z ie ENTERTAINMENT SPORTS T.J.% No. 11 jersey retired, Texas puts away poor-shooting Sooners x nu iJa ily T e x a n Serving the com m unity of The University of Texas at Austin sin ce 1 9 0 0 w w w.dailytexanonline.com Monday, February 9. 2 0 0 4 “W e’ve tried to make life more and more difficult for undocumented immigrants, and it hasn t made a difference, largely because no matter how hard we make it here, they’re better off than where they came from. ” Jeff Passel, The Urban Institute APD’s plan to include training New program will em phasize m ore com m u n ication By Clay Reddick Daily Texan Staff In an effort to address concerns about a double standard of polic­ ing in minority communities, the is Austin Police Department entering consultation with the Washington-based Police Execu­ tive Research Forum and buying more non-lethal weapons, ac­ cording to an APD plan pub­ lished Friday. "Sometimes it becomes neces­ sary' to have an outside pair of eyes look at what a department is doing," said Kevin Buchman, APD spokesman. Community have voiced concern that APD uses lethal force more often in minority communities than in others. leaders In the plan, chief of police Stan Knee said the department must take steps to gain the trust of Austin's minority community. Over the past six years, 11 peo­ ple have died in confrontations with APD officers. Of the 11, nine were black or Hispanic. The APD BUYING MORE NON-LETHAL WEAPONS Over the next two years, APD will buy 4 1 4 tasers. • Tasers stun their targets by sh o cking them with electricity. APD bought 17 new beanbag shotguns and will buy 11 more next year, for a total of 81. • Beanbag shotguns stun their targets by shooting them with beanbags. Austin National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and other groups have called APD's lethal force preven­ tion policy ineffective in minority communities, particularly in East Austin. The plan, which is available on the city of Austin Web site, restructuring police includes training to include more commu­ nication and increasing police interaction with minority residents by working on community' projects. classes skills "We constantly evaluate our training," Buchman said. "O ur See APD, page 2 Regents order UTIMCO review Supervision w ill be h an d ie d by three se p a r a te en tities By Lilly Rockwell Daily Texan Staff UT System Board of Regents Chairman Charles Miller ordered a third review of the UT System's M anagement Investment Company at a meeting Tuesday as part of the board's push for greafer supervision over the managers of the IJT System's $15 billion endowment. The review of UTIM CO 's structure and services will be handled by a 12-member "w ork­ ing group" composed of UT- Austin and UT System officials, a representative from UTIMCO and a representative from Texas A&M University. as an outside investment compa­ ny to manage the endowments and operating funds from all UT System schools, as well as Texas A&M University. Miller said the review, along with two others being done by Houston-based law firm Baker Botts LLP and investment con­ sulting firm Ennis Knupp and Associates, will be ready for con­ sideration by the board sometime in late April. Miller said the review should solve some questions about things "how we between the Board of Regents]. structure [UTIM CO and "There is no doubt that the UT System didn't provide enough oversight over UTIM CO ," he said. "It's an open question how much we approve and have to decide." The need to re-examine UTIMCO was created in 1996 See UTIMCO, page 6 Helen M ontoya/Dadv Texan Sra Nine years ago, Felipe, 25, ca m e to the United S tates from A capulco. Since then, h e’s learned English and can now sp ea k it fluently He saving his m oney to start a sm all business one day. BORDER CONTROL POLICIES J • WE ILI EGAL IMMIGRANTS _______ n ows Bush, lawmakers cite reform as top priority in upcoming election year By Lomi Kriel Daily Texan Staff With his jaunt) cap and baggy jeans, Felipe could be just another 25-year-old. He lives in an apartment, pays his bills and loves boxing. He cherishes his white Cámaro and dreams of becoming a marine biologist one day. But Felipe is not a U.S. citizen. For all technical purposes, he doesn't really exist. His Social Security card is fake. So is his permanent resident card. If Felipe were to disappear today, the only trace of his existence would be the utilities bill in his name that appears like clockwork every month. And that's only because Austin Energy accepts his Mexican identification card, or matricula consular, as a valid form of ID. Felipe is not alone. Immigration experts estimate there are between 8 million and the 11 million L’nited States. immigrants illegal in According to the 2000 Census, Felipe is one of more than 100,000 foreign-born res­ idents in Austin — 16.6 percent of Austin's total population. The Census also recorded that less than one-quarter of A ustin's re sid e n ts had become naturalized U.S. citizens. foreign-born Three weeks ago, President George W. B u sh 's State of the Union ad d re^ touted immigration reform a s a top p r io r it y , making it another campaign issut and igniting national debate. Under Bush's proposal, workers could apply for a three-year work permit through their employer and be eligible for one three-year renewal. After six vears, they would be required to leave. time It's about the United States addresses its immigration policies, said Julien Ross, coordinator for the Central Texas Immigrant Worker Rights Center. "[Our] immigration policies have really caught up to us, and politicians can no longer look the other way and shove the issue under the rug," Ross said. "People are dying in the deserts and in the rivers and in the backs of smugglers' trucks. They're being abused in the work place." U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith, R-San Antonio, agreed the immigration system should be fixed — albeit for other reasons. See IMMIGRATION, page 7 Board certifies candidate for editor without experience TSP authorizes two D aily Texan veterans to run By Daniel K. Lai Daily Texan Staff I he extended debate over editor candidacy came to a cli­ max Friday when the Texas Student Publications board, in a special session, certified Brian Ferguson, Ben Heath and Erin Keck as editor candidates for The Daily Texan. board unanimously voted to certify Keck and Heath, both with prior Texan experi­ The ence. After a brief discussion, the board voted 6-to-5 to certify Ferguson. Ferguson, who has never worked for the Texan, requested his candidacy be certified with­ out waiving the staff-experienee requirements — two semesters spent in at least two different sections of the paper — which the board previously offered to waive. The requirements were not waived for any of the candidates at Friday's meeting. The TSP handbook states a candidate who is elected with a waiver of requirements will retain control over only the newspaper's edi­ torial page. If Ferguson is elect­ ed editor, he will retain final dis­ cretion over the whole of the newspaper's content. Ferguson did not need to seek a waiver for the experience requirement, because hiring procedures at the Texan are "fatally flawed," Ferguson read from an é-mail he said was sent to him by Lee Smith, a UT lawyer who advised the TSP board on the matter. University policy prohibits students from hiring other stu­ dents, Ferguson said Smith told control over him. Student See TSR page 6 UT unconcerned about NFL draft changes Sasha Haagensen 'Daily Te» r Stuff Carnaval participants David and Am m athyst R ose dance the sa m b a at the Palm er Events Center on Saturday evening. Austin s Carnaval draws people from all over Texas to dress in costum e and SEE PAGE 9 pa rta ke in the the Brazilian version of Mardi Gras. Athletic directors don 7 anticipate problems kccpingfootball players By Eric Ransom Daily Texan Staff After federal judge Shira Sheindlin ruled in favor of for­ mer Ohio State running back Maurice Clarett on Thursday, the NFL has extended a new deadline of March 1 for newly to eligible enter draft. their April Sheindlin said that the NFL violated antitrust laws in their collective bargaining 1990 football players agreement which disallowed players to enter the draft until three years after high school. The NFL has promised to appeal the ruling, but in her 70-page opinion the federal judge said, "The rule must be sacked." UT athletic directors DeLoss Dodds and Christine Plonsky believe, however, the ruling's impact on college football will never reach epidemic level, especially at the Universitv. "Everyone knew the NFUs rule was challenged, it would b« changed," Plonsky if See NFL DRAFT, page 6 INSIDE Index World & Nation ........... 3 Opinion .......................4 Inside N e w s 6 9 F o c u s ......................... 10 S p o r t s .............. 11-14 C la s s if ie d s 15-16 C o m ic s ....................... 17 Entertainment . . . 18-20 W e a t h e r H ig h Lo w ^¡ü * Pro Bowl vs. Grammy’s vs. NHL All-Stars Volume 104. Number 84 25 cents Cactus turns 25 The Cactus Cafe celts brates its 25th with Chris Smither and other local musicians. SEE PAGE 10 See CHILDCARE, page 6 Kathy Willens/Associated Press With his attorneys, Ohio State sensation M aurice Clarett sm ile s at a news conference. A federal judge Thursday declared that an NFL rule barring his eli­ gibility violates antitrust law and “m ust be sacked.” Regents OK new child-care center Facility intended to alleviate unit lists f o r students. faeult\ By Kan Yan Daily Texan Staff UT students and employees may have some relief in their search for affordable childcare — but not anytime soon. of Regents approved a new $2.85 million child-care facility Wednesday, said Dr Sandra Briley the direc­ tor of the child-care center. Board The Nearlv 800 children art- on waiting lists for the Child Care Center's two locations — one for faculty and staff, located in the School o f Social Work, and located in another for students Wooldridge Hall. The faculty and staff center sen es 170 chil­ dren betw eon the ages of 6 weeks and 5 years, and the student cen­ ter serves 60 children The cen­ ters provide care for children of students and faculty with slid- ing-scale on tuition income. based The child-care centers were established in 1991 and since their creation, the demand for child care has exceeded their capacity. The waiting list is a daunting CORRECTIONS POLICY 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 man- agingeditor@dailytexanonline.com. STATE & Locm BR!EFS Study: Dirty Houston air due to accidental pollution HOUSTON — Eighty percent of all pollution released acci­ dentally into Houston’s air last year came from just a dozen plants, according to a Houston Chronicle review of state data. Topping the list, the review showed, was Exxon Mobil's Baytown refinery with L.6 million pounds released during unex­ pected power failures, lightning strikes and equipment malfunc­ tions. The highest number of events in the region and state was BP’s Texas City facility, reporting 104. During the accidental releases by 121 facilities in the Houston region, 7.6 million pounds of pollution was released into the air from Feb. 1 to Dec. 31, 2003. Besides Exxon Mobil and BP the other facilities responsible for the most emissions from upsets are Dow, Lyondell-Citgo, Shell, Williams, ConocoPhillips, Valero Refining and Equistar Chemicals, according to the newspaper. Houston's air quality has been among the country’s worst, for­ merly surpassing Los Angeles as the smoggiest nationwide. Defendants: They weren’t protesting when arrested CRAWFORD — The attorney for five peace activists arrested for violating a city ordinance last year said during their trial that the defendants were not demonstrating at the time of their arrests. The five and about a hundred others were en route to Bush’s ranch five miles outside Crawford to protest the war in Iraq and administration policies when they ran into a police blockade in May. The activists are charged with violating the city’s parade and procession ordinance, a Class C misdemeanor that carries up to a $500 fine, the Waco Tribune- Herald reported. Jim Harrington, defense attor­ ney for the five, said during the trial Saturday they were attempt­ ing to gathe: information about the first person taken into cus­ tody. The other four defendants were not holding signs or chanti­ ng at the time of their arrests, he said. Crawford Police Chief Donnie Tidmore testified during cross- examination that a person wear­ ing political buttons without a permit could violate a city ordi­ nance that requires prior notice before a protest or parade. Editor, co-publisher of the Dallas Times Herald dies DALLAS — Felix R. McKnight, who was co-publisher and editor of the Dallas Times Herald, has died. He was 93. McKnight, synonymous with Dallas journalism for six decades, died Saturday at his University Park home, the Dallas Morning News reported in its Sunday edition. McKnight worked summers for the San Antonio Light and cov ered games at college as a Southwest Conference corre­ spondent for the Light, the Houston Chronicle, The Dallas Morning News and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. After 16 years in which he rose from writer to managing editor, the Times Herald secretly negotiated him away to become vice president and executive editor of the now-defunct paper. McKnight was named co-pub lisher and editor of the Times Herald in 1967 and became vice chairman of the board in 1973, and continued to serve the paper as a consultant after his retirement in 1988. Compiled from Associated Press reports i l i \ v\ TwoMonday, February 9, 2004 m j I Page 2 I ti¡ l) \n ,\ LET EVERYONE EAT CAKE HARTFORD, Conn. — Pastry chefs at the Mohegan Sun Casino are out to prove that you can have your cake and eat it too. They are building what they hppe will be the world’s largest wedding cake. The seven-tier cake weighs more than 1 4 ,0 0 0 pounds and is about 17 feet tall. The cake consists of 1 0,0 00 pounds of batter and 4 ,8 1 0 pounds of frosting. Pagan Student Alliance Meeting. 7 p.m., SZB 296. www.paganstudentalliance. org. Information Class, 11 a.m. noon. SSB 2.204. No registration required. “ Fashioning the African Vogue Through the Modernist Camera Lens." free. THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 9-15 College of Communication dean accepts job at UC Dean of the College of Communication Dr. Ellen Wartella will become executive vice chancellor and provost at the University of California, Riverside on July 1. Sheldon Ekland-Olson, execu­ tive vice president and provost, will appoint an interim dean and create a search committee to find a successor. "Whiie I'm saddened to leave the outstanding faculty and staff of the College of Communication, I look forward to the exciting opportunity before me Wartella said in a press release. Wartella established several programs during her tenure at the University, including the Telecommunications and Information Policy Institute, the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas, the Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Participation and the University of Texas Film Institute. — Megan Jacobs Universities lead research in nanotechnology products BERKELEY, Calif. — Tom Kalil sees a day when painful chemotherapy and cocktails of cancer drugs may no longer exist. A special assistant to the chancellor for science and tech­ nology, Kalil envisions a smart device that will recognize cancer cells, diagnose the cause and del ver drugs only to diseased areas. Further down the time line, sci­ entists may develop chips that cat detect infectious diseases and catalysts that produce chemicals and materials with much lower unwanted — and possibly toxic — byproducts. — U-Wire Study: Females, minorities underrepresented in hiring ITHACA, N.Y. — A press con­ ference and Congressional brief­ ing m Washington, D.C., recently addressed a new study, which revealed that women and minor ity faculty members are signifi­ cantly underrepresented at the nation's top 50 research univer­ sities. The study, called “A National Analysis of Diversity in Science and Engineering Faculties at Research Universities," found that despite an increasing num­ ber of women earning doctor­ ates, the number of new women faculty members is not propor­ tional. According to the study, female students make up about 58 percent of all biology stu­ dents, while female faculty members represent approxi­ mately 20 percent of their departments. — U-Wire A ro und C a m p u s Monday "Mpingo's Fruit,” presentation by visiting oboist, Brenda Schuman-Post, 7:30 p.m., MRH, free. 471-0837 or rhender- son@mail.utexas. edu. University Health Services: Hormonal Contraception Information Class, 1 p.m. 2 p.m.. SSB 2.204. No registra­ tion required. Hunger and Homelessness Outreach Info Sessions. 5 p.m.. Texas Union 4.118, and Tuesday, 5 p.m.. room 4.108. h ttp ://h 2 o . imes s. net. Travel Counseling Classes ON­ LINE. www. utexas. edu/student/health. Allow 6-8 weeks before depar­ ture if possible. University Scuba Club, 7 p.m., Double Dave's, Guadalupe and 24th. Come talk Scuba and share a pie. Texans for Israel Coffeehouse, 9 p.m.. Texas Union Eastwoods Room. Discuss Israel issues in a relaxing environment. Soul Possession in Judaism: Exorcism, Sex, Reincarnation and Resurrection, 7:30 p.m., Texas Hillel. Presented by Agudas Achim, Cantor Neil Blumofe. All students welcome. The Republican Party Throughout African-American History, sponsored by the College Republicans, 9 p .m .-ll p.m., Cold Stone Creamery (2828 Guadalupe St.) Last Chance to be in Cactus Yearbook. Photo studio today through Feb. 13, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., CMC 3.302. Undergrads walk in; seniors call 471-9190 for cap- and-gown photo appointment. Philip Bobbitt speaks on “Modernism: War and Peace,’’ 7 p.m., Ransom Center Prothro Theater, free. 471-8944 or www. hrc. utexas.edu. University Ombudsman Job Opening, deadline to apply: 5 p.m. on Feb. 20. Applications at SSB G1.404. 471-3825 or www.utexas.edu/student/ombuds. Art of Living Club Weekly Yoga Sessions. 5 p.m.-6 p.m.. Quadrangle Room, Texas Union. Beginner level. All are welcome. Call Sid 323-6425 or h ttp ://stu - dentorgs.utexas.edu/aol. Free Yoga Class. 5 p.m. 6:30 p.m., Texas Union Eastwoods Room. Don’t eat two hours prior: wear loose clothing. Chris at 217- 1380. Tuesday Circle K international Meeting, 7 p.m., Sanchez 370. University Finance Association presents Texas instruments, 6:30 p.m., UTC 4.124, food and dnnks provided. Phi Alpha Delta Pre-law Fraternity Info Session, 7 p.m., Pharmacy 2.110. The only inter­ national pre-law fraternity on cam­ pus. Networking opportunities, free LSAT practice, scholarships and more. “Oboes of the World,” noon, MRH 5.254. Lecture and per­ formance by guest oboist, Brenda Schuman-Post, free. Computer Sciences Rim Festival, call for Entries. Open to all students, faculty and staff. www. cs. utexas. edu/users/film. Student Government Meeting, 7 p.m., SSB G1.310. Discuss cam­ pus issues and events. Mexican American Health Professionals First Meeting, 7 p.m , WEL 2.302. Free pizza. University Health Services: Hormonal Contraception Infor­ mation Class, 5 p.m.-6 p.m., SSB 2.204. No registration required. Israel 101, 8:30 p.m., GSB 2.120. This week: the history of Ethiopian and other groups' immi­ gration to the country. W ednesday Business Healthcare Association Meeting, 6 p.m.-7 p.m., UTC 4.110. Speaker: Dr. Diane Kneeland, topic: How do I apply for summer internships? What does public health entail? Free pizza, www.mccombs.utexas.edu/ students/bha. American Red Cross Meeting. 7 p.m., GEO 2.102. Lend a hand in saving lives, and meet great people. Want to join the largest co-ed Latino-oriented fraternity at UT? E-mail cacfame@mail.utexas.edu for more info. Info Sessions With All UT Environmental Groups, today and tomorrow, 6 p.m.-7p.m., Parlin 205. www.UTenvironment.org. TexSax, Saxophone Ensemble, 8 p.m., Bates Recital Hall, free. 471-0830 or HPittel@mail. utexas.edu. Baptist Student Ministry Free Lunch, noon, 2204 San Antonio St. Home-cooked meals and chance to meet other students. Torchlight Society Potential Member Social. 8 p.m., Mozarts. Women interested in social, serv­ ice and academic activities. torchlightsociety@hotmail. com by Tues. for a ride. Salsa Dance Festival, 9 p.m. 1 a.m., Texas Union Ballroom. Free dance lessons, 8 p.m.-9 p.m. Register at www.informalclass es.org, or call 23-CLASS. $8 (in advance), $12 (at door). College Republicans General Meeting, 7 p.m.-8 p.m., Burdine 208. Thursday National Arab American Journalists Assn-UT Chapter, 7:30 p.m., Burson Conference Room CMA 4.128. Homemade Arabic food. naajaut@uts.cc. utexas.edu. Environmental Center Meeting. 6 p.m.-7 p.m., Texas Union Board of Directors Room, topic: Sustainability. www. UTenvironment. org. Super Bevos Open Meeting, 6 p.m., NOA 1.102. Help your com­ munity, and meet people in this flexible, fun student organization. Blanton Museum of Art Noon Gallery Talk, noon. Italian Drawings Since Suida-Manning, by Jonathan Bober, free. 471- 7023 or blantonmuseum@ ^.ww. utexas.edu. Tarlton Law Library Clothing Drive, to support the Austin Prison Inmate Support Program. Drop-off clothes at the Circulation Desk throughout February. 232- 3815. Art of Living Club Yoga Sessions. 5 p.m.-6 p.m., and 7 p.m.-8 p.m., Texas Union Ballroom mats provided. Free and suited for beginners. Baptist Student Ministry Crossroads Café. 6:30 p.m.-8 p.m.. 2204 San Antonio St. A café for Internationals to learn English speaking with Americans. Free coffee, games. “Unseen Cinema: Early American Avant-Garde Film 1893-1941,” hosted by the Harry Ransom Center, Feb. 12 - March 11, at the Alamo Drafthouse DowntoWn. Tickets at www.drañ- house. com/downtown/frames, as p or in person. www. hrc. utexas. edu/exhibi- tions/programs/2004/unseencin ema or 471-8944. Jewish Studies and Beyond Lecture Series. 7:30 p.m., Harry Ransom Center Prothro Theater. “Why Oral Law? The Nature of Oral Learning and the Need for Two Torahs.” University Health Services: Hormonal Contraception information Class. 12 p.m. 1 p.m., SSB 2.204. No registration required. Outreach Lecture, 7 p.m., WEL 2.224. “Austin's Power: Green Power is Clean and Renewable,” by Mark Kapner. Jugglefest Austin, 5 p.m.-lO p.m., Sat. 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Sun. 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Bellmont 528, free w/UT ID, or $8 juggler pass, $2 spectator. www.juggling.place. org/jfest. Jugglefest Fire Demo. 6 p.m. 7:30 p.m., South Mall. 30 jug­ glers pass flaming torches in front of UT Tower. Jugglefest Open Stage, 10 p.m., Waller Creek Amphitheatre (behind San Jacinto Dorm), free. Torchlight Society Happy Hour, 5:30 p.m., Kerbey Lane. Torchlightsociety@hotmail.com if you need a ride. Texas Hillel Shabbat, Conservative. Reform or Orthodox services, 6 p.m. Kosher dinner, 7 p.m. Do either or both. www.TexasHillel.org. Saturday Round Table Discussion. “ From the Etruscans to Post-Modernism in Austin Architecture,” 2 p.m.-5 p.m., Santa Rita Room, Texas • Union. 471-3071. Texas Division Rugby Showdown, 2 p.m., Whitaker Fields, 51st St. and Speedway Ave. UT vs. the Rice Owls. Best of Jugglefest Variety Show. 7:30 p.m., Reagan High Performing Arts Center, free. Performers from as far away as London. Sunday Miro String Quartet. 4 p.m., Bates Recital Hall. $16 gen pub, $13 UT faculty and staff, $10 UT students; 477-6060 or www.utpac.org, or buy at door. Free Vibha Screening: Munna Bhai MBBS (Hindi Movie), 6 p.m., Texas Union Theater. Libertarian Longhorns’ Distinguished Speaker Series, 4 p.m., Threadgill’s, Riverside. 2004 Presidential Candidate Gary Nolan (L) and Former Austin City Councilman George Humphrey (D). To add your event to this calendar, send your infor­ mation to aroundcampus@ dailytexanonline.com, or call 471-4591. 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Experts from the nonprofit group PERF will spend five months reviewing APD training procedures with an emphasis on diversity training, community relations, use of force and com­ munication skills. PERF could not be reached for comment at press time. To decrease the use of lethal force, APD will purchase more non-lethal weapons, the plan says. By 2006, every APD officer on patrol should have a taser. A taser can knock a person out with a powerful electric shock. APD has already purchased 17 beanbag shotguns and expects to have 81 total by next year, Buchman said. The plan will also seek to reduce unproductive consent searches by requiring documen­ tation of consent. On Wednesday, community leaders called for APD to ban consent searches altogether after the Texas Criminal justice Reform Coalition issued a report that showed Austin police stop black and Latino drivers more often than whites. 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THURSDAY • FEBRUARY 26 • 7:30 PM Live at Austin’s Riverbend Centre F R E E P A R K I N G Call Events Unlimited Toll-Free 1- 877 - 874-8124 w w i a e v e n t s u n 11 m i t e d o r g UNIO I I II V I S F X P I R I f \ ( I S y n R[ STOCK WATCH Closing Friday, February 6 f DOW JONES 10,593.03 +97.48 NASDAQ f 2,064.01 +44.45 Page 3 T h f; D aily T t \ v \ Monday, February 9, 2 0 0 4 Bush defends war in TV appearance t o critics WORLD BRIEFS U.S. investigators struggle to find evidence for funds BERN, Switzerland — The United States believes it has found at least $300 million Saddam Hussein hid in banks, yet doesn't have enough evi­ dence to get countries such as Syria and Switzerland to hand over the money, U.S. and European officials told The Associated Press. The funds at stake could go to the Iraq insurgency or the coun­ try’s reconstruction, depending on who gets it first. What trou bles investigators more is that much of Saddam's cash may already be gone. The weak U.S intelligence and the slow moving investigation, now in its 11th month, have given suspects 'more than enough time to empty accounts and possibly transfer some funds to Iraq's insurgency, which has cost hundreds of American lives, officials involved in the search said. U.N., Iraqi leaders meet as attacks continue BAGHDAD, Iraq — U.N. experts met with Iraqi leaders for the first time Sunday to discuss the chances of holding early elec tions. In fresh violence, insurgents attacked separate U.S. Army con­ voys with explosives near Mahmudiyah, 20 miles south of Baghdad, killing one soldier and wounding three others, witnesses said. The U.N. team, led by veteran diplomat Lakhdar Brahimi, met with the U.S. appointed Iraqi Governing Council to start deter mining whether legislative elec­ tions can be held by June 30. The current U.S. plan is to choose legislators in regional caucuses, a move opposed by the country’s most powerful Shiite cleric. Grand Ayatollah All al-Husseini al-Sistani. Iraqi sources said on condition of anonymity that the initial ses sion was taken up mostly by Governing Council members expressing their views on elec tions. Israel to change barrier route amid court battles JERUSALEM -— Israel will change the route of its West Bank separation barrier to cause less hardship for the Palestinians and gain U.S. support against legal challenges, an adviser to Israel’s prime minister said Sunday. On Monday, Israel’s Supreme Court will hear petitions from two civil rights groups, including a request to declare the barrier’s route illegal. Later this month, the world court in The Hague, Netherlands, will review the legality of the barn er. The U.N. General Assembly has asked the court for a non­ binding advisory opinion. Israel says the baruer is meant to block Palestinian suicide bombers, but the Palestinians condemn it as a land grab. Israel has argued that the world court has no authority over the barrier dispute, saying it should be resolved through negotiations. Compiled from Associated Press reports / // Ins first television interview since Inking office, Bush answers B y Deb R i e c h m a n n Associated Press d en ied W A SH IN G TO N — President he m arched Bush Am erica into w ar under false pretenses and said the U.S.-led invasion w as necessary', because Sad d am H ussein could have developed a nuclear weapon. "I d o n 't think A m erica can stand by and hope for the best," the president said. Bush suggest­ ed Sad dam may have destroyed or spirited out of the country the the Bush banned w eap o n s adm inistration cited as a main rationale for the war. to the w eapons," Bush said in an Oval b road cast O ffice Su n d ay on N B C 's "M e e t the Press." in terv iew exp ected find "I "S ittin g behind this desk, m aking a very difficult decision of war and peace, I based my decision on the best intelligence p o ssib le ," the presid ent said. T h e taped interv iew w as Saturday. Bush also w as asked about the fugitive O sam a bin Laden, the su sp ected m asterm ind of the Sept. 11 attacks whom the presi­ dent had pledged to get "dead or alive." He chuckled when told that a Republican law m aker had pre­ dicted O sam a would be cap ­ the p resid ential tured b efo re election. "I have no "I appreciate his op tim ism ," Bush said . idea w h eth er w e will capture or bring him to justice. ... I know w e are on the h u n t." The interview', his first on a Sun day talk show since taking office, cam e as the president's approval rating has dipped to 47 an percent, accord in g P ress-Ip sos A ssociated poll taken in early February; that com pares with 56 percent just a m onth ago. to ap p earan ce follow ed The w eeks from D em ocrats over the failure so far to find Iraq's cache of w eapons, criticism o f have cou ld "T h e y been destroyed during the war," Bush said, speculating about reasons the reports m ight have been wrong. "Sad d am and his hench­ men could have destroyed them as w e entered into Iraq. They could be hidd en. They could hav e been transported to anoth­ er country, and w e'll find ou t." The president said he retained co n fid en ce in CIA d irector G eorge Tenet. Bush shook his head from side to side when asked if Tenet's job was in jeop­ ardy. "N o, not at all, not at all," Bush said. Bush pled ged to coo p erate with a com m ission he set up last week to exam ine prew ar intelli­ gence lapses and defended its M arch 2005 reporting date, which is four m onths after the W hite H ouse election. "There is going to be am ple tim e for the Am erican people to assess ... w hether or not I m ade the right decision in rem oving Saddam Hussein from pow er," Bush said. the cam p aign D em ocrats in Congress and on trail said Sunday they wanted to see the findings before the election, if possible. "W h at w e'v e got here is a president w ho sim ply doesn't w ant to be held accountable," presid ential hopeful W esley C lark "L a te Edition." C N N 's told Bush did not directly respond to election-year allegations that his adm inistration exaggerated intelligence, but m ade clear that the United States considered the Iraqi president a dictator who brutalized and killed his own people. "I strongly believe that inac­ tion in Iraq would have em bold­ ened Saddam H u ssein ," Bush said. "H e could have developed a nuclear w eapon over time, I'm not saying immediately, but over tim e .... We would have been in a position of blackm ail. In other words, you can 't rely upon a m ad m an." A lso on the foreign policy front, Bush said "d iplom acy is ju st b eg in n in g " w ith N orth Korea. The United States and its allies are seeking to persuade the com m unist nation to abandon its nuclear w eapons program s. "W e are m ak ing good p ro g ress," Bush said. O n dom estic issues, Bush said his tax cuts w ere responsible for an econom ic rebound. He dism issed new s reports is no ev id en ce he that there reported for N ational G uard d u ty in A lab am a d uring the sum m er and fall of 1972, during the V ietnam War. "There m ay be no evidence, but I did report; otherw ise, I w ould n't have been honorably discharged." Bush expressed indifference about polls that show ed him trailing the D em ocratic front- runner, Sen. Jo h n K erry of M assachusetts. "I'm not going to lose," Bush said. "I d on't plan on losing." Eric Drap«v/Associated Press President Bush is interviewed by NBC’s “Meet the Press’’ by moderator Tim Russert. left, during a pre-tape in the Oval Office of the White House on Saturday. This is the first network television interview of Bush since he was elected president in 2 0 0 0 . The show aired on NBC on Sunday. NATION BRIEFS Kerry victorious in Maine caucuses, Dean second John Kerry coasted to victory in the Maine caucuses Sunday, wrap­ ping up a three-state weekend sweep that pushed the Democratic front-runner closer to the party nom ination than any of his rivals. Howard Dean, who campaigned in Maine Sunday, finished a distant second in yet another disappoint ment for the one-time front-runner, and Rep. Dennis Kucinich of Ohio was third in one of his better show ings of the primary season. The Massachusetts senator tacked the Maine win onto resound­ ing victories in Michigan and Washington state on Saturday for a record of 10 wins in 12 contests and, more important, a substantial chunk of the delegates needed to secure the nomination. With 40 percent of the statewide vote, Kerry had 46 percent, Dean 26 percent and Kucinich 13 per­ cent, John Edwards and Wesley Clark, who had focused on other states, had 9 percent and 4 per­ cent. Clark, Dean and Edwards, appear ing separately on the Sunday televi­ sion talk shows, all said they would continue to challenge Kerry for the Democratic nomination despite the Massachusetts senator's advan­ tage in the polls and in endorse­ ments. Same-sex marriage ruling draws protesters to Boston BOSTON — Opponents of same- sex marriage cheered and chanted Sunday at a rally on the Boston Common to build support for a state constitutional amendment defining marriage as between one man and one woman. Massachusetts' highest court ruled 4-3 in November that same- sex couples had a right under the state constitution to the benefits of marriage. This past week it ruled by the same ratio that only marriage would satisfy its decision. The court gave the Legislature a mid-May deadline to comply with its ruling. Legislators, meanwhile, are meeting Wednesday for a constitu tional convention to consider an amendment banning gay marriage, but 2006 is the soonest voters could approve such an amendment. During the rally, several hundred supporters of gay marriage demon­ strated at the Episcopal Cathedral Church of St. Paul across the street. 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VIEWPOINT Certifying Ferguson I he TSF board voted in favor o f certifying Brian Ferguson as a candidate for editor Friday. In the 6 5 vote the board violated its own handbook and took the advice of a I I lawyer, choosing to ignore the advice of independent m edia lawyer Jim George. Ferguson does not fulfill basic requirem ents to run for editor. He never worked at the Texan. According to the TSP handbook, a candidate m ust have worked at least tw o sem esters at the Texan in at least tw o departm ents and have spent one sem ester as a perm anent staffer to get certified. Should an individual claim he or she was discriminated against and therefore unable to gain the necessary experi­ ence, the applicant may apply to have the experience requirements waived. It Ferguson were to prove he was discriminated against, making it impossible for him to fulfill the experience requirements, the TSP board would have been justified in certifying him. That never happened. I his episode sets a frightening precedent. Now, any stu­ dent can run for editor. No experience or knowledge required. 1 his bodes ill for the student body. Now any student capable o f running an effective campaign can take over the paper. Welcome to the SG era of The Daily Texan — after all, cam pus politicians know how to operate effective cam ­ paigns, aspiring journalists do not. The Texan holds no vendetta against Ferguson. Som e current and former staffers are personal friends of his. 1 his m atter irks us, because it's important to pay your dues in an organization before taking it over. It's a matter of earning your place. If Ferguson was unfairly prevented from working at the Texan the TSP board should have asked Ferguson to apply for the waiver and present evidence proving the claim. TSP board members could judge for themselves whether or not discrimination took place and vote to certify accordingly. instead, the board followed the advice of the University lawyer and ignored the conflicting advice of an independ­ ent attorney hired specifically to represent T S P s interests. The TSP board made a terrible mistake Friday. UT should support shuttle bus drivers By Esther Wang Daily Texan Colum nist T h is c o n tin u e is a co u n try th a t is in cre a sin g ly b eco m in g on e of hav es and h av e-n o ts. As c o r­ p o ra te C E O s to re ce iv e th e ir fa t p a y c h e c k s e v e ry year, m illio n s o f w o rk ­ ing cla ss p e o p le are stru g g lin g w ith risin g b ills , sk y ro ck etin g h e a lth in s u r a n c e co s ts and h ow to feed th eir fam ilies. A nd th e se issu es so m etim es h it c lo se to h o m e, even on this c o lle g e ca m p u s. p riv ile g e d T alk to o n e of the bus d riv ers on any U T sh u ttle bus route, and y o u 'll learn w hy th ey 're p ro te stin g to d ay at the East M all and w hy they are w o r­ ried and up set. Í he sh u ttle bus d rivers p ro ­ vid e an in v a lu ab le serv ice to the UT com m u n ity , y et th e y 're ju st not re ce iv in g the w ag es, health care or d ece n t tre a t­ m ent that they d eserv e. T h e v 'v e b e e n w o rk in g w ith o u t a co n tra ct for the past tw o y ears. T h e m o st sen io r d riv ers, m an y o f w hom h av e b een d riv in g b u ses for m ore than 10 y e a rs, h av e had no th ree y e a rs, fo r p ay r a is e s ev en as th e ir health b en efits are cu t and th e ir cost of living g o es up. U T sh u ttle bus d riv ­ ers h av e n o p e n sio n , paid sick d ay s, or paid v a catio n — all b en e fits th a t re g u la r C ap ital M etro b u s d riv e rs receive for the sa m e e x a c t w o rk. T h ey m ak e $5 less p er hour than o th e r d riv e rs . T h e y 're n o t to take b a th ­ e v e n a llo w e d ro om b re a k s d u rin g th e ir sh ifts, u n less th e y 're O K 'd by m an ag ers. I he d riv e rs d o n 't a c tu a lly fo r C a p ita l M e tro — w ork they w o rk for- fo r ATC, a p ro fit p riv a te s u b c o n tr a c to r th a t has a c o n tra c t w ith the tra n sp o rta tio n au th o rity . A TC th e d r iv e r s , and p r o v id e s C a p ito l M etro p ro v id e s the b u ses. th e th a n 1 he b u s d riv e rs ' d e m a n d s are s im p le — a new c o n tra c t w ith A T C , as la st o n e e x p ire d D ec. 31, 2001, and a pay ra ise fo r the first tim e in m o re tw o y e a rs. Tw o y e a rs is ju s t to o lon g to be in c o n tr a c t n e g o tia tio n s . Tw o y e a rs is to o lon g to go w ith ­ in cre a se , w ith ou t an y p a y the c o s t o f liv in g g o in g up and w ith A T C s la s h in g h ealth b e n e fits th e p a s t year. tw ic e in But A TC is d ra g g in g its feet, The shuttle bus drivers provide an invaluable service to the UT community, yet they're just not receiving the wages, health care, or decent treatment that they deserve. and m ean w h ile, the bus d riv ­ ers are b ein g h it hard . " If ou r pay sta y s the sam e and o u r in su ran ce g o es up, we have less m o n ey to buv food for fa m ilie s and p ay o u r o u r re n t," said sh u ttle bus d riv e rs u n io n N orm p re sid e n t C o u tu re. As stu d e n ts w ho pay for the b u lk o f the costs o f ru n n in g the sh u ttle buses, w e sh o u ld be o u trag ed that m ore o f o u r to w a rd s m o n ey is n 't g o in g th e th e p e o p le w h o d riv e b u ses and keep them going. We stu d e n ts sp en t m ore than $5 m illio n last y ear in fe e s for th e s h u ttle b u s s e r v ic e — ab ou t $10 0 p er stu d e n t and tw o -th ird s o f the total cost to run the b u ses — but too little o f that m o n ey is going to the d riv ers. B u t is n 't an in cre ase in ou r stu d en t fees. The p ro b lem that need s to be ad d resse d is the sla v ish d e v o ­ tion to the b ottom line o f p ro f­ it, co st-cu ttin g and efficien cy, no m a tter w hat the co st is to w o rk ers. th e a n s w e r T h e o fficial line is th at the U n iv ersity and C ap ital M etro can do little to help the sh u ttle b u s d riv e rs — the d isp u te is w ith ATC, o fficia ls say. But le i's T h e U n iv ersity has a co n tract w ith C ap ital M etro, w h o has a co n ­ tract w ith ATC. P ressu re can a lw ay s be ap p lied , and has b een b efo re. S o m eth in g can be d one. re a lis tic . be We s tu d e n ts b e n e fit from th e s h u ttle s e r v ic e . C a p ita ! M etro b en e fits, as they g et to in fla te th eir rid ersh ip n u m ­ b ers by the m illio n s o f s tu ­ d en ts w h o ride ev ery y e a r and th u s fe d e ra l fu n d in g . T h e on ly o n es w ho a re n 't b e n e fitin g are the p e o ­ p le w h o k eep the sy ste m g o in g — the d riv ers. M ayb e it's tim e th at ch an g ed . re c e iv e m o re W a n g is a Plan II a n d A sia n - A m e rica n studies senior. Kerry offers relief for students CONTACT US By Ryan McCormick the With tuition and fees at colleges across reaching country unprecedented levels, higher edu­ cation promise's to be a central theme in the 2004 presidential election. The cost of education at public universities rose 14 percent this year. Far from an aberration, the 2003-04 increase merelv continued an ongoing trend. Over the last decade, tuition at public universi­ ties in Texas has climbed by more than 60 percent. While costs are rising, w hat stu­ dents are receiving in return may the decline. Professors' be on salaries at public schools are increasingly le s s competitive with professors at private universities, leading many to leave for greener pastures. Class sizes are ballooning and schools are turning to instruc­ tors, TAs and lesser-paid adjunct professors to teach courses. Many schools took a double hit when the stock market bubble burst in 2001: Economic weakness lowered their endowments' investment returns and statew ide deficits lowered their annual appropriations. The current adm inistration, while emphasizing K -12 education reforms, has underfunded and shortchanged higher education. In 1980, the federal Pell Grant cov­ ered 77 percent of public college tuition and fees. Today, it covers only 40 percent. The White House froze the maxim um Pell Grant award in its latest budget propos­ al. For three years in a row', the White House has frózen or cut the m axim um grant. The budget would also a it the Perkins Loan program by nearly $100 million and provides no increase for the Federal Work Study program, despite greater college enrollment. Eligibility revisions made by the Department of Education in 2003 wrould have eliminated Pell Grants for 84,000 students and reduced aid more. Fortunately, Congress reversed the changes before they took effect. thousands to Exploding college expenses and steadily eroding federal assistance have left an affordability gap that D em ocratic presidential candi­ dates hope to fill. The D em ocratic candidates have vastly competing views, but Of the four main Democratic candi­ dates remaining in the race, John Kerry offers the brightest hope and most thoughtful vision for improving college affordability. generally agree on the main goal — helping to send more students to college. With a tuition hike this spring and another looming in the fall, the University of Texas and its students will be directly affected by the higher education debate. O f the four main Democratic candidates remaining in the race, John Kerry offers the brightest hope and most thoughtful vision for improving college affordability. The highlight of Kerry's higher education agenda is his plan for national service. All Am ericans would be offered four years of col­ lege tuition in exchange for two years service. Individuals could serve in schools, community centers, nonprofits, as well as homeland seam ty-related positions such as law enforcement and firefighting. Students who have already completed college could serve in exchange for stu­ dent loan repayment. national of Kerry has proposed a $4,000 College Opportunity Tax Credit fc>r all four years of college. To help stem public university budget cuts by state legislatures, Kerry would create a $50 billion State Tax Relief and Education Fund. His agenda goes beyond spending programs and promotes reforms aimed at efficiency. For exam ple, he will encourage colleges to band togeth­ er to m ake bulk purchases of goods such as health care for initiatives em ployees. O ther would increase opportunities for llth-and -12th graders to attend college courses and ensure that Advanced Placem ent programs are available in all schools. College affordability plans put forward by the other candidates an> not as far-reaching as Kerry's but provide som e creative and refreshing ideas to invigorate the dialogue on higher education In addition to one year of free public university tuition, John Edwards has proposed scrapping the federal student loan system that spends billions of dollars sub­ sidizing banks and other lenders. He proposes a more direct lending approach. Edw ards has chal­ lenged colleges and universities to end legacy admissions for family members. He also opposes bind­ ing early decision policies, claim ­ ing they favor wealthier applicants who do not need to wait and com ­ pare financial aid packages. Wesley Clark's higher education agenda includes a universal $6,(XX) college grant for the first two years of college. Families with incomes below $100,(XX) would be eligible. However, he would partially pay for the new grant by cutting other higher education programs. Clark wants to streamline the applica­ tion process and eliminate the 108- line form required for financial aid applicants. Howard Dean has an extraordi­ narily ambitious plan for higher education that includes a $10,(XX) subsidy (grants and loans) during all four years of college. Students must com mit to prepare for college at the end of middle school. 1 ligh schools will work w ith each familv and student to develop a plan of study. Dean proposes to pav for the program by repealing recent tax cuts, but with a Republican Congress, that appears unlikelv. Aimed at expanding opportu­ nity, Democrats' college affordabil­ ity' initiatives are desperately need­ ed. In today's knowledge-based economy, a college education is the key to the doors of a well-paid, rewarding career. Studies indicate that individuals with a college degree will earn about $1 million more than those without a degree over the course of their working life. the Unfortunately, current Administration has turned its back on students and families strug­ In for college. gling November, it may pay a price. to pay M cC o rm ick is a first-year law student. Main Telephone: (512) 4714591 Editor: Kevin Kushner (512) 232 2212 editor@dailyte\anonhne.com Managing Editor: Wes Ferguson (512) 232-2217 managi ngeditor@dai lytexanonlir :om News Office: (512) 232-2206 news@dailytexanonline.com Features Office: (512) 471-8616 features@dailytexanon!ino < or Sports Office: (512) 232 2210 sports@dailytex inonline.i om Entertainment Off ;e: (512) 232-2209 entertainnient@dailytexan(■ gi\ e you federal benefits ami health care, in the case of some states, give you drivers licenses,' he »aid. Smith said unless illegal im mi­ grants ommit a serious crime, the United States makes it easy for them to stay. ' 1 hat's the exact opposite mes­ sage wt should be sending," he said. A divided issue Immigration is the issue on w hit h the nation is most divided, aid Steven Camarota, director of for the Center at a I Immigration Studies. Not in the normal way, not tin left versus the right, or i 'emot rats versus Republicans, but there is a fundamental divi- .ion bt tween the people and their leaders, the elites," Camarota said. It is the one issue on w'hich the \menean people and their !. adership is the most divided, he said. \nd that creates an enormous momentum for the status quo," Camarota said. Camarota points to the 1990s w hen the United States saw increased border control but a interior dramatic cutback enforcement. in A 2002 I ebruarv-March Scripps I low ard Texas poll found that ei vast majority of Texans agreed that unlawful immigra­ te: i rom Mexico is a "serious p >lem with 51 percent report­ ing. it is a "very serious problem." An \ugust 2002 study by the C enter for I abor Market Studies at Northeastern University found that "at no time in the past 90 ir- W eis the nation so depend- nt on immigrant labor to meet its need." \ recent report by the Federal er < bank of Dallas also tied ¡migration directly to economic growth. ' 1 he pact1 of recent U.S. eco- ¡U g nvth would have been im m igra­ ¡ impossil le without the repqrt found. tion, 1 mo rota, how ever, said there were few economic benefits to illegal immigration. i n ' 20 vears 'W hen you get illegal Mexican im m igrants who've been here they never come i i :<> closing the gap with the ol the population," he said. >ot because they're lazy and because thev don't work. It's bo. nisei In v have very little edu­ cation." Illusions of a better life Felipe said he came to the d States on a whim. He was 16 nd looking for adventure. * oil know w hen vou're u n g and you want your par- e n i s but you also w ant them \s aw av from you," he said. n I le was also looking for a bet­ ter future. >¡ T\ hen \ ou re there, you know' v« mi s who've been here for time, md you see them w 1 h a new car. You think life here Vou make a lot of money," is he aid "Vou think life is glory here, but it's not." M o m . ou get close to the bor- ¡pe explained, and you're r ' Mvdcun, vou're a target for coy- thc people looking to make mo; lev In bringing immigrants to the United States. 1 he\ ask you. Are you cross­ ing, the border? Where are you going?’" he said. hi'i i eltpc’s cousin in Austin set ;p with some coyotes they lew. For $1,800, he got a trip across the border and a "very fake" residence card. It was a complicated process, he explained. First, he took a bus to Piedras Negras, Mexico, and called his cousin. H e was instmcted to find a room at a hotel and call again. From the hotel, he was taken to a house. After a couple of days and careful observation, a phone call: The Border Patrol guard at Eagle Pass, Texas, had just taken a break. Everything w'as coordinated very carefully, Felipe said. Each of the coyotes had at least three cell phones. "It's very organized," he said. But the coyotes were also verv careful: "Those people change their telephone numbers often. I hey don't want to get into trou­ ble." Not everyone uses coyotes, Felipe said. His brother simply walked across the border. "Some people ride the train. Some swim across the river," Felipe said. "It's very easy, but it's very dangerous too." Felipe admits things have changed over the last couple of years. After he had been here for about a year-and-a-half, he was so homesick for the beautiful beaches of Acapulco — his home- towrn — that he returned for a year. Since his return, he's been too scared to try it again. long "Fo r a time people walked, because they didn't w'ant to pay, but now' there is no choice," he said. Closing the border in from sneaking "It's very difficult to stop peo­ ple from Mexico, regardless of what we do, said Jeff Passel, principal research associate at the Urban Institute. "To keep people from crossing the southern border would take a lot more effort than what w e're doing. And we're already doing a lot." of Eliseo Medina, executive vice president Service Employees International Union said desperate people w ill do desperate things. the "W hen you have people who are hungry and poverty stricken, they'll do whatever they need to do to make it better," Medina said. "The only solution is to put up one soldier for every 10 feet. It's unmanageable." illegal According to The W eekly Standard, im migration increased by 5.5 million from 1990 to 2000, w'hile the number of U.S. Border Patrol agents rose from 3,600 to nearly 10,000. Camarota said there are only 17,000 border agents on duty. "There are more New' York C ity transit cops," he said. " If you want to be in the country busi­ ness, you've got to control your borders." Small beginnings W hen Felipe arrived in Austin he had neither money, boots nor words. "1 didn't know a single word of English," he said. "Another guy brought me boots." Felipe stayed with his cousin and nine other people "in a very small place." He found a Social Security card for $110 and a job at a local pizza place. "There's people here in Austin who make resident cards and Social Security cards, so you can show them to your boss," he said. "Everybod y does that. They're going to do that forever." After a while, he also started working at a local strip club, where he cleans carpets six hours a day, 365 days a year. Both of his employers know' that he is illegal, Felipe said, but they've never discussed it. H e was questioned only once about discrepancies between the two Social Security numbers he gave his employer. He told the truth, and it w as never spoken of again. At the strip club, he gets paid in cash. Typically, Felipe w-akes up everyday at 4 a.m. to clean car­ pets. He works until 10 a.m. but will sometimes stay longer to work behind the bar at the strip club. He also works 15 hours each week at the pizza place. [Life here] is easy in so many ways — you can afford to buy a car, afford to buy furniture, many things I cannot have in my own country," he said. Felipe makes about $2,800 per month. He pays $800 for rent — he lives w ith his brother, w'ho just recently came over — and about $800 in bills and other expenses. He sends his mother $400 a month. The rest he saves. I want to have a business in Mexico," he said. "I w'ant to do something else. I don't want to be a loser." But sometimes he can't save as much as he'd like. A few' months ago, Felipe paid for another brother to come over. "H e thought he was going to have it easy, just like me. But he missed his girl a lot and called her everyday. He left me two phone bills to pay." The w'hole affair set him back about $3,000. Here everyone is trying to be successful, because they have the opportunity, and that creates a lot of pressure, he said. "But sometimes I feel like I'm going to die from a heart attack, because I'm so stressed out. U.S. life is just so different," he said. "Time here is so fast." Mixed reactions Bush's proposal has drawn criticisms and accolades both from w'ithin his party's ranks and from others. Michelle Waslin, an immigra­ tion policy analyst at The National Council of La Raza, a Hispanic advocacy group, said they're happy the president has realized the current situation is "broken." But W aslin criticized Bush's proposal for giving w'orkers no freedom to move between jobs — increasing for abuse in the workplace. The pro­ posal also offers no avenue for permanent residency, she said. likelihood the "That creates a permanent underclass of workers, who are very vulnerable. They never have the opportunity to fully partici­ pate in society," Waslin said. Others, such as Rep. Smith, have called it simply unrealistic. "I don't thmk you're going to persuade people to go back home," Smith said. "W e allow' someone to gain legal status, w'e give them a job, w e let them bring in their family, let them stay for six years or more. Is there a single person in Am erica w'ho thinks they'll go home?" It’s not going away Experts on both sides agree that illegal immigrants are here, and the problem is not going away. They also agree that some­ thing needs to be done. "W e have almost 10 million people living on our borders. We don't know' wrho they are, they they're use false documents, afraid to complain, they're living in the shadows," Waslin said. "W e have smugglers determining w'ho comes into the country." said, Instead, W aslin the United States needs to take aw ay the incentives for people to cross the border illegally by providing avenues for them to become per­ manent residents. Madison Three & Madison Bellaire Pre-Leasing Apts tor Fall 2004 ----------------------------- t A ? — ----------------------- Efficiency 2 Bed, 1 Bath / 1 Bed, 1 Bath Visitmadisonhouse.com for more information 709 W. 22nd St. Austin, TX 78705 512.478.9891 Felipe is an avid boxer and tr/es to work out every day. He also went to see Jesus Chavez at the world feather weight champí onships in Austin last year. When he s not boxing, Felipe works at a local pizza pub and strip club. Helen Montoya, Daily Texan Staff La Raza favors a comprehen­ sive solution w ith four basic requirements: If people who are here illegally can prove that they've been living and working here, paying taxes and are not a security threat, they should be legalized. Then, Waslin said, future flows of migration need to be con­ trolled, and a new' temporary worker program should be implemented. Finally, Waslin said residency applications for family members need to be expedited. Waslin called these fam ily backlogs the "underlying reasons for undocu­ mented workers: Too many are in the waiting line, and rather than wait 10 years, they just come across the border." "W e have a problem that's just getting larger every year, and it can't be ignored," Waslin said. "W e have a system that encour­ ages undocumented entry." Smith agreed, although he had a different solution. He said the U.S. needs to "turn off the magnet" that attracts so m any people to cross the borders by enforcing current immigration law's so that employers w'on't be able to hire those w'ho are in the country illegally. If they can't get a job, Smith said, they won't come. The answer But is it realistic? Passel, of the Urban Institute, said he didn't think making life harder for illegal immigrants w'ill solve anything. We ve tried to make life more and mure difficult for undocu­ mented immigrants, and it hasn't made a difference, largely because no matter how hard we make it for them here, they're better off than where they come from," he said. "It's already hard enough — making it more difficult doesn't seem to make much difference." Both Passel and Camarota, of the Center Immigration for Studies, agreed that an essential tenet to reducing illegal immigra­ tion is taking a hardline stance with employers. Camarota forcing employers to use a national com­ puter data base every time thev want to hire someone. The employer w ill enter a Social Security number for the database to validate. favored Passel agreed that the United States really hasn't been tough on employers who hire illegal aliens — even though it's against feder­ law and punishable by a al $10,000 just fine. Everybo dy turns a blind eye, he said. "W e haven't really tried strong enforcement against employers," Passel said. "But I don't really see that as politically viable — either for a Republican or Democratic administration." Some say the demand for ille­ gal immigrants is simply is too big. Medina, of the Service Union, said "W e have created a society where benefits. Consumers get lower prices at Wal-Mart, and Wal-Mart gets a nice profit." everybody Others, like Smith, say the price for cheaper products is too high. In order to have more jobs for American workers, in order to have safer neighborhoods, lower taxes, I think people would bi w'illing to pav a nickel mon for a head of lettuce," Smith said An easy solution to America's immigration problem does not seem imminent. People on both extremes have impeded am meaningful immigration reform thus far, said Don Stewart, spokesman for U.S. Sen. John Cornvn, R-Texas. Cornyn has filed a bill verv to Bush's p rop osal. similar Com yn's bill offers an incentiw for workers to leave the United States by setting aside 15 percent of their wages to collect when they return home. "W e have folks w'ho want to militarize our border or folks w ho w'ant to have amnesty and com­ pletely open borders, and that's w hy our immigration reform svs- tem is broken and hasn't changed/' Stew art said. The future remains cloudy Felipe has many plans I le doesn't know how long he'll stay — he wants to save a substantial amount of money first. H e would like to go to school but doesn't think he'll ever be able to. So he's set aside his marine biology dream and focused on money for a business. W ill he go back? He doesn't know'. He'll wait and see. "Life is getting hard in Mexico, there's no jobs, everything is get­ ting so expensive." N In A Dimension Contact us for a free promotional D V D ! University Outreach C/O CJF Ministries 6 1 I Broadway San Antonio, Texas 78215-1823 Questions? tours@cjfministries.org (800) 926-5397 Page 8 NKVÍS Monday, February 9, 2004 Scheduled murder trial ends in plea bargain I 1 J L k ' i Richard McFarland ¡cas sentenced to W wars with parole / By Tran Pham Daily Texan Staff Thu buzz surrounding a capital murder trial scheduled to take place today at the I T Law School w as suddenly quieted by a plea bargain. Richard McFarland, 46, of San pleaded m i i l f i r A n f n n i n Antonio, guilty 1 hursdav to murdering his 43- vear-old wife, Susan. The plea bargain will give him 40 years in prison w ith parole eligibility in 20 years. Susan, a mother of three disap­ peared Nov. 25, 2002, shortly after M cFarland discovered divorce documents on their home computer. I’t'lice found bloodstains in the \ ictim's Ford Explorer and her burnt remains in an abandoned truck. “We all thought M cFarland’s lawyers would try to get a lighter sentence for him.” Sid Harie, state district judge McFarland, accused of mur­ dering his wife and burning her body, was scheduled for trial i .i ,. « * „ . today at the Kraft W. Eidman Courtroom on campus in the lohn B. Connally's Center for the Administration of Justice. The trial, first scheduled to be held in Bexar County', w'as moved to Tnrvis County due to excessive media exposure, said 1 aura Castro, a law school spokesperson. State District Judge Sid Harle said M cFarland was charged with first degree murder, which is punishable by up to 60 years in prison, the equivalent of a life sentence. . __ fudge Harle said the accept­ ance of the plea bargain was a “ surprise." “ W e all thought M cFarland's lawryers would trv to get a lighter sentence for him, “ Harle said. “ This murder trial no doubt would have been exciting, but outcomes like this do happen fre­ quently', but the general public doesn't realize it." Rachel Rushton, 226th District Court coordinator, said she was disappointed the case would not go to trial. " I w as pretty shocked," Rushton said. "W e had been preparing for the trial for about two-and-a-half weeks, and we just didn't think it'd come out this way." Susan M cFarland's fam ily expressed relief and satisfaction with the plea agreement in a vic­ tim impact statement, the judge said. C ivil litigation and foster care for the three children have been resolved quickly, he said. ITS swaps to Google search s t i m u l a t i n g s c i e n c e Mia 11sta no longer search engine for I hiversit \ s Web site By Taylor Magenheim Daily Texan Staff Google, the popular Internet search engine, has now made searching the University's Web site much easier to accomplish. I he L Í W eb page ¡now. utexw.edu made the change over to Google trom the original search engine Alta Vista on Wednesday. In f o r m a t io n T e c h n o lo g y Services decided to make the upgrade after realizing Google's searching said Daniel Updegrove, V P for infor­ mation technology. capabilities, “ Google has a much more aggressive indexing tool than Alta Vista," Updegrove said. Google uses its ow n indexing software, named Page Rank. A search engine rinds Web sites to create an index that can be searched using key words a site contains. Page Rank's software finds which pages have the most hits from kev words and marks them as top priority for a user's search. tuition Blackboard, and Be vow7 are were marked as the top three most-searched words last week, according to the U T homepage. This is determined by software similar to Page Rank. Google also uses the “ and" operator as opposed to Alta Vista's “ or" operator. If a search were made for the phrase, “ com­ puter game," Alta Vista would return sites that contained the words "com puter" or “ game" while Google would only return sites containing both words, nar- The switch benefits the University, because Google’s service, unlike Alta V ista ’s, is free of charge. row'ing the results. Alta Vista was originally used for the U T Web site because, “ it wras the Google of its time," Updegrove said. ITS also chose to sw'itch to Google, because,the University had been paying a fee for the licensing of Alta Vista's software. Google is completely freí' for the University to use. A disadvantage to Google is that it cannot search sites that do not contain the domain name "utexas.edu." The Performing Arts Center (unvw.utpac.org), Hire A Longhorn (wwu'.hirealotig- liorti.org) and other sites will not be included in the U T Google search, although thev wrere not included in the Alta Vista search either. This change will probably be for the better, said Taal Douadi, a Liberal Arts sophomore. “ I actually alw'ays use Google, because I hated the ridiculous results I would get when I need­ ed to search the U T Web site for something going on around cam­ pus," Douadi said. ITS hopes for more changes to the search engine over time. "The ultimate goal is to even­ tually license the Google soft­ ware and build our own private search engine that we m ay update on our own from time to time," Updegrove said. For more information about Google search options, visit www. google.com/help/refinesearch.h tml. Cactus Photo Studio ends this H eather H lllard/D aily Texan Staff Matthew Warrick looks at a doll that simulates a premature baby at Seton Medical Center. On Saturday, Seton hosted a Mock Surgery Tour to allow the community to learn about the tools doctors use and how patients are cared for. City works to fix leak near UT Water leak causes t rajfic slowdo wn, bus stop relocations By Kristi Hsu Daily Texan Staff In Kinsolving, a dorm itory right across the street from the site, residents were forewarned about construction noise. left until mid- Friday morning, caused delays w'ith car and bus traffic. A detection team later found two leaks in the w'ater main and a leaky valve. let us know ahead of time," he said. The cones, possible The city of Austin discovered a water leak at the the intersection of University Avenue and Dean Keeton Streef last w'eek, but it may take up to two weeks for repairs to begin, said Laurie Lentz, spokeswoman for Austin's department of water and waste­ water. A leak at the intersection was logged and marked as a Priority Three call on Jan. 27. "Priority Threes are leaks that are not causing imminent dam­ age to property. N o one is out of water, and there is no public haz­ ard," Lentz said. A repair crew was supposed to fix the problem Thursday evening. Austin's street and bridge department had marked a section of Dean Keeton with traf­ fic cones, turning the four-lane two-lane street street between and University. The cones were removed after the source of the leak could not be pinpointed. G uadalupe into a “ Rather than dropping stu­ dents off in the middle of the street and having them w alk through the construction, w e temporarily moved the stops for our Far West and University 40 Acres routes," said Libba Letton, Capital Metro spokesperson. The leak is classified as Priority Three, which m eans that it isn ’t cau s­ ing any imminent danger to property, no one is out of water, and there is not public hazard. For many students, the reloca­ tion of the bus stops to Dean Keeton Street and Speedway was an unpleasant surprise. Patrick Stokes, a biomedical engineering senior, sat at the normal stop for several minutes before noticing the relocation notice. "I really w ish that they would Few residents of the Quad — the Carothers, Blanton, Andrew's and Littlefield dormitories — noticed there w'as a water prob­ lem or w'ere aware of the detec­ tion teams. "I saw them in the evening and then again w'hen 1 had a cigarette at three, so I know they were out there working all night," said Arika Kulhavy, a Czech language and culture junior. She did not notice a change in water pres­ sure. W hen the water and waste­ water department receives a complaint about a change in water pressure, is upgraded to Level One priority, Lentz said. leak the The leaking main is on a city easement, which is maintained by the city of Austin. For a city that deals w ith roughly 100 million gallons of water daily, this leak is not signif­ icant, Lentz said. The amount of water lost in the leak will be undeterminable until the pipe is actually excavated, she added. Last chance to be in the 2004 yearbook! Don’t miss out on being a part of the only pictorial record of the year at The University of Texas at Austin. Graduating Seniors call now for an appointment 471-9190. Underclassm en just walk in for your class photo. Texas Student Publications (CM C) 25th and Whitis Ave., Room 3.302 9 a.m. - 1 p.m., 2 p.m. - 5 p.m. No sitting fee required. f d&ecn-iiin^ ¿^oar ideadmtci ^ T h e D aily T ex a n oaoent/'neg dau edition E xpet lence a dieam date with your favorite person. All you have to do is submit 250 words about your ideal match to The Daily Texan. Be a part of a fun Valentine's Day adventure. Deadline to turn in entries is February I Oth at the ÍSP office or email at texandreamdate@yahoo.com. Skip the lines — come early in the week! check out www.dailytexanonline.com for more deta Monday, February 9, 2004 V \ \ > Page 9 Perry promotes incentives to Texas businesses program, no word Governor touts new c ie n tly and w h o se s tu d e n ts the Texas on sco re w ell A ssessm en t of K now ledge and Skills test. to th e test. rates, h igh test scores a n d an e d u c a te d public, w o u ld com ­ p an ies co n sid e r b rin g in g their b u s in e s s in to Texas, P erry said. "Teaching to the TAKS test is by natu re teaching the c u rric u ­ lum ," Perry said. on how to finance it By Tessa Moll Daily Texan Staff Gov. Rick Perry co n tin u ed to p ro m o te his new school in cen ­ tive plan in a speech to m em ­ bers o í the Texas A ssociation of Business on Friday. The association inv ited P erry and o th e r sta te le a d e rs a n d ex p erts on ed u catio n to d iscu ss Texas public school finance. L eg isla to rs w ill m eet th is s p rin g in a special session to discuss public school finance. O n ly w ith high g ra d u a tio n The g o v ern o r o u tlin e d sev­ in c e n tiv e p ro ­ eral financial g ram s for Texas schools but g av e no h in ts as to how to pay for the p ro g ram s, estim a te d to cost $500 m illion. Perry and o th e r law m akers s u p p o rt elim ­ in a tin g th e "R o b in H o o d " finance pro g ram , w hich takes m o n ey rich school d istric ts a n d gives it to p o o r ones. T he p ro g ra m s offer financial rew a rd s fo r d is­ tricts w h o keep s tu d e n ts in school, m an ag e m oney effi­ from p ro p e rty in c e n tiv e "We m ust shift ou r focus and no lo n g e r d e fin e su ccess by the m in i­ s tu d e n ts m e etin g m um , but by the n u m b er of s tu d e n ts re a c h in g the m ax i­ m um potential they possess," he said. The High School A dvancement Incentive w ould pay schools $100 for every year a stu dent advances in high school on the condition they pass the TAKS. The C om m ended Performance Incentive w ould rew ard schools w ith $100 for each stu d en t that perform s above the 90th per­ centile on the TAKS. At-risk stu- “We must shift our focus and no longer define success by stu­ dents meeting the mini­ mum, but by the num­ ber of students reach­ ing the maximum poten­ tial they p ossess/’ Rick Perry, Texas governor • dents w ho scored above the 90th percentile w o u ld earn schools $200. P erry a n sw e re d criticism that such incentive pro g ram s w o u ld only pro m o te teaching A n other one of P erry 's m eas­ ures, Truth in S pending, p ro ­ poses that the Texas Education A gency ev alu ate an d rate p u b ­ lic school d istricts on how they m anage money. "W hen ta x p a y e rs foot the bill, they can look at each item on the receipt," Perry said. the S u p e rin te n d e n t Pat Forgione of A ustin In d e p e n d e n t School D istric t sa id he w'as p le a se d w ith in c re a se d fu n d in g for p u b lic e d u c a tio n , b ut th e H ig h School w a ry of In cen tiv e. A d v a n c e m e n t F orgione called th a t m easu re ro c k e t," S ta g e ' "'S e c o n d m ean in g it w'ould rew ard s tu ­ d e n t a d v a n c e m e n t w ith o u t p ro v id in g the m e a n s for s tu ­ d e n ts to progress. "U rban school d istricts, such as A ustin, first need the ho rse­ p o w er to help launch us in the th is trajectory of excellence," Forgione said in a sta te m e n t released last M onday. A ccording to the association, b u sin ess in Texas are cu rren tly p ay in g 30 percent m ore than th e national average m state taxes to fund public ed u cation. The association did n o t retu rn ph o n e calls seeking com m ent Friday. Carnaval Brasiliero: Austin’s last hurrah before Lent Carnaval gives people a reason to dance and sing By Cyndee-Nga Trlnh Daily Texan Staff Rays of neon lights sw irled about, revealing glim pses of a m ass of pinks, greens, golds, feathers and sweaty flesh pulsat­ ing to the thum ping of drum s and the p ounding P ortuguese vocals. The room expanded and contracted in ecstatic frenzy. Carnaval Brasiliero, A ustin's own version of Brazilian street carnivals celebrating M ardi Gras, took place Saturday at the Palmer Events Center. In Rio de Janeiro, Carnaval lasts five days preced­ ing Ash W ednesday and a 40-day period of sacrifice, Lent, observed by Catholics. People in Austin came, faces m asked and flesh exposed, seeking one last night of camal indulgence before the start of Lent. "It is about the music, the danc­ ing and the outrag eo u s cos­ tum es," said Mike Q uinn, the event organizer. Quinn has been organizing the annual celebration for 27 years, since he was given charge of the event in 1978. W hat started out as a small dance party put together by a few Brazilian exchange stu­ dents has become one of A ustin's best parties, draw ing a crowd of about 5,000 this year. At the top of bleachers enclos­ ing the dance floor, a masked bnde w earing an ornate brassiere and garter and holding a bouquet of flowers, sw ayed to the vibra­ tion of the crow d below. The bride, Susan Bud. has attended seven Cam avals since 1991. "I love designing new cos­ tumes," Bud said. "It's my fun." She said she spent all day p u t­ ting together the outfit, which consisted of a fur-trimm ed tulle veil and matching train, white knee-high boots and satin, arm- length gloves. The costum es ranged from simple feathered m asks and body paint to an elaborate alum inum outfit w ith m oving parts and electric lights, Q uinn said. But all were intended to attract, entice and seduce, as advertised by the looks, smiles and m ovem ents of the dancers. Am ong the m oving bodies, a w om an clad in only a brow n feather boa and leopard-print hot shorts twirled sensually around another scantily clad w om an. Along the sidelines, a bare-chest- ed man w earing w hite karate pants w hispered to a laughing w om an w rapped in a translucent slip and teetering on stilettos. The two locked hands and fused into the mass of bodies gyrating on the dance floor. "I'm not here five minutes, and 1 already know I'm definitely coming back," said Paul Shugar, a consultant from Houston. "With this much skin, how can you not come back?" Shugar and his buddies were covered in silver body paint and sparkles and wore boxer shorts, fishnet stockings an d sandals. Shugar heard about the party from a friend and decided to come check it out. The appeal of Carnaval is the opportunity to dress u p as "your anti-personality, sho w up and have fun and at the end of the night, no one cares," Shugar said. "It's like a license to have fun." A congo line of fairies, butter­ AIDS awareness day observed Events held at Capitol to educate, m unity organizations have been w orking hard to get political pow er behind the movement. raise funding By James Hale Daily Texan Staff Linda Moss, head of a local AIDS service organization, told guests at a C apitol reception Friday it is im portant to focus on the black com m unity because "right now, that's where AIDS is hitting hardest." Moss' organization, Creative Initiatives Inc., created in 1999, Personal C onnections and H ealthcare S ervices/H IV Program s Inc., established in 1997, sponsored a num ber of events for Saturday, N ational Black AIDS/ HIV Awareness and Inform ation Day. The goal for the events is to educate black Austinites about HIV and AIDS prevention, Moss said. "We believe this disease is pre­ ventable, but there's a lot of ignorance about this disease, there's a lot of stigma and there's a lot of denial," Moss said. Several locations w ere pre­ pared to provide HTV testing, education w orkshops and voter registration. Delfred Hastings, executive director of Personal Connections H ealthcare S ervices/H IV Programs Inc. said around 18 people w ere tested for HIV, 25 people came to the w orkshop on HIV education and 200 attended the Reclaiming O ur Com m unity Gospel M usical on S aturday evening at M ount Olive Baptist Church This w eekend w as the first time this series of events was held in Austin. "Despite the small num bers, we see it as successful because it w as the first," H astings said. Hastings said recently com­ < C onnections "Personal H ealthcare and Creative Initiatives have done a lot to push the issue to city offi­ cials," Hastings said. Services The reception was m eant to highlight both organizations' need for more funds. "We're in need of funds to continue our current program on HIV education, 'A C om m on Sense Approach to H IV /A ID S,"' Moss said. "It is extremely hard to gain funding because w e're so new." This weekend was the first time this series of events was held in Austin. State Sen. Gonzalo Barrientos co-sponsored the event, held in L ieutenant G o v ern o r's the reception room. Sylvia Brittain, a spokesw om an for Barrientos present at the event, said it takes involvem ent at the grassroots level to see things get accom­ plished. "[Barrientos] has been a sup­ porter of funding for AIDS and an advocate of these program s for years," Brittain said. Barrientos w as u n ab le to attend the event, but sent a res­ olution expressing his support. Gov. Rick Perry and state Rep. D aw nna Dukes also had resolu­ tions delivered to the event. g ra ssro o ts B rittain credited the co ntin ­ u ed for d ra w in g atten tio n from state officials. e ffo rt n fn ^ n n i! partic,pants join in a conS° line at the Palmer Events Center on Saturday. The Brazilian version of Mard^GrasdTaws6^large numbers § numoers of people in various costumes every year from all over Texas. flies, clowns and an ape led by a m an w earing an Uncle Sam hat and carrying a pole with a goat's head w eaved through the u n d u ­ lating sea of flesh, throbbing to the samba beat, gathering more and more people as the drum beat intensified, culm inating in jumps, w hoops and singing to "ay-ya-va-yai ay-ya-ya-yai oh oh o-oh." "I o pen doors, and people com e and m ake it happen," Q uinn said. "They create a certain ambience of laissez-faire and just let everything go." V isit The Daily Texan online at w w w .dailytexa non line.com i z w z ,r ,i\ I U L U K ROSES $19-95 CASH/CARRY V alentine Balloon & C andy Bouquet $2 9 .9 5 / • FIESTA FLOWERS 3822 N orth Lam ar Hours: M-F 8-6; Sat 9-5 4 5 3 -7 6 19/24hrs leed your wisdom teeth removed? Right now PPD Development is looking tor men & women for a post surgical pain relief research study. 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Cactus Y E A R B 0 IY Page 10 T in D u n IT win Monday, February 9, 2004 DID YOU KNOW? Saturday is the Cactus Cafe’s 25th birthday, but the room it occupies dates all the way back t,Q 1933 when the Texas Union first opened. COMING UP: Giha’s Kitchen presents unique classes in an informal environ­ ment. Cactus Cafe celebrates 25th anniversary By Josh Eells Daily Texan Staff It's 8 p.m. on a M onday, and the Texas Union — bv now usual­ ly hom e to onlv a few late diners and a study group or tw o — is hopping. A line of people snakes through the main lobby, stretch­ ing dow n the hallw ay toward the back of the building: dozens of students, m arried couples in their 30s and 40s, even a few grav- haired retirees — all here to help celebrate the 23th anniversary oi the C actus Cafe. legend b lu eg rass Since it opened for business on Feb. 14, 1979, the C actus has con­ sistently featured som e o f the top nam es in A m erican roots music, from Bill M onroe to alternative folk singer Ani DiFranco. Even more im pres­ sive may be the list o f perform ers w ho cut their teeth on the postage — stam p of a stage, a veritable w h o ’s who of Texas singer-song- w riters: Lyle Lovett, L ucind a W illiam s, Robert Earl Keen, N a n a Griffith and, of course, the late, great Townes Van Zandt. But were it not for the signed the co n c ert posters ad orning w alls, daytim e custom ers might never k n o w On w eekdays the C actus opens at 10 a.m., and until the sun goes down, it looks like any other coffee shop. Professors and teaching assistan ts hold office hours there, Spanish tutors go over the finer points of conju­ gation, and students sip lattes (or, after 11 a.m., beers) and nibble on muffins betw een classes. Alm ost no one, however, realizes how historical this spot really is. The Cactus Cafe may be turn­ ing 25 this month, but the room it occupies dates all the way back to 1933, the year the Union first opened. Back then il w as the C h u ckw ag o n , a stu d ent diner com plete with a soda fountain, tile floors and a big U-shaped lunch counter. Later, during the folk m usic boom of the 1960s, the m an ag em en t C huckw agon into a coffeehouse called Potpourri, a hipster haven that hosted beatnik poetrv read­ ings and, from time to time, con­ converted certs. Rum or has it Janis Joplin even sang there during her time at the 40 Acres. Potpourri closed in the mid- '70s as the Union underw ent a few years of m ajor renovations. W hen it reopened in 1979, it had new m anagem ent, a new look and a new nam e — the Cactus Cafe. O ne of the veterans of those early days, 44-year-old G riff L.uneburg is an affable, laid-back music junkie know n to most folks as just plain G riff. As the Cactus C afe's general m anager and artis­ tic director for the last 21 years — and an em ployee for the last 23 — L.uneburg has played an instru­ mental role in building the club into a nationally recognized insti­ tution. Though he'll deny it to the end, in many w ays, he is the heart and soul of the Cactus. "I'm nobody,'' he said with characteristic modesty. "I'm the man behind the curtain. I get to book the music I like, and I get in free. Not bad for state w ork." I h at kind of attitude com es standard at the Cactus, w here a long, storied history and a dow n- to-earth vibe force visiting m usi­ cians to check their egos (and since the club went sm oke-free in 1992 their M arlboros) at the door. All ot w hich m akes for a pleasant, dem ocratic listening experience — and one th at's som ehow uniquely "A ustin." such Iow a O th er schools have sim ilar clubs, State as U niversity's famed M aintenance Shop, in its 30th vear of opera­ tion. B ut m ost of them either don't feature perform ances every night, d on't serve alcohol or don't provide such an intim ate setting in which to hear live m usic. The Cactus does all three. "It's sort of aivatypical thing to find on a college cam pu s," said Andy Sm ith, director of the Texas Union since 1986. "I don't, in m y experience, know of any other school w ith a club like the Cactus, and certainly not one that's been successful enou gh to fund its own w ay for 25 years." Like every other enterprise run by the Union, the Cactus Cafe is Chris Smithers, left, auto­ graphs Brian Donahoo’s copy of his latest CD after a perform­ ance at the Cactus Cafe on Friday. The cafe is cele­ brating its 25th anniver­ sary this month. Shaun Stewart/ Daily Texan Staff singer and songw riter Eric Bibb, a recent op ening act. "A ttentive.- Know ledgeable. It's nice to play for people who w ant to listen." Due largely to the more m ature style of m usic at the Cactus, the c lu b 's m an ag em en t readily adm its that listeners tend to be som ew h at older than the average college student. "T h is niche isn 't for e v e ry ­ body," Luneburg said. "B u t w hat w e try to do is expose the stu­ that m aybe d en ts they'v e never been exposed to. A nd hopefully they'll like what they hear." to m usic Part o f this effort includes put­ ting together show s like the one the C actu s will h ost M onday aftern o on , an ev en t L uneburg inform ally dubbed "Tw o O 'clock R ock." A t 2 p.m., popular Austin sin ger-songw riter D avid Garza w ill play an hour-long set at the Cactus, free of charge — a throw ­ back '90s w hen G a rz a 's band, Tw ang Tw an g Sh ock a Boom , perform ed for hundreds of students on the West Mall. And if it's successful, say the folks in charge, "Tw o O 'clock R ock" m ay well turn into a week- *y m- the early to folk celebratio n , The C actus still has plenty of oth er m usic on tap for the 25th too: an n iv ersary A u stinite G ram m y -w in n in g Sh aw n C o lv in , lu m in ary Loudon W ainw right III (father of R u fu s), fav orites The Gourds and m any more — all artists, said Luneburg, who "are near and dear to o u r hearts," and w h o hav e helped d efine the C actu s' aesthetic for the last two- and -a-half decades. local W hen asked how the Cactus h a s changed since it first opened its doors nearly a quarter-century ago, Luneburg pauses, silently siftin g through his years and years of m em ories. "W e w ere booking m ore local acts then, I guess. M ost of ou r acts cam e from Austin, and a few from H ouston or D allas," he said. "N o w it's about half local acts, half road show s. "O th er than that, the vibe is pretty m uch the sam e." classified as an auxiliary service, a d esig n ation that basically m eans it receives no state fund­ ing. Instead, it supp orts itself, d ep end ing so lely on revenue from ticket sales and food and beverage receipts. "W e're not a financial drain, w hich art can often b e," said Luneburg. Since it's ow ned and operated by the U niversity, the C actus also enjoys several ad vantages m ost clubs d on't. U nlike other ven u e m an ag ers, L u n eb u rg d oesn't w orry about paying elec­ tric bills or even rent — a big rea­ son why, tough eco n o m ic tim es, the C actu s stayed afloat w hile so m any of the city 's other live m u sic lan d m ark s w ent under. in "W e'v e found [a club] that w orks," said Sm ith. "A nd we're going to try to keep it running as long as w e can. So far, G riff and his crew are doing a great job." O ne of the new est m em bers of this crewy Sabina Mora, started w orking the door at the Cactus lust over a week ago. "It's a really cool jo b ," said Mora, a history senior. "It's very laid-back. You can tell the people here have know n each other for a long time — alm ost like a family." Bartender Chris Lueck, a UT alum nus w ho has w orked at the Cactus since 1983, agrees. "It's very m uch like an extend­ ed fam ily now ," he said. "W e get artists who have been through here before and com e through asking how w e are, how our rela­ tives are. They actually care." But this kind of atmosphere d oesn't appear overnight. M em bers o f the C actus staff sav their ven u e actu ally cares about its acts, treatin g them like equ als instead of em ployees and giving bud ding m u sicians p len ­ ty o f loy alty and e n co u ra g e ­ m ent. "O u r philosophy is the artists and the audience are the tw o things," m ost Luneburg said. im p ortan t That sort o f com m itm en t brings p erform ers like Robert Earl Keen, for exam ple — w ho regularly d raw s crow ds in the thousands — back to the Cactus to play for a cozy group of 150, as he did three nights last week. C u stom ers, m eanw h ile, receive sim ilar treatm ent. "W hen they walk through that door, we try to m ake them feel w elcom e. They're our guests — n ot just som ebody to serve drinks to ," Luneburg said. As a result, the club s staff goes to great lengths to create an enjoyable listening environm ent. This m eans, am ong other things, no m ixing drinks in the m iddle of a song and no distracting w ait­ resses b u g g in g cu stom ers for th eir orders. L uneburg even w orks in the dark during show s so the light from his office w on't bleed ou t into the crow d and spoil the am bience. "T h ey also m ake a really big deal about w atching the door to m ake sure it d o e sn 't sla m ," ad ded M ora. "L ittle things like that." m u sic Thanks to those "little things," the C actu s attracts som e of A ustin's m ost dedicated and dis­ crim in atin g fans. M usicians say people w ho com e to show s here actually want to hear the m usic, not sim ply to see and be seen. "T h e y 're like good crow d s an yw h ere," said London-based ORDER NOW!! You pay only $ 1 0 .0 0 for 2 0 words! (extra 2 5 0 per word after that) Display ads (with cool borders) are only $ 1 5 .0 0 per col. inch. (extra $ 3 .2 5 per 1 /4 ” after that) Mail in the coupon below, or bring it (with your remittance) to TSP Rm. 3 .2 1 0 The Daily Texan P.O. Box D Austin, TX 7 8 7 1 3 Or go online and subm it: www. dailytexanonline. com Due bv noon on Feb . 1 1th It's hard to be original on Valentine's Day. But if you p la ce a love line in The Daily Texan, your significant other will be im pressed beyond words. 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HARTWICK TIED FOR FIRST After the first round of the M ercedes Benz Collegiate Cha m pionship, U T ’s Jason H artw ick sits tied for first place Texas toughs it out to win home tournament By Ben Cutrell Daily Texan Staff In a weekend which featured nail-biting pitching duels and wild extra-inning finishes, the Texas softball team gutted out five wins over three days to capture their first Time Warner Cable Texas Invitational at McCombs Field. "We are extremely proud of this team," head coach' Connie Qark said. "It was a tremendous week­ end to get a feeling for where their character is and how much they are going to play with heart. I love the fact that you would never know' w'hat the score was today because they w'ere focused on the game situations." Junior Amy Bradford tossed a complete game shutout for her fifth win in as many games as the No. 11 Longhorns defeated Houston 1-0 in the championship game Sunday afternoon. "Amy gave us everything she had all weekend," Clark said. “She really battled hard." The thial-year starter pitched a four-hit gem and recorded her ninth career shutout. Bradford struck out live and w'alked four in the win. "It's kinda funny," Bradford said. "M y dad w'as reminding me that I had 10 wins last year, and I've already passed that. I think people saw why this is a team sport. There is no wray we could have won the tournament without my defense and the offense." While Bradford baffled the Cougar hitters, the I onghoms got all the offense they needed in the third inning when ,unior third baseman Wvnter Turner's infield single ricocheted off Houston pitcher Jamie l aico and brought in sophomore shortstop Amber Hall from third. Turner's seventh RBI of the tournament proved to be the only run of the game. Houston threatened with run­ ners on first and second with one out in the top of the seventh inning, but sparkling defensive plays by Hall and Turner ended the threat and gave the tourna­ ment the Longhorns. championship to In her first two games as a Longhorn, catcher Megan Willis delivered tw o gam e-w inning doubles, both in extra innings, to lead Texas to victories over UT-Arlington and Sam Houston State on Friday in the team's first action of the tournament. Willis delivered a two-out dou­ ble to score senior Sara Wieszcak from first base in the 2-1 win over UT-Arlington. The throw to the plate was in time, but Wieszczak s slide jarred the ball loose from the M av erick s' catch e r B everlv Row'an. Willis again provided the hero­ ics in game two against Sam Houston State, hitting a one-out double down the left-field line to plate junior Melanie Jarrett to break a 5-5 tie in the eighth. The Longhorns would go on to score three more runs in the inning to close out the 9-5 win. Saturday afternoon marked th** third consecutive extra-inning win for the I onghoms, a s they defeated Houston 8-7 in nine innings to conclude round-robin action and advance to the semifinals as the No. 1 seed in the tournament. When the tw o teams remained deadlocked after one extra frame the teams played the ninth using NCAA tiebreaker ni les. Under the rules, the last battei in the inning is placed on second, and the batting team has three outs to bring her home. Centerfielder lina Boutelle started the ninth on second and moved to third on a Tamara I’oppe ground out. The Cougars fumbled Turner's ground ball, and Boutelle came home to score the game-winning run. The Longhorns opened the game wath hot bats, continuing the offensive fireworks they start­ ed on Friday night, as they jumped on the Cougars' pitching for seven runs in the first twr innings, capped off by Turner's mammoth three-run blast over the left-field fence. On TJ.’s day, Texas retires Oklahoma Sasha Haagensen / D a il y Texan Staff Texas Longhorns pitcher Amy Bradford fires a pitch m this weekend's tournament held in Austin. The Longhorns took first place in the event. Longhorns get easy win over Cowgirls By Elizabeth *McGarr Daily Texan Staff A resurgent defensive effort and a 15-point performance front junior Heather Schreiber in the second half lifted No. 3 Texas in over Oklahoma Stillwater, Okla., Saturday after­ noon, 75-52. State The Longhorns (21-2, 9-1) headed to the locker room at halftime only ahead by seven points but opened up the second half with a 17-7 run and beat the Cowgirls (8-13, 3-7) for the sec­ ond time this season. “We did come out in the sec­ ond half and play better and more solid," head coach Jody Conrad t told AM 1300 The Zone. " 1 hey had a lot of confidence and we were tentative earlv, but I thought our team showed some determination and stick-to-itive- ness." Schreiber scored 19 on the afternoon but exited the first half early with two fouls. She and senior Stacy Stephens rested for much of the first half because of foul trouble, but both were able to return and contribute during the second half. "[H eather] should have been rested," Conradt joked. "Sh e did play well for us in crunch time, and having the ability to keep her outside helped us. She played the perimeter." really well on Nine different Longhorns con­ tributed from the floor, and Schreiber, Stephens and junior Jamie Carey ended the afternoon scoring. in Sophomore Coco Reed came off the bench to provide four points and three rebounds in 18 solid minutes of play. double-figure “We know [Stillwater] is a tough place to play," Reed told The Zone. "W e decided to pres­ sure them a little bit to try to make them make mistakes." The Cowgirls committed 24 turnovers, but the Longhorns were not far behind with 16 of their own. The difference-maker? Texas was able to convert fhose turnovers into 21 points, while Oklahoma State was only able to manage four points. The Longhorns also out- manned the Cowgirls in the paint, scoring 34 to Oklahoma State's 14. Stephens was able to grab seven of her eight rebounds off the defensive glass and tied Cowgirl Eliz Gomes for a game- high rebounding performance. Nina Stone opened the game with a three-pointer, but it didn't take long for Carey to retaliate for the 1 onghorns with a three of her own. The teams traded leads three tunes throughout the half, and after being down by as many as 11, Oklahoma State came back to within seven by the end of the first half courtesy of Christian Hood and senior standout Trisha Skibbe, who finished the game with 11 and 15 points, respectively. The Longhorns took a 33-26 lead into the locker room. The two teams went scoreless through the first two minutes of the second half, but then Texas began to turn on the offense. The Longhorns extended the lead to 14 within another two minutes and didn't lead by fewer than 18 points after the 10-minute mark. Texas has now won seven con­ secutive games, including a 67-45 win over Oklahoma State at the Erwin Center. No. 1 Tennessee's loss to No. 4 Connecticut and No. 2 Duke's loss to Florida State could mean that The Associated Press will feature the Longhorns atop its poll released Monday. But Connecticut's win over the Lady Volunteers could vault them over the Longhorns in the latest stand­ ings. The Huskies, led by Diana Taurasi, beat Texas in last sea­ son's Final Four. In "I've been asked that question a lot since Tennessee's loss to Connecticut this week," Conradt said of the polls. "We've been leap-frogged a couple of times this year already, so we'll see. it's today's game, the w h at-h ave-yo u -d o n e-for-m e- lately' philosophy. People tend to forget our season-opening win over Duke and our win at in December. The Tennessee polls, and where we stand, are not som ething we talk about much." Texas will host Texas A&M Wednesday at 7 p.m. after post­ ing a 64-62 win over the Aggies in College Station last month. By Patrick Daniel Daily Texan Staff Texas hoisted T.J. Ford's No. 11 jersey into the rafters during Sunday's game between the Longhorns and Oklahoma, but Texas played like it w'as just another game. The Longhorns started the game on a 9-2 run with senior Brandon Mouton scoring all nine points. Mouton finished the night with 13 points and senior Brian Boddicker also added 13 to give the Longhorns a 66-37 victory. "I was just really trying to play off the detense and take open shots," Mouton said. "I w'as trying to play aggressively when the opportunity presented itself." The Sooners found them­ selves down by 15 points at halftime, and any attempt at a comeback was shut dow'n by the team 's inability to hit a three-pointer. Oklahoma took 21 threes and only managed to make one. The one three-pointer made by Oklahoma came when the game w'as already well in hand, but Texas fans gave the loudest ovation for the Sooner-made three-pointer. the three-point "I don't think I'd ever dream that we would go l-for-21 from behind line. Texas is a good basketball team, that bad," but w e're not Oklahoma Kelvin Sampson said. coach On Wednesday night against Iowra State, Oklahoma shot 12- of -25 from beyond the three- point arc as they beat the Cyclones 75-48. De' Angelo Alexander hit on 5-of-7 three- that game but pointers missed on all three of his attempts Sunday. in They really came in on a roll," Mouton said. "C oach challenged us to put constant Texas pitcher Sam LeCure hurls a pitch in a win. The Longhorns swept San Diego in a three-game set at Disch-Falk Field. Shaun S te w a rt/ Daily Texan Staff Brandon M c K e lv e y /D a ily Te»an Staff Former Texas point guard f.J. Ford acknowledges the crowd Sunday while a banner in the rafters com m em orates his achievments at Texas pressure on them and not give them anything easy." While Oklahoma had its defi­ ciencies from downtown, the Longhorns hit on seven of their 12 attempts. Boddicker was a perfect 3-for-3 from behind the arc. three-point “It was a good experience beating OU like tnat. They are a great team. They just had a tough time shooting the ball tonight," Boddicker said. The highlight of the game Came on a fast break. Freshman See BASKETBALL, page 12 F ord gets No. I ¡ jersey retired one season after Finid Four berth By Melanie Boehm Daily Texan Staff With his former team in the locker room, potential Longhorn LaMarcus Aldridge — the sixth best player in the country accord­ ing to InsidehoopS'GOm — in the stands and a capacity crowd at the Frank Erwin Center, T.J. Lord took center court at halftime to receive an honor v et to be bestowed on any other Texas basketball player. On the west rafters of the Erw in Center, a navy sheet w as raised to the chants of “T.J." and the tears from the man being honored to reveal Ford's No. 11 banner. Ford was presented h is white Texas jer- sev by UT Athletics Director DeLoss Dodds during the honor ceremony. Ford, w'ho played two years w ith the Longhorns before being selected the eighth overall pick in the NBA draft by Milwaukee, thanked his family, his former teammates and the fans for his “During success at Texas. He also extended a special thanks to Texas head coach Rick Barnes. the time period [Barnes] recruited me, we had the same dream — having a legacy," Ford said to the crow'd. "This is the place I'll alw'avs call home." When Bames recruited the Houston-native, the two talked about changing the face of Texas basketball, and in Ford's two See FORD, page 12 Texas sweeps San I )iego By Lome Chan and Jeff Zell Daily Texan Staff Texas baseball's 2003 season ended with a painful bobble as Rice won 5-4 on a walk-off single in Omaha, Neb. If the situation happens again this summer, the Longhorns are prepared. After the first series at Disch- Falk Field, the 1 onghorns have broken in their rally caps. After winning Friday's game 9-0, Texas completed the sweep ot San Diego w ith 4-3 and 6-5 wins in the final at-bat on Saturday and Sunday. Catcher/first baseman Curtis Thigpen played the role of hero tor the weekend. After falling behind 1-0 in the top ot the first, Thigpen and Taylor Teagarden hit back-to-back singles, begin­ ning a 2-out rally capped by des­ ignated Michael hitter Hollimon's flare into shallow left in Thigpen. field, driving Teagarden eventually scored on a wild pitch giving Texas a 2-1 lead. baseball RBI singles in the third and fourth i n n i n g s bv David Maroul and Scott Dodge, respectively, stretched the I tom s' lead to three runs after three complete innings. Starting pitcher Kvle Mculloch from pow erhouse Bellaire High School retired nine out of It) batters before running into trouble in the fourth inning, giving up a pair of walks to the Toreros. A clutch two-out hit by San I ) ie g o 's keoni Ruth to cut the lead dow n to 4-2. An inning later, the Toreros tied the game up after a two-run double bv Torero third basemen Sandoval. Street retired the final batter in the ninth, and three straight in the 10th brought the top ot the Longhorn order in the bottom of the inning. Back-to-back singles by Prince and Stubbs to begin the inning set the stage for Thigpen to be the hero. A 2-2 slider left over the middle of the plate allowed Thigpen to slap a single up the middle, capping oft a 3- for-4 day and leading a 6-5 win. "I love getting opportunities like this," Thigpen said after his game-winning RBI single. "But it does feel good to score some runs from behind Street improved to 3-0, getting credit tor w ins on both Saturday and Sundav. Saturday, San Diego took a 3-2 lead m the seventh inning by playing a similar style of baseball to Texas, scoring runs on a field­ er's choice and sacrifice bunt. In the eighth inning, I higpen hit a slider over the 375-foot sign in left field to tie the score at 3-3. Street pitched the final 2.2 innings without giving up a run, and with tw o outs in the bottom See BASEBALL, page 12 P a £e 1 2 s i > n ! > K ' ! Monday. February 9. 2004 Ford future star with Bucks comes through in clutch BASKETBALL. FROM 11 P.J. Fucker grabbed .1 rebound and found Mouton w ith a 25-foot bounce pa^s as hi1 streaked toward the basket. M outon caught the pass took two steps and finished the play w ith a deaf­ ening slam dunk. The plav increased Texas' early lead to nine. Before the half-time buzzer, Oklahom a and Texas players got in a skirmish, although no punch­ es w ere thrown. That incident would not be the last. W ith 13:34 rem aining in the second half, Tucker grabbed a rebound, tripped and rolled over Sooner took Brandon Foust.- Foust exception and earned himself a technical for throwing an elbow at Tucker w hile both were on the ground. As the technical was called, Boddicker hit a three to put Texas up by 2U points. Boddicker then sank both technical free throws to increase the lead to 22. I lie Sooners onlv managed to make six field goals in the second half, and the team shot only 2b.4 percent from ‘the field in the game. I he 29-point w in was the largest margin of victory for Texas in the series. "W e played really w ell defen­ "W e sively," M outon said. switched up our defense and never let them get comfortable. Every time they shot, thev had a hand in their face." Senior James Thomas grabbed eight rebounds in the game. W ith his fourth rebound, Thom as became the second player in lexas history to reach the 1000- point, 1000-rebound plateau. He now has 1,084 points and 1,004 rebounds in his career. Lasalle Thompson is the only other player to have 1,000 points and 1,000 rebounds, and Thomas is just 24 rebounds aw ay from passing Thomas to become the Longhorns' all-time leading rebounder. Johnston’s triple one of I fexas’ clutch hits BASEBALL, FROM 11 of the ninth, pinch hitter Scott Dodge hit a two-out single w ith Johnston on second, and a w ild throw to first by shortstop Jose Ortega allow ed to score. Johnston "Different guys stepping up in clutch situations is a testament to our team ," Street said. "W e didn't plav our best todav, but w e found a w ay to w in." Friday's game was the first time in 12 years Texas pitched a shutout in its home opener, as the Horns won 9-0. Sam LeCure started and pitched five innings, giving up four hits. J. Brent Cox and Rand\ Boone were hitless the final four innings. Texas opened scoring in the second inning when second base­ man Seth Johnston tripled off the right field wall, scoring Taylor Teagarden and Drew' Stubbs. Shortstop Robby Hudson scored in the fifth, then also hit a single that scored Michael Hollim on in the sixth inning. Hudson w'ould also score in the Longhorn's four- run eighth inning that was aided by five San Diego w alks on G arndo's 65th birthday. On Sunday, J.P. H ow ell made his first appearance of the season, tossing 1.2 innings, striking out four in. his season debut, bounc­ ing back from a strained left- elbow. "It was an adrenaline rush, and it's good to be back," H ow ell said. W hen commenting about coming out of the pen, H ow ell laughed, "That's Street's job, I don't want any part of it." The Horns have started 64), their best start since 1995, when they started 15-0. Birthday girl Willis shines in tourney By Kyu-Heong Kim Daily Texan Staff It was a birthday to be freshman remembered for catcher Megan W illis. Instead of receiving presents, she gave her team a few of her own: seven hits, three runs and two three R BIs, game-winners and a trophy for her team. including W illis shined throughout the Time Warner Cable Texas Invitational this weekend, leading her team with a .500 batting average and playing outstanding defense w h ile catching prim arily for junior Am y Bradford. "She's made some good adjustments offensively and she wras on fire this weekend," head coach Connie Clark said. First-game jitters were no problem for W illis, who cele­ brated her 19th birthday Sunday. "A t first I was nervous about being out here for the first time and playing in front of your fans," W illis said after Sunday's tournament victor)'. "Being able to start and come out as a freshman, I wanted to show my mark that I'm here to play, that I'm ready to play." She left quite a mark indeed. In the tournament opener for Texas against UT-Arlington, W illis delivered - a walk-off double into the left field corner with two outs in the bottom of the eighth to d rive in the game-winning run. Later that night and into the wee hours of the morning, W illis knocked another RBI double in the top of the eighth that would prove to be the gam e-winning run against Sam Houston State University. I w'as up there, I wasn't thinking, 'This is going to win the game,' said W illis. "A ll I was thinking was I have to get a base1 hit here and get myself on.'" "R eally w'hen Keep your money in your pocket! Improvement key for Texas Shaun Stewart/Daily Texan Staff Longhorns' forward Brad Buckman prepares to put the ball up Sunday. S<>oners on Feb. 10,2003, Ford had eight points, dished out seven assists and stepped up his defense on Oklahoma senior 1 lollis Price to propel Texas to the win. At Oklahom a last year on March 8, Ford spoiled Price's sen­ ior day celebration by tallying 14 of his team-high 18 points in the second half to rally the Longhorns back from a 15-point deficit. H is fadeaway jumper with 20 seconds left gave the Longhorns a three- point lead and sealed then-No. 4 Texas' win over No. 5 Oklahoma. Ford became the fourth athlete in the University's history to have his number retired. Earl Campbell and Tr stadium like a C ivil War hospital, fables lined the corner with trainers attending to their athlete's wounds, the onlv things miss­ ing were the hacksaws and gangrene. The Houston Invitational resembled a compact track meet rather than a hospital, but the Texas team did hold a clinic for most of the day with several strong freshman performances. The team won the meet with 113 points and qualified two athletes for the MCA A champi­ their onships, preparation tough indoor season ahead. continuing the for "The three meets in Houston are really a tune up for us,'' coach Bev Kearney said. "It's an important part of our workout schedule." and pole The Longhorns took to the field events at the beginning of the day, placing members in the jumps vault. Freshman Marshevet Hooker and sophomore Ychlindria Spears earned second and third in the long jump with respec­ tive leaps of 6.02 and 5.97 meters. Spears made the hop over to the triple jump and claimed gold with a 12.52- meter performance. In the pole vault freshman Lacey Smith tied for fourth, clearing the bar at 11 feet 7.75 inches. Attacking the flanks of the distance events, senior Erin Rodrigsplaced third in the mile with a time of 5 minutes 4.61 seconds. Junior Kristin Walter earned fourth in the 3,000 meters clocking in at 10:06.25. The their team made strongest attack at the 60-meter hurdles and dash, placing a combined nine runners in the finals of the two events. In the 60-meter fiv e Longhorns lined up in the finals after each won her respective heat. In lanes four and five, sen­ iors Nichole Denby and Raasin h u rd les McIntosh stood readv after securing provisionally qualify­ ing times in their preliminary heats Lanes two, three and seven also held Longhorns, making the finals heat flooded with burnt-orange. As the starting gun fired, McIntosh and teammate Ashlee William s held close after the final hurdle, while Denby broke from the pack to win the event. Denby also broke her school record in the hurdles, automatically qualifying with a 8.04-second perform ance. McIntosh and W illiam s fin­ ished second and third, both with provisionally qualifying times. In the 60-meter dash, four Longhorns lined up between the two finals heats with sopho­ more Sanya Richards and Hooker lining up adjacent in lanes three and four. The pair remained attached at the hip for Richard's winning and auto­ matically qualifying time of 7.35 seconds, edging Hooker's photo finish time of 7.36. W hile the two could not have been any closer in the race, nei­ ther thought about the team­ mate next to her. "I just thought about getting out of the blocks," Hooker said. "I visualized like we do in prac­ tice and drove." Freshman teammates haunted Richards all day as she went on to win the 200 meters with a provisionally qualifying 23.67 and freshman Jerrika Chappie claiming second at 24.06. In the final event of the day, sopho­ more Evelyn Dwyer finished second in the 800 meters while senior Katie Scarlett took fifth with respective times of 2:11.08 and 2:15.22 The Longhorns have spent three weekends of the past month at Yeoman Field House preparing for a tough indoor season. Their performances on Saturday served as the culmi­ nation of their weeks of train­ ing and mark a shift in strategy' as they head to Fayetteville for the Razorback Invitational. "W e have two hard meets coming up," Kearney said. "A t Arkansas we're going to get loose and just let it run." Longhorns dispose of A&M and SMU By William Wilkerson Daily Texan Staff The eyes of Texas were upon the Longhorns' men's swim­ ming and diving team this weekend as Texas capped off an impressive dual-meet season by beating rival Texas A & M on Friday and Southern Methodist on Saturday. The two wins improved the Longhorns final dual-meet record to 6-1, includ­ ing four wins over Top 10 teams. Texas, coming into the meet winners of tw o straight after los­ ing its only dual-meet of the sea­ son to Auburn, looked to continue its winning ways against SMU, and a pair of freshmen made sure to get them off on the nght foot. Thomas Sacco, the 2002 Class 4A male swimmer of the year, gave the Longhorns their first first-place finish of the meet in the 100-yard backstroke when he touched the wall ahead of fel­ low Longhorn Garrett Weber- Gale in a time of 49.39. Weber- Gale finished the race with a mark of 49.64. From that moment on, the meet was all Texas. In the next race, the 100-yard breaststroke, senior world- record holder Brendan Hansen and sophomore Matt Molnar lengthened the 1 shots behind. Oberholser closed with a 72 and tied for fourth, matching his best finish on tour. The gallery had nothing to do the rest of the day except to soak up the sunshine, watch seals frolic in the Pacific and appreciate the game of a golfer in full flight. Starting with the N EC Invitational at Firestone, Singh has shot par or better in 45 of his 48 rounds. Not only does he have 12 consecutive finishes in the top 10, he has been no worse than tie for sixth in all but one of them. Longhorns drop back-to-back matches Texas ends w eekend with a victory after dropping two straight By Paul Kastava Daily Texan Staff The Texas men's tennis team had a difficult time starting the weekend off on a good note, losing two matches back-to- back. However, the Longhorns were able to end the weekend w ith a victory. ITA Team On Thursday, the team opened Indoor the Championships with a match against fifth-ranked Stanford. Although the team played tough, they could not avoid its second consecutive loss falling 4-3. The match started off well as the dou­ bles teams gave the men a 1-0 opening lead. The duo of Antonio Ruiz and Jose Zarhi won 8-5, as did the team of Joe Morris and Hubert Chodkiewicz. The singles were less success­ ful, however, losing four of the six singles matches. Ruiz went undefeated on the day, winning his singles match 7-6, 7-6. Rvan Haymond made his return a good one, as he won 6-1,1-6, 6-4. Other than those two singles matches, it was a difficult day for the Horns. "It was a tough match, and I'm disappointed with the outcome," coach Michael Center said. The Longhorns lost to 14th- ranked California on Friday by a score of 4-1 (two of the singles matches did not finish). Despite doing something that they haven't done since almost a year ago — lose three straight — the men were able to bounce back and end the trip on a good note. The Longhorns defeated 16th- ranked Tulsa on Saturday, 4-0, as three singles matches were not completed. The Texas team comes home this weekend Saturday to face Southern Methodist. 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A sked w hat it is that brings ou t his b est at D ay ton a International Speedw ay, Biffle cred ited e stab lish ed N extel Cup stars and form er D aytona 500 w inners M ichael W altrip and D ale Jarrett, as w ell as D ale B obby E arn h ard t Labonte for show ing him how it's done here. and Jr. tried "I'v e just learned a lot from all those g u y s and to apply it," said Biffle, who w o n his first pole in 43 C up events. "B u t anybody will tell you, the driver m eans nothing here. It's the team ." B iffle's fast lap o f 188.387 mph was just good enough to relegate Elliott Sad ler's 188.355 to the ou tsid e of the front row in next Su n d ay's Nextel Cup season-opener. The tim e d iffer­ ence betw een the tw o fast laps w as ju st 0.008 seconds. A strong headw ind on the backstretch of the fam ed tw o- an d -a-h alf-m ile oval — w ith g u sts to 20 m ph — played havoc with just about every­ bod y's expectations in qualify­ ing. cal helo from Roush and are» cal help from Roush and are also u sin g the Y ates-R ou sh engines. "T h e Tau rus is a m uch im proved car ov er w hat it w as last year, w'e've got a g reat e n g in e p rogram g o in g and G reg did a great job with the team ow 'ner Ja ck ca r," said Roush, w h o field s five C up cars, including the pole w in­ ner's. Tw o-tim e D aytona 500 w in­ ner Sterling M arlin w as one of the disappointed d rivers w'ho thought he had a shot at the pole but w ound up 12th. "T h e w ind is the sam e for everybody, but it's about 300 front from rp m 's o ff straig h ta w ay back to straightaw ay," M arlin said. the the The top 10 on Sun day wras rounded out by Kevin Lepage at 187.876, su rp rising 23-year- old rookie K asey K ahne — rep lacin g lo n g tim e C u p star ch a m p io n Bill and E llio tt — Jo e N em echek at 187.750, C asey M ears at 187.672 and Kevin H arvick at 187.602. 187.766, fo rm er at Waltrip, the d efen d in g 500 cham pion and w inner of tw o ot the last three February races here, qualified 13th, w'ith 2003 Jim m ie ru n n er-u p series “We just weren’t fast enough. We’re going to go out and try to win our 125-miler, like we did last year.” Dale Earnhardt Jr. ev en t he E arnhard t, the fa v o rite en ters in ev ery at D aytona these days, m issed the fro n t row w ith his lap of 188.210 and will determ ine his •starting spot in next Su n d ay 's 43-car field by racing in one of T hu rsd ay 's tw in 125-m ile qu al­ ifying events. "W e ju st w e re n 't fast en o u g h ," said Earnhardt, w ho finished second to Jarrett in Saturd ay night's m ade-for-TV B u d w eieser S h o o to u t on the sam e track. "W e're going to go out and try to win our 125- miler, like we did last year." Sadler, w'ho w'as fastest in F rid ay 's practice, sat on the pole for about an hour until Biffle pushed his Ford to the ou tsid e of the front row'. "O u r car is fast but the w'ind just killed u s," Sadler said. Ricky Rudd w'as fourth at 188.162, follow ed by Jarrett at 187.884. All but E arn h ard t, w h o d riv es a C h ev ro let for D ale Earnhardt Inc., were in Fords — cars w'ith im proved front end aerod ynam ics and pow ­ ered by engines from the new alliance of Robert Yates R acing and Roush Racing. Sad ler and Jarrett drive for Yates. Rudd d rives the Wood Brothers, w'ho get techni­ for Johnson 14th. Except for Jarrett, none o f the form er Cup cham p ion s am ong the 45 q u a lifie rs fared very well. Rusty W allace w as 16th, ch a m p io n M att reig n in g K en seth w'as Terry Labonte 31st, B obby Labonte 35th, Tony Stew art 37th and Jeff G ordon 39th. 28th , Ryan N ew m an, w ho led the series with eight victories in 2003 and is expected to be a top contend er for the C u p cham p i­ onship this season, qualified 42nd. "W e knew w e w eren't going to be super fast, but w e d id n't think we were going to be that slow ," said N ew m an, w h o also led the series last year with 11 poles. O nly the top tw o qualifiers nailed d ow n sta rtin g spots Sunday in N A SC A R 's unique qualifying form at. T h e next 28 p o sitio n s are d eterm in ed in 125-m ile qualifyin g races — 14 from each. Then it goes back to the q u alify in g resu lts, w ith eig h t m ore sp o ts d oled ou t based on S u n d a y 's speed s. Finally, the last five spots are «determined by last y e a r's car- ow ner points. M eanw hile, ev ery on e gets a day off before practice resum es Tuesday. Recycle your copy of T h e D a il y T e x a n Rock & Everything you DO and DO NOT ivant to know! February 1 2 th !! ■ *■ i i n 4 For advertising info " calF471-1865 Monday, February 9, 2004 Te ;nnessee Lady Vo Is tof) South ( Carolina By Elizabeth A. Davis Associated Press K N O X V IL L E , Tenn. Tennessee likely will lose- its No. 1 ranking when the new polls com e out, but it is still tops Sou th eastern Conference the in Shyra Ely had 12 po ints and 12 rebounds to help the I ad\ Vbls beat South Carolina 72-58 on Sunday. Shanna Zolm an scored all 12 o f her points in the first halt w hile Tasha Butts and Tve'shu F lu k er each ad ded 10 for T ennessee, w hich bounced back from an 81-67 homt 1 -.s to fourth-ranked Connecticut on Thursday. "A fte r the w ay we played ag ain st U C onn, it w o u ld n 't have mattered who we played todav. We were going to com e ou t and play Tennessee b a s k e t ­ b all,’' A shley Robinson said. "W e're kind of trving to forget about that ind m<>ve«>n ami do w hat wo have1 to do in the Si X and play like Tenues- -< Tennessee (19-2, 8-0) is tn mg to w in its seventh straight regular-season league title and go undefeated in conference play for the* seventh tune in th* program 's history. " I w anted to get them focused on the conference, Lady Vbls coach Lat Sum m it! said. Th e leagu e's iast-p lace G am ecocks (9 12, O S) lost to the 29th the Lady Vols for straight time, and lennessee has w on 52 SEC home gam es in a row'. The Lady Vois grabbed the lead in the first tw o m inutes of the gam e and held on despite 15 turnovers anti bad shooting (28-of-74 field). in Tennessee com p en sated Outreboundmg South C arolina 58-31, often getting set < >nd and third chances to score. from the A 16-0 run that fought off a second -half rally proved to be decisive for Tennessee. South C arolina w as d ow n 10 points a m inute into the second hall w hen it w ent on a 12-2 run to tie it at 42 wi th 16:50 rem aining. • A fterw ard, Tennessee kepi Sou th Carolina scoreless for five m inutes while scoring 16 straight p o in t s to go ahead 58- 42. LaToya D avis had back-to- b ack steals d u rin g the run, ind scoring a layup after one dishing off to Brittain Jackson for another basket. "G reat teams are team - >1 runs. Tennessee stepped up its defense a little bit and picked up their transition md got a few d eflection s w ith their d efen se," South Carolina coach Susan W alvius said. " I thought ou r offense got stagnant in the stretch. W e've had that prob­ lem ." The G am ecocks, how ever, w ould n't go aw ay and ( ut it to nine with 4:27 rem aining. 1 ly converted a three-point play to put Tennessee up 6 3 - 1 , and the I ady Vols finished strong. Lauren Sim m s.an d Cristina Ciocan scored 13 points apiece and Iva Sliskovii ad ded 10 p o in ts for Sou th C arolina, w hich w as a dism al 3-OÍ-15 from the foul line. Su m m itt com p lain ed that her players were outw orked b y a n d o u t h u s t i e d i aci\ Vols C o n n ecticu t. did n't let that happen Sunday .25 o ffen siv e len n e ssee had rebounds to South C irolina's six. Ihe "W e w ere anim als on the offensive boards. Whe n you shoot a percentage like w e did in the first half (38 percent) th a t's w h at n e ed ," realh R ob in so n said happy for ou r team to respond and play better this gam e." " I 'm you A penny for your thoughts? H ow bout Go online to: www .daily texanonlinc.com and click on the s u r m button. Y o u ’ ll have a chance at winning l onghorn Gift ( ards from B arton Creek Mall worth $1 00-$300! Sweet! F irst 200 surveys eligible for the drawings. Sign up NOW !! 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Á4IAÍT w r n e R BEfoAE HAND f W t T T O WORJC ¡ u r n / y» A M / r T J t ______ B /, 7 « { ii FreCmi.<\ ~ l nSure, i f ’i ' keautifwi 1 fj..f v./Lt I w o. r > tnokCF S«oktí T * il m j Ffo»>. fk e sky. j Tke * w -kM 7 F /kat y ¡ íw Ao F»r tk« y « - Ike j j S E T T ^ S v e C o ^ f t i W § < , S A s e B A L L H T A f r 3 i r Y Í *1 u # *e r m i i SOUND BITES Check out tomorrow’s Texan for reviews of the lat­ est CD releases from the world of indie-rock, hip- hop, jazz and everything in between. Page 18 l'i»► D u n I t \ \n M onday, February 9, 2 0 04 ‘Always’ captures countiy legend Cline By John Muller Daily Texan Staff a q u ie t In the sp rin g of 1963, cou ntry m usic lo st o n e of its g re a te st fem ale voices w h en Patsv C line's airp la n e cra sh ed in rural Ten­ nessee. Only* 3() vears old at the tim e of h e r death, Cline had risen from in child h o o d to becom e a W inchester, Va., crossover phenom enon, d o m in a t­ ing the country charts and attain­ ing significant p o p success w ith an extraordinary, hau n tin g voice that co u ld transform sim plistic m elodies into m anifest heartbreak on vinyl. I ike early rock 'n ' roller B uddy H olly iust a few years ear- lier, C line w as cu t d o w n in her prim e, a n d both her legend an d fan base continued to g ro w long after h er death. S ' it w as not su rp risin g w hen p lay w rig h t Ted S w indley b ro u g h t her Siirv to the stag e several y ears ago. or w hen the m usical p rov ed to be a hit. "A lw ays . Patsy C line," p lay ­ ing in \u stin through M arch 7 at the Z achary Scott Theatre C enter (ZA CH), is an exuberant celebra­ tion of the singer and h er songs, b ased o n an actual frie n d sh ip b e tw e e n C line a n d a Texan nam ed Louise. N ever m ind that L ou ist*, a passionate C line devo­ tee, o n ly sh ared one w eekend w ith h er idol, a n d that th e w eek­ end com prised rem arkably little resem bling dram a. The story is just liveh narration to give the ban d a break betw een num bers, w hich i s no . ause for com plaint. D irector D ave Steakley — w ho, incidentally, also claims "B uddy: The B uddy H olly Story*" am ong his m a n y productions for Z A C H — finds just the right balance b etw e en tw o -w o m an co m ed y show* a n d go o d o ld -fa sh io n e d Jhoto courtesy )f Brian Barnes O pry concert, encouraging e n th u ­ siastic au d ien ce participation in both. The set creates intim acy th ro u g h m in im alism : L ouise's kitchen table shares the stage w ith Cline's m icrophone, an d the neon sign hanging above a live honky- tonk quintet gives the w*hole pro­ duction the atm o sp h ere of a well- kem pt saloon. As the e n th u sia stic Louise, A ustin actress Latifah Taorm ina steals the stage w ith a vigor and personality th at can only com e from fam iliarity w*ith Texans' su b ­ tler eccentricities. H er colorful, neighborly narration and co m ­ fortable interaction w ith the a u d i­ ence m ake the s to ry 's central w e e k en d — rec o u n ted alm o st th ro u g h L o u ise 's exclu siv ely w o rd s an d C line's songs — a vivid an d engaging reality. C line's d e p a rtu re to Dallas, despite the w ritten correspondence that fol­ low s, is a bittersw eet affair. Jessica Welch, a traveling veter­ title role, d oes an the an of job adm irable a p p ro x im atin g in im itab le voice. The C lin e's Second C om ing she is not — too m an y g u ttu ra l g ro w ls an d a slightly nasal delivery* are sym pto­ m atic of la tte r-d ay C lines like LeAnn Rimes — b u t Welch has all the tantalizing rhythm ic lingering, versatile dynam ic shifts an d even the acrobatic yodel in "Lovesick Blues" dow n to a n art. And, in a carefully m olded w ig and a vari­ ety of authentic costum es, Welch bears a fair resem blance to the singer in her later years. I he song selection encom passes everything from country classics ( Your Cheatin' H eart") and early rock 'n ' roll ("Shake, Rattle and Roll") to gospel favorites ("Just a Closer Walk," "How* G reat Thou Art"). A nd of course there are the Pcitsy Cline fav*orites: "W alkin' A fter M idnight," "I Fall to Pieces," "She's Got You" and the Willie N elson-penned "C razy," w hich alone should be w*orth the price of adm ission. 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The five artists represented (one h a d n ’t shipped his w ork in time and instead displayed a handw rit­ ten apology) share a p u n k aesthet­ ic — a dirty, loose, handm ade, garage-band feel that m ight have fit the space if there had been enough w ork to fill it. A m id a cacophony of video-voices and empty* white walls, the art, and the space, looked m eager and un d er­ whelming. The most com plete w*ork in the show was a 49-panel hom age to Gen-X/Y-beloved album covers — stretching from "A bbev Road' to O utkast — by A ustin artist l isa Choiriacky. D om inating one wall, it implied both a nostalgic appreci­ ation for the glossy, studio-fresh images of rock's heroes and a will­ ful contem pt for it, w*hich she expressed by roughing the images up in her translations. Kyle Field's tiny cosmologies doodles, diary entries of a m odem d a y W illiam Blake, w ere als< intriguing. In "Every W ave i Rad," a skinny, surfer-god sepa rates air from w*ater; in anothei cartoon heads float in deep spaci on a coffee-stained postcard. However, Field's three framec gem s, spread across the gallery w ith y ard s of u n u se d w al betw'een them, were only enougi to pique o ne's appetite, no en ough to satisfy. Less successfu still w*ere the two videos presenta tions — lo-fi gross-out shorts from the Jabangus collective and a pre- MTV video of teenage siblings jam m ing in their basement, com ­ peting on opposite sides of the room, blaring unintelligibly at the crow*d. O ne w hole wall of the gallen' w as devoted to a rambling, inco­ by* Fiorace herent m ontage M cQ ueen together that drew cutout photos of soldiers in Iraq, icons of the peace-m ovem ent, hand-traced cannabis leaves and penciled slogans like "Resist" and I had a dream ." A iming for polit­ ical adroitness, it came off like the bedroom bulletin board of an angst-ridden high schooler. I'm not giving up on the Fresh U p Club. Very likely this show w as just a sour note in a year of chart- toppers, to which every fledgling gallery is entitled. But if you're thinking of sacrificing an after­ noon to see som e far-out new* art, look elsewhere. Austin actress Latifah Taormina lets her Texas roots and big hair shine through as Patsy Cline fan “Louise” in the Zachary Scott Theatre Center’s pro­ duction of “Always ... Patsy Cline.” ENTERTAINMENT BRIEF ‘Ice’ tells touching story of troubled gay youth Growing up is a constant strug­ gle to find yourself. This, in itself, is no secret. Flowever, sometimes what one finds is not quite what they were looking for. In Brian Malloy’s newest novel, “The Year of Ice,” Kevin Doyle must discover he cannot escape the man he wants to be in the world. Kevin is the ruggedly hand­ some, quiet alpha male in a pack of underachieving burnouts. Fie loves his mom — who died two years ago in a car accident — keggers and other boys. Kevin realizes what he is but struggles through fears of rejec­ tion, ridicule and his own self-dep­ recation. His overly simplistic understanding of the world begins to break down as his tight-rope relationship with his father begins to strain. A 40-year-old boy. Kevin’s father Pat has cheated on his mother for years. The knowl­ edge that Pat was going to run off with the woman at the time of his mothers death puts Kevin into a tailspin of doubt and questions. At the end of his senior year and "old enough to die for his country.” Kevin's goal is to find more people like himself and understand his mother’s mindset when she decided not to fight the car’s skid. For help, he has the bold, masculine and short-tem­ pered Aunt Nora, who clings to her memories of her sister, life back in the old country and her interminable hatred of Patrick Doyle. This dysfunctional family goes from bad to worse when Pat gets his mistress pregnant and disappears. Malloy’s debut work holds humor and heart in a delicate bal­ ance. While the story deals with gay themes, the search for the self is universal. He captures the mindset of what it was like to be 18 and preparing to go out on one's own for the first time. His humor is woven into Kevin’s inner thoughts and the wonderful side characters whose personalities are believable and even recogniz­ able. The delicate revelation of the world he has created and the maturation from a boy to a young man in 1978 shatters lies and freezes preconceived notions in the snow. Fairy lights in the snow drift, pure white to bury and distort reality until the salt, sand and sun reveal how ugly it can truly be. Brian Malloy uses a very specific circumstance to create a truth about the universal. A heartbreak- ingly hilarious book, “The Year of Ice” follows the life of a confused and lonely gay young man. “Queer Eye” it’s not: its message is important to hear. — Jonathon Reynolds * u New version of ‘Rain Man’ far from anything special Winner of four Academy Awards in 1988, including Best Picture and Best Director, Barry Levinson's "Rain Man” was released as a “Special Edition” DVD last week. Starring Tom Cruise as a self-centered 1980s "go-getter” and Dustin Hoffman as his autistic savant older broth­ er, “Rain Man” follows Charlie and Raymond Babbitt as they travel across country in their now- deceased father’s classic 1949 Buick Roadmaster on a journey of self-discovery and redemption. Despite being a poignant and touching film featuring an award- winning performance from Hoffman (at the 1988 Oscars and 1989 Golden Globes) and an equally as impressive starring role from a young Cruise, the spe­ cial features on this “Special Edition” DVD just aren't up to par with the film itself. The disc's special features start with one incredibly brief featurette about the making of the film. Instead of bringing together all the major players for a retrospec­ tive analysis of “Rain Man” (which would have been far more interesting), MGM drops a rather boring (and certainly dated) docu­ mentary shot shortly after the film was completed. The only real highlight from this DVD is the three separate audio commentary tracks from director Barry Levinson and screenwrit­ ers Barry Morrow and Ronald Bass. While Levinson doesn’t seem to have much to say about the film, Bass and Morrow (the author of the earliest version of the script) do offer rather inter esting commentary about where certain aspects of the story came from and what was left out of the actual film. One deleted scene plus a photo gallery and original theatrical trail­ ers round out the special fea­ tures. "Rain Man” is an incredible film with amazing performances from Hoffman and Cruise, but this “Special Edition” DVD is hardly worth purchasing. If you’ve never seen the film before, it is a highly recommended watch, so hit up Blockbuster this weekend and give it a spin. — James Taylor Monday. February 9, 2 0 0 4 -------------- Í A IT H i \ l \ M K V r ~ — --------------------------------- ' Page 19 'Barbershop' tops weekend box office Associated Press Mel G ibson, right, gives direction t o s t a r J im Caviezel on the set of The Passion o f th e Christ." . . inspired In Gibson ‘passion’ o n latest film By The A sso cia ted Press LOS A N G E L E S - Mel Gibson said his n eed to reevaluate his life inspired h im to make the biblical epic " The P assion of the Christ." I've b ee n offered every kind of excess th a t m oney and fam e brings, and it's not good enough," Gibson said Saturday before 3,800 invited g u e s ts at evangelical Azusa P a cific University, The e v e n t, w'hich was broad­ cast to ch u rch es nationwide, w as billed as a "train in g rally" for pas­ tors and ch u rch vouth group lead­ ers who m a y use the intense por­ t r a y a l o f Christ's suffering to a t t r a c t new' members to the faith. T h e film has been criticized by s o m e Jew ish leaders who fear the p o r t r a y a l of Jesus' crucifixion c o u l d lead to anti-Semitism. I m not anti-Semitic," said G i b s o n , who directed, co-w'mte a n d financed the $25 million film. ... I v e shown it to many Jew's, th e y 're like, it's not a n t i - a n d S e m i t i c ." G ib s o n plans to open the film in t h e U n ite d States on Feb. 25 — A s h W ednesday on the Roman C a t h o l i c calendar. VIDEO GAME SPOTLIGHT • VIDEO G AMI ‘Prince of P e rs ia ’ packs potent storyline, action ¡r By Andrew Dupont Daily Texan S ta ff Most v id e o game studios wouldn't e v e n try to top 2002's critically a c cla im e d "Sp linter Cell," but U b iso ft Montreal has done just th a t writh "Prince of Persia: T h e S a n d s of Time.'' What's m o re , they've managed to make it lo o k easy. "Sands o f T im e " tells the tale of the titu la r Prince, son of a powerful S u lta n , and his capture of the D a g g e r o f Time from a maharajah. The dagger is a pow­ erful and h ig h ly coveted instru­ ment that a llo w s him to reverse time. A tre a so n o u s vizier, bilked out of th e d ag g er, tricks the Prince into u s in g it to unleash an evil that tu rn s the Sultan and his armies to s a n d . Farah, th e m aharajah 's daugh­ ter, is the o n ly other person who knows h ow to undo wrhat the Prince has d o n e . Together they try to n av ig a te the inhospitable palace and its hordes of sand- demons that o n c e were soldiers. The d ag g er is not just a gim­ mick — it's a valuable tool that takes the fru stra tio n out of a mistimed ju m p o r an errant slash of the sw ord . Missed the plat­ form0 Fell to y o u r death? Hold LI and try it again. This is the sort of thing th a t a game of this genre addition, rewinding tim e looks really, real­ ly cool. n e e d s . In ihe gam e e n g in e is the real victory here. I t 's fluid and forgiv­ ing — unlike a n y of the "Tomb Raider' g a m e s , w here doing something as s im p le as moving a crate is a m a d d e n in g endeavor. Only a few' b u tto n s are needed to execute the m o s t complex of m a n e u v e r s — jumping, climb­ i n g , r u n n in g on walls, activating s w i t c h e s and plenty more. And, o n c e a g a in , it all looks incredibly c o o l . ( V a u lt over an enemv or r u n a c r o s s a wall for the first ti m e a n d you 11 see what I mean.) T h e r e are a few puzzles along t h e w a y , b u t most of the time the g a m e p l a y involves figuring out h o w t o g e t from place to place. L u c k i l y , Larah can fit into places y o u c a n t and thus can activate s w i t c h e s and open doors you c a n t re a ch . It makes for some cooperative gameplay, g r e a t e s p e c i a l l y that considering F a r a h s a non-playable character. T h e le v e l design is such that I n e v e r fe lt like 1 had seen an area b e f o r e , ev en over 10 hours of g a m e p l a y . Furthermore, "Sands o f T i m e " is one of the best efforts a t p u r e storytelling that I've ever e x p e r i e n c e d in a game. the way. T h e sto ry is familiar without b e i n g borrow ed . Voiceover dia­ l o g u e d u rin g the gameplay d r i v e s t h e story, with only a few c u t s c e n e s along It m a k e s fo r an engrossing and e n j o y a b l e plot, a goal that pre­ c i o u s fe w ' games have been able (“Metal Gear t o S o l i d " — I'm looking at you.) T h e c o n c lu s io n of the story is, by i t s e l f , a suitable reward for fin­ i s h i n g " S a n d s of Time" — and t h a t m i g h t be the game's greatest a s s e t . a c c o m p lis h . G a m e studios everywhere s h o u l d b e taking notes: there are n o s h o r t c u t s to making a game l i k e " S a n d s of Time." It doesn't h a v e t h e b est graphics, the best g a m e p l a y o r the best story, but i t ' s d e f in i t e ly one of the best g a m e s I 'v e ever played. By David Germain Associated Press I .OS ANGELES — Moviegoers are feeling good about hair and hockey. Ice Cube's upbeat sequel Barbershop 2: Back in Business'' debuted as top weekend movie with $25.1 million, while Kurt Russell's inspiring hockey tale “Miracle" opened at No. 2 with $19.4 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. the The family flick "Catch That Kid, about a girl who organizes a bank heist to pay for her father's surgery, opened at No. 6 with $6 million. The overall box office fell, with the top 12 movies grossing $92.8 million, down 9 percent from the sam e weekend last year. Playing locations, in 2,711 “Barbershop 2" averaged a strong $9,259 a theater, compared to a $7,464 average in 2,605 cinemas for "M iracle." the total gross of Barbershop 2" brings back Ice Cube, Cedric the Entertainer and the rest of the gang from 2002's hit com edy set in a gossipy hair joint on C hicago s south side. With pos­ itive reviews, the sequel has a good shot at topping the $75 mil­ lion first "Barbershop," which took in $20.6 million over its opening weekend. Blacks m ade up almost all the opening-w eekend audience for the first film , w hile non-black crowds accounted for a third of viewers at "Barbershop 2," said Erik Lomis, head of distribution for MGM, which released both movies. That was a sign the sequel m ay long-term crossover appeal than the original, Lomis said. have more Barbershop 2" also introduced Queen Latifah in a small role as a salon owner next door, the setting spinoff movie, for her ow n "B eau ty Sh op ," w hich M GM plans Thanksgiving. release around to Miracle" stars Russell as hockey “Barbershop 2," starring Cedric the Entertainer (right), made $ 2 5 .1 million its opening weekend, beating out Kurt Russell’s “Miracle" in coach Herb Brooks, who led the U.S. team to an upset victory over the powerhouse Soviets in the 1980 Winter Olympics. Distributor Disney hopes "M iracle" w ill have the same staying power at theaters as the studio's previous sports- themed successes, "Rem em ber the Titans" and “The Rookie." "We all like a dose of feel-good," said Chuck Viane, Disney head of distribution. "It's interesting to have a movie in which people know the ultimate ending, yet they're on the edge of their seats. You'd swear you were at a sports arena, because the audience is so into the game." Bernardo B ertolucci's “The Dream ers" debuted with $150,078 at five theaters in New York City By M ax Harger By M ax Harger Daily Texan Staff In a w orld of in n u m erab le first-person shooters, it is a rare thing indeed to find a gam e that approaches the genre in new in terestin g ' w ays. And and though it's been m ore than 15 years since "W olfenstein 3-D " forever changed the direction of PC and console-system gam ing, so ftw are co m p an ies are only now beginning to realize that titles from here on ou t are going to need a gim m ick in order to stand out from pack. Thus, w e have "X III." However, instead of relying solely on the gam e's stylish good looks, U bisoft m ade sure to include an engaging plot and som e top-notch voice acting to boot. I he twist-rife storyline begins with ou r am nesiac m ain charac­ ter (played by David D uchovny), w aking on a deserted beach with little more than a strange tattoo, a safe-deposit key and a bullet-hole in his back. It isn't long before our nam eless hero learns that he is • • _ _ T A r a n f n r l K t r t - U a T 7D T 1 wanted by the FBI in connection w ith the assassination of the pres­ ident, as well as by an Illuminati- esque organization know n only as "the X X " (the tw enty). If this sounds a bit familiar, it m ight be due to the fact that you saw "The Bourne Identity" last year. Admittedly, the gam eplay is typical first-person shooter fare, but fans of the genre will be sure to enjoy the novel visual presen­ tation. Though the cell-shading w orks am azingly well for render­ ing objects, characters and espe­ cially the cinem atic cutscenes, it does create a few problem s with environm ental interactions like hiding behind tw o-dim ensional bu shes and lim bs. The tree enem y and non-player character AI is passable, but there are still a few' instances where the bad guys w ould be better to d uck and cover than to charge blindly at a fortified position. com p u ter O ther than the ability to play ag ain st controlled bots, X III's m ultiplayer m ode is a little d isap p ointing, esp ecially w hen the innovations of gam es By Amanda Traphagan Daily Texan Staff As the frontman of slow'-core giants Red House Painters and on his ow n, Mark Kozelek's has writ­ ten som e of the most profoundly sincere songs o f our time. Here, Kozelek talks about his new' band Sun Kil Moon, their new' album Ghosts of the Great Highway," and his evolution as a musician. The Daily Texan: This sounds a lot different from your other w'ork. W hat brou ght on this change? M ark Kozelek: The only thing the that w as d ifferent about process of m aking this record was that I really recorded the songs as I had written them, and there m ight be m onths betw een record­ ing until I had more songs. It feels alive and fresh, and w ith the Red House Painters, I felt there was a redundant process o f m aking dem os and recording and remix­ ing. W ith this one, w e really recorded w'hen w e felt like, and I hope that you're able to feel that. DT: So there wrere no new musical influences or anything like that? M K: I here w as nothing con­ scious happening as far as any­ thing like that. I'm not a song­ writer that's that hard-working. I don't listen to music every day and work on music every day. There s so many other influences I have that I feel like the influence com es from other than listening to other records. It's more of a record that came ou t of real life situations. D T: In general, what influences your songwriting? M K: My every day life. I've met a lot of friends along this w ay in my life and I've lost a lot of fnends, and I ve had a lot of w'onderful experiences, and som e have come, and some went away, and all these things, they just add up. DT: W hat made you decide to do this record with a new' band? thing, and M K: The last two solo records I m ade were met with a pretty mediocre response. They weren't full band records, just m e and acoustic guitar. I just w anted to shed that coat, and I w anted a like new there's a risk in doing that, but it seem s like there's a lot of people calling, a jo u rn alists I haven t talked to in 6 or 8 years calling and wanting to talk to me. 1 don t know' if it's the new nam e or new record but it's really intriguing. it seem s lot of DT: Do you think y ou 'v e evolved as a musician? M K: I think I've evolved. I think that I've learned a lot on a lot of levels. My confidence has gone up a lot. I used to be just scared to death to get on a stage, and now it s gotten to the point w here I enjoy it. I've grown more versatile as a musician ... I feel that every­ thing is just much broader now. and Los Angeles, scoring an impressive average of $30,016 a cinema. Rated NC-17 for explicit sex, The D ream ers" is a coming- of-age story about twins and their new Am erican friend in 1968 Paris. "O sa m a ," an Afghan dram a about a child beggar in Kabul under Taliban rule, also opened strongly with $ 53,000 on four screens in New York C ity and Los Angeles, averaging $13,250 a the­ ater. Sunday Estimated ticket sales for Friday through a t North American theaters, according to Exhibitor Relations Co. Inc. Final figures will be released M o n d av. ^ «VIDEO GAME SPOTLIGHT • V.DE0 GAME SPOTLIGHT . VIDEO GAME SPOTLIGHT • VIDEO GAME SPOTLIGHT • ATll relics on smination giniic to boost snlcs Former Painters front-man Mark Kozelek plays Cactus Cafe tonight Photo c o u r t e s y o f U b isoft Ubisoft s atest first-person shooter. “XIII," features cell-shading a n im a ­ tion and the voice of “X-files" star D avid Duchovny. like "H a lo " and "SOCOM" are taken into account. There are plenty o f well-designed multi­ player m aps, but strafing and sw itching w eapons is often diffi­ cult d ue to the gam e's default control configuration. All told, "XIII" is w ell w orth the price of admission, esp ecially if you don't mind sacrificin g a lit­ tle in-house com petition fo r a dynam ic single-player sto ry lin e. DT: W hat' s next for you? MK: 1 his is the first record that I've m ad e in a long time that's actually com e out the same year that I've finished, so it's nice to feel connected to the record. 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A few years ago, the band surged in popularity on the heels of Phish disappearing indefinitely and the death of W idespread Panic lead guitarist and founding m em ber SCI have M ichael H ouser. becom e easy targets of late, espe­ cially with the return of the two aforem entioned bands to full form. Not to say that SCI did not deserve their success: They did. They paid their dues like any other band in the '90s, when the public as a w h ole w as m ore receptive to the jam scene than in the '80s, when the Grateful Dead reigned suprem e and Phish and P an ic struggled to establish themselves w'ithout the help of the Internet. But with the sudden success the nay say ers, m yself com es included at times. The quirky q u in tet from C o lo rad o plays barefoot. They hop up and down and hoot and holler, endearing them to many, while estranging others who want less gim m icks and more edge. SCI have also alienated a sig­ nificant portion o f the jam band com m unity w ith its relentless pu rsuit of the bottom dollar (w hich still runs counter to the mantra, despite the massive cor­ the G rateful Dead poration becam e), but w hen it com es dow n to it, who can blam e them? They are young, they are talented, and they make bank. And here is the latest tangible product of neo-hippy capitalism, "L iv e Fillm ore Auditorium — D enver," a third DVD release in as m any years. T h e At I he tw o-disc set of a com plete concert from March 23, 2002, con­ tains little in the way of extras, and would have perhaps been better suited as a live CD release. You see, they are just not that much fun to watch. The lights are disappointing, the crowd shots are cringing, and the epileptic head snaps of drum m er Michael Travis get old som ew here in the third song. The unquestioned highlight is w h en blu egrass legend R ick y Skaggs and his band, Kentucky Thunder, join SCI onstage for a ro llick in g jau nt through three bluegrass standards in the first set. Here the DVD shines, focus­ ing on the fiercely-paced finger- p ick in g betw een interplay Skaggs' boys and lead guitarist Bill Nershi, w'ho is no slouch him self. Grateful Dead d rum m er Bill Kreutzm an joins the fray in the second set, but just w hen it starts to get interesting, the m usic dis­ solves into an extended drum solo, which is even less fun to w atch on DVD than it is in per­ son. In all, the highlights ("Restless W ind," "Rivertrance" and "R hy­ thm o f the Road") do little to alle­ viate the boredom o f slogging through the lowlights (an achingly stagnant "Em m a's Dream " and the elevator-music-on-speed cover of Joseph Zaw inul's "Birdland"). 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