D aily T e x a n SPORTS PAGE 7 Horns prepare for UConn showdown LIF E i A R T S PAGE 12 Art sh ow 's w hat's happening Tuesday, N o v e m b e r 17, 2009 Servin g th e U niversity o f Texas at Austin c o m m u n ity since 1 9 0 0 ----------- — * ' % E A T H E R Low TOM Hit 7 ' w w w .daily mmtmm m Powers advocates budget sugge< ns By Lena Price Daily Texan Staff In response to the recent debate regarding proposed budget reallo­ cations throughout the University, President William Pow ers encour­ aged "candid discussion" betw een faculty, administrators and staff at a Faculty Council meeting Monday. The president said that w ithout input from U niversity em ployees and students, the reallocation pro­ cess could not move forward. This year's increased tuition and funding from the state legislature offset general cost increases an d losses in the U niversity e n d o w ­ ment. N o m ajor funding increases will bolster the budget for the next three years, leaving it flat. P o w e rs sa id th e U n iv e rs ity needs to find the funds to contin­ ue recruiting top faculty and Issu­ ing m erit pay increases if it w ants to rem ain competitive, and the only way to do this is to reallocate m on­ ey within the University. "The idea h ere isn't to m ake it to the end of the day and then ..ay 'Great, w e balanced the b udget,'" Powers said. "The debate that went on was absolutely essential.'f The College of Liberal A rts host­ ed a forum regarding a p o tential decrease in the num ber of required foreign language hours last m onth and heard an ov erw helm ingly neg­ ative response from faculty. The next day, Dean Randy Diehl took the changes off the table. The colleges are not the only cam­ p u s entities forced to cut spending in order to achieve the top priorities of the University, Powers said. The Information Technology Ser­ vices central office laid off 25 staff m em bers in early O ctober to im ­ pro v e o verall efficiency, an d the University is not done reallocating funds w ithin ITS, Powers said. lis will h av e a n the Universi­ s ty said. "There is still going ro De painful discussion, b u t that is going to be essential as w e move forward." The M cC om bs School of Busi­ ness an d th e C ockrell School of B U D G E T continues on page 2 FDA to determine safety of caffeine in alcoholic drinks By Lara B e ren d t Daily Texan Staff A s c a f f e i n a t e d a l c o h o l i c d rin k s grow in creasingly p o p u ­ la r a m o n g college s tu d e n ts , th e F ood an d D ru g A d m in istra tio n a n n o u n ced Friday th at the a g e n ­ cy w ill exam ine the safety and le­ gality of the drinks. T h e agen cy n o tified 27 m a n ­ u fa c tu re rs, in clu d in g th o se th a t p ro d u c e F our Loko, T orque a n d Jo o s e , th a t it is in v e s tig a tin g w h eth er caffeine can legally com ­ b in e w ith alcohol, and requested th a t com panies p ro v id e their ra ­ tio n ale for a d d in g caffeine along w ith data th at su p p o rts the claim th at the products are safe. I h e F D A 'w i ll r e m o v e th e d n n k s from the m arket if they are d eem ed as unsafe. In a S e p te m b e r 21 le tte r to th e FDA, five m edical re search ­ ers from aro u n d the cou n try said th e r e is n o c o n s e n s u s a m o n g m edical and scientific c o m m u n i­ ties that the addition of caffeine to alcoholic d rin k s is safe. They cit­ ed several academ ic stu d ie s th a t fou n d increases in d ru n k driving, sexual assau lt and o th er d a n g e r­ ous behaviors resulting from con­ sum p tio n of these beverages. "B eing able to accu rately p e r­ ceive one's level of intoxication is im po rtant. A n inaccurate percep­ tion will, for exam ple, increase the likelihood of driving w hile intoxi­ cated o r alcohol poisoning, or in ­ flicting injury on another person," the experts w rote to the FDA. A d d itio n ally , the e x p erts said research h as in d ic a te d th a t th e com bination of caffeine and alco­ hol could exacerbate arrhythm ias, especially in p eople p red isp o sed to such heart conditions. K evin Prince, health ed u cation coordinator at U niversity H ealth Services, said m an y y o u n g p e o ­ ple h ave u n d iag n o sed h eart con­ ditions, and th a t com bining alco­ hol an d caffeine over tim e causes w ear a n d te a r th a t c an w o rse n those co n d itio n s. A s for h ealth y in d iv id u a ls, P rin ce sa id h e b e ­ lieves it is d an g e ro u s to becom e "a m p e d u p " w ith caffeine w hile also h a v in g im p a ire d ju d g m e n t from alcohol. "Y ou're tak in g caffeine, w hich is a stim u la n t, an d co m bining it w ith alcohol, w hich is a d e p re s­ s a n t, a n d t h a t 's n e v e r g o o d ," Prince said. O n a m ore practical level, Prince said caffeine an d alcohol both act as diuretics, increasing d e h y d ra ­ tion a n d w o rse n in g h a n g o v e rs. H e s a id he h a s seen in c re a se d co n su m p tio n of these b ev erag es E N E R G Y continues on page 2 Lauren G erson | D aily Texan Staff S m a rt Cars w ill b e a v a ila b le to d riv e rs fo r p u b lic t r a n s p o r ta tio n s ta rtin g t o d a y as p a rt o f a n e w city- w id e c a r-s h a rin g p ro g ra m . D a v id C a rve r, th e s e n io r o p e r a tin g s y s te m s sp e cia lis t, s ta n d s at th e e d g e o f th e R a n g e r s u p e rc o m p u te r. R a n g e r w ill p e r­ f o r m m o re th a n 2 0 0 ,0 0 0 y e a rs o f c o m p u ta t io n a l w o rk o v e r its fo u r-y e a r c o m m is s io n . Computer reaches milestone Michael Baldon | D aily Texan Staff By S h a b a b S id d iq u i Daily Texan Staff In th e last year a n d a h alf, it h as track ed h u rric a n e s, fo recasted n a tu ­ ral disasters and m ap p ed the spread of the H1N1 flu virus. T he R an g er su p e rc o m p u te r, o p e r­ a te d by th e U T -affiliated T exas A d ­ v an ced C o m p u tin g C enter, recen tly celebrated another major m ilestone as it processed its 1 m illionth job late in October. • R anger is the second -larg est open- science su p erco m pu ter in the country, ilocated at the U n iv ersity 's J.J. Pickle Research C am pus, Ranger allow s rep ­ resentatives, prim arily from higher ed­ ucation institutions, to p erform m u lti­ faceted research that a n av erage com ­ p u ter cannot handle. " R a n g e r h a s a lr e a d y e n a b le d h u n d re d s of re se a rc h p ro jec ts an d R A N G ER continues on page 2 City launches car2go program with compact Smart vehicles By A u d r e y W h ite D aily Texan Staff Austin will add another transportation option for public employees today w ith the launch of a new car-sharing program. The city will start a pilot program to­ day called car2go that will provide 200 Smart Cars — com pact tw o-door vehi­ cles — for the city's 13,000 employees to use. The city will use the pilot to gather data and determine how to integrate car- sharing into the comm unity at large. Before participating drivers can begin using the cars, they hav e to log in using their d riv er's license and an identifica­ tion number. While driving, the car will monitor miles and travel time as well as emissions for each trip. Daimler first launched car2go in Ulm, Germany and chose Austin as its first test city in N orth America. The initial agree­ ment will last six months. The city will not make any paym ents to Daimler for the program, said Karla Villalon, Austin Trans­ portation Department spokeswoman. "Car2go told [Austin] w e are a young com m unity w ith a strong environm en­ tal conscience, and that w as appealing to them," Villalon said. "Essentially, it's a barter agreement. It's a pilot program, so there's no revenue exchange. We're of­ fering some on-street spaces [to the pro­ gram ] in exchange for driving tim e for employees w ho w ant to use the cars for w ork purposes." She said the city plans to analyze the habits of drivers who use the cars to de­ term ine w hat the next step of the pro­ gram might be. "We can collect that data and start to understand driving habits and patterns to d eterm ine w hether, over the long term , we w ant to redace som e of our fleet or go to m om of a car share pro­ gram within our departm ents, w hether w e buy or lease, w hether we w ant to ex­ pand it to the d ty at large," Villalon said. "We're looking to glean a lot of data." C ar-sharing is n o t new to A ustin. A n o n -p ro td called A ustin C arShare launched in 2006. A bout 300 subscrib­ ers have access to seven vehicles using VEHICLE continues on page 2 UT police investigate two armed robberies By B o b b y L o n g o ria Daily Texan Staff Two separate robberies Sunday sparked a UT Police D epartm en t investigation to clarify if a single suspect com m itted both crim es. A ustin Police D ep artm en t offi­ cers resp o n d ed to a robbery w est of cam p u s early S unday evening. A se p arate arm ed robbery in the S p e e d w a y G a ra g e , off o f 27th an d S peedw ay streets, targ eted a UT stu d e n t w h o called U TPD at 11:55 p.m . U T PD s p o k e s w o m a n R h o n ­ da W eldon said th e stu d e n t w as a p p ro a c h e d by a m ale b e tw e e n 5-feet-6-inches an d 5-feet-9-inch- es tall. H e h ad a goatee a n d w as w earin g jeans, a black s h irt and a dark b aseball cap. Police co uld n o t release a d e ­ scrip tio n of the robbery w ea p o n or w hat w as stolen from th e stu ­ d e n t b e cau se th ese d e ta ils m ay c o m p ro m ise th e in v e s tig a tio n , W eldon said. UTPD d isp a tc h sent o u t a text alert at 12:05 a.m . M onday a lert­ ing stu d e n ts th a t an arm ed s u b ­ ject w a s h e a d e d w e s t to w a rd S peedw ay Street. Later th a t night, d isp a tc h sent a fo llo w -u p m essage say ing th at U TPD b e liev ed th e su sp ect h ad left the area. W eld o n s a id th e d e s c rip tio n of th e s u s p e c t in th e first in c i­ d e n t w e st o f c a m p u s is sim ila r to th at of th e su sp ect in th e sec­ o n d incident. A PD C pl. Scott Perry said the d e p a rtm e n t is assisting U TPD in th e ir in v e s tig a tio n b u t w ill n o t s p e a r h e a d it. H e sa id th e first a n d seco n d in cid en ts h av e sim ­ ilarities, b u t specifics ca n n o t be released a t this time. P e rry s a id in v e s tig a to rs a re still trying to determ ine if there is a m atch o n th e suspect, a n d full d e ta ils o f th e in c id e n ts w ill be CRIME continues on page 2 T h e i l l u s i o n i s t T h e D u n T e x a n Volume 110, Number 115 25 cents CONTACT US M a in T elep hone : (512) 471-4591 Editor: Jillian Sheridan (512) 232-2212 editor@dailytexanonline.com M a n a g i n g Editor: Stephen Keller (512) 232-2217 managingeditor@ dailytexanonline.com N e w s Office: (512) 232-2207 news@dailytexanonline.com W e b Office: (512) 471-8616 onlioe@dailytexanonline.com S p o rts Office: (512) 232-2210 sports@dailytexanonline.com Life & A rts Office: (512) 232-2209 lifeandarts@dailytexanonline.com P h o to Office: (512) 471-8618 photo@dailytexanonline.com Retail A d ve rtisin g : (512) 471-1865 joan w@mail. u texas.edu C lassifie d A d ve rtising: (512) 471-5244 classifieds@dailytexanonline.com T h e T e x a n striv es to p re se n t all in fo r ­ m a t io n fairly, acc u ra te ly a n d c o m p le t e ­ ly. If w e h a v e m a d e an error, let us k n o w a b o u t it. C a ll (512) 2 3 2 -2 2 1 7 or e -m a il managingeditor(S)dailytexanonline.com. COPYRIGHT Copyright 2009 Texas Student Media. All articles, photographs and graphics, both in the print and online editions, are the property of Texas Student Media and may not be reproduced or republished in part or in whole without written permission. TODAY'S WEATHER H igh 68 Low 42 HAPPY BIRTHDAY THU & ANA! CRIME: UTPl) advises campus to be conscious From page 1 released if a "Be On the Look­ out" alert is issued. Weldon advised campus com­ munity members to call UTPD at (512) 471-4441 if they see any­ thing of interest. She said if a person sees the suspect off cam­ pus at any time or feels imme­ diately threatened anywhere, he or she should call 911. "Stay alert, walk in numbers, walk w ith your friends, try not to be alone," Weldon said. "The description is out there because if you see someone that is act­ ing suspiciously that fits the de­ scription, we certainly w ant to know about it." ENERGY: debate harmful effects of trend From page 1 at the University over the last sev­ eral years. C arlton E rickson, the direc­ tor of UTs Addiction Science Re­ search and Education Center, said he doesn't think the combination of caffeine and alcohol in the bev­ erages targeted by the FDA poses anv immediate health risks. "Alcohol and the stimulant caf­ feine are basically going to bal­ ance each other o u t,” said Erick­ son, w ho is also a professor of pharmacology and toxicology. The real issue is that college students are overdosing on these drinks, Erickson said. He agreed that binging on caffeinated alco­ holic beverages could result in an increased loss of judgm ent and that it could pose heightened risks to individuals w ith prior condi­ tions such as irregular heartbeats or epilepsy. Both .Anheuser-Busch and Mill- erCoors com panies have discon­ tinued or removed caffeine from their popular Tilt, Bud Extra and Sparks products w ithin the last year, according to a statem ent from the FDA. Sovereign Brands, LLC, one of the 27 companies on the list, pro­ duces 3 A.M. Vodka, which has a 35 percent alcohol content along w ith an undisclosed am ount of caffeine. Vice President of Opera­ tions Scott Cohen said the amount of caffeine in one 3 A.M. Vodka drink is "far, far less" than the caf­ feine m one cup of coffee. Cohen said he intends to meet with his distiller and put togeth­ er a letter for the FDA detailing the vodka's formula but said the inclusion of caffeine is mainly a marketing ploy. "It's not terribly concerning be­ cause we have very little caffeine in our product," Cohen said. "It's mostly a selling point." Thom as C reek Brewery, LLC in South C arolina m anufactures M obius Lager for private ow n­ er Robert Spencer. The pilsner- style beer h as an alcohol con ­ tent of 3.4 percent and caffeine eq u iv ale n t of on e cu p of cof­ fee, said Thom as Davis, Thomas Creek ow ner and brewmaster. D avis sa id th a t he in te n d s to collaborate w ith Spencer on how to respond to the FDA re­ quest, but he thinks the issue has been blown out of proportion by the agency, especially since oth­ er energy d rink s w ith far more caffeine than M obius Lager are widely available for purchase by young people. "T h ey're m ak in g it out like we're targeting younger drinkers with it, and that's just ludicrous," Davis said. Jo se f Ricketts eats a slice o f pizza fro m H o t Slice s w h ile r e a d in g " Illu s io n " e arly M o n d a y e v e n in g . The b o o k w a s w ritte n b y o n e o f R icke tts' fa v o rite fa n ta sy au th o rs, Pa u la Volsky. M ic h a e l B a ld o n | D a ily Texan Staff RANGER: UT supercomputer accessible to general public BUDGET: University configures Web site for faculty, student input From page 1 thousands of users to do very large-scale com putational sci­ ence in diverse domains," said Jay Boisseau, director of TACC, in a statem ent. "W e're very proud of the tremendous impact it has had on open science, and the impact is growing as it ma­ tures, and more researcher ap­ plications are optimized to use its tremendous capabilities." Bill Barth, TACC's director for High Performance Com put­ ing, said the million jobs pro­ cessed so far are a tribute to Ranger's success. "It means that a lot of people have done a lot of really good science," Barth said. "Folks from all over the country have used the program." Ranger, w hich Barth said is nam ed to m aintain a Texas theme, has allowed coastal res­ idents to better prepare for in­ com ing h u rricanes w ith a d ­ vanced forecasting. Almost anyone in the coun­ try can subm it a proposal to use Ranger, which is then pro­ cessed by the TACC. A bout 90 percent of Ranger's resources are dedicated to the TeraGrid, which is a nationwide network of 11 com putational research sites monitored by the National Science Foundation. TeraGrid is the w orld's largest open-sci- ence cyberinfrastructure in the world, a system used for high- level computing. Barth said w hile the Tera­ Grid allows higher-education researchers from all over the country to access supercom ­ puters, the University still ben­ efits greatly from having Rang­ er on campus. "It's good for faculty here that are experts w ho designed and built the system and are experts in its use," Barth said. "The us­ ers in UT have access to the ex­ perts here. There's aLso a certain am ount of prestige of having the system, whether it's used by people on campus or not." Ranger w as built w ith the help of a $59 million grant from the N ational Science Founda­ tion in February 2008, which is still the largest NSF grant UT has ever received. The grant covered the cost of m a in te­ nance and operations for four years. Barth said Ranger has been relatively pioblem -free in regard to m aintenance. He said the U niversity is seeking an im provement with expand­ ed memory or a brand new sys­ tem when the grant expires. "Well, we w ould like to find some more grant funding to ei­ ther upgrade the system or to extend the life of the system," Barth said. "Systems like this — you can do a lot better in Thu Vo four years." Robert Green From page 1 Engineering have also laid off staff members and made cuts to student serv ices. Paul Walker, special assistant to the president, gave a brief presentation on the Ideas of Tex­ as Web site at the meeting. The Web site was created two weeks ago to encourage faculty to sub­ mit suggestions regarding the budget situation and other is­ sues across campus. At the end of the spring se­ mester, the top five ideas will be evaluated and possibly im ple­ mented by the president. In addition to remarks from Powers, Council Chairs Mary Steinhardt and David Fowler presented the annual findings of the Intercollegiate Athletics Council for Women and Men. The councils are advisory com mittees that m ake recom­ mendations to the faculty and president regarding UT athlet­ ic policy. Steinhardt and Fowler said the findings show th a t both m ale and female stu d e n t ath ­ letes are on p ar w ith the n a ­ tio n a l req u irem en ts re g a rd ­ ing academics. "They've m ade som e real­ ly good strides in the last two years." Fowler said. "We're do­ ing quite well com pared with the rest of the conference and the country." Increased academic m entor­ ing made available for student athletes and an increased em ­ phasis on scholastic progress are the primary reasons for the GPA increases, Fowler said. Fifty percent of student ath­ letes have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better. VEHICLE: CarSliare owner believes company, program can coexist ticipation in all car-sharing," she said. "Car2go can do w hat we could only dream of doing by adding hundreds of car-sharing vehicles all over Austin. Not ev­ eryone who reses those cars will always want to use a two-seater. Perhaps, ironically, Austin Car­ Share, which chose fuel efficient vehicles to begin with, will be­ come the "big car' option." Villalon said although the city is uncertain about w hat their studies will yield, she be­ lieves the concept of car-sharing Ls a positive way to reduce emis­ sions and increase environmen­ tal awareness. "The pilot is to let us look at the benefits of a large-scale car sharing program and also to in­ troduce a car sharing program to the community," she said. "It will also help car2go look at how to operate in a U.S. market." From page 1 a time-share system in which us­ ers sign up in advance and pay per hour. Austin CarShare founder Bran­ di Clark said she sees car2go as a positive investment for the city, not a threat to her existing com­ pany. Because the two offer dif­ ferent rate plans, and since Aus­ tin CarShare has six four-door ve­ hicles and a pick-up truck, Clark said the two could work as com­ plements to each other. "We hope it will increase par- NOW OPEN ON BURNET ROAP! 5400 Purnet Road! HANP CUT FRIES FRESH CHEESEBURGERS BLUE BEIL MILKSHAKES Bring this ad by the trailer for FREE FRIES!! •Offer valid through 12/01/09 Need to have your wisdom teeth removed? Don't do it yourself. We have a better option. 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Sunday ti , wnous pms m e tasi aaiuroay in uuiy i-encxacal P o ste n e eavi »t ai «im i * /> lement www.dailytexanonline.com 3 Tuesday, Novem ber 17, 2009 Salvadoran president honors slain Jesuits By Marcos Aleman The Associated Press SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — Six Jesuit priests killed by the arm y during E l Salv ad or's civil war two decades ago were dec­ orated with the country's highest honor Monday. M a u r ic io F u n e s, El S a lv a ­ d o r 's fir s t le ftis t p r e s id e n t, called the d ecorations an act of ato n em en t for an atrocity d u r­ ing the 1980-1992 war betw een leftist rebels and a U .S.-backed right-w ing governm ent. He presented the National Or­ der of Jose Matias Delgado to the families of the priests on the 20th anniversary of the massacre. "It means lifting the dirty carpet of hypocrisy and starting to purge our home of our recent history," said Funes, whose election in March brought to power the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front, which fought for 12 years to over­ throw U.S.-backed governm ents until laying down arms and be­ coming a political party. "F o r m e, it m eans lifting the thick veil of darkness and lies to allow the light of truth and justice to enter," Funes said. On Nov. 16, 1989, mem bers of an army battalion killed Spanish- born university rector Ignacio El- lacuria, five other Jesuits, a house­ keeper and her daughter. The killings at the University of Central America sparked interna­ tional outrage and tarnished the image of U.S. anti-communism ef­ forts after it was found that some of the soldiers involved received training at Fort Benning, Ga. Ellacuria, a follow er of liber­ ation theology, had prom oted a negotiated end to the war, which left 75,000 dead before ending in peace accords in 1992. Two arm y officers were con ­ victed in the m assacre in 1991. Both were released early under a 1993 amnesty. In January, Spanish Judge Eloy Velasco opened an investigation into 14 Salvadoran form er m il­ itary officials, including form er Defense Minister Humberto Lar- io, to consider their indictm ent for the killings. Velasco acted under the princi­ ple of universal jurisdiction, which allow s for the p ro secu tio n of crimes against humanity and oth­ er serious offenses such as terror­ ism, even if alleged to have been committed in another country. Tw o h u m an rig h ts g ro u p s filed suit in Novem ber 2008 ask­ ing Spain's National Court to in­ dict the 14 and former Salvador­ an President Alfredo Cristiani. Velasco rejected the request to include C ristiani, citing lack of evidence. 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The 1st Brigade C om bat Team is preparing for an upcom ing dep loym en t to Afghanistan, and its training is g oin g beyond using m ortars and aerial bom bs to fight an entrenched enemy. Soldiers train to limit civilian deaths By Kristin M. Hall The Associated Press FORT CAM PBELL, Ky. — Deep in the w oods on the K entucky- Tennessee line, soldiers w ho call in pow erfu l w eapons like m or­ tars are learning how to get close enough beforehand to better iden­ tify targets, a key elem ent of the m ilitary's new mandate to reduce Afghan civilian deaths. T he d irectiv e to curb civ ilian casu altie s, b ein g pushed dow n the ran k s from co lo n e l to p r i­ vate, is w hat has three sold iers from the A rm y 's 101st A irborne D iv isio n ly in g on th eir b e llie s atop a berm on a forested Fort C am pbell artillery range. A pair of K iow a O H -58 helicopters cir­ cle around to the right to scout the e n e m y 's p o sitio n , w hich in this training is an em pty bunker surrounded by razor wire. M o rtars sta rt w h istlin g o v er the tree lin e and dow n tow ard an o p en field b ehind the b u n ­ ker w here a couple of old A rm y tanks painted bright yellow help artillery m en precisely place the shots. T he sold iers on the berm w atch the rounds kick up clouds of dirt and rock, and a fraction of a second later, the sounds of the explosions echo back. " A ll p la n n in g is b a s e d on w here you can shoot and where you c a n 't s h o o t," said Lt. C ol. R andy H arris, the d ep u ty co m ­ m ander of the 1st Brigade C om ­ bat Team. T he Taliban and the insurgent fighters in A fghanistan "h u g the p op u lation becau se they under­ stand the sid e e ffe cts ," said Lt. C ol. D ouglas Vincent of 1st B at­ talio n , 32nd C av alry R egim ent, th e b r ig a d e 's r e c o n n a is s a n c e g ro u p . "T h e y k n o w by d o in g that they put the civ ilian popu­ lation at risk." According to the A ir Force, the n u m ber o f rockets, b o m bs and strafing runs in A fghanistan to­ taled nearly 1,200 com pared to just four in Iraq this summer. Still, th a t's d ow n n e a rly 50 p ercen t from last summer in Afghanistan. M a n y o f F o r t C a m p b e ll 's u n it? a re s ta g in g la r g e -s c a le w eap on s exercises w ith the A ir F o rce th ro u g h th e re st o f th is y ear to b e tte r prepare. M ortars and b o m b s are cap ab le o f ra z ­ ing large areas and inflicting se­ rio u s in ju ry , so s o ld ie rs le a rn to ca re fu lly ob serv e the enem y and the b a ttle fie ld befo re p u ll­ ing the trigger. N ew p la to o n le a d e r 1st L t. Jonathan Fuller, 23, spends most o f th e m o r n in g in s id e a te n t studying photos and m aps of the terrain. H e leads his platoon on a dry run of the battle, w ithout u sing am m u n itio n , then runs it w ith live fire and a third tim e af­ ter n ig h tfall u sing n ig h t-v isio n g o g g le s. E ach tim e he and his com m an ders extensively review w h a t w e n t w ro n g an d w h a t w ent right. T h e train in g teach es p lato on le a d e rs h ow to m ov e s o ld ie rs around a battlefield w hile using air support and heavy artillery. T h e n u m b e r o f N A TO troop d e a t h s in A f g h a n is t a n h a s re a ch e d an a ll-tim e h ig h th is year. W h e n th e c u rr e n t c o m ­ m anding officer in A fghanistan, Gen. Stanley M cC hrystal, issued the directive earlier this year, he acknow ledged it "en tails risk to our tro o p s." But alie n atin g the A fghan population is a far great­ er risk, he said. D efense a n a ly sts say the e f­ forts to curb civ ilian casu alties d o e s n 't acco u n t fo r the rise in troop deaths. D e s p ite th e r e s tra in t, c iv il­ ian c a s u a ltie s a lso h a v e b e e n clim bin g , up to 202 in S e p te m ­ ber from 169 in A ugust, accord ­ ing to figu res com piled by The A ssociated Press. r\ TSM BOARD MEETING Friday N ovem ber 2 0 t h , 2 0 0 9 2 : 0 0 P .M . The University of Texas at Austin College of Communications 2600 Whitis Ave. LBJ Room 5.160 Austin, Texas V isitors W elcom e We encourage any community member who has any k in d o f temporary or perm anent disability to contact Texas Stu d en t M edia beforehand so that appropriate accommodations can be made. Anyone is welcome to attend. ■■A'fàJ ygur IM iiricll WORLD BRIEFLY Shanghai, where he spent a day be­ fore flying to China's capital for a visit w'ith President Hu. Obama prods China to take global roie on big issues BEIJING, China — President Ba­ rack Obama declared Monday that the world is urgently watching for a "meeting of the minds" between the U.S. and China as he meets with President Hu Jintao on the globe's biggest issues — climate change, economic recession, nucle­ ar proliferation and more. Obama also prodded China about Internet controls and free speech, but his message was not widely heard in the country be­ cause his words were drastically limited online and shown on just one regional television channel. In his first visit here, Obama is strongly suggesting that China, now a giant in economic impact as well as territory, must take a big­ ger role on the world stage — part of "burden of leadership" it shares with the United States. "I will tell you, other countries around the world will be waiting for us," Obama said in an Ameri- can-style town-hall discussion w’ith Chinese university students in Rockets kill 12 Afghan civilians in attack on French general TAGAB VALLEY, Afghanistan — Rockets slammed into a mar­ ket northeast of Kabul on Mon­ day, killing 12 civilians but miss­ ing their presumed target: a meeting between France's top general in Afghanistan and doz­ ens of tribal elders and senior lo­ cal officials. The attack also wounded 38 peo­ ple, 20 of them critically. The market was crowded with shoppers because Monday is bazaar day in Tagab. Brig. Gen. Marcel Druart told The Associated Press that the meet­ ing, known as a shura, continued despite the attack to show that the Taliban cannot disrupt NATO's plans in a tense valley where both sides are competing for influence. 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A p p l y now (512) 2 2 3 . 4 A C C austincc.edu www.ppdi.com * 462-0492 ^ ^ A u s t in C o m m u n ity 4 Tuesday, November 17, 2009 O p i n i o n T m 1 > \ 11 > T i \ \x Editor in Chief: Jillian Sheridan Phone: (512) 232 -2212 E-mail: editor@ dailytexanonline.com Associate Editors: Jeremy Burchard David M uto Dan Treadway Lauren Winchester Higher education needs federal support O By Joshua Avelar Daily Texan Columnist W hen it co m es to p ressin g problem s fac­ ing the country, h igh er ed u cation seem s to be on the back-burner in the average A m eri­ can 's mind. A fter all, higher education is an area in which the U nited States still show s a strong perform ance. H ow ever, the com petition overseas is g et­ ting tougher, and new perspectives m ust be considered w hen observing the functionality of higher education in the U.S. T h e A s s o c ia tio n o f P u b lic and L a n d - G ra n t U n iv e rs itie s h eld the o p en in g s e s ­ sion of their annual m eeting this past S atu r­ day. One of the m ain issues m em bers of the A PL U con sid ered w as u n iv ersity fu n din g. In A m erica, public u n iv ersities get an o v e r­ w h elm in g a m o u n t o f th eir fu n d in g fro m their resp ective state govern m en ts. The rest co m es from p riv ate d on ors, re ­ search grants and, of course, tuition and fees paid by students and their families. H ow ev­ er, m any in the A PLU do not see that as an efficient m ethod for funding institutions that make im portant contributions to society and the nation. They are callin g for a chan ge in th e w ay in stitu tio n s of h ig h e r e d u catio n are funded. M ark G. Yudof, P resid en t of the U n iv e r­ sity of C alifornia at Berkeley, d rafted a p a ­ p e r in O c to b e r title d " E x p lo r in g a N ew Role for th e F ed eral G o v ern m en t In H ig h ­ e r E d u c a t io n ." In th is d o c u m e n t, Y u d o f p rop oses th at the fed eral g o v ern m en t plav a m ore a c tiv e role in h ig h er e d u ca tio n by co n trib u tin g to the fu n din g of said in stitu ­ tion s. G iven that the op en in g session of the A P L U 's an n u al m eetin g is coin ed "F in a n c ­ ing T o m o rro w 's Public R esearch U n iv e rsi­ tie s," this d o cu m en t w as noted th ro u g h o u t the session. Yudof states th at the fed eral g o vern m en t already p lavs a significant role in the w orld of h igh er e d u catio n , su ch as p ro v id in g fi­ nancial aid to stu d en ts and funding the re­ search that strengthens the nam e of so m anv universities, such as our ow n. Yudof ev en re c o g n iz e s the fed eral g o v ­ ern m en t's ability to shield m ost universities from the current financial disaster. H ow ever, while Yudof gives credit w here cr,edit is due, he is also quick to point out that the current relationship betw een the federal governm ent and higher ed ucation is insufficient. A m e ric a 's p ositio n as a w orld lead er in h ig h er e d u c a tio n m ay slo w ly be slip p in g aw ay. In his p ap er, Y u dof rep orts th at the d eg ree of state g o v e rn m e n t fin an cial s u p ­ p o rt for higher learn in g, m easu red by c o n ­ sta n t d o lla rs a p p r o p ria te d for e ach fu ll­ tim e-equivalent student, has decreased in 30 states over the p ast 10 years. A t UT, w e c a n a tte s t to th is tre n d of s ta te g o v e rn m e n ts b eing re lu cta n t to s u f­ ficien tly fund h ig h er e d u c a tio n . F u r th e r­ m ore, th ou gh the U.S. w as on ce the c o u n ­ try w ith the larg est p ro p o rtio n of co lleg e- ed u cated 20 to 29-year-old s, it now ranks a dism al 14**1 place. Fun d in g h igh er ed u catio n is too im p o r­ tant be left up to the states. As Yudof n otes in his p aper. P resid en t Barack O b am a h as rem ark ed th a t the a n sw e r to m o st of th e p ro b lem s th at p la g u e this c o u n try " e x is t in ou r lab orato ries and u niv ersities, in the im aginations of ou r en trep ren eu rs and the pride of our h ard est w orking p eop le." H o w ev er, th ere h as been no in te g ra te d n ation al s tra te g y for funding Higher e d u ­ cation in A m erica. This p rov id es an o b s ta ­ cle to p ro g ress and p ro sp erity th at w e d o not need. The APLU estimates that the number of A m er­ ican adults between ages 25 and 34 with associate and bachelor degrees in the U.S. would have to increase from 2.1 million in 2007-08 to 3 million in 2025 in order to match the proportions seen in Canada and Japan. The only problem with that is, Canadian and Japanese universities are not under the tvpe of constraints our universities face on a regular basis, as they have access to federal funds. Yudof su g gests that federal funds be d is­ persed to universities for op eratin g and in­ frastru ctu re costs. In doing so, u n iv ersities w ould feel less p ressu re to in crease tuition rates and other fees. All those that claim ed to be in favor of "T u ­ ition Relief, N O W !" d uring the last Student G overnm ent election cycle should be able to see the m erit in Yudof's suggestion. Avelar is a government senior GALLERY VIEWPOINT No laughing matter When Melinda Nickless, a Texas elections official, was asked at a recent training session for county election chairs about Sparush-speaking voters, many attendees were irked bv her flippant response. Days later, she was fired. Nickless, assistant director of elections for the Tex­ as secretary of state, was asked at the N on. 7 meet­ ing how poll workers should handle non-English- speaking voters. She first provided an appropriate answer, noting the importance of finding interpret­ ers for precincts in largely minority communities But in w hat appeared to be an attempt at a com i­ cal aside, Nickless then went on to say, "If you can't have somebody at the polling location, teach your election judges to sav real slow and loud, 'Sit down. I will call someone to help you. " She concluded her response', which elicited light laughter, bv recounting an anecdote m which her mother, in broken Spanish, attempted to deal with a Hispanic woman who had hit her car in a Wal-Mart parking lot. McAllen Democrat Rosalie Weisfeld stood to crit­ icize Nickless for her comments. "People who come in, who speak another language, who are American citizens ... they're registered to vote, and they de­ serve the rig h t... to be treated as any other citizen." Weisfeld's objections received applause from the crowd, and Nickless later apologized to those in at­ tendance. News of her firing came four days later. Nickless’ comments were clearly out of line. Her bungled Spanish — "Un momento, por favor. Mi telefono somebody," playfully imitating what a poll worker might say — plays especially tone-deaf in a state with millions of Hispanic voters, many of whom have attained a level of English proficien­ cy required to pass citizenship tests but still, under­ standably, may have trouble comprehending m ud­ dled ballot language that voters confront. But representatives for the agency that fired Nick­ less have not said directly that her comments prompt­ ed her termination. An agency spokesman told the Austin Amencan-Statesman that an internal investi­ gation preceded the firing, which suggests that oth­ er job-related issues may have factored into the de­ cision. Even Weisfeld, who rose to reprimand Nick­ less at the meeting, told the Statesman that while she hopes the termination "[sends] a strong message," she did not intend to hav e Nickless fired. Like Skipper Wallace, a legislative chairman for the Texas Republican County Chairmen's Associa­ tion who called the firing a potentially "terrible ex­ ample of political correctness," we hope the termina­ tion was not simply the result of comments that — while entirely inappropriate — meant no meditated harm. A sincere apology likely w'ould have sufficed. Yet we hope that officials such as Nickless recog­ nize their roles as arbitrators of an election system that will be required to accommodate non-English- speaking v oters, especially as the number of His- panics on voter rolLs increases in coming years. Gov­ ernment workers operating under a Perry adminis­ tration would also be wise to shy away from any ac­ tion that smacks of discrimination, as Republicans have already faced accusations of disenfranchising minorities through voter identification legislation. Nickless is no longer responsible for oversee­ ing election operations, but we hope those who re­ main remember that providing access to non-Eng- lish-speaking voters is not a joke. — David Muto for the editorial board THE FIRING LINE Storing Wind Energy The latest in Emily Grubert’s series on energy usage by humans contrasts burning fossil fuels with captur­ ing energy from the wind. Whenever you turn on a light, you are usually releasing solar energy captured by plants millions of years ago — essentially, you are being illuminated by fossilized sunlight that fell on the Earth lon¿ ago. Wind is renewable but erratic, electricity is difficult to store and usually must be used immediately. Improved batterv technology to streamline our ability’ to store electnc energy has been painfully slow. The great Dr. Jay Wright Forrester, a professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, grew up in rural Nebraska. While he was in high school, Forrester rigged up a wind powered 12-volt DC electrical sys­ tem using a windmill and an automobile generator. Essentially, the wind turned the generator. But, w’hat to do when the wind didn't blow7? Inspired by a grandfather clock, Forrester came up with a simple solution: When the wind blew, it lifted a heavy w'eight, then when it was calm, the weight fell by gravity’ turning the generator. This same mecha­ nism could be used to pump water uphill with wind energy, w’hich could then be reclaimed as hydroelec­ tric power when there was no wind. Dr. Forrester invented "system dynamics" and won the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Medal of Honor in 1972. Access to unlimited cheap clean energy, such as that so ardently hoped for in the concept of cold fusion, would actually be one of the worst things that could possibly befall humanity. Such energy would enable well-meaning but uninformed massive energy consumption and habitat destruction (i.e., mountains would be lev eled and terraced, massive water canals would be dug, ocean water distilled, water would be pumped and deserts turned into green fields of crops). Human populations would grow even higher until the last vestiges of natural habitats are all destroyed. Heat dissipation would of course set limits, for w hen more heat is produced than can be dissi­ pated, the resulting thermal pollution w’ould quickly warm Earth's surface to the point that all life would be threatened, perhaps the ultimate eco-catastrophe. Even if humans were not adding v ast amounts of excess heat by burning non-renewable fossil fuels and running nuclear reactors, Earth can no longer dis­ sipate the heat it receives from normal incident solar radiation fast enough to stay in balance. Waste heat generated from burning fossil fuels and nuclear reac­ tors only adds insult to injury. Humans must learn to live more frugally using much less energy. Our economic system based on continual growth must be replaced by a sustainable system where each of us leaves the planet in the same condition that it was in before we w ere bom. This will require fewer of us and much less extravagant lifesty les. We won't be able to move around so freely (flights to San Francisco will become a thing of the past), and we will hav e to go back to walking and rid­ ing bicycles and horses. In addition, our descendants will have to be more spread out, living without big cities. f — Eric R. Pianka Professor, Integrative Biology Now Who's Missing the Point? Monday's Daily Texan featured three polemical Firing Lines criticizing Ben Freed and Texans for Israel (TH) for its column last Friday. All three misconstrue TFI's position and utilize some common fallacies in painting TH as an organization which condones human nghts violations, without actually confirming w’hether or not they intend to follow through with their boycott. Freed's article, currently under scrutiny, expresses TH's skepticism towards the BDS campaign promul­ gated by the pro-Palestinian factions on campus and the hilarity of the campaign itself. Though the pro- Palestinians paint the issue in a black-and-white fash­ ion, TF1 hopes the public comes to understand that, in addition to producing an environment less conducive to peace, the Palestinian faction uses the campaign largely for rhetorical effect and doesn’t actually intend to carry out the nittv-gritty of an actual boycott campaign, at least once it ceases to be convenient for them. Having attended Palestinian events held on campus, I have witnessed their use of Windows oper­ ating systems, their use of Motorola telephones and numerous other infractions that call into question the legitimacy of their campaign. Furthermore, the Firing Lines misrepresent the facts w’hen it comes to Israel's human rights record. For example, when it comes to attacking UN facili­ ties, a UN report found that Hamas rockets actually did more damage to certain UN facilities than Israel, citing numerous times in which rockets intended for Israel feU short. Similarly, v ideo evidence proves that UN facilities attacked by Israel were used by Hamas as launching pads and weapons caches for rockets used to attack civilian populations. To quote the head of British armed forces in Afghanistan, Colonel Richard Kemp, Israel "did more to safeguard the rights of civilians in a combat zone than any other army in the history of warfare;" and, to paraphrase Richard Goldstone's own admission, Goldstone's report retied upon evidence-gathering methods that would not hold up in a court of law, specifically because he retied upon Hamas to collect the anecdotal ev idence his report reties upon so heavily. So w here does misconstruing facts and misrep­ resenting Israel's supporters turn from innocent mistakes to wailful discrimination? When a wall is constructed in the center of campus to perpetuate those mistakes. — Zachary Garber TFl Education & Advocacy Chair FIRING LI NES * L E G A L E S E RECYCLE! E-mail your Firing Lines to firmghneQdailytexanon- hne com. Letters must be more than 100 and fewer than 300 words The Texan reserves the right to edit all submissions for brevity, claritv and liabilitv. . Opinions expressed in The Daily Texan are those of the editor or the writer. They are not necessarily those of the UT administration, the Board of Regents or the Texas Student Media Board of Operating Trustees. Please recycle this copy of The Daily Texan. Place the paper in one of the recycling bins on campus or back in the burnt-orange news stand where you found it. Professors speak up By Rebecca Counts Daily Texan Columnist It seem s to be com m on know ledge that UT liberal arts faculty h ave a d ecid ed ly liberal bias and business faculty, a conservative one. I h aven't heard as m uch about the stereotypes for the other schools. I guess one can only be so liberal or con servative about chemistry. There are a lot of exp lanations for this a p ­ parent phenom enon, ranging from the p oliti­ cal clim ate of Austin to selection bias am ong p e o p le w h o b e co m e p ro f e s s o r s in g iv e n fields. There's also considerable disagreem ent about w h ether these p erceived b iases are a bad thing. On one side are students who feel uncom fortable disagreeing with professors in class or feel they are only show n part of the issue. On the other side are those who argue that attem pts to end bias in classroom s result in p rofessors w ho are too p olitically co rrect to teach. T he A m e ric a n A s s o c ia tio n of U n iv e rs i­ ty P ro fesso rs is em b ark in g on a cam p aig n that is refueling this d ebate, as the C h ro n i­ cle of H igher E d u cation reported last w eek. The cam p aign , titled "Speak U p, Speak O ut: P rotecting the Facu lty V oice," is designed to help p rotect acad em ic freedom at public co l­ leges. It u rges n ation al facu lty unions and asso ciatio n s, as well as facu lty g ro u p s and a d m in istra to rs at p u b lic co lle g e s, to p u sh su ch in stitu tio n s to d ev elo p p o licies p ro ­ tecting faculty speech about "acad em ic m a t­ ters, in stitu tion al g o v ern an ce, teach in g, re ­ search and issues outside the w orkp lace," the Chronicle reported. The A A U P's cam paign is a response to sev­ eral recent federal cou rt cases that ruled that institutions can punish professors for job-re­ lated speech. These cases follow the reasoning of the 2006 Suprem e C o u rt ruling, G arcetti v. Ceballos, w hich held that govern m en t a g en ­ cies can restrict statem en ts their em p loy ees make in connection with their official duties. In th is leg al c lim a te , the A A U P re c o m ­ m ends that faculty m em bers at public u niver­ sities w ork to ensure their speech is p ro tect­ ed by institutional policies, since they can no longer rely on the First Amendm ent. W h atever side of the p olitics-in -th e-class- room d ebate you are on, we can all su rely agree that p rofessors m u st be free to m ak e com m ents about the institutional policies that affect them, such as tenure, hiring and firing. If p rofessors aren 't free to voice d isco n ten t about these polices, there will be little in cen ­ tive to change them. A nother area w’here reasonable people on both sides of this d ebate can likely ag ree is that professors shouldn't be hired or fired for esp o u sin g specific beliefs in the classro o m . That leaves open the question of w hether tak­ ing a side on political issues is allow ed; The point is, w hich side p rofessors take should never result in sanctions from the University. A univ ersity w ithout adequate p rotection s gu aran teein g the acad em ic freed om of fac­ ulty cannot en courage independent thought. Those of us w ho w ent to public sch ools can attest to the dangers political correctn ess can pose to learning. An online search of U T's Regents Rules and General Inform ation C atalog turned up sev er­ al references to academ ic freedom and faculty freedom of speech, but no explicit guarantee. UT should step up the free speech protections the courts have denied. Counts is a plan II honors and history senior Tuesday, November 17,2009 Interview research determines weight of first impression By M olly Triece & Viviana Aldous Daily Texan Staff Students hoping to impress job interviewers may consider new research that emphasizes the im­ portance of appearance in form­ ing first impressions. UT psychology professor Sam Gosling has studied first impres­ sions for more than 10 years and collaborated with Laura N au- mann, an assistant psychology professor at Sonoma State U n i­ versity, to test the accuracy of per­ sonality im pressions based on physical appearances. "When we're making decisions about o th ers, th ey're u su ally based on what people are like or what people look like, so appear­ ances are incredibly important," Gosling said. "Before we know what people do, w e've already begun to form impressions." O bservers in the study made judgments of 123 participants af­ ter viewing full-body photographs, one of each participant in an emo­ tionless stance and another in his or her natural pose. In the natu­ ral photographs, 90 percent of im­ pressions were accurate readings of the 10 traits on which targets were judged: extroversion, agreeable­ ness, conscientiousness, emotion­ al stability, openness, likability, self­ esteem, loneliness, religiosity and political orientation. Based on the emotionless photo graphs, a majority of judgments of participants' self-esteem and lev­ el of extroversion were made accu­ rately, Naumann said. Naumann, who began research­ ing first impressions as an under­ graduate at UT, said smiling can be a conscious effort to indicate ap- proachability, but there are other cues that people are not aware of. Clothing choice is a major fac­ tor in the formation of first im­ pressions, according to the study. Through symbols or slogans, cloth­ ing can reveal political and religious orientation, and the style can show a person's level of self-esteem or conscientiousness, Naumann said. The study also found clothing is a more accurate basis for judgment of men than of women, as the stan­ dards of appearance for women are higher, she said. Liberal Arts Career Services Cen­ ter staffers stress the importance of attire during job interviews, said Scott Plowman, the center's man­ ager of recruitment and marketing. "I'v e had recruiters that have told me in an interview, they might make a decision whether they like a person or hire a person within the first couple of minutes," Plow­ man said. "You always want to be dressed as nicely as you can, in business-professional attire. In many cases, that appearance is go­ ing to be the first impression." Gosling said the implications of first impressions are important in all contexts, from a professional outlook to social settings. "We use stereotypes to form these impressions, and we can't help it," Gosling said. "But we have to be willing to update them very rapidly based on the situation." First impressions can be used as a starting point for judging a new acquaintance's personality, and social interactions can shift one's opinion from there, he said. Jim McElroy, the director of UT's Human Resources Service Center, said that his experiences interviewing potential em ploy­ ees have led him to agree with the stu d y 's find ings. He said when job candidates enter the in­ terviewing room, whether or not they dress appropriately and dis­ play the right attitude can contrib­ ute to his first impression. But, in his 15 years of interviewing, ap­ pearance has never been the sole factor for a decision. Credentials, references and the candidate's performance play a much more important role, he added. "You start with a blank canvas, and then you paint your picture," McElroy said. Undergraduates at the McCombs School of Business are required to take a career-planning strategies course, where students learn better networking, interviewing and pro­ fessionalism skills. The business school's Master in Professional Accounting program hosts workshops and offers an ac­ counting careers exploration course to emphasize the importance of professional dress and other busi­ ness etiquette, said the program's director Jim Franklin. "[Good etiquette] shows you are prepared and that you're gen­ uinely enthused about the oppor­ tunity to meet the person who is from a company, for example, and shows you'd make a good repre­ sentative or em ployee for their firm," Franklin said. Gosling and Naumann's find­ ings will be published in Decem­ ber's issue of the "Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin." UT psychology professor Sam Gosling has studied first im pressions extensively, and his research on the accuracy of personality im pres­ sions based on physical appearances w ill be published in December's Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. Erik R eyna | D a ily T e x a n S ta ff CHECK OUT FOR THE LATEST FROM FACULTY & STAFF Beta Chi Theta members, Denny Matthew, a b io log y junior, and Ali Bandeali, a finance senior, blow out candles on the M ain M all on M onday evening in honor of the people killed at Fort Hood. Lauren G e rso n ! D a ily Texan S taff Vigil brings army tragedy home By Audrey White Daily Texan Staff UT nursing sophomore Don­ ald Dav is remembers the 9/11 ter­ rorist attacks. But the recent shoot­ ing at Fort Hood has more person­ al implications for Davis, an Iraq War veteran. "For me, that day was worse than 9 /1 1 ," Davis said. "9 /1 1 hurt, but I was in California when it happened. The shooting put me in the fetal position." He spent several years as part of a medical unit stationed at Fort Hood during his m ilitary ser­ vice. He spoke to a small, som­ ber group of students on the main mall Monday night at a vig­ il hosted by Beta Chi Theta frater­ nity to honor fallen soldiers from Fort Hood and military person­ nel serving around the world. "Since I was in high school, I served four years in the ROTC," said government freshman Alma Buena, who attended the vigil. "A lot of people don't understand what if s like to be in the military, but I felt what [Davis] was saying." Davis served in the U.S. Army for more than seven years and was stationed at Fort Hood as part of the 21st combat support hos­ pital from 2005 and 2009, except for a one-year deployment to Iraq from April 2006 to April 2007. Af­ ter returning from Iraq, Davis fre­ quently visited the Soldier Readi­ ness Program building, where the shootings took place, to get treat­ ment for physical and mental inju­ ries incurred while overseas. "When I learned there was a mas­ sacre in the [Soldier Readiness Pro­ gram] building, I thought about be­ ing in that waiting room, and I felt kind of lost," Davis said, his voice shaking, in an interview with The Texan. "It was surreal. I didn't know what to think or what to do." Although the vigil took time to organize and gain approval from the University, Nabeel Lookman- jee, a government sophomore and Beta Chi Theta member said it is important to recognize the impact of the shooting on UT students and the state of Texas. "When soldiers lose their lives, it's always a sad thing, but the fact that it happened two hours away from here makes it even more ap­ parent," Lookmanjee said. "We have a lot of rights and freedoms that we all enjoy, especially as col­ lege students, but we have to re­ alize at some point that there's a reason we get to have that because soldiers like those at Fort Hood have sacrificed." Many members of the frater­ nity are Muslim or South Asian, and Lookmanjee said he and oth­ ers have experienced prejudice because of the association be­ tween Islam and terrorism. Da­ vis said he hopes the media and citizens will take the emphasis off of Nidal Malik Hasan's religion and focus on the state of mental health care in the military. "A lot of people have been asking me why this person would be so an­ gry, and if you watch the news, you can hear all the rhetoric," Davis said. "But I believe if this was someone who wasn't Muslim, we wouldn't be having the terrorist conversa­ tion. I don't think it was political; I think it was a mental health issue, and those don't discriminate. They affect males, females, religious, non­ religious, liberals and conservatives. I don't buy into the religious or po­ litical aspect of it." Davis said that with the pub­ licity surrounding soldiers' post- traumatic stress disorders, it is easy to forget the effects of war on those who, like Hasan, have not been deployed. "W hen you see an arm lay­ ing on the ground and you don't think twice about picking it up so it doesn't get in the way, that's not normal, but it's part of the job," he said. "W hen a lot of soldiers come home, we're dumping all of this on people who haven't been deployed. Being a mental health officer like [Hasan] was and hear­ ing those stories, that has to be a lot of weight." However, Davis said he finds hope in events like Monday's vig­ il and hopes UT students will con­ tinue to be aware of the work of the armed forces. "I really appreciate the Longhorn community for coming together," Davis said. "I think here on cam­ pus, you pass a lot more war vet­ erans than you know. It's impor­ tant that we're honoring the people at Fort Hood because the Army is one big fraternity, and it's a deeply saddening situation." Poll reveals public opinion on political funding By Alex Geiser Daily Texan Staff The majority of Americans care less about how much money is in politics than where the money comes from, according to a poll by researchers at UT released Monday. The poll results and the impor­ tance of money in politics domi­ nated a panel discussion Monday moderated by Evan Smith, chief executive officer and editor-in-chief of The Texas Tribune, a recently launched news Web site that focus­ es on Texas news and politics. The Internet poll, conducted by mem­ bers of the UT Department of Gov­ ernment, surveyed 2,100 adults in mid-October on the relationship between money and politics. Henry Bonilla, a panel mem­ ber and former U.S. representative, said the political system is all about money and that reform needs to take place within the government as well as with the people. "The American people have al­ lowed the system to become al­ most a bottomless pit when it comes to money," Bonilla said. "No one votes for anyone anymore based on conviction." Bonilla said money helps an offi­ cial rise on the political ladder, but it's not necessary. "This system does allow for Amer­ icans to step up and am against in­ cumbents," he said. "If they do it the right way, it can be done." Meredith McGehee, the poli­ cy director of the Campaign Legal Center, said the concern over the sources of money is understand­ able and legitimate. "The reality is the federal govern­ ment controls the ability to make millions and billions for certain in­ dividuals," McGehee said. "When you have that much concentration of power in one place, people are going to figure out how to make that power work for them." She said the main problem is that people are under the impression that they need to use their money to buy their way into the system and that it has become somewhat of an expectation. "It is too much of a situation where people who want some­ thing from the government feel like the only way to do it is to play the game,", McGehee said. "It's a pay-to-play system." Kirk Rudy, a deputy national fi­ nance chairman for the Democrat­ ic National Committee, played a large role in raising money for Ba­ rack Obama's campaign. "It requires a lot of money to be in politics," Rudy said. "We just all have to play with the hand we are dealt." He said the hundreds of thou­ sands of dollars put into political campaigns are justified. "There is a reason that so much money is spent of politics," Rudy said. 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Sports Editor: Austin Talbert E-mail: sports@dailytexanonlme.com Phone: (512) 232-2210 www.dailytexanonline.com SIDELINE NCAA BASKETBALL Miami (Ohio) 70 No. 5 Kentucky 72 Pennsylvania 65 No. 6 Villanova 103 Coastal Carolina 49 No. 8 Duke 74 Colgate 63 No. 13 Connecticut 77 Stephen F. Austin 42 No. 18 Mmnesota 82 NFL Baltimore 16 Cleveland 0 NBA Portland 95 Atlanta 99 F/OT Charlotte 91 Orlando 97 Dallas 115 Milwaukee 113 F/OT NHL New York 4 Boston 1 New Jersey 2 Philadelphia 3 Edmonton 2 Columbus 3 F/OT Anaheim 2 Pittsburgh 5 Los Angeles 4 Florida 3 F/OT Tampa Bay 4 Phoenix 1 By Michael Sherfield Daily Texan Staff It w asn't much of a surprise who the first man to respond to the news would be. When Mack Brown's cell phone buzzed with a text message following the ar­ rest of kick return ex trao rd i­ naire D.J. Monroe, it was Lamarr Houston offering his support. "The first text I got was Lama­ rr," Brown said. "'Can I help?'" Houston had his own experi­ ence with legal troubles. He was charged with a DW1, like Mon­ roe, last year. After serving a one-game suspension and apol­ ogizing to the team, H ouston has gone on to become a leader in the Texas locker room. "I talked to D.J., I'm going to help him out through the pro­ cess," Houston said. "It's some­ thing that is in-house, and we're going to keep it in-house." M onroe has been su sp e n d ­ ed indefinitely following a late- night arrest this weekend. "We're not saying he's guilty," Brown said. "He w as out late w hen he should have been in. He w on't dress and he w on't be on the sideline on Saturday." H ouston said he grew from his experience and hopes Mon­ roe can do the same. "I believe I've become a better person since," he said. "Coach Brown said he's proud of the person I've become." M onroe's biggest con trib u ­ tion this season has been re­ turning kicks, where he became the first Longhorn to return two for touchdowns. H e's also seen lim ited action as a specialty back on offense. Senior Jordan Shipley will re­ place Monroe as the m ain re­ tu rner. Shipley has retu rn ed tw o punts for touchdowns this year and scored on a kick return last year. "Jordan Shipley has begged his w ay back into it," Brown said. "He has a chance to score every time he touches the ball." DJ. M o nroe returns a kickoff against UT-EI Paso on Sept. 26. Early Sunday morning, M onroe w as arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated. M o nroe is the only person in Texas history to return two kickoffs for touchdowns. Eric O u | Daily Texan Staff Backer back Senior linebacker R oddrick M uckelroy is expected to re­ turn to the starting lineup this week against Kansas after not playing Saturday. Coaches said he could have played if needed but held him out after Muckel­ roy had swelling in his injured knee during the week. In his place, junior D ustin Earnest filled in capably, m ak­ ing an im portant stop on a 4th and sho rt quarterb ack sneak early in the game. "I thought w e played well," said defensive coordinator Will M uscham p. "Em m anuel Acho played two positions for us, and Dustin Earnest did a nice job fill­ ing in there for Muck. He made a great play on fourth down." Aside from long-term absen­ tees M ason W alters and C al­ vin Howell, Texas has no new major injury concerns. Senior linebacker Jared Norton hasn't played since the opener and is out for the year. Defense dominating The Texas defense has come a long way since last year. This season, the Longhorns lead the nation in total defense, allow ­ ing less than 240 yards a game, while ranking near the top in points allowed and leading the nation in rushing D and third dow n efficiency. It's a big change from 2008. "Last year, we were just trying to get 11 guys out there some­ tim es," M uscham p said. "We can put so much m ore on the players now." With a year of experience in M u sc h am p 's defense, Texas players have made adjustments on the fly and avoided the men­ tal breakdow ns that plagued them last year. Texas recovered from a poor opening series against the Bears last week, in which they allowed Baylor to drive to the five-yard line before an interception in the end zone, to dominate thoroughly. The L onghorns shut dow n Baylor's short passing game and running attack, limiting the Bears to 37 first half yards and no first downs after the first drive. Texas has also become a play- making defense this year. After getting only six interceptions last season, the Longhorns have 19 so far, returning four for touch­ downs. Texas is tied for second nationally in interceptions and total turnovers with 29 forced. "We're a greedy defense," se­ nior defensive end Sergio Kin­ dle said. And they're not likely to be satisfied soon. W OM EN'S BASKETBALL Texas renews series against top-ranked Connecticut Longhorns hope to return to San Antonio in March for Final Four showing By Dan Hurwitz Daily Texan Staff The Longhorns hope that Tues­ d ay 's gam e in San A ntonio will not be their last trip to the A la­ m o City, w hich just so h appens to also be hosting the Final Four in April. The sho rt d riv e do w n In ter­ s ta te H ig h w a y 35 is n o th in g com pared to the cross-country flight for the defending nation ­ al cham pion Huskies, w ho don't m ind g ettin g a sn eak peek of w here they intend to be at sea­ son's end. Texas has had trouble w ith the H uskies since their series began in 2003 losing all four meetings, but head coach Gail Goestenkors is ready to end the skid. G oestenkors said. "I look at it as a g re a t o p p o rtu n ity . L ittle things we have been working on are trying to get us prepared for UConn." Last tim e the tw o team s met w as in the second round of the 2 0 0 8 N C A A T o u rn a m e n t, in w hich the H u s­ kies e a se d p a s t the Longhorns in Goestenkors' first year at Texas. ----------------- There are plen­ ty of familiar faces w ho w ere a p art of the loss which e n d e d th e 2008 season, including current senior Earnesia Williams w ho w as one of the lone bright spots in the 89-55 massacre. ----------------- W illia m s sc o re d 12 p o in ts against the UConn, w hose sea­ son ended in the Final Four. had m uch to do w ith th eir d e­ fense th a t held top scorer Brit- tainey Raven to a season low four points. ----------------- W hile R aven an d co m p an y w ere h a v in g d ifficu lties scor­ ing, UConn shot 60 percent from the field, includ- ing Maya Moore, w h o s c o re d 22 points as a fresh­ m an ag a in st the Longhorns. Only five play­ ers rem ain from th e Texas team th a t fell to the H u s k i e s t w o years ago, w hile the other five are ready to try to get revenge for their upperclassm en teammates. ----------------- "We ju st h av e to com e o u t an d pl a y h a rd a n d p la y our gam e," said so p h o m o re A sh ­ ley Gayle, who has never played W e are looking forw ard to the challenge." G a il G o e s te n k o r s head coach "W e're excited [for U Conn]," In 2008, the H uskies success against Connecticut. INTERNATIONAL SOCCER G o e ste n k o rs, w ho h as had some success in her career against C onnecticut's head coach Geno A uriem m a ow ned a 2-2 record during her stint at Duke. But she knows w hat her team will be up against come Tuesday night. "They are expected to repeat," G oestenkors said. "We are look­ ing forw ard to the challenge." The gam e betw een Texas and Connecticut is schedule to tip off at 8:30 p.m. or 30 minutes follow­ ing the end of Tennessee and Texas Tech, which precedes the rematch. Both games are a part of "ESPNU's Road to the Championship." No. 10 Texas vs. No. 1 Connecticut i AT&T Center (San Antonio) IN: 8:30 p.m. ESPN2, KVET 1300 AM BIG 12 FOOTBALL Ashley Gayle shoots a free throw in Texas' season opener against UTSA. Gayle and the Longhorns travel to San Antonio to take on Connecticut today. Lauren G erson Daily Texan Staff Eight teams fighting to make World Cup Nebraska, KSU fight for North title By Rishi Daulat Daily Texan Staff There are eight teams still fight­ ing for the four rem aining spots left in the 2010 World Cup. Those eight teams that finished in second place in their European groups completed this weekend in the first leg of a two-match play­ off. The teams w ho win through aggregate goals will qualify for the W orld Cup. The fea tu re d matches this past w eekend were Ireland vs. France, Portugal ver­ sus Bosnia, Russia vs. Slovenia and Greece vs. Ukraine. France earned a lucky aw ay goal in their 1-0 victory over Ire­ land at Croke Park. Nicolas Anel­ ka fired in the w inner for the largely disappointing French side in the 72nd minute. The shot took a heavy deflection off Ireland's Sean St. Ledger before floating past goalkeeper Shay Given. Glen By Will Anderson Daily Texan Staff Things are looking up in Lincoln. Nebraska got off to a rough start in the Big 12 this season, w ith a blow out loss against Texas Tech and a two-point defeat at the hands of Iowa State. But head coach Bo Pelini's team is peaking at the right time, with Nebraska coming back to win at Kansas on Saturday, 31-17, vaulting the C ornhuskers over K-State into sole pos­ session of the Big 12 North's lead. Kansas State fell to M issouri at home, 38-12, and dropped to 4-3 in conference, or half a game behind Nebraska (4-2). Their No. 1 and 2 rankings in the division set up a show dow n next week in Lincoln where the tw o team s will meet to decide who goes to the Big 12 Championship on Dec. 5 in Dallas. "Obviously, the game means a lot," Pe- lini said Monday. "It's going to determine the Big 12 North. We have a lot of resp>ect for our opponent in every way. We know SOCCER continues on page 8 BIG 12 continues on page 8 Nebraska quarterback Zac Lee stretches out for a touch­ dow n a gain st Kansas State on Saturday. Nebraska faces Kansas this week to determine the Big 12 North cham pion. O rlin W agn er | Associated Press A dejected Dam ien Duff, right, after France's Nicholas Anelka, center, reacts with Thierry Henry, left, after scoring a go al a gain st Ireland during their W orld Cup play off qualifying soccer match at Croke Park on Saturday. Peter M o rriso n Associated Press i I 8 Tuesday, November 17, 2009 N F L Titans’ owner fined for ‘double barrell salute’ Eresa M . W alker Th e Associated Press N A S H V IL L E , Tenn. — T h e NFL has fined Titans ow ner Bud A dam s $250,000 for m aking an o bscene gesture at Buffalo fans while celebrating Tennessee's vic­ tory over the Bills. C om m issioner Roger G oodell notified A dam s of the fine M on­ day, and league spokesm an Greg Aiello said it is for conduct detri­ m ental to the N FL. A dam s was seen m aking the gesture while in his luxury suite and again on the field after Sunday's 41-17 victory. The 86-year-old Adam s issued an apology a couple of hours lat­ er, saying he got caught up in the excitem ent of the moment. G ood ell was at the gam e, a f­ ter h av in g b re ak fast w ith A d ­ ams. The league said that G ood ­ ell left A dam s' suite at the end of the third quarter and spent the fourth quarter sitting with fans in the end zone before leaving the stadium. The Titans declined to com ment after the fine was issued. But Ad­ am s said in his earlier statem ent that he expected league discipline for his actions and would accept any punishment. "I do realize that those types of things shouldn't happen," Adam s said in that statem ent. "I need to specifically apologize to the Bills, their fans, our fans and the NFL. I obviou sly have a great deal o f respect for Ralph Wilson and the history we have shared." Adam s and Wilson were origi­ nal owners in the American Fcxit- ball League, and Sunday's m atch­ up was a legacy gam e with both team s w earing th ro w back u n i­ forms. Wilson was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fam e this year, and the two franchises have been involved in som e emotional playoff games. T he Bills staged the g reatest com eback in NFL history on Jan. 3, 1993, against what was then the H ouston O ilers in a 41-38 o v er­ tim e v icto ry, w h ile the T itan s 1 do realize that those types of things shouldn't happen." — Bud Adams Titans o w n e r pulled off the M usic C ity M ira­ cle in 2000, a gam e-w inning kick- off return for a touchdown with 3 seconds remaining. Titans coach Jeff Fisher said he knew that Adam s had been excit­ ed for this gam e b ecau se of the 50th anniversary of the AFL and b ecau se W ilson w as co m in g in for it. "T h e y 'r e clo se. T h e re 's b een som e tremendous m atchups over the years betw een the tw o clubs. The playoff loss there, the M u ­ sic City M iracle here ... There's a great deal of history here. I know this was a gam e he'd been look­ ing forward to," Fisher said. This isn't the first tim e G ood ­ ell has pu nished som eone with the T itan s. H e han ded d ow n a five-gam e su sp ension to d efen ­ sive tackle A lbert H aynesw orth in O ctober 2006 for sw iping his foot across the head of Dallas cen­ ter Andre Gurode. Players have been fined for the N FL for m akin g this sam e ges­ ture that A dam s made. San Fran­ cisco kicker Joe Nedney was fined $7,500 in O ctober 2007, and M i­ chael Vick was fined $10,(XXI and donated $10,(XXI to charity in 2006 while playing in Atlanta. "The league holds us as players to a higher standard, so to have an ow ner flip the bird not once but twice the league has to hold him to the sam e standard if not m ore," said Bills safety George Wilson on M onday before new s of the fine. "H e's at the top of the hierarchy. If you d o n 't hold him a cco u n t­ able, then you're questioning the integrity of the system ." Buffalo d efen siv e tackle M ar­ cus Stroud saw footage of Adam s on TV but didn't care. "H e owns that team and Mr. Wil­ son ow ns our team. T hat's about the gist of it, as far as it goes with me. It's not like he can com e down and strap up and put on any pads or anything like that. It d o esn 't bother me. If that's what he wants to do, go for it," Stroud said. BIG 12: Leach one shy of school record From page 7 in Dallas. "O bviously, the gam e m eans a lot," Pelini said Monday. "It's go­ ing to determ ine the Big 12 North. We have a lot o f respect for our opponent in every way. We know they're going to be ready to play. And w e've got to be ready to play our best football." The H uskers had to overcom e a one-p oint d eficit in the fourth qu arter to earn their shot at the d iv isio n title. D ow n 17-16 w ith less than eight m inutes to go, the Blackshirts forced the ball into the end zone on a 20-yard Roy Helu run. T h ey led by a to u ch d o w n w ith 6:13 left after a su ccessfu l two-point conversion. The N ebraska d efen se, w hich tw o w e e k s ag o lim ite d h ig h - pow ered O klahom a to just three points, forced a three-and-out to get the ball back at the 5:15 mark. H elu m ade sure the Jayh aw ks w ouldn't get another possession, rushing seven tim es on the final drive, including the reassurance sco re, to fin ish w ith 156 yards and th re e to u c h d o w n s on the afternoon. In the W ildcats' gam e, K -State c o u ld n 't find the end zone and gav e up 433 yards to M issou ri, w hich cam e into the gam e tied for last place in the North. The Ti­ gers' D anario A lexand er caught 10 balls for 200 yards. The resultin g d o-or-die gam e next week at Nebraska is a throw­ back o f sorts. T he C o rn h u sk ers and W ildcats both had dom inant team s in the '9 0 s, and the tw o represented the N orth in the first five Big 12 cham pionships (1996- 2000). N ebraska w as the last of the two to be in one (2006), but K- State w as the last to win a Big 12 Cham pionship (2003). "T hey're every bit w hat p eo ­ p le say abou t them - and p e r­ hap s m o re ," said K a n sa s S tate coach Bill Snyder about N ebras­ ka. "They play hard. All 11. They pu rsu e w ell. T h ey 'v e got speed and q u ic k n e ss to co m p lim e n t the effort." The d ecid ing gam e on S a tu r­ day w ill be televised n ationally on ESPN w ith a kickoff tim e of 5:45 p.m. W hat a year for Sooners Sitting at 5-4 with tw o project­ ed N FL first-rounders lost to in­ jury, Oklahom a coach Bob Stoops probably thought it cou ld n 't get any worse. U nfortunately things seem to be looking even gloom ­ ier in N orm an after Sto op s co n ­ firm ed Tuesday, N o v em b er 10, that offensive linem an Brody El- dridge would miss the rest of the season. Elridge injured his neck making a tackle in O klahom a's 10-3 loss at Nebraska on Nov. 7. Stoops ini­ tially thought Elridge w ould re­ cover, but it becam e apparent last week that the versatile linem an's injury would not allow him to re­ turn this season. O ffensive linem an Jarvis Jones and d efensive end A uston Eng­ lish w ere also in ju red ag a in st the Cornhuskers and will not re­ turn. A lon g w ith tight end Je r­ m aine Gresham and quarterback Sam Bradford, that brings the to­ tal starters lost this season to five on both sides of the ball. " A t c e rta in p o in ts, su re , all t h a t's h a p p e n e d th ro u g h the year, it aggravates y o u ," Stoops said. "It motivates you to do bet­ ter. You're con stan tly searching for ways to overcom e it, so that's what w e're trying to do." Leach still waiting G o in g in to last w e e k 's road con test versus O klahom a State, Texas Tech coach M ike Leach had more than just a w inning confer­ ence record on the line — he also stood to becom e the w inningest coach in Tech history. U nfortun ately, the Red R aid ­ ers lost 24-17, m eaning Ueach will have to wait another week for his shot at the record. Tech will host O klahom a n ext w eek and then play Baylor in A rlington in its fi­ nal two regular season contests. "T h e biggest thing is to do the best we can," Ueach told The Dal­ las M o rn in g N ew s. "T h e m ile ­ stones are fine, but they are on the backs of a lot of great players and great coaches." L each is c u rren tly tied w ith W illiam T ay lo r D y k e s fo r the school's wins record at 82. H ow ­ ever, it took D y kes 13 seaso n s to reach that m ark, w hile Leach has accom plished the feat in just 10. L each tu rn ed the p ro g ram around w hen he arrived in 2000, and h a sn 't had a losing season in Lubbock. Cyclones bowl-eligible Iowa State becam e bowl-eligible for the first tim e since 2005 with its 17-10 w in Satu rd ay ag ain st Colorado. The Cyclones also im ­ proved to 6-5 overall and 3-4 in the conference, good enough for third in the North division. In all, eight Big 12 team s are bowl-eligible so far this year, and Kansas, K ansas State and Texas A&M all still have a realistic shot. Colorado has been the only team to be m athem atically elim inated from bowl contention, and Baylor m ust w in at Texas A &M and in Arlington against Texas Tech to go bowling. To qualify for a postsea­ son bowl, an FBS team m ust win six gam es or win its conference. Team s can only cou nt on e win over an FCS opponent (form erly Division I-AA) to their total. SOCCER: World Cup qualifying ends Wednesday From page 7 W helan almost evened the match for the Irish in the late stages, but French keeper H ugo Lloris made a great save to d eny the Irish a much-needed goal. P ortu g al's Bruno A lves head ­ ed in N an i's beautiful sw inging cross in the 31st m inu te to give Portugal a 1-0 hom e victory. The m atch was a w ide-open affair as both team s' defenses were shaky throughout. The Bosnians squan­ dered a golden opportunity one m inu te from tim e as Edin Dze- ko's header sm ashed off the top of the crossbar. Zlatan M uslim ov- ic then had a clear shot on goal off D zeko's m iss, but M uslim ov- ic's shot also hit off the post. The Portuguese did not have Cristia- no R o nald o for this m atch and w o n 't have him for the next leg either, since the star winger is still plagued by an ankle injury. D iniyar Bilyaletdinov bagged a brace for the Russians in their 2-1 win over Slovenia. Slovenia did however grab a late 88th m in­ ute goal on the road that may pay dividends if it can score at least once at hom e w hile shutting out the Russians. Substitute Nejc Pec- nik scored the only goal for the Slovenians ju st five m inu tes af­ ter he cam e into the m atch as a substitute. Greece and the Ukraine played to a 0-0 draw in A thens, though both teams had clear-cut opportu­ nities to score but failed to capital­ ize. The best chance of the match fell to G re ece 's S o tiris K yrgia- kos in fhe last few seconds of the match, but the Liverpool defend­ er directed his header just wide. If Greece can manage a goal-scoring draw in the U kraine, it w ill ad ­ vance to the World Cup because of the away goal rules, w hich go into effect only if the aggregate score is tied. In South A m erica, C osta Rica and Uruguay are also battling for a berth in the World Cup. U ru­ guay looks to be in good shape after it stole a 1-0 road win. Diego Lugano scored the only goal ear­ ly on w ith a rebounded attem pt after his initial headed effort was blocked. C osta Rica w as forced to play w ith ten m en for alm ost half the match after Randall Azo- feifa received a red card in the 51st minute. T h e seco n d leg of all q u a li­ fying m atch es w ill be held on Wednesday. T en n essee Titan s o w n e r B u d A d a m s w atch es prac tice. A d a m s w as fin e d $ 2 5 0 ,0 0 0 o n M o n d a y fo r flip p in g o ff B u ffa lo fa ns a fte r Tennessee's 41 - 1 7 w in S u n d a y . M a rk H um phrey | Associated Press SPORTS BRIEFLY Baltimore blanks Browns, hold Quinn to under 100 yards The Ravens (5-4) didn't score in the opening half, when they used up their three timeouts in the first 6:15, committed silly penalties, converted just one third down and actually made the Browns (1-8) look respectable. But on Baltimore's first posses­ sion of the second half, quarterback Joe Fiacco connected on a 41-yard pass to Derrick Mason, who spun out of comerback Brandon McDon­ ald's tackle and raced down the sideline to the Cleveland 13. Rice took it in from there to make it 7-0. land coach Eric Mangini, threw high and wide to tight end Robert Royal and the ball bounced to Lan­ dry, who scampered in untouched to make it 13-0. 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ATS’ users lent H i TX ic 386 to dcv*r'.j3 ’ i s s;b « IO ID I I d s u i 18101A I A f t N 3 3 E O B E 3 SaaS5H S iM wtMmacew r \ s l o t < 4 L 4 a a 4 . t'ifW U us mere Ìh4ri B À4ys Wdlc'h tvvovie ) ? v r r v o T L T C d ! ìtù . Iht Nil? i\txX so d<^'t Are f K - ira * 4w^:& / / > S r è Tuesday, November 17, 2009 I & \ t; 1 1 Albums vary in genre, reception i wraps up tour, sees growth DUO; E x p erim en ta l b a n d cdreviews Post-rock b an d succeeds while Idol debut, rem ix com pilation disappoin t Do Make Say Think The Other Truths It Seems like post-rock bands pick one theme early on in their ca­ reers and elaborate on it to infini­ ty. This isn't necessarily bad, but af­ ter a while, new releases from these bands become less about explora­ tion and more about perfecting a pre-determined sound. Inevitably, that gets boring. Nobly bucking this trend is Do Make Say Think, a long-running post-rock band from Canada (with ties to Broken Social Scene, unsu- prisingly). 2002's & Yet & Yet was more pastoral than anything the band has released since, 2003's Winter Hymn Country Hymn Secret Hymn featured long ambient inter­ ludes and 2007's You, You're a His­ tory in Rust was as listener-friend­ ly as possible for a band with such pronounced jazz influences. This refusal to fall into any the­ matic rut has allowed Do Make Say Think to remain fresh on its sixth release, Other Truths, an autumnal record composed of four tracks that average about 10 minutes apiece. Each of the tracks, named simply "Do," "Make," "Say" and "Think" organically blooms before wilting away in controlled splendor. Just to be clear, it's really great. Like m any post-rock albums, Other Truths is powerful and epic in scope, but Do Make Say Think just seems so much more earnest about it than its musical peers. The band understands that restraint can hold as much pow er as reckless aban­ don or torrents of noise, which makes the hectic peak of "Make" or the crushingly hopeful apex of "Say" stand out that much more. The whole album features two drummers that play off of each other with a psychic-like connec­ tion. They fade in and out of sync with one another with jaw-drop­ ping precision throughout. In ad­ dition, the effortless fills that pep­ per the album seem to jump out of nowhere but always fit perfectly wherever they're played. Other Truths is the sound of a ri­ diculously talented group of mu­ sicians trying to write the best al­ bum of their careers. Best of all, it hints that Do Make Say Think isn't played out like so many of the band's contemporaries. Even af­ ter 14 years of existence, watch­ ing where the group takes its music next should be exciting. — David Sieloff K R I S A L L E N Kris Allen Kris Allen It happened to Taylor Hicks, it happened to Ruben Studdard, and it just might happen to Kris Allen. The common thread among those artists is that they were all "Amer­ ican Idol" winners, and except for possibly Allen, they were all over­ shadowed by another contestant from their season. For Hicks, it was Chris Daughtry, and for Studdard, it was Clay Aiken. It remains to be seen for Allen, but overtly sexual glam- rocker Adam Lambert is already waiting to overtake him, even gar­ nering the privilege of recording the title track for Roland Emmer- ich's newest big budget destruc- tion-fest "2012." If there's anything positive to be taken from Allen's self-titled de­ but, it's that the folks at "A m en­ ean Idol" have finally started mak­ ing albums that fit the contestants. They've begun tailoring the radio- friendly, hook-heavy songs they come up with to fit the individual performer. For Allen, that means acoustic- oriented adult alternative a la Jason Mraz and Matchbox Twenty. The album's lead single "Live Like We're Dying," despite being immediately bogged dow n by cli­ chés, has an unfortunately bad cho­ rus that provides a letdown after some uncommonly good melodies in the verses. In all, the album, like most from the "American Idol" franchise, of­ fers nothing in terms of fresh, unique pop and instead follows the formula that has earned them mon­ ey and Simon Cowell's uncomfort­ ably strange relationship w ith Ryan Seacrest. Chances are, Allen's al­ bum will fade quickly into nothing while Lambert, thanks to a more entertaining personality, will either rocket to superstardom or explode in a fiery, and definitely publicized, crash. We can only hope it's the lat­ ter, but there's no way to be certain. — Robert Rich SCORE! Merge Score! 20 Years of Merge Records: The Remixes Score! 20 Years of Merge Records: The Remixes is the third and final in­ stallment of the releases marking the record label's yearlong birthday celebration. Following a "visual discogra­ phy" paperback and a CD of cov­ ers set released in April, the set is a considerably shorter effort that fails to maintain interest. The 11-track album features Merge artists remixed by musi­ cians outside of the tabel. While the songs are smart, unique takes on the originals, it surmounts to heav­ ily digitalized mid-tempo tracks not quite danceable and lacking the ambience for trance. It is a nostal­ gic and interesting way to listen to old Merge favorites, but these per­ spectives cannot stand without the memory of their predecessors The risky thing about setting art­ ists loose on previously released work is creative license taking con­ trol and killing a gtxxd thing. The majority of the tracks are unrecog­ nizable save the lyrics, and instead take off into their own rambling di­ rections. The most successful ex­ ecutions are the tropes on songs rather than an electronic overhaul with vocals laid on top. + /-'s spin on the Rosebuds' "Bow to the Middle" does the best job balancing preservation and re­ in tCrpretation. The samplings of the song's acoustic guitar and over­ all sting structure are the apparent markings of the original, but + /- gives notable input with a heavy electronic beat that takes the instru­ mental lead for the first half of the track. Junior Boys, easily the most rec­ ognizable of the remix artists, turned out to be the biggest let­ down. The jazz-fused soul of Lam- bchop's "Nashville Parents" was choked by Junior Boys extreme­ ly loose rendition. The group's un­ flattering portrayal, nearly eight minutes of a single, throbbing note backed by choppy synthesizers, even sours Kurt Wagner's lyrics. This last addition to the Score! series passes merely as background noise. Aside from the occasion­ al flicker of recognition, the songs have been lost in translation. None of the raw, unfiltered energy that the label has become known for was brought to the electronic re­ mixes, making for a weak com­ memoration of its 20 years of ac­ complishment. — Abby Johnston From page 12 ed singles d u b th a t also featured Black U p s and Thee Oh Sees to-coast tour, Wa­ ______ W rap p in g u p a year th a t saw great m usical grow th v^ith a coast- and record store floors w ith a con­ stantly ex p and ing array of bands th a t ra n g e fro m indie pop to h a rd ­ core, folk to noise rock. T he b a n d 's re c o r d s , a lm o s t all reco rd ed live, have also traveled far and w ide. The d u o h as recorded for a g am u t of la­ bels, from m o dem p sy c h ed elic rock p u r v e y o r s H o ly — ------------- M ountain to indie giant Sub Pop, w hich released one of the g ro u p 's 7-inch singles ear ly this year as p a rt of super-lim it- N e w York's experim ental duo Blues C ontrol creates m usic that sounds as if it comes from everyw h ere and nowhere at once. t e r h o u s e a n d C h o ' s d y n a m i c p s y c h e d e lia will rattle brain*' and ■-hake w a l l s t o ­ n i g h t i n s i d e the M ohaw k. T rue to th e g r o u p ' s all- i n c l u s i v e a t t i ­ t u d e t o w a r d its l i v e s h o w s , .the o p e n i n g l i n e ­ u p i n c l u d e s l o­ cal p u n k s The Young, riff-heavy E xpensive S h it a n d p syched elic ro c k e rs The Vitamins -------------------- Experimental duo Blues Control's mixture o f '70s blues rock and mini­ malism will rattle brains and shake walls tonight at the Mohawk. 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I1-"“-------1— s— 'T h i D u t y T * x a > U fe& A « ts U fa& A rt) E d ito r: r Phor - ,'i lUl.'.'i Art, thriftiness come together Holiday classics derive traditional taste from a can i 8y LisaHolung Daily Tc/m Colunr .nist I've always assoaated Thanks- giving with ev»ryone in th** fam­ ily dom g his or her part to make the big fejist happ-n While some people place sil­ ver forks and knives on the ta­ bles, others are competing with ea, some things g#t cooked earlier than others One of the foods I always give the early vote to is the second dish in the Texan's Tasty Tuesday Thanksgiving series green bean casserole. F.ven though I have seen fan­ cier versions of this casserole with carameh/.ed omor strings or freshly chopped mushrooms, 1 can't get the sim phdty and the classic taste of the canned edi­ tion out of my head The cream of m ushroom sou p softens the green beans just enough to avoid being soggy, and the topping of fried onions ad d s an element of salty crunchiness Since the recipe is so easy and cost-efficient, it is great for times when you need to prepare a quick dish that can serve many people. All you need is the iisted ingredi­ ents, a baking dish of your choice and a big spoon to dish out your delicious, finished casserole. Add this recipe to your menu, and eating your vegetables won't be such a chore this Thanksgiving Baroara Lugge displays examples of her artwork at Clay Works Studio and Art Gallery during the East Austin Studio Tour on Saturday. Lugge creates hand-stitched portraits, "thread paintings" and also uses recycled materials to create m iniature works o f art. Sara Y o u n g 7 / T* / v Staff Local studio tours feature nine days of programs, happenings By Alexa Hart Daily Texan Staff C ars lined East Sixth Street as peo­ ple strolled in and out of Augusto Broc- ca s callers -a view the m assive iron sculptures of exotic fish that peered out me window to the busv sidewalk Oth­ ers avw ilked to the East Side Showroom n c r: acr- -s the roac to catch another art 7c - m. art lovers rcoice East Austin Tour is underway with tree ad- rc srudcos east of Interstate High­ er evens rot all ag-.s and a -, aburt- ¿ancs tc tree crt - - cracxers and ’«vine ^ - et artists ooened tneir studio ciccrs: v - purcc Saturday and Sunday “ - u c ic pour er rune c : u s ■ ear me ex er.t w-:.. - of artist exhibitions as r . art-* :a_»- do-it-'. pursed demos arc rert — vices — a... rree of chance Flatbed Press cr Martin Luther King Soule arc exln.mted werxo from several c.re rent am -ts One or the most not;re­ ar le presente> wa- the quaintnuxed-me- cia pair.nr c- of ludy Paul Many ot her colorrul works carried an avian motif — a triptych of little hires a w ide-eved the w cods crow s on a power line. ow. These paintings wouldn't be out of place in a style-conscious college stud en t's apartment. Perhaps the m ost intriguing studios were those on the northernmost edge of the E.A.S.T. map. Six different artists dis­ played their work out of four houses in the heart of a cozy neighborhood north of rlst Street. On the outside, these hous­ es appeared no different than the other sieepv suburban abodes that surround them. The;, w ere filled, however, with ev ­ erything from the abstract sculptures of Hank Waddell to Heidi Schlenk's array of textile work and collages. Realistic cityscapes lined the walls of pair.ter David L eonard's living room, w here iconic landm arks such as Radio City Music Hail and Times Square are immortalized in his work. The paintings emphasize a beautiful palette of predom­ inant! v cool colors — soothing hues of blue and green dom inate the shadow s and buildings in his paintings. Three blocks north, Shawn C am p 's backyard studio houses both hi> bold oil and mixed m edia paintings as well as Waddell s sculptures. C am p's high- I\ texfured paintings manv in bold and contrasting colors, evoked a feeling of near-discomfort while somehow stirring up the almost irresistible urge to drag a hand across the choppy surface. M in­ gling among Cam p's works are Waddell's sculptures, "things made from things" as they were described on a flyer for the ex­ hibit. Paper planes crafted from lead hov­ ered above stacked pieces of painted bam ­ boo wood and branch-like fusions of met­ al and acrylic, among other materials. A house on Mapleleaî Drive, half-con­ cealed by big bushes of orange and yel­ low flowers in the front yard, served as the exhibition sp ace for H eidi Schlenk and Scott Carter. Schlenk's art included textile works, such as a quilt called "N o, beautiful, haunting black and white pho­ tography, acrylic paintin gs and collag­ es. C arter's focus w as on curvy w ood­ en sculptures, some of which looked like they could have doubled as furniture. E.A.S.T. continues through Sunday, with programs going on all week and art­ ist studios reopening Saturday at 10 a.m. Grab a bite to eat at East Austin eateries like Justine's E.ot Side Pies and Rio Rita in between your tour of local artist's stu­ dios, and take advantage of all the art the East Side has to offer. For a com plete schedule and m ap s, check out East Austin Studio Tour s Web site at iru'w.eastsustinstudtctcur.com. Green bean casserole is an easy-to-m ake Thanksgiving staple that can transcend the holiday season as a cheap side dish. Curt Yo-urvgbiood Da y Texan Sta* fn/My Tw green bean casserole Directions • Dr air water from green ^ears. pour ir.to casserole dish. 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