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President hopeful 
that lawmakers will 
send funds to ITT

By Andrew Kreighbaum
Daily Texan Staff 

U n iv ersity P resid en t W illiam 
P ow ers continues to be op tim is­
tic about the Texas L egislatu re's

com m itm ent to higher education 
needs but says the University has 
som e catching up to do in term s 
of legislative support.

Pow ers acknow ledged that re­
ports of an upcom ing state bud ­
get surplus won't guarantee more 
support for the University.

“There w ill be com peting uses 
o f that, in clu d in g p ro p erty tax 
reduction. It is always more opti­

m istic w hen there's m oney to be 
talked about rather than in 2003 
w hen there was a clear shortfall," 
Pow ers said.

The last legislative session left 
the U n iv ersity w ith a m in im al 
1.9 percent budget increase. State 
funding has not kept pace with in­
flation for the past several years. 
Securing state funding has been 
a challenge for Pow ers, and for­

m er U niversity P resid en t Larry 
Faulkner cited difficulty w ith the 
legislative process as one of the 
main reasons for his resignation.

Powers rejected speculation by 
som e lawmakers that no am ount 
of state support would be enough 
for university leaders.

"It is absolutely true that w e've 
got to be accountable for how we 
use that money — that w e're us­

ing it for things that add courses, 
reduce student-faculty ratios, keep 
our structures up and add advis­
ing," Powers said. “The Legislature 
ought to hold us accountable. "

O ut of the 12 m ost prestigious 
public universities in the U.S., UT 
ranks seventh in both tuition pric­
es and state ap p rop riation s per 
student, according to "A R eport 
on Tuition at UT Austin."

O f U T 's 2007-2008 o p eratin g 
bud get, 17 percent, or $322 m il­
lion, cam e from the state Legisla­
ture. Twenty-four percent of U T's 
op erating budget cam e from tu ­
ition ch arg es. D uring the sam e 
p e rio d , T e x a s A& M re c e iv e d 
more than 25 percent of its oper­
ating budget from the Legislature

POW ERS continues on page 2

GO WITH THE FLOW

Businesses hoping 
to go green, add 
new staff positions

UT starting degree 
programs to promote 
eco-savvy careers

By Stephany Garza
Daily Texan Staff 

M ore b u sin e sse s are ad d in g 
the position of ch ief su stainab il­
ity officer to their staffs to make 
m ore environm entally resp onsi­
ble decisions.

" I t is a trend. We h av e seen 
more companies go green. Public 
relations and m arketing are look­
ing to conserve reso u rces," said 
Jose Beceiro, director of Clean En­
ergy Initiatives at A ustin C ham ­
ber of Commerce.

C o m p a n ie s su ch as G o o g le 
and G eneral M otors C o rp . have 
added the position, but the trend

has becom e especially prom inent 
in law firm s and architecture, Be­
ceiro said . He attrib u tes this to 
a g ro w in g n um ber of b u sin ess­
es that are labeling them selves as 
green as a m arketing strategy or 
to publicize their role as an envi­
ronm ental advocate.

The University is adding degree 
programs to increase green aware­
ness. The U T School of A rchitec­
ture created a sustainable design 
program catering to students who 
w ant to becom e environm entally 
responsible architects. Started in 
1972, the program is the nation's 
oldest of its kind.

" I t 's a d esig n p rogram fully 
integrated w ith design b u t p ro­
v id es extra tools both e n v iro n ­
m e n ta lly and so cially su sta in -

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In the Robert Lee Moore Hall on Wednesday, Hepeng Zhang, left, and Harry Swinney stand above the laboratory 
aquarium in which they simulate ocean waves. The experiment was conducted to understand how the flow of the 

ocean affects the continental slope.

Researchers re-create waves

By Ashley Crooks
Daily Texan Staff 

Below the surface of the ocean, strong 
waves shape the continental slope and con­
tribute to climate changes. UT researchers 
have constructed a saltwater tank to sim u­
late these "internal waves" along the ocean 
floor. Sand-grain-sized particles in the w a­
ter allow the researchers to follow the w a­
ter's movement using video cameras.

"W e lite ra lly use a fish ta n k ," said 
graduate researcher Benjam in King. "In 
the ocean, you m ight know the velocity

of the w ater every few m iles. In the lab 
w e can figure out the velocity at every 
square centim eter."

The researchers found that internal waves, 
which can travel for hundreds of thousands 
of miles under the ocean's surface, alter the 
angle of the continental slope, which is the 
region where the ocean floor drops off rap­
idly from the continental shelf.

P h y s ic s p ro fe ss o r H a rry S w in n ey , 
postdoctoral fellow H epeng Z hang and 
King published their research in the sci­
e n tific jo u rn a l "P h y s ic a l R ev iew L e t­

ters" on June 20.

"The question we've addressed is what 
causes (the continental slope] to drop off 
at an angle of 3 or 4 degrees rather than an 
angle of 20 or 25 degrees. It seems there is 
nothing that would prevent a steeper fall 
off," Swinney said.

In theory, ero sio n from lan d m asses 
should cause the continental slope to be 
much steeper than their observed gradi­
ents, King said The internal w aves can

WAVES continues on page 2

Droughts cause counties to ban sale, use of fireworks

By Katy Justice
Daily Texan Staff 

Central Texans may notice an 
unusually dark sky this Fourth 
of July weekend

Because of a drought across 
the region, many counties have 
banned the use and sale of aerial 
fireworks for this year's Indepen­
dence Day celebrations.

A ustin and Round R ock, as 
well as Travis and Burnet coun­
ties, have had bans on aerial fire­
w ork fo r several years But in 
June Williamson and Hays coun­

ties passed county-wide bans for 
die first time because of dry con­
ditions, said Pete Baldwin, Trav­
is County's emergency m anage­
ment coordinator.

"T h e bottom line is that we 
know we are short on rainfall, so 
w e have to be especially careful 
this year," Baldwin said.

He said the b a n s p ro h ib it 
winged and bladed rockets and 
fireworks that lift off the ground.
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FIREWORKS continues on page 2

several people 
purchase 
fireworks 
from Big Tex 
Fireworks on 
westbound 
Highway 290 
outside Manor, 
Texas, on 
Wednesday.

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Jesse Gregg plays his classical guitar during his lunch break in Adams- 

Hemphill Park, a daily ritual, on a Wednesday afternoon.

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Resident releases short 
film documenting tree 
removal at Austin Java

By Erin Mulvaney
Daily Texan Staff

An Austin resid ent released a 
short film on the Internet Wednes­
day docum enting the removal of 
several dozen native pecan trees 
to make room for a condominium 
on Barton Spnngs Road.

In the sh o rt film "A t W hat 
C o st?," 28-year-old Tom Suhler 
d o cu m en ts the " d e a th " o f an 
89-year-old native pecan tree that 
o n ce stood in the Sh ad y Grove 
RV Park in an area that becam e 
a parking lot for local restaurant 
Austin Java.

The removal of the pecan trees 
for the development of BartonPlace 
condominiums has sparked public 
comment from Austin residents.

At a co n c e rt in A u stin last 
week, local musician Marcia Ball 
cond em ned the rem oval of the 
trees, leading to a dow nturn in 
business for Austin Java, whose

ow ner is also a d eveloper of the 
condom inium project.

Suhler filmed and took pictures 
of the destruction of 50 of the pe­
can trees on the construction site. 
As a resident of the Barton Springs 
area, he said the event left him de­
pressed and encou raged him to 
share the story.

"I felt like I needed to get the 
other side of the story out there," 
Suhler said. "It's a w ay to speak 
fo r th e tre e s th a t h a v e b e e n 
knocked down "

By personifying the trees, Suhler 
said he hoped people would em ­
pathize with the situation. He said 
that although the trees cannot be 
saved, increased aw areness could 
drive citizens to becom e involved 
in preventing sim ilar projects in 
the future.

The four-m inute film includes

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altered to suggest 
greater diversity

By Ryan Miller
Daily Texan Staff

A study based on random sam ­
ples of brochures and advertise­
m ents from hundreds of colleges 
found that som e had cut and past­
ed faces of minority students onto 
the bodies of white students to de­
pict a higher level of diversity.

The study, conducted by M in­
nesota sociology professor Tim ­
othy Pippert, shows w hat he de­
scribes as a m isrepresentation of 
campus diversity.

P ip p ert, an associate p ro fes­
sor of sociology at Augsburg Col­
lege, collaborated with sociology 
student Edward M atchett for the 
study and found that institutions 
often print photographs that sug­
gest greater campus diversity than 
they really have.

"W e do w o n d er if there are 
cases when students have found 
them selves on cam puses that, in 
actuality, look nothing like how 
they were portrayed in the b ro­
chures," Pippert said.

Pippert's study, based on a ran­
dom sam pling of m aterial from 
371 U.S. colleges and universities,

show s the accuracy of racial rep­
resentation based on actual a v ­
e rag e percentag e b reak-d o w n s 
of the schools. The study found 
that black students were overrep­
resented in prom otional ads, ap­
pearing in a higher percentage of 
ads than enrollm ent figures sug­
gest there are on campus.

We are not saying that 
the colleges a re doing 
this with malicious 
intent. T h ere is value in 
cam puses saying that 
people with differen t 
backgrounds a re 
welcome h ere. ”

— Tim othy T ip p ert. 

associate p ro fess o r o f 

sociology at iu g s b u r g 
C ollege

P ip p e r t sa id th is se e m s to 
show that m any m ark eters d e­
fine d iv ersity solely by the a p ­
p e a ra n ce of b la ck stu d e n ts in 
university advertisem ents.

T he study also found a slight 
overrepresentation of Asian Amer­
icans in college catalogs. The re­

sults of Hispanic representation is 
not yet complete, Pippert said.

"W e're not saying that the col­
leges are d oing this w ith m a li­
cio u s in ten t. T h ere is v alu e in 
c a m p u s e s s a y in g th a t p e o p le 
w ith d ifferent b ackg rou n d s are 
welcom e here," Pippert said.

At UT, racial diversity has been 
increasing statistically over the 
past decade thanks to num erous 
diversity initiatives and the 1998 
top ten percent law, w hich guar­
antees the admittance of any high 
school senior who graduates in the 
top 10 percent of his or her class.

The University created a diver­
sity office in 2005, now know n 
as the D ivision of D iversity and 
Com m unity E ngagem ent, in or­
der to promote cam pus diversity 
through hiring staff from under­
represented com m unities and re­
cruiting minority students.

A ccording to the U T O ffice of 
A d m issions, in 1998 w hite stu ­
dents m ade up 65 percent of all 
freshmen enrolled. In 2007, white 
students m ade up 54.3 percent of 
all freshmen enrolled.

In 1998, African Americans con­
stituted 3 percent of the freshmen 
enrolled compared to 5.2 percent in 
2007. In that same time frame, Asian 
American representation rose from 
13 percent to 18 percent, while that 
of Hispanics rose from 14 to 19 per-

G abe Hernandez and Ari Tolman look at UT brochures in the M ain Building Wednesday. A recent study found 
som e schools are cutting and pasting m inorities'faces onto brochures to depict a higher level o f diversity.

Buddy Burkhalter | Daily Texan Staff

cent of UT's first-year students.

G reg V incent, the vice p re si­
dent of the division, said it is im ­
portant to accurately portray the

ra cia l b reak d o w n o f U T 's s tu ­
d en t body w hile sim ultaneously 
advocating diversity.

"D iv e rsity is a com pelling in­

terest because all students b en e­
fit when they're exposed to new 
b ack g ro u n d s and v ie w p o in ts," 
Vincent said.

FIREWORKS: Illegal use, possession can result in fine

From page 1

Association delayed the legal sale 
of fireworks across the state this 
year until Ju ly 1 becau se Trav­
is, Burnet, W illiam son and Hays 
cou nties have burn bans in e f­
fect, Baldw in said. T he norm al 
time period for selling fireworks 
is June 24 to July 4.

In order to set off fireworks in 
Austin, individuals m ust have a 
copy of a pyrotechnic operator li­
cense, a public display permit is­
sued by the Austin fire m arshal, 
an approved list of fireworks that 
will be used and an approved site 
plan of the ground s w here the 
firework display will be held.

The Barton S prings/Edw ards 
Aquifer Conservation District de­
clared this June as one of the dri­
est and warmest on record for the 
South Central Texas region.

Austin would need month-long 
steady rains, with a quarter inch 
of precipitation per day, to pro­
vide enough m oisture to break 
the drought conditions, said Joe 
Baskin, a N ational W eather Ser­
vice forecaster.

"T h ere 's really no end to the 
drought at this point in sigh t," 
Baskin said.

Troy Kim m el, a geography se­
nior lecturer and K EY E m eteo­
rologist, said prolonged dryness 
d uring the sum m er in Texas is 
norm al and that Texans should 
not expect a decrease in tempera­
tures until mid-September.

The next opportunity for rainfall 
is a 20-percent chance for Sunday 
and Monday, Kimmel said.

Each year, there are hundreds 
of b ru sh, g rass an d stru ctu re 
fires across the state started by 
firew orks. N ationally, there is

Guide to festivities

Permitted in Austin:
• Snakes, GlowWorms
• Smoke devices
• Wire sparklers
• Trick Noisemakers
Not permitted in Austin:
• Aerial fireworks with fins
and wings

Places to ivatch fireworks:
• Carlos 'n Charlie's — 
Thursday; fireworks start at 
9:30 p.m.

• H-E-B Austin Symphony 
Concert & Fireworks — 
Friday; Auditorium Shores at 
the Long Center at 8:30 p.m.

an average of more than 10,000 
in ju rie s and m illio n s of d o l­
lars w orth of dam age per year 
caused by firew orks, according 
to a report released by the A us­
tin Fire Department.

"The emergency service districts 
will be fully staffed, and we will 
continue taking every precaution 
that we can," said Travis County 
Fire Marshal Brad Beauchamp.

It is illegal to possess, sell or

use fireworks in Austin and with­
in 5,000 feet of the the city limits, 
according to a city of Austin o r­
dinance. Possession or illegal use 
of fireworks in Austin can result 
in a $248 fine. However, bum ban 
violations are considered a Class 
C misdemeanor, which is punish­
able by a fine of up to $500.

A u stin resid en ts can rep ort 
non -em ergency firew ork v io la­
tions by calling 311.

POWERS: Senate subcommittee hears testimony about university funding

From page 1

and about 17 from tuition.

Powers testified in front of the 
Senate's Subcommittee on High­
er Education for nearly two and a 
half hours on June 25.

"I think the biggest sort of op­
timism is that there is a real sense 
the Legislature is asking extreme­

ly helpful and insightful ques­
tions about ways to better fund 
higher education," he said.

Participants in the hearing, in­
cluding oth er Texas university 
presidents, discussed the o ver­
all level as well as the structure 
of funding for higher education. 
P o w ers said th at w h en c o m ­
p ared to the m ost p restigiou s

p u blic u n iv ersities in the U .S., 
UT ranks near the top in quality 
but lags in state funding.

"W h en com pared to our com ­
petitors like Berkeley and UCLA, 
M ich ig an , N orth C arolin a, w e 
are not funded at the level they 
are," Powers said. "I think there 
is a recog n ition of that. T h ere 
was a discussion of how tuition 

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GREEN: Universities training 
students for green careers

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a b le ," said Steven M oore, d irec­
tor of the design program.

Since the program started, eight 
sep a rate acad em ic u nits at the 
U n iv ersity have ad ded sim ila r 
program s to create eco-saavy ca­
reers for students.

Brandi C lark, a su stain ab ility 
consultant w ith EcoN etw orking, 
attained her position by learning 
about environm ental issues and 
attend in g conferences. She said 
there are now degree program s 
at multiple universities to prepare 
students for the growing demand 
for sustainability officers.

U T a lu m n u s M an u e l J. M e- 
hos is chairm an of the board for 
H o u s to n 's G re e n B a n k , w h ic h 
w as p u rchased and changed in 
2005 w ith the intent to continue 
an evolution in sustainable bank­
ing, M ehos said.

"The main thing we're doing is 
working on incentives, mortgages 
and consum er loans for cu stom ­
ers who w ant to invest in hybrid 
cars," M ehos said. "Incentives en­
cou rag e p ap erless accou n ts, no 
checks, no b an k statem ents and 
leaves every th in g electro n ic. In 
return, cu stom ers can get better 
interest rates."

G reenBank has had a su stain ­
ability consultant since it opened 
and has hired a full-tim e sustain­
a b ility o ffice r to jo in the team 
July 15.

A u stin 's proposed O ne E arth 
Bank has a similar vision to H ous­
to n 's G reenBank and expects to 
open its doors by the end of the 
year, said C h ip Bray, C E O and 
president of One Earth Bank.

"M ainstream services are think­
ing of turning green as a corporate 
responsibility," Bray said. "This is 
sort of the tip of the iceberg."

WAVES: Lab studies circulation

From page 1

b e g e n erated by th e c o n tin e n ­
tal slope itself, and those sam e 
w aves help to m odify the slop e's 
shape.

"Internal waves are very unusu­
al waves because they only travel 
at a certain angle," Swinney said.

A s sed im ents build up along 
the con tin en tal slo p e, the slope 
reaches a critical angle at w hich 
it becom es very efficient at gen­
e ra tin g in te rn a l w a v es, w h ich 
th en m ain tain the angle o f the 
slope, King said.

A lthough the research fo cu s­
es on the effects of internal waves 
on the continental slope, the re­
s e a rc h e rs said in te rn a l w av es 
also contribute to ocean m ixing, 
w h ich a ffects the m ovem ent of 
ocean currents and, in turn, cli­
m ate change.

K in g e x p la in e d how o b s e r ­
v a tio n o f g lo b a l o ce a n c ir c u ­
latio n a llo w s scie n tists to c o n ­

clude that there m ust be m ixing 
in the deep ocean, w hich can be 
caused by internal waves.

"In te rn a l w av es, w hen they 
break, cau se a lot of turbulence 
and mixing in the deep sea ... that 
helps sustain the global ocean cir­
culation we observe," King said.

Ocean mixing, caused by inter­
nal waves, could result in dramat­
ic climate change.

"C u rre n tly , the G u lf Stream 
th a t c a rrie s w arm e r e q u a to r i­
al w a te rs to n o rth e rn E u ro p e 
m akes the land m ass warmer. If 
th at cu rre n t w ere to som eh o w 
stop , that could chan ge the c li­
m ate there," King said.

It is p o ssib le to m easu re in ­
ternal w aves in the ocean using 
buoys and censors, but, he said, 
this is expensive, and the data col­
lected is sparse.

"W hat we learn from the exper­
iment w ill be generally useful in 
understanding flows on any plan­
et," Swinney said.

JAVA: City arborist modified plans 
to ensure minimal impact on trees

From page 1

before-and-after shots, ju xtapos­
ing images of large, leafy trees at 
the former RV park with shots of 
the cond om inium 's construction 
around barren land strew n with 
branches and tree stumps. It also 
includes a brief history of Texas 
pecan trees.

C ity A rborist M ichael Em be- 
si said the ow ner of the proper­
ty approached him a year and a 
half ago to propose a plan to min­
imize tree damage from the devel­
opm ent. He reviewed and m odi­
fied the plan to incorporate trees 
into the design and ensured there 
w as minim al im pact on trees for 
the project.

Austin Java ow ner and Barton- 
Place d eveloper Rick Engel also

ow ns U ncle Billy's Brew & Que, 
which sits on a tract of land along 
Barton Springs Road. Engel told 
The Daily Texan Tuesday that be­
com ing a developer of the project 
was the only way to save his busi­
nesses because the ow ner of the 
tract was going to sell the land for 
development anyway.

As an investor, Engel said he 
helped reduce the size of the con­
d om in iu m d u rin g p lan n in g to 
save m any of th e old est pecan 
trees. H e said he plans to plant 
new trees and m ove som e of the 
removed trees across the street.

According to the City Arborist 
P rogram Web site, d ev elo p e rs 
must pursue a restorative action, 
such as planting new trees, con­
tributing to a fund or changing 
site plans to preserve more trees.

 www.dailytexanonline.com Wo r ld& N ation

Wire Editor: M onica Riese 

T h e D a i l y T e x a n

Thursday, July 3, 2008

Mich., Ohio Kroger 
stores expand recall 
to include more meat

E. coli threatening 
picnics across the 
Midwest for July 4

By Terry Kinney
The Associated Press

CIN CIN N A TI — First it w as 

the tomatoes. N ow it's the beef.

Fourth of July picnic tables are 
getting a careful look as fam il­
iar ham burgers are feared to be 
am ong the tainted ingredients in 
separate food safety scares.

On W ednesday, The K roger 
Co. exp an d ed its voluntary re­
call of som e ground beef p rod ­
ucts to its stores in more than 20 
states, saying the m eat m ay be 
contaminated with E. coli.

The nation's biggest tradition­
al grocer also urged custom ers to 
check the ground beef in their re­
frigerators to determine whether 
it is covered by the recall.

The warning comes as federal 
investigators try to pinpoint the 
source of a separate salm onella 
outbreak linked to tomatoes that 
has sickened nearly 900 people.

While insisting that tom atoes 
rem ain the leading suspect, in­
vestigators are looking at other 
produce but remain m um on ex­
actly what vegetables are getting 
tracked.

K r o g e r 's recall ste m s from 
meat obtained from one of Krog­
e r 's su p p lie rs, N eb rask a Beef 
Ltd., that has been linked to ill­
nesses reported in Michigan and 
Ohio between M ay 31 and June 
8 caused by E. coli bacteria.

N e b rask a Beef h as recalled 
from w h o le sa le rs an d other

p ro c e ssin g co m p an ies n early 
532,000 p ou n d s of ground beef 
produced on five dates between 
May 16 and June 24.

Kroger said W ednesday that 
as a precaution it removed from 
stores all ground beef supplied 
by N ebraska Beef marked with 
sell by dates of M ay 21 or later.

"G round beef in stores today 
com es from other suppliers not 
involved in the recall," K roger 
sp o k esw o m an M eghan Glynn 
said Wednesday.

The Cincinnati-based com pa­
ny initiated a recall June 25 for 
Kroger stores in M ichigan and 
in central and northern Ohio. 
The e x p an d ed recall in clu d es 
ground beef sold at Fred Meyer, 
QFC, R alphs, Sm ith's, B aker's, 
King Soopers, City Markets, Hi- 
lander, O w en 's, Pay L ess an d 
Scott's with overlapping sell-by 
d ates from m id-M ay through 
mid-July.

In som e stores, the recall in 
elu d es p ro d u cts in Styrofoam 
tray packages w rapped in clear 
cellophane or purchased from an 
in-store service counter. It does 
not include ground beef sold in 
1-, 3-, or 5-pound sealed tubes or 
frozen ground beef patties.

S y m p to m s o f E. coli in fec­
tion can include severe stomach 
cram ps, diarrhea, vomiting and 
fever. It can potentially be d ead ­
ly, but m ost people recover with­
in five to seven days.

H ealth officials urge p eop le 
to thoroughly cook h am b u rg ­
er and, if possible, use a digital 
thermometer to make sure meat 
has been heated to at least 160 
degrees.

BULLDOZER ATTACK KILLS 2

Former hostage Ingrid Betancourt, center, gestures as she stands with her mother Yolanda Pulecio, left, and Juan Carlos L eco m p te u p o n arrival to 
a military base in Bogota after being rescued from six years of captivity Wednesday. Betancourt was abducted by the FARC in Feb ru ary 2002.

R icard o M a z a la n | Associated Press

Fifteen Colombia hostages free

By Frank Bajak
The Associated Press

BO G O TA , C o lo m b ia — C o ­
lombian sp ies tricked leftist reb­
els into handing over kidnapped 
presidential candidate Ingrid Be­
tancourt and three U.S. m ilitary 
contractors W ednesday in a d ar­
ing helicopter rescue so successful 
that not a single shot w as fired.

Betancourt, who w as seized on 
the cam paign trail six long years 
ago, ap p eared thin but healthy 
as she strode dow n the stairs of a 
military plane and held her moth­
er in a long embrace. She said she 
still aspires to the presidency.

"G od, this is a m iracle," Betan­
court said. "Such a perfect opera­
tion is unprecedented."

Eleven C olom bian police and 
soldiers were also freed in the res­
cue, the m ost seriou s blow ever 
dealt to the 44-year-old R evolu­
tionary A rm ed Forces of Colom ­
bia, w hich con sid ered the four 
hostages their m ost valuable bar­
gain in g chips. The FARC is a l­
ready reeling from the deaths of 
key com m anders and the loss of

much of the territory it once held.
The A m ericans — M arc G on ­
salves, Thom as Howes and Keith 
Stansell — were flying directly to 
the United States to reunite with 
their fam ilies, D efense M inister 
Juan M anuel San to s said . They 
had been the longest-held A m er­
ican hostages in the world.

Santos said militar)' intelligence 
a g en ts in filtrated the g u errilla 
ranks and led the local com m and­
er in charge of the hostages, alias 
Cesar, to believe they were going 
to take them to Alfonso Cano, the 
guerrillas' supreme leader.

The hostages, who had been di­
vided in three groups, were tak­
en to a ren d ezv o u s w here tw o 
d isgu ised helicopters piloted by 
C olom bian m ilitary agents were 
waiting.

The p ilo ts, B etan cou rt sa id , 
were posing as m em bers of a re­
lief organization.

But when they were airborne, 
she looked behind her and saw 
Cesar, who had treated her so cru­
elly for so m any years, lying on 
the floor blindfolded.

"The chief of the operation said, 
'We're the national army. You're 
free,'" she said. "The helicopter al­
most fell from the sky because we 
were jum ping up and down, yell­
ing, crying, hugging one another. 
We couldn't believe it."

God, this is a 
miracle. Such a 
perfect operation is 
unprecedented. ”

— Ingrid 
lietancourt. 
former hostage

The o p e ra tio n , S a n to s sa id , 
"w ill go into history for its audac­
ity and effectiveness."

San tos said C esar an d anoth­
er rebel on board w ould face jus­
tice. The other rebel cap tors re­
treated into the jungle, he said , 
and the arm y let them escape "in

hopes that they will free the rest of 
the hostages," believed to number 
about 700.

F r e n c h - C o lo m b ia n B e t a n ­
court w ore military fatigues and 
a floppy cam ou flage hat a s she 
hugged her mother, Yolanda Pule­
cio, and her husband, Juan Carlos 
LeC om pte, at a cerem ony in Bo­
gota. She rem oved her hat to re­
veal intricately braided dark hair, 
with plaits framing her face and a 
white flower.

Breaking into tears, Betancourt 
appealed to the FARC to release 
the remaining hostages and m ake 
peace.

She said, "I continue to aspire to 

serve Colombia as president."

For now, she ad d ed , "I'm just 

one more soldier."

Betancourt, 46, w as abdu cted 
in February 2002. The Am ericans 
were captured a year later when 
their drug surveillance plane went 
down in rebel-held jungle. In the 
five years since, their families had 
received only two "p roo f of life" 
videos, the latest in November.

Kevin Frayer | Associated Press

Thousands mobilize against Chinese algae

Israelis watch police and medics from a rooftop overlooking a 
bulldozer after it was used in an attack in Jerusalem Wednesday. The 
vehicle plowed into a string of vehicles, killing at least two.

NATION BRIEFLY

Affidavit: Missing girl's unde 
took her to sex ring initiation
BURLINGTON, Vt. — A 

14-year-old witness told investiga­
tors a missing Vermont girl's uncle 
brought the girl to his home to ini­
tiate her into a child sex ring, fed­
eral officials said in an affidavit re­
leased Wednesday.

The 14-year-old told authori­
ties she helped Michael Jacques, 
the missing girl's uncle, take the 
12-year-old to Jacques' Randolph 
home on June 25 to be initiated 
into the ring. The 12-year-old has 
not been seen since then.

The 14-year-old girl, a relative 
of Jacques, said she understood 
that as part of the initiation, the 
12-year-old "would have sex with 
adult males," according to the affi­
davit in U S. District Court.
The girl said she and the 

12-year-old watched television for 
a while before Jacques told her to 
leave and took the girl upstairs. 
The witness said she left the house 
with her boyfriend and did not 
see the girl again.

The 14-vear-old said she herself 

had been sexually assaulted by 
Jacques, 42, since she w as 9.

Archaeologists find remains of 
George Washington's home

WASHINGTON — The archae­

ologists were delighted to at last 
find the remains of George Wash­
ington's boyhood home but got 
stumped when they looked for ev­
idence of the cherry tree and rusty 
hatchet.

"This was the setting for many 
important events in Washington's 
life," David Muraca, director of ar­
chaeology for The George Wash­
ington Foundation, announced 
Wednesday.

The site is located at Ferry 
Farm, just across the Rappahan­
nock River from Fredericksburg, 
Va., about 50 miles south of 
Washington.

Philip Levy, associate profes­
sor of history at the University of 
South Rorida, found evidence that 
the house was a one-and-a-half- 
story residence perched on a bluff 
overlooking the over.

"If George Washington did in­
deed chop down a cherry tree, as 
generations of Americans have be­
lieved, this is where it happened," 
said Levy. The researchers said the 
artifacts they have recovered did 
not include a hatchet.

Compiled from Associated Press reports

QUOTE OF THE DAY

was desperate, and he gave up without 
a fight. He looks rough. He9s had a rough 
two days

fes tus, Mo., Police Chief Tim Lewis on the capture 
of Nicholas She ley, an ex-convict suspected in eight 
grisly slayings

Sailing teams have 
their doubts that the 
cleanup will succeed

By Cara Anna
The Associated Press 

Q IN G D A O , China — C hin a's 
latest O lym pics nightm are is a 
vast algae bloom that covers one- 
third of the sea where the w orld's 
best sailo rs are su p p o se d to be 
com peting in just over a month. 
Athletes call it the blob, the car­
pet, the fairway.

"We alm ost think of it as land," 
said Carrie H ow e, a m em ber of 
the U.S. team and her three-per­
son sq u a d 's unofficial algae re­
mover. D uring practice, she dips 
her hand into the goo three or four 
tim es an hour to rem ove it from 
the rudder.

Chinese officials are trying to 
m ake the stu ff go away. H un ­
dreds of soldiers cleaned it up by 
hand in a seasid e park W ednes­
day. A bout 10,000 ordinary citi­
zens were doing the sam e along 
the shore, while more than 1,200 
fishing and other boats hauled it 
in by n^t.

"We all need to pitch in," said 
G ao Sh aofan, a m assag e parlor

em ployee w ho w as stuffing the 
algae into plastic sacks with her 
co-workers. "This is the worst it's 
ever been that we know."

Chinese officials prom ised at a 
new s conference Wednesday that 
the O lym pics com petition area, 
all 19 squ are m iles of it, will be 
clear of the algae before races be­
gin Aug. 9.

"Actually, we don't have a back­
u p ," Q u Chun, the sailing com ­
petition m anager, said to a sm all 
chorus of groans from coaches.

The sailing team s had already 
known Qingdao, a charming port 
on C h in a's east coast known for 
its Tsingtao beer, would be a dif­
ficult venue. The lower-than-ide- 
al w inds. The stronger-than-ideal 
current. The soupy fog that som e­
times keeps teams off the water.

Then came the algae, which one 
Chinese official at the news con­
ference, Lu Zhenyu, called a "nat­
ural d isaster." First detected in 
May, it recently swelled to stretch­
es of up to a few miles long.

Chinese officials and som e ex­
perts blam ed it on a combination 
of factors including warmer seas., 
w inds from the south and an "ex­
otic" strain of algae from farther 
dow n the coast.

Chinese 
soldiers 
remove blue- 
green algae 
from a beach 
in Qingdao, 
eastern China, 
Wednesday.

Fei Xiugang, w ho described him­
self at the new s conference as a 
seaweed expert.

But Wang Liqing, a marine biol­
ogy professor at Shanghai Ocean 
U niversity, said in a phone in­
terview that the bloom could be 
cau sed by pollution, which d e­
p osits excessive nutrients in the 
water and causes algae to grow at 
abnormal rates. China's east coast 
is highly industrial.

W hatever the cau se of the al­
gae, the sailors — who didn't be­
com e O lym pians through n ega­
tive thinking — have tried to de­
scribe it in not-so-terrible terms.

"A very new, very large vari­

able," Howe said.

"Oh my goodness," said Karyn 

Ng Han G u a n

Associated Press

"A green nightm are," said An­
d r e a s K o s u r a to p o u lo s o f the 
Greek team, dropping the O lym ­
pian guard.

"We've watched the Dutch Yn- 
gling team, coach boat and three 
boats in tow get stuck so badly 
they had to be hooked and hauled 
out by a local fishing trawler," U.S. 
sailor Andrew Cam pbell wrote in 
his blog last week.

Scattered patches of the algae 
w ere begin n in g to stink, som e 
sailors said.

The 30 or so Olym pic team s al­
ready training at Q ingdao are pre­
paring for the possibility that the 
alg ae w on't be gone before the 
gam es. "Everyone's a bit skeptical 
about how they will get it done," 
Howe said.

"In itself, it's not harm ful," said

Gojnich of the Australian team.

WORLD BRIEFLY

Key energy agency has no idea 
when oil prices will come down
MADRID, Spain — As crude 
soared to a new record, the head 
of the International Energy Agency 
declared that the world was in the 
grip of an "oil shock," and the pres­
ident of OPEC acknowledged he 
could not say whether prices would 
flatten out or continue to soar

The comments by IEA chief No- 
buko Tanaka, OPEC chief and Alge­
rian Energy minister Chakib Khe- 
lil and other industry leaders at the

19th World Petroleum conference 
reflected the concern surrounding 
record oil pnces that seem ready to 
spike higher.

An IEA report released at the 
conference confirmed what most 
consumers fear, that supplies of oil 
will remain tight, whether for cook­
ing fires in the poorest countries or 
pxjwering cars and cooling or heat­
ing homes in the richest. And that's 
despite record prices and reduced 
demand as costly crude dampens 
the world's oil hunger.

Reflecting the world's oil pnce 
doldrums, light, sweet crude for 
August delivery rose 97 cents to set­
tle at a new high of $140.97 a bar­

rel on the New York Mercantile Ex­
change. Prices at one point rose as 
high as $143.33, just 34 cents shy of 
Monday's trading record

Chinese party boss in Tibet 
attacks Dalai Lama in talks

BEIJING — China's Communist 
Party boss in Tibet delivered a fresh 
attack on the Dalai Lama Wednes­
day, even as envoys of the region's 
exiled leader met for a second day 
with Chinese officials for talks 
aimed at easing tensions following 
anti-government riots

The official Tibet Daily quoted 
hardliner Zhang Qingli as saying

that supporters of the Dalai Lama 
were behind the violence that began 
with deadly rioting in Tibet's capi­
tal L h a sa on March 14 and quickly 
spread throughout Tibetan a r e a s of 
western China

"The March 14 incident was a se­
riously violen t criminal incident by 
the Dalai clique. The organized and 
orchestrated incident was created by 
Tibetan separatists after long-term 
preparation, with the support and 
instigation of Western hostile forces," 
Zhang was quoted as saying

He said the violence was timed 
for the run-up to next month's Sum­
mer Olympics in Bei|ing.

Compiled from Associated Press reports

 Thursday, July 3, 2008

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T h e D a i l y T e x a n

Editor in Chief: Leah Finnegan 
Phone: (512) 232-2212 
E-mail: editor@dailytexanonline.com 
Associate Editors:
Josh Haney 
Andrew Vickers

Changing the subject

Flip-flops. So what?

As the emptying balloon of the Bush admin­
istration makes its graceless descent into the 
trash can of presidential history, Americans 
can finally sigh with relief — the end is near.

O nce-ardent Bush supporters have had it 
easy since the D em ocratic prim aries start­
ed. They've been able to skulk under the ra­
dar and laugh with everyone else at the follies 
of a new cast of characters. With their B ush / 
Cheney stickers torn off their cars, there's no 
way to tell who they are anymore.

In the past few months, as the seeds of prob­
lems planted years ago have bloom ed into 
plants so large they've started to block the sun, 
those voters have held their tongues while fill­
ing up their trucks and ignored the obvious 
while their houses continue to sit idle on the 
market. When Bush comes up at the dinner ta­
ble, they steer the conversation elsewhere.

America has always had an ego problem. 
For nearly the first century of its existence, 
the U.S. ran on pure hubris. During the Bush 
era, the ego problem became endemic. It only 
took a few blows to the economy and a cou­
ple thousand deaths to conclusively diagnose 
egotism as our country's disease.

But the fact is that ev ery o n e's hu rting , 
and the blame game is hardly a salve to our 
wounds. For Democrats, the healing agent is 
not retribution, and for Republicans, the abil­
ity to move forward will not emerge from an 
admission of a wrongly cast vote. It's interest­
ing to note, however, that the Bush name now

elicits deft changes of subject from its former 
trumpeters. Is he even still in office? H e's fly­
ing so far below the sun, he's practically scu­
ba diving. Perhaps he'll resurface in January.

When private people become public people 
through things like getting elected to office 
or becoming a Hollywood box-office heroes, 
they lose rights. Privacy and personal feel­
ings become fond memories. Every floor be­
comes a stage and every citizen a judge. Ac­
countability is the m ain com ponent of their 
job descriptions.

Bush set aflame his semi-good name during 
his presidential tenure; he'll have to deal with 
that until the end of his days. But w hat about 
those who so flagrantly, and stubbornly, stood 
behind the bullheaded leader without having to 
sacrifice their identities? They can easily weave 
themselves back into the quilt of the country or 
hide under the thin blanket of Sen. John Mc­
Cain. But maybe they could use the past eight 
years as an excuse to try something new.

There's nothing in the Constitution that guar­
antees dignity, and nothing that protects cow­
ardice. But there is the enduring promise of for­
ward movement into perpetuity. As Abraham 
Lincoln, the cover star of the July 14 issue of 
Newsweek, once said, "I am a slow walker, but 
I never walk backw ards." May our next pres­
ident sacrifice the empty valor of quick, easy 
pride for the slow medicine of progression.

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Elitist back-and-forth

Memo to Edward Oden ("UT student avoids englightenment," The Firing Line, July 2):
"Ivy League elitist"? Hmm. Let's see. Sen. Barack Obama comes from a mixed-race family led by 
a single mother. After law school, instead of taking more financially lucrative employment offers, he 
decided to help working people in Chicago. Yes, the epitome of an elitist.

George W Bush attended Yale as an undergrad. Let me point out here that Yale is considered an "Ivy 

League" school Young George didn't have the grades to get into Yale since he spent most of his youth 
drinking and partying, but that was no problem, since his dad went there and his family is both rich and 
powerful. Bush also attended Harvard Business School, also an Ivy League school, although even with 
this education, the man has never headed a successful company in his life and everything he's touched 
has failed. Maybe it's because Bush never had to suffer the consequences of failure since his family and 
their cronies have always been there to bail him out with a new job. Definitely a man of the people.

I know' your letter was mainly intended as humorous posturing so I hope you'll take my letter in the 

same spirit. Though your lamentable ignorance and self-serving hypocrisy seem normal to you, since 
you were probably homeschooled by watching Rush Limbaugh and reading pseudo-historical revision­
ist texts about America's Christian heritage authored by local fraud David Barton, many of us out here 
in the heartland worry that America's conservative movement is self-immolating due to the unchecked 
stupidity and deluded arrogance of its leaders and spokespeople.

Jon Pearson 
UT alum

Mike Wilson
Daily Texan Columnist

a public denunciation. And Republicans can't 
clam or too loudly because they're ju st as ea­
ger to get rid of cam paign finance reform.

Further, the tag of being a flip-flopper just 
w o n 't have the sam e connotation or effect it 
did in 2004. M cCain recently executed his own 
flip-flop on the policy of opening of unleased 
p u blic lan d s to oil d rillin g , after ch ang in g 
his mind on the Bush tax cuts. Furtherm ore, 
throughout this cam paign, the public hasn't 
really paid attention to O bam a's shifts, such 
as his support for the Foreign Intelligence Sur­
veillance Act bill, even though it carries a pro­
vision he prom ised to filibuster, or his retreat 
from a p rotection ist stance on NAFTA. With 
his vote against the Iraq war and the political 
success of his refusal to support M cCain and 
Hillary Clinton's "g as tax holiday," Obama has 
earned enough "strong leadership" currency 

E d ito ria l board s acro ss the nation h av e 
com e together in cond em nation of Sen. B a­
rack O bam a's "flip-flop " decision to abide by 
public financing for his presidential campaign. 
Though he did not unequivocally vow to fol­
low it, the presumed D em ocratic nominee re­
peatedly proffered strong support for public fi­
nancing, promised to "aggressively pursue an 
agreement with the Republican nominee to pre­
serve a publicly financed general election" and 
later declared he would "sit 
down with Sen. John M cCa­
in and m ake sure that w e 
have a system that w orks 
for everybody" in a m eet­
ing that never occurred.

On June 19, in a video to 
his supporters, Obama ex ­
plained that he made this 
d ecision in order to co m ­
bat the anticipated 527 R e­
p u b lica n a ttack ads an d 
m o v e p a s t th e c u r r e n t 
"b ro k e n " system , since a 
large am ount of small d o ­
nors could achieve success 
w h ile rem oving his ca m ­
p aign from the in flu en ce 
of special interests. But could this flop po ssi­
bly damage Obama in the same way that John 
Kerry suffered from flip-flopitis in 2004? For­
tunately for Democrats — and unfortunately 
for Republicans — it w on't.

The public financing system matters little to 
the average voter. U nless there are salacious 
d etails related to cigar or golf club tran sac­
tions in return for business investments, m en­
tion of public financing tends to fall on deaf 
ears. For most D em ocrats, having the m oney 
advantage for once just feels too good to merit

e public financing 
system matters little to 
the average voter. Unless 
there are salacious 
details related to cigar 
or golf club transactions 
in return fo r business 
investments, mention of 
public financing tends to 
fall on d ea f ears. ”

to last quite awhile.

C riticism from editorialists 
and the Republican camp argue 
that O bam a's sw itches betray 
his rhetoric of change. No mat­
ter — as many have said, the 
change candidate in a change 
election will win. M cCain, for 
all his m averick past, is too 
firm ly ensconced w ithin the 
policies of the last eight years 
to be the change candidate.

The A m erican response to 
th e ever-ch ang in g m inds of 
politicians d oesn't exist with 
same vitriol as it did in 2004, 
when being seen as a flip-flop­
per was tantamount to being a 
slimy wuss w ithout a backbone. After dealing 
with Bush's hard-headed stubbornness for the 
last eight years, the ability to change one's mind 
is no longer such an immediate cause for disap­
proval. After all, there's a reason the Ralph Na­
ders and Ron Pauls of the world will never be 
president. Politics isn't about sticking to your 
guns on each vote and each position. It's about 
trading your vote on lesser issues to fight for the 
ones you think really matter.

Wilson is a Plan II a n d English senior.

An ode to co-ops

Abhinav Kumar
Daily Texan Columnist

Leave behind your anxieties of a mediocre 
life in college and journey westward toward 
salvation. Tread past the behemoths of Jester 
and Dobie. Pay no heed to the expensive sand­
wiches and books as you pass the Drag. Look 
not at the many groups of morons who stand 
and talk in the middle of the street upon en­
tering West C am pus. The 
trek will be worth it — hid­
den beneath the many black 
sp ires o f parking g arages 
and high rises, a few strong­
holds o f fancy, m errim ent 
and paradise remain.

I get a bit nostalgic during 
the summer. As I was co n ­
ducting my annual college- 
life-in-review, I realized the 
thing that has had one of the 
greatest impact on life actu­
ally has very little to do with 
the University. Rather, it has 
to do with where I lived.

As an incoming freshman, 

on-campus dorms seemed like my only option. 
But after receiving a vague, dinky little card in 
the mail about social cooperatives, I visited the 
Pearl Street Co-op in West Campus. Not exact­
ly an apartm ent, not exactly a frat house and 
certainly not a dorm. I decided to try it out.

Best decision ever.
Though the name "so cial cooperative" im­
plies a failed M arxist com m une of some sort, 
cooking, cleaning and pooling money together 
in such a small setting actually reduced costs to 
about less than half of what I would have paid 
for a dorm — with irtuch, much better food.

With no resident assistants or landlords, co- 
oppers elect officers and maintain self-govern­
ment through weekly meetings, voting and ap­
propriation of discretionary money for pur­
chasing food, gardening equipment and major

house im provem ents (i.e., furniture, fences). 
Students rely on themselves to solve problems 
as a community rather than depending on an 
authoritative figure. And finally, with no RA's 
or landlords — w ell, lets just say that those 
who have been to co-op parties know what to 
expect. For exam ple, during a 21st Street Co­
op (the "treehouse" on 21st Street) anniversary 
party, the Austin Police Department felt com­
pelled to send a helicopter to West Campus.

Eschewing the stereotypical presence of hard 
drugs and pervasive full male and female nu­
dity, the co-op environment attracts all sorts of 
people and provides them with opportunities 
and resources for creativity, such as concerts, 
open mic n ights, art show ings, film screen­
ings and m u stache p arties 
(you'd be su rprised at how 
creative these can get). The 
resu lt is a d iv erse p ro d u c­
tion in the fields of art, vid­
eo, sound engineering, pho­
tography (Pearl Street has a 
d ark roo m ), so cial activism 
and brewing beer.

Because of the low cost, co­
ops also serve as a home to 
international students from 
all over the world who study 
abroad in Austin. Racism is 
virtually nonexistent, and in­
teracting with foreigners every 
day allows for a broader per­
spective, information sharing and making fun of 
"weird" customs. After the international students 
return home, American co-oppers have a friend 
and a place to stay in many other countries.

On a larger scale, these are places where peo­
ple like Kinky Friedm an and Ron Paul had a 
chance — areas of free thought and discussion 
with no expectations and little boundaries. Po­
litical and social constraints are left at the door 
w hile those outside claw to get a glim pse at 
paradise through the window.

The only downside is that at some point, you 
have to leave. Though, as a two-year veteran, 
I still go back som etim es to steal food. Long 
live the last bastions of freedom and affordable 
housing in West Campus.

Kum ar is a Business H onors and supply chain m a n a ge m e n t senior.

se are places where 
people like Kinky 
Friedman and Ron 
Paul had a chance — 
areas o f free thought 
and discussion with no 
expectations and little 

boundaries

The facts on stoner math

After reading the July 2 article titled "UT students' drug use lower than perceived," I felt compelled 
to contest its statistics since I conducted a similar poll this past semester in which the data was quite dif­
ferent. Although I only polled 170 students in my survey, 14.5 percent said they smoke marijuana three 
or more times per week, 5 percent said they smoke one to two times per week, 20.8 percent said they 
smoke but less than once per week, and 59.7 percent said they never smoke. I just don't see the reason 
for qualifying drug use as someone who partakes every single day — it's not like smoking every day 
and smoking every other day is really so different. I would argue that the students' perception that 16.5 
percent of students frequently smoke marijuana is actually pretty accurate

Now, I don't rightly care if y'all do anything with this; 1 certainly would not be offended if you didn't 

run a correctional piece. I'm just throwing in my two cents.

Reese Hatndge 
Economics senior

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N vw s

Austin’s real estate market remains unaffected

Struggling national 
economy not hitting 
West Campus rentals

By Ines Min
Daily Texan Staff

A ustin realty com panies say 
the city's m arket is still strong 
despite a dragging national real 
estate market.

"The m arket is pow erful, but 
if you w atch the new s, it seems 
'd o o m ish ,'" said Ely Properties 
agent Mike Bolduc, adding that 
50,000 people m oved to A ustin 
last year.

Bolduc said he has noticed hes­
itancy in buyers because of the in­
creased rigidity of mortgage qual­
ifications and the negative news 
coverage of real estate. H ow ev­
er, builders in West Cam pus and 
th ro u g h o u t A ustin continue to 
start new housing and condomin­
ium projects.

Starting this fiscal year, there 
has been an increase in the hous­
ing s u rp lu s in W est C a m p u s, 
Bolduc said.

"Every year in the last three 
years, there's been 1,000 or more 
new units," Bolduc said. "This 
year, there's probably more like 
2,500 new units, and suddenly 
there's a lot of leftovers."

To attract students, rental prop­
erty m anagers are considering 
lowering rent costs and not requir­
ing deposits, Bolduc said. Howev­
er, it is not in the their best interest 
to lower prices too much, Bold­
uc said, because market drops are 
based on individuals' perceptions 
of a poor market rather than exist­
ing low sales in Austin.

"People are w atching the n a ­
tional new s and trying to apply 
that paradigm to the local m ar­
ket," he said. "I think it's more 
about fear and misperception."

The National Association of Re­
altors said the U.S. real estate mar­
ket is recovering slowly. In May, 
existing-hom e sales increased 2 
percent because of low er hom e 
prices, but the num ber of proper­
ties sold overall w as 15.9 percent 
low er than May 2007 sales, ac­
cording to the association. H ow ­
ever, the num ber of single-fam i­

ly homes sold in Austin decreased 
20 percent com pared to sales in 
May 2007, and average home pric­
es increased 7 percent, according 
to a report released by the Austin 
Board of Realtors.

A sian stu dies senior Padraic 
Nichols lived in a fully occupied 
West Campus apartment complex 
on Pearl Street last year.

"M y place w a sn 't exactly af­
fordable, but I've heard of other 
places in West Cam pus that are," 
Nichols said.

Eric H eeder, an em ployee at 
512 Realty, said he has not noticed 
any drops in business in the West 
Cam pus market.

"W e're just as busy as ever," 
H eeder said. "M ost of the prop ­
erty m anagem ent com panies we 
deal w ith seem to have 95 to 98 
percent occupancy."

M ost of 512's ren tal p ro p e r­
ties have increased their m onth­
ly rent, H eeder said. He said the 
increasing difficulty surrounding 
m ortgage app ro v al has n ot af­
fected the company either.

"We haven't seen a change, not 

here in Austin," Heeder said.

DOWN TO EARTH

Construction workers lay the foundation of a new hom e in a developing n eigh borh ood near Airport 

Boulevard and M anor Road on W ednesday afternoon.

Andrea Lai | Daily Texan Staff

Scientists developing robotic teaching tools

New technology 
designed to read 
facial expressions

By Rachel Veroff
Daily Texan Staff

Robotic teachers may become 
increasingly prevalent in class­
rooms and online. The M achine 
P ercep tio n L ab o ra to ry at the 
U niversity of California-San Di­
ego, w h ich b u ild s c o m p u te rs 
called Intelligent Tutoring Sys­
tems, has developed technology 
that may revolutionize the w ay 
students and teachers interact — 
w hether the teacher is a hum an 
or a machine.

The technology is a facial rec­
ognition software that m onitors 
students' faces while they watch 
video lectures on their com put­
ers. The software can effectively 
use inform ation in stud en ts' fa­
cial expressions to determ ine if 
they are struggling or confused.

"P rofessors can be a u to m a t­

Pro fes sors con be 
a u t o m a t i c a l l y gi ven 
a f e e d b a c k signal as 
to h o w the st ud ents 
a r e do in g wit hout 
the s tu de n t s h a v i n g 
to p r e s s a bu tton.

ically given a feedback signal 
as to how the students are d o ­
ing w ith ou t the stu d e n ts h a v ­
ing to press a button," said Jacob 
Whitehill, Ph.D. student of com­
p u te r science
and e n g in e e r­
in g a t UCSD 
a n d m e m b e r 
of the Machine 
Perception Lab­
oratory. "This is 
useful for sev­
e ra l re a s o n s .
For one thing, 
facial e x p re s ­
sion m ay p ro ­
vide more sub­
tle feedback to 
the p rofessors 
th an could be 
explicitly cap ­
tu re d by th e 
user pressing a button."

Professors can use this infor­
m ation to im prove fu ture lec­
tures, editing them for clarity and 
speed. Even professors w ho teach 
in person may set up a camera to

monitor students' expressions.

W hitehill p re se n te d his re­
search at the 2008 Intelligent lu- 
to rin g System s conference in 
Quebec, which also featured pre­
s e n ta tio n s from 
som e of th e n a ­
tio n 's lead in g ex­
perts in cognitive 
science, c o m p u t­
er science and psy­
chology.

T h e s o f t w a r e 
can distinguish be­
tween the presence 
or absence of su b­
tle m oving pixels 
in the face, includ­
ing frowns, smiles, 
b l i n k i n g e y e s , 
ra ise d e y e b ro w s 
a n d n o s e w r i n ­
kles, said W h ite ­
hill, w ho w orked in collabora­
tion w ith UCSD professors Javi­
er M ovellan and M arian Bar­
tlett. The software can also slow' 
dow n or speed up a video in re­
sponse to facial expressions.

The new software, though, has 

yet to w'in over some students.

"In online classes, com m uni­
cating with the teacher is simple," 
said Plan II junior Araceli Jaime. 
"It m ay not have the added ben­
efit of speaking to them face to 
face, b ut if you can w rite out 
your thou ghts in an e-mail, the 
professor could e-m ail his back 
to you. M aking hum an com m u­
nication is not necessary, and I 
don 't know' if I w'ould feel com ­
fortable w ith a com puter read ­
ing my facial expressions."

Facial recognition tech n o lo ­
gy has the potential to spawm a 
new' generation of com puter in­
put devices.

W hitehill said the softw’are 
m ay be used for autom ated tu ­
to rin g sy stem s, psychological 
stu d ie s in volv ing o bserv atio n 
of the face at a high level of de­
tail, im p ro v e d p la y a b ility of 
com puter games, m onitoring of 
patients' responses to psychiat­
ric m edications and detection of 
hum an pain.

— J a c o b H hitehill, 
c o m p u t e r science 
st u de n t at I (. SI)

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College students avoid 
campus bookstores 
to escape rising prices

Students turning to 
discount bookstores 
and online vendors

By Pierre Bertrand
Daily Texan Staff
U rice Kim w ent to the U ni­
versity Co-op for the first time 
W ednesday to perform a price 
comparison of a textbook she had 
recently bought on Amazon.

The advertising graduate stu­
dent said she mainly buys text­
books online because they are 
cheaper th an at the bookstore, 
which is the only establishm ent 
that offers new and used books 
for every UT course.

Students are turning to alter­
native op tio n s for p u rchasing 
textbooks because of high costs. 
Businesses have been poppin g 
up to cater to stu d en t dem and 
for cheaper options.

In February, C ongress p ro ­
posed legislation to limit the price 
of textbooks throughout the na­
tion. The proposed bill has pro­
visions to make textbooks more 
affordable, such as requiring that 
textbook prices be available to 
students before the semester be­
gins and requiring publishers to 
make unbundled and less expen­
sive versions available.

The difference betw een the 
price of a new textbook at the Co­

op and the same book sold online 
or at another bookstore can be up 
to $100.

A used b io lo g y book sold 
at Beat the Bookstore in Dobie 
Mall, which carries a limited se­
lection of used UT textbooks, 
costs $35. The sam e book at the 
Co-op sells for $113.

One online book rental compa­
ny, Chegg, claims to save students 
60 to 80 percent on all textbooks.

In stead of h a v in g stu d e n ts 
b u y te x tb o o k s, th e Web site 
ren ts books to stu d e n ts a se ­
mester at a time.

Although online book provid­
ers boast great savings, using 
online services like Chegg may 
not be in the stu d en ts' best in­
terests, said Beat the Bookstore 
ow ner Ken Jones.

Jones said the key to keep ­
ing textbooks affordable is buy­
ing only needed textbooks while 
avoiding supplem entary m ate­
rials. Students also need to pay 
attention to the net price of the 
textbooks or how much a student 
pays for a book after having pur­
chased and returned it.

Jones said the availability and 
price of textbooks at his store de­
pends on how many students sell 
back their textbooks.

"T here's a shortage of used 
books," Jones said. "It's caused 
by students Students don't sell 
their books back."

NEWS BRIEFLY

Capital Metro approves proposal 
to increase bus fare by 25 cents
The Capital Metro Board of Di­
rectors unanimously approved a 
proposal Wednesday to increase lo­
cal bus fare from 50 to 75 cents this 
fall, depending on approval from 
other city entities.

The hike will be the first price 
increase to take effect if approved 
by the Local Government Approv­
al Committee

The board is also suggesting to

increase fares to $1 in 2010.

"It's something Cap Metro has 
needed to do for some time The 
prices haven't gone up since it was 
established in 1985, said Adam 
Shaivitz, Capital Metro spokes­
man.

Shaivitz attributed the fare in­
crease to rising gas prices and la­
bor costs Diesel prices have in­
creased by 336 percent in the past 
five years, he said.

The committee will vote on the 
issue in early August and receive 
final approval from the board later 
that month

— S te p h a n y G a rza

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BOXING COMMENTARY

Boxing’s future weighs 
heavily on ‘Rampage’

By Colby White
Daily Texan 

Columnist

Big fight on tap 
Saturday is Griffin 
against Jackson

It's tim e to p u t the UFC to the 

test.

Last summer, the league and the 
w hole sport of m ixed m artial arts 
w as set to finally earn its rightful 
place next to boxing in the A m er­
ican sporting landscape. The Light 
H eavyw eight C ham pionship bout 
between Q uinton "Rampage" Jack­
son and C huck "Icem an" Liddell 
w as the m ost prom oted and talk- 
e d -ab o u t M M A fight to date, a t­
tracting attention from the m a in ­
stream sports m edia (most notably 
ESPN, as they seem to set the agen­
da w hen it comes to sports).

For the fans that h ad been fol­
low ing the sport for years, the pre- 
fight hype w as a pleasure, even if it 
did m ean w e had to sit through the 
cliché "MMA vs. boxing" debates.

Mix together all the exposure that 
cam e from MMA's version of May- 
w eather vs. De La H oya and a first- 
round knockout punch that added 
another highlight to Jackson's re­
sum e, an d you have an en v iro n ­
m ent set for Jackson to become the 
unofficial face of the UFC.

Four m onths later, Jackson w as 
still atop the pedestal. Jackson d e­
fended his title against D an H en ­
derson in London in Septem ber at 
UFC 75. The event w as only the 
fourth UFC event to be held in Eu­
rope, and w ith the league fresh off 
of the craze Jackson-Liddell gener­
ated, it w as im portant for them to 
capitalize by continuing their buzz.
Ja ck so n d e liv e re d . H is five- 
ro u n d u n a n im o u s decision over 
H enderson raked in the highest re­
corded ratings of any MMA broad­
cast (4.7 m illion view ers) an d set 
a record at L o n d o n 's The 0 2 for 
m oney collected at the gate, eclips-

ing a Rolling Stones concert.

To p u t it an o th er way, Jackson 
is in the sam e class as Mick Jagger 
in England.

Now, Jackson is set to step into 
the ring again and defend his title 
against Forest Griffin on Saturday 
in Las Vegas, a culm ination of this 
season's "The U ltim ate Fighter," a 
prom otional program for the UFC 
m asked as a reality show.

Jackson h as the tools to be the 
c e le b rity th e UFC n e e d s in o r­
d er to be able to crack ESPN and 
stay there. The street fighter sw ag­
ger that som ehow still allows him 
to tell jokes in front of the camera. 
The borderline-silly how l that has 
become his tradem ark. The Kanye 
West factor w h en it com es to not 
being afraid to sp»eak his m ind and 
so u n d a bit d u m b even w hen his 
h e a rt's in the right place. (W hen 
asked about the death of Sean Tay­
lor, Jackson responded, "Shot him 
in the leg an d he died? W here the 
hell w as th e am bulance? F lavor 
Flav w as real w h en he said 9/11 
w as a joke.")

He's proven he can do it in Eng­
land, but back here in the States, the 
MMA buzz has slow ed dow n since 
the Jackson-Liddell fight. Boxing 
has seen a rise during the past year 
thanks to exciting fights from the 
likes of K elly P avlik and M anny 
Pacquiao, w hile m ainstream m e­
dia has seem ed to latch onto the 
circus act th at is EliteXC's Kimbo 
Slice, forgetting ab o u t the UFC in 
the process.

So w h e n J a c k s o n fac es off 
against Griffin on Saturday, there's 
m ore on th e line th a n just a title 
belt. UFC, a n d M M A in general 
could use an entertaining fight in 
order to stay relevant am ong fans 
on the fringe. If n o t, it could e n ­
ter the realm of the A rena Football 
League — sticking around, b u t no­
body's really paying attention.

It m ay be a bit unfair to p u t all 
that w eight on Jackson, but it's the 
responsibility that comes w ith w in­
n ing the biggest event in the his­
tory of a sport struggling to get its 
d u e respect.

Jackson, just consider it a test.

FOOTBALL COMMENTARY
Addition of Muschamp, 
Kines will up the intensity 
level in Big 12 defenses

David R. Henry

Daily Texan 

Columnist

w h o w ill alw ays b e a defensive 
p o w e rh o u se u n d e r Bob S toops 
aside from their yearly Fiesta Bowl 
m eltdow ns, and Kansas, w ho was 
ranked 12th in total defense last 
season en route to an 11-1 season 
and O range Bowl victory, plus Tex­
as Tech, w hose defense m ade a dra­
m atic tu rn aro u n d u n d er new d e­
fensive coordinator Ruffin McNeil, 
an d the Big 12 could be m aking a 
shift tow ard being a major defen­
sive powerhouse.

The reason Texas Tech is getting 
so m uch hype this season is that 
most experts finally believe in their 
defense. After McNeil took over as 
defensive coordinator last season 
following Tech's 49-45 loss to Okla­
hom a State, Tech led the Big 12 in 
defense in its final eight games.

Kines w ill be a lot more aggres­
siv e at A&M th a n the 
A ggies' previous defen­
sive c o o rd in a to r, G ary 
Darnell. M uscham p will 
u p the intensity level of 
Texas' defense. O klaho­
m a will probably be back 
w ith a vengeance on de­
fense after getting hum il­
iated in the Fiesta Bowl.

Will Muschamp, 

Defensive 

coordinator

Offense will be enough 
to w in p le n ty of Big 12 
gam es this season, b u t in 
the end, it will be defense that de­
termines the champion.

Although, to be fair, there is one 
question m ark surrounding M us­
cham p. This is the first tim e he's 
w orked for a non-defensive coach. 
A t LSU and w ith the M iami Dol­
phin s, he w o rk e d u n d e r d efe n ­
sive g u ru Saban, an d at A ub u rn 
he w orked under Tuberville, w ho 
m ade a nam e for himself in the ear­
ly '90s as the defensive coordinator 
of A&M's wrecking crew

This season M uscham p w o n 't 
h av e a d efe n siv e -m in d e d head 
coach to lean on w hen m aking de­
fensive calls.

Somehow, I think he'll m anage 

Coordinators bring 
SEC-style defense 
to Big 12 this year

With the SEC w inning back-to- 
back cham pionships and three in 
the last five seasons starting w ith 
LSU's 2003 title, it's easy to argue 
that it Is the best conference in col­
lege football.

C oaches Steve S purrier (South 
Carolina), U rban M eyer (Florida), 
Les Miles (LSU), N ick Saban (Ala­
bam a, b u t w on title at LSU) 
a n d P hillip F ulm er (Ten­
nessee) h av e all w on n a ­
tional cham pionships, and 
Tommy Tuberville led A u­
bu rn to a 13-0 record. Syl­
vester Croom of M ississip­
pi State w as coach of the 
year last season.

The sig n atu re them e of 
th e SEC: b o n e c ru sh in g , 
hard-hitting, fast defenses.

This season, three of the 

best defensive coordinators w ho 
w ere previously coaching in the 
SEC are now reunited coaching to­
gether in the Big 12.

Gene Chizik, A uburn's defensive 
coordinator when they w ent 13-0 in 
2004 and Texas' defensive coordina­
tor when they won the 2Q05 cham ­
pionship, is now head coach at Iowa 
State. Form er legendary A labam a 
defensive coordinator Joe Kines is 
now Mike Sherm an's defensive co­
o rdinator at Texas A&M. A nd of 
course, Will M uscham p, w h o was 
defensive coordinator of LSU's 2003 
national cham pionship team and a 
firey Saban disciple, is now Texas' 
defensive coordinator.

John Gilchrist | Daily Texan Staff

Mem bers of the Wrecking Crew intramural softball team com pete in the playoffs on Tuesday night at the intramural fields. Softball 

finished last night with the semifinals and finals. Basketball cham pionships are next week.

Intramural sports finishing

Playoffs start next 
week for basketball 
and volleyball

By Scott Bagan
Daily Texan Staff 
The intram ural experience at 
the University of Texas is far dif­
ferent in the sum m ertim e than 
in the spring and fall semesters, 
but it maintains the competitive 
nature for which it's known.

Of the four intramural leagues 
— basketball, softball, four-on- 
four volleyball and w o m e n 's 
water volleyball — two are cur­
rently in the playoffs.

Yesterday evening, the su m ­
mer session of intram ural soft­
ball cam e to a close w ith the 
sem ifin al and c h a m p io n s h ip 
games. In the first gam e of the 
sem is, S uns O u t G u n s O u t, 
w ho lim ped into the playoffs 
w ith a record of 1-3, faced the 
Texas W ranglers, w ho w ere an 
undefeated 4-0. In the second

gam e, Rusty Trombone, w ith a 
record of 3-1, faced the Staff In­
fection, w ho boasts the league's 
seco n d b e st reco rd w ith 4-1. 
The ch a m p io n sh ip took place 
im m ediately after both gam es 
w ere decided.

In other playoff news, basket­
ball's intram ural semifinals will 
take place at 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. 
on Tuesday, July 8. The cham pi­
onship w ill take place im m edi­
ately following the semifinals at 
9 that evening.

In the opening rounds of the 
in tram u ral basketball playoffs, 
Skills T hat Kills d efeated Kin 
Killas in a decisive 57-42 victo­
ry. T hat's W hat She Said d o m ­
inated P u rp le D ank in a 50-38 
m a u lin g . In th e sa m e ro u n d , 
G irth K ing's Team lost to Staff 
Infection , a n d A ftern o o n D e­
light pum m eled Three Seconds 
In The Key 50-25.

Skills That Kills w ent on to de­
feat Kappas in the second round. 
Vintage, w ho had a bye through 
the first round, defeated T hat's

W hat She Said 50-38 to advance 
to the semifinals.

Y ou're a Foul, th e le a g u e 's 
best team record-wise (5-0), w as 
victorious in the second round 
against Afternoon Delight. Staff 
Infection d o m in a te d the Tex­
as W ranglers 61-39. The Texas 
W ranglers h ad a bye th ro u g h 
the first round of the playoffs.

In the first semifinal game, u n ­
defeated Vintage (4-0) faces Skills 
That Kills (4-1), led by team cap­
tain, petroleum engineering ju­
nior Brian Z w art. Z w art looks 
fo rw ard to the sem is an d b e­
lieves that the su m m er's w eak­
ened com petition w ill give his 
team the edge in Tuesday's sem i­
final and cham pionship games.

"We only lost once, and not 
m an y of o u r guys w ere at the 
gam e," Z w a rt said. "It's been 
a v ery fun season, an d co m ­
p e titio n h a s b een w ay e a s i­
er this sum m er than any previ­
ous semester. There is only one 
league, as o p p o se d to several 
sub-leagues, which makes su m ­

m er in tra m u ra ls far m ore re­
laxed and less com petitive. We 
will easily take care of business 
during the semis."

In the second semifinal game, 
the u n d efe ate d Y ou're a Foul 
w ill play against Staff Infection 
to determ ine w ho will be m ov­
ing on to the championship.

Two o th er sp o rts th at have 
not yet reached the playoffs are 
four-on-four volleyball and w a­
ter volleyball. For both leagues, 
the playoff bracket will be posted 
on utrecsports.org July 3, and the 
playoff schedule will be posted 
July 9. In four-on-four volleyball, 
the top-four team s will qualify 
for the playoffs. Fantastic 4 and 
Thriller are currently the league's 
best teams w ith 2-0 records, and 
they are almost certainly guaran­
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ter volleyball the only undefeated 
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Name. All other teams are 1-1 ex­
cept Staff Infection, a multi-sport 
intramural team that has the only 
losing record.

WIMBLEDON

Federer, Nadal successful again

By Stephen Wilson

The Associated Press 

W IM B L E D O N , E n g la n d — 
Five-time cham pion Roger Feder­
er outclassed M ario Ancic — the 
last m an to beat him at W imble­
don — in straight sets W ednesday 
to reach the semifinals and extend 
his grass-court w inning streak to 
64 matches on the first day of sig­
nificant rain delays at the All Eng­
land Club.

Riding his dom inant serve an d 
punishing forehand, Federer p u t 
on a m asterful p erfo rm an ce to 
beat Ancic 6-1, 7-5, 6-4 and m ove 
anoth er step closer to becom ing 
the second m an in history to w in

W imbledon six years in a row.

"I'm playing great, serving ex­
cellent," said Federer, w ho hasn't 
d ro p p e d a set all to u rn a m e n t. 
Federer will next face Marat Safin, 
w ho served 18 aces and overcame 
Feliciano L ope/ 3-6,7-5,7-6 (1), 6-3 
to become the first Russian m an to 
m ake the W imbledon semifinals in 
the 40-year history of the Open.

In the bottom half of the draw , 
No. 2 Rafael N adal edged clos­
er to a third consecutive Wimble­
don final against Federer by blow­
ing aw ay IJritain's A ndy M urray 
6-3,6-2,6-4.

N adal, b id d in g to become the 
first m an to w in the French O pen

and W im bledon in the sam e year 
since Bjom Borg in 1980, will have 
to w ait an extra day to find o u t 
w ho he'll face in the semifinals.

The quarterfinal betw een 94th- 
ranked Rainer Schuettler and No. 
145 A rn a u d C lem e n t w as s u s ­
pended at one set apiece because 
of fading light. Schuettler w on the 
first 6-3 and Clement took the sec­
ond 7-5.

V enus a n d S erena W illiam s, 
w ho betw een them have w on six 
of the last eig h t W im bledon ti­
tles, are o ne ro u n d aw ay from a 
third w o m en 's title m atchup and 
sev en th G ra n d Slam ch a m p io n ­
ship show dow n.

W e b e r -G a l e m a k e s h i s t o r y

Anja Niedringhaus | Associated Press

M ario Ancic 
in action during 
his quarterfinal match against 
Switzerland's Roger Federer on 
the Centre Court at W im bledon.

SPORTS BRIEFLY

Brett Favre may return to NFL, 

according to ESPN report

GREEN BAY, Wis. — Brett 
Favre is considering coming out 
of retirement, according to an 
ESPN report.

ESPN's Chris Mortensen said 

Wednesday that a Green Bav 
Packers source told him that the 
38-year-old Favre told coach Mike 
McCarthy in the past two weeks 
that he has the itch to play.

The Packers' former quar­
terback retired March 6 after a 
17-year career.

Comerback A1 H am s said on 
ESPN's NFL Live that Favre also 
m ade similar comments to him

"I know he has the itch to come 
back and play," Harris said. "If he 
wall or not, I don't know

The Packers had planned to use 

Aaron Rodgers as their quarter­
back for the upcoming season.
"Aaron is our quarterback," 

Harris said. "Brett's retired.
But if he w anted to come back, 
there would be some guys who 
w ouldn't mind it. I would wel­
come him back with open arms."

Mortensen also said his source 

told him the Packers would be 
reluctant to open the door for 
Favre because "Brett retired for 
the right reasons, even though 
1 know his family is tugging on 
him (to play)."

A message left with the Packers 

was not immediately returned.

— Hie Associated Press

Texas runners compete 

tomorrow for Olympic Trials

After a two-day break at the 
U.S. track and field Olympic tri­
als in Eugene, Ore., past and pres­
ent Longhorns will be back in ac­
tion today.

Former Longhorn Andra Man- 
son competes in the high jump, Leo 
Manzano completes in the 1,500 me­
ter run and Jake Morse runs in the 
3,000 meter steeplechase.

On the women's side, former 
Longhorn and World Cup gold 
metalist Sanya Richards completes 
in the 400-meter finals.

"I haven't accomplished my 
goal yet," Richards told The Asso­
ciated Press.

— David R. Henry

Texas-Ex Garrett Weber-Gale made history Wednesday afternoon in 

the 100-meter freestyle at the Olympic trials in Omaha, Neb.

Weber-Gale set a new American record during the day four prelimi­

nary round, docking 47.78 seconds to win the race.

Michael Phelps also broke the previous Am erican record in 47 92 sec­
onds UT junior Dave Walters placed 11th in the 100-meter freestyle pre­
lims in 49.04 seconds.

Brendan Hansen took first in the 200-meter breaststroke prelims, 
clocking in at 2:11.29. UT junior Scott Spann, Jr. placed third in 2:11.88 
Senior Agustin Magruder made the semifinals, placing 1 ^th in 2:15.15. 
UT signee Eric Fnedland also made the semis, placing 16th in 2:15.81

— David R. Henry

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FILM REVIEW

RESTAURANT REVIEW

Drakula falls short of high expectations

Romanian-themed 
restaurant serves up 
questionable fare

By Chelsea Shannon
Daily Texan Staff

Nam ing a restaurant D rakula 
is a risky move. People automati­
cally expect something awesome­
ly out of the ordinary or, at the 
very least, awesomely kitschy.

A t first glance, A u stin 's own 
D raku la co u ld n 't p ossib ly be 
more ordinary. It sits in a strip 
center sandw iched between a 
T-shirt printer and a nail salon, 
a tin y one-room affair that is 
sparsely decorated, seemingly by 
a quaint Rom anian grandm oth­
er — com m em orative ceram ­
ic plates, Rom anian textiles and 
a few poor-quality tourist pho­
tos dot w hite w alls. One of the 
ceramic plates features a creepy 
portrait of Vlad the Im paler, but 
along with a sim ilar image on the 
wait staff's shirts, that's about the 
extent of the vam pire theme. The 
atmosphere was immediately dis­
appointing, so I switched m y fo­
cus to the food. Nothing on the 
menu seemed too foreign: fried 
fish, fried chicken schnitzel, fried 
pork schnitzel, stuffed bell pep­
pers, french fries. The menu was 
also filled w ith pictures of every 
dish. In some cases this was a 
good idea, but in others we were 
steered quickly aw ay from Tech­
nicolor frozen vegetables and un­
identifiable mushes.

If Drakula is any indicator, Ro­
manian cuisine is heavy — even

ALBUM REVIEW

Students’ 
film does 
justice to 
rock band

By Jack Frink
Daily Texan Staff

The A ustin Film Festival pre­
sented a sp ecial screening on 
June 26 of "So n ic Youth: Sleep­
ing Nights A w ake," a black-and- 
w hite concert docum entary cov­
ering the sem inal Am erican rock 
b an d 's p erform ance in Reno, 
Nev., on Ju ly 4, 2006.

The film w as an undertaking 
by Project M oon sh ine, a p ro ­
gram that teaches film m aking 
techniques to high schoolers in 
the Reno area and then sends 
them to docum ent im p o rtan t 
social events in the city. W h ile 
th is in itia tiv e w o u ld seem to 
be the kind of thing that w ould 
o n ly w o rk on paper, the v ie w ­
er quickly forgets it was shot by 
amateurs. The concert shots give 
you all the angles you want, and 
the fram ing is very expressive.

"S le e p in g N ig h ts A w a k e " 
w inds up being a very effective 
concert docum entar — an accom­
plishm ent that owes much to the 
editing and direction of M ichael 
Albright, who was in attendance 
Thu rsd ay at the A lam o Draft- 
house Lake C reek for a p ost­
show question-and-answer ses­
sion. W hen asked w h y he chose 
to go w ith black and w hite over 
color, A lb rig h t said that, along 
w ith it corresponding to the ti­
tle, black and w h ite seemed to 
capture the band's perform ance 
better. A lbright was correct: The 
stark b lack and w h ite w o rk s 
w ith the venue lights to match 
the d rive and sturm and drang 
of Sonic Youth's sound.

The perform ances have the 
power and accom plishm ent one 
w o u ld expect of a 25-year-old 
rock act. It helps that the band 
perform s m any of its most ac­
cessible songs — "100% ," "K o o l 
T h in g " (a rg u a b ly the film 's 
highlight) and "Incin erate." Son­
ic Youth is ob viou sly very sup­
portive of the project. W hen the 
band speaks to the camera, w ith 
only drum m er Steve Shelley ab­
staining, the results are uniform ­
ly interesting. Thurston M oore, 
K im G ordon, Lee Ranaldo and 
M ark Ib o ld are a ll ch arism at­
ic people. This film could make 
someone a Sonic Youth fan.

Fin ally, the audience for this 
concert: Even though the mem­
bers of Sonic Youth are m ostly in 
their 50s, their fans are as young 
as ever. The people w orking the 
cam eras a re n 't the o n ly h ig h 
school students in attendance. 
In terview sequences w ith these 
young fans speak to the group's 
longevity. It's a great, somewhat 
su rreal m om ent w hen M oore 
asks one of the cin em ato g ra­
phers how old she is. "O h , I'm 
a junior," the g irl answers. Later, 
after the concert, another young 
c a m e ra w o m a n says, "W h a t 
a great 4th of Ju ly !" She is n 't 
kidding.

A lbrig ht discussed hopes for 
a D V D release after the credits 
rolled, and hopefully a deal w ill 
be w orked out. T his is a treat 
for docum entary buffs and Son­
ic Youth fans alike. It's definitely 
w orth the rental if it ever pops 
up on Netflix.

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The stuffed cabbage dish pairs well with Romanian wine at Drakula, a Romanian restaurant that serves traditional cuisine.

m y vegetables were slippery with 
grease. It bears a strong resem­
blance to Germ an food w ith an 
emphasis on the sausage and cab­
bage. The two dishes we tried, the 
pork stuffed cabbage and the Ro­
manian Goulash, were both tasty

but sim ilar in flavor. The stuffed 
cabbage was served with polen­
ta, sour cream and, unfortunately, 
a few little sausages that looked 
and tasted suspiciously like "L it­
tle Smokies."

The experience was passable

b u t not w orth re p e a tin g . The 
food was satisfying, and the por­
tions w ere huge, but the prices 
were a bit high. Drakula is a fam­
ily-owned and operated business 
— something I appreciate — but 
I d on't think I'll b e going back.

The austerity of the décor com ­
bined with unusually high levels 
of frozen vegetables and com m er­
cial breakfast sausages w as just a 
smidge too Eastem -bloc for me.

Drakula is located at 8120 Re­

search Boulevard.

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ART: Staff contributes art to display

Feed the 
Animals is 
available to 
download 
online in 
Radiohead's 
"pay-what- 
you-want" 
style, and CD/ 
LP formats are 
scheduled to 
be released 
Sept. 23.

Courtesy of Girl 

Talk

Girl Talk molds different 
genres together to create 
distinctive dance music

By Luis Flores
Daily Texan Staff 

Gregg G illis (a.k.a. G irl Talk) 
is the music equivalent of a base­
ball fantasy manager. He gets to 
sample songs from a wide array 
of genres (including '90s pop, 
classic rock, rap and crunk) and 
put them together to create the 
perfect dance m usic pastiche. 
Feed the Animals is the follow- 
up to the 2006 hit Night Ripper, 
whose excessive sampling man­
aged to poke fun at the whole 
copyright-infringment issue.

Night Ripper was danceable 
and musically diverse, bringing 
together disparate genres. Feed 
the Animals manages to do this 
even better. One of m y favorite 
and most accomplished exam­
ples is an excerpt from the track 
"In Step" in which Salt-N-Pepa's

"Pu sh it," Deee-Lite's "G roove 
Is in the H eart" and N irvana's 
"Lith iu m " jam to the same beat. 
If you think this is an odd match, 
w ait until you listen to "H ands 
in the A ir," where G illis puts to­
gether The Velvet Underground's 
"Sunday M orning" and Flo R i­
da's "Low ," reconciling the coun­
terculture with popular culture in 
a painless manner.

Feed the Animals is not only fun 
to dance to but fun to listen to as 
w ell. Y o u 'll spend time trying 
to tell where each sample came 
from, and don't be ashamed if 
you end up dancing to the pop 
artists you've dissed before. The 
album in C D /L P format w ill be 
released September 23, but G illis 
is offering it digitally on his Web 
site, using the pay-what-you- 
want Radiohead model.

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"There really is no them e 
except jam m ing it fu ll and 
lettin g the art speak for it­
self," she said. "The room has 
no room to breathe. Som e of 
the paintings w ill be speak­
ing to the sculptures."

So ho w does one join in 
on this dialogue between the 
pices of art?

"Sp end ing tim e; let y o u r­

self relax."

W hat about the in tim id at­
ing explanations given by art 
critics?

"E v e ry th in g is right. Ju st 
experience it. The art w ill pull 
out stories and connections."
The p revio u s ex p lo sio n ­
like chaos was gone once the 
show opened. D aniel Lane, 
whose o il painting was still 
drying as it hung on the w all, 
said one of the neat things 
about w orking at the C R L is 
that W alker asks the art-pro­
ducing staff to put pieces of 
their ow n art on the w all.

The La b o rato ry p rovides 
an en viro n m e n t in w h ic h 
art h isto ry and stu d io art 
can com e together and re­
late w h at they are doing to 
the outside w o rld . A cco rd ­
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Antone’s celebrates 
33 years of putting 
Austin on the map

By Alex Regnery
Daily Texan Staff

W hen m usic and A ustin are 
brought up, Antone's is one of the 
first venues that com es to mind. 
Clifford Antone and his club are a 
large reason Austin can be called 
the "liv e m u sic cap ital of the 
w orld." Through his tenacity and 
love for music, Antone was able to 
bring blues legends such as Mud­
dy Waters and Albert Collins to 
town and help launch Stevie Ray 
Vaughan's career. After Clifford An­
tone passed away in 2006, his sis­
ter, Susan Antone, has helped keep 
Antone's at the top of its game. The 
venue is celebrating its 33rd anni­
versary this month.

"Hopefully [the club] has grown 
with the times and with the m u­
sic," Antone said.

Along for the whole ride, A n­
tone helped her b rother as the 
club continued to grow and move 
around the city. The original loca­
tion opened in 1975 on Sixth and 
Brazos Streets and, after great suc­
cess, moved north.

"It changed from the old down­
town place to the big venue [near 
M oPac], where you w eren't hav­
ing so many of your local bands," 
A ntone said. "If you were going 
to have your local bands up north, 
you'd have them as openers. Peo­
ple didn't just come and hang out 
up there like they had on Sixth 
Street. When we moved to Guadal­
upe, it became more of a neighbor­
hood place and it was terrific."

A n tone's, which m oved to its 
current location on Fifth Street in 
March 1997, is well underway with 
the anniversary celebration. Over 
the years, m em ories have been 
made within Clifford's establish­
ment, occasionally leading to a few 
double takes.

"We had the opportunity to put 
together som e pretty fun shows. 
One night we were doing a show 
with Dr. John, Jim m ie Vaughan, 
Angela Strehli ... but Stevie [Ray 
Vaughan] drops in and brings Bono 
and The Edge to play," Antone said. 
"Things like that used to happen a 
lot. It was really fun. You'd have 
somebody playing the next night,

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and you'd have Clint Eastwood on 
the dance floor, and you have to 
think, Ts this science fiction?"'

Clifford also helped enrich the 
UT campus with his extensive m u­
sic knowledge when he taught the 
course "The Blues According to Clif­
ford A ntone." Excited about both 
his studénts and teaching, Susan 
Am tone said, Clifford would bring 
friend and blues great Pinetop Per­
kins into class to talk and play. Per­
kins is celebrating his 95th birthday 
Monday with a concert at Amtone's.
When asked which act she was 
most excited about, Antone said, 
"i'm so excited about everyone be­
ing there." With a new act every 
night during the month of July, the 
33rd anniversary is packed w ith 
talent, featuring The Scabs, the 
Bob Schneider Group and Barbara 
Lynn. Doyle Bramhall II, guitarist 
in Eric Clapton's band, will also be 
playing two shows next weekend.

H opefully [th e clu b] 
has grow n with the 
times a n d with the 

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founder

Clifford Antone helped m ake 
Austin the city that it is today, and 
it is clear that after his passing, he is 
still remembered fondly. Things at 
Antone's proceeded slowly after its 
founder's death, Antone said, but 
things eventually fell into place.

"We just did it one day at a time 
with a lot of help from our friends. 
It's really tremendous how m any 
people and bands have been so 
kind and so helpful," Antone said. 
"I know there's not anything that I 
could do for my brother anymore 
than keep that club going because 
he loved it so much. We try to do 
that and have a little m errim ent 
when we can."

Antone's is throwing its official an­
niversary party on Tuesday, July 15, 
with Jason Moeller.

Patrick waters on e of his m any "guerilla gardens" in West Austin Park. He grows flowers, trees and food, and says all the gardens are 

Jackie Gilíes | Daily Texan Staff

open to the public.

Guerilla gardeners give back

Residents confront 
Austin's lack o f 
public gardens

By Rachel M eador
Daily Texan Staff 
to 
T e m p o r a r il y b o u n d 
cru tch e s afte r a tra g ic kick - 
ball accident, Patrick Sullivan 
h o b b les throu gh the p a rk at 
around 9 a.m. hoping that this 
m orning he can finish w ater­
ing his illegal gardens before it 
gets too hot.

"S p rin g and fall are p lan t­
ing seasons, but the gardens re­
quire constant attention," Sulli­
van said as he toiled over some 
tomatillos at West Austin Park. 
"We w ater every two days and 
are relentlessly weeding. In all, 
it takes about an hour a day."

Six years ago, Sullivan and a 
friend decided to address the 
u n availab ility of com m u n ity

gard ens in A u stin w ith their 
ow n form of peaceful yet ille­
gal action: guerilla gardening. 
W hat began with transforming 
a grassy area into a forest has 
grow n into e ig h t com m unity 
gardens around the city and a 
m ilitia that is ab ou t 30 m em ­
bers strong.

"It's not about me wanting to 
plant. O therwise, I would have 
put it in m y backyard and not 
a public p ark ," Sullivan said. 
"It's about com m unity educa­
tion, having a great tim e and 
producing som ething, not just 
consum ing."

C o m m u n ity g a rd en s p ro ­
vide m em bers access to fresh 
fruits and veg etables as w ell 
as a place to socialize and con­
nect to the environm ent. The 
gardens are in stark dem and 
around the city, with w aitlists 
dozens of nam es long in some 
areas. Sullivan estim ates these 
will take years to accommodate.

T h e g u e rilla g ard en ers hop e 
th at by creating gard ens that 
a n y on e can care for and h a r­
v e s t from , p eop le w ill com e 
to understand the im portance 
an d e a se o f g ro w in g th e ir 
ow n food.

"T h in k ab ou t all the gas it 
takes to get that lettuce to the 
store and back hom e w hen it's 
growing for free just a bike ride 
away," Sullivan said. "W e have 
no tractors, no tillers, no gaso­
line, no pesticides, and nobody 
is being m istreated."

The gardeners operate w ith­
out perm ission and have m et 
o p p o sitio n from th e city of 
Austin in the past for planting 
fruiting trees on the perim eter 
of a Clarksville Park. The trees 
were uprooted within 24 hours. 
Sullivan said he takes full legal 
re sp o n sib ility and m ain tain s 
that the success of the gardens 
is not due to his activism or the 
lack of city action.

"T h e m a in re a s o n it h as 
stu ck aro u n d is b ecau se the 
com m unity supports it," Sulli­
van said. "T h ere are so m any 
c o n t r ib u t o r s , I d o n 't e v e n 
know all of them ."

The underground group op­
erates com pletely by w ord-of- 
m o u th . O n g a rd e n in g d ay s, 
S u lliv a n in v ite s a n y o n e he 
thinks m ight w ant to help to 
his house for barbecue before 
the grou p w alk s w ith s h o v ­
els in their hands and seeds in 
their p ockets to create a new 
garden.

"I'm n ot say ing it's a good 
idea to start p lan tin g corn in 
the b a se b a ll field , b u t there 
is so m uch unused space and 
there is no reason w e sh ou ld n't 
plan t a gard en th e re ," S u lli­
van said . "W e m ay n ot have 
perm ission, but w e're not tak ­
ing away, not sacrificin g , not 
c o m p r o m is in g . W e 're o n ly 
ad d in g ."

Rock out on July 4th with patriotic anthems

Alice Cooper, Rick 
Derringer and others 
make patriotism cool

By A ndy O 'Connor
Daily Texan Staff 
C arnivore - "U S A for U S A ,"
C arn iv o re, P eter Ste ele 's band 
b efo re Type O N eg ativ e, w as 
never m uch for political correct­
ness. Here, they use their lack of 
subtlety to show the w orld how 
much w e kick ass. The patriotism 
is deep-fried, and Steele strongly 
encourages would-be com plain- 
ers: "D o n 't fuck with the eagle."

B ru ce S p rin g steen - " B o r n 
in the U S A ," So what if it's not

su p p osed to b e a n a tio n alistic 
pum p-m e-up anthem ? The only 
so n g w h e re n o t k n o w in g the 
real m e a n in g a c tu a lly m ak es 
the song better.

R ic k D e r r i n g e r - " R e a l 
A m e r ic a n ," N o on e th o u g h t 
D e rrin g e r co u ld top h is m a s­
terpiece "R o ck n ' Roll H oochie 
K o o ," b u t h e d id w ith "R e a l 
A m e r ic a n ." B e tte r y et, it w as 
th e th em e so n g for H u lk H o­
gan in the 80s. "F ig h tin ' for the 
rights of every m an " is a w hole 
lot b etter w h en y ou 've got sol­
id so n g w ritin g and H u lk am a- 
nia on you r side.

S a m m y H a g a r - " I C a n 't 
D rive 5 5 ," B efore he betrayed 
A m erica by running Van H alen,

H agar w rote this aw esom e free­
dom anthem . C ars and A m erica 
go hand in hand, and let's face 
it, H agar w ith his w ail is a b et­
ter at telling the Feds to back off 
than a cranky gynecologist.

A lice C o o p er - "F re e d o m ," 
D on 't you ju st hate it w hen your 
fa v o rite ro c k e rs g e t old and 
tu rn in to c o n s e rv a tiv e w h in ­
ers? W ho are you k id d in g , w e 
love it! C o op er had K ane R ob ­
erts, a Ram bo look-alike w ield ­
ing a m achine-gun -shaped gui­
tar, con trib u te sick licks to this 
raging battle cry.

Iced E arth - "W h e n th e E a­
gle C rie s," E vid en tly , creatin g 
ass-kicking pow er m etal w asn't 
en ou g h for Iced E arth m a ster­

m ind Jon Schaffer. H e w an ted 
to b eco m e m e ta l's Toby K eith , 
an d w ith th is s a p p y tr ib u te 
to the 9 /1 1 v ictim s, he soared 
higher than any eagle could.

N ig h t R a n g e r - "(Y o u C an 
Still) Rock in A m erica," N ight 
R a n g e r n e ed e d so m e ed g e to 
b alan ce out "S is te r C h ristia n ." 
Jack Blades could n ever top his 
stars and stripes earned by jo in ­
ing Ted N u g en t in D am n Y an­
kees, but this is alm ost as patri­
otically rockin'.

Jay Jay French - "I W ant Ba­
r a c k '" S u re , it m ay n o t be as 
A M E R R R IC A as the rest of the 
songs on here. W hen the a lter­
native is " It's R ain in' M cC ain ," 
how ever, the choice is clear.

Artists, alumni collaborate at Creative Research Lab

Will Smith's latest film, "Hancock," also features Charlize Theron and 

Jason Bateman from "Juno."

Courtesy of Blue Light

‘Hancock’ lacks strong story 
of successful superhero films

By Eric Heaggans
Daily Texan Staff 
"H ancock" (Will Smith) is an al­
coholic superhero who is despised 
by the public since his heroic deeds 
are done without regard for public 
safety and property. When he saves 
the life of PR executive Ray Embrey 
Qason Bateman), he agrees to allow 
Ray to change his public image. 
This results in a prison stint, AA 
meetings and a costume change.

Hancock starts off strong with 
actio n and the co m ed ic tim ing 
Sm ith has com e to be known for. 
After about 30 m inutes, how ev­
er, the large holes in the story be­
com e obvious.

"H a n co ck " is an origin story 
in the vein of Spider-M an, the X- 
Men and Iron Man. The success of

those movies wasn't because they 
had great special effects; it w as be­
cause of the strong story, w ith the 
villain as a chief element. A good 
superhero story needs at least one 
su p er-sm art, su p er-ev il, su p er­
powered bad guy. Don't expect to 
see one here.

This m ovie had the potential 
to be great, but the loose storyline 
kills it. Sm ith and Charlize Ther­
on have great chemistry onscreen, 
and Bateman adds a subtle com e­
dic flare. "Hancock" is an O K intro­
duction to an intriguing character-, 
one you can expect to see in the fu­
ture. It will certainly hold its own 
on opening weekend but won't be 
able to stave off the likes of "Wall- 
E" and "The Dark Knight."

irkiT trk

By Victoria Heckenlaible
Daily Texan Staff 
W ith ham m ers in h and , cu ­
rators and interns scurry about 
in a space that looks m ore like 
a construction zone than an art 
gallery.

"O ne week it looks like a bomb 
went off. The next week the show 
is up. E very thing is shiny and 
clean," said Jade Walker, lecturer 
and director of the Creative Re­
search Laboratory.

The C RL provides a space for 
faculty, v isitin g artists, alum ni 
and the com m unity to collab o­
rate for the sake of new art. But 
a cco rd in g to W alker, it "fe e ls 
like the child of many p eo p le/' 

W alker has m ade it her goal 
for the laboratory to becom e a 
lea rn in g sp ace and ven u e for 
stu d e n ts and alum ni to show 
their ow n art w ith a focu s on 
collaboration.

"W h e n p e o p le sta rt c o lla b ­
oratin g , it b rin g s fresh id e a s," 
she said.

Each artist has his or her own 
specific need, from being wran-

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artist positions before accepting 
the position as director in 2006.

H e r o w n w o r k h a s b e e n 
show n in places from Taiw an to 
Florida. In Taiw an she built p i­
ñatas w ith the children of H sin- 
chu. A t first the kids w ere co n ­
fu sed by th is b rid g in g of c u l­
tu res — w hy w ould they bang 
up th e ir ow n a rt? S o o n th ey 
b e c a m e q u ite e x c ite d a b o u t 
sm ash in g the p ap er scu lp tu re 
to g e t th e g o o d ie s in sid e . In 
A u stin sh e co n tin u ed co n n e ct­
ing cu ltures by having students 
at the U T E le m e n ta ry S ch o o l 
cre a te a b o o k for the ch ild ren 
in H sinchu.

W alk er c u ra te s y e a r-ro u n d 
exh ib ition s, d irects interns and 
staff and p ro vid es com m u n ity 
interaction through artist talks, 
film screen in g s and panel d is­
cussions. O ne of the current ex­
h ib itio n s , th e S u m m e r S a lo n , 
is laid out in the French Salon 
sty le. W alker said this style is 
about the collaboration between 
the pieces, not the artists.

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Andrca Lai | Daily Texan Staff

A w om an exam ines the work of studio art graduate student Daniel 
Lane in th e Sum m er Salon 2008 exhibition.

gled in on o c c a s io n to b ein g 
m ento red th rou g h o u t the p ro­
cess, sh e said . W alker and the 
CRL ad ju st to the artists so that 
they w ill produce the best w ork 
Dossible.

W a lk er firs t b e g a n h e r in ­
volvem ent at the C RL as a fea­
tu red g ra d u a te stu d e n t a rtist 
w h ile w o rk in g on an M a ste r 
o f Fine Arts in sculpture. From 
there she held several resid ent