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Stadium renovation may boost ad revenue

Increased spectator 
capacity could attract 
advertisers to venue

By David R. Henry
Daily Texan Staff 

The $176 m illion expansion of 
the Darrell K Royal-Texas M emo­
rial Stadium w ill bring in more 
than just 10,000 additional specta­
tors, according to UT athletics de­
partment officials.

The sta d iu m 's ongoing reno­
vation, w hich started in D ecem ­
ber 2006 and will be completed by 
the first gameday on Aug. 30, will 
have a 94,000-seat capacity, mean­
ing that advertising revenue could 
increase along with the num ber

of eyes looking at the advertise­
ments that take up at least half of 
the 135-by-55-foot JumboTron.

The U T ath letics d ep artm ent 
raised about $10 million in adver­
tising revenue in the last year from 
co rp o rate sp o n so rsh ip s, tra d e ­
marks and licensing and multime­
dia broadcast rights. In 1993, that 
figure was about $570,000, accord­
ing to the athletics department.

Stadium advertising, specifical­
ly the ads that take up half of the 
JumboTron display board installed 
at the south end of the stadium in 
2006, com prises a significant por­
tion of the $10 million figure.

"T h ere aren't m any w ays you 
can get the direct exposure you 
get advertising to a stadium full 
of 94,000 people," said Chris Plon-

sky, d irector of external serv ic­
es and U T w om en's athletics di­
rector. "Plus, college students are 
a w heelhouse for m any of these 
com panies w ho are trying to at­
tract them as future em ployees 
once they graduate."

Gameday attendance is expect­
ed to be about 98,000, including 
media and skybox guests.

The self-fu n d ed UT ath letics 
departm ent receives no tax d ol­
lars and no assistance from tuition 
money. To increase funding, Plon- 
sky worked to change the UT Sys­
tem Board of Regents' strict rules 
on trad em arks and licensing in 
1993. By 1997 the departm ent fi­
nally received approval, resulting 
in an increase in contracts w ith 
business advertisers.

"This is something w e've been 
working on for the last 19 years," 
Plonsky said. "We're pleased with 
the progress w e've made."

U T a th le tic s o u tso u rce s the 
selling of corporate sponsorships 
and its tradem ark and licensing 
d ivision to IM G , form erly H ost 
C o m m u n icatio n s, w h ich o p e r­
ates as the Longhorn Sports N et­
w ork. The athletics d ep artm ent 
profits through a reven u e-sh ar­
ing agreement.

S c o tt W illin g h a m , n e tw o rk 
vice president and general m an­
ager, said the addition of a new, 
sm aller LED scoreboard as part 
of the renovation project in the 
n o rth end zone w ill not o ffe r

STADIUM continues on page 2

G e t t i n g a r o u n d o n t w o w h e e l s

The Darrell K Royal-Texas Mem orial Stadium's JumboTron will play to up 
to 98,000 spectators upon com pletion of the stadium's renovations.

File p h o to | D aily Texan Staff

Regents look 
to diversify 
UT oil assets

By Andrew Kreighbaum
Daily Texan Staff

The University of Texas Investment Management 
Com pany's CEO Bruce Zim m erm an said the move 
by the U T System Board of Regents to sell reserves 
of oil and gas in West Texas at fixed prices will allow 
the regents to reinvest in more diverse assets.

The regents voted last week to authorize the pur­
suit of such a transaction, called a forward contract, 
which would involve the lease of UT System lands 
for oil and gas drilling at locked-in prices for about 
10 years. The system owns 2.1 million acres of land 
in West Texas, of w hich 1.4 m illion are currently 
leased for drilling. Royalties from the drilling are de­
posited in the Permanent University Fund.

"The System is essentially reducing its risk expo­
sure through diversifying its asset base," Zim m er­
man said.

Z im m erm an said the sale could bring in about 
$1 billion at the time it is made but cautioned that a 
transaction may not occur at all. He said the UT Sys­
tem is essentially conducting a negotiated auction, 
but he could not give the nam es of potential part­
ners.

"R ight now, you're dependent on a single com ­
m odity," he said in reference to the oil reserves on 
UT lands. "B y monetizing it, you are reducing your 
risk, your dependency on that single asset. Now, if 
it goes up, you would have liked to hold on to that 
asset."

The system w ould be p u llin g p o ten tial m on­
ey from oil and gas reserves and spreading it out 
in assets such as real estate, bonds and investment 
funds.

Zim m erm an said the second benefit of the deal 
would be an increase in the Perm anent U niversi­
ty Fund's current payout. Currently, close to 5 per­
cent of the fund is paid into the Available University

ASSETS continues on page 2

House to vote 
on student loan 
transparency bill

By Teresa Mioli
Daily Texan Staff 
The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to 
vote today on the H igher Education O pportunity 
Act, a reauthorization bill five years in the making 
that would increase private loan lender transparen­
cy and simplify the federal financial aid application 
process for students.

A joint conference of senators and representatives 
com prom ised Tuesday night on a renewed version 
of the Higher Education Act, which governs feder­
al student aid.

The Senate is expected to pass the bill before the 
members begin their August recess at the end of the 
week.

Should the bill pass, the secretary of education 
would be required to publicly report on institutions 
with the highest and lowest tuition, the largest and 
smallest increase in tuition and fees and the largest 
and smallest increase in net price.

Universities must have plans to fight the unau­
thorized distribution of copyrighted m aterial, ac­
cording to the bill.

The bill also requires greater transparency of uni- 
versity-lender relationships and prohibits certain 
gifts and arran gem ents from private edu cational 
lenders.

It also calls for a study by the U.S. com ptroller 
general on the amounts, uses and public purposes of 
university endowments.

Jeffrey M cW horter | Daily Texan Staff

Bicycle-riding police officer Mike M orgovnik, right, talks on the telephone while Jason Mistric takes down inform ation W ednesday afternoon at Sixth 

Street and Congress Avenue. With rising gas prices, more Austin police officers are trading patrol cars ter bikes.

For police, bikes a timely reprieve

Amid high gas prices, 
patrol provides relief, 
accessibility to city

By Sean Beherec
Daily Texan Staff 
With sky-high fuel prices and the 
need for accessibility and connectiv­
ity with the public, local police de­
partments are finding new benefits 
of bicycle patrols.

The A u stin P olice D ep artm en t 
sp en t $ 3,161 ,093 on fuel in 2007 
and has alread y spent $2,874,468 
this year. Austin police and UTPD 
have about 40 and 15 bicycle p a­

trol officers, respectively. Some offi­
cers in both departments rotate be­
tween riding a bicycle and driving 
a patrol car, said UTPD Officer Scott 
Rhoads.

"W hen there's enough of us that 
we can have one, maybe two offi­
cers go on bike instead of driving 
the vehicles. It saves us from hav­
ing to fill the cars up every day and 
running the cars all day while peo­
ple are writing reports in their vehi­
cles and whatnot," Rhoads said. "It 
definitely goes along with the Uni­
versity's 'think green' concept."

Lt. Marcelino Gonzales manages 
the Austin Police Department dis­
trict representatives who ride bikes

and said the departm ent deploys 
about 40 bicycle patrol officers to 
the streets each day. Bicycle patrol 
officers are often able to respond to 
calls faster than car patrol officers 
because of traffic and the number of 
traffic lights in the downtown area 
where they patrol, he said.

"W e're able to patrol m ore a r­
eas with bikes, as opposed to vehi­
cles," Gonzales said, adding that of­
ficers on bikes are able to patrol al­
leyways. "With getting from one lo­
cation, point A to point B, our acces­
sibility is a lot better with bikes in 
the downtown area."

UTPD Officer William Pieper said 
there are about 15 bike patrol offi­

cers on cam pus who work on a ro­
tating basis, so officers are not rid­
ing every day. Bike patrol officers 
can be more approachable for stu­
dents with questions, he said.

"W ith a bike, people feel more 
comfortable coming up and talking 
to an officer, as opposed to one driv­
ing a big ol' mean squad car," Piep­
er said.

Rhoads said bicycle patrols have 
other added benefits, including fit­
ness and stealth.

"We can usually have a pretty si­
lent approach on specific calls — for 
instance, if there's a theft or burglary 
in progress," Rhoads said. "We can 
sneak up on people rather easily."

Summer internships allow students to try out career paths

By Mackenzie Meador
Daily Texan Staff 

When N ation al Public Radio broad- 
st producers need a quirky song about 
; price of gasoline or the anniversary of 
utnik's launch, the radio network's mu- 
librarian is responsible for finding the 
rfect track somewhere among the tens of 
ausands of CDs in their collection.
This sum m er, UT in form ation stu d - 
, graduate student Geoff Willard gets to 

ip.
"A producer m ight need a song to go 
ith a story about the inventor of the Prin- 
es can dying," Willard said. "H is dead- 
le might be in 30 minutes, so in 30 min­
es I have to give him three songs relat- 
I to that. It's actually really fun. It requires 
me creativity."
Willard is spending the summer in Wash­

ington, D.C., as an intern for NPR. Every 
year, all of the interns gather to create an 
"Intern Edition" radio show. This year's 
goes online today on NPR's Web site.

Robert Vega, the employer relations coor­
dinator for UT's Liberal Arts Career Servic­
es, said internships such as Willard's are in­
valuable for students who need to develop 
skills and build networks and resumes.

"The primary goal of any internship is to 
leam about a profession in a way that al­
lows students to test drive a potential ca­
reer p ath," Vega said. "They also devel­
op professional skill sets that are relevant 
to the areas they plan to apply to and get 
to explore the structure of a work environ­
ment."

For students who prefer to stay local, 

INTERN continues on page 2

M egan Maulsby watches a m ovie in the Austin Film Festival offices on 
Wednesday. Maulsby is a student intern for the festival.

AID continues on page 2

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T O M O R R O W 'S W EATHER

By April Castro
The Associated Press

Texas has fixed o n ly one of the 
2 0 most h eavily traveled bridges 
defined as structurally deficient 
a year after the d e a d ly collapse 
of a M in n eso ta o verp a ss w ith 
the same label prom pted calls 
for greater bridge safety, accord­
ing to an analysis by The A ssoci­
ated Press.

W ork has been started on tw o 

others.

But no repairs have been initi­
ated on 17 of the state's 20 busi­
est deficient bridges, w hich bear 
more than 1 . 2 m illion vehicles a 
day. State officials contend that 
the bridges are safe for travelers.
B u t a c co rd in g to scores re­
leased by the Texas Departm ent 
of Transportation last year, short­

ly after the M innesota tragedy, 
some of the bridges in question 
fared much lower than others.

In D a lla s , for in sta n ce, the 
northbound Interstate 35 bridge 
o ver the T rin ity R iv e r and B r a ­
zos Street received a score of 46 
out of 1 0 0 , w ith one being the 
lo w e st for stru c tu ra l a d e q u a ­
cy and safety for public use. A 
score of 80 or low er qualifies the 
stru ctu re for federal h ig h w a y 
funds.

"The term structurally deficient 
means that a bridge cannot car­
ry the load for which it w as orig­
inally designed," said transporta­
tion agency spokesman Chris Lip- 
pincott. "In other words it has too 
much traffic and has experienced 
some deterioration, w hich makes 
it eligible for federal funding."

O f the 2,024 T ex as b r id g ­
es that w ere deem ed stru c tu r­
a lly d e fic ie n t a y e a r ago, 153 
h a v e been u p g ra d e d , L ip p in - 
cott said.

"T h e efforts u n d e rta k e n b y 
the Texas D epartm ent of Trans­
p o rta tio n to re h a b ilita te and 
m aintain the state's 50,000-plus 
b r id g e s a re o b v io u s ly c o n ­
strain ed b y fin a n cia l realities, 
but safety is a lw a y s at the top 
of our m ind s," he said.

" W e w ill re p a ir the b rid g e s 
w ith the greatest need as q u ick­
ly as w e can. O ther bridges m ay 
require m ore aggressive m a in ­
tenance due to their age or due 
to a high-traffic vo lu m e and w e 
understand that."

T h e o n e h e a v il y t r a v e le d 
b rid g e that has been fixed in

the last year, in Jefferson C o u n ­
ty, had a score of 49.8.
’ Eight of the top 20 bridges are 
in the Fort W orth area, w ith scores 
ranging from 60 to 8 8 .

After the Minnesota disaster, Lt. 
Gov. David Dewhurst ordered the 
transportation department to com­
pile a list of the 2,024 structurally 
deficient bridges in Texas and their 
maintenance and repair status.

In ordering the list, D ew hurst 
cast doubt on assertions that Tex­
as bridges are safe and demanded 
details about deficient bridges.

" I read w ith relief yo ur state­
ment that 'all of the bridges on 
Texas public roads are safe/" De­
w h u rst w rote. "B u t the M in n e ­
sota h ig h w a y departm ent, I as­
sume, thought that w as true for 
their state, too."

TRICKY HANDS

From page 1

Fund every vear. Two-thirds of the 
available funds go to the U 1 Sys­
tem, w hile the Texas A & M System 
receives the remaining third.

"W e 'r e not increasing or de­
creasin g our assets/' he said. 
"W e 're just changing the composi­
tion and bringing it forward. That 
$50 m illion, the first year, over 
time w ould have been spent any­

w ay."

Revenues from the forward con­
tract w ould not im m ediately be 
distributed to lexas universities 
but would fir>t be deposited in the 
Permanent University Fund.

'W h a te v e r came o v e r to the 
campus, it w ould be used in w ays 
that are capital assets on cam ­
pus, U1 President W illiam P o w ­
ers said. "It w ouldn't just be used 
to balance the budget."

Pow ers said the funds w ou ld 
not be spent on construction but 
w o u ld go to w ard program s on 
the verge of becoming the best in 
the country. H e cited the School of 
Undergraduate Studies, w hich is 

already fully funded.

U T b u d g e t d ir e c t o r M a r y 
K n ig h t said m o n e y from the 
A v a ila b le U n iv e r s it y F u n d is 
generally used for scholarships, 
research funds and special p ro ­
grams on campus.

" I do n't know the details, but 
if these estimates are correct, that 
w o u ld be a significant add itio n 
to the budget," K nig ht said.

E h u d Ronn, a finance profes­
sor, said in an e-mail that w h en 
co m m o d ity prices reach record 
highs, owners of oil-rich lands of­
ten decide to elim inate the riski­
ness of cash flow s by locking in 
prices. But by hedging, or a vo id ­
ing risk, the o w n er forgoes an y 
benefits should prices rise again.

Ronn said hedging is used by 
private and public institutions but 
that "in the private sector, people 
are less concerned about the im ­
mediacy of the funds than locking 
in prices."

Ronn said the U T System's plan 
aligns w ith current projections of 
future oil prices. But the risk re­
mains that prices could continue 
to rise and the system could lose 
out on those royalties.

INTERN: Students w ork for local offices

From page 1

A u stin has m uch to offer Vega 
said internships in Austin range 
from com petitive positions w ith 
hundreds of applicants to less-in- 
demand small research projects or 
nonprofit organizations.

Jo u r n a lis m ju n io r M e a g a n 
M aulsby is an intern for the A u s­
tin Film Festival, a job she said cur­
rently consists of "just watching a 
lot of movies." M aulsby rates films 
to help determine w hich ones w ill 
screen at the festival.

"W e 're receiving thousands of 
movies from around the w o rld ," 
M a u ls b y said. "W e see more ter­
rible movies than w e do excellent 
m ovies, but there are some that 
are really, really good."

M aulsby said the task is good 
experience for w h at she hopes to

do in the future: w rite about films 
for magazines. W h e n the screen­
ing ends and the festival begins 
on Oct. 16, she w ill do w h a te v ­
er sm all or large tasks need to be 
completed, she said.

R e ta il m e rc h a n d isin g se n io r 
C ry sta l Ting said her internship 
for Berg dorf G o o d m an , a lu x u ry 
d e p a rtm en t store, has a llo w e d 
her to tra v e l w ith the c o m p a ­
n y 's b u y e r to select m e rc h a n ­
dise and to meet M ary-Kate O l­
sen. H o w e v e r, m a n y job du ties 
deal m ore w ith p ro fit m arg in s 
than fashion.

"Pe o p le assume that because I 
w ork at Bergdorf, it's really glam ­
orous, but it's n o t," T ing said. 
"T here's a lot of com puter w o rk 
and a lot of spreadsheets, and 
sometimes it's tiring, but 1 think 
all internships are like that."

NEWS BRIEFLY

UT the No. 8 party school in the 
U.S., according to college guide
U T ranks eighth among the na­
t i o n 's top party schools, according 
to the recent rankings released by 
the Princeton Review.

"I'd like to think I played a little 
role in that," said journalism junior 
Thomas Flanders, a member of the 
Delta Tan Delta fraternity.

5i\t> -tv\ o li• tsj, including the 
most "Stone Cold Sober" universi­
ty, and school profiles comprise the 
Best 368 Colleges guide released 
Tuesday. Die Princeton Review asks 
80 questions to 1 2 0 , 0 0 0 students at 
colleges about the social environ­
ment, demographics and campus

facilities at their respective schools, 
said Laura Braswell, editor of the 
2009 edition.

The Princeton Review bases its 

list of top party schools on stu­
dents' answers to survey questions 
about the use of alcohol and drugs 
at their school, the number of hours 
they study each day outside of class 
and the popularity of fraternities 
and sororities.

UT also ranks fourth in best ca­

reer and job placement services 
and 13th for most politically active 
students.

" 1 think that it says a lot about 
our University and its students that 
we can remain so strong academ­
ically and athletically as the No. 8 
party school in the nation," Flan­
ders said.

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AID: UT already 
in compliance 

with House bill

From page 1

U T President W illia m P o w ­
ers said changes in the U n iv e r­
sity's financial departm ent last 
fall brought U T into c o m p li­
ance w ith the proposed bill.

"T h e se are good practices, 
and w e're doing them ," P o w ­

ers said.

U T 's fin an cia l aid p o licies 
a n d e n d o w m e n t s p e n d in g 
w ere both un d er close exam ­
ination last year.

T w o U .S. senators from the 
Senate Finance Com m ittee re­
quested in Ja n u a r y that 136 
colleges and u n ive rsitie s, in ­
clu d in g U T , report d etails of 
e n d o w m e n t s p e n d in g a n d 
student financial aid policies.

The U T System launched a 
W eb site in M arch to promote 
tran sp a re n cy in tu itio n costs 
a n d to p r o v id e h e lp to s tu ­
dents and parents for fu n d ­
ing education. The system cit­
ed this W eb site in response to 
the senator's request, accord­
ing to a M arch 2008 D a ily Tex­
an report.

T he U n iv e r s ity d ism issed 
ex-director of stud ent fin a n ­
cial services Law rence Bu rt in 
M a y 2007 because he ow n ed 
stock in a student loan co m ­
pa n y on the U n iv e rs ity 's pre- 
ferred-lenders list in March.

T h e D a ily Texan a lso re ­
po rted that an open-records 
request revealed that U T S tu ­
dent F in a n c ia l S e rvic e s c o n ­
s id e re d g ifts from s tu d e n t 
loan com panies w hen com p il­
ing the preferred-lenders list.

T he scand al p rom pted the 
U n iv e rsity to internally inves­
tigate the fin an cial aid office 
and the Texas attorney gener­
al to develop the Texas H ig h e r 
Ed u catio n Fa ir Le n d in g P ra c ­
tices A g reem en t, w h ic h p ro ­
hibits U n iv e rsity em ployee ac­
ceptance or solicitation of gifts 
and requires that a n y lender 
list released bv the U n iv e rsity 
be the product of a collabora­
tive and objective process.

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STADIUM: Athletics has revenue-sharing plan

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space for a d d itio n al ad vertise ­
ments. H o w e ve r, that does not 
m ean the stad iu m ex p an sio n 
w o n 't increase the n u m b er of 
a d v e rtis in g avenues. The n ew 
800,000 square-foot b u ild in g in 
the north end zone w ill house 
kiosks and advertising displays, 

Plonsky said.

"W e 'r e going to be c re a tiv e 

w ith this new space," he said.

The m ost lu crative m eans of 
a d v e rtis in g in the stad iu m is 
the D a k tro n ics d is p la y board, 
nicknam ed the "G o d z illa tro n ," 
on w h ic h c o m p a n ies can a d ­
vertise for about $250,000.

Sm aller advertisers get expo­
sure in the football program s, 
but that's going to change this 
season. T h e program is tu rn ­
ing into a ye a rb o o k , a n d the 
first 30,000 fans at each gam e 
w ill receive a free p u b lica tio n 
called "T h e P la y b o o k ," w h ic h 
w ill h a v e u p d a te d sta n d in g s 
and feature stories on athletes.
" A ll revenue for this p u b lica­

tion is advertising -based, and 
w e feel that it w ill be m ore ef­
fe c tiv e th a n s e llin g a $5 p r o ­
g ram ," W illin g h a m said.

T h e a th le tic d e p a r tm e n t 's 
cu rren t reven u e contract w ith 
IM G , w h ic h P lo n s k y describes 
as "fa r north of 50/50 in our fa­
v o r," runs through 2015.

are p a y in g ou trag eo u s fees to 
get th e ir nam e on a sign, but 
P lo n s k y sa id ex p o su re is not 
a ll th ey are re ceivin g for their 
money.

" I f yo u look at it on a sophis­
ticated le vel, these ad vertisers 
are doing more than p aying for 
a s ig n ," P lo n s k y said . " T h e y

i f you look at it on a so p h istica ted level, these 
a d v ertisem en ts a r e d o in g m o re th an p a y in g 

fo r a sign. T h ey a r e b u y in g into an athletic 

p r o g r a m . ”

— C h ris P lonsky , 

D irecto r o f e x t e rn a l serv ices

"R e v e n u e- sh a rin g p lans are 
part of the state of college a th ­
letics today," P lo n s k y said. "W e 
h a v e a v e r y h e a lth y revenue- 
sh arin g p la n because [A th le t­
ic D irector D eLoss D o d d s] is a 
w orld-class negotiator."

So m e m a y s a y a d v e r tis e r s

are buying into an athletic pro­
gram , and w h en they're g ivin g 
this m oney, th e y w a n t to e n ­
sure that w e are h irin g q u ality 
coaches, getting the right kind 
of athletes in to U T and b eing 
serious about th e ir academ ics 
and graduating them ."

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Pakistani police officers sit in a bunker at a check post in Kabal, a troubled area of Swat valley in northern Pakistan, on Wednesday. Pakistan 
im posed a round-the-clock curfew in the restive m ountain valley as the army claimed m ore than 20 militants in clashes with security forces.

Border combat claims 
lives of 5 Pakistani 
troops, 25 insurgents

By Riaz Khan
The Associated Press

PESHAWAR, P akistan — P ak­
istani troops battled Islam ic m il­
ita n ts in a v a lle y n e a r the A f­
g h an b o rd e r W ednesday, killing 
25 insurgents and losing five sol­
diers as escalating com bat threat­
ened the new g o vernm ent's p oli­
cy of offering peace to pro-Taliban 
groups.

A u th o ritie s said security forc­
es also chased off another band of 
extrem ists from a tow n elsew here 
in the Sw at Valley, a d ay after m il­
itan ts ca p tu red at least 25 police 
officers an d p a ra m ilita ry tro o p s 
a n d clash e s k illed tw o so ld iers 
an d tw o m ilitants.

T he m ilitary , m e a n w h ile , re ­
jected new claim s th a t P akistan's 
m ain intelligence serv ice has ties 
w ith Islam ic h a rd -lin e rs allie d 
w ith the Taliban and al-Qaida.

U n d e r U.S. p re ssu re to crack 
d o w n o n m il ita n t s a n c t u a r ­
ies alo n g th e b o rder, P a k ista n 's

4 - m o n th - o ld g o v e r n m e n t h a s 
so u g h t to reach peace deals w ith 
f u n d a m e n ta lis t Islam ic g ro u p s 
in th e n o rth w e ste rn tribal areas 
b u t increasing violence is raising 
questions ab out that approach.

W ednesday's clash in Sw at be­
gan w hen m ilitants attacked a se­
c u rity po st ab o u t 12 m iles from 
M ingora, the valley's m ain tow n, 
th e a rm y sp o k e sm an , Maj. G en. 
A thar Abbas, said. H e said troops 
repelled the attack, killing 25 m il­
itants and w oun d in g m any m ore, 
w hile five soldiers, including tw o 
officers, also died.

A nother group of about 70 m il­
ita n ts trie d to seize the m a rk e t 
area of the to w n of M atta, b u t fled 
w h en reinforcem ents reached the 
police station, Abbas said.

"T he situ atio n in S w at is th at 
curfew has been im posed and se­
cu rity forces have b een given o r­
d ers to take strict action w h erev ­
er m ilitants or m iscreants are in­
volved in such actions," he said.

It w as not possible to in d ep en ­
d e n tly confirm the c a su a lty toll 
b ec au se th e arm y refu sed to let 
journalists travel to the area.

A n aide to M uslim cleric M u l­
lah F azlullah, S w a t's m ain m ili­
ta n t leader, d isp u te d the a rm y 's

version. M uslim K han to ld The 
A sso ciated P ress th a t only five 
pro-Taliban m ilitants died in the 
battle and claim ed the insurgents 
killed m ore than 30 soldiers.

"T he m o rale of o u r T aliban is 
h igh a n d se cu rity forces are re­
trea tin g in several areas," K han 
said.

A n a ro u n d -th e -c lo c k c u rfe w 
w as im p o sed in the Sw at Valley 
after T uesday's fighting.

C ivilians scurried to buy food 
W ednesday w hen the curfew w as 
lifted for an h o u r during the after­
noon. Some people headed to saf­
er areas.

Q a z i S h a u k a t, a 4 4 -y ea r-o ld 
sh o p k eep er in M ingora, said the 
escalation in violence had killed 
his b u sin e ss and m ade life h ard 
for his family.

"We are thinking about leaving 
this place perm anently. But w hat 
can I do? My children go to school 
a n d college here. H ow w o u ld I 
get them ad m itte d to som e other 
place?" he said.

F o llo w e rs of F a z lu lla h , w h o 
rallies s u p p o rt using a pirate FM 
rad io station, seized p arts of the 
valley last year before an arm y of­
fensive drove them back.

T he cleric stru ck a peace deal

w ith the p rovincial g o v ern m e n t 
in M ay th at p ro v id ed for the re­
lease of prisoners and concessions 
on m ilitants' dem ands for the use 
of Islam ic law, b u t the tw o sides 
have trad e d accusations th at the 
other is violating the terms.

A rm y and governm ent officials 
r e fu s e d to c o m m e n t W e d n e s ­
d ay on w h e th e r the S w at ag re e­
m en t w as d ea d , a n d F azlu lla h 's 
spokesm an sto p p e d short of d is­
ow ning it.

"If the governm ent d o esn 't a n ­
nounce a form al en d to this deal, 
neither will w e," Khan said.

Ikram S ehgal, a P ak istan i d e ­
fense a n a ly st, sa id th e flare-u p 
bore o u t w arn in g s th at m ilitants 
in Sw at entered into the cease-fire 
deal only to buy tim e to regroup.
H e p re d ic te d p ea ce n e g o tia ­
tions in all th e tribal areas along 
the A fghan frontier w ould quick­
ly break d o w n , p artly because of 
the g ro w in g links b etw een m ili­
tant groups.

W hile th e g o v e r n m e n t's a p ­
p roach has red u c ed the n u m b e r 
of s u ic id e a tta c k s in P a k ista n , 
N A TO co m p la in s th a t th e talk s 
an d truces h av e allow ed m ilitant 
g ro u p s to ste p up attacks in the 
A fghanistan region.

Israeli PM resigns on corruption allegations

By Mark Lavie
The Associated Press 
JERU SALEM — F acing b u r ­
geoning corruption allegations and 
plum m eting popularity, Prime Min­
ister Ehud O lm ert said Wednesday 
he will resign in September, throw ­
ing Israel into political turmoil and 
heightening doubts about prospects 
for peace w ith the Palestinians and 
Syria.

Olmert said he w ould not run in 
his party's prim ary election Sept. 17 
and would step dow n afterward to 
allow his successor to form a gov­
ernment. But because of Israel's po­
litical system , he could serve u n ­
til well into next year. His decision 
w ill end a long public career that

has been clouded by allegations of 
corruption that have battered him 
in recent months.

O lm ert's popularity dropped be­
low 20 percent at one point after his 
bloody but inconclusive w ar in Leb­
anon in 2006.

Political analysts h ad been pre­
dicting his resignation for w eeks 
as details of the latest allegations 
against him dom inated the news.

The most dam aging inquiry fo­
cuses on M onis Talansky, a 76-year- 
old American Jewish businessman 
w h o testified that he handed en­
velopes stuffed w ith tens of thou­
sands of dollars to O lm ert before he 
becam e prim e minister, in p art fi­
nancing a luxurious lifestyle.

An Israeli m an looks at television sets broadcasting Israeli Prime 
Minister Ehud Olmert's speech in Jerusalem on Wednesday.

Dan Balilty | Associated Press

Q U O T E O F T H E D A Y

ieves and 

bandits are ruling 
Serbia...W e will 
fight fo r Serbia, 
and Serbia will be
free.

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A leksan dar Vucic, 
leader o f the Serbian 
R adical Party, at a 
rally against Serbian 
President Ftoris 
Tadie, protestin g the 
extradition o f 
ex -Bosnian Serb 
leader Radovan 
Ka radzic

Two studies find schizophrenia is 
linked to missing pieces in DNA

By Malcolm Ritter
The Associated Press

NEW YORK — Two huge inter­
national studies show that people 
w h o lack certain ch u n k s of DNA 
ru n a dram atically h igher risk of 
g ettin g sc h izo p h ren ia, a finding 
th at could help open new doors to 
u nderstanding and diagnosing the 
disease.

T hese d eletio n s are rare, each 
fo u n d in less th a n 1 p e rc e n t of 
sch izo p h ren ia patients. But each 
o n e creates a h ig h e r risk of d is­
e a se by as m uch a s 15-fold, by 
on e estim ate.

S cientists said s tu d y in g such 
abnorm alities may help them find 
n ew m e d ic a tio n s by sh e d d in g 
light on w h at causes the disease 
A nd if enough rare aberrations can 
be found eventually, they m ay be

com bined into a test to help in d i­
agnosis, said Kari Stefansson, chief 
executive officer of deC ode G enet­
ics of Reykjavik, Iceland, an d an 
author of one of the studies.

Schizophrenia is currently diag­

nosed by its symptoms.

The hum an DNA can be thought 
of as a v ery long string of letters 
— about 3 billion of them — that 
so m etim es form w o rd s (genes). 
Each new ly identified deletion re­
m oves a section of ab o u t half a 
million to 2 million letters.

In the past, scientists have found 
specific genes and deletions linked 
to schizophrenia risk. But the new 
w ork is notable because tw o large 
stu d ies in d ep en d en tly identified 
the sam e tw o DNA deletions, and 
those aberrations have such a big 
im pact on d isease risk. Stefans-

son's p ap er also reports evidence 
for a third deletion.

W hile th e D N A d eletio n s are 
linked to o nly a tiny fraction of 
sc hizophrenia cases, it's n o t u n ­
usual th at a very rare cause of a 
disease provides insights that ap ­
ply m ore generally, said Dr. Pam e­
la Sklar of M assachusetts G ener­
al H ospital, an auth o r of the o th ­
er paper. She said such know ledge 
can lead to treatm en ts for m any 
people.

"T his is tre m e n d o u s" for b a ­
sic research into the disease, said 
Dr Linda Brzustow icz of Rutgers 
University. But since the deletions 
found so far are related to such a 
sm all fraction of sc h izo p h ren ia 
cases, she said it's too ea rly for 
com panies to offer to test people 
for them.

Thursday, July 31, 2008

NATION BRIEFLY

Next space tourist to spend 
$30 million to go into orbit
CAPE CANAVERAL, Ha. —
The world’s next space tourist, 
a computer game wizard, said 
Wednesday he's spending the 
bulk of his fortune on his $30 mil­
lion adventure this fall.

Richard Garriott will make his­
tory as the first child of an Amer­
ican astronaut to rocket into or­
bit, and his dad will keep in touch 
with him during his time in space.
Garriott is set to fly aboard a 
Russian Soyuz spacecraft to the in­
ternational space station Oct. 12. 
Speaking at a news conference in 
Houston on Wednesday, he said: 
"To be frank, this price tag is the 
majority of my wealth."

The 47-year-old Garriott said 
space flight was a goal he'd been 
working toward for much of his 
life. Poor eyesight ruined whatev­
er shot he might have had at be­
coming a professional astronaut.

"But versus being crushed and 
giving up on that dream, that just 
set me on the path of saying, 'Oh, 
wait a minute, you can't tell me 
no,"' he said. "Literally, through­
out my entire professional career, 
I've been investing in the privati­
zation of space.. .. So my father, he 
was not shocked at all to see me 
pursuing this."

His father, Owen Garriott, 77, 
was a NASA astronaut who vis­
ited America's first space station, 
Skylab, in 1973.

Oil prices hit record high, but 
Americans stay on the road
NEW YORK — Oil prices 
soared over $4 a barrel Wednes­
day, halting a dramatic two-week 
slide after a surprise drop in U.S. 
gasoline supplies fed speculation 
that record fuel prices aren't keep­
ing Americans off the roads.

But energy market analysts of­

fered mixed views on whether 
prices would swing back toward 
record levels above $147 a barrel 
hit earlier this month or if Wednes­
day's big rallv was just a tempo­
rary bump.

Light, sweet crude for Sep­
tember delivery jumped $4.58 
cents to settle at $126.77 a barrel 
on the New York Mercantile Ex­
change, after earlier rising as high 
as $127.39. It was crude's biggest 
one-day rallv since July 10, when 
prices ended $5.60 higher Oil 
closed $2.54 lower on Tuesday at 
$122.19 a barrel.

The Energy Information Ad­
ministration said in its weekly in­
ventory report that U.S. gasoline 
supplies fell by 3.5 million bar­
rels last week. Analysts su n eyed 
by energy research firm Platts ex­
pected gas supplies to increase by 
400,000 barrels. U.S. crude stock­
piles also fell by 100,000 barrels 
last week, less than the 1.3 million 
barrels analysts had predicted.

The drop in gas supplies may 
mean prices have fallen enough to 
nudge Americans back onto the 
roads.

C om piled from Associated Press reports

O f f ic ia l s f in d 4 4 - p o u n d c a t

Associated Press

BLACKW OOD, N.J. — Talk ab o u t N ew Je rsey 's fat cats.
A 44-pound feline w as found w a d d lin g a ro u n d S atu rd ay w ith ­
ou t a collar in V oorhees, and officials at the C a m d e n C o u n ty A n ­
im al S h elter h o p e sh e gets a nice — h opefully, d ie t-frien d ly 
home.

"S h e's b u ilt like a q u arte rb a ck ," sa id D eborah W right, a sh e l­
ter v o lu n teer an d c u rren t foster o w n er of the kitty. "1 m ean, h ow 
do you lose a 44-p o u n d cat?!"

Shelter officials are calling the pork y cutie "P rincess C h u n k "
The la rg est tab b y on record w e ig h e d 46 p o u n d s , 15 oun ces. 
T hat cat, w h o lived in A ustralia, died in the 1980s. I he G uin n ess 
World Records h as since d ro p p e d the category, fearing cat o w n ­
ers m ight h arm th eir an im als in an a tte m p t to break the record.

—

 T h e A s s o c ia te d P re s s

WORLD BRIEFLY

Beijing's pollution levels drop 

ahead of the Olympic Games
BEIJING — Beijing's pollution 
levels dropped Wednesday to less 
than half of the previous day's, the 
lowest reading since authorities be­
gan pulling cars off the road and 
shutting down factories to address 
athletes' concerns about air quality 
ahead of the Olympic Games.

A cooling wind and some rain 
helped sweep away pollutants and 
gave Beijingers a respite from the 
sultry heat and humidity that had 
cloaked the city for days.

The polluted skies over the 

Olympic host city have been one of 
the biggest worrit's for Olympics 
organizers. The concerns prompt­
ed Beijing officials to institute dras­
tic measures earlier this month, in­
cluded pulling half the city's 3.3 
million vehicles off the roads, halt­
ing most construction and closing 
some factories in the capital and 
surrounding provinces.

The measures are having the de­
sired effect, Du Shaozhong, deputy 
director of Beijing's Environmental 
Protection Bureau, told The Associ­
ated Press in an interview.

"The daily data since July 20 

shows an improvement in air 
quality. It reflects the results since 
we restricted traffic and stopped 
heavy-polluting factories and con­
struction," he said. "That's why 
we say the measures have been 
effective."

A World Bank study found Chi­
na is home to 16 of the 20 worst cit­
ies for air quality. Three-quarters 
of the water flowing through ur­
ban areas is unsuitable for drink­
ing or fishing

Mexican migrant remittances 

fall by 2 percent to $11.6 billion
ATOTONILCO, Mexico — Mexi­
cans working in other countries are 
sending less money home, threat­
ening businesses, stalling construc­
tion and choking cash flow to ham­
lets where as much as half the pop­
ulation works in the United States.
Analysts said stepped-up immi­
gration raids and the slowdown in 
the U.S. economy accounted for the 
drop in the payments, which many 
migrants ase to sustain families 
back home.

The payments, or remittanc­
es, have fallen about 2 percent 
this year to $11.6 billion, the first 
such drop in more than a decade 
since reliable records have been 
kept, Mexico's Central Bank said 
Wednesday.

And the buying power of this 
money has been battered by the 
weakening U.S. dollar, which has 
lost about 8 percent of its value 
against the Mexican peso so far this 
year.

Bank of Mexico President 

Guillermo Ortiz said about 22 per­
cent of Mexican workers in the U.S. 
have jobs in the sharply slowed 
construction industry

About 152,000 Mexican immi­
grant workers lost U.S construc­
tion jobs in 2(X)7, while overall un­
employment for Mexican immi­
grants in the U.S. rose from 5.5 per­
cent to 8.4 percent over the year, ac­
cording to a June report by the Pew 
Research Center.

Migrants no longer come back to 

Mexico each year flush with cash, 
then return to fobs waiting in the 
United States, as they did during 
the b<x>m years of 2002 to 2006

Com piled from A ssociated Press reports

 Thursday, July 31, 2008

VIEW POINT

Knowing the devil

The tradition of secular justice for all m ay have 
officially ended on June 27. T hat's w hen the Texas 
Suprem e C ourt ruled 6-3 to overturn the dam ages 
aw a rd e d to Laura S hubert after she w as forcibly 
restrained an d received, according to co u rt doc­
um ents, "m ultiple bruises, carpet b u m s, scrapes 
a n d injuries to her w rists, sh o u ld ers a n d back 
d u rin g an exorcism at her church in Colleyville, a 
Dallas suburb.

The facts of the case have been cut a n d dry. Ac­
cording to testim ony from w itnesses recorded in 
an o pinion w ritten by Justice D avid M edina on 
June 8, 1996, 17-year-old S hubert an d h e r b ro th ­
er atten d e d a y outh g ro u p activity at th e P leas­
a n t G lade A ssem bly of G od P entecostal C hurch 
(now called Colleyville A ssem bly of G od) to help 
p rep a re for a garage sale at the church the next 
day. Things w ere calm until suddenly, "the atm o­
sp here ... becam e spiritually charged after one of 
the youth announced he had seen a d em o n near 
the sanctuary."

The youth m inister, Rod Linzay, g ath ered the 
children together an d , after pray in g a n d an o in t­
ing for som e time, proclaim ed that G od had giv­
en him a vision and that the children could return 
hom e safely. The next day, after a S u n d ay m o rn ­
ing w orship service in w hich several of the youth 
gave testim onials ab o u t the spiritual intensity of 
the night before, Shubert collapsed. The m em bers 
of the church carried her lim p body in to a class­
room so they could "lay hands" on her in attem pts 
to cure her of an apparent possession.

S hubert claim s that she dem an d ed to be freed, 
b u t church m em bers restrained her, crossing her 
arm s tightly across h er chest and refusing to let her 
m ove or stand. A ccording to w itnesses, S hubert 
"clenched her fists, gritted her teeth, foam ed at the 
m outh, m ade guttural noises, cried, yelled, kicked, 
sw eated and hallucinated." W hether these actions 
w e re the cause or th e result of the p h ysical re­
straint rem ains hotly disputed.

S h u b ert w as released after she said the w o rd 
"Jesu s," b u t th ree d a y s la te r sh e a tte n d e d a n ­
o th e r serv ice at th e c h u rc h d u r in g w h ich , a c ­
c o rd in g to Linzay, sh e h ad a n o th e r e p iso d e of 
po sse ssio n . T his tim e, L inzay a n d h is w ife d i­
rected the o th e r church y o u th to h o ld h er d o w n 
in a "sp read eagle" fashion, resulting in "c arp et 
b u rn s , a scrap e on h e r back an d b ru ise s on h e r 
w ris ts an d sh o u ld e rs ," w h ile the p a s to r of th e 
ch u rc h held his h a n d on h e r head a n d p ra y e d

o v e r h er. T h e c h u rc h m e m b e rs th e n c a lle d 
S h u b e rt's p are n ts, w h o cam e to collect h er an d 
take h e r o u t for a m eal. S hubert said th a t d u rin g 
the "e p iso d e ," she refused to b e to u c h ed by an 
o ld er m an in th e church an d w a s co n seq u en tly 
labelled "p o ssessed " again.

After the incident, Shubert experienced frequent 
nightm ares an d began seeing a n um ber of psychol­
ogists a n d p sy c h iatrists w ho d o c u m e n te d m u l­
tiple sy m p to m s of psychological duress. S hubert 
d ro p p e d out of high school, ab a n d o n ed plans to 
atten d Bible college a n d perfo rm m ission w o rk 
and suffered from instances of self-m utilation and 
hallucinations. In N ovem ber 1996, she w as d ia g ­
nosed w ith post-traum atic stress disorder and w as 
told she w ould "require extensive tim e to recover 
trust in authorities, spiritual leaders an d her life­
long religious faith."

In 2002, a low er court aw arded $300,000 in em o­
tional dam ages to Shubert, w ho has since m arried 
and earned a degree in crim inal justice. The d am ­
ages w ere to be paid proportionally by the pastor, 
youth m inister and other m em bers of the church. 
O n appeal, she w as strip p ed of the dam ages she 
had received from being "unable to w ork" b u t still 
retained over $100,000 in dam ages.

But on June 27, the S uprem e C o u rt dism issed 
even th at a m o u n t on the basis th a t adjudicating 
in, as Justice M edina called it, a "religious contro­
versy" w o u ld violate the S uprem e C o u rt's prec­
ed en t ag ain st "d ecid in g issues of religious d oc­
trine." A ccording to a scathing d issen tin g o p in ­
ion w ritten by Chief Justice Wallace Jefferson, this 
w ou ld give "sw eep in g im m u n ity " to those w ho 
inflict psychological dam age in the nam e of "reli­
gious m otivation" or "church doctrine." T hough 
the c o u rt's decision still leaves room for redress 
of dam ag es from religious au th o rities for p h y si­
cal or sexual abuse, those w ho suffer psychologi­
cally a t the h a n d s of religious organizations now 
m ust do so silently.

The delicate and em otionally charged nature of 
this case blu rs the line betw een church an d state. 
W e'll nev er k n o w for su re if S h u b ert w as p o s­
sessed or not, though, because the dem on has yet 
to testify against her. Regardless, victim s of em o­
tional and physical abuse at the h an d s of anyone 
— o r thing — should not be d en ied the right to 
seek redress because of religious immunity.

— A n d rew Vickers

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Rep. Smith fails litmus test

By Abhinav Kumar
Daily Texan Colum nist

O bam a. N oriega. D oggett. M aybe ev en K inky 
in 2010. Yes, Texas could be in the b eginning stag ­
es of a D em o cratic rev o lu tio n . But b efo re C e n ­
tra l Texas b lu e -b le e d e rs g ro v el for fa ith -h o p e - 
change as fiery tears of joy an d racial h arm o n y fill 
the streets, rem em ber th a t alth o u g h A u stin has a 
p ro u d liberal infrastructure, there is still one rela­
tively large elep h an t in the room th a t rem ains ig­
nored and undefeated.

Surprisingly, a Republican represents the state's 
21st congressional district, w hich h o u ses a large 
portion of A ustin and the U niversity. N o t only is 
Rep. Lam ar Sm ith the current face of our district in 
the H ouse of R epresentatives, b u t he also w on re- 
election in 2004 w ith an im pressive 65 percent of 
the vote and again in 2006 w ith 60 percen t of the 
vote (with at least six other candidates vying for the 
sam e spot) — surely a consistently red blight on our 
(nearly) spotless blue record.

As som eone w ho, according to The W ashington 
P ost, voted w ith the m ajority of H o u se R epubli­
cans 95.5 percent of the tim e, Sm ith probably did 
not m ake m any district 21 D em ocrats happy, so it is 
safe to say that he's not a good liberal.

But is he ev e n a good con serv ativ e? T here is 
an easy political litm us test that can be applied to 
S m ith's voting record on key issues — the old a d ­
age that "a good conservative keeps g o vernm ent 
out of my w allet and out of m y bedroom ."

The m ost recent piece of legislation anyone cared 
about w as the m otherly econom ic stim u lu s pack­
age — the federal g o v ern m e n t's w ay of breaking 
y o u r b o n es an d th en g iv in g y o u so m e Tylenol. 
D uring the current housing crisis, it w as the gov­
e rn m e n t th a t ste p p e d in an d m ad e the loans a t­
tractive by helping the industry stay afloat. N o one

forced us to take those loans, an d if w e d id take 
them , it w as o u r responsibility to pay them back. 
Sm ith voted for the bill and ap parently subscribes 
to the "big nanny" philosophy that if enough peo­
ple are irresponsible w ith their money, he w ill al­
w ays be there to take m oney from others and su p ­
p o rt the m isguided masses.

O n the other hand, in early 2007, Smith voted to 
low er the interest rate on federally subsidized student 
loans from 6.8 percent to 3.4 percent. He kept govern­
m ent out of m y wallet, and he got bonus points for 
doing som ething good for his constituency.

Sm ith also voted to increase the m inim um w age 
to $7.25 per hour. T hough this m ade a lot of people 
happy, Sm ith needs to be com fortable enough w ith 
entrepreneurial freedom to take off his "big nanny " 
skirt. Instead of placing m ore restrictions on sm all 
businesses, a good conservative w ould stop inter­
vening in so m any areas of the free m arket so that 
it can work.

T hough 60 years old, Sm ith recognizes the im ­
portance of the Internet and has rem ained com m it­
ted to k eeping it free from local, state a n d feder­
al taxes. In late 2007, the H ouse (and Sm ith) v o t­
ed to extend the tax m oratorium on the Internet by 
four years. But he even w ent a step further and ex­
pressed discontent on his Web site that the H ouse 
did not m ake the tax ban perm anent.

U nfortunately, regarding past m ajor legislation, 
S m ith 's record goes a bit dow n h ill. H is s u p p o rt 
of the M ilitary C om m issions f\c t of 2006 effective­
ly quashed habeas corpus, the right to question im ­
prisonm ent. H e gave the green light for w arrantless 
w iretap p in g and subsequently flushed the F ourth 
A m en d m en t dow n the toilet w ith his vote for the 
Electronic Surveillance M odernization Act.

Like m ost "conservatives," Lam ar Sm ith cannot 
satiate his appetite an d m u st consum e our w allets 
an d o u r bedroom s. T hough, it is a good thin g he 
serves A ustin — big-govem m ent D em ocrats should 
rejoice, because Sm ith has done m ore than enough 
to increase the size of governm ent.

Kumar is a business honors a n d econom ics senior.

Generation Y(ou)

By J. Ridewood
Daily Texan Colum nist

There are very few w ords or phrases that will al­
w ays com pel me to roll m y eyes. "G uesstim ate," 
"trickle-dow n econom ics" an d tw o-syllable p ro ­
nunciations of "cute" (kuh-yoot) are a few exam ­
ples, but one idiom frequently uttered by m em bers 
of this generation used to alw ays bother me: "I'm 
not going to lie."

M ost of the time, the phrase prefaces banal state­
m ents I w ould rarely hesitate to believe. "I'm not 
going to lie ... I'm not very prepared for this test" 
and "I'm not going to lie . . . I really d o n 't like that 
guy," I'm often told. O r m y favorite: "I'm not going 
to lie ... I got totally w asted last night."

But in m y petty annoyance, I've found a rem ark­
able insight into G eneration Y and how w e've dis­
tanced ourselves from G eneration X. We tell people 
w e're not lying because G eneration X m ade young 
people appear cynical, jaded and careless. G enera­
tion Y has em braced sincere 
interaction w ith the rest of 
the w orld because o u r goal 
is to change society through 
o u r ow n self-im provem ent 
and involvem ent.

In h is s h o r t s to ry "M y 
A p p ea ra n ce " from his col­
lection "G irl w ith C u rio u s 
H a ir" , a u th o r a n d G ener- 
ation-X sp o k e sm a n D avid 
Foster W allace constructs a 
story around a fictional tele­
vision actress's appearan ce 
on David Letterman. The ac­
tress and her h u sb an d 's dis­
cussion on how she should 
act in the interv iew serves as 
an excellent summ ary' of the
G eneration X mentality: "Everything is cliched and 
h y ped and ab su rd , an d th a t's just w h ere the fun 
is." H e w rites further that the "joke is now on peo­
ple w ho are sincere." G eneration X view ed experi­
ence as so cliched and ordinary that it w as best to 
be ironically detached from everything — better to 
be "not sincere" than insincere, or w orse, sincere.

Self-mocking detachm ent becam e the status quo 
for G eneration X, an d it perm eated their interac­
tion w ith the rest of the w orld. In politics, the m ost 
im portant question for then-presidential candidate 
Bill Clinton at an M TV-sponsored forum for young 
voters w as "boxers or briefs?" The m ovies that best 
exem plify G eneration X — "Reality Bites," "Kick­
ing and Screaming," "Slacker" — feature idle tw en­
ty-som ethings in a sort of arrested d evelopm ent, 
placing m ore im portance on pop culture than the 
very real problem s of their lives. Even m y favor­
ite G eneration X au th o rs are no different — w rit­
ers like D ouglas C oupland, Jay Mclnemey, Bill Sim­
m ons and Bret Easton Ellis litter their w riting w ith 
sarcasm, irony and pop-culture references. It's clear 
then w hen the Slacker (see Wayne, G arth) is a hero­
ic figure, it's better to focus on the m inutiae of life 
and overlook the bigger problems.

N ot only is G eneration Y distinct from G enera­
tion X, b u t one of the im portant characteristics of 
G eneration Y is the rejection of the Gen-X m entali­

ty. C om pared to G eneration X, w e have h ad signif­
icantly m ore turm oil in o u r lives because of 9/11, 
the Iraq War, a faltering econom y, H u rric an e Ka­
trin a a n d th e list goes on. We d id n 't greet these 
challenges w ith G eneration-X d etachm ent or self- 
m o ck in g , n o r d id w e co m b at th em w ith bab y - 
boom er-esque protests.

In stead , G en eratio n Y h as m ade its m ission to 
ch ange the w orld th ro u g h p erso n al invo lv em en t 
a n d an "T ll-p lay -m y -p a rt-a n d -in sp ire-ev e ry o n e - 
else" ethos. W e've convinced ourselves th at glob­
al w a rm in g can be so lv ed by recycling, cu ttin g 
o u r o w n em issio n s a n d re d u c in g o u r o w n c a r­
b o n fo o tp rin t. We atta c k th e lo o m in g food c ri­
sis by trying to eat local an d organic foods. A fter 
H u rric an e K atrina, d o n atio n s w ere n o t sufficient 
eno u g h to deal w ith one of the co u n try 's greatest 
n a tu ra l d isa ste rs. M any colleges sen t g ro u p s to 
h elp rebuild N ew O rleans, an d T ulane's a p p lica­
tion n um bers actually w en t up. W ith the p o p u la r­
ity of Teach for A m erica, w e're im proving o u r e d ­
ucational system by sen d in g our best an d b rig h t­
est to inner-city schools. A startling 10 p ercent of 
Yale's g rad u a tin g class this past year w ill be sent 
to public schools this fall to teach. H ow m an y of 
those stu d e n ts w o u ld h av e been accepting p o si­
tio n s at G o ld m a n a n d Sachs 
15 years ago?

B u t it t a k e s a c e r t a i n 
a m o u n t o f s i n c e r i t y a n d 
d e d i c a t i o n 
to p e r s o n a l ­
ize th e c o u n try 's p ro b le m s, 
a n d , s u b s e q u e n tly , a n a p ­
p re c ia tio n for a n y th in g s in ­
cere has surfaced in G e n e ra ­
tio n Y 's cu ltu re. O n e reaso n 
the m ed ia has ta k en so long 
to form a n a rra tiv e for G e n ­
e ra tio n Y is th a t o u r c u ltu re 
is fractured. T here are sig n if­
icantly m ore choices a n d o p ­
tions for e n te rta in m e n t th a n 
th e re has ev e r been, so g e n ­
eratio n -w id e tren d s are h ard 
to identify.
O ne thing that does un ite us is an appreciation 
for the authentic, th o u g h tfu l entertainers an d pol­
itician s. F orget ev e ry policy p ro p o sa l a n d s u b ­
sta n tiv e q u ality ab o u t Sen. Barack O b am a, G en ­
e ratio n Y largely su p p o rts him and sw allo w s his 
slo g an s for ch a n g e b ecause he a p p e a rs to m ean 
w h a t h e say s. In p o p u la r m u sic, A rc a d e F ire, 
K anye West an d The K illers get aw ay w ith — and 
b an k on — considerable p o m p and self-righteous­
ness. D o you th in k G en eratio n X w o u ld h ave al­
lo w ed any band to take them selves th at se rio u s­
ly? We even accept som eone like Paris H ilton be­
cause she has m a d e it p a te n tly clear th a t all she 
w an ts to be is an u ltra-fam ous party g irl/g lo rifie d 
prostitute. Hey, as long as sh e's honest.

I do, how ever, have a very real fear that o u r el­
d ers' criticism s of G eneration Y are valid an d that 
w e are no m ore th a n a fashion-conscious, v a in ­
er version of G eneration X. If it's actually true that 
G en eratio n X p lu s one d oes equal G en eratio n Y, 
then the futu re of the co u n try is bleak. But if w e 
play our part, engage the w orld truthfully and con­
tinue to rem ind older generations of our sincerity, I 
think that w e'll find a light at the end of this tunnel 
— and that's no lie.

Ridewood graduated in the spring with degrees in governm ent

a n d history.

G e n e ra tio n Y h as e m b r a c e d 
sin cere in te r a c tio n w ith the 
rest o f the w o r l d becau se 
o u r g o a l is to c h a n g e 
s o c ie ty th r o u g h o u r ow n 
s e lf -im p r o v e m e n t a n d 
in v o lv e m e n t. ”

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N e w s

Water campaign aims to reinforce conservation

Residential watering 

restrictions, reporting 

system among efforts

By Ines Min
Daily Texan Staff

Austin Water Utility announced 
W ednesday a sum mer water-con- 
servation cam paign to help save 
32 m illio n g a llo n s o f w a te r a 
day and elim inate 19,000 tons of 
greenhouse gases during July and 
August, the months of peak water 
usage.

C o u n cilm an Lee L effin gw ell, 
chair of the Water C onservation 
Task Force, said conserving water 
will also conserve energy'. Treating 
and pum ping w ater is the m ost 
e n ergy -in ten sive process in the 
city of Austin, he said.

The cam p aign hop es to rein­
force conservation methods, such 
as restricting residences from w a­
tering their lawns on certain days. 
Addresses ending in an odd num ­
b er can w a te r th e ir law n s on' 
W ednesdays and Saturdays, and 
even num bers are allotted Thurs­
d ays and Su n d ay s. A p artm en t 
com plexes and com mercial prop­
erties can w ater their law ns on 
Tuesdays and Fridays. Law n w a­
tering can only take place before 
10 a.m. and after 7 p.m. to prevent 
water evaporation due to heat.

Forty percent of water usage re­

sults from landscape irrigation, 
Leffingwell said, which comprises 
5 percent of the city's total energy 
consumption.

T he cam p aig n has also in te ­
grated a w ater w aste report sys­
tem that encourages people to call 
3-1-1 to report w ater usage that 
d oesn 't follow the drought con­
dition rules. Reports can also be 
filed online at the A ustin W ater 
Utility Web site.

"It's not to rat your neighbor 
out," Leffingwell said, adding that 
reports result in w arnings meant 
to inform residents of current con­
servation policies.

In the past two m onths, 2,500 
w aste com p lain ts have alread y 
been reported, he said.

The cam paign is led by local 
band A sleep at the W heel's Ray 
Benson, w ho wrote a song called 
"O bserve and Conserve" for tele­
vision and radio commercials that 
started running last week.

"W e can live without oil, but go 
without water for seven days and 
you're dead," Benson said.

Benson is a self-proclaimed w a­
ter co n se rv a tio n ad v o cate and 
boasts that he has the most beauti­
ful brown lawn in Austin.

The song, w ritten specifically 
for the campaign, is one of Asleep 
at the W heel's biggest hits, Benson 
said. He said the toughest part 
w asn't rhyming words with water 
but finding a "good, clean rhyme 
with 'gases.'"

Councilman Lee Leffingwell talks to Diego Munoz of Univision Wednesday about the city's new water conservation campaign. The campaign is 
championed by Ray Benson, frontman for Asleep at the Wheel, who wrote and sang a jingle to promote water conservation.

J e ffr e y M c W h o r t e r | D a ily T exan S ta ff

Ethical guidelines strengthen 
checks on admissions workers

By Ines Min
Daily Texan Staff 

One of the m any independent 
educational adviser associations 
that provide ethical gu id elines 
for university adm issions offic­
es has ad op ted a stricte r cod e 
of e th ics th at b ars a d m issio n s 
counselors from w orking as pri­
v ate co n s u lta n ts for stu d e n ts 
seeking adm ission.

The Independent Educational 
C o n su ltan ts A ssociation cre a t­
ed the new code of ethics in re­
sponse to a story in T he P h ila­
delphia Inquirer six m onths ago 
that exposed the double role of 
u niversity ad m issions cou n sel­
ors w h o w o rk as p riv ate co n ­
sultants aiding high school stu ­
dents w ith ad m issions process­
es in exch an ge for m oney and 
gifts, said M ark Sklarow, the as­
sociation's executive director.

A co m m itte e o f a sso cia tio n 
m em bers w ho m ake recom m en­
dations to the board of directors 
created the code, he said.

"[T h e code] applies just to our

m e m b ers," Sklarow said . "W e 
w ould hope other people would 
adopt them or sim ilar rules."

The association has more than 

400 colleges in its m em bership.

T he new e th ics cod e allow s 
parents and colleges to give gifts 
up to $50 in v alu e to c o u n sel­
ors, althou gh anything exceed ­
ing that am ount could be seen 
as "an attem pt to gain som e fa­
v o ritism from am ong co u n sel­
o r s ," he said . Sm all gifts such 
as T-shirts or mugs are com m on 
gifts.

"[$5Q gifts are] not going to be 
enough to curry favor am ong a 
consultant," Sklarow said.

M em b ers m ust treat all stu ­
dents and fam ilies with respect, 
not solicit or accept com pen sa­
tion from colleges in an attem pt 
to ad m it a stu d e n t, and m u st 
be clear about their job purpos­
es, according to the association's 
new code.

The U T adm issions office is a 
m em ber of the N ational A sso ­
ciatio n for C o lleg e A d m ission

Counseling, a separate indepen­
dent ed u cation al ad viser asso­
ciatio n . T h e a s s o c ia tio n 's e th ­
ics code is updated and am end­
ed yearly, said Augustine Garza, 
deputy director of the O ffice of 
Admissions.

[$ 5 0 gifts a r e ] not 
go in g to be enough 
to c u rry fa v o r 
am ong a consultant ”

— M a r k S k l a r o w .

A s s o c ia t i o n s 

executive director

G arza said he could not recall 
any scenarios of ethical issues at 
the UT O ffice of Admissions.

" I t 's p retty straig h tfo rw ard 
here at this U n iv ersity," Garza 
said. "W e basically follow these 
policies."

City expects homeless count to go up
Rates buck national 
trend; definitions 
lead to discrepancies

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NEWS BRIEFLY

Overloaded crane falls, killing 
one worker, injuring other

SMITHVIL.LE, Texas — A crane 

removing steel beams while dis­
mantling an old bridge over the 
Colorado River became overloaded 
and toppled Wednesday, killing one 
worker and injuring another, offi­
cials said.

The crane smashed into a man- 
lift basket where the two men were

working, knocking one off and kill­
ing him, said Smithville police Lt. 
Lonny Richardson. The man, iden­
tified as James Michael Miles, 47, of 
North Richland Hills, fell about 60 
feet from the top of the old bridge 
and landed on construction equip­
ment, likely dying instantly, Rich­
ardson said.

The workers were trying to loos­

en the joints of a beam, or gird­
er, when another beam also be­
came loose and caused the crane to 
topple, said Texas Department of 
Transportation spokesman Marcus

Cooper said.

The base of the crane, which was 

on the riverbed on what appeared 
to be a manmade base of gravel, 
tumbled over and ended up partial­
ly in the water.

The condition of the injured 
worker at University Medical Cen­
ter Brackenridge in Austin wasn't 
available. His name was not imme­
diately available Wednesday night. 
Richardson said he was in his 40s 
and from the Dallas-Fort Worth 
area.

— The A ssociated Press

Austin granted $150,000 to reduce crime
National initiative 

profits in the area w ho are w ill­
ing to help us."

local nonprofit organizations that 
already service the C entral East 
Austin area.

helps to ‘weed out9 

crime and drug use

By Ashley Crooks
Daily Texan Staff

The U.S. Department of Justice 
aw arded a $150,000 grant Tues­
day to the city of Austin to help 
reduce crim e and drug abuse.

T h e fu n d in g w ill g o to the 
W eed and Seed program based 
in Central East Austin. The five- 
year program has received tw o 
previous grants, each am ounting 
to $175,000.

The Weed and Seed program 
is a national initiative a d m in is­
tered by the U.S. D epartm ent of 
Ju stice in p artn ersh ip w ith lo ­
cal com m unities. Since 1991, the 
program has grown to more than 
200 sites in cities nationw ide, in­
cluding 12 in Texas.

The philosophy of the program 
is to sim ultaneously "w eed out" 
crim e and "seed in " positive so­
cial programs.

"W e focus on m ore than just 
red u cin g crim e, a lth o u g h that 
is a large p art o f it," said P e­
ter Freem an, site coordinator for 
W eed and Seed in A u stin. "O n 
the seed in g sid e, w e are trying 
to b rin g in co m m u n ity se rv ic ­
es by coordinating w ith existing 
groups, such as churches or non­

In A ustin, the Weed and Seed 
program w orks closely w ith the 
Austin Police Department, neigh­
borhood watch organizations and 
num erous local b u sin esses and 
nonprofit organizations to pursue 
four areas of concentration: youth 
and fam ily program s, neighbor­
hood resto ratio n , p u blic safety 
and ex-convict re-entry programs.
The Weed and Seed program 
focuses on a small area of Central 
East A ustin, w hich m easures .69 
square m iles, and w as started in 
October 2006 to crack down on an 
open-air drug market in the area.

"Three* years ago, when we ap­
plied for the Weed and Seed pro­
gram, we chose this area because 
of problem s w e saw around the 
12th and C hicon area," said Sgt. 
Robert Jones of the Austin Police 
Department.

The strategy of the program is 
to utilize local organizations to en­
sure success and sustain progress, 
he said.

"N eighborhood w atches are a 
force m ultiplier," Jones said. "We 
only have so m any cops and so 
m any resources, but w hen you 
have citizens, they can be your 
eyes and ears. When they witness 
a crime or suspicious activity and 
call in to report it, that helps us to 
reduce crime and solve crim e."

Weed and Seed also supports

K ath leen H ou lton , the W eed 
and Seed site coo rd in ator from 
2 0 0 7 -2 0 0 8 , said th a t sin ce th e 
program started , crim e has in ­
creased in som e a re as and d e ­
creased in others.

"O n e exam p le is a program 
called Life C h a n g ers," H oulton 
said. "W e have aw arded them a 
subcontract focusing on youth and 
family services. They have provid­
ed a sum m er youth em ploym ent 
program ... that was a big success. 
The program grew from nine em ­
ployed youth the first year to 20 
employed youth the second."

C o llabo ration w ith n eig h b or­
hood watch organizations and lo­
cal nonprofit organizations is es­
sential to the program 's sustain­
a b ility , H o u lto n s a id . She e x ­
plained that the grants are only 
one small step toward solving the 
problems in the Central East Aus­
tin area.

"The money that w e get is very 
small. It sounds like a lot of m on­
ey, but in reality it is a drop in the 
bucket. There are only so m any 
things we can offer financial sup­
port for in the area, and yet we are 
trying to create change on a much 
larger level," H oulton said. "So , 
we are really trying to look to le­
verage resources by collaborating 
with other organizations."

seen a decrease in stud ents at­
tending com m unity college, but 
that d oesn't m ean there's a de­
crease of students getting a high­
er education," he said.

A u stin 's C om m u nity A ction 
N etw ork counted 3,000 h o m e­
less individuals in Travis C oun­
ty in January 2007, including 520 
fam ilies. O nly 370 of the hom e­
less people counted fit the Hous­
ing D ep artm en t's d efinition of 
chronically homeless.

M cH orse questions the legiti­
m acy of any count conducted at 
only one point in time.

"I'm seeing m ore people lin ­
ing up for food banks and ser­
vices. C o nsid erin g the num ber 
o f v e te ra n s and rise in h o u s­
ing [co sts], th ere's an increase 
in w om en, child ren and v eter­
ans," said Vanessa Sarria, execu­
tive director for Com m unity Ac­

tion N etw ork, a local advocacy 
group for the hom eless.

Front Step s, w hich m anages 
an ov ern igh t sh elter in Austin 
for adult m ales, claim s to have 
successfully decreased the num ­
ber of chronically hom eless peo­
ple in Austin.

"Front Steps has put more peo­
ple in housing than ever before," 
said Susan Morris, the organiza­
tion's com munity relations direc­
tor. "A bout 350 clients go through 
case management programs, and 
of those clients that attend three 
or m ore m eetin g s, 70 p ercent 
went to housing."

Morris said there w as no offi­
cial count on how m any hom e­
less people the group has helped 
to find perm anent housing, but 
she agrees w ith the U.S. report 
that the hom eless population is 
declining.

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T h e n u m b e r o f c h r o n ic a l­
ly hom eless A m ericans has d e­
creased by alm ost one-third in 
the past tw o years, according to 
a U.S. report. The city of Austin 
expects the opposite with a pro­
jection of the local homeless pop­
ulation to increase from about 
3,800 to 4,500.

An estimated head count con­
d u cted by h o m e le ss a d v o c a ­
cy groups in Austin counted al­
m ost 2,000 hom eless people in 
2005 and estimates an increase to 
4,000 by the end of the year. The 
increase can be partly attrib u t­
ed to homeless organizations im­
proving methods of counting the 
homeless population.

The city of Austin and U.S. De­
partment of Housing and Urban 
D ev elop m en t reports have re­
cently contrad icted one an oth­
er, in part due to different defini­
tions of "chronically hom eless."

The Housing Departm ent col­
lected in fo rm atio n from m ore 
than 3,800 cities and counties sur­
veying only chronically hom e­
less people. U nder the d ep art­
m ent, the chronically hom eless 
are defined as "disabled individ­
uals who have been continuous­
ly hom eless for more than a year 
or have experienced at least four 
episodes of hom elessness in the 
past three years." The definition 
excludes homeless families.

This d efinition focuses on a 
narrow part of the homeless pop­
ulation" said Ed McHorse, chair­
man of Austin's Ending Com m u­
nity Homelessness Coalition.

"It's kind of like saying w e've

On Wednesday 
morning, a 
person walks 
by ARCH, the 
Austin Resource 
Center for the 
Homeless, 
located at the 
corner of 7th 
and Neches 
streets. A new 
report released 
by the U.S. 
Department 
of Housing 
and Urban 
Development 
shows that 
the number 
of chronically 
homeless 
people has 
dropped 
nationwide.

Buddy Burkhattcr

D a ily T e x an Staff

 Thursday, July 31,2008

FOOTBALL

UT ranked 14th 
in Texan’s top 
25 football poll

By David R. Henry
Daily Texan Staff

Arizona State (10-3 last season)

The Sun Devils should finish second in the Pac 10 
this year. They have senior quarterback Rudy Carpen­
ter coming back, as well as their leading rusher and top 
two receivers.

They bring back their leading tackier, linebacker Tra­
vis Goethel, and their leader in the secondary, safety 
Troy Nolan. Arizona State returns their entire front four 
on defense.

Coach Dennis Erickson has done a remarkable turn­

around job.

While the Sun Devils look great on paper, after the way 
they were embarrassed in a loss to Texas last season at the 
Holiday Bowl, it's hard to rank them higher up than this.

Their Sept. 20 home game against Georgia will show 

whether they have a legitímate shot at beating USC.

Texas (10-3 last season)

Even though Texas is not in the top 10, hold off on the 
death threats. They very well could be there by the end 
of the season. However, the team doesn't have enough 
proven talent to be ranked there just yet.

Losing Jamaal Charles on offense is a definite concern.
Vondrell McGee has yet to prove he's more than a 
short-yardage back at running back. Redshirt freshman 
Fozzy Whitaker is getting good reports based on his off­
season and spring workouts but has yet to show what 
he can do in a game. Chris Ogbonnaya is a nice guy and 
a team leader, but he scares opposing defenses about as 
much as (insert your own analogy here for something 
non-th rea tening).

Jordan Shipley and Quan Cosby have always been 
good supplementary threats at wide receiver, but this is 
the first year they'll be go-to guys. Jermichael Finley is 
another big loss.

The coaches say Brian Orakpo is looking great, and 
defensive tackle Roy Miller was named to the Bednarik 
Award watch list. It will be exciting to see what Sergio 
Kindle and Roddrick Muckelroy can do at the starting 
linebacker spots, as many felt they should have been 
starting last year.

The secondary is unproven and will be a concern. The 
good news is that Will Muschamp has come from Au­
burn to revive the defense. If Muschamp can work his 
magic, watch out for Texas.

Oh, but there's a little more bad news to go with the 

good. Texas plays nine bowl teams from last year.

BYU (11-2 last year)

Favor BYU in every game they play this season, in­
cluding Washington and UCLA. The Cougars have post­
ed back-to-back 11-win seasons.

Junior Max Hall returns at quarterback after throw­
ing for 3,848 yards last season, and his top four receivers 
come back with him.

MWC Freshman of the Year Harvey Unga set a con­
ference record for all-purpose yards. He'll give opposing 
defenses fits again as a sophomore.

Defense could be a concern with the team losing its 

top two tacklers.

BYU was 16-0 in the MWC the last two years and 12-0 
at home. The next step for them would be to make a BCS 
bowl this season. If they avoid the injury bug, the Cou­
gars could do just that.

Texas Tech (9-4 last year)

Longhorn fans want to believe the Red Raiders are over­

hyped this year. Just don't say you weren't warned.

Tech ranked second in the nation in total offense, and 
quarterback Graham Harrell and wide receiver Michael 
Crabtree are at it again. Harrell is a third-year starter and 
led the nation in passing last season. One area he needs 
to improve, though, is interceptions.

Tech uses a running-back-by-committee approach led 

by Shannon Woods, last year's leading rusher.

Offensive lineman Louis Vasquez m ade the first- 
team All-Big 12 last season and returns to lead the line 
this season.

Tech's defense improved significantly under new de­
fensive coordinator Ruffin McNeill, finishing third in 
the Big 12 in total defense. What was a young defense 
last year returns eight starters, so for the first time under 
Mike Leach, Tech's defense is actually a strength for the 
team. All-Big 12 third team selection defensive end Bran­
don Williams leads the defensive line, and leading tack­
ier Marlon Williams returns at linebacker.

First-team All-Big 12 comerback Jamar Wall is back 
with third-team All-Big 12 safety Darcel McBath to wreak 
havoc in the secondary.

When Tech hosts Texas in Lubbock on Nov. 1, the 

Raiders should be undefeated.

Auburn (9-4 last season)

Ihial-threat quarterback Kodi Bums hasn't exactly 
secured the starting spot yet, according to insiders. Tex­
as Tech transfer Chris Todd is making a strong push for 
the job.

Tiger fans are excited about the addition of Tony Frank­
lin as offensive coordinator. Franklin will bring a high-oc­
tane spread offense to a team that previously ran a bland 
West Coast offense. The team's leading rusher, Ben Tate, 
returns, as do five starters on the offensive line.

Rodgeriqus Smith made some big catches at wide re­
ceiver last year and will be the team's go-to threat again 
this year They return a lot of players on defense also.

With the returning talent coming back, the Tigers 
will be a force to be reckoned with out of the SEC. They 
caught a break by not having Florida on the schedule.

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Victim questions 
football players’ 
punishment

By Danielle Vickery
The Daily Collegian (UWire)

More than a year after a fight brought charges 
against six Penn State football players, one of the 
victims says he is still dissatisfied with the results 
of a Judicial Affairs investigation.

An ESPN segment on Outside the Lines aired 
Sunday, highlighting the legal troubles players have 
recently faced — including an April 1, 2007 apart­
ment fight, during which police say 15 to 20 football 
players burst into an apartment and started a fight 
that sent at least two men to the hospital.

Larry Himes, a tenant at the apartm ent where 
the fight broke out, said he believed Judicial Affairs 
was there to help him and his co-defendants at the 
beginning of the process.

Last night, he said that hasn't been the case.
"It was like anywhere we turned to for help, we 

got the runaround," Himes said.

Himes said relations with Judicial Affairs seemed 
to change as the incident received more publici­
ty. He said the victims were not satisfied with the 
punishment the players eventually received.

The Office of Judicial Affairs gave temporary ex­
pulsions to four players police say were involved 
in the fight — A nthony Scirrotto, Chris Baker, 
Lydell Sargeant and Jerome Hayes. They were ex­
pelled for the second sum m er session last year, 
which ended Aug. 17, but were allowed to partici­
pate in preseason workouts that began Aug. 6.

"Getting expelled for sum m er session — that's 

pretty ridiculous if you ask me," Himes said.

Six Nittany Lions — Scirrotto, Baker, Sargeant, 
Hayes, Tyrell Sales and Justin King — were charged 
in the fight. They entered the apartment party, cre­
ating a situation that was "like a brawl" in response 
to a previous altercation between Scirrotto and three 
men that had occurred earlier on the evening of 
March 31, according to court documents.

Scirrotto now serves as one of Penn State's cap­
tains for the 2008-2009 season, and the other play­
ers charged are back on the team's roster as of press 
time yesterday — except for comerback King, who 
has since moved on to the NTL's St. Louis Rams.

Crim inal charges against King, Sales, Hayes 

and Sargeant were eventually dropped.

Penn State spokeswoman Lisa Powers said she 
was unaware of victim dissatisfaction with outcome.
Scirrotto's m other, Paula M ascali, said she 
w orried about her son's expulsion but said her 
son is a good person and that he did everything 
he w as su pp osed to do. Scirrotto is currently 
serving a year's w orth of probation after taking 
a plea deal in February.

"Of course you're w orried about things w hen 
som ething like that happens," Mascali said. "My 
son has paid his dues."

Mascali was not pleased with the timing of the 

O utside the Lines report.

"Right before football season — do you think 
th a t's fair? No, no, it's not fair," M ascali said. 
"Joe Paterno is a good man ... He's a good man, 
and he did not deserve that."

Powers said the university believes the O u t­
side the Lines report w as not representative of 
Penn State, though she acknowledged the issues 
the football program has faced.

M. Spencer Green | Associated Press

Penn State head football coach Joe Paterno speaks 
to reporters at the Big 10 Conference football 
m edia day Thursday in Chicago.

Houston 
Dynamo's 
Bobby Boswell 
(32), Craig 
Waibel (16), 
Brad Davis 
(11) and 
Brian Mullan 
celebrate on 
Boswell's goal 
against D.C. 
United in the 
first half of the 
SuperLiga soc­
cer match.

Lawrence Jackson

Associated Press

Pachuca pressure by adding speedy 
winger Ashe and newly acquired strik­
er Kai Kamara for Davis and Jaqua.

The breakthrough finally came af­
ter a spell of Dynamo pressure led to 
another comer. Defender Craig Waibel 
flicked on De Rosario's cross, and Bo­
swell was there to bundle it in at the 
far post.

With time quickly winding down, 
the Dynam o retreated into a defen­
sive shell as they looked to weather 
the oncoming Pachuca storm. Boswell 
punctuated his goal with a command­
ing defensive performance alongside 
rookie Geoff Cameron.

As Pachuca pushed forward, Hous­
ton predictably found room to oper­
ate behind the Mexican defense. After 
a series of squandered counter attacks, 
Ashe's first ever goal at Robertson put 
the icing on the cake. Mullan beat his 
defender to the by-line before sending 
a ball to the far post that the diminu­
tive Ashe headed home.

The game, already on the boiling 
point after a halftime exchange be­
tween players and staff and a volatile 
history from past encounters, turned 
into a shoving match as Pachuca's 
frustration took over.

Pachuca ended the game with five 

Tony Gutierrez | Associated Press

Dallas Cowboys safety Roy Williams participates in drills during NFL football training camp. 
Lately, there have been questions about the safety's ability in pass coverage and if he still fits in 

the defense.

Safety expects more

Williams has new 
number, attitude 
at training camp

By Stephen Hawkins
The Associated Press 

OXNARD, C alif. — Roy 
W illiams w as only a rookie 
and just beginning to build 
his reputation as a h ard-hit­
ting safety the last tim e he 
w as on the field w ith coach 
Dave Campo.

D uring the last five se a ­
sons Cam po w as aw ay from 
the D allas C ow boys before 
com ing back as seco n d ary 
coach, W illiam s w as a Pro 
Bowl p lay er every year — 
and still the team 's second- 
leading tackier last season.

Yet 

t h e r e h a v e b e e n 
m o u n tin g q u e stio n s ab ou t 
W illiams' ability in pass cov­
erage — as he often watched 
from the sideline on obvious 
passing d o w ns last year — 
and how he still fits into the 
Cowboys defense.

W illiam s certain ly d id n 't 
help ch a n g e su ch p e rc e p ­

tio n s w h e n he a d m itte d 
in a ra d io in te rv ie w d u r ­
ing the offseason that there 
w ere tim es he hoped passes 
w eren 't throw n his w ay b e­
cause he knew he c o u ld n 't 
cover the receiver.

T h en te a m m a te T erence 
N e w m a n , re p e a tin g w h a t 
fo rm e r coach Bill Parcells 
once told him, said Williams 
a t tim e s la s t se a so n w a s 
"loo king like a deer in the 
headlights" — though N ew ­
m an later em p h asized that 
he d id n 't say that's how Wil­
liams looked all the time.

W alking off the field af­
ter practice at training camp 
lon g a fte r th e re st of h is 
team m ates had already gone 
in s id e , W illiam s s a id the 
criticism and the q u estio ns 
d o n 't su rp rise him. He con­
siders that part of the job.

"The only thing that real­
ly bothered me is for people to 
say that I'm not a team player," 
Williams said. "You can say 
whatever you want, but don't 
question if I love my team ­
mates or if I care for them."

Sure he still w ants to be on

the field as m uch as possible, 
but Williams said he will do 
w hatever he's asked to do in 
the Cow boys defense. Even 
if that m eans com ing off the 
field on certain plays.

Cam po considers Williams 
an u n q u e stio n a b le starter. 
But after a w eek of training 
cam p, it h a sn 't been d e te r­
m ined exactly w hat the safe­
ty's overall role will be and in 
which packages he will play.
A long w ith his renew ed 
C hristian faith, W illiam s is 
w earing a new num ber (No. 
38) and has rededicated him ­
self as a player.

"I just have a new expecta­
tion of life," he said. "Things 
are totally different. I am living 
a different way and I am really 
excited about this season."

Williams had w orn No. 31 
th ro u g h o u t his NFL career, 
a n d the jersey u se d to be 
am ong the league's top sell­
ers. He decided at the end of 
last season to sw itch to No. 
38 because "eight in the Bi­
ble is a new beginning." It is 
also the num ber he w ore in 
college at Oklahoma.

MLS

By Michael Sherfield
Daily Texan Staff

The Houston Dynamo booked their 
place in the SuperLiga final Tuesday 
night with a victory over Mexican ri­
vals Pachuca at Robertson Stadium.

Late goals from defender Bobby Bo­
swell in the 77th minute and substitute 
Corey Ashe 10 minutes later helped 
Houston avenge a penalty shoot-out 
loss to the visiting team at this stage of 
the tournament last season.

The Dynamo came flying out of the 
gate, twice threatening the visitors' 
goal in the first minute. Meanwhile, 
Pachuca goalkeeper Miguel Calero 
had to be at his best to knock dow n 
a D w ayne De Rosario volley that 
seemed destined for the top comer.

But the Houston pressure relented, 
and Pachuca's slick passing dominat­
ed the game for much of the first half. 
But the Mexican team, just one game 
into their regular season, lacked an of­
fensive threat up front, and Onstad 
was rarely challenged.

Following yet another Pachuca at­
tack that produced no end result, 
Houston midfielder Ricardo Clark re­
leased De Rosario, on the left flank, 
w ho hurdled a tackle before going 
clean through on goal.

But Calero, last season's SuperLi-

ga hero for his performance in back- 
to-back penalty shoot-outs, dove to 
his left to deny the All-Star striker.

Both team s w ent into the half 

without scoring.

The seco nd h alf c o n tin u e d on 
the same track as Pachuca was con­
tent to keep the ball, and H ouston 
looked to exploit the size of Ch- 
ing and 6-foot-4-inch forw ard Nate 
jaqua, w ho returned to the D yna­
mo after winning the MLS cup with

them last season.

But a lack of production from the 
usually reliable Brad Davis and Brian 
Mullan from the wings left both sides 
struggling to threaten in the final third 
of the game.

Pachuca had the ball in the net at 
60 minutes after a well-worked coun­
ter-attack, but they were denied by 
the linesman flag, as Gabriel Caballe­
ro had strayed offside.

Houston responded to the building

yellow cards to the Dynamo's one

Dynamo advance to SuperLiga semifinal after 2-0 victory

 Thursday, July 31, 2008

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Brazilian musician 
resigns from culture 
minister position

By Stan Lehman
The Associated Press

S A O P A U L O , B ra z il — G i l ­
berto G il stepped do w n as B ra ­
zilian culture m inister W ednes­
day, saying he w anted to ded i­
cate more time to his music and 
his family.

T he G ra m m y - w in n in g m u ­
s ic ia n , w h o r e v o lu t io n iz e d 
B r a z ilia n m u sic in the 1960s 
as a fo u n d e r of the Tropical- 
ism m ovem ent, had been c u l­
ture m inister since 2003, w h en 
P re sid e n t L u iz In a cio L u la da 
S ilv a started his first term in 
office.

G il tried to step d o w n tw ice 
before but S ilva had persuaded 
him to stay. This time the presi­
dent accepted his resignation.

" I am leaving the governm ent 
to dedicate more time to m y ar­
tistic endeavors and to m y fam ­
ily, w h ic h is g ro w in g w ith the 
addition of a new g ran d ch ild ," 
G il, 66, told a new s conference.

H e said his one c o m p la in t 
from his tim e in g o ve rn m e n t 
is that "th e m in is tr y d id not 
get the generous budget it de­
served."

Since his appointm ent as cul­
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w ent surgery for the rem oval of 
tw o cysts on his vocal cords last 
October — has d ivid ed his time 
between the political and m usi­
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G i l a n d lo n g tim e f r ie n d 
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w ith inventing the Tropicalism 
m ovement, a blend of rock and 
bossa nova.

Tropicalism e ventually in flu ­
enced such m usicians as D avid 
B y rn e , P a u l Sim o n and Beck, 
but the p o litical content of its 
ly r ic s o ffe n d e d the n a tio n 's 
1964-1985 m ilitary dictatorship. 
Both G il and Veloso were jailed 
in 1968 and liv e d in exile in 
London from 1969 to 1972.

G il has sold m illio n s of re­
cords o v e r his 45-year career, 
and w on a G ra m m y in 1998 for 
best w o rld music album.

C u ltu re M in is t r y Ex e c u tiv e 
Secretary Juca Ferreira has been 
appointed acting culture m inis­
ter and is expected to be named 
to the post perm anently in early 
A ugust after S ilva returns from 
the Beijing O lym pics.

you should be • • •

Singing along to'Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog7

"D r. H orrib le's Sing-Along Blog" is the newest and greatest 
from Joss W heton starring N eil Patrick H arris as Dr. Horrible. 
The musical is now freely available on hulu.com and shows the 
struggles of Dr. Horrible, aspiring supervillian, in love, laundry 
and villiany. Dr. Horrible is in love but the object of his crush is 
dating his nemesis Captain Hammer. Dr. Horrible plots vile ex­
ploits that w ill get him into the E v il League of E v il but finds 
him self thw arted in love and e vil by uber-jock C aptain H a m ­
mer. The su p ervillian protagonist is only part of w h at makes 
this short musical w orth watching. The geek's struggle to find 
love and be accepted (in this case by the E v il League of E v il) is 
perfectly executed in this now well-established net-film. If you 
h aven't seen it yet, spend 45 minutes of yo ur w eekend em pa­
thizing w ith a supervillian.

Checking out the music of Jay Reatard

Despite being a com pilation, Ja y Reatard's Singles 06-07 sus­
tains remarkable consistency. W hether it w as planned or coin­
cidental, the collection flows like an actual album — there isn't 
the usual jarring break between rough demo and live clip found 
in most single/rarity compliations. Here, Reatard sounds like 
Three Imaginary Boys-eta The Cure if they partied w ith the Delta 
House. Reatard himself has a slight Robert Sm ith drawl, but it's 
not meant to be a downer. H e indulges in 60s pop weirdness on 
"N ig h t of Broken G lass" and shows his punk fury on the haunt- 
ingly catchy "Blood Visions." If you couldn't find the singles in­
d iv id u a lly or yo u 're not an obessive collector, Singles 06-07 is 
w orth picking up.

Jay Reatard will be playing at Red 7 on Sunday.

— Alex Regnery

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The Associated Press

ATHENS, Greece — An astro­
nomical calculator, considered a 
technological marvel of antiquity, 
w as also used to track dates of the 
ancient Olympic gam es, research­
ers have found.

Experts from Britain, Greece 
and the United States said they 
have detected the w ord "O lym ­
p ia " on a bronze dial, as well as 
the nam es of other gam es in an­
cient Greece on the device known 
as the Antikythera Mechanism.

Their findings w ill be report­
ed Thursday in the British science 
journal Nature.

The 2,100-year-old Antikythera 
M echanism w as recovered from 
an ancient shipwreck in 1901 near 
Antikythera, a sm all islan d off 
Greece's south coast.

Its insides look like a clock. 
A b o u t 30 bro n z e g ears w e re 
cranked to calculate phases of the 
moon, eclipses and other celestial 
inform ation specific to a certain 
date. Results w ere displayed on 
dials on the front and back of the 
mechanism.

In 2005, an X-ray tom ography 
machine w as brought from Brit­
ain to the N ational Archaeolog­
ical m useum of Athens, w h ich 
houses the device's corroded and 
sediment-encrusted remains. Re­
searchers soon found the gear 
structure — including the number 
of teeth cut into the wheels — cor­
responded to know n theories of 
celestial cycles.

"It's like a medical scanner, but 
instead of putting people in it, we 
put the Antikythera Mechanism," 
Yanis Bitsakis, a co-author of the 
N ature report, told The Associat­
ed Press of the technology used to 
study the device.

Bitsakis, of Athens University's 
Center for H istory and Paleogra­
phy, said finding the O lym p ia n 
dial on the device was a surprise.

"W e were astonished because 
this is not an astronom ic cycle 
but an Olym pian cycle, one of so­
cial events ... One does not need a 
piece of high technology to keep 
track of a simple four-year cycle," 
he said. "It is perhaps not extrava­
gant to see the mechanism as a m i­
crocosm illustrating the temporal 
harmonization of hum an and d i­
vine order."

Losm i C h o b i | Associated Press

A visitor looks at a m odel replica of an ancient astronom ical calculator, 
known as the Antikythera M echanism , at the National Archaeological 

M useum of Athens, W ednesday.

In a second new find, also re­
ported in Nafim? on Thursday, Bit­
sakis and fellow researchers found 
that month names etched onto the 
Antikvthera Mechanism were con­
sistent w ith ones used in C orin­
thian colonies in Sicily. This pro­
vides the first possible link with 
the Greek mathematician A rch i­
medes, w ho died there about 100 
years before the device was built, 
Bitsakis said.

"T his is an interesting, not d i­
rect link, but possible link w ith 
the town where Archimedes used 
to work. It is the first link of this 
kind," he said.

W ith the p o w e rfu l 3-D scan­
ner, built by the British-based X- 
Tek Systems, scientists can peer 
into razor-thin sections of the de­
vice's 80-odd surviving fragments 
to understand its mechanics and 
read hundreds of tiny Greek in­
scriptions etched onto its bronze 
components.

Inform ation w as also gleaned 
from a technique developed by 
U.S.-based H ew lett-Packard Co. 
w h ich m ade com posite images 
of high-resolution digital photo­
graphs taken of the m echanism 
fragments under varied lighting 
conditions.

"T h e inscriptions are in v e ry 
faint layers, like one-tenth of a 
m illim eter in depth, and the let­
ters are 1 m illim eter high, so it's 
almost nothing," he said.

"[W e had better] m em ory pro­
cessing power and more pow er­
ful graphic cards ... W ithout this 
w e co u ld n 't see the inscription 
because you have to increase the 
resolution and the result is a very 
big file," he said.

The ongoing research project 
into the Antikythera Mechanism 
is being led b y M ike Ed m unds, 
professor of astrophysics, and his 
colleagues at C a rd iff U n iv e rsity 
in Britain.

TEENS: Stars offer advice for high schoolers

— Dylan Miracle

From page 10

m y story w as interesting to oth­
ers even then.

DT: Mitch, how does it make you 
feel to be portrayed as an asshole in 
the film?

M R: Well, I d o n 't like that. I 
tried to not be an assh o le. I'm 
not p ro u d of it. I m e sse d up. 
H igh school p eop le m ake m is­
takes. P eople in gen eral m ake 
m istakes.

DT: Did it ever occur to you that 
your father would come off as pushy 
in the film ?

M K : 1 knew he w a s b ein g 
pushy, but he w as a little taken 
aback by [the film] when he saw 
it. I think he w as aw are of how

pu shy he w as. M y older broth­
er (a N otre Dam e alum ) w as six 
years old er than me, so things 
had changed, adm issions-wise, 
at N otre Dam e. So I don't think 
he knew how pu shy he w as be­
ing. I think it w as good for him 
to see the film w h ile m y yo ung ­
er brother w a s going through 
the adm issions process, because 
he let up on him a little.

DT: The movie made you sean like 
a ball hog on your basketball team. 
Was that an accurate portrayal?

C C : I think in general 1 was. I 
had m y moments. I really real­
ized it after the game if I felt pres­
sure w ith the scouts in the crowd. 
M aybe I could be, though.

DT: So what do you guys want

American teens today to get from 
this movie?

JT: D on't ju d ge a b o o k by its 

cover

Party hard.

H B: Party. Party all the time. 

C C : G ive everyone a chance. 
Don't not give som eone a chance 
because of labels.

M K : That all the stereo ty p i­
cal — jock, princess, rebel, heart- 
throb, geek — people have prob­
lem s. That everyone h as stru g ­
gles. And no one is perfect.

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L O S A N G E L E S — Their feud 
finally having gone up in smoke, 
Cheech and C hong say they're 
eager to get back on the road for 
their first com edy tour in more 
than 25 years.

"W e had such a legacy, such 
a history. W e couldn't escape it, 
even if we tried," Tommy Chong 
told reporters at a new s confer­
ence Wednesday.

The duo said their "L ig h t U p 
A m erica" tour w ill kick off Sept. 
12 in Philadelphia.

"It's going to be v ery theatri­

cal," said Cheech Marin.

If W ednesd ay's new s confer­
ence w as an indication, it w on't 
spare the pothead humor, either.

"W e 're defin itely still sm ok­

ing," Chong said when asked.

M arin and Chong, w ho broke 
up am id creative differences, 
have tried to reunite before, but 
have always fought too much.

" It takes about three minutes 
for that to happen, M a rin said. 
"T h e re 's this v e ile d hatreLl." 
Bu t he added: "W e 'v e kind of 
resolved that."

During their original run, Marin 
and Chong released nine comedy 
albums between 1972 and 1985, 
were nominated for four G ra m ­
m y Aw ards and w on one. They 
also starred in eight feature films.

" W e 'v e g o tten to the age 
where w e don't feel like fighting 
anym ore," M arin said, "because 
the end is a lot closer than the 
beginning."

— The Associated Press

MUMMY: Disney 
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m ischief and pratfalls. It m ay 
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Associate Life&Arts Editor: Dylan M iracle 
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Phone: (512) 232-2209

IN T E R V I E W

Documentary gives 
glimpse into rural 
teens’ experiences

By Eric Heaggans
Daily Texan Staff

Billed as "T h e Breakfast C lub" 
for the new m illenium , "A m e ri­
can Teen" is a Sundance aw ard- 
winning docum entary about five 
g rad u atin g high school sen iors 
stru g g lin g through sch oo l and 
life. D irected by N anette Burn- 
stein ("T he Kid Stays In The Pic­
tu re "), "A m e rica n T een " offers 
an e x c e lle n t in sid er view into 
the lives and hearts of an entire 
co m m u n ity and cu ltu re in ru ­
ral A m erica. T he film d eliv e rs 
sto m a ch -ch u rn in g m o m en ts of 
tension as well as insp irational 
changes. The D aily Texan had a 
chance to talk with the five teens 
from the docum entary about life 
when the cam eras are off.

The D aily Texan: How are you 
guys liking goin g around and pro­
moting the movie?

All: A lot of fun. W e're kinda 
tired, but w e're running on Red 
Bull, so it's cool.

DT: I understand you're in col­
lege playing basketball. How is that 
going fo r you, Colin?

C o lin C lem en s: G ood . It's a 
big leap from high school. In col­
lege, everyone is the best player 
from their team, so it's a lot more 
com petitive. I started off at Indi­
ana Tech my first tw o years and 
d ecid ed it w a sn 't the p lace for 
me, so I'm transferring to M an-

Chester C o lle g e in In d ia n a to 
play point guard.

DT: W hat have you been up to 

since the movie was shot?

M itch R einholt: I go to In d i­
ana University. I love it there. I'm 
pre-m ed there and plan to attend 
med school to become an optom ­
etrist.

Jake Tusing: I'm taking it easy, 
trying to make some money back 
from m y tw o failed colleg e a t­
tem pts so far before I try a third 
time. I spent some time traveling 
also.

Hannah Bailey: I live in New 
York now. I'm stu d y in g film . I 
love New York. I plan to move to 
Brooklyn after I graduate.

DT: So M egan, how's Notre Dame 

going fo r you?

M egan K rizm an ich : It's g o ­
ing great. I'm studying medicine. 
There's a lot of studying, but it's 
everything I hoped it would be.

DT: During the film we saw you 
evolve into a more confident, pseu­
do-ladies man. Was that som ething 
you wanted to happen?

JT: I d id n 't m ake a consciou s 
effort in high school, but after I 
did. It hit me at Sundance w hen 
people m ade me feel like I w as 
som eth in g out of the ordinary. 
During film ing, having the cam ­
eras around m ade me feel good 
to know that so m eth in g ab ou t

TEENS continues on page 9

Mitch Reinholt, 
left, and Hannah 
Bailey star in the 
film "American 
Teen," an 
upcom ing 
docum entary 
following the 
lives of five high 
school seniors.

Courtesy of 

Paramount Vantage

A swimmer visits Deep Eddy pool to take in a family-friendly m ovie and escape from Austin's sum m er heat. The venue will show the last 

m ovie of the summer, "Grease," this Saturday night.

File Photo | Daily Texan Staff

Pool offers movie screenings

Deep Eddy to show 
final summer flick 
this Saturday night

By Rachel M eador
Daily Texan Staff

A n y o n e w h o h a s liv e d 
th ro u g h an A u stin su m m er 
know s that it pays to find cre­
ativ e w ays to e scap e the re ­
lentless heat.

This season has been no ex­
ception, w ith record-breaking 
tem peratures occurring on an 
a lm o st d a ily b a sis. O n e lo ­
cal pool is m aking the quest 
for sw eet relief a little easier 
for locals w ith w eekly m ovie

show ings.

of June.

D eep E d d y p o o l o ffe rs a 
c h ild -fr ie n d ly film p r o je c t­
ed acro ss th eir ch illy w aters 
S a tu rd a y e v e n in g s ju s t fo r 
the p rice o f regular pool a d ­
m is s io n . O n m o v ie n ig h ts , 
the sp acio u s sp rin g -fed pool 
is b rim m in g w ith sw im m ers 
an d v ie w e r s as d iv e r s e as 
A ustin itself.

L o cal high sch oo l stu d e n t 
and sw im m in g h o le e n th u ­
s ia s t L iv F u a r e z h a s b e e n 
a tte n d in g th e D e e p E d d y 
S p la s h P a rtie s w ith fa m ily 
and frie n d s fo r y e a rs . T h is 
s u m m e r s h e h a s m a n a g e d 
to a tte n d e v e ry s c r e e n in g , 
w ith the e x ce p tio n of a c a n ­
celed film the la st w eek en d

"I w as ju st sw im m in g laps 
o n e e v e n in g w h en th e p o ol 
b e c a m e u n u s u a lly b u s y ," 
F u a r e z s a id . " T h e p r o je c ­
to r w en t up, and a fte r a few 
m inutes of m usic, I heard the 
'H arry P o tte r' them e song. It 
w as d estin y th at I sh o u ld be 
there that nigh t. I love H arry 
P otter."

T his su m m er's selection has 
included "S h r e k ," "B e e M ov­
ie " a n d " G r e m li n s ." F u a r ­
ez said she is alw ays pleased 
w ith the m ovie ch oices, even 
though they are G -rated.

"T h ey do a really g reat job 
p ick in g m o v ies th at are a p ­
p r o p r ia te fo r c h ild r e n b u t 
that anyone can enjoy," Fuar­

ez said . "T h e e v e n in g m ight 
b e fa m ily -fr ie n d ly , b u t the 
cro w d by no m ean s co n sists 
o nly of parents and child ren. 
I lik e to a lte r n a te b e tw e e n 
co m in g w ith m v frien d s and 
c o m in g w ith m y fam ily. It's 
alw ays fun, and I never have 
to w o rry ab ou t sca n d a liz in g 
m y p a re n ts w ith so m e racy 
m o v ie."

S a tu rd a y e v e n in g 's s h o w ­
ing o f "G r e a s e " w ill b e your 
la s t o p p o rtu n ity to c a tc h a 
m o v ie in th e pool this su m ­
mer. The m ovie starts at dusk, 
an d if th e 6 8 -d e g re e w a te r 
does not suit you, the sloping 
green lawn for picnickers and 
loungers is a com fortable and 
dry alternative.

F O O D R E V I E W

Cupcakes: The good, the bad and the healthy
Austin's restaurants 
serve up varieties of 
an American classic

al tastes, but they actually incor­
porate them into the recipes. In 
one of the cupcakes, the center is 
a giant helping of chocolate chip 
cookie dough. The cupcake and 
cookie dough make for an addic­
tive combination.

By Victoria Heckenlaibel
Daily Texan Staff

A m e r ic a n s h a v e in v e n te d 
many of the world's most impor­
tant innovations — the airplane, 
the light bulb, the telephone and, 
above all, the cupcake. At first, 
cu p ca k e s w ere baked to sav e 
tim e, but they've grow n into a 
dessert so trendy that Paris Hilton 
is a regular consumer. This obses­
sion continues in A ustin as we 
seek the city's best cupcakes.

Quack's 43rd Street Bakery
Best overall

Dhaba Joy sells a wide variety o f speciality vegan cupcakes such as 

Tiramisu, Oreo, and Carrot Cake flavored.

Buddy Burkhalter | Daily Texan Staff

With a good mix betw een tra­
ditional and unique cupcake op­
tions, Q u ack 's 43rd Street B ak ­
ery is the best place to go w hen 
cra v in g a cu p cak e. I se le cte d 
the Boston Cream cupcake, and 
there is nothing better. The cake 
w as su rp risin g ly m o ist w ith .a 
sm ooth cream filling. A thin but 
rich-tasting layer of glazed choc­
olate tops it off.

A s fo r th e m o re tr a d itio n ­
al cu p ca k es, the co lo rfu l icing 
is p e rfe ctly sw irled and lig h t­
ly dusted w ith sp rin kles. They 
a re lik e s o m e th in g o u t o f a 
p ainting.

Q u ack 's also has several veg ­

an cupcake options.

T h e c u p c a k e s ra n g e fro m 
$2.79 to $3.15 a piece, but they 
are well worth it.

Polkadots Cupcake Factory
Most creative

Mixing a treat for the taste buds 
with creativity, Polkadots has ev­
ery cupcake you have never imag­
ined — peanut butter and jeal- 
ly, chocolate chip cookie dough, 
green tea apricot and more.

These cupcakes are not just 
flavored to mimic these unusu­

The cupcakes are a bit sm all, 
but are so rich they are hard to 
finish. They run for a little less 
than $3.

Dhaba Joy

Healthiest

These cupcakes defy the stereo­
type of healthy desserts being dis­
gusting. Though strictly vegan, 
the cupcakes rival the usual but­
ter- and milk-filled version of the 
dessert.

Dhaba Joy offers a decent vari­
ety ranging from a love cupcake to 
black forest. As recommended by 
an employee, I tried the black for­
est cupcake.

The cake was a tad dry but over­
whelmed by the juicy black-cherry 
center. This was topped with cher­
ry icing and a brownie bit.

T hese sem i-healthy cupcakes 

cost about $3.

CUPCAKES continues on page 9

Brendan Fraser not the first to battle movie mummies

soundbites

High Places

03/07 -

 09/07

You'll like it if you like: Panda Bear, 

Beat Happening, Julianna Barwick

A com pilation of digital sin­
g le s re le a se d th ro u g h eM u - 
sic.com , 03/07 - 09/07 is an in­
te re stin g w ork. S e rv in g as a 
collection of sn ap sh ots of the 
H igh P laces' creative process, 
the album is filled w ith odd, 
b ree z y track s th at sh o w ca se 
th e d u o 's s ig n a tu r e s o u n d 
an d , a g a in st all o d d s, fit to ­
gether wonderfully.

The m ain constant through­
out 03/07 - 09/07 is M ary Pear­
so n 's sim p le, d riftin g vo cals. 
W hile her sin ging is instantly 
engaging, her overly childish, 
d o u b le-d u tch rhy m ing ly rics 
at tim es border on silly. W hat 
sav es the track s from fallin g 
into the trap of the overly pre­
co cio u s and p u rp osely naive, 
though, is that they are deliv­
ered with a kind of pure, infec­
tious optim ism . Like Jonathan 
R ich m an b efo re her, P earson 
is ab le to sin g som ew h at ad- 
olescently in an incredibly en-

i/r/r£r£ru:

dearing fashion.

H ow ever, the real treat of 
H igh P laces lies in the w arm 
sound collages that Rob Barber 
c o n s tr u c ts u n d e rn e a th each 
tra ck . H eavy, d u b -lik e b a ss 
and a sea o f trop ical p ercu s­
sion form airy, rattling rhythms 
as d ela y e d sa m p le s b o u n ce 
arou nd u n p re d ictab ly in the 
mix. These gorgeous sonic h o­
rizons create a light, sunny at­
m osphere that not only perfect­
ly com p lem en ts P erso n 's vo­
cals but also draw s the tracks 
on 03/07 - 09/07 into a unified, 
u p liftin g statem ent about the 
future of pop music.

— Brad Barry

Older flicks offer 
more options fo r 
monster seekers

By Alex Regnery
Dally Texan Staff 

You've waited for years as the 
anticipation inside of you built 
in a crescendo. The thought of 
Brendan Fraser facing down 
yet another mummy is one that 
should get your blood boiling 
with excitement. Dubbed (be­
cause of his two films being re­
leased close together) as "The 
Summer of Fraser," the Star of 
"Encino Man" has returned as 
Rick O'Connell in "The* Mum­
my: Tomb of the Dragon Em ­
p ero r." W hile it w ould b e­
hoove you to take a look back 
at least at the fun and cam py 
"The Mummy," here are some 
other bandaged alternatives to 
get your sarcopha-fix.

'Bubba Ho-tep'

T h e p re m is e o f th e film 
reeks of fried gold: an e ld e r­
ly E lv is and a b lack Jo h n F. 
K en n ed y face off ag ain st an 
e v il m u m m y in th eir re tire ­
m ent hom e. B-m ovie legend 
B ru ce C a m p b e ll g e ts to do 
h is b e s t im p e r s o n a tio n o f 
T h e K in g , even g oing so far 
as to b u st o u t a few o f E l­
v is ' sig n a tu re karate m o ves 
on th e m um m y. E ven if th e 
film so u n d s a little to o r i­
d icu lo u s, d irecto r D on C o s- 
c a r e lli (" P h a n ta s m " ) k eep s 
t h e c h a r a c t e r s g r o u n d ­
ed in r e a li t y a n d m a k e s 
s u r e th e ir e m o tio n s are at 
th e fo re fro n t. D e s p ite n e i­
th e r C a m p b e ll nor the late 
O ssie D av is p ro bab ly b ein g 
w ho they say they are, their 
ch em istry is so fun that you 
w a n t to b e lie v e th em B e ­
s id e s , a n y m o v ie is g o o d 
w hen you b a ttle a m u m m y

from the co m fo rts of a m o ­
torized w heelchair.

'The Monster Squad'

T hou gh h e's a rela tiv e ly 
minor character, the m um m y 
is still one of the m any clas­
sic m onsters featured in "T he 
Monster Squad." Any reason 
to w atch this 80s cu lt cla s­
sic is a good reason. To some 
this m ay be blasphem y, but 
"M onster Squad" beats "The 
Goonies" in term s of kids-in- 
peril adventure films, because 
m onsters are cooler than pi­
rates (the hate mail is already 
com ing). With a more classic 
version of the ch aracter that 
Boris Karloff originated than 
the new, gooey version, the 
m um m y is a w elcom e a d d i­
tion to Dracula's crew as they 
face off again st a bunch of 
meddling kids.

MUMMY continues on page 9

Courtesy of Universal

Brendan Fraser returns as explorer Rick 
O'Connell for an all-new adventure in "The 
M um m y: Tom b of the Dragon Emperor."