frO f? Z $ H S 3 A V v L S IZ V I S Q I 5 V H H V 0 3 J WTI30H.2IW 39VIiIH3H >av aaxiw * * * * * * * * * * *+*****•¥* iaily T e x a n Shine to serve as interim chancellor Serving The University of Texas at Austin community since 1900 w w w .dailytexanonline.com Wednesday, April 2, 2008 Vice chancellor for UT System health affairs will replace Mark Yudof beginning May 1 By Maya Srikrishnan Daily Texan Staff Kenneth Shine, executive vice chancellor for health affairs for the UT System, was appointed inter­ im chancellor of the UT System Tuesday by UT regents Chairman H. Scott Caven. The UT System Board of Re­ gents gave Caven authority to ap­ point an interim chancellor at its meeting last week after Chancel­ lor Mark Yudof was recommend­ ed for the job as president of the University of California schools. Yudof took the job on Thursday. Shine will begin work as in­ terim chancellor on May 1, while continuing his role as vice chan­ cellor for health affairs, in which he oversees operations at all six of the health institutions in the UT system — planning, budgets, con­ struction and personnel. These six institutions have a collective bud­ get of $6.8 billion, or approximate­ ly two-thirds of the System's over­ all annual budget. "On behalf of the Board of Re­ gents, I would like to express our gratitude to Dr. Shine for agree­ ing to accept this responsibility," Caven said in a press release. "Dr. Shine is intimately knowledgeable about the UT System, its institu­ tions and constituents. His dem­ onstrated achievements as an ac­ ademician, physician and admin­ istrator make him a perfect choice to lead the UT System." Shine began work for the UT System five years ago. "I am delighted to work with a superb group of leaders in the UT System, and I look forward to working closely with the pres­ idents of the 15 institutions, our faculty, students, staff and sup­ porters not only to maintain, but to accelerate our progress in de­ veloping knowledge," Shine said in the press release. As interim chancellor, Shine will have the same responsibilities as a permanent chancellor, said Matt Flores, UT System spokesman. Yudof will be a special adviser to the interim chancellor until Yudof leaves for California sometime this summer. The Board of Regents will con­ duct a national search for a per­ manent chancellor, but no details have been announced yet. P in t s fo r l if e IT'S ALL GREEK TO ME Linguist Derek Bickerton talks with the Texan about'Bastard Tongues' » LIFE&ARTS PAGE 6B UTSA honor code council accused of plagiarism By Sarah Wilson Daily Texan Staff University of Texas at San Antonio students found them selves in the middle of a m isun­ derstanding when allegations that they plagia­ rized another university's honor code circulated through the media. The story accused the students of copying Brigham Young University's honor code, which was also taken from another school, Clemson University. In an Associated Press article that was published nationwide, plagiarism experts re­ ferred to the incident as an indication of "sloppi­ ness among Internet-era students," but officials from Clemson said they disagree. BYU adopted their honor code from an exam­ ple given at a Clemson University ethics confer­ ence five years ago, which individuals from UTSA also attended. The AP story said that BYU attributed their code to Clemson University, while UTSA did not. Daniel Wueste, director of the Robert J. Rutland Institute for Ethics at Clemson, wrote a letter to a USA Today editor and said that no one at Clem­ son University would consider the UTSA honor code to be plagiarism. "That BYU included a citation is nice, but it was not necessary," he said. Wueste said he contacted UTSA students, who apologized after the AP article was published, H O N O R C O D E continues on page 2A Elementary education junior Ashley Sanchez squeezes a ball to increase blood flow while donating blood at Jester Center Tuesday. The drive is sponsored by co-ed service fraternity Alpha Phi Omega, which focuses on campus, community and scouting. "The blood drive is great because it raises awareness," said fraternity President Devin Curry, adding that the drive is the largest student-run blood drive in Texas and will continue through April 4. Nancy Rosenthal | Daily Texan Staff 2007-2008 University operating budget 7 percent 2 percent □ □ □ □ □ □ □ Academic Enhancement: $608 Million Tuition: $461 Million State General Revenue: $322 Million Self-supporting: $293 Million Available University Fund: $143 Million Indirect Cost: $67 Million Other Academic Core: $39 Million SG passes election reforms at outgoing meeting Spending limit stays; incoming members get set for new term taining campaigning to the desig­ nated time ail passed. Members did not support a bill that would have eliminated financial spend­ ing limits during campaigning. and each member of the execu­ tive board thanked the legislative members and recalled inside jokes that made some members laugh, while others buried their heads in their hands from embarrassment. concerns about the publicity a candidate could receive if he or she spent a large amount of mon­ ey while campaigning. Students who have a large amount of mon­ ey at their disposal could have an unfair advantage, they said. By Ana McKenzie Daily Texan Staff Student Government outgoing vice president Nicole Trinh fought back tears as she approached the microphone at Tuesday's meeting. "I'm just not ready for my good­ byes," Trinh said. T u esd ay 's m eeting w as the last for outgoing President An­ drew Solomon's administration, Jokes w ere set asid e when five election reform codes were voted on. Representatives debated election reform legislation for hours, even­ tually approving four proposals. Reforms banishing ticket build­ ing, extending Internet voting pe­ riods to 24 hours a day, eliminat­ ing the need to file a letter of in­ tent to run for a position and con­ "W hen we knew the lim it, we raised that much or close to that much, but when there's no spending limit, it allows candi­ dates to go out and solicit their money," incoming President Ke- shav R ajagopalan said during the explanation of the reform. "It allows that person to raise mon­ ey as they need it and as they spend it." Opposing SG members voiced Ethnic studies sophomore Sally Waley, the only independent who won in the past election, confessed that she unnecessarily spent $500 on her campaign, the maximum amount allowed for a represen­ tative position, in order to remain competitive. S G continues on page 2A --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Family friend donates Johnson portrait to LBJ Library Source: University Budget Summary CFO says tuition increases needed to counter inflation By Sean Feherec Daily Texan Staff The UT System Board of Re­ gents' five-percent tuition in­ crease, announced March 26, is needed because of a lack of support from the state leg is­ lature and inflation, said Uni­ versity chief financial officer Kevin Hegarty. The regents announced two sets of tuition increases totaling five percent over the 2008-2010 school years. Tuition accounts for 9.3 percent of the UT Sys­ tem's budget, but at UT-Austin, tuition accounts for 24 percent of the overall budget and 48 per­ cent of the academic core bud­ get, Hegarty said. Besides tuition, the o v er­ all budget breaks down to 17 percent from state revenue, 32 percent from academic en­ hancement funding for research and other program s provided mostly by donations, 7 percent from the Available University Fund provided by University in­ vestments, 15 percent from self­ supported funding, and 5 per­ cent from other sources, accord­ ing to a report from the Tuition Policy Advisory Committee. "Tuition and fefes have become dominant funding segments of this University," Hegarty said. He added that tuition increas­ es are needed to react to infla­ tion when additional funding is not granted from the state leg­ islature. He said the Universi­ ty produces billions of dollars in economic activity for the state, By Lee Ann Holman Daily Texan Staff A portrait of former President Lyndon Baines Johnson W3S donat­ ed to the LBJ Library and Museum by a prominent cardiologist and civic leader from San Antonio. The daughter of President John­ son, Luci Banes Johnson, accepted the portrait on behalf of her fam­ ily at a tearful unveiling ceremo­ ny that displayed the oil on can­ vas portrait of a pensive President Johnson. Dr. Alfonso Chiscano, a native of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, donated the painting. Chiscano said he came to Detroit with $50, TUITION continues on page 6A ART continues on page 2A Dr. Alfonso Chiscano announces his family's gift of a Lyndon B. Johnson portrait painted by Jesse Trevino to the LBJ Library on Tuesday afternoon. S h c lla y N eu m an Daily Texan Staff volume 108, Number 122 25 cents A orid & N a tio n ~ 0p,ni0n---------4A 3A................. N ew s............. ...................6A , - Q ''2B r _ Sp0rtS............ Classifieds........................ 3B .. , D ComiCS------------“4B . Life&Arts................... 5-6B TOMORROW S WFATHf R They don't serve to non-van,lla. H i g h 0 82 /> L o w , , 6 4 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2,2008 T - v p - t e - l PageT wo T h e D a i l y T e x a n O z o n e s e a s o n b e g i n s TODAY'S WEATHER j O g i | High 75 Low 69 ONLY in capital letters. SG: Facebook groups limited under reform From page 1A "It was a huge waste of m on­ ey," W aley said. "G o in g ou t and talking to people was more important." Students w ill not be able to form tickets beginning with the 2010 election because the con­ troversial bill elim inating tick­ et building passed. However, the presidential and vice-presidential candidates can still run together. "T h is a llo w s s tu d e n ts to ju st run and not be selected to run on a ticket, w hich can feel daunting to some students who do not have connections to SG ," Rajagopalan said. The debate evolved into dis­ cussions about the som etim es- negative perception a ticket can create among the general student body, fueling the idea that SG is an elite, impenetrable force, said some representatives. A m ong oth er reform s th at passed w ere those prohibiting publicity outside cam paigning periods; students m ay not cre­ ate Facebook groups prom ot­ ing their candidacy and draw ­ ing supporters. "THE RELUCTANT REALISM OF GEORGE H. W. BUSH," 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., LBJ Library Brown Room. Tim Naftali, director of the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Mu­ seum, will speak on the foreign pol­ icy and security aspects of the Presi­ dency of George H. W. Bush. "ISRAEL AND THE PARADOX OF POWER," 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., CRD 007. Speaker Stuart Schoff- man is a journalist, screenwriter and translator. He is currently a colum­ nist for the Jerusalem Report. Before moving to Israel, he was a report­ er for Fortune Magazine and a staff writer for Time. He recently collabo­ rated with David Grossman on "Li­ on's Honey: The Myth of Samson." APO BLOOD DRIVE, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 12 a.m., mul­ tiple locations. Semesterly Blood Drive, with blood donations going to MD Anderson and the South Tex­ as Blood and Tissue Center. Blood platelets may or may not be collect­ ed; ask donation buses for details. Day times are for Jester Center, In­ ner Campus Drive and Speedway. Evening times for Jester only. BEGINNING LEVEL FLAMENCO CLASS, 5 p.m. to 6 p.m., AHG 136. Grupo Flor y Canto will be teaching basic technique of the four Coplas of the Sevanillas. For more information, email grupoflorycanto@yahoo.cmi or call 512-470-0749. Class size is limited, so pre-registration is recommended. Find more listings at www.dailytexanonline.com. To submit your event to this calendar, send your information to aroundcampus Monday. @dailytexanonlme.com or call 471-4591. COPYRIGHT Copyright 2008 Texas Student Media. 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Ozone Season runs from April 1 to Oct. 31 and encourages people to take on more environmentally friendly habits, such as carpooling and riding bikes or walking instead of driving. The annual season comes amid stricter ozone regulations proposed in March bv the Environmental Protec­ tion Agency. Ozone, a key component of smog, can cause breathing complications, especially for children and the elderly. — Robert Kleeman ART: Portrait artist dreamed of being in a museum From p a g e l A American Art Museum. a tennis racket and a medical de­ gree and now is a doctor in San A ntonio and a fam ily friend of the Johnsons. "W e are hon ored to share a piece of art for students to enjoy at this University for generations to com e," he said. T h e p o rtra it w as painted in 1962 by Latin American artist Jes­ se Trevino, w hose paintings are featu red in the S m ith so n ia n 's " I 'v e alw ay s loved to p ain t great political fig u res," Treviño said. "[Johnson] w as som eone I could identify with. H e w as the epitom e of w hat bein g a Sou th Texan is really all about." After high school, Trevino used the LBJ portrait in a portfolio to successfully apply for a scholar­ ship at the Art Institute of New York. W hile in sch oo l, Treviño was drafted and served time in the V ietnam War, w here he lost his right hand in an explosion. He returned to his native hom e­ town of San Antonio after a two- year stay in a hospital. "W hat a thrilling experience to accept a portrait of a man I knew and loved," she said. "I am forev­ er grateful." "T h is painting was done w ith my right hand, and I wanted to im m ortalize [Johnson]," Treviño said. "It's a part of my legacy as an artist." Johnson said her son and Chis- cano's son have been friends for years. She said the Chiscano fam­ ily has opened up their home and heart for generations of her family. Jo h n son said it m akes sen se th at T rev iñ o, a m an of So u th Texas, w ould give back in such a w ay b ecau se her father had such a stro ng connection w ith the region. "A fter 40 years I had dreams of b ein g in m u seu m s, and to ­ day, with the help of LBJ, this is a dream come true," Treviño said. UNIVERSITY BRIEFLY Alleged sexual assault reported at Kinsolving dorm on Saturday UT Police Department officials are investigating an alleged sexual assault on campus. At 1:45 a.m. Saturday, a female student reported to UTPD that she had been sexually assaulted two hours earlier at Kinsolving Dormi­ tory. UTPD Sgt. Glen Koen, Crim­ inal Investigation Unit supervisor, said he could not comment further on the case since it is still under investigation. UTPD received four reports of forcible sexual offenses that oc­ curred in residence halls in 2006 and seven in 2005, according to the department's Web site. UTPD has not yet released the figures for 2007 on their Web site. — Stephen Keller Recycle your copy of T h e D a il y T ex a n H A R R Y R A N S O M C E N T E R I l i t U N I V 1 R M T Y O F I T X A S A T A U S T I N SPRING 2 0 0 8 E X H I B I T I O N S HONOR CODE: Clemson clears UTSA plagiarism dilemma From p a g e l A and told them no harm had tak­ en place. He related the issue to a hotel em ployee w riting rules for the swimming pool. "Should w e be dismayed if the pool rules she comes up with are the same as the pool rules at an­ other hotel? Would w e expect a footnote at the bottom of the sign?" Wueste asked. Stephen Myers, outgoing chair for the UT Sen ate o f C o lleg e Councils, said schools com m on­ ly adopt honor codes from other universities. H e said he applaud s U TSA stu d en ts for taking the in itia ­ tive to develop an honor code, even if students did not write it themselves. "A t conferences, they alw ays tell sch ools to use the m odels given as need ed , b u t I w ould hope un iversities w ould refer­ ence the source of their informa­ tion," Myers said. UTSA spokesm an David G a- b ler said the lan g u ag e o f the code w as given at the co n fer­ ence with an understanding that it would be used in honor codes throughout the country. "T h ere is no p lag iarism in ­ v o lv ed w h a ts o e v e r ," G a b le r said. "T h is story is som ething that was mistaken for the sake of witty headlines." B P i l l w On the R oad w ith the B eats Travel w it h J a c k Ke ro u ac, A ll e n Ginsb erg, W illia m S B u rro u g h s , and th e ir f rie n d s a c ro s s A m e ric a and the glo b e S cro ll M a n u s c rip t o f Ja ck K erouac's novel On t h e R o a d Ke ro u a c typ e d this fa m o u s fir s t draft o v e r the c o u rse of th re e w e e k s in 1951 See the fir s t 48 f e e t of the 120-foot m a n u s c r ip t during the scroll's only stop in Texas. 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Tuesday, 12 p.m. Wednesday Friday, 12 p.m. Wire Editor: M eredith Margrave w w w .dailytexanonline.com T h e D a i l y T e x a n Congress presses oil chiefs on big profits 3A Wednesday, A p ril 2, 2008 Alluding to the fact that C on­ gress often doesn't rate very high in opinion polls, Cleaver told the executives: "Your approval rating is lower than ours, and that means you're down low." Several law m akers noted the risin g p rice o f g a so lin e at the pu m p , now a v e ra g in g $3.29 a gallon am id talk of $4 a gallon this summer. "I heard w h at you are h ear­ ing. Am ericans are very worried about the rising price of energy," said John Hofm eister, president of Shell Oil Co., echoing remarks by the other four executives in ­ c lu d in g re p re sen ta tiv es of BP America Inc., Chevron Corp. and ConocoPhillips. W hile D em ocrats ham m ered the execu tiv es for their profits and dem anded they do more to develop alternative energy sourc­ es such as wind, solar and biofu­ els, Republican lawmakers called for opening more areas for drill­ ing to boost domestic production of oil and gas. power in Europe, and between Eu­ rope and Russia." Colombian drug lord sentenced in Brazil; also wanted in U.S. SAO PAULO, Brazil — A judge has sentenced reputed Colombian drug lord Juan Carlos Ramirez Aba- dia to more than 30 years in prison for cnmcs he committed in Brazil. Ramirez Abadia, who is also wanted in the United States, has been found guilty of money laun­ dering, corruption, criminal con­ spiracy and use of false documents. Besides the 30-year sentence, Ramirez Abadia must also pay a fine worth $2.5 million. Last month, Brazil's Supreme Court ruled Ramirez Abadia can be extradited to the United States to face racketeering charges. President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will have the final word on his extradition. Compiled from Associated Press reports By H. Josef Hebert The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Don't blame us, oil industry chiefs told a skep­ tical Congress. Top executives of the country's five biggest oil com panies said Tuesday they know record fuel prices are hurting people, but they argued it's not their fault and their huge profits are in line with other industries. Appearing before a House com­ mittee, the executives were pressed to explain why they should contin­ ue to get billions of dollars in tax breaks when they made $123 billion last year and motorists are paying record gasoline prices at the pump. "O n April Fools' Day, the big­ gest joke of all is being played on A m erican fam ilies by Big O il," Rep. Edw ard M arkey, D -M ass., said, aim ing his rem arks at the five executives sitting shoulder- to -sh ou ld er in a con g ression al hearing room. 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R iich c iin n n rtc U k ra in e Bush supports Ukraine, Georgia joining NATO despite opposition BUCHAREST, Romania — Unflinching from a fight, President Bush said Tuesday he fully supports proposals to put ex-Soviet states Ukraine and Georgia on the road to­ ward joining NATO despite French and German qualms it would upset relations with Moscow. Bush's declaration laid the groundwork for an uncomfortable showdown when leaders of the 26-member military alliance gather in Bucharest for a summit Wednes­ day to Friday. France refused to back down under U.S. pressure. "France will not give its green light to the entry of Ukraine and Georgia," Prime Minister Fran­ cois Fillon said. "We are opposed to Georgia and Ukraine's entry be­ cause we think that it is not the correct response to the balance of A sso c ia te d Press A group of third-graders plotted to attack their teacher, bringing a broken steak knife, handcuffs, duct tape and other items for the job, police said Tuesday. 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Al Grillo | A sso c ia te d Press Ga. police: 3rd-graders plotted to attack teacher W0RLD BRIEFLY v ' A By Russ Bynum The Associated Press W A Y C R O S S , G a. — A group of third-graders plot­ ted to attack th e ir te a c h ­ er, bringing a broken steak knife, han d cuffs, duct tape and oth er item s for the job and assigning children tasks including covering the w in­ dows and cleaning up after­ ward, police said Tuesday. T h e p lo t in v o lv in g as many as nine boys and girls at Center Elementary School in south Georgia was a seri­ ous threat, said Waycross Po­ lice Chief Tony Tanner. S c h o o l o f f ic i a l s a l e r t ­ ed police Friday after a p u ­ pil tipped off a teacher that a girl had brought a w eap ­ on to school. Tanner said the students apparently planned to knock the teacher uncon­ scious w ith a crystal paper­ w eig h t, b in d her w ith the handcuffs and tape and then stab her with the knife. "W e did not hear anybody say they intended to kill her, but could they have acciden­ tally killed her? A b so lu te­ ly," Tanner said. "W e feel like if they w eren't interrupted, there would have been an at­ tempt. Would they have been successful? We don't know." The children, ages 8 to 10, were apparently mad at the teacher because she had scold­ ed one of them for standing on a chair, Tanner said. Two of the students were arrested on ju venile charg­ es Tuesday and a third arrest w as exp ected . D istrict A t­ torney Rick Currie said oth­ er students told investigators they didn't take the plot seri­ ously or insisted they had de­ cided not to participate. "S o m e of the kids said , 'We thought they w ere just kidd ing,"' Currie said. "A n ­ other child was supposed to bring a toy pistol, and he told a detective he didn't bring it because he thought he would get in trouble." C u rrie said the ch ild ren are too young to be charged as adults, and probably too young to be sentenced to a youth detention center. Police seized a steak knife w ith a broken handle, steel h and cu ffs, d uct tape, e le c­ trical and transparent tape, r ib b o n s an d th e p a p e r ­ w e ig h t from the stu d en ts, Tanner said. NO,THIS ISN'T A TAKfc HOM0- tNTPKVlZW! YOU CAN’T MAKE UP 4A W e d n e sd a y , April 2, 2 0 0 8 VIEWPOINT oted in passing... Greg Hamilton's'perception problem' The Travis C o u n ty S h e riff's O ffice is takin g con v en ien ce to a new level. In February, Sh eriff Greg H am ilton allow ed Im m ig ra tio n and C u stom s E nforcem ent to set up shop in the Travis C o u nty Jail. W hile this m ove saves officers som e leg- w ork in their prosecution of illeg al aliens, the im p lications of the deal have angered im m ig ran ts' rights groups. M em bers of the W orkers D efense Project have condem ned the arran g e­ m ent, say ing the sh e riff's office is enablin g ICE to m o re easily, and quietly, enforce its harsh C rim inal A lien P rogram . Travis C o u n ty D istrict A ttorn ey cand id ate and form er first assistan t DA R osem ary L ehm berg said in an interview w ith the Texan that H am ilton 's d ecision w as a "p ercep tio n prob­ lem " that w as not m eant to be a political statem en t nor a com m ent on illegal im m igration. Ju d ges, she exp lain ed , prefer not to put n o n -citizen s on p ro bation , w hich m eans th at illegal aliens som etim es receive m ore jail tim e and thus m ake up a large p o rtio n of Travis C o u n ty 's jail population. So, H am ilton inserted ICE in the Travis C ounty Jail with pragm atic in ten tio n s: ICE has to review a great nu m ber of cases daily, so wrhy not ju st let them do their jo b on site? W hatever the excu se, the sk etch y eth ics em erging from this case are a resu lt o f the lead er of ou r cou n ty's law enforcem ent p ro g ram 's d im logic. H am ilton can begin to redeem h im self by ou tsou rcin g ICE im m ediately. Don't feel like graduating? Join the Border Patrol. O nly 58.2 percent of A u stin 's high school stu d en ts earn a d ip lom al, accord in g to a stud y released Tuesday by Editorial P rojects in E d u cation Inc., a nonprofit that pu blishes m aterials related to p re-co lleg e education. And looking at the national average, grad u atin g high school carries about the sam e odds as a coin toss. These results are d ish earten in g to m ost, but probably d o n 't m ean a thing to the U.S. Border Patrol, w hich d o e sn 't even require that its em p loyees have a high school edu cation. T he Border Patrol has no ed u cation al prerequ isites for its em p loyees, d espite the fact that oth er federal a g en cies, such as the FBI, requ ire recruits to have n ot only college experien ce but p rofessional exp erien ce, too. And because the Bush ad m in­ istration is pu tting pressure on the agency to expand its troops from 15,000 agents to more than 18,000 agents by the end of the year, its cu rrent standards are low er than ever. H istorically, the B order P atrol did not require form al edu cational b ackgrou nd s for its recru its becau se m ost em p loyees cam e from ran ch es and had the n ecessary know -how to do the job. Today, if you 've com p leted m iddle school and are a w arm body, you can be a cru cial com p onent o f B u sh 's hum an U .S.-M exico barrier. And if y ou can speak a little b it o f Sp anish, you 'll be exem pted from 30 days of training. So, stu d en ts, w hy spend any m ore tim e in college collecting d ebt, w hen you can join the Border Patrol for free? Not-so-sweet 16 W ho knew M T V 's cult hit show "M y Sup er Sw eet 16" cou ld serve as a w h istleb lo w er for corrupt b u sin ess prac­ tices? A Febru ary 2007 ep isod e featured A riel, the d aughter o f a K entu cky oil tycoon, as she celebrated her b irth d ay w ith horse-d raw n carriages, helicopters, firew orks and a BM W 325i from her father. But apparently, tw eens are n 't the on ly ones w atching M TV A ccording to The N ew York Tim es, A riel's father, G ary M ilby, cam e under in v estig ation from the gov­ ernm ent for frau d ulen tly so licitin g investm ents in oil w ells to finance his op u lent lifestyle after the show aired. Federal in vestig ato rs have stru ck b lack gold w ith M ilb y's case. Over the period o f a year and a half, M ilby raised $19 m illion from m ore than 300 investors to drill new w ells, $12 m illion of w hich he placed in trust fu nd s and offshore accou nts fo r A riel, presum ably. M ilby is cu rrently facing a felony fraud charge, and the case is ongoing. Editor-in -C hief: Claire Harlin P hon e: (512) 232-2212 E-m ail: editor@dailytexanonline.com A sso c ia te Editors: Leah Finnegan Andrew Vickers Aboubacar N'Diaye T h e D a i l y T f x a n THE FIRING LINE Stadium name a royal mess H ow ever justified the se n ti­ ment, Neil G arner is too late to call for "a stop to the ridiculou s attem pt to a ssig n a n ickn am e to on e of the m o st storied facili­ ties o n c a m p u s a n d in the state" ("D o n 't renam e the stadium ," The Firing Line, M a rc h 31). The tim e to put a stop to re n a m ­ in g or n ic k n a m in g the stadium w as w h e n "Darrell K R o yal" was stuck to the front of the "Texas M e m o ria l Stadium ." N o w it's the "Darrell Royal M e m oria l Sta d iu m " to half the sports w riters in the nation and to ticket scalpers at www.gotickets. com a n d www.tickco.com. The sites w w w .StubH ub.com , www. primeseattickets.com, www.ache apseat.com and www.abctickets. com refer to it as the "Darrell K Royal M e m oria l Stadium ," w hile w ww.collegegridirons.com the athletic departm ent has a cartoon in The Daily Texan is in "D K R M em orial Stadium D iagram " bad taste, m any of the rebuttals on the Texas Spirit Program W eb submitted in M on d a y's Firing site. A nd the University of Texas Line are weakly founded, a ngry C lub is located on the sixth floor shouts into the w ind rather than of, you gu esse d it, "Darrell Royal concrete defenses of this w rongly M em orial Stadium." Even The motivated organization. Even the Daily Texan refers to it as the vice chair of Planned Parenthood "Darrell K Royal-Texas Mem orial of the Texas Capital Region avoids Stadium," or m ore insidiously, sim ply " D K R "— rem oving any directly rejecting the cartoon's presented accusations, but instead reference to its original nam e uses excessive euphem ism s to entirely. underm ine the position of the The stadium had a nam e and "enemy." e veryone knew w hat to call it At the end of the day, despite back w h en it w as the "Texas M e m orial Stadium ." N o w it's a the colorful la ngua ge and crystalline im ages of "w om en's m em orial to the D an ish Krone. rights" and "liberation," Planned Parenthood is too focused on Charles D. Tolliver supp ressing dissenters rather U T alum than recognizing other loving Planned Parenthood need not be negative m eans of p ro paga tin g respect for w om en and sexual freedom o u t­ side of their model. Perhaps th e y sh o u ld re con­ sider w hat it m e an s to be nar­ sh o rte n s it to "R oyal M e m oria l Glen M cC o y's M arch 26 politi­ Stadium ," w hich im plies so m e cal cartoon has understandably row -m inded. c o n n e ctio n to Prince Charles. sparked agitated response UT's o w n www.mackbrown-tex from proponents of Planned Jam es Kleineck asfootball.com refers to it as "DKR- Parenthood. While I w ould agree Architectural engineering Texas Mem orial Stadium," while that the publication of this ju n ior The Sarah Lacy effect? In response to Ana McKenzie's interview with Andrew Solom on ("Solom on reflects on SG presi­ dency," April 1). Is this really the best interview the Texan could com e up with while talking to the o u tgo in g SG president? Did he not have any thoughts or reflec­ tions on actual SG a ccom plish­ m ents or goals, or did the Texan just choose not to ask real ques­ tions? W hy not question Solom on or the Advance assem bly more about w hy they dropped the ball on election reform? G eoff Geiger Students for S G Reform Founder a n d director G overnm ent junior A sad day for Mitra Dammit, stop m essing around with the Su doku (April 1). You're ruining my day right from the shuttle stop. M itra S. R a n a Cell a n d m olecular biology gradua te student A curriculum for students, not commodities By Jillian Sheridan Daily Texan C olum nist As reg istratio n tim e gets faced d iffic u lt d e cisio n s. closer, stu d e n ts are w ith There are thousand s of classes from w hich to ch o o se, ranging from V iscous Fluid Flow to R h e to ric and P opu lar M usic. It is up to stu d ents that to p ick w ill get them w here they w an t to go. But as a group of 18- to 22-year-old s, do we really know w here we w an t to go? Are w e the best guid es for our e d u ca­ tion, or do w e need a little m ore guid ance? those The idea o f a core cu r­ riculum has recen tly gone out of fashion in ed u cation. In an extrem ely com p etitive econom y, stud ents are m ore p reoccu p ied w ith learn in g sp e cific, m ark etab le sk ills than read in g cla ssica l lit­ erature or stu d ying history. Stu d en ts who do select lib er­ al arts or fine arts m ajors are often b elittled for ch oo sin g invalid m ajors. But the truth is, a real ed u cation inclu d es at least a taste of the arts. It in clu d es a broad range of core co u rses th a t im p ro ve n ot on ly you r k n ow led g e but also you rself. A stu d e n t can g rad u ate from the UT w ith m inim al com m unication. But the pur­ pose of attend ing an insti­ tution of higher education should not be to develop one's self into a high-dem and prod­ uct. It should be to expand one's capability to think. Taking cla sses in only one d iscip lin e, e sp ecially one that is form u laic and m ech an ical, The purpose of attending an institution of higher education should not be to develop one's self into a high-demand product. It should be to expand one's capability to think. w ritin g and read in g a b ili­ ties if com p eten t at ca lcu ­ lus. O ne can g rad u ate w ith no u n d erstan d in g of g o v ­ ern m en ts, w ars and lead ers w ho have brou gh t the w orld to w here it is if successful in accou n ting . O ne does not need to en cou n ter p h ilo so ­ phy as long as one can stand in front of a class and give a P ow erP oin t p resen tation. I do not mean to belittle such useful fields of research as engineering, business and does not allow a stud en t to understand w hat options are available or to learn m ore about him or herself. The valu e of a liberal arts ed u ca ­ tion is in th in k in g ou tsid e the book. M ost of the tim e a liberal arts textbook cannot tell you the rig h t answ er. Rather, it gives you the facts or the ideas of others and asks you to evalu ate them and to add to them . M ost 18-year-old s do not know w hat they w ant to do The tale of a truly trivial pursuit By Dan Treadway ^ D aily Texan Staff It's always one of the first things a person asks whenever meeting somebixly new at college. It's the question that usually immediately follows, "W hat's your nam e?" or, "Where are you from?" The query I'm referring to, of course, is, "W hat's your major?" Majors really define us univer­ sity students. In many cases, it segregates as as well. Every college seems to have its own stigmas. The students in the business school are pretentious, the communication students have an exciting future ahead of them as drag bums, the engineers are nerdy, the liberal arts majors are outspoken (see: annoy­ ing), and the natural sciences majors are trying to think of plan B when med school doesn't pan out. Jast because these statements aren't valid doesn't mean most of us don't subscribe to them. To put the endless resentment and arguments to rest, I sought to decipher which college Is indeed superior to the others. I could have done this perhaps by sifting through various admis­ sions numbers and test scores, but I really wanted to get to the bot­ tom of this conundrum, and you can only learn so much from num­ bers (if you're a communication major, anyway). Thus, I determined that the only acceptable way to unequivo­ cally declare a winner was to have students from different colleges engage in a danng contest of skill and intellect. Fearing the legal implications of an arranged knife fight, I decided to settle for the next best thing — I gathered six stu­ dents from six of the most popu­ lated colleges at UT and had them play a game of Trivial Pursuit. than ing more tw o-and-a-half hours. Mind you, this was after everyone agreed halfway through to award a piece of "p ie" whenev­ er someone answered a question correctly rather than when they landed on the space that served as the category's headquarters. Throughout the contest, cries of "I'm sick of this gam e!" and "That country doesn't even exist any­ more!" and "H ave I mentioned that I'm sick of this gam e?" rever­ berated from the participants. this, I believe the medical term for the episode would have been referred to as "a brain fart." When all was said and done, representatives from three of the six colleges had acquired five of the six necessary pieces of pie to win (C om m unication, Engineering and Natural Sciences) but ulti­ mately it was Audrey McKenna, the the College of Liberal Arts, who came out on top by correctly identify­ ing which park's entrance was representative from To put the endless resentment and arguments to rest, I sought to decipher which college is indeed superior to the others — the only acceptable way to unequivocally declare a winner was to have students from different colleges engage in a daring contest of skill and intellect. The colleges represented in the game were liberal Arts, Natural Sciences, Business, Engineering, Communication and Fine Arts. The game began with the six eager students having fun, but it quickly devolved into a war of attrition after questions such as "W hat is statistically the safest age of life" (10) and "W hat's the short­ est word in the English alphabet that contains the letters A, B, C, D, E and F" (feedback) were drawn. The game itself ended u p last­ The unequivocal highlight of the game occurred when the basi- ness representative, whose name I will omit for obvious reasons, incorrectly guessed who wrote the diary of Anne Frank. If you don't know the answer to this ques­ tion, kindly roll up the newspaper you're holding and whack your­ self in the head a few times (The answer starts with "A " and ends with "nne Frank"). Although I didn't consult with Jenny Barrow, the Natural Sciences major, about graced by the Roosevelt Arch (Yellowstone National Park). Some may say this experiment proved nothing and that it was, by all accounts, pointless. I commend these people on their keen obser­ vation skills. The one thing I can honestly say 1 did discover from this grand trial was that I should have been much more daring as a 10-year-old. In truth, the only thing more frivolous than the experiment itself is the argument that sparked it. The fact is, you can't expect one per­ son to represent a college, because every college has such a diverse base of students. This is why the stereotypes that surround each col­ lege and the argument over which one is superior is simply absurd. This isn't to say some students aren't more intelligent than others at UT, but a student's major is not a judge of their academic prowess. Conveniently enough, on the side of the Trivial Pursuit box itself, there was a quote by Alexander Pope that put it best: "W hat mighty contests rise from trivial things." Rather than attempting to create an unfounded hierarchy through our chosen areas of study, let's embrace the similarities we share through our membership at this University. While all of us have varying interest and some of our majors offer the possibility for more lucrative careers, the fact is that for the time being, we are all students at the University of Texas, and our similarities with one another far outweigh our differences. Some students should hold their head a little higher when they say their major from now on, and other students should perhaps tilt their noses a little lower when they announce theirs, because at the end of the day, we're all Longhorns, and there's nothing trivial about that. Treadway is a radio-teievi non-film sophomore Board, w h ic h is listed in th e top who knows who wrote the diary of Anne Frank. rig h t c o rn e r o f th is page. re q u irin g for the rest of th e ir lives. T h ey have little to n o e xp o ­ sure to m any of the fields of stu d y av ailab le to them . By fre sh m e n to d eclare m ajors on their ap p licatio n s, h av in g a very lim ited core cu rricu lu m and m aking it d ifficu lt for stu ­ d en ts to tran sfer am ong co l­ leg es, UT lock s s tu ­ d ents into career paths that m ay not be right for them , instead of o p en in g their m inds to a w ider w orld. T h e U n iv ersity is attem p tin g to ad dress these p roblem s w ith the recent creation of the U n d e rg ra d u a te S tu d ie s d e p a rtm e n t and dean. T h e effort sh ou ld be ap p lau d ed and co n tin u ed . U T m u st n ot devolve into a collectio n of techn ical sch oo ls p rep arin g stu d en ts to be cap ab le ca l­ cu lato rs b u t should prepare fre e th in k in g , them to b e w e ll-ro u n d e d in d iv id u a ls. To do this, they w ill need a core cu rricu lum th at gives m ore gu id ance to stu d en ts' edu cations. 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LEGALESE O p in io n s e x p re sse d in T h e D aily T exan are t h o s e o f th e e d i­ tor, th e Ed ito rial B oa rd o r w riter of the article. T h e y are n o t n e c e s­ sarily th o s e of th e UT a d m in is tr a ­ tion, th e B oa rd o f R e g e n ts or the Texas S tu d e n t M e d ia B o a rd of O p e ra tin g Trustees. All Texan e d i­ torials are w ritten by th e Editorial THE ARMY ADVANTAGE FUND. BECAUSE SOLDIERS DESERVE MORE Now the Arm y gives you more :hoices i you-' .tu re . Farn up to $ 4 0 ,0 0 0 to s ta rt the business of your dreams or buy the home you always wanted. Log onto goarm y.com /aaf to learn more about the Arm y Advantage Fund. [ U.S.ARMY ' - ■*■»... .vvWW» m M I. ■ .y...!» ARMY STRONG. 2 do 8 6 A ískws Wednesday, April 2, 2008 NICE JUG BAND TUITION: Students feel rising costs of universities From p a g e l A w hich invested $322 m illion for the 2007-2008 fiscal year. " I t's a last resort a ctio n ," he said , ad d in g that stu d en ts and parents have to m ake up the dif­ ference for rising costs. H egarty said th at tu ition in ­ creases p rovid e m oney for h ir­ ing m ore faculty, adjusting to in­ creasing utility costs and gran t­ ing raises for current faculty and staff. A cco rd in g to a rep ort re­ leased by the University, 55 per­ ce n t of the total b u d g et for the 2007-2008 fiscal year is allotted for salaries and b en efits, w hich includes a 3-percent faculty sala­ ry' increase. "The University is a large busi­ ness w ith the exception that it is the business of human interaction and hum an exch an g e," H egarty said. The U T G rant Program , enact­ ed in 2003 along w ith tuition de­ regulation, offers a break for stu­ dents By law the University must set aside roughly 20 cents for ev­ ery dollar for financial aid when tu ition reaches a certain point. The grant program provides a 75- percent or more tuition break for most students from families mak­ ing less than $60,000 a year. M any are still upset about the risin g tu ition rates, d espite the possibility of receiving more ben­ efits for more money. "I think it'd be worse to raise it," said education freshm an A shley Roth. "It's high enough already." Before tuition deregulation, the total cost of attendance was rising 13.5 percent annually. The projec­ tion betw een 2003 and 2009 is an 8.7 percent average increase per year. H egarty said other colleges and universities in Texas should be m ore transparent about their costs and accurately relay their re­ ports to students. H e added that he hopes the University will soon receive funding from the state leg­ islatu re that a ccu rately d ep icts inflation to take the bu rd en off of students. "T h is shou ld n't becom e an in­ stitu tio n for the w ealthy; it's a state in stitu tion ," H egarty said. "It would be a shame if we found ourselves in that situation." Committee debates requiring insurance for college students By Drew Garver Daily Texan Staff The Texas H ou se of R ep re­ sentatives Committee of Higher Education held a public hearing on issues relating to health in­ surance for university studenfc Tuesday at the Capitol. The h earing started w ith a discussion about whether health insurance should be mandatory for enrollm ent at institutions of higher education. "This is just one more add-on that makes it more difficult to afford higher education." Helen Giddings, committee member Texas legislation gives univer­ sities the option to offer health in­ surance plans through the school to students, but it is not required. Rice, Trinity and Texas State uni­ versities are som e of the Texas colleges that have elected to of­ fer affordable health insurance. A survey conducted by the Texas D e p a rtm e n t o f In s u r­ ance found that nearly 25 per­ cent of people ages 18 to 24 are not insured. D ianne Longley, director of research and analysis for the de­ partment, said that because stu­ dents tend to be relatively young and healthy, insurance for them could be provided at very low rates, w hich could make it eas­ ier for universities to offer their own insurance plans. Students who are covered un­ der their parents or have their ow n p lan s w ould be exem p t from having to sign up for a uni­ versity-provided plan, but those without insurance would be re­ quired to sign up for a discount plan through the university. The com m ittee also brought up the possibility of making the student health insurance plan a statewide plan instead of leaving it up to each college to provide their own. This would be put into effect in an effort to generate vol­ ume, cutting costs even further. Some of the committee members expressed concerns over the cost to prospective students. "It seems that for the low-in- com e stud ent, this is ju st one more add-on that makes it more difficult to afford higher educa­ tion," said com m ittee m em ber Helen Giddings, D-Dallas. Michelle C o n n o lly | Daily Texan Staff Anjelika Udeshi, a communication studies senior, fills out forms at the Student Services Building while waiting for a doctor's appoint­ ment. Universities do not require students to have health insur­ ance, but a higher education committee meeting held Tuesday morning discussed the possibility of changing the policy. A smart way to help with tuition. IB If A n d you ca n use you r spare time at P P D to study. Or you m ay ch oose to play pool, watch m ovies or chat with your friends on the Internet. Earn money now, by p a rticip ating in a PP D research study. W e conduct medically supervised research studies to help evaluate m e d ications being developed. You m u st meet certain requirements to qualify, including a free medical exam and screening tests. M a n y different stu d y lengths are available. You'll find current stu d ies listed here every Sunday. Join the team at PPD, conducting research studies in A ustin for over 20 years. Call today to find out more. ppn Michelle Connolly | Daily Texan Staff Will Dupuy plays the upright bass with the South Austin Jug Band at a free show at Waterloo Records Tuesday afternoon. The eclectic seven-year-old band's instruments include fiddle, mandolin, drums and electric guitar. NEWS BRIEFLY Burnt Orange Report tracks democratic delegate count Sen. Barack Obama has pulled ahead in the number of Texas del­ egates over rival Democratic presi­ dential nominee Sen. Hillary Clin­ ton, according to the Burnt Orange Report Web site, which is tracking the results from the county and dis­ trict conventions on Saturday. According to their findings, Obama now leads Clinton 98 dele­ gates to 95, taking into account the results from both the Texas primary and caucuses. The independent Web site began processing results last week and has around 95 percent of the delegates accounted for, said editor Karl- Thomas Musselman. Burnt Orange Report began working with sec­ tions of the Texas Democratic Par­ ty across the state by asking county chairs to call and e-mail in results. Burnt Orange Report was also able to track delegates at the coun­ ty level using resources the Demo­ crats made available to media out­ lets, even though the party itself does not monitor its delegates on the county level. Texas Democratic Party spokes­ man Hector Nieto said they provid­ ed similar help and information to The Associated Press for its dele­ gate count. 'The party is here to serve as a resource at the county level also," Nieto said. "A winner cannot be chosen until the state convention, so we help those who do choose to track the process." Burnt Orange Report started in 2003 as a part of Livejournal.com focusing on Austin. The Web site previously endorsed Obama for the Texas primary, but Musselman said some members of the staff support Clinton. by itself was not too worrisome. "We certainly anticipate that Dell will be recruiting students in the years to come," he said. — Audrey Campbell — Morgan Booth Dell plans to dose North Austin plant to cut company expenses Round Rock-based comput­ er company Dell Inc. announced Monday that it has plans to shut down its North Austin manufactur­ ing plant in an ongoing process to cut company expenses. The plan to shut down the local plant is the first in a series of chang­ es that will begin before 2009. Dell's goal is to cut $3 billion in expenses over the next three years. The dos­ ing of the North Austin manufac­ turing plant will result in the loss of approximately 900 jobs. Robert Blackburn, a spokesman for the computer company, said that there may be other openings within the company for those los­ ing their jobs at the plant. "We will be trying to place em­ ployees where we can within the company according to their skills," Blackburn said. Dell is a consistent recruiter of UT students and often employs those graduating with degrees in business or engineering. "Anytime a company shuts down a plant or lays off workers, you want to pay attention to that, but many times large companies like Dell do make plans to do some restructuring," said Michael Pow­ ell, director of the Engineering Ca­ reer Assistance Center. Because employment with com­ panies like Dell can vary from year to year, Powell said the shutdown U.S. News gives UT schools and grad programs high rankings UT placed in the top 20 schools nationwide for outstanding mea­ sures in the schools of business, education, engineering and law, according to U.S. News & World Report. "We don't put too much em­ phasis on rankings at McCombs because of the vagaries of differ­ ent methodologies from one pub­ lication to the next, none of which presents a complete picture of a program," said Rob Meyer, spokes­ man for the McCombs School of Business. "That said, we realize a lot of people pay attention to the U.S. News rankings, and so we are happy to be consistently named by them as one of the top business schools." The newsmagazine ranked the McCombs school 18th in the nation, the College of Education 10th, the Cockrell School of Engineering 11th and the School of Law 16th. Along with these awards, U.S News & World Report ranked graduate programs and other fields according to the opinions of deans, department heads and other senior faculty, which earned the Universi­ ty 34 additional top 25 standings. "We are pleased that our spe­ cialty rankings within the busi­ ness school are high across all dis­ ciplines," Meyer said. "Our de­ partment of accounting again was named No. 1 in the country." — Sabrina Vera Current Research Opportunities Age Compensation Requirements Timeline M en and W om en 18 to 45 Up to $ 2 400 Healthy & Non-Sm oking Fri. 11 Apr. through Sun. 13 Apr. Fri. 18 Apr. through Sun. 20 Apr. Fri. 25 Apr. through Sun. 27 Apr. Fri. 2 M a y through Sun. 4 M a y M en and Postmenopausal or Surgically Sterlie W om en 18 to 60 Healthy & Non-Sm oking Tue. 15 Apr. through Fri. 25 Apr. 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Texas' m en's track coach isn't quite sure if he missed some relays in between that first meet back in '67 and this year's 81st Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays, but more than 40 years later, he still gets excited in early April w hen the focus of the track and field world is on Austin. "I am feeling really g o o d /' Thornton said, grinning from underneath his white hat. A day before the Relays start, Thorn­ ton forgoes the typical coach­ ing attire for a more dapper ap­ proach. This week is special and he knows it. His face tells the story. T h ornto n loves track, and thus he loves the Texas Relays — a sports "carnival" he con­ siders among the top 10 sport­ ing events held in the world. Not only is the four-day event, starting noon today at Mike A. Myers Stadium, one of the most com petitive m en's and wom ­ en's college track meets of the year, it also showcases the top Texas high school athletes and the elite track and field stars of the w orld, m any of whom will com pete later this year in the Beijing Olympics. "It's like Field Of Dreams for those in track and field; this is where they come in the spring to see dreams come true," Thorn­ ton said. "They come to put their talents and abilities out there to be tested and challenged." Its safe to say Thornton loves the Texas Relays, and he isn't alone. The Relays draw up to THORNTON continues on page 2B Relays have rich history, starting with Clyde Littlefield By David R. Henry Daily Texan Staff After 81 years of tradition and history, the Texas Relays contin­ ue to get bigger and better. Throughout the decades, re­ c o rd s h a v e b een s h a tte re d and legends have been made. Yet the four-day m eet, w hich has grow n to become the sec­ ond-largest m eet in the coun­ try, cam e from q uite hum ble beginnings. C lyde L ittlefield took over as Texas track coach in 1921. By the tim e he retired in 1961 after 41 se aso n s, h is team s had w on 25 S outhw est C on­ ference Cham pionships. They broke 4-of-5 national records, and because of his success, Lit­ tlefield earned the nicknam e "Mr. Track." L ittlefield starte d the Tex­ as Relays for men only in 1925, w a n tin g to h o st a race in a w arm er clim ate after com pet­ ing in K ansas' cool w eather conditions. The first event drew more than 3,500 spectators. Needing to attract more peo­ ple, Littlefield and athletic d i­ rector Theo Belm ont team ed up w ith the A ustin American- S tatesm an to com e up w ith prom otions. In 1927, the Re­ lays drew 10,000 when the Tar- hum ara Indians were invited from Mexico to run from San Antonio to A ustin in one day. They com pleted 89 m iles, in­ cluding a lap around the track to finish it off, in 14 hours, 53 minutes w ithout stopping. The meet w as canceled from 1932 to 1934 during the Great Depression. It w as threatened again by World War II, but leg­ en d ary athletic directo r and football coach Dana X. Bible kept the m eet th rivin g while the country w as at war. HISTORY continues on page 2B BASEBALL Errors cost Texas in 7-3 home loss to No. 15 Rice By Anup Shah Daily Texan Staff All season long the errors have been piling up, and the Longhorns have been waiting for it to hurt them. Making errors finally came back to haunt them in a 7-3 loss to No. 15 Rice (20-9) as No. 16 Texas (18-9) committed five errors in a game for the third time this season. "I think in any inning when you give someone more than three outs, you're letting them knock on the door of opportu­ nity, and sooner or Later it's go­ ing to beat you," coach Augie Garrido said. The five errors put the Long­ horns at 48 for the season to lead every team in both the Baseball America Top 25 and in the Big 12 in that category. "Play better defense," Gar­ rido said w hen asked how to solve his team's problems. "There's no way to talk your­ self out of it. We've got to play our w ay out of it. Find the right com bination of defen­ sive players." Before the fans were even in their seats, left fielder Michael Torres, who started at second, com m itted tw o consecutive errors on the first tw o Rice batters that gave the Owls an early 1-0 lead. T orres w o u ld m ak e up for it two innings later with an RBI single, but the errors continued to pile up for the Longhorns. In the seventh inning, third baseman Tant Shephard com­ m itted two more errors that eventually allowed Rice to take a 4-3 lead. Shephard recently replaced Travis Tucker — who ironically replaced Torres. "I was just tensed up," Shep­ herd said. "The first one came, and the next ones just piled on, and I had no confidence after that." The ninth inning extended by a third Shepherd error, al­ lowed Rice to score three more runs and take a 7-3 lead going into the bottom of the inning. But as m uch as G arrido is concerned about the defense, tire offense was just as upset­ ting to tire 12th year coach. "We d id n 't rally back on offense, and th a t's m y dis- Sco reb oard 'Horns 3 Owls 7 • Texas fanned a season-high 16 batters. • Michael Torres extended his hitting streak to 14 games. • Rice broke a 3-3 tie in the seventh to take tire lead. appointm ent, because that's where our experience is," Gar­ rido said. "O ur consistency could m ake up for some of these mistakes, but it didn't." W hat m ade the comeback more difficult was Rice's pitch­ ing. The Owls struck out 12 batters during the game, in­ cluding a stretch in w hich Rice freshman Matt Evers re­ corded 10 consecutive outs with strikeouts. "The strikeouts were a re­ sult of several times us swing­ ing on ball four," Garrido said. "But still, it's a great credit to their pitching plan. They real­ ly pitched well." As far Longhorn pitchers go, it seems they haven't done Nancy Rosenthal | Daily Texan Staff Junior Michael Torres tries to slide into second base before the ball arrives in Texas' 7-3 loss to Rice Tuesday night. anything w rong in a while. Freshmen Brandon Workman and Chance Ruffin recorded a combined 10 strikeouts, while Pat McCrory and Brandon Belt added three each. Unfortunate­ ly for the pitchers, the fruits of their labor were destroyed by defensive errors. related to the position players and not the pitchers," Garrido said. "All of our pitchers came out and did a great job." With Texas Southern com­ ing into town Wednesday, the Longhorns will have to make several adjustments — fast. "Somewhere, som ething's "The defensive plays are got to step up," Garrido said. Photos by Eliot Meyer | Daily Texan Staff SOFTB ALL Longhorns look to continue hot conference play By La ken Litman Daily Texan Staff The Texas softball team is on a roll. So far in Big 12 play, they have swept away two teams and lost to one, making their conference record 4-1. Not a bad way to start. The Longhorns hope to stay on top of their game to­ night as they face the Baylor Bears at home today at 6 p.m. at McCombs Field. The Bears, reigning Big 12 softball champs, are cur­ rently ranked No. 18 in the national polls, while the Longhorns remained unranked. The Longhorns re­ cently earned a No. 24 ranking in the first release of the National Fastpitch Coaches Association's RP I rankings because they play the 11th toughest sched­ ule in the nation. "At Texas, we have always liked to go out and play a tough non-conference schedule," coach Connie Clark said. "Some people think that it is a hindrance, but I feel like it really helps us and prepares us for the stretch run." And it seems that strategy has w orked so far. Though they did have some stellar performances be­ fore starting conference play, the Longhorns strug­ gled a bit. But Big 12 play has been a different story. Texas is No. 3 in the conference standings with a 4- 1 record, and Baylor is No. 9 with a 1-5 record. The Bears have suffered losses to Iowa State, Texas A&M and Oklahoma State. The Longhorns triumphed over SOFTBALL continues on page 2B 2 B S p o k 'i Wednesday, April 2, 2008 HISTORY: Myers Stadium better suited for runners From page IB A fte r L ittle fie ld s to p p e d coaching the Lon gh orn s, the meet continued to grow in pop­ ularity. W omen's events were added in 1963, and by the late 1970s, the meet averaged 25,000 fans per year. Texas Athletic Director De- L o ss D odds com peted in the Relays from 1956 through '59 as a runner in the 400-meter and 4-by-400 m eter relay. D o dds also coached in the meet from 1963 to 1976 as K an sas State track coach. "I have a lot of great memo­ ries from the Texas Relays, and I liked coming down and com­ peting in the nice weather be­ cause our gu y s broke a lot of their records here," D odds said. "Before I came to Texas, there were only two jobs in the coun­ try I w ould take. They were K ansas State and Texas. A big reason I wanted to come to Tex­ as w as because of all the mem­ orable experiences I had at the Texas Relays." A dding high school runners to the field in the 1980s brought in more fans and participants. A b ig ch an ge occu rred in 1999. Before then, the event w as held at M em orial S ta d i­ um. But in '99, the Texas Relays were held at the Mike A. Myers Stadium for the first time. "We made a promise to Mike M yers that in exchange for his donation, we would give him a gift," wom en's track coach Bev Kearney said. The event has been at M y­ ers S tad iu m since then, and the track has been moved from DKR. While the m eet w as at M em orial, field even ts were held off at Clark Field. "M yers Stadium has added to the appeal of the event, be­ cause we are able to have more high school events now, and now everything is all togeth­ er in one place, and that's ex­ citing," D odds said. "A lso, the surface and design of the track at M yers is better for the run­ ners. The turns are not as sharp, and it's d esign ed specifically for track." This year the Texas Relays, a meet so steeped in history, will be without two integral figures that have shaped it throughout the last 30 years. Public address announcer J. Fred Duckett, who also was the announcer at the A strodom e from 1969 to 1992, lost his bat­ tle to Leukem ia in June at the age o f 74, and longtim e race official Rooster A ndrew s also passed away recently. SOFTBALL: Clark believes team’s mental game is main thing holding them back From page IB Iowa State this past weekend, tak­ ing the series two games to none, but have yet to play A&M and Oklahoma State. Though Baylor has not gotten off to as great of a Big 12 start as Texas, they are a nationally ranked team. But that doesn't bother Texas. "We don't get caught up in the rankings," Clark said. "If you get caught up, then you're not focusing on what needs to get done." That includes adding more W's to Texas' season record books, es­ pecially now that it is crunch time with the Big 12 cham pionship TODAY: Baylor (18-12,1-5) vs. Texas (18-12-2,4-1) WHERE: McCombs Field at 6:05 p.m. ^ ON AIR: ESPNU I NEXT: Oklahoma State tournament in sight. The main thing holding this team back from performing their best, according to Clark, is their mental game, which she said is "key." "I think we are very talented, and it is just a matter of the players getting their minds right and hav­ ing a good approach to the game," she said. THORNTON: Coach says to watch Manzano as he attempts to break school record in mile run From page IB 50,000 total fans to Myers stadium each year — ranking it as the forth- largest event of the year for Austin and second-largest Texas sporting event behind only a home football game. The Texas Relays are mix of serious business, serious parties and four days of serious track. "It is easy to say we are lining up against the best in track and field — because we are. But there is so much more to the Relays; the fears, the laughter, the ups and downs, the records being set," Thornton said. "For some guys this meet is going to spark them to making the Olympic team, and at the end everyone will look back and think about what they have to be champion next year." While Thornton knows the impor­ tance of the Relays in the track and field community — especially in ah Olympic year (Thornton is the U.S. M en's Olympic coach) — for his Texas team, the Relays are their first opportunity to showcase its outdoor squad and begin working toward the Longhorns' ultimate goal — Big 12 and NCAA championships. "We are going to start putting this team back together for the Big 12 championships in Boulder," Thorn­ ton said. "That is our main focus. But at the sam e time, we want to showcase some of our people at the Texas Relays." Focused on that ultimate goal, Thornton is still excited about the 81st Texas Relays and seeing his team compete in events they don't alw ays get to on a stage that hap­ pens only once a year. "We are going to contest a 4-by-800 relay; Leo Manzano is going to run the Jerry Thompson mile. He isn't just running the mile; he is running it to break the school record," Thornton said. "We've put together a 4-by-400 relay to make us a competitive team on the Big 12 and national level. It is going to be exciting." For Thornton, the Relays will be four days of continuous watching: watching his own team, watching high school athletes to scout who should be recruited to become a Longhorn and watching the elite ath­ letes who might be his team mem­ bers on the U.S. Olympic team this summer. With three hats to juggle, Thornton focuses on preparing his team and keeping them focused in the midst of track and field chaos. Highly controlled, entertaining chaos. The kind he's been experienc­ ing for four decades. And all these years later, Thorn­ ton still looks forward to every Tex­ as Relays. "In reality of this sport, this is the first big competition of the spring," Thornton said. "When people come down 1-35 and see the bluebonnets and the green grass, they can't help but get fired up." What to watch today: Donovan Kilmartin, a three-time NCAA Champi­ on in the heptathlon, returns to the track in a Texas uni­ form for the first time this outdoor season. Kilmartin, who finished fifth at the World Indoor Championships in March, will start his senior season on Wednesday at Mike A. Myers stadium with the first event of the de­ cathlon — the 100-meter dash. "This is Donovan's first real test of the outdoor sea­ son," Thornton said. "He is coming off his incredible finish at the World Indoors but starting Wednesday, that is history. We hope he makes the qualifying mark so we can use his talents in a different way at the conference meet." Kilmartin, one of the premier multi-event athletes in the world, will compete in the final Texas Relays of his career. The decathlon, featuring 10 different events, starts at noon. 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I can see the rea­ son that som e of them are anti- generativist and will reject any­ thing that smells ever so faintly of [Noam] Chomsky. Others, I can't understand it. I honestly don't k n ow .... It's really the other Cre­ olists [who reject it so adamant­ ly], the people who should be the experts. You know what a crab barrel is? Well, this is the image used in the Caribbean to describe Caribbean politics. But I think it applies equally to Creole studies. The crabs at the bottom of the bar­ rel want to get to the top, and the only way they can get to the top is by pulling down w hoever is on top of them. I basically think that all that's going on here. Why else would you resist by denying things that to me seem so blatant­ ly obvious that the rest of the lin­ guistic community accepts? DT: Do these disputes happen live at conferences or via academ ic journals, or what? Ian H a n c o c k : P a r t ic u la r ­ ly in the bars after conferences. [Laughs] DT: The m ethodology o f "Bas­ tard Tongues" is so different from the methodology o f other just pure­ ly academic works. It's playful, en­ thusiastic; there is a fresh curiosity with each new question. How do you stay so fresh in this "crab bar­ rel" o f academia? DB: Essentially, it's because I am curious. I am extrem ely cu­ rious about anything. I have this passion to know stuff. I like to dig out stuff that's not been dug out before. Basically, I like to be surprised. I suppose that nor­ mal life is a bit dull for me and BOOK REVIEW I need extra stimulation, so I get it any w ay I can. The thing of it is, if you're looking for som e­ thing new, by god, y ou 'll find it, but you've really got to look. I've learned the hard w ay the lesson that you have always got to look. Never take anything for granted. If you hear a rumor that som ething exists, go out in per­ son and check it out. DT: What do you think are the practical applications o f linguistic theories such as your own, outside o f the academic community? DB: Ultimately, we are interest­ ed in learned about why we are different from other species. If we are going to understand our­ selves, it seems like the only way. It's very im portant, quite a bit more important than politics or econom ics or all of these things that we are churning over day by day. You're never going to extract any real rhyme or reason to it, be­ cause you don't know basically what the animal is that's doing all of the "politic-ing" and "econom- ic-ing" and all of these things. And if you don't know what he is, then forget about it! So this is where it's at, this is where the rub­ ber meets the road. DT: In what direction do you see the linguistic com m unity heading as a field? DB: [laughs] C an I say n o­ where? ing the wheel. IH: They seem to be reinvent­ DT: For all o f the undergradu­ ates out there, what was your fon d­ est memory o f college? D B : M y fo n d e s t m e m o ry was lying in a punt on the river Cannes, drinking beer. I have no fond m em ories of academ ia at all. I never went to any lectures. You didn't have to go to lectures, so I didn't go. Wait, that's a lie. In my third year, I went to a lec­ ture, but that was only because I had arranged to meet somebody there; b rillia n t p lace to m eet someone. Go online to read the full interview. Surrealist-type novel a good intro to the genre The Raw Shark Texts' Steven Hall A playful orchestra of elements from several different literary genres — thriller, mystery, epic and romance — Steven Hall's debut novel, "The Raw Shark Texts," is an engrossing balance of style and substance. Eric Sand­ erson opens his eyes to a world he can't remember, a life he can't recognize as his own. Using the clues left from the life lost in the "cobwebs and shadows" of his mind, Eric embarks on an odys-. sey to reclaim his self. "The Raw Shark Texts" opens with page af­ ter page of rich prose that vividly captures the nostalgia, loneliness and longing that Eric, a strang­ er in his own body, must come to terms with. As the plot unfolds, however, Hall sacrifices his beau­ tiful surrealistic dreamscape for dry descriptions, superfluous di­ alogue and disappointingly pre­ dictable plot "twists." Stuffed full of allusions to Hall's literary predecessors (Chuck Palahniuk, for example) and film favorites (such as "The Wizard of O z" and "Casablanca"), "The Raw Shark Texts" is a novel of homage more than originality. But Hall's nov­ ice plot devices and deluge of al­ lusions does not necessarily make for a failed novel to be avoided at the bookstore. 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Known for their distinct harmonious style, the band is starting a tour to promote their sophomore album, Combinations, which incorporates new sounds from a more mature band as a whole. Eisley talks albums and touring Texas natives begin tour to promote sophomore album By Leigh Patterson Daily Texan Staff The DuPrees are not your typi­ cal family. Hailing from Tyler, Tex­ as, the quintet (a com position of siblings Sherri, Chauntelle, Stacy, Weston and their cousin Garrón DuPree) have headlined six tours and opened for Coldplay, Hot Hot Heat, Snow Patrol and Switchfoot. Oh yeah, and all but one are un­ der the age of 25. An eclectic m ix of indie pop, harmonious folk and melancholic "fairy tales," Eisley's unique m u­ sic has been described as "d ark­ ly w h im sical," "u n p red ictab le" and "brilliant." Over the next two months, the band is embarking on a whirlwind U.S. tour to promote their sophomore album, Combina­ tions. Stacy DuPree chatted with The Daily Texan this week to dis­ cuss life on the road, Combinations and why she can't get enough of Harry Potter. Daily Texan: First o f all, how does it feel to be back on the road? You’ve got an impressive tour lined up. S tacy D uPree: It's aw esom e. We've had a pretty good stretch of being off, about five months. Per­ sonally, a lot of changes happened to us as a band, and we're all pret­ ty m uch ready to get going and give this tour all we've got. DT: What about this tour is differ­ ent than the ones you’ve done before? Does anything in particular distin­ guish it? SD: Yes; it's our first official tour sp ecifically for ou r record that cam e out [C om binations], It feels fresh. I know w e spent a lot of time in preparation. Look­ ing b a ck [to 2 0 0 3 's to u r w ith C o ld p lay ], w e w ere so young. We d id n 't know what to expect. W e've elevated m u sically sin ce then. This tour is different than our others — w e're playing d if­ feren t roles. I'v e been p lay in g producer — paying attention and look ing out for im provem en ts. [We're] using a lot of new sounds — th in g s throw n in there th at hopefully will captivate fans. DT: W hat are you listen in g to right now? SD : L a te ly I'v e b ee n lik in g M GM T; they're really rad. A lso, one o f the band s w e're on tour with, the Envy Corps, they're su­ per good. We met them at one of our show s in the U.K., and when we got a hold of one of their re­ cords, I was flipping out, it w as so good. DT: On the topic o f media, what else are you enjoying right now — movies, television, books? SD : I' m reading a book right now, "B lin k ." It's really interest­ ing, but I feel like it's not the book for me. It's for people w ho are WHEN: Tomght at 8 p.m. WHERE: Antone's TICKETS: $15 super analytical, but I think I'm more instinctual. I don't watch a lot of TV. 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Soon af­ ter, he fell in love w ith the study of the Creole languages that he encountered there, a love that has led to a career in linguistics that has truly changed the field. Now as professor em eritus of linguis­ tics at the U n iversity of Hawraii, Bickerton has published “ Bastard Tongues," a memoir of his career as a Creolist and his Bioprogram hyp othesis, w h ich posits that there is an inherent biological ca­ pability w ithin the human brain program m ed to construct lan­ guage. Bickerton, along with his longtime friend and U T professor of linguistics, Ian F. Hancock, sat down with The D aily Texan dur­ ing his recent visit to Austin. D a ily Texan: Both the literary and reading entertainment com muni­ ties have really enjoyed your book and received it well. H ow do you think BICKERTON continues on page 5B Derek Bickerton, a former Linguistics professor, has published a memior, "Bastard Tongues," which talks about his lifelong interest in the study of languages. Courtesy of Yvonne Bickerton Wei Chen and Alex Chacon, members of the UT Conversation & Culture Club, practice their Chinese and English skills at the Perry-Castañeda Library cafe March 26. Club converses with culture Jo n Huang | Daily Texan Staff By Andres Martinez Daily Texan Staff As an exchange student in Guadalajara, M exico last year, Plan II senior Sonya Crocker noticed the difficulties that in­ ternational students had with getting to know and commu­ nicating w ith native students. Prompted by a desire to perfect her Spanish and m ingle with the local students, Crocker cre­ ated a conversation club and brought together native and ex­ change students. W hen Crocker returned to UT in the fall, she didn't want to forget everything she had learned in Mexico. "Students come back to no op­ portunities to practice, and they really lose touch with the culture and language," Crocker said. So, Crocker decided to con­ tinue the organization she had started in Guadalajara and cre­ ated the U T C onversation & Culture Club. The club consists of U T stu­ dents and exchange students, it pairs up students who can help each other practice the languages that each one wants to learn. For example, a student with native fluency in Spanish who wants to practice their English can be part­ nered with a student with native fluency in English who wants to practice their Spanish. N u tritio n sophomore Alex Chacon, the club's vice presi­ dent of internal affairs, meets w ith his conversation partner twice a week. Aside from helping group members partner up, Chacon is currently learning M andarin Chinese while he helps his con­ versation partner w ith English. ent continent. Members divide into discussion groups to talk about a specific topic relating to the continent such as a current event or the continent's view s on gender, Crocker said. They also engage in cultural games, have international potluck din­ ners and make arts and crafts. For A n gel Baca, a g rad u­ ate exchange student in Ener­ gy and Earth Resources from Mexico, the U T Conversation & Culture Club provides more opportunities to practice his English. Baca learned about the club while taking an English as a Second Language course at the International Office. "You get to practice w ith a native speaker, and it's a good w ay to meet other foreign stu­ dents," Baca said. As a group, the club meets twice a month. Each meeting is devoted to discussing a differ­ Members in the club current­ ly practice about eight differ­ ent languages, including Kore­ tjaiiytexaalM M M B I ■ Watch video of the Conversation & Culture Club's semiweekly meeting. an, Portuguese, Japanese and German. The organization has even had requests for languag­ es they were unable to find partners for, such as Hebrew. 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