Movie ‘Elephant* is * ENTERTAINMENT SPORTS The Texas women% basketball team defeated N.C. State on Saturday 13GN' -Ul* L n iiT H '.n 3 f'J 1^ ............. ■ ■ JJj Monday, November 24, 2003 IS© lW * i>AiLY T exan Serving the community of The University of Texas at Austin since 1900 www.dailytexanonline com in O ctober submitted the proposals to the UT System for approval early last week, said Charles Roeckle, deputy to the president. Fall2005freshmen likely the first to be affected by policy Admission changes released today u™co releases less info in report Company highlights long-term return rates, By Aaron Dubrow Daily Texan Staff new procedures would affect the fall 2004 incoming class Because of a provision in the Texas Fducation Code — which requires admissions criteria to be published at least a year before they can be used to eval­ uate students the tirst class likely to be affected bv revised procedures is the fall 2005 enter­ ing class that he Texan planned to have the undergrad­ uate proposal sent to the UT System bv the end of October, but System officials requested the University send proposals from all three programs in one package. Administrators have been developing proposals for under­ graduate, graduate and law pro­ grams after the U.S. Supreme Court decided in June to uphold the use of race in university admissions procedures. Anthony de Bruvn, spokes­ man for the UT System, said he was not sure when Sullivan would be returning from a trip, but that there was no timeline for approving the proposals. Godfrey, vice chancellor and general counsel the UT System, and Teresa Sullivan, executive vice chancellor tor academic affairs. Two UT System officials have to the docum ent before new admissions criteria im plem ented: M ike can be University officials expect to release proposals to include the use of race as a factor in admis­ sions procedures today. "We're very sensitive to the need to be expeditious," Godfrey said. "We'll be careful, but we’ll also be prompt.” Roeckle said he hopes the System officials approve the 27- page package this week. UT spokesman Don Hale said Friday the proposals would be released to the public today. Ckxifrev said Friday the pro­ posals had not vet reached his office. By Sarah Kleiner Daily Texan Staff UT President Larry Faulkner Faulkner initially hoped the told The Daily Faulkner approve for hut n short Last fall, the anti-abortion student group Justice for All claimed in court that the University's free speech policies are unconstitutional. Four weeks later, a UT committee revised most of the disputed rules. But the students are still arguing before a federal judge that UT policies abridge fundamental rights. Has JFA's lawsuit become obsolete? The UT Investment Manage­ ment Company has changed the wav it reports the performance of its private equity investments to more accurately reflect the long-term value of its holdings tor UTTMCO manages about $14 7 billion the UT Board of Regents, out of which an estimat­ ed $1.2 billion, or 8 percent, an1 private equity holdings inv est moots in venturo capital oi non market companies Until la s t year, UT1MCO did not disclose information about these investm ents However, two Septem ber 2002 attorney general opinions said the per formance of UTTMCO's holdings was public information, and the company was asked to releast* the data. In the year since the ruling, UTIMCC ) has released informa tion about its private equity hold mgs both in terms of time based, annualized returns how the investments had done over 1 * Sm UTIMC0, page 2 Committee addresses problems or future By A.J. Bauer Doily Texan Staff counter The U n i v e r s i t y to is not doing enough isolation among graduate students, com putei sciences graduate student Aaron Smith said .it the Texas 2015 commission meeting Friday. "It's not uncommon in gradu ate school to be isolated,’ said Smith, a commission member "You get to know the core group of people m your department but you don't get a lot of interaction w itli tin* rest of the community as a whole l l i i s is one of more than a dozen issues addressed by the Texas 2015 C ommission when it met for the f ir s t time The com mission, created bv Student Government President Brian Haley, was formed to organize student oriented goals tor the University over the next 12 years " The first meeting was to get Sm COMMISSION, page 2 INSIDE H i * Mobile Mania Today. cell phones conm*ct p<*ople and bring stereoqualrty ring tones, video games and Internet access SEE PAGE 9 Aubrey Edwards enjoys the artwork of Joseph Phillip, Shea Little and Jana Swec at Bolm Studios. It’s one of the many studios that partici­ pated in the first East Austin Studio Tour on Saturday. Anthony Chapman/ Daily Texan staff Index 3 World & Nation Opinion . . . *.....................................4 University............................................ 5 Focus............................................. 9 S p o rts ..................................................7& C la s s ifie d s .................. .1 0 Com ics.......................................... 11 Entertainment.................................. 12 W e a th e r High 3 Low j f iQji love, actually, is i n. THE WEEK OF NOV. 24*30 To add your event to this calendar, send your information to aroundcampus@dailytexanonline.com, or call 471-4 591. couch area, Texas Union. Discuss current issues and social events. Foreign Policy Council, meets every week, 7 p.m., UTC 1 .1 1 6 . Discuss, debate and analyze current events and international politics. Free Yoga Class, meets every week, 5 p.m. to 6 :3 0 p.m., Texas Union Eastwoods Room. Don’t eat two hours prior; wear loose clothing. Call Chris at 217 1 3 8 0 for more info. Free Capoelra classes. meet every Monday and Wednesday, noon to 1 p.m., Texas Union Tower Room. Sponsored by Capoeira Angola Student Group. Pagan Student Alliance, meets every week, 7 p.m., SZB 296 . E mail contad@paganstudont allinnce.org. Woman’s Resource Canter, meets every week, 6 p.m., SSB 4.102M . Natural Sciences Council, meets every week, 5 p.m., WEL 3.502. Tuesday New Music Ensemble, performs works by Jean- Claude Risset, 8 p.m., Bates Recital Hall. Librarian on Location (with laptop!), noon to 4 p.m., Texas Union. Get help with your information needs. Texas Students Taking Action to Implement Change and Awareness In the Fight Against AIDS meeting, 7 p.m., BUR 128. E-mail renfroeQmail.utexas .edu. Student Government meet­ ing, 7 p.m., SSB G 1.310. Come voice your concerns. Art of Living Group’s Free Yoga Classes for UT stu­ dents. faculty and staff, 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.. Texas Union Ballroom. Suited for beginners. Call Nisha at 236 9091, or visit http//studentorgs.utexas .edu/aol. Alpha Psl Lambda Interest Group, the largest Latino- oriented co-ed fraternity. E-mail alphapsilambda utexas@yahoo.com. Friday Ballet Folklórico de Mexico, Navidades. (through Sunday). 8 p.m.. Bass Concert Hall, $20 $40, student tickets available for reduced price. Call 4 7 7 -6 0 6 0 , or visit www.utpac.org. Sunday Palestine Solidarity Committee, meets every week, 7 p.m., Pearce Hall. Room 2 .4 0 4 , Texas Union. Page 2 I he D a m A r o u n d C a m p u s Monday Symphony Orchestra Concert. 8 p m , Bates Recital Hall. E mail www.musfc.utox. rs.edu, or call 471 5 4 0 1 . Hex Rally: Support the football team and put a hex on A&M! 8 3 0 p.m. to 10 p.m., Main Mall. International Student Council, meets every week, 6 p.m., third floor A RO U N D TH E BEN D Watchdog group urges more open UTIMCO policies UTIMCO, FROM 1 as 5- and 10-year intervals well as ihe total internal rates of return, or how the investments have done sime their inception 20 years ago. the recent changes, L JIIM T (.) will no longer report the annuali/ed returns short term, W ith "W h e n you're looking at the venture capital returns, internal rate ot return is the industry standard and the most appropriate measurement," said Círeg I ee, spokesman tor U T IM C O . Because of the volatile nature of venture-capital investments, many in the industry have (ought against disclosing short-term results, which thev claim distort the value of some holdings. Sheridan "It may make sense* to do exactly what they're doing," Iitm an, UT said finance professor "They may not want to give a misleading sense* that thev actually know those returns I lowever, some i ritics worry the change may |ust be a way to skirt tin* attorney general's rul ings and provide le s s than lull disclosure, said "It seems like LI IIM C ( ) is try­ ing to mask their short-term losses," Nick Sehwellonbach, a member of LH Watch, a campus watchdog group. "Since the tech bubble burst, venture capital is not ver) willing to disclose information investments are on how It's like they're embar­ doing rassed with their investments." its 1 .ist week. U T IM C O released performance data tor the quarter ending Aug II that did not include time bused information. The company pegged the inter­ nal rates ol return for their two portfolios at 10 47 percent and HAS percent over the last 20 years. II the money had been invested in Standard & P o o r 's 500 Index, a common benchmark, it would have earned only 6.35 percent and 7 7h percent, Í tv said. Without annuali/ed perform­ ance data, however, it's difficult to gauge how the* investments have done lately, a s public stock- markets have revived while private equity has remained sluggish. "W ith p r i v a te-eq u i t y fu nd s, you need about six or seven years to fully recognize the return on your investments," said a representative of CalPerss, tin* Cal tic irnia investment group that is the nation's largest public asset management company. "If you're arguing that the public should see the performance of a fund that's only a year old, it's likely to be deceiving." But to critics arguing for greater public scrutiny, less information means less trans­ parency. used,' " This is public money being said Schwellenbach. I hev should be educating the public instead of hiding behind the internal rate of return." I ee pointed out, however, that time-weighted data is avail­ able to the public should they request it. It's simply not high­ lighted in their reports. "There's nothing unusual about the numbers at this time that would cause us to highlight the internal rate of return," Lee said. "U T IM C O just wants to use as a benchmark the most appropriate out there." standard This new spaper was printed with pride by The Daily Texan and Texas Student Publications. T h e D aily T e x a n Permanent Staff iktoi N«ws ( latheixig I dttor Managing I dito» Asaot ¡ata Managing I A w * Ml** Managing I drto. Nows < ,ntt*>niKj and N ew , Hnjioitiny A w x iate Managing I ditoi C >py As m * tat# Managing I ditoi. All and I j g n Asaot ialn Managing I iW i* A il md Design Assistant i .npy 0***,k f hmts Spoils and In le t laminen! 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Auwu, IX .'H A v, Tlw LXnty Texan is pttbMiaxI daily exoatit Saturday Sunday tmtart* hofciay* ai«l ***«n pmxiln PertorSr* PiwtMM Paid at Auelki IX /«MO News uorfttbutona w# I* acxaptad by t**»**»** <4/1 4 *«i¡ *, The Deity Taxan Mail Subacrtptton Pa O na lie m a a lai u m ng them to pursue stability, abide by the constitution and hold democratic elections S*-rK»l Qrtt» V. - tli'd f’mss NATION BRIEFS Senate showdown brewing over Medicare drug bill WASHINGTON The Republican controlled Senate pointed toward a showdown Sunday on a sweeping Medicare prescription drug bill. The bill would create a prescrip tion drug benefit for Medicare bene ficiaries for the first time since the program was created in 1965, with subsidies to help lower income sen tors pay premiums and other costs. Additionally, it would establish a new, expanded opportunity for msur ance companies to offer private cov erage for seniors with favor by conservatives and with suspicion by many Democrats. a plan viewed The measure cleared the I lousi- near sunup Saturday after a roll < .ill that consumed nearly three houis rather than the allotted 15 minutes The vote was 220 215, largely along, party lines. Senate approv.il would send the measure to the White House, where President Bush is eager to sign it Last commuter train to leave WTC station on 9-11 returns NEW YORK The last New leisey commuter train to le.rve the World Tmde Center before the twin towers collapsed in thf? Sept 11, 2001 terrorist attack was the tus! one to return, rolling into a temporary station Sunday with dignitaries and victims’ family members on board The -tation, in the nor the »st i or nei of ground zero was restOifHl over ll> month? for alniut $ 12 < mil lion, aftei . tews -atted two tram tunnels down to their ;teel frames and installed nearly XK) feet of new fra. k A p'tmanent, $2 trillion transit hub will take it-, pl.t. e in 2006 The station mh r Om XX) passengers a tation i.is s e n Regular passenger seivic e betweon New Jersey and the World Trade t ontor stat on started later Sunday (fed Fly Free to the Airport. Take the #100 Airport Flyer bus FREE with your student, faculty or staff ID. Runs every 40 minutes. Get your ride to the airport at: • Dean Keeton and Speedway • 21st Street and San Jacinto • Congress Avenue and 18th Street • Congress Avenue and 16th Street • Guadalupe Street and 15th Street • Guadalupe Street and 11th Street • 7th Street and Colorado • 7th Street and Congress Avenue • 7th Street and Pleasant Valley University ot Texas * » H i — . 15th a c a v a L 1A X ►* I L « Texas State Capitol 11th I T Stamen F Omru Austin Hotel Hotel 5 3 - H l£S 113 7th I » ■■mi -i-1*,/ ■ mmm .U 6th $ > (0 cI mmi To plan your Thanksgiving trip on the Airport Flyer call the Co Line at 474-1200 or see the schedules at www.capmetro.org A irp o rt te rm in a l le v e l b a ffg a tje d e rm ) C A P I T A L METRO Page 4 I n M h i i y I'i w n Monday. N ovem ber 2 4 , 2 0 0 3 Student P ublications Board of O perating Trustees. EDITORIAL BOARD Editor Kevin Kushner Associate Editors Bob Jones Cari Hamm erstrom O p in ion s e x p ressed in The Daily Texan are th o se of the editor, the Editorial Board or writer of the article. They are not necessarily th o se of the UT adm inistration, the Board of R egents or the Texas VIEWPOINT US-VISIT harmful, not helpful 1 lolidav season on the southern border is a joyous time of year tor U.S. merchants, because», in addition to American s h o p p e r s , ,i lar^e number of Mexican consumers cross the Ixmler to buy gifts for their families, too. It's the time of year th a t's the m o s t vivid indication of the intertwined and vibrant I S.-Mexico border economy. Hut il the U.S. l\*partment of Homeland Security's latest immigration reform endeavor — the United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (US-VISIT) — goes into effect by late 2(X)4 at the nation's 50 busiest airports and 50 busiest international bridges as planned, life on the Ixirdet could be irrevocably damaged. US-VISIT, which was established under the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 11>%, but without funding, planning or implementation mechanisms, is an anti-terrorism entry-exit cneck system. Border pat ml and customs agents w ill be required to collect biometrk data from foreigners from non-exempt countries eat li time they pass through a checkpoint. This w ili suppos­ edly enable the United States to track visitors to the country and to monitor them tor overstays. l our of the Sept. 11 hijackers overstayed their authorized welcomes to the United States, and the U.S. Department of I lomeland Security has estimated the resident overstay pop­ ulation to be 2.3 million as of January 2(XX). W hile the depart­ ment believes that overstaying may affect our level of domes- tii security it also wrongly believes that US-VISIT could keep out foreign terrorists. The truth is, the program is flawed and is harmful, not helpful. f irst, retail sales in U.S. border towns could be crippled. Banco de Mexico has estimated that Mexicans visiting our southern border region accounted for $3.6 billion in annual s a le s I ven a few extra seconds waiting in line for each car to cross an international bridge could translate into major delays, frustration and the loss of business from Mexicans. Additionally, border leaders have recently spoken out in public forums saying they think US-VISIT could be danger­ o u s to tourism. Many Mexican nationals own homes in the United State's, tix>. Therefore, the residential housing market could be negatively affected. Some business people must * t o s s the border every day as well. U S VISI T unfairly targets Mexicans. W hile Canadians, for example, do not need visas to come here, which means the duration of their stays won't be tracked, Mexicans, on the other hand, have a 72-hour limit. US-VISIT aims to enforce it, too. This double standard w ill wrinkle the social fabric of people living near our southern border, as many families live both here and across the Rio Grande. It's not fair to treat Mexic ans like potential terrorists and disrupt the border eco­ nomic alh and scx ially just for a false sense of security. Yes, false, jim Williams, program director of US-VISIT, told border leaders in Brownsville Wednesday that Mexican nationals with laser visas may be exempt from checking in and out .it border crossings. Since 1998, the U.S. State I Vpartmcnt has issued 6.5 million laser visas to Mexicans. Hull's 6.5 million people whose stays would probably not be monitored. Who would this program be monitoring then? I here's no guarantee this program w ill keep terrorists out. In tact, a September C .enera 1 Accounting Office report stated the program was at risk of failure because erf inadequate funding. Over the next 10 years, the program w ill cost between S7 2 billion and $22.2 billion, yet only $710 million has Ixvn appropriated tor the 2(X)3 and 21X14 fiscal years. ( leai h I IS VISII has flaws. It has too high a price for a pro­ gram that will not stop terrorism, and it w ill only hurt many tx >i dei residents. Dems must seek out untapped groups By Erick Fajardo Daily Texan Colum nist leading I\»mocratic presiden­ tial nominee H ow ard Dean slipped. A few weeks ago, before national m edia, Dean said he wanted to be "the candidate for guys with Confederate flag decals on their pickup trucks," which many interpreted as his suggest­ ing that all blue-collar southern w hites were racists and that Democrats were w illing to accept them (and their votes) regardless. W h ile the w ording of Dean's inappropriate. comment was Dean's intentions were right on. W hat Dean was probably trying to communicate was that both he and the Democratic Party have to make efforts to acquire more vot­ ers, essentially reaching out to untapped voting resources in society. Texas Democrats have done a particularly poor job of increasing their voting base, illustrated by their lack of enthusiasm to sup­ port ex-felon voter registration after the last legislative session. H B 382, authored by Rep. Dutton, D-Houston, and Rep. Uresti, D- San Antonio, proposed that the Texas Department of Crim inal jus- There is currently a national debate among lawmakers over whether felons deserve suffrage ... tice be responsible for informing each and every' ex-felon, meaning those individuals once convicted of a felony who am no longer in prison or who am on probation or parole, of his or her right to vote via a written notice and a mailed voter registration card. However, this piece of legislation, like most of the bills that were proposed by Democrats, was shot down, and Democrats collectively decided to let that battle end in committee. Them is currently a national debate among lawm akers over whether felons deserve suffrage, and even after the progressive movements during the 1950s and 1960s in w hich ex-felons were granted access to ballots, some states still prevent ex-felons — people who have already paid their debt to society — from vot- ing. Today, while only two states in the United State's permit felons to vote, there am 37 states, including Texas (as of 1996), where ex-felons the can now vote. The practice of dis­ enfranchising criminals is nothing new; it was w idely popular dur­ ing C iv il W ar post Reconstruction era, particularly in the South, where it became a mechanism to stifle the voting rights of new ly freed slaves. But arguments over whether voting is a right or a privilege and whether criminals deserve to have a voice are a different issues all together. In reality, many of those against the enfranchisement of prisoners have made laudable arguments. A more pressing issue Democratic politicians need to focus on is the right of former felons to vote, as w ell as the proclivity of former felons living in states where they are able to vote to fail to exercise that is m ainly because they are often unaware that they have this right in the first place. right, w hich In terms of public opinion, in a 2002 by Christopher Uggen, a sociology conducted poll professor at the U niversity of Minnesota, 80 percent of respon­ dents favored giving all ex-cons the right to vote. According to the Texas C rim inal justice Reform Coalition, ex-felons in Texas com­ posed almost 6 percent of the state's 14.8 m illion eligible voters in the year 2000. This means that there are roughly 835,000 potential voters, many of whom am m inori­ ties, that are largely uninformed of their rights. N ot only is creating awareness among these ex-felons as to their right to vote a means of re-instituting them as productive, contributing members of society, but for Democratic leaders to add to the electorate a voting group that can put them into office. Fortunately, Texas grassroots advocates and activists have been able to bypass the legislature and advocate for adm inistrative changes so that Texas ex-felons now receive vot­ ing information. However, such efforts would be infinitely more effective w ith the support of politicians to whom ex-felon voter registration w ill ultim ately be ben­ eficial. is also a means it Fajardo is a government senior. Give me a break, a Thanksgiving break aren't just a little gay. If Jesus were here right now, he would do the same shudder as he swiped into the dorm and the same finger- down-the-throat-sign in the eleva­ tor that everyone else does. If you're so desperate for women and attention, sell your guitar, buy some P B R and an ironic shirt and see if you can pick up some of the hopelessly idiotic hipster divas that strut up and down the Drag. I also w on't miss the fools try­ ing to park on campus telling themselves they'll find a spot this time around (me included). Here are a few things your parents w ould have taught you if they weren't so busy spending your driver's school money on trying to adopt a better child. First, if a spot opens up more than 1(X) feet behind you, it is not O K to throw your Tahoe in reverse and try to race backwards down a one-way street to get there. Second, if someone is sitting next to a car w ith his or her blink­ er on, it means the spot is theirs. To the next person who tries to take a spot that is rightfully mine: Beware the wrath of god. I drive a 1994 Ford Escort, and don't think for one second I'll hesitate to sac­ rifice it right into the B M W your parents just bought you. Finally, if vou are getting out of the car, be kind enough to signal to those try­ ing to park that you aren't getting into your car so that they don't waste 20 minutes of their life as you waste yours talking to the boyfriend who only tells you he loves you to get you to shut up. One situation I am glad I am avoiding is those professors who tests on insist on having Wednesday morning when stu­ dents should be heading home to be w ith loved ones. You think a history professor w ould have realized that the only ones who are supposed to get screwed on Thanksgiving D ay are the N ative Americans. In case you all could­ n't read between the lines, allow me this opportunity to explain to you that your students all quietly hate you and w ill be enjoying a delicious meal in the comfort of fam ily w hile you sit in your apart­ ment alone eating a Hungry M an Dinner and crying. Like most of you, I am going to be heading back home w ith about 60 or 70 loads of laundry and all the work that desperately needs to be done. O f course, I am old enough to realize that none of it w ill get done, but w hat is Thanksgiving if not tradition? I imagine m y week like this: W E D N E S D A Y - I wake up around 1 p.m. to call my girlfriend in Barcelona and catch up for three or four hours on my parents' dime. Around 5 p.m. I eat dinner w ith the fam ily and meet up w ith some friends in The Woodlands. After about 10 minutes of realiz­ ing w hy so m any twenty some­ things in The Woodlands are d riv­ en to alcoholism, we drive dow n­ town and cruise the old haunts until 3 a.m. when we stumble to our bed still in our clothes. - T H A N K S G IV IN G Get dragged out of bed at 2 p.m. to shower and go see the relatives in Pearland. On the car drive over I w ill get caught up on w ho divorced who, w ho is having whose baby and maybe an expla­ nation of how I am related to half these people. W hen we arrive, I can sit there munching on stuffing and 400 kinds of pie and wish my girlfriend was w ith me and not in Spain, so I could dissuade my rel­ atives from thinking I'm gay, and thus even more hellhound. M y cousin Jim has it easy: A t least my crazy relatives think he's in the M afia (he lives in N ew York) and respect him. FR ID A Y - Post carbo-loading coma until 2 p.m. just in time to throw on an orange shirt and go watch the Aggies football team mimic an A & M education and continue to defy odds by getting even worse than the year before. Then back to sleep. SA T U R D A Y - W ake up early, noon, go for a jog, take a shower, start the laundry, sit down in bed to start reading for that big test on Monday, fall asleep five pages in. SU N D A Y - H oly Crap! ... Get up and jump into the car and speed back to Austin to desper­ ately try to catch up. H ave a happy Thanksgiving — I may neveriom e back. Hardigree is a geography and government junior. A * Jfex Matt Hardlgree Daily Texan Columnist Thanksgiving break is almost here, and I, like everyone else, am on t h e verge of a collapse. A ny normal college student would be full of vigor and joy after having lust come off of their refreshing and productive fall break. W e would be as w ell if it wasn't for our labor-intensive socialist over­ lords who in s is t on giving us weeks and weeks of w ork with no fall break. But hell. I'm not com plaining — anything to get aw ay from this place tor a week. It isn't that 1 don't love this place, but like all perm anently sequestered lovers, the idiosyncrasies that at first seemed charming start wearing upon what's left of our brains like a dull Jester cafeteria knife. It's the little things like those idiots who insist on sitting in the lobby of dorms playing their crap­ py renditions of alternative bits, or even worse, contem porary Christian music. In case you did­ n't catch the hint, let me lay it out for you: N O O N I 1 IK E S YO U , and if you're doing this to meet girls, honestly, people wonder if you 1 HI FIRING LINE Correcting the errors l cimont I arsens i ¡ring I ine letter blasts th«‘ M ass;* husetts Supreme Court lor overturning a ban on homosexual marriage due to its vio lation of the state's constitution. Ignoring the disturbing fact that a l.»w student (I arsen) would prorxise to enforce a l.iw that’s found uncon stltutional, hr* presents issues which are fac tually incorrect l arsen writes that studies" demonstrate the need for a child to have a male and female parent; this supposition is not supported by current research The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is one of the nation s leading supporters of children's rights and protection. Not only do they find that homosex ual parents taise children in an envi ronment comparable to traditional heterosexual parents, but they fur ther support the institution of homo sexual marriage They state: "Children deserve to Know that their relationships with Ixitii of their parents are stable and legally recogm/ed. This applies to alt children, whether their parents are of the same or opposite sex. The AAP recognizes that a consider able body of professional literature provides evidence that children with parents who are homosexual can have the same advantages and the same expectations for health, adjustment and development as can children whose parents are het erosexual furthermore, homosexual mar riage is not "clearly against the will of the people." A Pew foundation survey performed last month found that the ratios of people supporting or resisting gay marriage were even­ ly split between younger people (ages 2030), as well as Americans with college degrees. A Gallup poll from October concerning legalized g«iy unions found overall that “50 percent say that would be an improvement or have no effect on society. Clearly, the nation has not yet resolved their beliefs concerning this issue. J Colin Cox Molecular biology doctoral student The problem with gay marriage Matt Wright's piece on gay mam age ( "Dreaming of equality for homosexu ate," Nov. 21) does contain some worthwhile arguments, but Wnght fails to mention the 800 lb. gorilla readily viewed by those who oppose the measure: By invalidating the fun damental definition of mamage, i.e. that of a man and a woman, the door is opened for anyone to get married. That means that polyg.mists and polyamorists can no longer be exclucf ed from marriage, and thus the mock ery of the sacrament is taken to .mother level altogether. If a guy w pbobes who opposed people of differ ent skin colors entering into the m a nage contract. But I am not a racist, nor a bigot. I believe that my stance is genuine, because interracial mar nage did not change the basic definí tion of matrimony: gay marriage does. Clearfy, gay citizens should not live in fear of persecution and enjoy all the nghts that any other American would. Mamage, however, is not a nght; it is a privilege. And to make the case that homosexuals are being deprived of a basic civil right (and smearing those who oppose that stance as farright religious zealots) without addressing the above is disio genuous, at best. Cooper Day History senior Separating Church and SIat» I disagree with Mr. Larsen in Friday’s Firing Line (“Court out of line,” Nov. 21). Those “activist judges" were completely within their jurisdiction; the Massachusetts Supreme Court has the right to declare any state law unconstitu tional. Fiowever, this point was not the most offensive of Larsen’s com ­ ments. Marriage is the consenting union of two people into a legal contract. The legality of a marriage is all that the state is and should be con­ cerned with, not the religious aspects attached to it. (Isn't the separation of church and state a fundamental basis of the U.S. Constitution?) As for Larsen’s mis conception that “both a mother and father are necessary for children to thrive," he must remember that the divorce rate is enormously high in this country. Many well adjusted chit dren come from so-called broken homes with little or no contact with one parent or another, as any soci ologist can tell you. That “homosex ual relationships are more prone to risky behaviors” is a gross stereo­ type. Adoption and in vitro tech mques are slow and expensive processes; just because a couple is homosexual does not mean they undertake these decisions with any less consideration. Lobbyists for gay rights do not seek to thwart democracy via the courts. They use the democratic process to present their case to judges appointed by those that the people elected. Massachusetts and its citizens are entitled to make its own state decisions, regardless of what other states have done. Hopefully other states will realize that homosexuals deserve the right to live their own lives in their own way. Sarah Hiscock Psychology sophomore Redefining family It seems to me that the greatest cause for outcry against legalizing gay mamage should stem from the immediate subsequent controversy over child adoption, rather than sub­ jective arguments that legalization would bolster fidelity or base solely on moral grounds. Few would argue that a motherless child (or fatherless for that matter) does not evoke our reactionary sym­ pathy, so why then would we want to institutionalize motherless childrear­ ing? Do our condolences flow from the sole fact that the child is reduced to the company of a single parental guardian? ft seems to me that much, much more is lost here than that which can be replaced simply by qual­ itatively doubling parental dad. While a collapse of myopic gender roles should no doubt be exalted, certain female and male distinctions of child rearing in the traditional "nuclear fam­ ily” are categorically inherent and can­ not be acquired. Though rights to gay- marriage, per se, are wholly justifi­ able, inevitable processions not only seek to redefine the norms of child rearing, but the very concept of family in its broadest scope. This whole row over gay marriage simply begs the question: Do we need a new concept of family? Stephen Pan Government senior The gay marriage debate Last time I checked, the judicial sys tern was one of the three bodies of our federal and state governments. It was put there to keep the other two, executive and legislative, in check and to make sure that the constitu­ tion is continuously being followed. I'm sure it might come as a surprise to some that three out of the four "activist" justices in the Massachusetts Supreme Court who voted for equality in civil mamage were appointed by Republican gover nors. There's nothing partisan or activist about removing extremist reiF gkxis prejudices from governmental practices and following the law that requires everyone in this nation (and the state of Massachusetts) to be treated equally. Marriage is not only for those who want to have children. Many gay and lesbian couples bring children into the world, and many heterosexual couples do not. Should they be cut off from marriage protections and responsibilities as well? If they’re not breeding, they must not be worthy of having their love and commitment to one another for life recognized either, right? Gay and straight parents who have to go out of their way to have children will, more often than not, be amazing parents. Please check with your national American Pediatric Association instead of your local anti­ gay "anti-family" group before decid­ ing for yourself what kinds of families are best for kids. For clarification, civil marriage is merely a recognition by the state to give couples 1,049 federal and hun­ dreds of other state benefits and responsibilities. Religious marriage is the one that your church decides whether or not it wants to perform in the confines of a religious context. Please stop confusing the two and denying a whole segment of the poo ulation an opportunity to celebrate their love because of antiquated reli­ gious definitions. No matter your beliefs, love and commitment to another human being should be encouraged in this world, not denied because of fear or hate. 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In* watches caretulh a s a JFA representative tears out ['ages that boar offending references "W e don’t censor publications for our students,1 Rome t e l l s || \ "W e gist ask that von com pi \ with our r u l e s Minutes later, he* asks to iv\ tew the changes to the bn>« him* the But taped condm t of administrators generulh seems watchful, not biased I TPD tells a woman to remove her abortion rights signs from the short fence around the group . displ.n l.atei of course* [>«*111 «* w rest i onttol ot a bullhorn from the grip ot a turi o u s abortion rights «row«I she campus organizations A man a s k s W o o d of the dean of students office w in the national II A s traveling exhibit is responds on "Student are allow e d t o contract with oft cam pus group-, to us»* their facilities This is something that the\ have contrai ted to utilize* on our «am p u s t o r this d i s p l a v One exchange is prescient (. .roup membe'rs ha\ e just finished telling Rome that the* International Socialist Organization is distribut­ ing literature* nearbx with contact Inform ation tor a C Imago attiliate Aevording to the tajv and to later court tilings, Rome* dul nothing to stop that distribution On «amera he says lie s already aware ot a problem w ith the s*h íalist group "W e deal with them probabU nun h more* tivquenth than we have been dealing with vou guvs, Rome tells \ldei Alder responds, It s onl\ pist begun with u s Daily Texan File Photo In this file photo, students lie on the ground In the Main Mall on March 6 as part of a die In protest against the war on Iraq, that was organized by the National Youth and Student Peace Coalition. Affidavits from U T President Larry Faulkner and James Vick, vice president for student affairs, cite the mall's aesthetics as neces­ sary for the University to observe during business hours. So when about 2,5(X) students protesting war in Iraq gathered on the Main M all during business hours with a sound system and tents pitched by the flagpoles, JF A lawyers saw it as official approval. The point rarely emerged at Friday's hearing, but JF A court filings compare the group's exclusion from the Main M all to the Feb. 12 anti-war rally. Yet, Teresa Graham Brett, dean of students, called the entire rally "unauthorized." She said in an affidavit that she and her staff were out of the office when U T P D filed an incident report about the tents. Upon returning, her staff tried to persuade the demonstrators to leave, she said. Faulkner's affidavit also says he ordered the tents removed. Finally, two students received written reprimands for putting up tents. Two others were also written up for using the sound system. One was put on proba­ tion for doing both, according to court filings. JFA also w as the victim of con- tent-based censorship, Carden argued. The University prohibit­ ed a flier that read simply, "1 ife is beautiful — choose life," based on a demand that student organi­ zations identify themselves on their literature "Each time the plaintiffs have tried to set up their exhibit, there's been a new bar raised," Carden said. Cheryl Woods of the dean of students office said in her affi­ davit she didn't know of another organization that had challenged that rule as too restrictive. U.S. Magistrate Judge Andrew W. Austin, who listened to JFA's motions, said he will allow It) days for JFA and the University to submit more arguments. Austin w ill make a recommendation to a district judge about what should happen with the case. Debate continues The task force report acknowl­ edged its broad revisions to cam­ pus fax.' speech policy wen' a response to the JF A incident. Faulkner said the questions it addressed evolved over time, but with |FA, "the one incident did involve a confluence of ques­ tions." IFA was marked for conflict. In January 2002, hecklers shouted down one of its guest speakers on the West Mall. 1 ast spring, demonstrators surrounded the exhibit again. Others have stepped up. The Center For Bio- Ethical Reform sought perm is sion in fall 2002 to fly pictures of fetuses over Darrel k Royal Texas Memorial Stadium. "Justice For All was given a pretty hard time on your campus, and we want to send a message to the administration," the center's director told the Texan, This tail, U T P D asked anti­ abortion demonstrators from off campus to take their literature and pictures of aborted fetuses off the South Mall. as and Such groups the Socialist International Organization Planned Parenthood, along w ith UT pro­ fessors Dana Cloud and Robert Jensen, who both were vocal at the JF A protests, w ill hold an abortion rights rally at 11:30 a m today on the West Mall. SUBSCRIBE HO OUR ÉMAIL EDITION PARK UNIVERSITY Your Education Alternative We specialize in affordable degree completion programs. If you’re thinking of finishing a degree or starting a new one, consider Park University's 128-year history ot academic excellence. Park offers 12 associate degrees, 46 undergraduate degrees, and four graduate degrees with a variety ol concentrations. 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Shares Davis/ Daily Texan Staff Unlicensed barbers result of regulation oversights DALLAS — Poor oversight by regulators has allowed an unknown number of unlicensed barbers to trim hair and operate unsanitary shops in Texas, according to a state audit. The auditors recently conducted a routine review of the State Board of Barber Examiners and found that the agency's enforce­ ment efforts are “ ineffective." Auditors also said that barbers and shops cited for operating without a license often do not pay the penalties imposed against them because the agency is not aggressive about making collec tions. Nearly half the $208,000 in penalties imposed by the agency from 2000 through 2003 went uncollected. Agency officials say they are aware of the problems and are working to fix them. Board chair­ man William Kuykendall blamed the problems on state budget cuts and an overworked staff. Heart-monitoring device deemed unsafe for patients DALLAS — Some doctors say a heart-monitoring device that faxes information directly to a physi­ cian's office from anywhere in the world can save lives, but federal regulators say it could pose a danger to patients. The Federal Communications Commission earlier this year banned the device, known as a portable messenger, because of fears it could further clog air­ waves already crowded with trans­ missions from high-tech medical gadgets. The German-based manufactur­ er, Biotronik, appealed the ruling and expects a decision by the end of the year. The FCC allowed the 3,000 patients who already had the device to continue using it. El Paso base could gain Marine or Air Force units EL PASO — Local officials say that Fort Bliss has room to expand and could be a winner when the Pentagon announces a realign­ ment of military bases in 2005. In 2005, the Defense Department is expected to outline a process to realign and close about 25 percent of its military bases. Retired Maj. Gen. James Maloney of El Paso, a member of the Texas Military Preparedness Commission, said there is potential to absorb troops from overseas. Com piled frotn Associated Press reports UT students volunteer in East Austin churches By Qail Bloodworth Daily Texan Staff than More 50 African- American cam pus organizations donated time and labor to four com m unity churches Saturday as part of the African American C ulture C om m ittee's annual "Black Attack" program. A pproxim ately 80 UT stu ­ dents participated, said Tamika Stevenson, an English senior and chair of the committee. Black Attack has become the com m ittee's largest chanty proj­ ect. The organization aims to prom ote African-American her­ itage, culture and diversity, according to their mission state­ ment. Brittany Andress, a psycholo­ gy junior and m em ber of the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority w ho attended, said "Black Attack" was an im portant opportunity for black organizations. "We came out, because it was a chance for us to do a collective work, for us to come together and do som ething as a large unit," Andress said. This year the event serviced four com m unity churches — New Hope Baptist Church, Sim pson United M ethodist Baptist Church, Rosewood Church and Mount Sinai Baptist Church. Volunteers repainted the exterior of the Rosewood church, sorted through donated clothes and m ade candles for a youth group fund-raiser at Simpson United. "I enjoy doing com m unity service and giving back to the church," said Lashondra Wilson, a business sophom ore w ho helped paint Rosewood. "I came up in the church, and I w ant to give back to them part of w hat they gave to me." Pastor James Amerson of the Sim pson U nited M ethodist Church w as pleased that stu­ dents were involved off campus. "This is a way of stepping out into the world and seeing how w hat they are learning in the classroom can be applicable in their daily lives," he said. Photo* courtesy of the Ransom Center The photograph on the left is Niepce's original photograph. The photo­ graph on the right is the retouched version of the photograph. Photography experts have created a version of the image closer to Its original quality. Ransom Center restores woricFs earliest photo By Megan Jacob Daily Texan Staff I l.irrv Ransom C enter officials I ndav unveiled a new version of the w orld’s f i r s t p h o to g rap h stripped of enhancem ents and shown "in the flesh." Once a discernible view of rooftops and landscape from the upper storv w indow of creator Joseph Nicephore N iepce's coun­ St.-Loup-des- try Varennes, France, the image was reverted to its cloudy and faded original G etty C onservation Institute scientists. hom e state by in I’he version of "View from the W indow at l e Gras" previously displayed is really a photograph in 1^52 of the original taken I lelm ut bv Gem sheim , w ho retouched it and enhanced the basic visual ele­ m ents, s,nd Roy Flukinger, senior curator lor the center. p hotohistorian I he new version presents the "natural beauty" of the original photograph, said P u sa n Stulik, the G etty senior scientist C onservation Institute in Los A n g eles lor "W hat w ould you say it some­ on e s.iul tin* Mona l,isa is a little faded' and took som e colors to it to make it m ore beautiful?" Stulik s.iul "You w ant to see what was created bv Leonardo's hand. We want the image that w as created solely by the action of light that was the magic." at this w eekend The unveiling w as part of a the Ransom sym posium that C enter revealed results of the first scien­ tific testing on the photograph. Ransom Center officials gave the photograph to the Getty institute in june of 2002, where it was ana­ lyzed for two weeks. The testing, which was a joint effort between tin* the center, revealed the chemical com posi­ tion of the photo and ways to improve its preservation. institute and The plate will now be pre­ served in a case that prevents oxi­ dation, similar to the one used for the U.S. Constitution, Stulik said. "K nowing how to preserve this object is im portant," Flukinger said. "This object is so im portant to the history of our culture. This is the starting point of television and photography." The Ransom Center received the image in 1%3 as part of the Cem sheim Collection. 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In front of a Gregory Gym crowd of 2,168, the Longhorns (13-14; 8-10 Big 12) played smart volleyball and easily took care of the reeling Sooners, who fell into last place in the Big 12 with Saturday's straight-set loss. Texas' victory edged the squad closer to the elusive .500 mark and kept their slim playoff hopes alive. The Longhorns have often squandered leads and faltered down the stretch in close games this season, but they didn't let that trend continue with the score tied late in the second set. With the two squads in a deadlock, Texas used an 11-2 run to close out the set and effectively end the night for the undersized Sooners. The lack of height proved to be the Achilles heel for Oklahoma, who started only one player taller than 6 feet. The Longhorns, on the other hand, are the third- tallest in Division I. The height differential gave Texas a distinct advantage at the net and forced seven Oklahoma errors during the run. "Physicalitv becomes a factor at this level," head coach Jerritt Elliott "Our blocking stepped up tonight." volleyball team said. Oklahoma rivalry that headlines other sports, the concept of a tme rivalry between the two schools is almost nonexistent in volleyball, as the Longhorns have not dropped a single match to the Sooners, dating back to their first meeting in 19/5, needing mom than three games only eight time's. Tfexas was not about to post a blemish on their record and looked forward to improv ing then- record against Oklahoma to 154). "We keep a lot of pride in undefeated knowing were* against them," Elliott said. "Big nvalry games are easy to get up and go for," said junior Kathy Hahn who led the team with 12 kills. More impressive than Hahn's 12 kills was her smart play, Despite the historic Texas- Sm SOONERS* page 8 Junior outside hitter Mira Topic bumps a ball In the longhorns’ 3-0 victory over Oklahoma on Saturday. Texas Improved Its all time record against the Sooners to 25-0 with the win. MtehMl Broadtoent Daily Ti*xrin Staff Texas tops N.C. State By Elizabeth McGarr Daily Texan Staff When Nanna Rivers converted a three-point play from the five- throw line in the second half to bring unranked North Carolina State to within four against No. 2 Texas, Longhorn junior famie Carey decided that enough was enough. "1 just knew that someone had to score," Carey told AM 13(X) The ZONE. "Nina Norman just happened to hit me a couple of times on the w ing and I was in the right place at the right time." Against the Wolfpaek in the first game of Sunday's jim my Val vano Classic in Raleigh, N.C., Carey went ID-14 from the field and contributed three of her team 's four three-pointers en route to scoring 23, a career high for her at Texas. With 14:44 to go, the score was 39-34, but Carey and the Longhorns (2-0) over­ came a sloppy offensive per­ formance to beat N.C. State (1-1) 69-56 one week after being chas­ tised for vi pHtr defensive show ing against No. 4 Duke. "We made plays down the stretch, but I'm not sun1 it was a well-oiled machine on the offen­ sive side," head coach Jody Conradt said on The ZONE. "We built a good lead but then got a little lackadaisical." Carey turned in Texas' best offensive performance, but with senior Stacy Stephens' playing time limited as she recovers from off-season Achilles surgery, freshman Tiffany Jackson, junior Mercedes Williams and sopho­ more Coco Reed stepped in to help juniors Kala Bowers and 1 leather Schreiber down low. jackson was quiet from the field and only scored twice in eight attempts, but her effort under the basket was tremen­ dous. The freshman led with nine rebounds in the first half and finished with an 11-rebound effort in 29 minutes of play. Ten of those rebounds came on the defensive board and allowed Texas to hold a 45-39 rebounding advantage over the Wolfpai k. Bowers grabbed four rebounds of her own and played a sigmfi cant role in the I onghoms run, soonng si\ ot her 14 [XMnts m the second half as she eontinued to be a factor down low defensively after I o n g h o m s Every day of practice last week had a defensive ftnus tor they the allowed Duke to put up 4n points in the paint one week ago. Against N.C State, Texas dominated down low but had difficulty containing Kaayla Chones .is the afternoon wore on. Carey explained after the game that the Wolf pack l i k e s t o i ts p o s t players farther leave from than some the basket teams. Once Texas was able to penetrate with the quick drive into tin* paint, the 1 onghoms gained an advantage Texas began the game with a last-paced tempt) w hen St hreibei immediately hit a three-pointer, but the usually dynamit junior finished the afternoon w ith only six Brown answentd right away with an outside shot ot her own. The two teams would trade leads until, after finding them selves knotted at nine apitve, the Longhorns began to pull away with help from Jackson, who replaced Stephens midway through the first period lexas led bv a s many a s 12, but a three pointer from Stockdale and an easv lav up from Brown brought the Wolfpaek to w ithin nine at the end of a low scoring hall 11 2? The Longhorns started slow again t h i s week after a similar commencement against Duke but were able to put away another victory on the road Texas returns to Austin to play i ts home-opener against IV I A Tuesday .it 7 p m "Nobody is going to gi\e it to us. Conradt said "We re going to have to e a rn jo u r winsj and w o rk hard. People have moral victories by playing it i lose and lo u g h and will have a big cele b ia tlo n when they beat us We’re |ust going to try to keep either ot those tro m happening Football movie to be filmed in Austin an‘a By Eric Ransom Daily Texan Staff Every kid with a football and a backyard dreams of playing professional football, and many UT students who played m high s» hool still cling to their childhood dream But their dreams may be answered this December as a newly formed local football team is looking tor experienced players to be part ot their upcoming season This team won't be playing in an arena, however they'll be playing on a high school hold. And the team name? The Penman Basin Panthers from tXless.i The high school team that brought us Roy Williams will be the centerpiece lor the filming of "Friday Night I ights," a new movie directed by Peter Berg based on II W Bissmger's bestselling book. Berg was inspired by the magic of Texas high school football and appreciates its importance in his production. The director spent rum h ot the fall not only following the Permian team, but living in Odessa with several fa m ilie s "High school football is as exciting as anything out then*. There's something extraordinary about every game I've experienced," Berg said. "O ne of the challenges is all the subplots of the story, but ultimately, this movie is about football. These other issues are dealt with through the game. The football is the centerpiece." Junior trans­ fer Kenny Taylor drives the lane for a layup In the longhorns' victory over Brown. Texas coach Rlck Barnes has been sur­ prised by the way Taylor sees the floor. Deborah Lytün*/ Dally Texan StafT Sm FRHMX pegs • Texas freshman Tiffany Jackson blocks the shot of North Carolina State s Rachel Stockdale during the second half of Sunday's 69-56 Texas win. Transfer emerging in Texas program By Melanie Boehm Daily Texan Staff off pick and rolls and try to get my teammates involved," Taylor said. “I have been surprised by Kenny. I like his poise. H e’s calm. He has continued to im press me with the way he se e s the floor." Rick Barnes, Texas men's basketball coach When he came to the 40 Acres after the tragic summer in Waco, Taylor was far from being praised for his defensive skills, but with Barnes’ emphasis on defense, Taylor’s skills are quickly changing. "W hen he tirst came in, it was like he can't guard anybody," said Royal Ivey, who the best is considered defender on the team. "But with us around helping him out, he's gotten better. H e's a great off-the-ball defender right now." In fad, coach Barnes says Taylor could be the best help-side defender on the team. Those skills will be tested tonight when the 1 onghoms host a team is coming from its most successful season in school history after making its tirst NCAA Division I tournament Sm TAYLOR, page 8 With P.J. Tucker recording one of the most successful freshman debuts in Texas history and jam es Thomas becoming only the fourth player to pull down 900 rebounds in his career, the Longhorn big men stole the spotlight in Texas' season opener against Brown. senior However, hidden between the front- court players' stats, junior-transfer Kenny Taylor continued to astound Texas coaches. "I have been surprised by Kenny. I like his poise," Texas head coach Rick Barnes said. "H e's calm. He has contin­ ued to impress me with the way he sees the floor." In fact, Barnes even said he's seen some "point guard skills" in Taylor, and that is a big plus in an offense that can be lead by anyone who grabs the rebound. Known mainly for his three-point shot, Taylor is quickly evolving into an all-around threat for the No. 11 Longhorns. With his "point guard skills" Taylor is running the fast break, dribbling around defenders and getting his team m ates' open looks. When he's not handling the ball, Taylor is benefiting from Texas' offense, with whom he is quickly becoming comfortable. "The offense allows you to use your strengths, so that I can come off ball screens and take open shots, or come Attending Texas an easy choice After a basketball game last season, my friends back home began to link appendages to sing the "Aggie War Hymn." Most of them were excited at the chance to practice a song they'd be singing for the next four years after high school. But in the middle of that swaying chain of arms and verse was me. I was standing still as stone, wearing a Longhorn hat. I am a Longhorn student from College Station, and I am not alone. There are approximately 100 walk­ ing contradictions around this cam­ pus. Every time I return home, it's like diving headlong into a maroon abyss, where and "H ullabaloo" become everyday lingo. "G ig'em " Going back for Thanksgiving will be a much-needed break, and remarkably, I scored a ticket to the game. Growing up, 1 was lucky to see one or two Aggie football games a year, but I've never seen them play UT. In my first year as a Longhorn, I finally get to see the rivalry in the enemy territory where I learned everything I know about sports. to My exposure to Texas A&M was greatly due sports, because the town simply revolves around them — even more so than in Austin. I have witnessed many great moments of Aggie sports in the '90s, and by that I mean three. From the Wrecking Crew's defensive dominance in 1996 to the baseball team's two mns to the College World Series, I was fortunate to be brought up in a great college town. But I have also seen them lose and lose their losing ways in exchange for more losing. I can't remember the last time either bas­ ketball team surpassed a .500 sea­ son, and 1 lived there for 15 years. The football team's stagnation under R.C. Slocum wras the most painful to watch, with each year until his firing promising great results. Countless the Wrecking Crew would make a defensive stop only to see their teammates institute the Aggie offense: draw play, shovel pass, draw play, punt. times It was my Longhorn extended family who eventually showed me the light. With them came leg­ ends like Ricky Williams, Major Applewhite and T.J. Ford who system atically destroyed the Aggies year after year. It had an effect on me. I wasn't driven like a june bug to a bright light, but I was driven by the Longhorn tradition of excellence, which was very differ­ ent from the ever-present tradi­ tions of Aggieland. On a campus where classifica­ tions are recognized by yells and hand signals, I never really caught on with the Aggie spirit. 1 bet you didn't know Aggies couldn't "W hoop" until their sen­ ior year. My defection took shape about two years ago when A&M's jour­ nalism program was sinking faster than the Aggie's football record, and College Station man­ aged to grow more boring by the weekend. I knew Austin was where I wanted to be, but I applied to both schools with A&M as a "safety net." In reality, College Station is a safety net compared to Austin's life on the flying trapeze. Too often, when back home I'd find myself able to name the drivers by their car alone. College Station is a great place to grow up, and Norman Rockwell paintings best illustrate mv childhood, but the Rockwell paintings in A&M's bookstore depicted Aggie life which never caught on with me. sold Aggieland, I have found, is a black hole. Some manage to escape it, but those who come out the other side art1 never the same. None of my Aggie friends have any memory of what their life was like before their descent. When I made Texas my first col­ lege choice, suddenly everyone looked at me a little differently, mainly because I dared to sport the burnt orange in hostile territory. (I never said I was very bright.) Even worse was my senior year when 1 Sm RANSOM, pac» 8 Page 8 S P O M Í Monday. November 24. 2003 Oklahoma continues to roll over conference opponents 291-50. W h ile this was expected bv some to be the final score of afternoo n’s game Satu rd ay between C Oklahoma and Iexas lech, w ho entered the contest 12 in the nation in offense, it wasn't Rather, the outrageous gup rep resents the combined score of No I Oklahoma's five Big 12 South games this season, helped in large part by the Stainers' 56-25 Kts.1 Raider thrashing in I ubbock, a game propelled Oklahoma into the IK S champí onship Sogar Bowl likely th.it I yen it the S xiners lo se the Big 12 title game two w e e k s tnim now in Kansas C ity', Oklahoma proba­ bly wouldn't tall below the No 2 position and could even remain on top Unlike the media and coaches pills timing of a lo ss matters noth­ ing to the IK S standings "Hus is a s p < ial group they have a gotxl attitude in the locker room, O klahom a head coach Bob Stoops said "They know that even though we am a p'rfect 12-0 in the regular season, we have not achieved our goal of winning the Big 12 Championship, and that they have a i hunce to achieve even higher goals." Iexas lech was billed as the team that posed the greatest threat to the Sooners' undefeated run, given both their explosive, unpredictable offensive scheme and the strong I ubbock advan­ tage Save for a second-quarter tout hdown B.JL pass Symons to Wes Welker to cut the score to 14 10, however, the Red Raiders never stcxxl a chance. from Oklahoma running back Kejuan Jones pickixl up a modest 83 yards on the gmund, but collected four short touchdowm runs and anoth­ er x ia a 77-yard pass from H e ism u n ln>phv candidate Jason White. TTie S sports W hen the book was published in 1990, it received a furv of emo­ tional response, not only from Odessa, but from towns across the nation because of the univer sality of the issues detailed at Permian. The film will begin shooting in January, at a high school stadium yet to be decided. For mor» information about tryouts, call the production's hotline at 512 860-3599. Oklahoma commits 32 errors in Texas victory S00NERS, FROM 7 resulting in zero errors. The 0.750 percentage was a career-high in efficiency, shattering her previ­ ous mark of .648, set last season. Despite her strong play, Hahn was quick to attribute the success to her teammates. "The credit goes to the awesome passing and great setting," she said. In addition to her excellent performance on the offensive side of the ball, she assisted on a game-high seven blocks, con­ tributing to the net presence that forced Oklahom a into just as many errors, 32, as kills. The .000 percentage by the Sooners was caused mostly by the Longhorn front-court that out-blocked Oklahoma 12-2. Iexas held Oklahoma's Joanna Schmidt, the team's prim ary offensive force and Big 12's freshman kill-leader, to nine kills and a negative percentage. In the first game, the teams swapped points from a 10-10 tie to a 15-all tie, until the Longhorns rode a 15-6 run to a 30-21 win. The late run in the second game was sparked by Texas's lone service ace of the set, provid­ ed by freshman Brandy Magee, breaking the 19-all stalemate. The Sooners lost their fight early in the third set, as they could muster no answer against Texas' balanced attack, which fea­ tured four players with three oi more kills. Oklahoma recorded zero blocks, and the offense c Lubbock on Wednesday, v\ here a victory would keep Texas' p o s t ­ season hopes on life support Hahn and the Longhorns haven't pulled the plug yet. MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY Texas runner all alone By Jamey Ayers Daily Texan Staff Today, Paul Morrison will be racing for all of Texas. M orrison earned an auto­ matic, individual berth to the N C A A M en's Cross Country' Championships when he won the men's individual regional title, last week, crossing the line in 29:43 on the 10-kilometer course. Morrison was the first Longhorn since H arry Green in 1988 to accomplish this feat. This season has been is the tirst season Morrison has competed since 1999 when he was run­ ning for the Iv y League at Princeton. In his tirst season back in com­ petition, as a member of Texas' cross country team, Morrison has been the I onghoms' top fin­ isher in each ot the four races in which he has competed in this season. 1 le finished second over­ all at the Big 12 Championships to earn league male newcomer of the year honors, and has posted top 10 finishes at the Roy Griak Invitational and at the N C A A Pre-National meet. Morrison also has received the honor of being second team All Big 12 Academic Second team as well this season. "P a u l's " If there is a guy in the N C A A field w'ho has looked forward to running this race more than Paul has, I'd be shocked," men's head coach Jason Vigilante told Texassports.com. last championship race was in 1999, and the frustration and disap­ pointment he's encountered since then will make running in this race a reward in itself. I know Paul is a terrific competi­ tor, and he will represent The University of Texas with the best race he has in him." In M orrison's last N C A A Championships, he placed eighth overall with a mark of 30:42.50. The men's 10,000-meter race is set to begin at 11 a.m., fol­ lowed by the women's 6,000- meter race at 12:15 p.m. Wins over D ivision I teams help in end TAYLOR, FROM 7 appearance. Today's game against Sam Houston State marks the 13th meeting between the two teams. The Longhorns defeated the Bearkats 87-79 on Dec. 1, 1988, in the last contest between the two schools. The Longhorns hold a 10-2 advantage in the all- time series. Even though the Bearkats are seen as an easy opponent for a team who went to the Final Four last season, Texas players are stressing that they can't take any team lightly. "Yo u w ant to come into these games with intensity and to w in, because w anting towards the end of the year, these games start to count," Taylor said. "It's just a point of staying focused." Texas' game versus Sam Houston State w ill affect the tournament. R P I Longhorns final ratings per centage index (R P I) which i used to determine bids in the N C A A r derived from three component factors: Division I winning per­ centage, schedule strength and opponent's schedule strength Thus, a w in over fellow Division I team Sam Houston State w'ill aid the Longhorns at the end of the year. "You're not going to be at your best starting out, so vou v e got to stay motivated," Fucker said. "W e're playing for oui N C A A bid now. These are the games that count the most The Bearkats are fresh off a 74- 60 w in over Jarvis Christian on Friday. Senior (ason Stephenson led the Bearkats with 14 points while W ilder Auguste added 12 Tipoff for tonight's game is scheduled for 7 p.m., at the Frank Erw in Center. 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On May 17, 1792, the merchants signed an agreement that called for tn only among themselves, to set trading fees and not to participate in other auctior founded what was to become the New York Stock Exchange, which would later lv bnng order to the securities to trade M*cunties e t ’a vio tie i these men had i* ated at 1 1 Wall Street. Reach out and touch someone Cellular phones are replacing landlines as more students switch to wireless technology and phone plans offer more minutes at cheaper cost Pramel Shah, a business junior, whose picture is seen in the screen, displays his mobile. His phone has extended fea tures, such as the ability to take pictures. Shah, like other stu di nts, chooses not to have a land line; instead he uses his cell phone as his primary form of telecommu­ nication. Pholo illuMrfttion bv Adithvi S.unbamurtv.i By Sheebanl Patel • Daily Texan Staff Decaaes ago, m oviegoers around the w orld watched Sean Connery as James Bond utilize the coolest technology. Among this technology was a phone that worked anywhere in the world w ithout wires. Enter modern Am erica. Everyone has a cell phone, from senior citizens to adolescents. W ireless technology has revo­ lutionized the world and, on a sm aller scale, college life. Sprint offers a base plan for $40 a month, complete with 500 any­ time minutes and free nights and weekends. Competitor Verizon offers 1,000 anytime minutes for $49 a month. Im agine life w ithout cell phones, approxim ately 10 years ago. H ow did one meet up for lunch at the West M all, which now has wireless Internet access? H ow did one track down the shady whereabouts of his or her roommate at 4 a.m.? How did one text message to pass time during a dreary M onday after­ noon m class? N o one could. " I don't have a local phone, so I use my cell phone for every­ thing - from ordering pizza to talking to my mom," said Joanne Choi, a psychology junior. Landlines are slo w ly disap­ pearing from a student's lifestyle. W ith long distance service from SBC Comm unications Inc. cost­ ing $39.95 per month and a cell phone bill, the expense's can add up when coupled w ith the spend­ ing burden of tuition, books and groceries. "Because I have a cell phone and numerous amounts of m in­ utes thanks to Sprint, I chose not to have a regular phone," said Pram el Shah, a business admin- istation junior. Sprint offers a base plan for $40 a month, complete with 500 anytime minutes and free nights and week­ ends. Competitor Verizon offers 1,000 anytime minutes for $49 a month. These plans include a phone. Thanks to innovation and tech­ nology, cell phones have capabili­ ties just short of being able to do calculus hom ework. Colored screens, ring tone songs and Web browsing are some of the new fea­ tures to hit the wireless market. For many students, one of the first errands after m oving to Austin is heading to a cell phone retailer and getting connected. "Students look for the most minutes, and the cheapest deal, usually," said Jennifer Ellington, a customer service representative for Pinky's Wireless. "The most popular phone w e've been selling to students is the Nokia 9595. It's $50, but has a $50 mail-in rebate. The big fea­ ture with this one is nng tones that sound like actual music, col­ ored screens w ith screensavers, the Internet, and this one has an organizer." Pinky's best-selling phone plan is the T-mobile: 3,000 minutes anytime, in Texas and Louisiana for just less than $50 a month. "W hen purchasing a phone, I look for a plan w ith lots of mintues, because I'm on the phone a lot — so an all-inclusive plan w ith long distance and free nights and weekends is a must," Choi said. The carrier of the coolest ring tone has become a survival of the fittest game, leaving those who aren't gifted with polyphonic tones on their phones in the dust. Gone are the days of a standard ring, Mozart sonata or a hard-to-place choppy Top-40 tune. The phones of today ring identically to the sounds of Ludacris/Britney Spears /Outkast CD in the car. the Also new for the hip is a back­ ground on their cellular phone that isn't just the normal carrier name or a bitmapped star, heart or other simple design. It can range from a scandalous snap of last Thursday's night out to a pic­ ture of mom. "Thanks to technology, I can take pictures of anything and keep it on my phone. IPs also great w ay to blackmail people," Shah said. From the early days of commu­ nication w ith messages in bottles and telegrams, to letters and tele­ phones of today, communication has been, and w ill be, a basic necessity. An extension of a hand­ shake, a hug or a kiss a phone call has the povvei to make some one there when you need them, the power to make or break ont s Fa c t s a b o u t c h a n g e s in t e l e c o m m u n ic a t io n s r u l e s : Today, acco rd ing to Federal C o m m u n ica tion s Commission regu lations, ce ll phone cus­ tom ers in the 1 0 0 most popu­ lous metropolitan areas will be able to keep their numbers if they switch to a competing wire­ le ss server that serves the same local area. In addition, cus­ tom ers of local phone compa­ nies will be able to drop their home or business landllne phones and transfer their num­ bers to cell phones. In some cases, cell customers will be able to transfer their number to conventional handsets. Tranaforing To transfer a number, customers should contact the carrier to which they want to switch. They should have their phone number, billing address, account number and lat­ est bill. Only the person whose name is on the account can authorize the change. Consumers should not cancel service before they make the switch, or else they wilf lose their phone numbers. Coat The FCC says carriers can charge their customers for switching the number, though a new carrier could agree to pay the transfer fee the way long distance companies often pay the cost of changing service as a way to entice cus­ tomers. Some cell carriers already have tacked a fee on monthly bills to cover the co sts of installing the equipment to enable numbers to be transferred. These fees range from a tew cents to more than $1. The FCC does not regulate the charges but requires them to be “just and reasonable.” Consumers who have contracts with their current cell providers will the am ount of have to pay early vrmmauon fees, which ( in re rh $200. if they switch before their agreements expire. Arid most custom ers will have to buy a new < ell phone when they change providers, because each company use different foch no logy. Source Associated Press Exchange Traded Funds safe alternative to mutual funds Zachary Petrone Finance Columnist M any of you have certainly heard about the m utual fund scandals that have rocked the nation from W all Street to M ain Street. The scandals affect many Am ericans, even college students like you and me. So what is behind the scandal? W hat does it have to do w ith you anil me? I low can an average investor combat these issues? investors. A mutual fund is a pool of m oney from m any different investors that is managed by a professional. M utual funds were created to give small investors a chance to participate in the fabu­ lous wealth-creating potential of the stock market. Before mutual funds were created, only wealthy investors could afford stock mar­ ket investing, because of the costs associated w ith transactions, monitoring investments, etc. * The m utual fund controversy involves secretive trading strate­ gics that have been effectively stealing returns from long-term the W ithout getting into too much detail, strategies being employed involve quick in-and- out trades of mutual fund shares to take advantage of differences in the mutual fund share price and the stocks the mutual fund invests in. This "m arket tim ing" is made possible, because mutual fund shares are only priced once per day, w hile the stocks they hold fluctuate throughout the day, especially mutual funds that hold foreign stocks when1 the timé d if­ ference is substantial. The fees racked up by these quick trades eat away at investor returns and fund long-term m utual hurt investors. W ith that background, you m ay now ask: "H o w docs this scandal affect a student like me?' M anv of vou may hold shares of a mutual fund, or vour parents may hold a mutual fund account in your name a custodial account. It is also very likely that you w ill save money in a H)l(h) account using m utual funds when you graduate. So, now that we realized the implications of this scandal, what can be done? 1 recommend look­ ing into a relatively new invest ment vehicle called I xch.mge Iraded Funds I I Fs an* part stock partiuutu.il hind. 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CALL 471 5244 K>k A SISSER VERSION OF THIS, EMAIL ME “ 2401005" to pLi ce your ad Itere, LOCAL EATS Potvofc offers up authentic Mexican food, Austin-style Polvo s Mexican restaurant is easy to m iss. It's located at 2 0 0 4 South First Street am idst the chaos of construction th at has the street torn into an obstacle course. Its purple neon sign is slightly obscured by a tree, and you don’t notice it until you're alm ost at the parking lot turn-in. Once you find Polvo's, though, you're not likely to forget it. Polvo's is a stand-out in a town full of “ authentic" Mexican cuisine. Add to th at the honor of being heralded in the Austin C hronicle’s 200 2 Reader's Poll as the C ritic’s Pick for Best Migas and Best Chile Pepper Dishes, and you have a winner. If you hit Polvo's on a Friday or Saturday night, you’re likely to have to park on a neighbor­ ing side street, because the sm all, cramped parking lot fills up quickly. The sounds of a live Mariachi band emanate from the outside patio, where patrons sit to enjoy the music. The inside dining area is much roomier, however, and provides easy access to the serve-yourself salsa bar. Polvo's has three fresh sal­ sas available at all tim es, including the classic red ver­ sion, a dark green roasted salsa and a mango salsa. The red salsa has quite a zing, but the roasted one has the m ost flavor. The saisa bar also includes a delicious yet lethal- ly hot jalapeno relish — a fiery mixture of jalapenos, onions and carrots. Before you explore the spicy salsa bar, be sure to place your order for one of Polvo's excel­ lent frozen margaritas to quench your th irst. Entrees include the standard enchiladas, which are made to order with your choice of meat, cheese or vegetable fill­ ings and several different sauces, as well as goliath bur­ ritos and tacos. Besides the classics, there are two sacred dishes at Polvo’s — the tam ales and the fajitas. You often have to ask what types of tam ales are available for th a t particular day, because they’re made fresh, and the delicious filling (chicken, pork, beef, bean, vegetable or jalapeno and cheese) is surrounded by a blanket of tender masa. The fajita m eat is seasoned to perfection, coated with a deep red layer of spices that make the smell of the sizzling plate turn heads as the waiter brings it past. They come mixed with roasted poblano peppers and soft onions, and a generous helping of rice, beans, sour cream and gua­ camole to com plete your fajita experience. Polvo’s serves truly authentic Mexican food, while still retain­ ing th a t local neighborhood- restaurant feel. The servers often refer to custom ers by name and are w illing to make any entree according to your taste. When the restaurant lost its liquor license a few m onths ago because of a fa il­ ure to renew on tim e, the restaurant did indeed stop selling alcohol — they gave a margarita away for free with every entree. 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