean up But pilots said flying was still treacherous BrazilÕs army sent 700 sol- TERESOPOLIS Ñ BrazilÕs army on efforts and eventually dig out bodies stuck in the area full of jagged mountain peaks, Monday sent 700 soldiers to help throw a under tons of mud and debris. where there are few safe landing zones diers to help lifeline to desperate neighborhoods that Days of heavy rains unleashed tons and power lines are draped between peaks throw a lifeline have been cut off from food, water or help of earth, rock and raging torrents of wa-through seemingly clear space. to areas cut in recovering bodies since mudslides killed ter down steep, forested mountainsides All levels of government have come un¥ off from food, at least 655 people. Wednesday, directly into towns that are der heavy criticism for not alerting people water or help. Troops have already set up at least one weekend getaways for the Rio area. to the dangers Ñ and of allowing homes bridge in the mountain vacation city of Rescuers had yet to reach about 20 neigh-to be built in high-risk areas. Local mayors Teresopolis, officials said, but at least 10 borhoods, though a break in rains and bet-have said they did not receive any warning a Felipe Dana Associated Press main highways remain blocked in the rug-ter visibility allowed about 12 helicopters storm of that magnitude was about to hit. 4A OpiniOn Tuesday, January 18, 2011 | The Daily Texan | Lauren Winchester, Editor in Chief | (512) 232 2212 | editor@dailytexanonline.com WHIle yOU Were OUT Student Activity Center now open If youÕre wondering what $65 in student ItÕs natural to raise an eyebrow at such fees looks like, head to the newly opened sleek decorations amid a recession and Student Activity Center on the East Mall. budget cuts, but decor aside, the center HereÕs a hint: ItÕs glitzy and could eas-provides much needed classroom and ily be the most brochure-worthy building study space for the rapidly expanding on the campus. student population. The building pro- The activity center is decked out with vides large meeting rooms, a 474-seat uber-modern Ikea-style furniture and light-auditorium and it is also the new home ing fixtures. There are two fireplace study to several student organizations. lounges, an executive conference room The building is very much geared to- with leather chairs, a ballroom with mes-ward serving students, as it should be. quite floors and, of course, a Starbucks. WeÕre paying for it. Hutchison out, Straus still in Texas politics havenÕt cooled since NovemberÕs midterm elections, which saw a wave of Republican victories across the state. On Thursday, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, the senior Texas senator who has served since 1993, an¥nounced she will not seek re-election in 2012. The announcement sparked a litany of speculation about possible candidates from both parties for what are sure to be a hotly contested pair of primaries. High-profile figures such as Railroad Commissioner Michael Wil¥liams, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert have all been linked to a possible Senate run. Much of the clamor over winter break revolved around the possible oust¥ing of State Rep. Joe Straus as the state Speaker of the House. In 2008, the state representative from San Antonio led a successful coup against then-speaker and fellow Republican Tom Craddick, a move that angered many of the more conservative members of the party. Prior to the current session, represen¥tatives Warren Chisum, R-Pampa, and Ken Paxton, R-McKinney, attempted to channel Tea Party sentiments and the latest Republican upswing to replace Straus with a more conservative speak¥er. However, both candidates dropped out of the race after the Republican caucus decided to stick with Straus; last week on the sessionÕs first day Straus was reelected by a margin of 132-15. The current legislative session will have to account for the stateÕs current $27 billion budget deficit. Today, the House Appropriations Chairman Jim Pitts, R-Waxahachie, is set to introduce a new budget that assumes no new sources of revenue and no use of the stateÕs ÒRainy Day Fund.Ó Such a bud¥get would certainly entail a decrease in state services as well as even less state funding for UT. Higher education in Texas has already faced several reduc¥tions in state funding that have had a measurable impact on the UniversityÕs academic operations. We hope that a more ÒmoderateÓ speaker will be open to other solutions that wonÕt gut the stateÕs colleges and universities. DREAM Act fails After passing in the House of Represen¥tatives, the DREAM Act failed to receive enough votes to advance in the Senate in December. A 55-41 Senate vote to end the debate and take an immediate vote on the act turned up short, as 60 votes were needed for cloture. The actÕs failure to advance to a vote in the Senate is disappointing, especially be¥cause it essentially Ñ but not formally Ñ killed the legislation. Rather than taking an official vote on the measure, Senators relied on parliamentary procedure to kill the act. The passage of the DREAM Act would have granted conditional permanent resi¥dency for qualifying undocumented mi¥nors who entered the United States before age 16 and who either earn a college de¥gree or join the armed services for at least two years. According to the National Im¥migration Law Center, 12 percent of all potential DREAM Act beneficiaries live in Texas. Supporting the DREAM Act not only supports providing undocumented mi¥nors with a path to citizenship but also supports higher education and the state, as it would allow universities to recruit a variety of talented students and would generate billions of dollars in revenue for Texas, according to the center. The SenateÕs blockage of the act is dis¥heartening, but we hope legislators and students, among others, continue to push for support and passage of the act. SUBMIT a FIrINg lINe E-mail your Firing Lines to firingline@dailytexanonline. com. Letters must be more than 100 and fewer than 300 words. The Texan reserves the right to edit all submissions for brevity, clarity and liability. Save mental health services As the nation tries to understand ing and death by suicide of Colton mental health services protect citi¥last weekÕs tragic shooting in Tuscon, Tooley, the events in Tuscon are a sad zensÕ well being and our communi-Ariz., many point to the shooterÕs reminder that mental illness is not tyÕs safety. history of mental illness while in col-only a health issue, but a security one Lastly, we hope students remember lege as a red flag. as well. Ñ and use Ñ the mental health re- With this in mind, as administra-Similarly, we also hope state law-sources available on campus. The UT tors and student leaders approach the makers remember the importance of Counseling and Mental Health Center unenviable task of analyzing and cut-mental health services when formu-is located on the fifth floor in the Stu¥ting campus budgets, we urge them to lating their own budget cuts. While dent Services building and exists for protect our mental health resources. the multibillion-dollar state budget the sole purpose of helping the UT Much like OctoberÕs campus shoot-deficit makes some cuts inevitable, community stay safe and healthy. Write for the Texan the Center for American History. Daily Texan columnist Barack Obama may not be a frequent reader, but a copy of the Texan runs across UT President Have someting to say? 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By you legaleSe Opinions expressed in The Daily Texan are those of the editor, the Editorial Board or the writer of the article. They are not necessarily those of the UT administration, the Board of Regents or the Texas Student Media Board of Operating Trustees. Tuesday, January 18, 2011 NEWS 7A 82nd Legislature to tackle controversial issues By Melissa Ayala B y The 82nd Texas Legislature reconvened once again under the Capitol dome on Jan. 11, and this yearÕs session is expected to tackle some major issues, including a budget deficit and a concealed carry bill. Lawmakers will face the task of balancing and managing the 2012-13 bien¥nial budget deficit, which is estimated to be anywhere from $15 billion to more than $25 billion, according to the LBJ School of Public Affairs Center for Politics and Governance. ÒBudget and redistricting will take out all the oxygen this session, the budget has to pass and the congressional redistricting has to be done by the Legislature,Ó said Sherri Greenberg, former Texas House representative and UT LBJ School lecturer. ÒBy the time you get through the two of those, thereÕs not going to be much oxygen left. The budget is the gorilla of the session.Ó CONCEALED CARRY Lawmakers get second shot in campus firearms debate The Legislature will also address a fired several rounds of his AK-47 on bill state Sen. Jeff Wentworth, R-San campus before taking his own life in Antonio, filed that could allow stu-the Perry-Casta–eda Library. dents to carry concealed handguns Lawmakers filed a similar bill last on campus. session but never took a vote on it. ÒIt has been a very controversial ÒWith all the issues of budgets, bill, and previously it did not have redistricting and immigration tak¥the majority support from students ing up time, there hasnÕt been much and faculty,Ó Greenberg said. ÒPar-discussion on it lately,Ó Greenberg ticularly with the [Sept. 28] inci-said. ÒThis issue will get attention dent, it still will gender discussion.Ó and be discussed. It did last session, On Sept. 28 2010, former math-and it will this session. This bill will ematics sophomore Colton Tooley get its day in the sun this session.Ó Tamir Kalifa |Daily Texan Staff Security personnel guard the north entrance to the State Capitol. The halls of the Capitol are once again bustling as the biennial legislative session returns. Tamir Kalifa |Daily Texan Staff Visitors tour the Texas State Capitol the day before the second week of the legislative session. HIGHER EDUCATION FUNDING Focus falls on Rainy Day Fund, more cuts While lobbyists asked lawmak-ÒWhat weÕre looking at is mas-cent of 163 former office holders, lege of Liberal Arts and elsewhere ers to consider using the Rainy sive cuts in public education and lobbyists and consultants expect that have offered faculty early re-Day Fund Ñ a state emergen-health human services, like Med-cuts to higher education. tirement as a way of reducing ex¥cy fund that can be used during icaid,Ó she said. ÒHigher education Larger class sizes, salary freez-penses,Ó he said. ÒOne of the things budget shortfalls Ñ some legis-agencies have been told to look es and fewer teaching assistants that has bothered some of my col¥lators, as well as Gov. Rick Perry, for a 10-percent budget cut in the are some results of budget cuts leagues is that we no longer of-said they do not want to use the budgets they submitted for the that government professor Bruce fer discussion sections in most of fund or increase taxes. Green-next biennium.Ó Buchanan has noticed during the our larger classes. This is a rough berg said with such large num-According to a budget sum-2010-11 school year. patch and the University is going bers looming, the obvious effect mary published by the Center for ÒThere have been activities of to have to do its part along with will be budget cuts. 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FREE LOCAL DELIVERY SAME DAY/NEXT BookHolders park@quartersoncampus.com DOBIE MALL - (512) 377-9543- BOOKHOLDERS.COM Department launches site, links history to technology By Ahsika Sanders Daily Texan Staff The History Department launched an all-inclusive website Jan. 10 that will keep former stu¥dents connected with UTÕs history UT-El Paso aims to modernize manufacturing By Matthew Stottlemyre cuit board. op a technology where from the company called 3D Monolithics at least 30 other companies will Daily Texan Staff The result of this combination ground up you can make basical-to license technologies developed work with the center to develop would be lighter and more dura-ly anything,Ó Wicker said. at the center. the manufacturing process. The UT-El Paso College of En-ble products Ñ such as a football The centerÕs other co-director The processes they devel-UTEP Engineering Dean Rich¥gineering aims to carry the man-helmet that can detect concus-Kenneth Church came to UTEP op have the potential to localize ard Schoephoerster said he hired ufacturing process into the future manufacturing by simplifying the three additional faculty members with a new center that will devel¥ procedure, he said. with expertise in the field to work op emerging technologies that ÒImagine walking to a dealer-in the center. could impact technology in many ship: You walk up to a comput-ÒI recognized the opportuni- The goal is to develop a technology areas. er, design your car and push print ty and how important the work The Structural and Printed where from the ground up you can and make your car,Ó Church said. theyÕre doing in this field is,Ó Emerging Technologies CenterÕs The center, which will be com-Schoephoerster said. ÒThey are goal is to marry additive manu-Ò make basically anything. pleted in March, received a total doing work we believe is really Ò Ñ Ryan Wicker, Structural and Printed Emerging Technologies co-director of $9 million in start-up and op-going to transform the manufac¥ erating costs Ñ $3 million each turing industry, not just here but facturing processes and printed department while bringing technol¥ electronics processes, said Ryan ogy-based world history resources Wicker, the centerÕs co-director. to everyone interested. In additive manufacturing, a ma- Not Even Past is an interactive from the stateÕs Emerging Tech-also nationally and worldwide.Ó nology Fund, the UT System and Schoephoerster said the center history website that grants access to book and film recommendations and reviews, history articles from professional archives and collec¥tions, interviews and live chats with history professors. History professor Joan Neuberg¥chine adds material layer by lay¥er to create a product, and with printed electronics, separate cir¥cuit boards are traded for materi¥al with electronic properties that serve the same purpose as a cir¥sions Ñ because products will be made of one piece with electronic components integrated into their physical structure. ÒOverall, the goal is to devel¥from the private manufacturing industry to bring in experience with technology commercializa¥tion and printed electronics. He said he created a UTEP-based Lockheed Martin, an aerospace company. Lockheed Martin will benefit from the manufacturing processes developed at the center by influencing the specific direc¥tion of the research. Church said will also bring in funds through commercialization and licens¥ing of technologies and will in¥crease the curriculum and create research opportunities for engi¥neering students. er, chief editor of Not Even Past, said the site is a unique, highly interac¥tive database that works as a compi¥lation of sources. ÒNo other site combines this va¥riety of articles and media,Ó she said. ÒMost innovative are our vir¥tual courses where anyone who registers on the website can take part in seminars on books offered by our faculty.Ó The siteÕs content is complete¥ly generated by UT professors and graduate students and is available to free of charge to anyone who regis- Your futureÕs ters on the site. ÒWe want this to be a valuable teaching tool for anyone anywhere,Ó Neuberger said. ÒWe want to use the timeline, fed. resources of our award-winning fac¥ulty and graduate students to teach history to anyone cruising around the Internet.Ó Associate history professor Char¥ters Wynn will conduct one of the three courses offered through the website. Participants will read three assigned books that will be dis¥cussed throughout the course. ÒThis site is a way to bring histo¥ry outside the University for peo¥ple who would like to have a little bit of history in their lives,Ó Wynn said. ÒThey can use it to bring 15 minutes of history into their day or they can do something a little more ambitious, like sign up for one of the courses.Ó History department website con¥sultant Rick Geyer said they worked with various statewide agencies that are in touch with school districts all over Texas to find out how to make the site a tool for social stud¥ies teachers. ÒWe are wanting to connect and give them a resource that theyÕve never had before in terms of con¥tent that their students will be inter¥ested in.Ó NEWS BRIEFLY Poll finds public opinion split over repeal of healthcare law WASHINGTON Ñ As lawmakers shaken by the shooting of a colleague return to the health care debate, an As¥sociated Press-GfK poll finds raw feel¥ings over President Barack ObamaÕs overhaul have subsided. Ahead of a vote on repeal in the GOP-led House this week, strong op¥position to the law stands at 30 per¥cent, close to the lowest level registered in AP-GfK surveys dating to Septem¥ber 2009. The nation is divided over the law, but the strength and intensity of the opposition appear diminished. The law expands coverage to more than 30 mil¥lion uninsured, and would require, for the first time, that most people in the United States carry health insurance. The poll finds that 40 percent of those surveyed said they support the law, while 41 percent oppose it. Just af¥ter the November congressional elec¥tions, opposition stood at 47 percent and support was 38 percent. As for repeal, only about one in four say they want to do away with the law completely. Among Republicans sup¥port for repeal has dropped sharply, from 61 percent after the elections to 49 percent now. Also, 43 percent say they want the law changed so it does more to re-engi¥neer the health care system. Fewer than one in five say it should be left as it is. Ñ The Associated Press 2007 2008 2010 Meets PwC at a blood drive, networks with PwC via college Earns BBA, joins PwC as an Associate Becomes a Sustainable Business Solutions consultant at PwC After being impressed by PwCÕs community outreach programs, Andy found more surprises at PwC. Like a position on the Sustainable Business Solutions team, where he not only effects positive Try ouT © 2011 PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. All rights reserved. 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We Accept BevoBucks HancockCenter¥1000E.41st @Red River 512-453-8666 www.jasonsdeli.com Class a factor in childÕs cognitive ability By Melissa Ayala Daily Texan Staff A UT study published in the journal Psychological Science provides a new take on the nature versus nurture debate Ñ the so¥cioeconomic class of a child might have more to with his or her de¥velopment than genes. UT psychologists found that children who grow up in wealth¥ier homes are more likely to reach their full cognitive potential than children who grow up in poverty. The study followed data from the U.S. Department of Educa¥tion that studied 750 families with twins located across the country whose mental ability was tracked from 10 months to 2 years old. Psychology professor Elliot Tuck¥er-Drob, who led the research at UT, examined the Department of Education numbers to find trends that indicate the impact of genetic and environmental elements. ÒThe big paradox in the study of cognitive development is the idea of nature versus nurture,Ó Tuck¥er-Drob said. ÒIn the past, people have looked at one or the other, but only recently we have started thinking it is not one or the other but how genes and environments go together to produce healthy development with gene and envi¥ronment interplay.Ó When researchers observed the data, socioeconomic status did not play a role in the cognitive de¥velopment of 10-month-olds. But when observed at 2 years old, the childrenÕs socioeconomic statuses started to become a factor. In contrast, when genes of twins raised in different homes were compared, they maintained similar characteristics regardless of the environment. ÒIf we really want to help peo¥ple make the most of themselves, we need to get them the best op¥portunities, because weÕre finding these effects happening very early in childhood,Ó Tucker-Drob said. ÒItÕs a combination of poor families not having enough resources, hav¥ing less income and being over¥worked; they donÕt have enough time to interact with their children and promote their development.Ó Psychology professor Aletha Huston said this year-long study puts depth into the simple views of nature versus nurture. ÒWeÕve known that for a long time, but it has taken a while for data to show how genetic influenc¥es may vary depending on different types of environments,Ó she said. ÒThe study is especially impor¥tant because it counteracts the ar¥guments that social class differenc¥es in intelligence are due to genet¥ic differences. Instead, it shows that environments make a difference, especially for children from disad¥vantaged homes.Ó Tucker-Drob is starting a study similar to the Department of Ed¥ucationÕs research this year using Austin twins. ÒWe are starting a twin study at the University of Texas thatÕs based on children going to public schools in the Austin and Round Rock community,Ó he said. This is the first study to show gene and environment interac¥ tion impacting children at an ear¥ ly age and is gaining attention. Co-op makes eBooks available to students for spring semester By Yvonne Marquez Daily Texan Staff The Co-opÕs new partnership with CourseSmart, an eBook provider, offers students more than 100 popular textbooks used at UT. For the past nine years, the Co-op has provided digital text¥books to students with various providers. Chad Stitch, direc¥tor of course material, said the Co-op decided to partner with CourseSmart be¥ cause they have are the principle lower prices and things that stu¥a wider selection dents tell us that of eBooks UT they enjoy,Ó Di¥students need. vine said. You can highlight, ÒWe think stu-Students and dents want op-extract the society in gener¥tions and weÕre al are much more going to provide highlighted text, mobile and that them,ÓStitchsaid. provides more Ò you can mark the Lasting for benefits, Divine 180 days, eBooks book, stick a note said. CourseS¥ save students mart provides about 40 percent in there and pull iPad and iPhone off the textbook applications to your notes to price, Stitch said. access eBooks. He believes stu-ÒWhat a lot of review laterÓ dents will be ini-students do is they tially attracted to Ñ Chad Stitch, use their iPhone the price of the Director of course material device to look at digital version their notes in their of books, but eBooks will sat¥isfy their needs. ÒYou donÕt have to carry it around, and it has some inter¥esting features,Ó Stitch said. ÒYou can highlight, extract the high¥lighted text, you can mark the book, stick a note in there and pull your notes to review later.Ó Stitch said usually one half of one percent of the actual enroll¥ment of students in the courses offered use eBooks, though the number is increasing. ÒI think the holidays brought lots of attention to the Kindle and the Nook offered by Barnes and Noble and certainly the iPad being the big gift of the season, a lot of people bought eBook reading devices,Ó Stitch said. ÒWe think theyÕre going to start experimenting with that at this point.Ò CourseSmart CEO Sean Di¥vine said they cover 90 percent of textbooks, so students can find most of their textbooks in digital form. ÒSaving mon¥ ey and anytime anywhere access textbook right be¥ fore a test,Ó Divine said. ÒItÕs a lot eas¥ier to look that up in your iPhone than paging through a book.Ó Social work freshman Tammy Jitnoom said she knew about the eBook offered at the Co-op but did not purchase any. She said she likes to highlight and copy things from her textbooks. ÒI study better with them,Ó Jit¥noom said. ÒWe spend so many hours on the computer with Fa¥cebook and other websites al¥ready, so IÕd rather have a pa¥per copy.Ó A fleet of eight Zipcars became available to Car rental program zips to UT the UT Austin campus in mid-January PTS Alternative Transportation manager. served parking spaces around campus, Company hopes that initiative for students, ÒIt also encourages students not to bring a roadside assistance and up to 180 free faculty and alleviates campus congestion, car to campus because we will provide one miles per day before the member would staff to rent by reduces automobile pollution for them.Ó have to start paying for miles, according the hour or the day. A group of eight cars are now available to the Zipcar website. By Allison Kroll to the UT community, including various ÒZipcar saves about $500 to $600 com- Daily Texan Staff sedans, trucks and sports utility vehicles, pared to personally owned vehicles,Ó Mal- Juarez said. loy said. ÒWe often ask our members to do A new car-sharing program that The cars are available for personal or the math on everything else that comes launched this week will help the UT com-business use to all drivers on campus 18 along with owning a car.Ó munity save money and become more en-years or older who create an online ac-For every Zipcar, 15-20 personal¥vironmentally friendly with vehicles avail-count for the service. Drivers 21 and old-ly owned vehicles are taken off the road, able for anyone to use at any time of the er have access to Zipcars in some major Malloy said. day. cities around the world including Atlanta, The first step to becoming a Zipcar Operated from campus through Park-Boston, London, New York, Philadelphia member is joining online and paying a $35 ing and Transportation Services, Zipcar and San Francisco. membership fee per year. Approval comes allows students, faculty and staff to rent There are 530,000 Zipcar mem-after a background check on driving his-vehicles on-demand hourly or daily, re-bers who have access to thousands of tory, and then the member is free to re¥ducing the need for students to bring a car cars around the globe. Cars can be re-serve a car after receiving a ÒZipcardÓ in to campus. Zipcar aims to help univer-served over the phone or online, or even the mail, according to the Zipcar website. sity administrators maximize the use of through an iPhone application, accord-Cars are located curbside in various loca¥limited on-campus parking, reduce cam-ing to the Zipcar website. tions throughout campus. pus congestion and decrease their car-ÒWe created a new category of car-Zipcar representatives will be on cam-bon footprint, according to the companyÕs sharing that helps us re-think owner-pus Jan. 19 and 20, answering questions website. Zipcar, founded in Massachusetts ship,Ó said Matt Malloy, Zipcar Vice Pres-about the program and helping students in 2000, is the largest car-sharing service ident of International University Rela-learn more about the membership pro-in the world, with about 225 universities tions. ÒThe majority of students who cess, Malloy said. that participate in the program. UT is the bring cars to campus use them only a lit-ÒJust like you download music song-by¥latest addition. tle bit. When you use Zipcars, youÕre sav-song, think about how you can apply that to ÒWe chose to bring the service to UT to ing green while being green.Ó a car,Ó Malloy said. ÒWe encourage people to help the University become a little more Rates start at $8 per hour and $66 per bike and walk and use public transportation, Trent Lesikar green and sustainable,Ó said Blanca Juarez, day, which includes gas, insurance, re-and only use a car when they need it.Ó Daily Texan Staff A StudentÕs Right To Privacy The information below is considered directory information. Under federal law, directory information can be made available to the public. You may restrict access to this information by visiting http://registrar.utexas.edu/restrictmyinfo. Please be aware that if you would like to restrict information from appearing in the printed directory, you must make your changes at this web page by the twelfth class day of the fall semester. If you request that ALL your directory information be restricted NO information about you will be given to anyone, including your family members, except as required by law. 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For details about educational records and official communications with the University see General Information, 2010Ð2011. Tamir Kalifa | Daily Texan Staff Birthright participants from South Florida take a quick stroll by camel through the Southern Israeli Desert. Every year thousands of Jews from around the world participate in Birthright, many of whom travel with orga¥ nizations like the Jewish Community of South Florida or Texas Hillel. ISRAEL continues from PAGE 1A said she may change her post¥graduation plans so that she can travel back to Israel for a longer period. ÒIÕm homesick for a place I nev¥er thought IÕd feel that way toward,Ó Unell said. ÒMaking that trip to Isra¥el is the most welcoming feeling IÕve ever felt as a Jew.Ó Unell said the highlight of the trip for her was meeting eight mem¥bers of the Israeli Defense Force who stayed with the Hillel group for five days of their trip. In every Birthright trip, Israeli soldiers join the groups to meet Jewish youth from other coun¥tries and share what it is like to grow up in Israel, and Komerofsky said it is an important way to meet people directly involved in the Israeli-Pales¥tinian conflict. ÒMany of the students on the trip have only heard negative things about Israel and the army from the media,Ó he said. ÒMeeting these young people gives them a way to see that the young Jewish people in the [Israeli Defense Force] are much like them, even though they are liv¥ing a very different life.Ó Government junior Dale Hanson said he decided to go on the trip to learn more about Israel, but that he was disappointed by the lack of bal¥anced information with regard to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which he said is much more complicated than most people believe. Hanson noted that the group attended a Birthright event at which Prime Minister Ben¥jamin Netanyahu spoke and encour¥aged them to advocate a very specif¥ic pro-Israel viewpoint. ÒItÕs definitely a wonderful experi¥ence Ñ the trip of a lifetime Ñ but it was filled with Israeli propaganda,Ó he said. ÒThere was very little men¥tion about the Palestinians and some of the human rights violations and failures of the Israeli Defense Force.Ó However, Hanson added that the trip opened his eyes to an unbreak¥able bond between Jews and Isra¥el and said he made strong connec¥tions to people he met and places he saw there. A woman he met at a gro-cery store in Golan Heights, a range of hills on the border between Syr¥ia and Israel, felt like a grandmother when she offered her help and showed him ON THE WEB: pictures of For a slideshow of her family, Birthright staff he said. photos visit Unell @dailytexan said she felt online.com that she had a much broader perspective on the conflict after the trip and would encourage any eligi¥ble Jewish student to go on a Birth¥right trip. ÒThereÕs no reason at all not to go,Ó Unell said. ÒYou can be religious, you can be not religious, you can be an-ti-Israel or pro-Israel. Traveling there gave me a wider view and an expe¥rience outside of what the media says. You can take from this experi¥ence what you want to and apply it in your own way.Ó Ñ Additional reporting by Erika Rich The staff that Mack built WILL MUSCHAMP Unusual journey brings Diaz to Texas By Will Anderson Daily Texan Staff Bill Parcells has quite an impres¥sive coaching tree, full of former as¥sistants now doing bigger and bet¥ter things in both the profession¥al and collegiate ranks. TexasÕ new defensive coordinator Manny Diaz also has Parcells to thank for his current situation, even though he never worked under the two-time NFL champion. Diaz was an ESPN production as¥sistant during an interview with Par-cells, then head coach of the New England Patriots, prior to Super Bowl XXXI. It was then, in New Or¥leans, listening to the coaching leg¥end nicknamed ÒThe Big TunaÓ that Diaz decided he wanted to coach. INSIDE: Harsin, Applewhite to share offensive duty on page 1B Forget that he had no coaching ex¥perience or that he never played football in college. ÒAt that moment, I didnÕt want to coach,Ó Diaz said. ÒI had to coach.Ó He got a job as a graduate assistant at his alma mater of Florida State and made it to the NCAA champi¥onship in his first year. In his second season in Tallahassee, the Seminoles won the national title. ÒI was like, ÔMan, this is easy, this coaching thing. I got this down pat,ÕÓ Diaz said. ÒThe great thing is that I was able to learn from a guy like [former FSU defensive coordinator] Mickey Andrews.Ó DiazÕs lack of experience allowed him to absorb everything Andrews threw his way. ÒWhen I came, I was a clean sheet of paper,Ó Diaz said. ÒI had no pre¥conceived notions. No one needed to go into Florida State and tell them how to do anything. They were the industry standard there in the late Õ90s as a football program and abso¥lutely on defense.Ó With the taste already acquired, Diaz has said heÕs hungry for anoth¥er national championship and brings the type of youthful passion last seen when Will Muschamp came over from Auburn. ÒHeÕs a very bright young coach,Ó Mack Brown said. ÒHe will be a great fit to the coaches that we have on campus.Ó OFFENSE continues on PAGE 2B SIDELINE MENÕS BASKETBALL TRIVIA TUESDAY ? What team drafted for¥mer Longhorn cornerback and new Texas defensive backs coach in the 1985 NFL Draft? Answer. Los Angeles Rams LONGHORNS IN THE NBA OFFENSE continues from PAGE 1B Diaz moved from FSU to North Carolina State before taking over co¥ordinator responsibilities at Middle Tennessee in 2006, where his defens¥es never finished worse than third in the Sun Belt in sacks and tackles for loss through four seasons. It was with the Blue Raiders that he earned a reputation for coaching aggressive, multiple-look sets. ÒI am absolutely humbled by the turns my career has taken,Ó he said. ÒThe fact that for whatever reason that I was chosen to do this is some¥thing that I donÕt take very lightly.Ó Now Diaz is tasked with rebuild¥ing a Texas unit that forced the sec¥ond-fewest turnovers of any Big 12 team in 2010 and generally un¥der-performed, given expectations. Brown selected Diaz because the 36-year-old coach did just that with Mississippi State last season, helping the Bulldogs improve dramatically across the board in his first season as coordinator at a BCS school. Mississippi State allowed 119.1 rushing yards per game in 2010. Bulldog defenders also recorded 91 tackles for loss and 26 sacks. With the recent addition of Jerry Gray as defensive backs coach, Di¥azÕs staff is complete and the new co¥ordinator can get to work preparing for next year. He also has Bo Davis, who was brought on from Alabama to work with the interior linemen, and holdover Oscar Giles to coach defensive ends. ÒThe first thing our defense was going to do was be designed to hunt negative plays. WeÕre always hunt¥ing negative plays, and I know that there are a bunch of guys at this school that donÕt need a map to get into the backfield,Ó Diaz said. ÒI al¥ways like to say that weÕll sum it up in two simple terms: weÕre going to stop the run and weÕre going to hit the quarterback.Ó Just how Diaz plans to accomplish those two goals is still unknown. He preaches the importance of showing different fronts to confuse offenses and is known to bring pressure from all over the field. ÒI always think that schemes are overrated,Ó he said. ÒIf I had my dru¥thers, IÕd like to play a 5-4-5, which youÕre not allowed to do, but I want the offense to feel that way. ThatÕs all I want. I want them to look at us and feel like we got about 13 to 14 guys running around. When we got it going the way we want it, we just want to look like we have an u nfair advantage.Ó Despite DiazÕs unorthodox career path, heÕs been well received at every stop since joining the Seminoles 12 years ago. ÒIf I told you it was a good plan, IÕd be lying,Ó he said. ÒIt was a crazy plan.Ó Crazy might just be what this coaching staff needs after the worst season in BrownÕs tenure and a dra¥matic staff overhaul. Applewhite, Harsin expected to change up offensive scheme Student Government ELECTIONS FILE NOW TO RUN FOR ONE OF THE FOLLOWING POSITIONS: 1. Executive Alliance (President and Vice President) 2. Univeristy Wide Representative (8) 3. College Representatives: Architecture (1) Fine Arts (1) Natural Sciences (4) Business (3) Graduate (4) Nursing (1) Communication (2) Geosciences (1) Pharmacy (1) Education (1) Law (1) Social Work (1) Engineering (3) LBJ Public Undergraduate Affairs (1) Studies (3) FILING OPENS JANUARY 18TH. FILING DEADLINE IS FEBRUARY 8th at 4 PM. Stop by the SG Office (SAC 2.102) to file. By Jon Parrett Daily Texan Staff Bryan Harsin saw firsthand Saturday what Texas fans ex¥pect the Longhorn offense to do against Oklahoma next fall. The LonghornsÕ new co-offensive coordinator sat courtside with Major Applewhite as the Tex¥as menÕs basketball team pum¥meled the Sooners in the Frank Erwin Center. It will be Harsin and ApplewhiteÕs responsibility to duplicate those re¥sults on the football field in 2011. ÒI know our expectations here,Ó Harsin said in a press conference last week. ÒWe have a champion¥ship program. We have a cham¥pionship head coach, and itÕs my job to help put together a cham¥pionship offense.Ó Harsin will also serve as the LonghornsÕ quarterbacks coach, replacing Greg Davis, who re¥signed early last month after 13 seasons at Texas. Harsin and Ap¥plewhite, who was promoted to co-offensive coordinator, will work together to develop an of¥fensive game plan, with Harsin handling the play-calling duties. ÒAs a coordinator, there are times when you need help and times when you donÕt need help,Ó Applewhite said before introduc¥ing Harsin last week. ÒI under¥stand that role, and so I want to help Bryan in installing this of¥fense and whatever we need to do to just simply win games and do what is best for us here at Texas.Ó Harsin arrived in Austin af¥ter coaching for 10 years at Boi¥se State. He spent the previous five seasons as offensive coordi¥nator and quarterbacks coach for the Broncos and was a finalist for the Broyles Award in 2009, which is given to the nationÕs top assis¥tant coach. The Broncos had one of the most prolific offenses in the country the past several years, consistently ranking among the best in major statistical catego¥ries. Their offense, primarily fu¥eled by the passing game, helped them to BCS bowl wins in 2007 and 2010. Harsin brings a multiple-style offense thatÕs different from the spread offense Texas has run for ThereÕs a lot of knowledge thatÕs going to be in that Ò room, and weÕre going to make this system a Texas system.Ó Ñ Bryan Harsin, Co-offensive coordinator nearly the past decade. Ò[At Boise], weÕve had to try to create matchups in our favor, and I think that was one of the things that pushed into going into this type of system,Ó Harsin said. ÒFrom that it just evolved into kind of a scheme that we felt be¥came ours. We had a formula of how to do it that we felt worked very well.Ó To compare, the Longhorns lined up in six formations on offense during their 34-7 win against Wyoming last fall. Boise State lined up in 26 formations and beat the Cowboys 51-6. Harsin and Applewhite will team with newly hired receivers coach Darrell Wyatt to improve an offense that scored just fewer than 24 points per game, ranking 88th in the country. Co-offensive coordinators are unconventional in college football but not unheard of. Justin Fuente and Jarrett Anderson constructed a TCU offense that ranked fourth in the country in scoring offense in 2009. Last month, Oklahoma named Josh Heupel and Jay Nor¥vell co-offensive coordinators, after previous coordinator Kyle Wilson took the head coaching job at Indiana. Co-coordinators have worked out in the past for Texas. Gene Chizik and Duane Akina were co-defensive coordinators in 2005 whewn Texas won the na¥tional championship. ÒItÕs an effort that weÕre going to do this together,Ó Harsin said. ÒWeÕre going to put our minds to¥gether. ThereÕs a lot of knowledge thatÕs going to be in that room, and weÕre going to make this sys¥tem a Texas system.Ó Texas still has a vacancy at of¥fensive line coach and the athlet¥ics department seems primed to fill that spot as the new co-co¥ordinators begin to rebuild the Longhorn offense. ÒTheyÕre anxious to get started, and we canÕt wait to watch what they do,Ó said Texas head coach Mack Brown. Tuesday, January 18, 2011 SPORTS 3B TEXAS PENN STATE More to Longhorns, Lions than success on volleyball court By Shabab Siddiqui Daily Texan Staff A few post-season thoughts: ¥ Before playing Penn State for the second Final Four in a row, Head Coach Jerritt Elliott implied that the two teams look to be headed for a long-term rivalry of sorts. ÒItÕs another opportunity,Ó Elliott said. ÒWhen you look at Penn StateÕs program and where our program is at and the future recruits that are coming in and the players that we have, this could be a battle that con¥tinues for the next couple of years in the Final Four.Ó It turns out the two teams have far more in common than they could have ever imagined. They are two of only three teams to win a na¥tional championship east of Califor¥nia. Both teams were captained by senior outside hitters who were fin¥ishing off illustrious careers as the winningest players in their respec¥tive programÕs history (Juliann Fau¥cette and Blair Brown). Also, both teams played the year without top returning sophomore outside hitters due to ACL injuries (Bailey Webster and Darcy Dorton). Both research universities are their stateÕs flagship institution with large undergraduate enrollments (about 38,000 at both). Texas is ranked 45th by the U.S. News and World Report National Universities rankings, while Penn State is 47th. Both also have large alumni bases (about 450,000 at Texas and 510,000 at Penn State). Both schools take pride in their football programs and have two well-known coaches (Mack Brown and Joe Paterno), very recognizable brands (Longhorns and Nittany Li¥ons) and two of the six largest sta¥diums in the country (DKR with a capacity of about 100,100 and Beaver Stadium with a capacity of about 107,300). They both have also regularly made Princeton ReviewÕs top par¥ty school list and usually sit within the top few. ¥ The winner of the ÒMost Fans Without a Team at the NCAA Fi¥nal FourÓ contest goes to Nebras¥ka. The Cornhusker faithful poured into Kansas City, and it is unclear what team they were cheering for. Lincoln is only about three hours away, so some fans probably decid¥ed it was a worthy trek. Others may have just been stuck with non-re¥fundable Final Four tickets and ho¥tel bookings that they made before No. 3-ranked Nebraska was upset by Washington during the Region¥als, a match which ended with the two coaches having to be separated. ¥ Speaking of Nebraska, how good will the Big Ten Conference be next year? By boasting the na¥tional champion and thrusting six teams into the Sweet 16, the confer¥ence has unofficially wrestled away the Pac-10Õs dominance. The addi¥tion of the Cornhuskers only takes that a step further. Meanwhile, the Longhorns will need to find a dif¥ferent team to circle their calen¥dars for. Iowa State, Oklahoma and Missouri have all put together sol¥id seasons, but none compete for a national championship on the near-yearly basis that Nebraska did. ¥ With Faucette gone, the team will look toward a new leader. Who that leader will be could be a little bit more challenging. Junior libero Sydney Yogi was the teamÕs co-cap¥tain and will be back, but she was injured most of the season. Junior setter Michelle Kocher was an assis¥tant co-captain, and with the team likely to go with a two-setter rota¥tion next season, she could emerge as one of the leaders. Other possible candidates include freshman set¥ter Hannah Allison, junior middle blocker Rachael Adams or junior outside hitter Amber Roberson. Senior Juliann Faucette attempts to spike the ball against Penn State in DecemberÕs national semifinal. The Longhorns were beat in the NCAA Tournament by the Nittany Lions for the second year in a row. Rachael Adams celebrates a point during the Final Four in Kansas City. Adams will be one of the leaders of next yearÕs team. Setter Hannah Allison attempts to block a shot from Penn State. The Longhorns managed to make the Final Four despite missing many players because of injuries. Jen Doris prepares to serve during TexasÕ loss to Penn State in DecemberÕs national semifi¥nal. Photos by Michael Elliott Baldon Michelle Kocher and Rachael Adams try to pump each other up during the game. Texas begins to look toward next year By Austin Laymance Daily Texan Staff With 2010 firmly in the rearview, it may be too early for the Longhorns to shake off their crushing exit from the Final Four, but one thing is for certain Ñ Texas has plenty to look for¥ward to in 2011. Jerritt ElliottÕs young team bat¥tled adversity during its run to the Final Four, and his talented squad returns seven players who often started for the Longhorns in 2010. Elliott will rely on mid¥dle blocker Rachael Adams and outside hitter Amber Roberson as the two roommates will re¥turn to lead the Longhorn team this fall. Both Roberson and Adams will assume the leadership posi¥tion left by the departing senior class, but the two juniors careful¥ly watched this seasonÕs seniors and are confident they can pick up where veterans Juliann Fauc¥ette and Jen Doris left off. ÒLooking at them, you have to learn how to take control of a team at a certain time when thereÕs young players and theyÕre going to be looking up to you,Ó Roberson said. ÒYou have to be the one to step up to that and be the one they can count on rather than you counting on them.Ó Setter Michelle Kocher and libero Sydney Yogi will also be seniors in 2011 and will inher¥it a rather young but experienced team Ñ one Elliott believes will find itÕs way back to the Final Four once again. ÒWeÕre going to keep get¥ting back here and weÕre close to cracking this,Ó Elliott said. The Longhorns have been bounced from the Final Four in each of the past three years, com¥ing within a point of the Nation¥al Championship in 2009. This yearÕs group was quite young¥er than the one that made the semifinals in years past, which is something that excites Elliott looking ahead to next season. ÒThese younger kids have got a lot more matches in them with this NCAA tournament,Ó Elliott said. ÒThey learned a lot from adversity and going through that. ItÕs something.Ó Texas was hampered by injuries much of the season, with Yogi, sophomore outside hitter Bailey Webster and freshman outside hitter Ashley Bannister missing significant time. Their return will deepen an already loaded Long¥hornsÕ bench, giving Elliott all the tools he needs to put together another run deep into the NCAA Tournament. ÒOur program is very healthy, but again, that being said, we have new players and the culture will change dramatically each year doing that,Ó Elliott said. ÒWe have to teach them, as a family, what it means to be a Texas Long¥horn and represent this Univer¥sity, because there are standards and they all have to live by them in the same way.Ó The incoming freshman class is one of the top-rated recruiting classes in the nation, and there has been a buzz brewing around the Longhorns for quite some time regarding their chances for a title in 2011. Look for Katherine Bell, Haley Eckerman and Made¥lyn Hutson Ñ a trio of top-rated prospects Ñ to contribute for the Longhorns from the get-go. With a mix of talent young and old, a well-versed coaching staff and a recently impeccable track record, Texas could be the last team standing in 2011. ÒTheyÕre going to be very good next year, so IÕm excited to watch them, and IÕll be one of those Longhorns texting Jerritt next year as they hopefully get back to the Final Four,Ó Faucette said. MENÕS TENNIS Longhorns begin new year on high note By Wes Maulsby Daily Texan Staff Texas has been pretty busy dur¥ing the last couple of weeks. Prior to the beginning of the new season, the Longhorns competed in their last tournament of non-team competition. From Jan. 7-9, Texas dominated the Key Biscayne Invi¥tational in Southern Florida. Texas swept the doubles matches on the first and third days, with two more victories coming on day two to give them a 10-2 doubles record for the tournament. Their doubles dom¥inance was only matched by their overwhelming performance in sin¥gles competition. Texas registered a 23-3 record in singles play, sweep¥ing all the singles matches in the fi¥nal two days. Tabbed No. 5 in the 2011 pre¥season polls, the Longhorns have been defending their ranking since team competition began earlier this month. Texas cruised to a 5-2 vic¥tory against California on Jan. 15 thanks to doubles wins by Ed Cor¥rie and Jean Andersen, who are the 5th-ranked doubles pair in the na¥tion, and Vasko Mladenov and Ben Chen in a tie-breaker match. Tex¥as also won four singles matches against the Bears with points from Jean Andersen, Kellen Damico, Ben Chen and Vasko Mladenov. ÒThis was a great way to start the year,Ó said Texas assistant coach Ri¥cardo Rubio. The Longhorns followed up with an impressive 6-1 win against Tul¥sa in Oklahoma. Texas claimed the doubles point, and won five of the singles matches on Sunday. Texas travels to Michigan this Saturday and still has both top-ranked Virginia and defending na¥tional champions USC on its non-conference schedule. After that, itÕs on to the Big 12, which has four teams in the top 20. ÒWe donÕt want to play teams where we know weÕre going to win the match,Ó said Texas head coach Michael Center. ÒWe want to play tough matches every time out.Ó WOMENÕS TRACK & FIELD Freshmen contribute as Texas takes first in season opener By Julie Thompson Daily Texan Staff The Longhorns took first in five events en route to winning the sea¥son-opening Leonard Hilton Memo¥rial meet on Friday night. The team competed against Rice, Houston, UT-San Antonio and Louisiana Tech. The Longhorns finished with 177 points, while Rice had 81.5, Hous¥ton 81, UTSA 74 and Louisiana Tech 72. Eight of the Texas women posted personal bests, and freshmen includ¥ing Christy Udoh, Shanay Briscoe, AÕLexus Brannon and Jessica Harper helped add to the teamÕs total. ÒI think the freshmen really made a difference in the overall team,Ó said Texas head coach Beverly Kear¥ney. ÒThere wasnÕt one that stood out; they all did a really good job.Ó Texas took the top two spots in both the mile relay and the distance medley relay. Sophomore Alicia Peterson, ju¥nior Angele Cooper, junior Stac¥ey-Ann Smith and senior Chantel Malone finished in 3:42.21 for first place in the mile. Red-shirt senior Betzy Jimenez, freshman Marielle Hall, junior Julie Amthor and fresh¥man Mia Behm won the distance medley with a time of 11:49.52. The Longhorns also had podi¥um finishes in the high jump and long jump. Victoria Lucas won the high jump after clearing 5-9.25, and Shanay Briscoe placed third. Senior all-American Chantel Malone fin¥ished third in the long jump. In distance events, Jimenez won the mile in 4:47.40, and Behm fin¥ished third with 4:51.56. Senior Jenna Cuellar finished the 800-meter in third place with a time of 2:16.29, followed by sophomore Katie Hoaldridge in sixth, junior Anne Jones in seventh and fresh¥man Jessica Harper in ninth. Kearney was pleased with the teamÕs overall efforts and progress. ÒI really thought we had a good meet,Ó she said. ÒWe found some things that we really need to work on and found some things that we did really good on.Ó This coming weekend, the Long¥horns will split up and compete at separate meets. One group will head to the Razorback Invitational in Fayettville, Ark., and the remaining team members will compete at the Houston All-ComerÕs meet. ÒOverall, I think we are mov¥ing in a really good direction,Ó Kearney said. WOMENÕS BASKETBALL Loss to Oklahoma keeps Horns winless in conference play By Sameer Bhuchar foreshadowing the problems that Daily Texan Staff have kept them at the bottom of the Big 12 standings. While many Texas students spent ÒI said, ÔWhen weÕre not in tran¥ the holiday break enjoying time sition, weÕre not a very good team,ÕÓ away from their daily routines on Goestenkors told her team at half- the 40 Acres, the Longhorns were time against SMU. ÒThatÕs when we still hard at work trying to further turn the ball over. When weÕre up boost their status as a national con-tempo and attacking, weÕre tougher tender. Despite to defend and we early success, their confer¥ence losses en¥sured that their Ò do a better job of taking care of the ball.Ó They won the holiday was not entirely merry. After a loss to Tennessee in mid-Decem- We did just about everything you could do wrong.Ó tournament with successive wins over the Universi¥ty of Nevada, Las Vegas, and South¥ ber, the Long- ern Florida. horns turned Texas contin¥ t h e ir f o r ¥ ued to trounce tunes around lesser opponents Ñ Gail Goestenkors, Eric Gay | Associated Press by sweeping heading into the Head coach the Basketball end of Decem-Baylor center Brittney Griner goes up for an easy layup as the entire Longhorn team watches on. TexasÕ loss to Baylor was the second of the LonghornsÕ three conference losses thus far. Travelers Invi¥ b er with wins tational Classic in Las Vegas. The Longhorns (11-6, 0-3) beat SMU in a game won by the contin¥ued dominance of freshman Chas¥sidy Fussell. Her 14 points marked her seventh double-digit scoring ef¥fort of the season to go along with a career-high six assists. over Cincinnati, San Diego and Sam Houston. But as good as 2010 had been to Tex¥as, the new year resolved itself with a series of crushing defeats against conference foes. The Longhorns opened confer¥ence play against Missouri with an 85-80 overtime loss. The loss came four minutes. Last season, Missouri earned just two conference victories and sat at the bottom of the confer¥ence rankings. ÒWhen we were up 12, I thought the game was pretty much over,Ó Goestenkors said. ÒWe did just about everything you could wrong.Ó Perhaps it was the collective hang¥ ond conference game against Baylor at home. FussellÕs career-high 25 points were overshadowed by GrinerÕs milestone of reaching 1,000 points in 51 games. On Sunday, the Longhorns had a chance to climb from the gutter but only found themselves in a darker No. 14 Oklahoma Sooners. The Sooners blew an 11-point lead in the second half, shot just 31 percent, went 3 of 21 on 3-point¥ers and were out-rebounded 56¥45. However, just as Goestenkors predicted would be their down¥fall, turnovers and a lack of transi¥tion led to the LonghornsÕ demise. It was another chance blown by the Longhorns who are at a low in their programÕs history. Last year, Texas went 10-6 in conference play. With already half as many losses in the Big 12 this year as they had last year, Texas has a lot of kinks to undo if it wants to regain its top-25 status. Despite the victory, head coach as a surprise to the team as they over of the Missouri loss or sim¥ hole. Despite playing an extreme- The Sooners forced 23 Texas turn¥ ÒIÕm just extremely disappointed,Ó Gail Goestenkors was unhappy with commanded the game early but ply Brittney GrinerÕs imposing pres¥ ly strong defensive game, the Long- overs, went 20 of 25 from the free- Goestenkors said. ÒWe have to start the early effort of her team, perhaps blew a 12-point lead in the final ence, but Texas fell flat in its sec¥ horns still found a way to lose to the throw line. playing smarter basketball.Ó DiscoverÉ PRESBYTERIAN THEOLOGICAL 100 East 27th Street 512-404-4800 www.austinseminary.edu 6B SporTS Tuesday, January 18, 2011 USA GRAND PRIX SwIMMING SPORTS BRIEFLY MenÕs swimming and diving Ryan Lochte edges out Phelps in Austin meet split weekend competitions On an SEC road trip, top-ranked Texas followed up its first loss of the season against No. 3 Auburn on Friday by beat¥ing No. 11 Georgia one day later. Although the Longhorns won seven events on Friday, Auburn was victorious with a final score of 125.5-117.5. Sophomores Nick DÕInnocenzo and Michael Mc-Broom both had two wins. Mc-Broom won the 1,000 freestyle, with senior Jim Robertson fin¥ishing second and freshman Matt Belecanech fourth. Auburn took the lead after its one-two finish in the 400¥yard medley relay. Texas had a strong team finish in the 200 freestyle with sophomore Dax Hill, senior Scott Jostes and ju¥nior Kyle McNeilis finishing first, second and third. After that, DÕInnocenzo won the 200 individual medley with a time of 1:48.25. As usual, junior diver Drew Livingston had a strong per¥formance with a winning score of 393.68 points in the one-me¥ter event. Freshman Will Chan¥dler came in third. Livingston finished third in the three-meter diving event. CaskeyÕs victory in the 200 butterfly gave Texas a short-lived 72-59 lead on the Tigers. Texas had a one-two-three fin¥ish in the 500 freestyle with McBroom, Robertson and Mc-Neilis leading the pack and DÕInnocenzo added to his win total with a top finish in the 200 breastroke. There was only one point separating the teams going into the final event of the day Ñ the 400 freestyle relay. Longhorns Hill, Jostes, Miles Joye and Cas¥key came in second, sealing the Texas loss. The next day, the Longhorns faced Georgia at the Gabrielsen Natatorium. Texas was victori¥ous in nine of 13 events and won the meet with a final score of 135-106. Feign and DÕInnocenzo both had two wins. Ñ Lauren Giudice Horns start season with losses against Georgia, Auburn The 3rd-ranked womenÕs swim¥ming and diving team came away from the first two meets of the year with an 0-2 record after fall¥ing to Auburn and Georgia l ast week. The Longhorns won four events but lost to No. 12 Auburn by 66 points Thursday. The Tigers es¥tablished an early lead with wins in the 200-yard medley relay and 1,000 freestyle and never let Tex¥as catch up. Laura Sogar won both backstroke events but couldnÕt close the gap by herself. Two days later, the team ran into No. 2 Georgia. This time, the Longhorns won six events and al¥most made a come back but ulti¥mately fell to the Bulldogs 169.5¥ 130.5. Two of the victories came from diver Maren Taylor, winning by slim margins in the one- and three-meter events. Texas actually won the opening 200-yard medley relay but began to slip as Georgia swept the podi¥um in the 1,000 freestyle. ÒIÕm happy with how the team faced a tradionally-tough Geor¥gia squad,Ó said Texas head coach Kim Brackin. ÒI thought we start¥ed off huge with the one-two re¥sult in the medley relay, but they were just a bit tougher through the meet.Ó Ñ Will Anderson Former, future Olympians gather at swimming center in preparation for 2012 By Sara Beth Purdy Daily Texan Staff Hundreds of swimmers de¥scended on the University of Tex¥as last weekend for the Austin Grand Prix. This meet, which was hosted by USA Swimming at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swim¥ming Center, is one of seven na¥tional Grand Prix meets spon¥sored by the official US swim¥ming organization which spon¥sors the Olympic team. Each swimmer who competes and plac¥es in the top three during the fi¥nal heat receives points based on their performances. At the end of the series, the swimmer with the highest point total is crowned the Grand Prix Champion. This weekend featured several prominent swimmers including Olympic stars Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte and Eric Shanteau along with Texas alumni Ricky Berens and Dave Walters. The Grand Prix marked an impor¥tant milestone in the training schedule for all Olympic hope¥fuls. With the 2012 Olympic Games in London only a year and a half away, these athletes have already begun their prepa¥ration training. Many different races took place featuring outstanding perfor¥mances across the pool. Olym¥pian Kathryn Hoff was also seen throughout the weekend along with several up-and-coming teenagers hoping for their time in the spotlight. Despite the im¥mense amount of talent on the pool deck, it was evident who the crowd was there to see. The cheers from fans packed into the grandstands drowned out the announcers as Michael Phelps stepped onto the start¥ing block for the 200-meter in¥dividual medley. Approximately 10 years ago, a younger Phelps broke his first world record at the same place. He has since broken his own record; how¥ever, his time of 1:57.39 still stands as the pool record at the swim center. This race was highly anticipated all weekend because of the impres¥sive line-up that was in attendance. Phelps was joined on the starting block by both Lochte and Shanteau, all Olympians attempting to make it to London. PhelpsÕ famous arm stretch and flapping preparation drew eyes momentarily away from the shocking hot pink Speedo that Lochte chose to race in. As the buzzer sounded, the crowd followed the progress of these Michael Thomas |Associated press Michael Phelps competes in last weekendÕs USA Grand Prix. Phelps, the winner of 14 Olympic gold med¥als, broke his first world record at the Lee and Joe Jamail Swimming Center nearly 10 years ago. two standouts as they charged through the water Ñ both trying to prove something. Lochte was attempting to show that he has what it takes to stay on top of the swimming nation while Phelps was trying to show he has what it takes to rise again. The event proved to be an ex¥citing one as Lochte took the lead early on closely followed by Phelps through its entirety. In the end Lochte finished first, edg¥ing out Shanteau, who overtook Phelps during the breaststroke portion of the medley. Lochte was positive about his progress throughout the week¥end, especially after his perfor¥mance in the 200-meter IM. Ò[The meet] is good prepara¥tion for whatÕs coming later on,Ó Lochte said. 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True Grit runtime: 110 minutes Genre: Western Once again, the Coen brothers make perfection look easy with this tale of the young Mattie Ross (Hai-lee Steinfeld) and her quest for re¥venge after her fatherÕs murder. Ac¥companied by U.S. Marshal Roost¥er Cogburn (Jeff Bridges) and Tex¥as Ranger LaBoeuf (Matt Damon), Ross sets off into unsettled Indian territory to find her fatherÕs killer (Josh Brolin). Bridges, Damon and Brolin are all predictably great, but SteinfeldÕs film debut is astonishing and easily one of the best child per¥formances ever committed to film. The script is also among the Co¥ensÕ best, bearing their distinct sig¥nature in its quick-witted dialogue while also maintaining the sense of place and time that makes their 5. The Social Network runtime: 120 minutes Genre: Drama The Social Network Ð When it was announced a film was being made about the creation of Face-book, the skepticism was wide¥spread and well-earned. 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Inception runtime: 148 minutes Genre: action Probably the yearÕs most dis¥cussed and dissected film, ÒIncep¥tionÓ is a perfect example of how to exceed expectations. Christopher NolanÕs complex script is all at once a heist film, a James Bond-style thriller and the touching story of a man trying to get back to his chil¥dren. NolanÕs confident direction is similarly great, providing 2010 with many of its most iconic scenes, including a moment where Paris folds into itself and a zero-gravity hallway fight, all set to Hans Zim¥merÕs instantly recognizable boom¥ing score. Add in a flawless ensem¥ble cast (with standout Marion Co¥tillard showing us a terrifying new 4. 127 Hours runtime: 94 minutes Genre: Drama The story of the five days Aron Ralston (James Franco) spent with one arm trapped under a rock be¥fore managing to free himself by amputating it with a dull pocket¥knife shouldnÕt be an uplifting sto¥ry. 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Blizzard ,can still make millions by releas¥ s¥ ing PC exclusive titles, such as the :latest ÒWorld of WarcraftÓ expan¥ l sion. Rockstar showed that summer a blockbusters arenÕt strictly films any-tmore. Sony and Microsoft proved hthat motion controls can still be sold Ó by the truck-ton Ñ well, at least Mi- k crosoft has. Stories of studio schisms -and Supreme Court hearings have r left their stamp on this past year in e gaming, but these are the outstand¥e ing titles from 2010. s- VVVVVV VVVVVV (Mac, PC) s System: Mac, PC Ó Some games come out of no-hwhere, make an impression and are Courtesy of Sony Pictures quickly buried by yearÕs end. This e Kato (Jay Chou) confronts Britt Reid (Seth Rogen), the new owner of the newspaper he inherited after his makes ÒVVVVVVÓ all the more father died. The film opened Jan. 14. f limpressive, considering it was re¥ leased more than a year ago. But some games arenÕt easily forgotten, - Comic adaptation blends action, humor and the relentless pace and difficult er yplatforming of ÒVVVVVVÓ hit like Battlefield: Bad Company 2 By Alex Williams a punch to the gut. Like many oth¥ ts er indie platformers released this System: PC, PS3, Xbox360 Daily Texan Staff THE GREEN HORNET r year (ÒSuper Meat Boy,Ó ÒLimboÓ), m this is another attempt to decon¥ In the past, the month of Janu-Directed by Michel Gondry s struct the 2D platformer with a for¥ ary has been a dumping ground for Runtime: 119 minutes giving checkpoint system, humma¥ major studios trying to get rid of all Genre: Action-Comedy Super Mario Galaxy 2 ble soundtrack and Commodore their clunkers before they start ramp-For those who like: Spider-Man, Kick-Ass 64-influenced graphics. The differ-System: Wii ing up for the rest of the year. For this Grade: B ence here is that Terry CavanaghÕs reason, many January releases get a one-man project manages to be styl¥ bad rap. In the past few years how-and likability to Britt Reid. Howev-ing solely to provide obvious exposi¥ish and fun without being frustrat-God of War III ever, January has become something er, Rogen also handles the filmÕs ac-tion and some eye candy for Rogen to ing and self-important. System: PS3 of a haven for genre films, with quali-tion scenes surprisingly well. By the ogle. Additionally, Edward James Ol¥ty films such as 2009Õs gloriously vio-end of the film, heÕs believable as an mos is wasted in his small role, rele¥lent ÒTaken,Ó or last yearÕs post-apoca-action hero; perhaps the filmÕs most gated mostly to standing in the back-will know this to be untrue. Some Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Wii) lyptic ÒThe Book of Eli.Ó This January, pleasant surprise. ground and looking wise. of the things this title brought to the Upon the announcement that audiences are treated to Michel Gon-However, Chou easily steals the The mostly impressive cast would genre: user-friendly vehicles, build-Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty Nintendo would be making a rare dryÕs hilarious adaptation of ÒThe show. He gets the biggest laughs and be useless if the film wasnÕt backed ings that crumble around you piece-System: Mac, PC direct sequel to its most success-Green Hornet.Ó the coolest fight scenes, but more im-with a strong, funny script from Ro¥by-piece, fog and shrubbery that ac¥ful franchise, there was a confi-Seth Rogen stars as Britt Reid, a portant is the complete confidence gen and Evan Goldberg, along with tually conceals players, the ability to Live to shame. At any given min¥dence in the public that it would be hard-partying brat who inherits his Chou exudes in every moment of GondryÕs uncharacteristically re-alert team members of nearby en-ute, there is a Korean planning for great and an underlying doubt that fatherÕs newspaper after the elder his performance. The friendship strained direction. Gondry trans¥emies, an attractive award system his next nationally televised game it would be better than 2007Õs plan-Reid dies suddenly. Britt bonds with Kato builds with Britt gives the film forms the film into something spe¥and team work motivated by expe-and someone on the other side of et-hopping classic. At its core, not Kato (Jay Chou), an employee of his its heart, and the easy chemistry and cial, more a loving riff on superhero rience points (space permitting, the the world casually enjoying a skir¥much has been changed since 2007, fatherÕs, over their mutual dislike for banter between the actors makes it films than an actual superhero film. list would continue). mish with a friend. but every twist on a familiar trope, the man, and the two drunkenly de-feel like a real partnership. He also stages the action scenes with mind-bending mechanic and awe¥ cide to vandalize a recently erect-Following his Oscar-winning role an energetic flair, and the climactic Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty God of War III (PS3) inspiring level (sections of levels, re¥ ed statue of him. This quickly esca-in Quentin TarantinoÕs ÒInglouri-action scene is both memorable and ally) keep time spent with the game (Mac, PC) To most of the seriesÕ player base, lates into the duo fighting off a group ous Basterds,Ó Christoph Waltz cre-surprisingly violent for PG-13, with exciting and fresh in a genre that ÒStarcraft IIÕsÓ record-setting re-testosterone-fueled teenage day- of muggers, and they decide to infil-ates another disarmingly charm-both heroes wracking up an impres¥trate the criminal underworld in an ing villain with Chudnofsky, a crime sive body count. has long laid dormant. Not even the lease in July, following eight years dreams and Greek tragedy are one addition of the iconic KuriboÕs Shoe of off-and-on development, could and the same. This is something attempt to fight crime. lord wracked with insecurity about While ÒThe Green HornetÓ will and Toonoki Suit can make this ti-have been nothing more than an-critics of the series love to point Continuing his move away from his ability to inspire fear in his peers. probably be largely forgotten by the tle better: itÕs already perfect. other success on the behalf of Bliz-out, as if the game wasnÕt built upon the loser roles that made him fa-On the other hand, Cameron Diaz time summer rolls around, itÕs an un¥zardÕs marketing team. Rather, itÕs this principle. In an effort to disgust mous, Rogen brings his usual charm is mostly useless in the film, exist-deniably entertaining start to 2011. Battlefield: Bad Company 2 the development team that de-your girlfriend and literature profes¥serves the credit. Korean e-sports sors, Santa Monica Studio managed (PC, PS3, Xbox360) leagues and bedroom strategists to ham-fist more Greek gods into At first glance, DiceÕs latest alike have not been let down. ÒStar-more moments of gruesome death seems like a cash grab at the con-craft IIÓ is a bold game that dares to than previously thought possible in sole market with yet another dumb-elevate its player base through in-this epic finale. All this bastardiza¥ed-down rendition of a series that tuitive design and a cinematic sin-tion of Greek myth is for the sake of always played best on PC. Any-gle-player component, dividing its the most basic gaming truth: If you one who spent considerable time competitive player base into tiers senselessly beat things, something in ÒBad Company 2ÕsÓ multiplayer and stat tracking that puts Xbox awesome will happen. BOOKS continues from PAGE 10B gaining financial, political and sci-DoyleÕs journal. But before Cale can and fascinating new release. entific support for cancer research. divulge the secrets of the journal, ÒAn Object of BeautyÓ by Steve Perhaps itÕs these underpinnings of heÕs found dead and the volume has Martin marks the third novel from hope for advances in the struggle been stolen. ItÕs up to Harold White the comedian and actor, which ex- against cancer that have made this to track it down. Moore pays hom-plores New YorkÕs high-end art biography of disease such a critical age to DoyleÕs masterful mysteries by trade. Young art dealer Lacey Yea- and commercial success. setting his own puzzling story with-ger is ambitious, acquisitive and ÒThe SherlockianÓ by Graham in the real-life world of Sherlockian amoral, ready to do anything to Moore is an Arthur Conan Doyle societies. get ahead in her entry-level job at fanÕs dream. MooreÕs debut novel ex-ÒRadioactive: Marie & Pierre Cu-SothebyÕs auction house. The nov¥plores the world of the hundreds of rieÓ by Lauren Redniss is a Òbiogra-el follows her Machiavellian rise societies and clubs run by Sherlock phy in collageÓ that blends sketches, through the art world ranks, in-Holmes fans (or as they call them-anecdotes, photographs, newspaper cluding illicit deals and sexual en-selves, ÒSherlockiansÓ) to discuss clippings, quotes, gravestone rub-counters with artists and patrons. DoyleÕs classic mystery heroÕs ad-bings and lectures to create a por-Informed by his own art-collect¥ventures. ÒThe SherlockianÓ focus-trait of scientific power couple Ma-ing hobby, Martin withdraws from es on the grandfather of all Holm-rie and Pierre Curie. This innova-his usual goofy antics to submit es societies: the Baker Street Irreg-tive approach allows the author to a thoughtful and cutting com¥ulars. Freelance literary research-create her own artistic interpretation mentary on ambition and greed. er Harold White has just been in-of a nonfictional couple and connect In 2000, Martin proved that he ducted into the BSI and is contact-the CuriesÕ historical findings to cur-could be a serious writer with his ed by Alex Cale, the worldÕs most rent issues. RednissÕ fusion of objec-impressive debut ÒShopgirl.Ó ÒAn prominent Sherlockian, about the tive science and subjective art makes Object of BeautyÓ only confirms whereabouts of a missing volume of ÒRadioactiveÓ an incredibly unique his talent. 10B LIFE&ARTS Tuesday, January 18, 2011 Photos by Trent Lesikar |Daily Texan Staff Above, Kassandra Gonzalez, a server at Snack Bar, takes a break from waiting tables on Monday afternoon. Snack Bar features a diner-style bar, a lounge area, a dining room and an outdoor patio on South Congress. 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Anoth¥er plus is its variety of scents Ñ including cucumber, rose, man¥go, citrus, plumeria and grape¥fruit Ñ that leave the skin smell¥ing tropical and not distinctively like sunscreen. offer unique indie albums By Francisco Marin Daily Texan Staff Band: Smith Westerns Album: Dye it Blonde There was no way to tell that both Smith Westerns and the first review of TennisÕ new album would coin¥cide so well together. ItÕs a testament to the constantly changing aesthet¥ic of indie-pop music Ñ if freak folk was the foremost indie subgenre of the early 2000s, surf pop is the new game in town. But whereas Tennis makes soft saccharine pop appropriate for an indie prom mixtape, ChicagoÕs Smith Westerns are more on par with the ramshackle indie rock of bands such as Harlem and The Strange Boys (both bands hailing from Aus¥tin). This isnÕt music for sweethearts anymore, as evidenced by the jad¥ed lyrics in ÒAll Die YoungÓ off their new album Dye it Blonde: ÒI wanna grow old before I grow up/I wanna die with my chin up/I donÕt know if you mean you are the one to love/I donÕt know if you mean you are the one to love.Ó But what really sets Dye it Blonde apart from the rest of Smith West¥ernsÕ small catalog of songs is how Dye it Blonde Smith Westerns Genre: Rock Tracks: 10 For those who like: Girls, Magic Kids, Wavves Grade: C+ Cape Dory Tennis Genre: Pop Tracks: 10 For those who like: Best Coast, Vampire Weekend, Dum Dum Girls Grade: B- the band has improved since the re¥lease of their self-titled debut, which dropped in June 2009. Their first al¥bum showed promise and potential, but for a band that emulated artists such as Marc Bolan and No Bun¥ny, there wasnÕt much new material to grab a hold of; there were catchy hooks and memorable melodies, but there was no cohesive identity be¥hind the much-buzzed-about band. Dye it Blonde finds Smith Westerns finally coming into their own and feeling comfortable in their own skin with a confidence that bleeds through the album. On the surface of the new album, the music is alluring with its fuzzy guitar riffs, tempo changes and vo¥calist Cullen OmoriÕs reverberated vocals filling the negative space, but a closer look at the songsÕ annoying¥ly simple lyrics reveals much more; on album-closer ÒDye it Blonde,Ó Omori speaks-sings ÒAre you a dream or something in between?/Is this fantasy or am I just lucky?Ó Like the album that preceded it, Dye it Blonde shows that Smith Westerns have the makings of po¥tential stars of the indie rock scene Ñ much more so now than ever Ñ ALBUMS continues on PAGE 8B TV TUESDAY By Katherine Ann Stroh In general, the holidays are never a great time for excit¥ing new television. Like us, net¥works tend to shift into break mode, mainly airing time-tested holiday specials and marathons of reliable TV and movie favor¥ites. However, a few shows man¥aged to capture the attention of viewers and critics alike this hol¥iday season. Here are some of the holiday TV highlights you might have missed. Community The ÒCommunityÓ Christmas special both subverted and cel¥ebrated classic Rankin/Bass an¥imated specials such as ÒRu¥dolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.Ó In keeping with Rankin/Bass tradition, almost the entirety of ÒAbedÕs Uncontrollable Christ¥masÓ was rendered in old-fash¥ioned claymation. ÒCommuni¥tyÓ is becoming known for these theme episodes and for good reason; creator Dan Harmon and his writers know how to work within the conceit of an ac¥tion movie or a zombie flick and keep things from becoming gim¥micky. ItÕs the snarky sincerity of the lovable misfits on ÒCommu¥nityÓ that keeps the more ambi¥tious episodes grounded. This yearÕs Christmas special was no different. While the con¥cept sounds outrageous on paper Ñ pop culture buff Abed comes to school one day to find that his friends are suddenly stop-mo¥tion animated and has to under¥go hypnotic therapy to under¥stand why Ñ the showÕs signa¥ture tonal mix of sarcastic, mel¥ancholic and sentimental make ÒAbedÕs Uncontrollable Christ¥masÓ an episode that deserves to become an enduring Christmas classic. 30 Rock The Ò30 RockÓ holiday epi¥sode couldnÕt be more different from the ÒCommunityÓ special. While ÒCommunityÓ freely em¥braces the inherent sentimen¥tality of the holiday season, Ò30 RockÓ instinctively shies away from that kind of emotionalism, undercutting any touching mo¥ments with a biting punch line (as demonstrated by the episodeÕs title, ÒChristmas Attack ZoneÓ). The result is that although the show might not have the emo¥tional resonance or character depth of ÒCommunity,Ó thereÕs more room to pull off rapid-fire jokes. Ò30 RockÓ essentially exists to make the audience laugh, not to tell a particularly compelling story. This isnÕt necessarily a bad thing; the writers have a strong sense of the showÕs identity and its strengths, and they use them to their full advantage. ÒChristmas Attack ZoneÓ finds Liz Lemon visiting the Don¥aghy family for Christmas in the midst of considerable family dra¥ma. Jack hasnÕt told his oppres¥sive mother Colleen (played to perfection by Elaine Stritch) that his fiancee, Avery, is pregnant. When the truth finally comes out and Colleen is predictably livid, Jack invites his former¥ly estranged father to Christ¥mas dinner. Thus begins a ma¥nipulative game of one-upsman¥ship Jack calls the ÒChristmas attack zone,Ó and Jack and Col¥leen spend the episode trying to play each other, to hilarious ef¥fect. The episode isnÕt nearly as touching as ÒAbedÕs Uncontrol¥lable Christmas,Ó but itÕs hard to care when Liz is throwing out brilliant one-liners such as this: ÒAs hard as you try, no one can escape the horror of Christmas, so you may as well be with your own family.Ó Fringe The midseason finale of ÒFringe,Ó titled ÒMarionette,Ó in¥jected December TVÕs holiday cheer with an undercurrent of creeping horror. Not since the days of ÒThe X-FilesÓ has there been such a chilling episode of television. ÒFringeÓ tends to ex¥cel when itÕs spinning ambi¥tious, overarching story lines, but ÒMarionetteÓ is a perfect ex¥ample of a tightly written, com¥pelling stand-alone episode. The Fringe Division investigates a se¥ries of murders, all involving sto¥len organs, and deduce that a man called Roland Barrett is try¥ing to piece together the donat¥ed organs of his deceased par¥amour, intending to reanimate the corpse. Meanwhile, our her¥oine Olivia deals with the fallout of coming home after months of inhabiting a parallel universe and discovering that Peter has slept with her doppelganger, an acci¥dental-yet-wounding betrayal. The episode is rife with un¥settling and uncanny imag¥es, including a man stumbling around a dark room with his eyes plucked out and Barrett conduct¥ing a grisly ballet with his dear departed girlfriend. However, itÕs the quietly tense and emotional scenes between Peter and Olivia that propel the episode to great¥ness and make it one of the best of the winter months.