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Endowment payout projected to drop $3-4M

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By Evelyn Ngugi
Daily Texan Staff 
The payout from the Universi­
ty's public endowment is project­
ed to drop by about $3 million to 
$4 million for the 2009-10 academ­
ic year, said chief financial officer 
Kevin Hegarty.

m anent University Fund, is sup­
plied by oil assets owned by the 
University. As energy prices de­
crease, the money that comes from 
those investments also decreases. 
This year the payout from the en­
dowment dropped from $164 mil­
lion to about $160 million.

The public endowment, or Per­

Jim Kunetka, associate vice presi­

dent for development, said endow­
ments pay for a variety of things, 
including student scholarships, 
professorships and programs like 
scientific research and libraries.

"Because of the way the payout 
is calculated, we are likely to see 
continued year-to-year declines in 
the [Permanent University Fund]

payout for the next few years," 
Hegarty said.

Such a decrease is not project­
ed for the payout from the private 
endow m ent, or financial gifts to 
the university from individuals or 
organizations, H egarty said. The 
private endow m ent is kept rela­
tively constant by reinvesting ex­

cess return during good economic 
times, so that it is the same during 
worse economic times, he said.

"T his means that students and 
faculty who depend on UT-man- 
aged end ow m ents and scholar­
ships should not expect to be neg­
atively impacted next year as a re­
sult of declines in the market val­

ue of the associated endow m ent 
or scholarship," Hegarty said.

The sam e can not be said for 
scholarships not managed by the 
University, including those spon­
sored by local churches or clubs, 
Hegarty said.

PAYOUT continues on page 2A

Drag bookstore closes after 3 years

Campus crime 
stats indicate a 
modest incline

By Clay Sampson
Daily Texan Staff

Recently compiled crime statistics for 2008 show a 
slight increase in theft on campus and fluctuations in 
crime in some areas.

University of Texas Police Department crime sta­
tistics reveal that on-campus crime in 2008 up to Oc­
tober was on par with previous years of this decade. 
Thefts reported in that 10-month span totaled 529, 
com pared to 520 for the entire year of 2007. Most 
thefts occurred in classrooms and offices. Six auto­
mobile thefts were also reported in 2008, compared 
to 11 the previous year.

"It was pretty much a standard type year," said 
UTPD O fficer Darrell Halstead. "B u t I saw an in­
crease in thefts around the University as a whole."

Halstead said he was proud to report the improv­
ing safety of Gregory Gym, which had been plagued 
with thefts in the past. According to Campus Watch, 
the gymnasium fell from third to fifth place among 
the buildings with the most thefts. Jester Dormitory 
ranked first in thefts.

Robert Lee M oore Hall experienced increased 

thievery and was third in thefts on campus.

According to official UTPD records, nearly $240,000 
worth of property was stolen through October of last 
year with $37,000, or 15 percent, of that amount re­
covered. A recent Campus Watch e-mail alert lists the 
stolen amount of property jumped to about $310,000

Top five locations for theft at UT

#4 T h e U n io n

CRIME continues on page 2A

Advertising sophom ore W hitney Miller browses through books at Follett's Intellectual Property on Tuesday morning. The bookstore, located 
across from the UT campus, opened three years ago but will be closing mid-March.

Andrew Rogers | Daily Texan Staff

Low sales sink trade shop in spite of $75,000 in annual support from Co-op

By Evelyn Ngugi
Daily Texan Staff 
The marquee above Follett's In­
tellectual Property, the bookstore 
on the Drag, reads "Bye Bye Aus­
tin ." In sid e, stu d en ts and o th ­
er Austin residents walk through 
the store taking advantage of the 
30-percent-off sale on all books.

D espite a reduced lease from 
the University Co-op, which owns 
the space, the bookstore will close 
its doors in mid-M arch after the 
three-year lease is over.

"T h e U niversity of Texas ad ­

m inistration has been very sup­
portive of our efforts," said Cliff 
Ew art, spokesperson for Follett 
Higher Education Group, which 
ow ns the bookstore. "E ven with 
all of that support, it just didn't 
meet our sales expectations."

Ew art said the store received 
su g gestio n s from the U n iv ersi­
ty on what books to carry and re­
ceived $75,000 a year from the Co­
op through the University for pro­
m otional events such as faculty 
book signings and other m arket­
ing approaches.

"U ltim ately, it's a function of 
retail environm ent; the econom y 
certainly d id n 't h elp ," said Elio 
D iStaola, a spokesm an for F ol­
lett Higher Education Group. "We 
just didn't have enough foot traf­
fic. I don't know, I wish I could go 
inside of a custom er's mind."

U n iv ersity o fficia ls cam e to 
UT C o -op P resid en t and C EO 
George M itchell and asked if he 
could help establish a bookstore 
on the Drag since Barnes & Noble, 
the only bookstore on that street, 
had closed years before. Mitchell

agreed, and Intellectual Property 
was given a reduced lease.

"W h e re [U n iv ersity F ed era l 
Credit Union] is now, we rented 
that to Barnes & Noble for eight 
years and they couldn't make any 
money, so they closed up," M itch­
ell said. "We wanted to help have 
a store there."

M itchell said he w as notified 
in D ecem ber that the bookstore 
did not intend to renew the lease. 
Plans for what business w ill fill

BOOKSTORE continues on page 2A

Businesses on the Drag that have closed in the past five years
Source: Texan archives

Barnes and Noble 
Le Fun Arcade

2004 ------------— 2005 ------------- —

Tower Records 

 2006 —

Mojo's Daily Grind

Blue Velvet 
(changed location) 
Einstein's Arcade 
Texas Showdown Saloon 
Smokey Mo's

 2008

Congressman aims to disperse student financial aid

Obama mania pumps sales, 

Doggett adds textbook tax 

cut provision to Obamas 

economic recovery plan

By Erin Mulvaney
Daily Texan Staff 

U .S. R ep. Lloyd D oggett of 
A u stin has attached a plan to 
p rovid e aid for university s tu ­
dents to the Obama economic re­
cov ery package. 1 he effects o f 
the plan could be seen as soon 

as April.

The stimulus package, which 
could inject up to $825 billion into 
the economy, will now include 
$12.5 billion in tax credits for high­
er education expenses if approved. 
The plan could save college and 
university students up to $2,500 
per year for their first four years.

"W e need to do w hatever we 
can to support those w ho seek 
m ore education and training to 
better prepare them selves for the 
tougher, tighter job market," Dog­
gett said in an e-mail.

This is the first tim e that tax 
credits for higher education have 
focused on the cost of course ma­
terials, including textbooks. The 
credit plan will reduce taxes for 
families equal to the amount they 
spend on tuition or textbooks up 
to $2,500, Doggett said.

Doggett said students and fami­
lies are finding it harder to pay for 
education, which is why he said 
he included the cost of course ma­
terials in the tax credit.

"This bill p rovid es som e re­
lief on the tax bill for the pain

DOGGETT continues on page 2A

Archaeology graduate student Shannon Iverson reads outside the 
Texas Union on Wednesday. The econom ic recovery bill will contain a 
provision to help save students m oney on textbooks.

A m y R o m « ro | D aily Texan Staff

helps expanding start-ups

By Rachel Platis
Daily Texan Staff

W hile political merchandise helped spread grassroots fervor 
for President Barack Obama, Obama memorabilia has fueled the 
fire for local businesses, even putting some stores on the map.

O ne such business began as a Web site know n as "B arack 
Obama is Good: The W ebsite." Started in 2006 by a group of 11 
siblings, the store sold T-shirts through PayPal. In 2007, the Web 
site expanded into Storyville, offering locally designed and cus­
tomizable apparel at locations in Austin and Baton Rouge, La.

W hen ow ner Gabriel Harvey first started selling the Barack 
Obama shirt, there were none like it, and the shirts were printed 
one at a time. Since then, hundreds have been sold to customers 
all over the nation.

"We started selling the 'Obama is Good!' T-shirts before the Dem­
ocratic nomination as a way to get Barack's name out there," Har­
vey said. "It was our form of political activism. People would ask 
about what Obama was, because at the time he was unknown."

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Records at center of U.S. education lawsuit

By Viviana Aldous
Daily Texan Staff

The Student Press L a w Center 
m ay sue the U.S. Department of 
Education if the agency does not 
amend its newest changes to the 
Fa m ily Educational Rights and 
Privacy Act. Officials at the cen­
ter have said that the changes 
make public access to education 
records difficult.

The act was passed in 1974 to 
protect the privacy of education 
records, and the new regulations 
took effect Jan. 8. The law applies 
to all schools that receive funds 
from the Department of Ed uca­
tion, including most public and 
private colleges and universities.
"Before making these chang­
es, w e got complaints from time

to time about students' education 
records being shared improperly/' 
said Jim Bradshaw, U.S. Depart­
ment of Education spokesman. 
"Schools have to protect the pri­
vacy of student education records. 
That's the foundation of FT R PA ."

W ith these new regulations, a 
school may not disclose to the pub­
lic any information that is deemed 
"personally identifiable," includ­
ing some statistical information.

Identifying failing students is a 
possible F E R P A violation, Brad­
shaw said.

"There's no question the public 
is the big loser here," said Adam 
Goldstein, attorney advocate of 
the Student Press L a w Center. 
"W h a t percentage of students 
are failing? If they can't provide

that information, how do I know 
where to send m y kids to school? 
It undermines the entire concept 
of education reform."

U T Associate Registrar M ike 
A llen said the registrar's office 
uses common sense and analysis 
w hen determining w hich infor­
mation is personally identifiable.
" If a group of statistics has a 
su fficie n tly sm all sam ple, w e 
w ould not release that informa­
tion," Allen said.

A ccordin g to the final regu­
lations of F E R P A published by 
the Department of Education, a 
school m ay not disclose infor­
mation that a high school stu­
dent w as suspended for bring­
ing a gun on campus in the past 
because "a reasonable person in

the high school w ould be able to 
identify the student," even if the 
requester may not.

feel that is necessary to protect 
the students' health and safety," 
Bradshaw said.

"The Department of Education 
is saying that students w ho bring a 
gun to school have a right to priva­
cy that is so great the school can't 
tell the public about it," Goldstein 
said. " I don't believe an individu­
al w ho brings a gun to school has 
a right not to tell anyone. It's com­
pelling information to know if stu­
dents have guns at schools."

However, if school administra­
tors believe it is necessary to re­
lease information at the time of 
an emergency, they m ay do so, 
Bradshaw said.

"If a student is a threat to him ­
self or others, the school may re­
lease that in form atio n if they

In order to obey F E R P A , the 
registrar's office provides only di­
rectory information to the public.

" If it's not directory information, 

we don't release it," Allen said.

Goldstein said he believes the 
regulations addressed do not 
protect students' privacy.

"If they don't change the regu­
lations, sooner or later w e're go­
ing to have to oppose it and even­
tu a lly that means oppose it in 
court," Goldstein said. "There's 
no w a y to look at the changes to 
F E R P A [and doubt] that the pub­
lic is going to have less informa­
tion about the most vital part of 
public facilities — the schools."

D0GGETT: State senator has 
proposed similar legislation

From pagel A

students endure at the book­
store," Doggett said.

The inclusion of the tax 
credit w as m odeled after a 
proposal introduced by Dog­
gett and U.S. Rep. Tom Per- 
riello of Virginia. The prog­
ress of the plan w as fast- 
tracked because of its inclu­
sion in the economic recov­
ery plan.

U T student b o d y P re s i­
d ent K e s h a v R a ja g o p a la n 
said he applauds Doggett's 
e ffo rts to p r o v id e fin a n ­
cial relief for students and 
families.

"S o m e stu d e n ts sp en d 
up to $600 per semester on 
books, and a financial bu r­
den that great is unaccept­
able for students w h o have 
lim ited finances," he said.

U T Student G o ve rn m e n t 
m eets w ith both the U .S .

Congress and the Texas Leg­
islature to dicuss student is­
sues.

Texas Sen. Ju d ith Zaffiri- 
ni has proposed a tax-free 
textb ook b ill in the c u r ­
rent legislative session that 
w ou ld make textbooks and 
course m aterials tax free at 
the b eg in n in g of each se­
mester. Z affirini's proposed 
bill is in its beginning stag­
es, w h ile D o g g e tt's b ill 
could p ro vid e faster relief 
to fam ilies due to its co n ­
nection to the economic re­
covery plan.

T h e H o u s e W a y s a n d 
Means Committee, on which 
Doggett serves as a senior 
member, is expected to ap­
prove the bill in committee 
Thursday. It w ould then be 
sent to the House floor next 
week and is expected to be­
come a law by mid-February, 
he said.

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PAYOUT: Outlook optimistic for long term

From pagel A

"T h e decline in the [Perm a­
nent U n iv e rs ity Fu nd] payout 
w ill create a budget challenge for 
the University, but w e w ill figure 
out how to deal w ith that."

In past years, a tight budget 
led to m odest salary increase 
programs and maintenance cut­
backs, Hegarty said. Raising tu­
ition is a last resort for the U n i­
versity, he said.

Hegarty said when the tuition 
for this academic year and the 
next were being set, it was project­
ed that the payout would actually 
increase by $14 million annually, 
but tuition rates for 2009-10 were

set last year and w ill not be im ­
pacted by the payout decrease.

"O u r posture is, w e 'v e m an­
aged the university conservative­
ly in the good times so that w e 
don't have to take as severe ac­
tions as perhaps you might see 
taken when the market declines," 
Hegarty said. "W e're going to con­
tinue to watch, listen and learn."

The percentage of the U n ive r­
sity's budget coming from state 
support has decreased over the 
years, according to the Web site 
of the Office of Development.

"In the end, students have the 
potential to be most impacted by 
what the Legislature does in terms

of funding UT-Austin because fu­
ture tuition increases are inverse­
ly related to increases or decreas­
es in state funding," Hegarty said* 
"The more the state funds, the less 
pressure there is on the University 
to raise tuition."

Kunetka said the Legislature 
votes on money allotted for high­
er education, and current eco­
nomic difficulties must also be 
balanced by a long-term view.

"W ith w hat w e're facing eco­
nomically, w e can expect our en­
dowm ent to reflect our market­
place," Kunetka said. "The pay­
out m a y decrease, but it w ill 
eventually go back up."

C R IM E: UTPD considers factors of increased activity

From pagel A

for the entire year.

Halstead said a big problem in 
returning property is unidenti­
fied items. He urged students to 
label their belongings w ith their 
driver's license number.

Tw o rapes w ere reported to 
U T P D in 2008, compared to one 
in 2007. B u t records from the 
O ffice of Student A ffairs show 
in 2007 there w ere 12 forcible 
sex offenses, a category that in­
cludes rape. The office did not 
h ave data a va ila b le for 2008, 
but A s sista n t V ic e Pre sid e n t

Jen n ifer H am m at said it w as a 
typical year.

" I w o u ld n 't say [the year] is 
statistically significant or differ­
ent in any categories," she said. 
"T here's nothing g larin g ly d if­
ferent last year."

H am m at said the num ber of 
hom e football games im pacts 
crim e, as more alcohol is con­
sumed on those days.

U T P D records also show five 
ro bberies and 32 b u rg la rie s, 
numbers that are slightly higher 
than in 2007. But assaults were 
down to 47 in 2008, compared to 
69 the year before.

U T has not had a murder since 

2001.

"O verall, I still think w e have 
a v e ry safe cam pus as long as 
students are conscientious and 
aw are of their su rrou nd ing s," 
H a m m a t said. "B u t crim in a ls 
w ill alw ays have their eyes out 
for affluent students."

H alstead agreed, saying U T 
was "very safe" compared to oth­
er universities of the same size, 
He said the task of reducing crime 
by 5 percent in 2009 is an honor.

"Your mom and dad have en­
trusted me w ith your safety," he 
said. "W e take that to heart."

BOOKSTORE: Students express loss, turn to Internet

From page 1A

the vacancy are still unclear.

Undeclared freshman E liz a ­
beth Rose and radio-television- 
film freshm an K a tie M c D o w ­
ell browsed through Intellectual 
Property together w hile lament­
ing the store's closure.

"T h e y have some really cool 
books that you can't find anywhere 
else," Rose said. "They also have a 
nice film section for [Katie]."

Both wom en agreed the loca­
tion w as convenient, and they 
couldn't immediately think of an­
other bookstore near the campus.
"W e 're just going to have to

order them online," Rose said.

F o lle t t H ig h e r E d u c a t io n 
G roup has no plans to relocate 
the bookstore to another Austin 
location.

"T h e Austin com m unity has 
been absolutely w o n d e rfu l to 
be in, and w e're gonna miss it," 
DiStaola said.

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Thursday, January 22, 2009

Caroline Kennedy 
ends her bid for 
Clintons Senate seat

By Michael Gormley
The Associated Press

ALBANY, N.Y. — Published 
reports say C aroline K enne­
dy is withdrawing from her ef­
fort to join the U.S. Senate in 
the seat once held by her uncle, 
slain Sen. Bobby Kennedy.

The N ew York Times and 
N ew York P o st re p o r te d 
Wednesday that Kennedy has 
ended her m onthlong bid to 
succeed Hillary Rodham Clin­
ton, who was confirmed as sec­
retary of state.

The reports come a day after 
Kennedy's uncle, Sen. Edward 
K ennedy of M assach usetts, 
suffered a seizure at the inau­
guration of President Barack 
Obama. He has been treated for 
an aggressive brain tumor.

The Times cited a source it 
did n 't identify as saying Ken­
nedy withdrew out of concern 
for her unde and his illness. But 
the Post cited an unidentified 
source as saying she dropped 
out because she learned Gov. 
D avid Paterson had decided 
not to choose her.

The move appears to clear 
the way for several other candi­
dates including Attorney Gen­

eral Andrew Cuomo, who Pat­
erson confirmed Tuesday is un­
der consideration. Cuomo sur­
passed Kennedy in statew ide 
polls last week as the favorite 
of New Yorkers who were sur­
veyed.

Paterson has said he hopes to 
make an appointm ent by this 
weekend.

O ther con ten d ers in clu de 
Reps. C arolyn M alo ney of 
New York City and Steve Isra­
el of Long Island, along with a 
strong upstate candidate, Rep. 
Kirsten Gillibrand, whose dis­
trict runs along the H udson 
Valley. O ther hopefuls am ong 
the 10 or 20 Paterson said were 
u n der consideration include 
Reps. Jerrold Nadler and Brian 
Higgins and Buffalo Mayor By­
ron Brown.

The reports came hours after 
Maloney, some Democrats' top 
choice, was named chairwom­
an of the Joint Economic Com­
mittee in Congress. That's a sig­
nificant move because Paterson 
had made it clear the next sen­
ator's top job should be to help 
land a federal stim ulus pack­
age to help New York out of its 
budget crisis.

A U.S. Military guard leans on a fence post as a Guantanam o detainee, left, jogs inside the exercise yard at Cam p 5 detention center on the 
U.S. Naval Base in Guantanam o Bay, Cuba. Obam a plans to close the facility, according to governm ent sources.

Brennan Linsley | Associated Press

Obama to order close of Guantanamo

By Lara Jakes and David Espo
The Associated Press 

WASHINGTON — President 
Barack Obama will begin over­
hauling U.S. national security 
policy Thursday with orders to 
close the Guantanamo Bay deten­
tion center, review military trials 
of terror suspects and end harsh 
interrogations, two government 
officials said.

Together, the three executive 
orders and a presidential direc­
tive will reshape how the Unit­
ed States prosecutes and ques­
tions al-Qaida, Taliban or other 
foreign fighters who pose a threat 
to Americans.

A senior Obama adm inistra­
tion official said the president 
w ould sign an order Thursday 
to shutter the Guantanamo pris­
on within one year, fulfilling his 
campaign promise to close a facil­
ity that critics around the world 
say violates domestic and inter­
national detainee rights. The aide 
spoke on condition of anonym i­
ty because the order has not yet 
been issued.

A draft copy of the order, ob­
tained Wednesday by The Asso­
ciated Press, notes that "in view 
of significant concerns raised 
by these detentions, both w ith­

in the United States and interna­
tionally, prom pt and ap p ro pri­
ate disposition of the individu­
als currently detained at G uan­
tanamo and closure of the facili­
ty would further the national se­
curity and foreign policy inter­
ests of the United States and the 
interests of justice."

An estimated 245 men are be­
ing held at the U.S. naval base in 
Cuba, most of whom have been 
detained for years w ithout be­
ing charged with a crime. The ad­
ministration already has received 
perm ission to suspend the tri­
als at Guantanam o for 120 days 
pending a review of the military 
tribunals.

Two other executive o rders 
and a presidential directive also 
are expected Thursday, according 
to the administration official and 
an aide to a House Republican 
law m aker w ho w as briefed on 
the plans W ednesday by White 
House counsel Greg Craig. They 
include:

• An executive order creating 
a task force that w ould have 30 
days to recommend policies on 
handling terror suspects who are 
detained in the future. Specifical­
ly, the group would look at where 
those detainees should be housed

since Guantanamo is closing.

condition of anonymity.

• An executive order to require 
all U.S. personnel to follow the 
U.S. Army Field Manual while in­
terrogating detainees. The manu­
al explicitly prohibits threats, co­
ercion, physical abuse and water- 
boarding, a technique that creates 
the sensation of drow ning and 
has been termed a form of torture 
by critics. However, the adminis­
tration also is planning a study 
of more aggressive interrogation 
methods that could be added to 
the Army manual, a second Cap­
itol Hill aide said.

• A presidential directive for 
the Justice D ep artm en t to re­
view the case of Q atar native 
Ali al-Marri, who is the only en­
emy com batant currently being 
held on U.S. soil. The review will 
look at whether al-Marri has the 
right to sue the government for 
his freedom, a right the Supreme 
Court already has given to Guan­
tanamo detainees. The directive 
will ask the high court for a stay 
in al-M arri's appeals case while 
the review is ongoing. The gov­
ernm ent says al-Marri is an al- 
Qaida sleeper agent.

The H ouse Republican aide 
was not authorized to discuss the 
plans publicly and spoke only on

Where the detainees would be 
housed if not at Guantanamo has 
become a point of contention for 
Obama as he grapples with the 
already thorny legal issue.

At least three m ilitary p ris­
ons — at Fort L eav en w o rth , 
Kan., C am p Pendleton, Calif., 
and C harleston, S.C. — could 
house some of the Guantanam o 
detainees, according to a second 
senior a d m in istratio n official 
w ho also spoke on condition of 
anonymity.

Also under consideration, the 
official said, is the Supermax pris­
on in Florence, Colo., which hous­
es convicted 9/11 conspirator Za­
carías M oussaoui and Olympic 
bomber Eric Rudolph.

House Republican leader John 
Boehner said he's open to op­
tions, "but most local comm uni­
ties around America don't w ant 
dangerous terrorists im ported 
into their neighborhoods, and I 
can't blame them."

"The key question is where do 
you put these terrorists," Boehner 
said Wednesday. "Do you bring 
them inside our borders? Do you 
release them back into the battle­
field? If there is a better solution, 
we're open to hearing it."

Senate confirms Hillary Clinton 
as secretary of state in 94-2 vote

By ANNE FLAHERTY
Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON — The Senate 
confirmed Hillary Ri>dham Clin­
ton as secretary of state Wednes­
day as President Barack Obama 
moved to make his im print on 
U.S. foreign policy, mobilizing a 
fresh team of veteran advisers and 
reaching out to world leaders.

The Senate voted 94-2, with 
Republican Sens. David Vitter 
of Louisiana and Jim DeMint of 
South Carolina opposing.

Republicans and Democrats 
alike said her swift confirmation 
was necessary so that Obama 
could begin tackling the major 
foreign policy issues at hand, in­
cluding two wars, increased vio­
lence in the Middle East and the 
threat of a nuclear-armed Iran.

"It is essential that we provide 
the president with the tools and re­
sources he needs to effect change, 
and that starts with putting a na­
tional security team in place as 
soon as possible," said Sen. John 
Kerry, D-Mass., chairman of the 
Foreign Relations Committee.

Obama's presidential rival, Sen. 
John McCain, was among those 
who spoke in Clinton's favor.

"This nation has come together 
in a way that it has not for some 
time," said the Arizona Republi­
can, on the Senate floor for the first 
time since Obama's inauguration.
Voters "w ant us to w ork to­
gether and get to work," McCa­
in said.

As the Senate debated Clin­
ton's appointment, Obama wast­
ed no time in his first day at 
the W hite H ouse. A ccording

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testifies before the Senate Foreign 
Relations Comm ittee hearing during her confirmation.

Gerald Herbert | Associated Press 

to a W hite House spokesm an, 
Obama placed telephone calls to 
Egyptian President Hosni Muba­
rak, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud 
Olm ert, Jordan's King A bdul­
lah II and Palestinian President 
Mahmoud Abbas.

T he a d m in is tr a tio n a ls o 
planned to nam e form er Sen­
ate Democratic leader George J. 
Mitchell as Clinton's special en­
voy for the Middle East. Dennis 
Ross, a longtime U.S. negotiator, 
was also expected to advise Clin­
ton on Mideast policy, according 
to officials who spoke on condi­
tion of anonymity because they 
w ere not authorized to speak 
publicly about the move.

She was sworn in as the na­
tion's 67th secretary of state in her 
office in the Russell Senate Office 
Building. Attending the private 
ceremony was her husband, for­
mer President Bill Clinton, and

her Senate staff. To assume the 
position, she submitted her resig­
nation as senator in twin letters to 
Vice President Joe Biden, as presi­
dent of the Senate, and New York 
Gov. David Paterson.

Clinton received overwhelm­
ing bipartisan support in Con­
gress despite lingering concerns 
by some Republicans that her 
husband's charitable fundrais­
ing overseas could pose conflicts 
of interest.

Sen. Richard Lugar, the rank­
ing Republican on the Foreign 
Relations Committee, proposed 
that former President Bill Clin­
ton's foundation reject foreign 
contributions. But Hillary Clin­
ton rejected L ug ar's proposal, 
contending that the foundation's 
plan to disclose annually its list 
of donors and a range of its con­
tributions already exceeds legal 
requirements.

Caroline Kennedy listens to a question during a news conference. 
She has withdrawn her effort to become New York's junior senator.

Don Heupel | Associated Press

WORLD BRIEFLY

All troops removed from the 
Gaza Strip, according to Israel
JERUSALEM — The Israeli mil­
itary says it has withdrawn all of 
its soldiers from the Gaza Strip.
The military says the pullout 
was completed before dawn on 
Wednesday.

Israel sent thousands of troops 
into the Palestinian territory earlier 
this month as part of a bruising of­
fensive against militants who have 
terrorized southern Israel with 
rocket fire for years.

Both sides declared cease-fires 
that went into effect Sunday. But

the truce has been shaky.

Israel reported mortar shelling 

from Gaza on Tuesday. The Pal­
estinians have said Israeli troops 
shot to death two farmers since the 
truce took hold.

The military says some troops re­

main massed on the Israeli side of 
the border and are prepared to take 
action if militant fire starts up again.

Pakistan arrests suspect with 

alleged links to train bombings
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Two 

Pakistani security officials say po­
lice have arrested an al-Qaida sus­
pect who was allegedly linked to 
the 2005 bombings of London's 
transit system.

The officials said Thursday they 
believe the man is Zabi ul Taifi and 
that he is from Saudi Arabia.

They say Taifi was among sev­
en suspects captured during a raid 
Wednesday near the northwestern 
city of Peshawar The officials say 
the raid stemmed from a tip from 
U.S. officials.

The officials spoke on the condi­
tion of anonymity as they were not 
authorized to speak to media, ac­
cording to the government policy.

No Pakistan gov ernment 

spokesman was available for com­
ment.

The 2005 bombings on London's 

transit system killed 52 people

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O p in io n

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

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Editor in Chief: Leah Finnegan 
Phone: (512) 232-2212 
E-mail: editor@dailytexanonline.com 
Associate Editors: Audrey Campbell 

Josh Haney 
Jillian Sheridan

Fair franchisement

The rising cost of tuition is one of the most hotly debated sub­
jects on each of the UT System 's nine campuses. The governing 
body behind tuition increases and many of the strategic deci­
sions made regarding the universities is the Board of Regents, 
an undeniably private and elite group of professionals appoint­
ed by the governor to six-year terms. The Board of Regents is 
comprised of nine members who, after being appointed, are con­
firmed by the state Senate. This tradition of appointments en­
sures a never-ending string of conservative decision-makers ulti­
mately heading the UT System.

Naturally, the board is not com prised of working-class men 
and women seeking to build a life for themselves and support 
their families, like many of the nearly 50,000 students, 2,500 facul­
ty and 14,000 staff members at UT. Instead, the board is made up 
of commercial bankers, hotel magnates and private wealth man­
agement firm managers, among others, who lead lives that are 
extremely detached from the everyday concerns of penny-pinch­
ing college students and their parents. These men and women 
serve as an elite voice in a less-than-democratic system, making 
choices without the input of those struggling to put themselves 
through school, and yet they have the immense responsibility 
of making crucial decisions concerning tuition costs and raises, 
the Permanent University Fund, endowm ents, university poli­
cies and managing university lands.

In 2006, Perry decided to assauge the student voice by insti­
tuting a student m em ber on the board. Since then, a Perry-ap­
pointed student regent has served a one-year term on the board 
and acted as a representative voice for the System 's student 
population.

But the student regent is currently a non-voting member of the 
board, and thus even with the position's presence, the system of 
governance still reeks of the "taxation without representation" 
rule that we have been taught to reject from an early age.

Recently, Sen. Royce West, D-Dallas, authored a Senate bill 
that would grant student regents the "sam e powers and duties, 
including voting privileges, as the other members of the board of 
regents on which the student regent serves." If passed, this bill 
would make the Board of Regents a more democratic body. The 
acting student regent would finally possess an active and per­
suasive role on par with those of the regents. The student regent 
would not only give advice on behalf of his or her fellow stu­
dents, but would also take part in the decision-making process.

Ideally, the Board of Regents would be com posed of equal 
amounts faculty, students and whatever education-minded Tex­
as bigwigs woo Perry for a nomination. But for now, we whole- 
heatedly support West's proposal of the addition of a voting stu­
dent regent to the board. A vote for this bill is a vote for a more 
fairly governed University that values the input of us all.

— Audrey Campbell fo r the editorial board

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In Gaza, forces of darkness

By Hany Ramadan
Daily Texan Guest Columnist

"I am just appalled. ... This is shocking 
and alarm ing," U.N. Secretary General Ban 
Ki Moon said after surveying the destruction 
firsthand in Gaza this week. Anyone who fol­
lowed the horrendous events over w inter 
break knows the tragic and lopsided loss of 
life. One side has 1,300 dead, thousands more 
wounded and vast destruction of property. 
And on the other side, as Rabbi David Komer- 
ofsky recently put it in his diary after guiding 
UT students on a tour, "You'd hardly know 
that there's a ground war happening." We are 
just now starting to realize the scope of the 
physical destruction in Gaza. Many thousands 
of homes, factories, health clinics, mosques, 
grids and utility lines have been damaged or 
destroyed.

One particular type of destruction is acute­
ly devastating: the kind that has ravaged 25 
schools and university buildings in Gaza. 
To put that number in perspective, there are 
roughly that many buildings on our campus 
within the perim eter defined by the Harry 
Ransom Center, the Student Union, Welch and 
the McCombs school.

Faculty and students around the world 
have spoken out against these unprecedent­
ed acts, as they should. To destroy sacred ac­
adem ic campuses is to be a force of dark­
ness against the light of education. The ongo­
ing erosion of the fundamental humanitarian

"principle of distinction" between civilian and 
military targets requires the condemnation of 
all violations from either side: whether against 
civilians, civilian buildings or both.

On Tuesday, The New York Times quot­
ed Capt. Benjamin Rutland, an Israel Defense 
Forces spokesm an, speaking in defense of 
why schools and university buildings are val­
id military targets: "The civilian infrastructure 
provides the administrative, logistical, human 
resources and funding structure," Rutland 
said. The Times didn't bother to find a legal 
expert to counter his claims, but rather called 
on a Gazan chemistry professor, among oth­
ers, to express outrage. The Times concluded 
that "the question of what is a legitimate mili­
tary target can be tricky."

I beg to differ. If the Six Pack or the Tower 
were ever hit, the common reaction would be 
straightforward: armies must keep their filthy 
bombs away from schools and universities.

The court-written judgment "USA vs. Wil­
helm von Leeb et al.," which emerged from 
the W W II-era Nuremberg trials, rejects the 
thinking that "military necessity" includes the 
right to do anything that contributes to the 
winning of a war. The judgment states that 
"such a view would eliminate all humanity 
and decency and all law from the conduct of 
war and it is a contention which this Tribunal 
repudiates as contrary to the accepted usages 
of civilized nations." The Geneva Conventions 
(API, Article 52.3), state that "in case of doubt, 
whether an object which is normally dedicat­
ed to civilian purposes, such as a place of wor­

ship, a house or other dwelling or a school, is 
being used to make an effective contribution 
to military action, it shall be presumed not to 
be so used." In Gaza, we have seen no proof 
— beyond propaganda from the mouths of 
military spokesmen — that the 25 education 
buildings or many other civic or residential 
buildings were used for any military purpose.
There is no justification for any of these at­
tacks. They warrant our condemnation. Not 
that this is even really a "war," since a single 
army, air force and navy is involved — forc­
es that have the legal obligation to defend the 
very people they have pummeled with 2 mil­
lion pounds of explosives.

This catastrophe is larger than words. As 
students, we have an opportunity to stand 
up for justice. For those who think the ag­
gression is justified and is beneficial for peace, 
there will be a rally today at 5 p.m. on the 
Main Mall. If, like me, you are of the oppo­
site view, there will also be a counter-rally at 
the same time and place. At this momentous 
time of year and in history, fresh from Mar­
tin Luther King Jr. Day and the inauguration, 
we must ask ourselves if we will continue to 
support the killing of innocent children, wom­
en and civilians, the use of white phospho­
rous and experimental DIME bombs, a colo­
nizing occupation and the attack of academic 
campuses.

The least you can do is be a human with a 

pulse: Think. Act.

Ramadan is a computer sciences graduate student.

An hour per week for UTs future — and present

By Bradley Carpenter
Daily Texan Columnist

O n Tuesday, shortly after he spoke about the unique opportu­
nities that Am ericans have before them , President O bam a issued 
the entirety of the United States citizenry a direct challenge: to find 
and serve a cause greater than ourselves. O bam a also rem inded 
us that although we have duties and responsibilities to our loved 
ones and our own persons, we also have duties to those w ho fol­
low us.

Graduate students at U T are able to learn from and collaborate 
with som e of the w o rld 's m ost respected scholars. We sit w ithin 
buildings that are considered to be w orld-class facilities. We co l­
laborate with student peers who are highly intelligent, driven and 
passionate about their area of specialization. We benefit from hav­
ing a university president, graduate dean and central adm inistra­
tion committed to the advancem ent of graduate studies.

Graduate students have been offered a unique opportunity by the 
University: to m eaningfully participate in the U niversity's decision­
m aking process. This opportunity provides a space for graduate 
students to help shape both current and future polices that will not 
only impact our stay at this school, but will affect those students w ho 
follow us.

C ertainly there are m any w orthy avenues that students could 
follow to address the diverse set of needs or concerns of the gradu­
ate population. I can offer one particular avenue that is available to 
all graduate students. The Graduate Students Association, an offi­
cial student governance organization that w as ratified on M arch 
31,1994, works diligently to:

G ather graduate voice in an effort to determ ine current issues 

that impact graduates at The University of Texas;

Provide a deliberative forum for graduate students to discuss 

and act upon graduate issues and related policies;

Establish an open line o f com m unication betw een U niversity 

C ollaborate with G raduate School adm inistration and the U ni­
versity's central adm inistration to help shape policy in a way that 
is cognizant of graduate student needs.

This is no sm all set of tasks. C ertainly it is a w eighty respon­
sibility to g am er the diverse voice o f 12,000 students. O ften, al­
though w e provide an opportunity for graduate students to be in­
volved in a num ber of deliberative forum s, it is quite difficult to 
lure the U niversity's hardw orking graduate students aw ay from 
their tim e-consum ing studies. The m em bers of GSA, as working 
graduate students ourselves, are well aware that the life of a grad­
uate student is oftentim es spent locked aw ay in a lab, the library 
or the local coffee shop of choice. H erein lies the challenge.

As you consider O bam a's challenge to give back to those who 
follow, GSA sim ply asks that you consider joining our organiza­
tion. Consider helping us better address the needs of the graduate 
students of today and tomorrow.

A m ong th e p leth o ra o f o p p o rtu n itie s a v ailab le, the G ra d ­
u a te S t u d e n t A s s e m b ly a p p o in t s s tu d e n ts to n u m e r ­
ou s U n iv ersity co m m itte e s, a list o f w h ich can b e found at 
h t tp://wuno. u tgrad uatestuden t assembly, org.

G SA will only reach its potential if w e truly represent the needs 
of the students w e are called to serve. So I end this letter w ith a 
m essage sim ilar to the one offered by our new ly elected president. 
As students of a w orld-class university, w e should stop to think 
about the efforts of the students and adm inistrators before us who 
w orked to provide the chances to learn that w e benefit from today. 
We should also, if possible, seek opportunities that could help to 
ensure that those w ho follow us will receive even greater ones.

I ch alle n g e th o se o f you w ho m ay be in terested to p led ge 
at least on e h ou r p er w eek. W ith th e com bined e ffo rt o f our 
p eers, w e can help this U n iv ersity by co n tin u in g to ad d ress 
g rad u ate need s in a w ay that th o se w h o follow us w ill real­
ize an even g reater future than th e present that w e cu rrently 
celebrate.

administration, specific colleges and graduate students;

Carpenter is a doctoral candidate in education policy and planning.

 Thursday, January 2 2 ,2 0 0 9 

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ACC enrollment up, funding flat

Legislature unlikely to 
increase funds as Texas 
faces budget deficit

By Israel Perez

Daily Texan Staff 
For A u stin C o m m u n ity C ol­
lege, the economic dow nturn has 
at least one upside.

Enrollm ent at the college was 
up by 5 percent this past fall, said 
Kathleen Christensen, ACC vice 
president of student support and 
success systems.

C hristensen is excited that en­
ro llm en t has increased signifi­
can tly an d a d d e d th at the col­
lege has m ore than 36,000 s tu ­
dents and the num bers will con­
tinue to rise.

C om m unity and state college 
enrollm ent throughout Texas has 
in creased as w ell. Fall e n ro ll­
m ent w as 6 percent higher than 
last year's, according to the Tex­
as H igher Education C oordinat­
ing Board.

"C o m m u n ity college e n ro ll­
m ent usually goes up w hen the 
econo m y is bad, an d these are 
th e w o rs t of tim es," sa id By­
ro n M cC lenney, U T 's p ro je c t 
d irec to r of ed u c atio n al a d m in ­
istratio n , w ho has also been in 
c h a rg e of v a r io u s c o m m u n i­
ty colleges o v er the p a s t three 
decades.

H o w e v e r, it's n o t all g o o d 
new s: F u n d in g for th e s ta te 's 
schools isn 't likely to rise along 
w ith the enrollm ent, M cClenney 
said. He believes the Legislature 
w ill vo te n o t to increase fu n d ­
in g for the n ex t tw o academ ic 
years d ue to the shortfall in state 
revenue.

"In a perfect w orld, the fu n d ­
ing w ould go u p as enrollm ent 
goes up," he said.

F u n d in g for co m m u n ity col­
leges is determ ined by the n u m ­
ber of stu d e n ts enrolled on the. 
12th d ay of class, b u t th a t rule 
could change, M cC lenney said. 
H e ad ded that the board will at­
te m p t to ch ang e th e policy by 
sugg estin g that funding be d e ­
term ined by the n u m b er of stu ­
dents w ho com plete courses d u r­
ing a semester.

"[C olleges] w ill en d e a v o r to 
offer w h a t is n ee d ed for th eir 
s tu d e n t p o p u la tio n , b u t m any 
stu d e n ts com e late to re g istra ­
tion and they are the ones w ho 
will not get w hat they need," Mc­
Clenney said.

The limited am ount of resourc­
es could force com m unity colleg-

Obamas education 
pick plans to alter 
present-day policy

Educators skeptical that 
close ties to businesses 
m ight weaken schools

By M ohini M adgavkar

Daily Texan Staff

Secretary of E ducation A rne 
D u n can has a re p u ta tio n for 
building unlikely coalitions.

"H e has this d ee p n e tw o rk 
w ith b u sin e ss in te rests," said 
T ony C a stro , a d o c to ra l c a n ­
d i d a t e in e d u c a t i o n w h o 
m et D u n ca n in 2005. "A t the 
sa m e tim e, h e 's w a rm ly e m ­
b raced by the C hicago te a c h ­
e rs' unions."

D uncan, w ho advised Presi­
d en t Barack O bam a on ed u ca­
tion policy during the 2008 cam ­
paign, has served as CEO of the 
C h icag o p ublic schools since 
2001. H e is know n as a reform ­
er w ho has helped turn around 
som e of C hicago's low est p er­
form ing schools.

D u n can p layed p ro fe ssio n ­
al b asketball in A u stralia b e­
fore entering public education. 
In 1992, he directed the A riel 
Education initiative to enhance 
standards for schools on Chica­
go's South Side.

LBJ School of Public Affairs 
p ro fe sso r U ri T reism an sa id 
D uncan's leaders w ould be rad­
ically different from that of out­
going Education Secretary M ar­
g are t S pelling, one of the a r­
chitects of the controversial N o 
C h ild Left Behind e d u c a tio n 
policy.

"S he's extrem ely sm a rt and 
h as v e ry stro n g v ie w s," Tre­
ism an said. " H e 's m o re of a 
m elder of different ideas."

Treisman, w ho advised D un­
can as p art of the A spen Insti­
tu te 's U rban S u p e rin te n d e n ts 
N etw ork, said UT w o u ld b en ­
efit from D uncan and O bam a's 
designation of m ath and science 
as priorities for the new adm in­
istration.

"This ad m in istratio n is real­
ly going to broadly restore sci­
ence to a stro n g e r position of 
p ro m in e n c e ," T reism an said. 
"O ur College of N atural Scienc­
es will benefit enorm ously from 
this and from th eir m ore cre­
ative alternative energy policies 
because w e have great people 
working there."

Castro said he agreed that the 
n a tio n 's new e n e rg y policies 
w ould lead to m ore support for 
higher education.

"In Barack O bam a's in au g u ­
ral speech, he alluded to creat­
ing new in d u stries, especially 
new technologies," Castro said. 
"H e's looking to higher educa­
tion initiatives that will prepare 
p eo p le to w o rk on th is new 
technology."

Education doctoral candidate 
LaG arrett King said that w hile 
he s u p p o r te d D u n c a n 's a p ­
pointm ent, he had some qualm s 
about D u n can 's reputation for 
closeness w ith the private sec­
tor. King ta u g h t social studies 
in A tlanta public high schools 
for eight years before coming to 
the University.

"It all depends on if he's truly 
going to build public schools for 
ev eryone," said King. "W hen 
you start initiating business en­
terprises in school, will the gov­
ernm ent have the right to over­
see the rules and regulations of 
those schools?"

The O bam a adm inistration's 
h ig h e r e d u c a tio n p o lic y in ­
cludes plans to extend a $4,000 
tax credit for college stu d e n ts 
and sim plify the financial aid 
process.

"H e's indicated that he w ant­
ed to alter N o C hild Left Be­
hind in such a w ay to provide 
m ore su p p o rt for school," C as­
tro said. "There will be less em ­
phasis on stand ard ized testing 
and m ore on 'v alu e a d d e d s'— 
looking a t how te ach ers ad d 
value an d how stu d e n ts grow 
from one year to the next."

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ACC engineering student Nick 
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ACC has not cut staff, despite

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Ferrell, executive vice president 
of finance and adm inistration for 
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Wearing a historic teacher's costum e with a sign on her back, she voiced to attendees that evolution, controversial 150 years ago, should not be today.

Debbie Eynon Finley | Daily Texan Staff

Methods of teaching evolution stirs debate

By Ben Wermund
Daily Texan Staff

Teachers, students, scientists 
and sk ep tics d eb ated how to 
teach evolution in public schools 
at a Texas State Board of Educa­
tion hearing Wednesday.

The b oard w ill d ecid e F ri­
day whether students should be 
asked to "analyze and evaluate 
scientific explanations using em­
pirical evidence" instead of the 
current curriculum of learning 
the "strengths and w eaknesses" 
of scientific theories.

"I come here as a scientist and 
as a parent of tw o child ren in 
public schools to remind you of 
the w ords spoken by our new 
p resid en t ju st y esterd ay : 'We

need to re sto re scie n ce to its 
rightful p la ce /" said UT biology 
professor Arturo De Lozanne.

which she argued belonged to 
"id eologies that are not A m eri­
can."

De L ozanne argued in favor 
of the evaluation stance and said 
the change would encourage stu­
dents to apply critical thinking to 
scientific theories.

A n gela W eissg arb er, a p ar­
ent of two UT students, told the 
board her children were unable 
to raise questions about evolu­
tion in their high school science 
classes. She said she feared the 
exclusion of the "strengths and 
w eak n esses" clause, w hich re­
quires educators to discuss both 
the strengths and weaknesses of 
scientific theories, could lead to 
censoring stu d en ts' questions,

C h ris to p h e r M itta l, a T ex­
as high school student, told the 
board that after attending a re­
cent science conference, he was 
disappointed to find there were 
professors taking part in sem i­
nars in w hich they could "talk 
out d ifferent w ays of shaking 
students' faith." This included 
discussing a lack of weakness in 
the theory of evolution, M ittal 
added.

"Doubt isn't a bad thing," M it­
tal said, referring to evolution. 
"It fuels more study and research 
and often a greater understand­
ing of science."

Royal Sm ith, a psychologist 
with a doctorate from the U ni­
v e rs ity o f N o rth T exas, a lso 
voiced his concerns over the pro­
posed removal of the "strengths 
and weaknesses" clause.

"To continue to use strengths 
and weaknesses will create good 
scientific in v estig ation ," Sm ith 
said.

He also voiced concerns about 
the confusion that could arise if 
w eaknesses w ere not explicitly 
taught: prim arily the difference 
b etw een m icro e v o lu tio n , the 
small-scale changes to a popula­
tion over generations, and mac­
ro ev olu tion , or tran sm u tation 
from one species to another.

of a chimpanzee are represented 
in a human, but I don't think that 
w ould get you child su p p ort," 
Smith said, causing the room to 
erupt with laughter. "The miss­
ing link in evolution just doesn't 
exist."

The board's decision will im ­
pact not only Texas ed u cation 
sta n d a rd s b u t the e n tire n a ­
tion's, said Dan Q uinn, spokes­
man for the Texas Freedom N et­
w ork. Texas is the second larg­
est ad opter of textbooks in the 
nation, and p u blish ers w ill be 
looking to the state for gu id e­
lines on what to include in their 
books, he said.

"Texas really is the big enchila­

"N in ety percent of the genes

da," Quinn said.

OBAMA: Political souvenirs remain popular

From pagel A

Storyville still offers the T-shirts. 
However, as of Wednesday, Har­
vey had sold out of the product 
and had to order navy American 
Apparel shirts on which to print 
the maize-colored design.

"D epend ing on how well Ba­
rack does, people will continue to 
buy it," Harvey said. "I think he'll 
do well."

The Drag is a good place for po­
litical merchandise because "it's a 
loud, outspoken, dynamic and en­
ergetic place," H an ey said.

Tyler's on Guadalupe Street of­

fered an Obama shirt by the cloth­
ing company 'Obey.' Tine shirt sold 
out after a week or two on the rack, 
said sales clerk Eric Delgado.

An off-campus option includes 
the Obam a Store, located on East 
11th Street. G len Maxey, a for­
mer m em ber of the Texas House 
of Representatives and Democrat­
ic activist, said he opened the store 
on Nov. 5 because of the huge de­
m and by A u stin resid en ts for 
Obama memorabilia

"W e've had thousands of peo­
ple com ing through the store for 
every type of memorabilia," Max­
ey said. "O n Mfertin Luther King

Day, the wait to walk in the door 
was an hour long."

Items sold at the Obama Store in­
clude buttons, stickers, clothing, jew­
elry, purses, totes, posters and hats.

W hile the store is p riv ately 

owned, vendors are mostly local.

M axey said his m erchandise 
com es from local artists, and he 
employs many homeless men and 
women from East Austin to give 
back to the community.

The store will close at the end of 
the month but reopen at a new loca­
tion to offer all types of Democratic 
political memorabilia and also envi­
ronmental and gay merchandise.

Erin Holdenried, an architecture graduate student, buys a pair of 
"Obam a Jam as" from Storyville owner Gabe Harvey. Harvey and 
his sister, Rebecca, opened the store a year and a half ago.

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UT-Pan American president 
announces her resignation
The president of the Univer­
sity of Texas-Pan American re­
leased a statement on Tuesday 
declaring her mtent to resign at 
the end of the month for health 
issues related to her long fight 
over accusations of plagiarism.
In October, an unidentified 
individual accused President 
Blandina Cardenas of plagiariz­
ing her 1974 doctoral disserta­
tion. Cardenas denies plagiariz­
ing anyone else's work.

Soon after, the Universi­
ty began an investigation look­
ing into the accusations, which 
will now be dropped because 
of Cardenas' decision to step 
down, said David Prior, the 
System's executive vice chan­
cellor for academic affairs.

"The pressures of the last 
several months have seriously 
taxed my health and well-being 
and impaired my ability to lead 
the university with the intensity 
and focus I believe necessary," 
Cardenas said. "It is time for 
me to move on. I look forward 
to writing a bright new chapter 
in my life."

H. Scott Caven, UT System 
Board of Regents' chairman, said 
"on behalf of the UT System, I 
would like to express our appre­
ciation to Dr. Cardenas for her 
service as president. She has been 
an inspirational leader through­
out her career in education and 
public service, and her commit­
ment to higher education has 
been a tremendous asset to the 
local community and region."

Paul Sale, the University's 

provost and vice president 
for academic affairs, will take 
over until an interim presi­
dent is chosen.

— Israel Perez

Google: Closings increase 
efficiency and innovation

Google Inc. announced plans 
last week to close its Austin en­
gineering office and relocate 20 
engineers to other Google offic­
es across the country.

"This change is in line with 
our efforts to increase efficien­
cy and decrease fragmentation 
of projects across the engineer­
ing organization," said Google 
spokeswoman Eileen Rodri­
guez. "Our longterm goal is not 
to trim the number of people 
working on engineering proj­
ects or reduce our global pres­
ence but create a smaller num­
ber of more effective engineer­
ing sites, so we can keep inno­
vation and speed at our core."
Many other Google offices 
have closed recently, including 
engineering offices in Norway 
and Sweden, affecting 70 engi­
neers worldwide.

Google's sales and marketing 
office on MoPac Expressway will 
remain open, Rixiriguez said.

— Rachel Platis

TxDOT hopes for funding 
from stimulus package

Texas Transportation Com­

missioner Deirdre Delisi on 
Wednesday gave an optimistic 
outlook for the Texas Depart­
ment of Transportation in the 
face of funding uncertainties 
and potential restructuring.

Delisi called the coming year 
"a time for change at TxDOT," 
at a luncheon for the Real Es­
tate Council of Austin and 
said a preliminary assessment 
showed Texas would need $313 
billion over the next 22 years.

"It sounds like a big number 

because it is," Delisi said.

Delisi said the department 
could look to the recently pro­
posed $825 billion federal stim­
ulus package for some relief. 
Current plans would allocate 
$2.4 billion of the package for 
highways in Texas, she said.

Though over half of that is 
already spoken for, Delisi said 
she hoped much of the remain­
der could be for TxDOT.

Craig Douglas, president of 
the Real Estate Council of Aus­
tin, voiced support for the de­
partment but was wary of us­
ing the stimulus as a replace­
ment for lacking state funds.
"We don't think the feder­
al stimulus money lets the state 
off the hook," Douglas said.

Delisi is one of five commis­

sioners at TxDOT. The state 
Legislature may narrow it to 
one when they vote on a bill to 
restructure the department.

TxDOT was thrown into dis­

order in late 2007 when chair­
man Ric Williamson died of a 
heart attack, and in February 
the agency told the Senate its 
reported revenue was double 
the actual $1.1 billion.

'TxDOT has been going 

through lots of difficulties," said 
Peter Winstead, a former chair 
of the Texas Turnpike Authori­
ty. "I think the outlook today is 
a lot more positive than it was 
two years ago."

— Hudson Lockett

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GETTING BACK ON TRACK

Above, Senior Raymond Harris clears his high jum p in practice Tuesday afternoon at Myers Field. The sixth-ranked Longhorn track team opens its 2009 season Saturday against 
Texas A&M in College Station. Below, Sophom ore Ashlei King practices hurdles on Tuesday at Myers Field for the No. 12 women's track team.

P h o to s by Em ily K insolving | D a ily Texan Staff

Kearney mixes experience 

with youth to create ideal 

second. A nderson has earned three All- 
A m erica honors at the N C A A O utd oor 
Track and Field C ham pionships.

track formula for 2009 season

By Scott Bagan
Daily Texan Staff 

W o m en 's tra ck c o a ch Bev K earn ey 
is like a co n te stan t on "T op C h e f" this 
season. She has a w id e variety of ingre­
d ients at h er d isp o sal and has to craft 
them into a w inning com bination.

Those ingred ients are a com bination 
of leadership and you th, w hich have to 
co m e to g eth er to p ro m ise an excitin g 
2009 season for the w o m en 's track and 
field team.

S e n io r A le x a n d ria A n d erso n is the 
m o st n otab le o f th e 17 retu rn in g a th ­
letes this seaso n . T h e C h ic a g o n ativ e 
placed in the top five in every sprinting 
ev en t d u rin g the 2 0 0 8 in d o o r seaso n , 
n arrow ly m issin g o u t on a ch am p io n ­
ship in the 60-m e te r d ash by finishing

A n d e rso n , a c o m m u n ic a tio n s tu d ­
ies m ajor, h as realistic a sp ira tio n s for 
the 2012 O lym pics, 
m a k in g th e 2 0 0 9 
s e a s o n a v it a l l y 
im p o rta n t on e for 
b o th h e r and h e r 
team . D e sp ite the 
lo fty im p licatio n s,
A n d e rso n re fu se s 
to resh ap e h er fo ­
cu s and w ork e th ­
ic, n o tin g h er u n ­
w av erin g exp ecta­
tions and goals.

Women's key 
returners
Senior Alexandria 
Anderson (sprints) 
Ju n io r Jordyn Brown
(throws)
Ju n ior Destinee Hooker
(high jump)
Coach Bev Keam ey,
16 years at UT

"M y m o tiv atio n 
a n d d e t e r m i n a ­
tion , like any o th ­
er seaso n , h a v e n 't c h a n g e d ," sh e said. 
" I 'm g o in g o u t th ere to b e the b e st,

W O M E N continues on page 2B

Road to championship runs 

through College Station this 

indoor season for mens team

By Austin Talbert

Daily Texan Staff 

T h e m e n 's track team w ould lik e to 
com e full circle this season, starting and 
end in g its ind oor season w ith big w ins 
in C ollege Station.

T h e L o n g h o rn s h o p e to begin th eir 
season by spoiling the opening of Texas 
A & M 's n ew G illiam Ind oor Track S ta ­
d ium as they com pete against the N o. 6 
A ggies in a dual m eet this Saturday.

T h e d ual m eet, a p op u lar form at in 
sw im m in g and d iv in g c o n te sts , fe a ­
tures a face-off betw een tw o schools in 
every event, a form at Texas rarely co m ­
petes in, w hich m ak es Saturd ay an o th ­
er first. It's the first dual m eet betw een 
T exas an d T e x a s 
A &M since the ri­
vals m et in an o u t­
door dual m eet in 
1997. And w hile it 
m ay take a w h ile 
for the Longhorns 
to get used to the 
dual m eet form at, 
th e y h a d b e t te r 
tak e n o te s a b o u t 
the n e w track in 
C o lle g e S ta tio n , 
w h ic h w ill b e a 
n e a r p e r m a n e n t 
h o m e fo r T e x a s 
th is in d o o r s e a ­
so n . B e s id e s a re tu rn trip to d e fe n d 
th e ir N ew B a la n ce In v ita tio n title in 
N ew York, the L o n g h o rn s w ill trav el

to C o lleg e Station five tim es — inclu d ­
ing trips for both the Big 12 and N CA A 
C ham pionships.

"W e are going ov er to A & M to open 
up this w eek, in their new facility, the 
g ra n d o p e n in g . L o o k in g fo rw a rd to 
c o m p e tin g an d s ta r tin g th e jo u r n e y 
o f b u ild in g a te a m ," said Texas coach 
Bubba Thornton.

W hile No. 7 Texas did lose L eo M an­
z a n o , a th re e -tim e N C A A c h a m p io n 
in the ind oor m ile and O ly m p ic q u al­
ifier, the L o n g h orn s, co m in g o ff three 
straig h t Big 12 Ind oo r C h am p io n sh ip s 
and tw o straight third -place finishes at 
the N C A A Indoor C h am p io n sh ip s, al­
ready have a strong foundation built.

"W e have a good solid team that will 
m ake up our ind oor roster," Thorn ton 
said. "T h e upperclassm en have been in­
credible in their lead ership ."

T h e team re tu rn s fiv e in d o o r A ll- 
A m e ric a n s , in c lu d in g e v e r y o n e b u t 
M an zan o from th eir w orld record and 
N C A A ch am p io n d istan ce m ed ley re­
lay team . Sen iors Tevan E verrett, w ho 
to ok the Big 12 in d oo r title in the 600 
y a rd s last s e a s o n ; Ja c o b H e rn a n d e z , 
w h o w as N C A A o u td oo r cham p ion in 
the 800 m eters; Jake M orse, w ho placed 
s eco n d b eh in d M a n z a n o in th e m ile 
last N C A A Indoor C h am pionship; and 
K yle Miller, w ho w on the Big 12 title in 
the 1,000 m eters, all return for their fi­
nal ind oor season. T h e sen io r corp s of 
m iddle distance stars provides the base 
for T h o rn to n 's team , w hich seek s itsr 
fourth-straight Big 12 Ind oor title.

" I'm really excite d [to g et the s e a ­
son started]. It's fun to be out here with 
g u ys like Jake [M orse] and Jacob [H er-

M E N continues on page 2B

Men's key 
returners
Senior Jacob Hernandez
(middle distance)
Senior Jake Morse
(distance)
Sophomore Maston 
Wallace (pole vault) 
Coach Bubba Thorton,
14 years at UT

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ill, N.C.

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COMMENTARY

Media should stop framing Obama as a sports figure

By Colby White
Daily Texan 
Colum nist

D ear President Barack O bam a,
You are officially on d ay tw o of you r 
p resid en cy and are p ro b ab ly the b u si­
e st m an on the p lanet now, bu t I'd like 
to iss u e an a p o lo g y o n b e h a lf o f th e 
sports media.

For the past m onth, colu m n after col­
um n h av e cre p t up in sp o rts s ectio n s 
across the country, each trying to find a 
w ay to fram e you r presidency. Even the 
m ost respected nam es in our business are 
calling you the "Basketball President."

I know w h at y o u 're thinking. Y ou've 
sp en t you r career b u ild in g the fo u n d a­
tion to do som ething that the past gener­
ations never thought w ould happen, and 
w hat are sports reporters focusing on?

You playing basketball.
In our defense, it is an interesting an ­

gle to your story. We sports reporters are 
alw ays looking for w ays to relate the real 
w orld to w hat happens on the hardwood 
and vice versa.

A nd w ith you r b ro th er-in -law C raig 
Robinson being the head coach for Oregon 
State and your personal aide Reggie Love 
being a w alk-on for the 2001 D uke squad 
th at w o n a ch a m p io n sh ip , it's hard to 
ignore your connection to hoops.

But sim ply reporting your court prow ­
ess is one thing. As new spapers geared up 
for y o u r inau g u ratio n, sp o rts reporters 
have gone beyond that and are trying to say 
that basketball is the cause o f you r pres­
idency.

A s far as I can tell, you w eren 't elect­
ed thanks to you r ju m p shot. N o voters 
said to them selves, "M cC ain w ould n't be 
able to check O bam a on the w in g ," b e ­
fore casting their vote.

Yet the sports media have had the nerve 
to start saying that "if there's any one rea­
son Barack O bam a was elected president, 
it m ight just be [basketball]" (Sports Illus­
trated). O r that "athletes have been essen­

tial" to you r su ccess (O akland Tribune). 
O r y e ste rd ay " w a s an e xcellen t d ay to 
celebrate sp ort" (H ouston Chronicle).

All because you still plav an occasion­

al pickup gam e.

W h a t th e y 'r e try in g to sa y is th a t 
sports have played a role in gaining ac­
cep tance o f A frican-A m ericans in A m er­
ican c u ltu re , w h ich is tru e. B u t it h as 
been a lim ited acceptance. M ost black ce­
lebrities hav e beco m e fam ou s for eith er 
su cce ss in sp o rts o r m u sic, restrain in g 
acceptance to those tw o fields and bu ild ­
ing a stereotype 

You a re n o t a p ro fe s s io n a l a th le te 
and y o u a re n o t a rap p er, y e t e v e r y ­
on e in this cou n try kn o w s y o u r nam e. 
You have broken the a th le te /ra p p e r m old 
blacks have been put in, and it had nothing 
to do w ith how you dribble the ball.

But there are still som e trying to fram e 
you h as an ath lete and put you b ack in 
the m old.

For that, the sports m edia ow es you an 

apology. W e're sorrv 

Sincerely, Colbv W hite

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S p o r t s

Thursday, January 22, 2009

WOMEN: Hooker s return already paying off 

for twelfth-ranked Longhorn track team

From p a g e lB

accomplish the goals that I've set, 
and really ju st have fun with it. 
It's my last year, and we have a 
great group of girls. I know we're 
going to do great things."

Of the team 's 32-athlete roster, 
12 are freshmen. With only five se­
niors on the team, Anderson's role 
as both an athlete and leader has 
expanded dramatically.

"M y motto has always been to 
lead by exam ple. If there's any 
one thing 1 w an t to teach this 
y e a r's freshm an, it's that hard 
work pays off. There will be times 
you don't want to do your work­
out, or you don't have the motiva­
tion to get up on certain days, but 
I think I can show them how to be 
a good student athlete on and off 
the field. That's really important 
to me."

A n d erson's d esire to lead by 
example is one that is echoed by 
Kearney, w ho u n d erstan d s the 
trem endous im pact upperclass­
men can have on the younger stu­
dent athletes.

"O f course we don't have many 
seniors, but w e're definitely de­
pending on the upperclassmen to 
really set the tone and be quali­

ty examples for our younger ath­
letes, because their learning curve 
is going to be really short."

Expectations are literally "high" 
for junior jum per and volleyball 
star D estinee Hooker. The two- 
time NCAA outdoor high-jum p 
champion is back on the team after 
taking the 2008 season off to train 
with the USA Volleyball team pri­
or to the 2008 Olympics.

The lack of experience on the 
Longhorn roster is no secret to 
Kearney. Despite the team's youth, 
Kearney expects this year's team 
to strengthen as the season goes on
— a characteristic that Kearney, in 
her 16th year at Texas, has instilled 
in her teams throughout each sea­
son of her Hall-of-Fame career.

"I think were going to have a 
very good seaso n ," she said. "I 
think it's going to take some time
— a couple of meets or so — for 
our younger kids to get used to 
this level of competition. But, we 
feel like we have a good founda­
tion, and as the season goes on I 
expect that we will get better."

Though K earney said it w ill 
probably take som e time for the 
team to d evelop, Texas has a l­
ready gotten off to a good start.

the No. 12 Longhorns finished in 
second place at the Leonard Hil­
ton M emorial M eet in Houston. 
With A nderson and juniors Jor- 
dyn Brown and Hooker all plac­
ing first in their respective events, 
the Horns finished just 16 points 
behind Rice.

Hooker, com peting in her first 
meet since the 2007 campaign, is 
the first Longhorn of the season to 
autom atically qualify for nation­
als after setting a Leonard Hilton 
meet record in the high jump with 
a mark of 6-3.25 (1.91 m).

It's no secret who Texas' target 
is. In-state Big 12 rival Texas A&M 
has the No. 1 preseason ranking.

"W e have to give A&M cred­
it," Kearney said. "They're ranked 
num ber one in the nation. You 
know, there's a lot of great teams 
out there, but right now w e're 
m ain ly fo cu se d on m a x im iz ­
ing what we have as opposed to 
thinking about what anyone else 
is doing."

Texas travels to College Station 
four times during the 2009 indoor 
season. The Horns will get their 
first look at the NCAA Cham pi­
onships site at the Texas A&M 
Showdown on Jan. 31.

In their first event of the season,

The indoor regular season fin­

Angele Cooper, far right, and two other Texas sprinters race each other in practice Tuesday at Myers Field, 
Cooper is one of 12 freshmen on the women's track team this year.

Em ily Kinsolving | D aily Texan Staff

ishes with another trip to College 
Station at the Texas A&M Invita­
tional Feb. 13-14.

If Texas isn't sick of traveling to 
A&M, they may be after the Big

12 Indoor Championships, also in 
College Station, Feb. 27-28. Texas 
has the Last Chance m eet March 
6-7 before returning to the A&M 
cam pus for the indoor nationals

March 13-14.

A n d e rs o n , H o o k er, th r o w ­
er Brow n and d istan ce runner 
Betzy Jim enez are all cham pion­
ship contenders.

SPORTS BRIEFLY

Renowned Rockwell joins 

Longhorn volleyball squad

Cine of the nation's premier 

assistant volleyball coaches, Salima 
Rockwell, has been named assistant 
coach at Texas, head coach Jerritt El­
liott announced Wednesday.

Rockwell joins the Texas staff 
after spending three seasons on 
the Penn State coaching staff, 
where she helped the Nittany Li­
ons to back-to-back NCAA titles 
in 2007 and 2008. She also served 
as director of v olleyball opera­
tions in 2006 and helped with re­
cruiting and match preparation. 
Rockwell replaces Tonya John­
son, who left Texas to take the

head coaching position at Geor­
gia Tech.

"Salima has been to the Final 
Four as a setter for Penn State, 
and now as a coach, she has been 
a part of winning the last two 
national championships," Elliott 
said. "Anytime we add some­
one who has been in that envi­
ronment, it adds instant credibili­
ty with our staff and players. She 
knows what it is like to be there 
and understands the work ethic 
that is necessary to be successful 
at an elite level."

Rockwell will participate in re­
cruiting, player development and 
training setters at Texas.

"In the gym, she is an excellent 
trainer, motivator and communica­
tor for our athletes to look up to," 
Elliott said.

Originally from Pittsburgh,
Pa., Rockwell was an assistant 
at the University of Pittsburgh, 
where she worked primarily with 
the Panthers' setters, from 2001 
to 2003. She also served as the 
team's lead recruiter and signed 
four of their top five recruits in 
2002.

Rockwell captained the USA 
National Team in 1997 and 1998 
and served as the starting setter. She 
earned the Coaches' Award, MVP 
and the Team Award in both 
seasons.

A two-time member of the 

NCAA Championship All-Tourna­
ment team in 1993 and 1994, Rock­
well also earned All-Big Ten acco­
lades four times, including three 
First Team selections.

Rockwell also spent three years

in the ultra-competitive world of 
pharmaceutical sales, consistently 
ranking as a top-selling 
representative.

— Laken Litman

Longhorn volleyball recruit 

makes Sports Illustrated

Texas volleyball signee and No.
1 national recruit Bailey Webster 
earned a spot in Sports Illustrat- 
ed's "Faces in the Crowd" feature 
in the magazine's Jan. 26 issue.

The 6-foot-3-inch Webster was 
honored after concluding her se­
nior season at St. Paul's School 
for Girls and earning her second 
straight Gatorade Maryland vol­
leyball player of the year award. 
Webster led her squad to an 18-2

record in 2008 and led the state 
with 487 kills, 7.2 kills per set and 
a blistering .534 hitting percentage.
Webster, the nation's top-ranked 

recruit by PrqjVolleyball.com, is a 
native of Brooklandville, Md., and 
plays club volleyball for TCA in 
Baltimore. In 2007 and 2008, she 
garnered Mizuno/Volleyball All- 
America honors. During her 2007 
All-America campaign she aver­
aged 6.4 kills per set and hit at a 
blistering .535 clip.

— LL

Texas coach Augie Garrido 

admits he m ade a mistake

AUSTIN — Texas coach Augie 
Garrido, who was suspended af­
ter a weekend charge on suspicion 
of drunken driving, says he "made

a mistake."

Police arrested the winningest 
coach in major college baseball Sat­
urday after he was stopped by offi­
cers and failed a field sobriety test. 
Texas athletic director DeLoss Dodds 
suspended Garrido indefinitely.

"I made a mistake. There's a price 

to pay. I'm going to pay it. We'll go 
from there," Garrido told the Austin 
American-Statesman as he left his 
lawyer's office Wednesday.

Garrido, 69, has coached at Tex­

as since 1996, leading the Long­
horns to national championships 
in 2002 and 2005. His 1,629 wins 
are the most in Division I history. 
He also won three national titles 
with Cal-State Fullerton.

The Longhorns' 2009 season be­

gins Feb. 20.

— The Associated Press

P l a y e r s a t t e n d b u s h ’s r e t u r n

MEN: Coach confident in teams seasoned leaders

Texas
quarterback 
Colt M cCoy and 
his roommate 
receiver Jordan 
Shipley were 
in attendance 
for outgoing 
president 
George W. 
Bush's return 
to Texas 
Tuesday night 
in Crawford, 
Texas.
Freshman 
teammate 
Blake Gideon 
was also 
spotted at the 
event with 
them in a 
Tribune-Herald 
picture.

R od A y d e lo t te

W aco Tribune-H erald

From p a g e lB

nandez] and the rest of the older guys," 
Miller said. "We know it's our last go- 
around, and I think it is more fun for 
us because we know we're leaders on 
this team, trying to pull the other guys 
along, so we're looking forward to it."
Leadership is exactly what Thorn­
ton was looking for. And that's exactly 
what he has found in this team.

"The guys that are the foundation 
know who they are," Thornton said. 
"T h e foundation is very con fid en t, 
and from this confidence your young­
er guys learn and grow to have that 
confidence. I really feel that this group 
is a team. If you look in the NCAA 
rulebook we are listed as an individ­
ual sport, but we are a team. There 
has been no tard in ess, no laten ess 
in p ractice, ev eryon e is on board. 
That com es from strong leadership, 
and leadership comes from the consis­

tent daily exercise of hard work."

As a freshman last season, Maston 
Wallace finished third in the pole vault 
at the NCAA Indoor Cham pionships 
im p ro v in g in the ou td o o r seaso n , 
taking the NCAA O utdoor title. Wal­
lace, along w ith fellow sophom ore 
D a n z e ll F o rtso n — w h o ran th e 
400-m eter leg of Texas' world-record- 
setting DMR — will add to the strong 
base of middle distance standouts to 
help Texas remain one of the nation's 
top indoor teams.

"I think we have a really good team 
right now. We have a chance to be as 
good as we were last year, but we have 
to keep working," Wallace said. "If we 
do that, we should be in contention 
at the conference meet and w e'll see 
where it goes from there."

"A lot of people see Texas as a middle 
distance program right now. They're 
expecting the m id-distance group to 
come out and do som ething," Everett 
said. "It may be a focus, but you can see 
the other groups working hard because 
they know the mid-distance group will 
contribute and they want to as welj. 
Every point matters in those meets, so 
there will be a little bit of pressure, but 
it's a good pressure."

"We need to start at a high level, and 
then stay consistent and contend for a 
Big 12 Indoor title and being a top five 
team in the nation," Thornton said.

And w h ile the L o n g h o rn s have 
fo u n d th e m s e lv e s as a top fiv e 
team four of the last five years, they 
have yet to capture an NCAA Indoor 
Championship.

E v erett b elie v e s the L o n g h o rn s' 
stro n g group o f m id d le d ista n ce 
runners pushes the rest of the team to 
be better.

"I like to say, 'If we stay at the top 
long enough, maybe, just maybe we 
can catch it [a ch am p ion sh ip ] one 
day,"' Thornton said.

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ENTERTAINMENT 
BRIEFLY
Oscars must decide how to 

deal with'The Dark Knight'

NEW YORK — The Oscars 

are at a crossroads and Bat­
m an is standing right in the 
m iddle of the road.

Like the Scarecrow says in 
"The W izard of O z" (not "the 
Scarecrow" in "Batman Be­
gins"), the Oscars can go this 
way, or they can go that way.
In recent years, the Acad­
em y of Motion Pictures Arts 
and Sciences has increasing­
ly honored independent films 
that haven't exactly done huge 
box office business. At the 
sam e time, moviegoers have 
been most interested in com­
ing out to see blockbusters — 
particularly superhero films.
Enter "TTie Dark Knight."
C hristopher N olan's latest 
Batman installm ent grossed 
$531 million, second only to 
1997's "Titanic." N ot only was 
it an enorm ous hit, but it also 
drew largely glowing reviews, 
ranking am ong m any critics' 
top ten lists.

But if the academy can't get 
behind a movie like "The Dark 
Knight" that resonated through­
out both culture and critics, 
will it ever rediscover common 
ground with the mainstream?
"Last time I looked, it's a 
commercial art form," said Pe­
ter Guber, chairm an of M an­
dalay Entertainm ent and pro­
ducer of the 1989 "Batman."
"If a film is very successful, it 
shou ldn 't be autom atically rel­
egated to the m inor leagues."
"It's not a popular vote — 

it is artistic," added Guber.
"But the reality is, T h e Dark 
Knight' and 'Iron M an' were 
the most popular, the m ost suc­
cessful and — arguably by me 
— maybe the most interesting 
films this year. And they were 
also the least acknowledged by 
the artistic community."

Many Oscar prognosticators 

believe "The Dark Knight" 
w ill squeak in w ith a best pic­
ture nom ination Thursday.
The logic is that the big G old­
en Globes w inner "Slum dog 
Millionaire" is a shoo-in, and 
will be followed by "The C uri­
ous Case of Benjamin Button," 
"F rost/N ixon" and "Milk."
That leaves "The Dark 

N ight" to vie w ith "G ran Tori­
no," "D oubt," "The Wrestler" 
and m any m ore films.

—

 The Associated Press

Lin & \ h t s

3B

A look back at the state of music

By Robert Rich
Daily Texan Staff 

It's n o secret th a t the m u sic in d u s try is 
in a s ta te o f m a jo r c h a n g e . C D s a le s fo r 
2008 w e re th e lo w e s t se e n in 11 y e a r s , 
a n d w ith illegal d o w n lo a d in g o n th e rise 
as w ell, in d u s try p ro fe ssio n a ls, re c o rd la ­
b els a n d b a n d s a lik e are racin g to d e v e l­
o p n ew w a y s to d is trib u te m usic.

B ut it's n o t all d o o m s d a y sc e n a rio s a n d 
im p e n d in g a p o c a ly p s e s , b e c a u s e w h a t 
s to rie s a b o u t th e a ilin g i n d u s tr y o fte n 
fail to m e n tio n is th a t th e m u sic w o rld is 
se e in g th e f o r m a tio n o f m o re a n d m o re 
b a n d s , th a n k s to im p r o v in g t e c h n o l o ­
gy th a t a llo w s m u s ic ia n s to m a k e m u s ic 
w ith n o th in g m o re th a n a la p to p . W h a t

p a rts of th e sy s te m , th e n , are b ro k e n a n d 
in n e e d o f re p a ir, a n d w h a t a s p e c ts are 
p o s itiv e a n d w o r th y o f e m p h a s is ? A n d 
w h a t b e tt e r w a y to fin d th a t o u t th a n 
th r o u g h a re p o r t c a rd , th a t little p iece of 
p a p e r th a t a lw a y s d e te r m in e d w h e th e r 
y o u g o t 10 b u c k s fo r s tra ig h t A 's o r a b an 
fro m y o u r N in te n d o b e c a u se of a la c k lu s­
te r p e rfo rm a n c e .

Music 
criticism

O f all the asp ects of the m usic in d u s­
try seeing re d u c tio n s in their n u m b ers, 
m usic criticism is p erh ap s the only area 
c u rre n tly o v e rs a tu ra te d , th a n k s to th e 
ease of creatio n w h e n it com es to blogs 
a n d the easy m ean s by w hich it takes to 
be h e ard . T his, Trem el said, is tro u b le ­
som e for the m usic fan.

"T h ere a re so m a n y n ew b a n d s o u t 
there th a t it's h a rd to keep o n to p of it 
all," Trem el said . "I th in k m usic listen ­
ers need to rely m ore on discerning, tal­
en ted m usic critics. But n e e d in g o nly a 
blog an d a la p to p , so-called m u sic crit­
ics are n o w a d im e an d d o zen, a n d one 
n eed s to be w a ry of that."

T h is m a y b e h a rd to d o w ith n e w 
b lo g s p o p p in g u p e v e ry day, a n d th e 
p o ssib ility o f b a n d s g ettin g lost in th e 
c ro w d w h ile "A m erican Idol" w in n e rs 
p u t o u t generic alb u m s m ay spell tro u ­
ble for fu tu re legends.

Live music

W ith an eco n o m y in the d u m p s a n d 
m a n y c o n s u m e rs fin d in g th e m s e lv e s 
w ith less a n d less d is p o sa b le in co m e, 
o n e of th e oft-successful asp ects of th e 
in d u s try , th e c o n c e rt, fin d s its e lf in 
question as w ell.

" I t's c le a r th a t re ta il a n d m e r c h a n ­
d is e sa le s a lo n e w o n 't s u s ta in a n in ­
d u s tr y o r lab el o r b a n d ," s a id J u s tin 
T rem el, a n E n g lish g r a d u a te s t u d e n t 
w h o h a s ta u g h t c o u rs e s fo c u s in g o n 
th e rh e to ric o f m u sic a n d its c o n n e c ­
tio n to c u ltu re . "In creasin g ly liv e p e r­
fo rm a n c e , c o u p le d w ith c a te r in g to 
o n lin e c o m m u n itie s v ia e x c lu s iv e in ­
fo rm a tio n s e e m s to b e n ecessary . I'm 
n o t s u re th a t e c o n o m ic h a r d s h ip h a s 
re s u lte d in lo w e r co n cert tick et p ric e s 
yet, b u t w e c a n a lw a y s h o p e."

L ikew ise, S h a rp said he believ es th e 
econom ic tro u b les w ill in fact h e lp live 
m usic ra th e r th a n h u rt it.

"I th in k e n te rta in m e n t overall te n d s 
to d o r a t h e r w e ll d u r in g e c o n o m ic 
d o w n tu rn s ," S h a rp said. "P eo p le w a n t 
to have fun, especially w hen th in g s are 
a b it u n s te a d y o u t th ere. D u rin g th e 
G re a t D e p re ssio n , th e th ree p ro d u c ts 
th a t d id n 't see m u ch of a d ro p in sales 
w e re alcohol, tobacco a n d cosm etics. I 
think m aybe th e sam e principle n o w a p ­
plies to live m usic, as long as th e ticket 
prices are reasonable."

L a w lo r a g re e s w ith th is s e n tim e n t 
a n d said c o n c e rtg o e rs w ill find th e m ­
selves w ith a p leth o ra of en te rta in m e n t 
o p tio n s an d the responsibility h a s sh ift­
ed itself to the b a n d s to p u t th em selv es 
in a favorable position.

The compact 
disc

T h e re 's n o a rg u in g th a t s tric tly in 
te rm s of sales, th e C D w o u ld receive 
a big, fat F. B ut in o th e r areas, th e a g ­
ing m e d iu m is try in g to h a n g on. O nce 
hailed as o ne of th e m o d e m e ra 's m o st 
in n o v a tiv e p iece s o f tech nolog y, w h a t 
w ith its co m p act size a n d larger storage 
capacity, th e C D n o w fin ds itself stru g ­
g lin g to catc h u p to u ltra -th in iP o d s 
w ith m o re sp a c e a n d d ig ita l files th a t 
n eed n o h o m e o th er th a n a h ard drive.

"T h e C D h a s b e c o m e th e th in g w e 
give to k id s now , ju s t like w e g o t ta p e 
play ers w h en w e w ere y ou nger," Shane 
L aw lo r, v o c a list for th e A u stin -b a se d 
rock g ro u p E lectric T ouch. "I th in k it's 
d e fin ite ly o n its w a y o u t, b u t a t th e 
s a m e tim e , d ig ita l d o w n lo a d s a r e n 't 
necessarily filling th e gap ."

W hile m ost experts agree that the C D 
is losing steam as an im portant m edium , 
none seem to think it w ill go the w ay of 
the 8-track an d d isap pear completely.

" T h e re a re a lot o f c o n s u m e rs o u t 
there w h o just w a n t so m eth in g they can 
h o ld , so m e th in g th e y can sit o n th e ir 
shelves," said Spencer S harp, an A ustin 
law y er w h o p ro v id es services for Trans­
m issio n E n te rta in m e n t, th e b o o k in g 
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o w n , Y o u n g 's s tu d y a b ro a d p r o ­
g ra m in c lu d e s tr ip s to th e A m ­
a z o n ra in fo re s t a n d th e G a la p a ­
g o s Is la n d s, w h e re C h a rle s D a r­
w in f o r m u la t e d h is th e o r y o f 
e v o lu tio n .

"T he th in g a b o u t s tu d y a b ro a d 
is it seem s like y o u 're p re tty m u ch 
g u a ra n te e d a n e x tre m e o f so m e 
s o rt," sh e sa id . " T h e re 's a lo t of 
p re ssu re w h e n y o u s tu d y a b ro a d 
because ev ery o n e's ex p ectin g y ou 
to h av e the tim e of y o u r life. T h e 
w h o le e x p e rie n c e is w h a t y o u 
m ake of it."

A s th e c o u n t r y a t t r a c t s l i t ­
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s a id h e r e x p e rie n c e in E c u a d o r 
w ill b e lik e " e x t r e m e i m m e r ­
s io n ," b u t t h a t 's p r e c is e ly th e 
k in d o f e x p e r ie n c e s h e 's lo o k ­
in g for. A s fo r liv in g in a c o u n ­
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U n c e r t a i n t y lie s in w h e r e 
sh e w ill be liv in g : H e r p ro g r a m 
d id n 't d is c lo se m u c h a b o u t h e r 
h o s t f a m ily a p a r t f r o m t h e i r 
n am e s a n d a d d re ss.

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rich n e ig h b o rh o o d ," sh e sa id a f­
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city. "It'll be kind of w eird th a t I'm 
m o v in g to th e T h ird W orld , a n d 
I'll p ro b ab ly b e sta y in g in a n icer 
ho u se th an I am here."

W hile in E cuador, Y oung h o p es 
to b ecom e inv olv ed w ith a v o lu n ­
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w ard th e Peace C o rp s, w h ich sh e 
p la n s o n a p p ly in g for w h e n sh e 
g radu ates.

"P art of the reaso n I picked Ec­
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p o p u la r place for A m erican s to go 
to, so there w o n 't be as m a n y o p ­
p o rtu n itie s for m e to s p e a k E n g ­
lish if I h a d g o n e to , say, C o s ­
ta Rica," sh e said . "I feel like I'm 
crav ing th a t exp erience."

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Across
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4 Bearded

9 In 
(quickly)
14 Where to go in 
Greenwich?

15 It may be tragic
16 They start in the 

middle
17 Keeper of 

confidential 
information

20 Noodle
21 Sneaking

22 Wrongs
23 The last King 
Edward of 
England

25 “O terra, addio," 

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26 Like a keeper of 
confidential 
information

32 Title role for 
Valentino

3 3 

Majesty

34 Fruit used in 
English jelly
35 Slippery one

36 Subject of 

Exodus 20:10
40 “Can’t fool me!"

41 _

 tides (bad 

43 Cause of a 

faith)

scare

44 Daisylike flower
46 With 60-Across,

what a keeper of 
confidential 
information 
might say

50 Leeway

51 Unoccupied
52 Scammer’s skill
55 Certain 

qualifications
56 Djinn’s home in 
a popular tale
60 See 46-Across
63 Bring out
64 Buck for a song?

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42 Tranquil 

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31 Sophomores,

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32 Rest stop sight
37 Wear away, as a 
metallic surface
38 Factor in a wine 

45 Hard case

47 Tapenade 
ingredients

48 Out of tune

49 Bearish

52 Legislature

rating

53 Icelandic volume

39 Bad feeling?

54 Confidant

55 Home of Private 
Ryan in “Saving 
Private Ryan"
57 First side to vote
58 Spicy chocolate 

sauce

59 Big brand in 

athletic footwear

61 Rocky peak

62 Cause of 
tripping?

65 Slippery one?
66 Harnesses
67 Like the sun
68 Davy Jones's 

locker, with “the"

Down
1 Listing in a high- 
school yearbook

2 Something to 

pick

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Under Mexican duo’s wild 
style, musicianship shines

By Brad Barry
Daily Texan Staff

A fte r re le a s in g o n e o f th e 
m o s t p o w e rfu l a n d e x c itin g 
re c o rd s of last year, M e x ico 's 
XYX will now take on the U n it­
e d S tates. The d u o , w h ich re ­
cently cleared up som e visa is­
su e s, has chosen A u stin ite s as 
th e firs t A m e ric a n a u d ie n c e 
to exp erience its special b ra n d 
o f fre n zie d , acid -so ak ed p u n k 
rock in person.

L ast y e a r's Sistema de Termi­
nación Sexual found each of the 
b a n d 's short bursts of song b o m ­
bard in g the listener w ith explo­
sio n s of free-form d ru m m in g , 
ratty bass lines and a voice that 
flu ttered betw een ethereal m el­
o d y a n d a w ild sh riek . W hile 
the m usic m ay be d escribed as 
p u n k , it is im possible for an y 
sta n d ard song structure to con ­
tain the chaotic p o w er of XYX.

D ru m m er M ou O rtiz 's m anic, 
unhinged d ru m m in g c o n stan t­
ly tum b les o u t of control, and 
A nel E sc a la n te 's sin iste r bass 
riffs shove th in g s in u n ex p ect­
ed directions, d arin g the listen­
er to accom pany h er on a ride 
th ro u g h th e p u d d le s of d elay 
and reverb form ing around her 
strangely cathartic vocal howls.

W h at m a k e s th is d e ra n g e d 
se t-u p g re a t is w h a t lies u n ­
d e rn e a th th e ch a o s. T he kid s 
of XYX are am azin g m usicians, 
keenly aw are of w h a t they are 
doing. The bansh ee-lik e vocals 
are actu ally b ea u tifu lly crafted 
S p an ish c o u p le ts , the d is to rt­
ed bass lines are b u o y a n t an d 
in fectiou s, a n d th e d ru m m in g 
is som e of th e m o st fo rw a rd - 
th in k in g stu ff b ein g p u t to re­
cord today. The com bination of 
this proficiency w ith their w ild 
and loose p la y in g style creates

a b a ttle b etw e en the b e a u tifu l 
an d the bro k en , a d d in g an in ­
te n se d im e n s io n of tr a n s c e n ­
d e n c e w h e n th e tw o co alesce 
into sublim e, som ehow perfect 
peaks.

These peaks m ake XYX's live 
show s a true spectacle. P ushing 
both physical and sonic b o u n d ­
aries, th e b an d flails, scream s 
and leaves battered delay pedals 
begging for their lives. It seem s 
th a t it is only th ro u g h this en- 
tro p ic a c tio n th a t th e b a n d 's 
songs grow to their full p o te n ­
tial, m ak in g th e ir concerts the 
true height of their sound. Thus, 
there is no reason not to attend 
th e first U.S. sh o w of w h a t i§ 
su re to becom e one of the best 
new bands of the year.

XYX plays with Diamondhead, 
The Young, Glasses and Cruddy 
on M onday night at Emo's. Doors 
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Folk rocker’s latest effort 
buoyed by lyrics, tone

By Priscilla T otiyapungprasert
Daily Texan Staff

W ith an opening of ro lling 
v io lin s an d sw e e t-te m p e re d 
w h istlin g , A n d rew Bird sets 
the tone for his new est album , 
Noble Beast. The C hicago-born 
artist melts folk rock and gypsy 
po p w hile show casing a care­
fully chosen vocabulary.

In the first track, "O h N o," 
he croons thro ugh "the sa lsi­
fy m ains of w hat w as tho u g h t­
ful and sad" and "all the calci­
fied arhythm atists" as tender as 
som eone reading a letter. "O h 
N o " w as b irth e d w h en Bird 
ov erheard the incessant w a il­
ing of a 3-year-old on a plane, 
according to his blog. Instead of 
being irritated, he w as inspired 
by the m ourn in g and w an te d 
to "capture the slowly descend­
ing arc of that kid's cry."

Bird has an unorthodox w ay 
of p lay in g w ith so u n d s, d e li­
cately fitting the rig h t w o rd s 
in as he n o te s e a c h w o r d 's 
sh a p e. In "Effigy," o rch e stra 
in s tru m e n ts flirt w ith S p a n ­
ish aco ustics as the low h um 
of folk guitar accom panies the 
sin g in g of Bird an d b a c k u p 
vocalist N ora O 'C onnor.

N o b le B east d is p la y s th e 
c o m p e llin g c la rity of B ird 's 
voice w ith his e n g a g in g ly r­
ics. "Time and again, I find I'm 
listless / O r rather, fistless," he 
seem s to say w ith slight regret 
on "The Privateers."

" S o u v e r ia n " e n d s in a n 
elec tric b u zz of n o ise ra th e r 
th a n fading away. "A n o n an i- 
m al" begins w ith light, se em ­
in g ly d an c in g electric g u ita r 
th a t seem s to fit w ith su b tle 
perfection.

E v en w ith B ird 's q u ir k y

w o rd ch o ice s a n d in tric a te 
w eaving of instrum ents, Noble 
Beast m anages to linger w ith a 
soft, m inim alist effect. The al­
bum m anages to fill the listen­
er w ith w arm im ages, an d the 
tradem ark w histling on songs 
lik e " M a s te rs w a rm " m ig h t 
conjure the a tm o sp h e re of a 
lone w olf d riv in g off into the 
horizon on a sum m er evening.
This is the album that makes 
a listener suddenly w ant to give 
into sim ple delights — like sit­
ting on the porch drinking tea 
w ith a neighbor or relaxing un­
d er the shad e of a tree w ith a 
good friend. T hough Bird does 
not m ake stark chang es from 
song to song, the tracks flow 
under a coherent theme.

Bird d escrib ed on his blog 
how his creativ e pro cess d if­
fers from co n v e n tio n a l m e th ­
ods. The m u sicia n trav e ls to 
different cities, layering a new 
elem en t on a so n g w ith each 
place he visits, alw ay s leaving 
room for ch an g es, even after 
com pletion.

Noble Beast w as released Jan. 
20 on the Fat Possum record la­
bel. Bird will perform selections 
from his new album Feb. 12 at 
the Param ount Theatre.

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With second album 
forthcoming, artist plans 
to transition to touring

By M a ry Lingwall
Daily Texan Staff 
Bavu Blakes has m ade a nam e 
for him self by carefully crafting 
b alan c ed an d e m o tio n a lly fer­
v en t h ip-hop songs. As a m u si­
cian, Blakes is patient, letting a 
b e a t ste a d ily gain m o m e n tu m 
instead of forcing a song. But as 
a vocalist, Blakes has an u rg en ­
cy th a t, w h e n co m b in ed w ith 
the socially aw are content of his 
lyrics, su p p lie s his m usic w ith 
m ean in g th a t e n d u re s p a st the 
hook of the backbeat.

"I just w rite to express myself,"

Blakes said about his lyrics. "So on 
any given day I might w ant to get 
certain things off my chest. ... As 
long as it sounds good, I can com­
municate any genuine thought."

B lakes' so n g s are accessible 
even to those outside the hip-hop 
or soul sphere. His single, "W ho 
Stole the M usic," ad d resses the 
a rtist's o w n consp iracy theory 
about the ever-shrinking group 
of tru e soul artists w h ile com ­
m enting on sincerity in the m u ­
sic industry at large.

"[It w as] alm ost like rap p in g 
about the m an," Blakes said. "I 
pu t dow n w hat I think the truth 
is ... so it can reach a chin-scratch- 
er in addition to someone analyz­
ing the music industry."

F o r n e a r ly tw o d e c a d e s , 
B lakes h as tire le s s ly w o rk e d

to fo ste r A u s tin 's b u rg e o n in g 
h ip -h o p scene. U n lea sh in g h is 
rhym es at venues across d o w n ­
to w n , in a d d itio n to te a c h in g 
tw o after-sch o o l p ro g ra m s for 
a s p ir in g m u s ic ia n s a n d c o l­
la b o ra tin g on new track s w ith 
y ounger artists, Blakes has con­
s c io u sly w o v e n an e x te n s iv e 
n e tw o rk of s tro n g y o u n g ta l­
ent in the city th a t has w atched 
him m ature as an artist.

A s th e n e w y e a r u n f o ld s , 
B lakes' a p p e tite for ac h ie v in g 
the next level of success is stron­
ger than ever. In the fall, Blakes 
plans to m ove his career to Los 
A ngeles w ith the goal of taking 
his show on tour.

"M y challenge in '09 is to tran­
sition into being a touring artist," 
B lakes said. "M ean w h ile, ju st

w orking for th at o p p o rtu n ity is 
som ething I enjoy."

W hat makes Blakes so captivat­
ing beyond his raw talent is the 
respect he has for his art. Unlike 
m ost m ainstream artists, Blakes 
has the ability to "sw allow m y 
pride and not make myself more 
im portant than the music."

In a w o rld w ith a rtis ts like 
Kanye on top, Blakes' dedication 
to m usic over hype is incredibly 
refreshing.

B lakes is h o s tin g K R S-O ne 
this S a tu rd a y at M ohaw k, an d 
he w ill play at A ntone's on Feb. 
21. In March he will show case at 
South by S outhw est to prom ote 
his new singles "O w n the Cool" 
and "M ay I" as well as the su m ­
m er release of his second album, 
Too Selfish.

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Practicing for their performance on Friday night, an Austin violin sextet gets ready to perform during "So u n d s Seen, Hues Heard." Using the music 
as inspiration, artist Jan Roset will be painting live during the performance.

Local violin ensemble, painter to perform together in front of a live audience

By Rachel M eador
Daily Texan Staff 
Surrounded by an ensemble of 
Austin's best string musicians, lo­
cal artist Jan Roset listened close­
ly to the music that she will trans­
late into paintings in front of a live 
audience.

"I c o u ld n 't sleep last night; 
th at m usic does som eth ing to 
you," Roset said the m orning af­
ter the Tuesday evening rehears­
al. "It's going to be interesting to 
see what happens."

Viola by Choice, a local ensem­
ble know n for its creative and 
unique performances, will pres­
ent "Sounds Seen, Hues Heard," 
an evening of music inspired by 
colors, on Friday night. The per­
formance will also premiere three 
original works composed exclu­
sively for the group, as well as live 
improvised paintings by Roset.

French violist Aurelien Petillot 
founded Viola by Choice in Oc­
tober 2007 with Death by Viola, 
a Halloween-themed concert. He 
founded the viola-centric group to

promote the seldom-recognized 
but powerful, rich instrument, as 
well as to provide affordable, excit­
ing and eclectic music to Austin.

"If the violin is the soprano of 
the strings, the viola is tenor, and 
everybody likes a good tenor," 
Petillot said. "We bring fun clas­
sical m usic to the city, n o t stiff 
and stifling. There's no sleeping 
at our concerts."

Petillot g rad u a te d from UT 
with a doctorate in musical arts in 
2005 and decided to create Viola 
by Choice in Austin, a community 
already hooked on live music.

"Austin is the best city and the 
best music scene," Petillot said. 
"People connect to the city. Once 
they come, they're hooked — like 
the viola. It's the voice of the un­
derdog; once people hear it, they 
connect with it."

Roset will use the colorful music 
as inspiration for her improvised, 
abstract paintings. She said she is 
nervous about approaching what 
few painters attempt: live perfor­
mance in front of an audience. Pe­

tillot met Roset during the East 
Austin Studio Tour at her studio, 
Pump Project Art Complex, where 
he saw her work and convinced 
her to participate in the concert.

"I always paint to music, but 
not always classical," Roset said. 
"The titles of the pieces I find in­
triguing. While they were practic­
ing '50 Shades of Green/ I visual­
ized a jaguar stalking a man in the 
jungle. I am an intuitive painter, 
so I'm not quite sure what's going 
to happen. I'm just going to focus 
on the concept of colors."

The perform ance will include 
two ensemble pieces: "Fragmen­
tary Blue" by James Norman and 
"Monochrome" by Peter Schick- 
ele. Three living composers con­
tributed colors missing from the 
older repertoire, including Lynn 
Job's "Arcangelo Red" and P. Kel- 
lach W addle's "Your M idnight 
Blue Lies," both for solo viola.

"Working w ith composers al­
lowed me a lot of insight into their 
process," Petillot said. "A lot of 
the colors we see as we play aren't

WHAT: "Sounds Seen, Hues 
Heard"

WHERE: St. David's Episcopal 
Church, 304 E. Seventh St.

WHEN: Friday, 8 p.m.

TICKETS: $8 students, $12 
general admission

necessarily the color that inspired 
that piece. The w ay we hear col­
ors is very subjective. It is interest­
ing to hear what they create using 
specific colors as inspiration."

Roset will paint three or four 
canvases during the performance, 
without the breaks for observation 
and changes she usually has. The 
paintings will then be sold to ben­
efit Viola by Choice's artistic and 
educational goals.

"I am delighted that Aurelien 
invited me to do this," Roset said. 
"I've seen this kind of thing with 
contemporary art and rock bands, 
but it is really unusual for this to 
happen with classical music. Hope­
fully I inspire people who are inter­
ested in art to stretch themselves 
and not be afraid of color."

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Student plans 
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study abroad 
destination

By JJ. Velasquez
Daily Texan Staff

Kayla Young has had a long week of prepa­
ration. A trip to a Drag pharmacy-supermarket 
earlier this week included picking up an order 
of anti-malarial pills, and a vaccine against yel­
low and typhoid fever is in order.

Despite these slightly disconcerting prerequi­
sites, Young, a journalism and Spanish junior, is 
excited: On Friday, she leaves for Quito, Ecua­
dor, where she will be studying this semester.

Ecuador is not a hot spot for studying com­
pared to its Latin American counterparts. Only 
two UT students chose to study in Ecuador in 
2005-2006, the most recent year for which data 
could be found, whereas 246 students studied in 
Argentina and Mexico.

Young said a lack of American familiarity 
with the country and its dearth of tourism pro­
motion likely make Ecuador an uncommon des­
tination for studying.

"Some people don't even know where it is or 
that it's a country," she said. "Apparently, one of 
my friends has been telling people I'm going to 
Ethiopia. She got really mixed up."

When Young first decided she w ould study 
abroad for a semester, she had hoped to travel 
to Argentina, known for its European mystique. 
When that fell through, her top two choices were 
Costa Rica and Peru, but there was something 
enticing about the Incan-rooted country through 
which the equator runs.

"I finally settled on the program in Ecuador 
because it was really im portant that I travel to 
different places and that it not cost a lot of mon­
ey," Young said.

The country's relatively small size — rough­
ly that of Colorado — makes traveling easier, 
offering visitors a comprehensive look at Latin 
American culture.

Aside from excursions she may take on her

ABROAD continues on page 3B

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to study abroad in Ecuador, where American 
tourism has yet to gain a presence.

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