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Construction at the site graduate student and work- tive measures to suspend happening,” he said. “Ev- employer, and [Worker’s Multiple investigations are resumed Thursday morning force development trainer construction during turbu- ery violation is avoidable Defense Project] is looking underway following a more and investigations involv- for Worker’s Defense Proj- lent weather should have with proper safety training into this.” than 20-foot fall at a West ing Hensel Phelps are cur- ect, said his organization has been taken. Campus construction site. rently underway by the Oc- been looking into alleged vio- According to a 2009 UT Three construction work- cupational Safety and Health lations at the 2400 Nueces St. and WDP report about ers were injured Wednesday Administration, Worker’s site since February, including working conditions in Aus- afternoon while working Defense Project and the City improperly supported scaf- tin’s construction industry, at an apartment complex of Austin. folding, missing and broken Texas is the most danger- located at 2400 Nueces St. “Hensel Phelps has an out- guard rails, reports from ous place in the country for Preliminary investigations standing safety record and workers of rest-break viola- construction workers, with by Hensel Phelps Construc- is committed to compliance tions and company failure to one in five workers requir- tion Company, the general with all rules and regulations. pay overtime. ing a hospital visit at some contractor for the complex, The company places the “If [Hensel Phelps] was point in their life due to a said one worker fell from the highest value on the health doing its job, there would not work-related injury. sixth floor of the complex, and safety of our workforce,” be any violations,” Cato said. Worker’s Defense Proj- causing injuries to two other the company said in a press Patricia Zavala, work- ect is currently conducting workers as a result. release issued this morning. place justice coordinator a state-wide research study All three workers were Brian Penner, operations for Worker’s Defense Proj- of working conditions in Guillermo Hernandez Martinez | Daily Texan Staff treated at University Medi- manager for Hensel Phelps, ect, said reports from work- the construction industry A crew member on the 2400 Nueces St. site works Thursday cal Center Brackenridge for declined further comment ers said the accident oc- throughout the state of Tex- afternoon. Three construction workers were injured after suffer- non-life threatening injuries on the incident. curred due to high winds, as, Cato said. ing a fall at the site Wednesday afternoon. NEW OFFER!

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Copyright© AAA Texas, LLC. All rights reserved. 4 OPINION opinion @DTeditorial [email protected] 4 Editor-in-Chief Susannah Jacob 512-471-5084 Quotes to note: UT professors take on the A ordable Care Act Editor’s note: Many college students rely on its employees to keep children on their health have said they will maintain the parental system that provides Americans of all ages their parents’ health insurance plan, but soon insurance so long as [the children] were not coverage provision in their policies, even access to routine as well as catastrophic they may well be on their own and planning married or eligible for employee coverage. In if the ACA is struck down. And (b), some health care.” to care for their parents. What should students terms of caring for their parents in the future, Republicans are interested in reenacting Diana DiNitto, look out for in the long-anticipated U.S. Su- the ACA will not be terribly relevant since the some of the ACA’s more popular provi- Professor in Alcohol Studies and preme Court A ordable Care Act (ACA) deci- ACA does not change Medicare coverage for sions, like the parental coverage provision, Education, sion and its a ermath? UT faculty members those over 65. It does have some reductions in if the ACA is struck down. Other Republi- School of Social Work give their opinions, which have been edited for cost for pharmaceuticals while in the donut cans, however, want to eliminate every bit clarity. hole [the commonly used name for a Medi- of ACA’s DNA down to its last molecule. “ e requirement for insurers to allow par- care coverage gap] and also makes a number Importantly, even if insurance compa- ents to insure their children until 26 has been “It is di cult to predict what the Supreme of preventive services free under Medicare. nies voluntarily keep parental coverage very popular. Although the Republicans do not Court will do. But one thing is certain: e Also, if their parents intend to retire before and/or Congress reenacts it, and if the support health care reform, they have stated that Court’s decision could a ect many young 65 and do not have employer-based coverage, individual mandate is struck down, there they would want to continue this provision. If adults who are now covered under their par- the ACA will make buying coverage cheaper is serious question as to whether parental the Supreme Court supports health care reform, ents’ policies if the mandate is struck down. and more transparent than presently.” coverage and other provisions of the ACA, students will be required to purchase insurance Nationwide, and in Texas, this age segment of David Warner, such as barring the refusal of coverage due from their employer or from a state or federal the population is most likely to be uninsured. Professor in Health and Social Policy to preexisting conditions, would be eco- health care exchange. In the past, many young Even so, the young population is generally LBJ School of Public A airs nomically sustainable.” adults have forgone health insurance. Under healthy and, on average, coverage [for them] Robert Prentice, health care reform, this choice would lead to tax costs less than for the old. As a result, insurers “The future of the parental coverage Professor of Business Law penalties. In terms of parents, health care reform may want to keep this section of the law.” (until the age of 26) provision of the ACA McCombs School of Business does expand coverage for things not currently Jacqueline Angel, is very much up in the air. The Supreme covered by Medicare (e.g. prescription drugs), Professor of Public A airs and Sociology Court could uphold the ACA’s individual “Whether or not the individual mandate which will decrease the nancial burden on par- LBJ School of Public A airs mandate provision, and then there’s no is upheld, young people will need to think ents and/or their children. Health care reform problem for students. It could also write about finding jobs that include health in- is also purported to be a method for containing “Many will be covered on their parents’ a narrow opinion scrapping the individual surance or finding health insurance plans rising health care costs, so both parents and chil- plan until [age] 26,even if the ACA is found mandate but leaving the rest intact (legal- they can afford to pay for out of pocket. dren will, one might hope, pay less out of pocket unconstitutional, at least for a while, since in- ly). It could also write a broad opinion and One accident or illness could easily cause for their insurance over time than they will if the surance contracts o en run through the rst strike the whole ACA down. That would them to owe as much as or more than health care reform law is overturned.” of the year. And, in many cases, employers and be bad for students needing parental cov- they do in student loans. Most important: Kristie J. Loescher, insurance companies will keep that bene t in erage. Young people can help in figuring out how Senior Lecturer place. UT, for instance, o ered [the option] to However, (a) some insurance companies to rein in health care costs and develop a McCombs School of Business LEGALESE Opinions expressed in e Daily Texan are those of the editor, the Editorial Board or the writer of the article. ey are not necessarily those of the UT administration, the Board of Regents or the Texas Student Media Board of Oper- ating Trustees. EDITORIAL TWITTER Follow The Daily Texan Editorial Board on Twitter (@DTeditorial) and receive updates on our latest editorials and columns. SUBMIT A FIRING LINE E-mail your Firing Lines to [email protected]. Letters must be more than 100 and fewer than 300 words. e Texan reserves the right to edit all submissions for brevity, clarity and liability. RECYCLE Please recycle this copy of e Daily Texan. Place the paper in one of the recycling bins on campus or back in the burnt-orange newsstand where you found it. OPINION 5 Opinion 5 Views & Voices My father deserves his due Should I keep DREAM-ing? By Travis Knoll Church there. At church, close churches. My father wrote to me By Manuel Ramírez contact with immigration au- know all of these decisions friends would all gush with every day of my first trip abroad thorities. Obama’s decision are part of the re-election Guest Columnist praise about the dedication of in Argentina and was waiting Guest Columnist would allow undocumented show. I feel the recent an- ‘my single father,’ his forbearance with hugs upon my return. My students to gain a two-year nouncement is a short-term I was raised by a gay, single fa- of my impulsiveness (ADHD), father was there to teach me Like many college stu- work permit but only after solution to fix the broken im- ther. A recent study by UT soci- his generosity, his teaching me to ethics, critical thinking and, yes, dents this summer I secured meeting certain require- migration system; Obama’s ology professor Mark Regnerus be available to those at the church religious principles. an internship. Others would ments, which include having decision bypassed review by found that children raised by gay who needed help cooking lun- My father and I have never be excited about the oppor- been in this country since the courts and has little chance parents are at a disadvantage. cheons or cleaning up afterward insisted that single parenting is tunity. I, on the other hand, age of 16, not having reached of being implemented as One of the many responses to and his insistence that we give always the best, nor is growing had to worry. I flew halfway their 30th birthday and hav- proposed. the study was the assertion by a our share of prayers, presence up with gay parents always easy around the country for my ing graduated from high For now, I am happy that conservative, Christian group and service to the youth group. due to societal pressures, but we internship, and because I am school, acquired a GED or this opportunity has been on campus that scientific stud- The praise would turn less re- should be given a chance. undocumented, was petrified served in the military. given to the immigrant com- ies are less important than ‘the sounding after our friends in the As for the concept of ‘normal by the idea of risking depor- While this was a coura- munity, but we will continue moral question of homosexual- congregation learned that my fa- families,’ the man who is the tation. My Mexican passport geous step by Obama to fix to organize until something ity’ when considering same-sex ther was gay. Notwithstanding all very inspiration for those Chris- surely looked suspicious to a piece of our country’s bro- is done permanently. Person- parenting. While I think the of his generosity and their previ- tians who condemn ‘alternative the Transportation Security ken immigration system, it ally, I may benefit from this group’s claim is disingenuous, ous praise of his parenting skills, family forms,’ was technically Administration (TSA) offi- is only a temporary solution. decision, but the community taken at face value, the assertion my father could never again meet conceived out of wedlock, rais- cials, and I knew that at any But why did he choose to use as a whole still struggles. I is useful. their parenting standards. The ing suspicion in his community minute they could ask to see his presidential power now? would still be heartbroken if I find the assertion disingenu- sometimes explicit, but mostly (Mark 6:3), and, according to a visa, which I do not have. At With elections being held in the day arrives when my par- ous because it tries to dismiss the unstated, question—“He’s amaz- Matthew, had a genealogy full any moment, I could be de- five months, Obama knows ents are deported because of scientific consensus of the last ing, but what would Travis be if of heroic ‘disreputable’ women tained. In high school, I was he needs the Latino vote, be- their immigration status. decade by shifting the debate he had been raised in a normal who sacrificed for their families a straight-A student, I gradu- longing to the largest ethnic While Obama’s decision from a scientific paradigm to a family?” — qualified my father’s (Tamar, Rahab, Bathsheba,and ated third in my class and I group in the United States, to represents a step forward to religious one seemingly more long list of parental accomplish- Ruth, the foreigner of the made it into one of the best win. Call my reaction cynical, accomplish the immigrant favorable for conservative Chris- ments, which include raising me group). universities in the nation, but but to me it is clear that the community’s end goal of le- tians. The assertion, however, in every stage of my educational It is not necessary to de- I had to worry about whether president’s bold decision is galizing the status of 11 mil- deserves attention because we development, from special edu- bate my father’s homosexual- I would even be able to stay in largely a political one. lion undocumented immi- can reflect on the fact that, as cation in elementary school to ity and its moral status in the this country. These political chess moves grants, our plight continues. conservatives point out, many the University of Texas, where I Christian tradition any more At the airport, as I waited to that play with lives of real While this decision will times studies have been used to am a two-time UT Presidential than divorce or sex outside be checked by TSA, I glanced people have been carried out help some students, it is shut out moral questions, close Scholar. of wedlock. I am not asking at the television to my right by many of our presidents. only a short-term solution, debates and diminish personal This ‘but’ was all the more Christian institutions to sup- and saw news of President Politicians only appeal to the and it is unclear that this experience with the old adage, unjust, because along that road port same-sex marriages, or to Obama’s decision to stop common folk when reelec- decision will extend beyond “The numbers don’t lie.” The it was my father that paid the host religious same-sex wed- deporting undocumented tions are on the line and later the Obama administration. problem for conservative Chris- costs for physical and psycho- dings. However, in a liberal students. Constant text mes- forget about us after being But I know it will help put tians who make this argument is logical testing of a child for republic (as opposed, to say, sages and Facebook notifica- re-elected. This calculated me in a stronger position that proponents of gay rights are whom the system had advised a confessional Catholic state), tions about the president’s timing of Obama’s decision to win broader change for not the ones who have pushed ‘limited expectations.’ My father the moral question is not about announcement prompted reminds me of growing up the immigrant community dated sociological concepts re- searched out and found trusted stereotypes of ‘same-sex life- happiness and a sense of ac- in Mexico during elections, and fight piecemeal poli- garding ‘the child’s best interest.’ childcare for the times he taught styles’ any more than it is about complishment for me — ac- when the PRI (Partido Rev- cies that still allow my par- for years. The other side has, night classes. My father paid for ‘Vegas marriages’ and general complishment because the olucionario Institucional, ents, friends and family to through its claim of gay parent- the piano lessons that led me to promiscuity. The ‘moral ques- immigrant community fi- a centrist party) and PAN be deported and divided. ing’s ‘detriment to the child.’ My attend Booker T. Washington tion’ is, ‘Did my father, who nally received an opportunity (Partido Acción Nacional, a This may be politics, but I, experience causes me to agree High School for the Performing was willing to make extraordi- for undocumented students right-wing party) handed out for one, will not simply be that studies are not the final say and Visual Arts, a fine arts mag- nary sacrifices, have the right to legalize their status. rice and beans in exchange a pawn in a game of chess but has also caused me to ask a net in Dallas. My father went to to raise me? Yes. Does he de- I have mixed emotions, for votes. and, as part of a community, different moral question: What the aforementioned Method- serve due credit and praise for however, about Obama’s de- I feel that I should be happy we will hold those in power value does individual sacrifice ist church because of its strong the job he did? Absolutely. My cision to give administrative to have such a “progressive” accountable by rallying and have in this debate? community and youth group father’s due is more consider- relief to undocumented stu- president, who supports the pressuring until something I grew up in a small upper- when he could have been more ation than to be judged on a dents, an action that would idea of gay marriage and is is done permanently. middle class neighborhood in at peace at the Cathedral of Hope ‘normal’ distribution curve. immediately affect individu- now offering temporary relief Ramírez is an interna- Dallas and attended the Ridge- or the United Church of Christ, Knoll is a Latin American als who are in deportation for undocumented students tional relations and global wood Park United Methodist both either gay or gay-affirming studies senior. proceedings, or have ever had to legalize their status. But I studies sophomore. 6 NEWS NEWS News Editor Nick Hadjigeorge 6 @thedailytexan Scientist’s birthday celebrated with forum, robot By Max Bridges

Alan Turing would have been 100 years old on June 23. Although he died in 1954, his work in computer science and artificial intelligence lives on today. Three university schol- ars discussed Turing’s life and contributions to com- memorate his centennial birthday Saturday, one of the many celebrations and tributes to Turing world- wide. Turing is considered one of the earliest pioneers of computer science and artificial intelligence and is renowned for his code- breaking work for the Al- lies during World War II. He also did research that many say laid the foun- dations of the modern computer. Robert King, UT linguistics professor emeritus, said Turing was the embodiment of many human qualities. King led a discussion titled, “Alan Turing, Ge- nius, Patriot, Victim,” one of three panels Saturday dedicated to Turing’s life and contributions. Others included “Language Trans- Julia Bunch | Daily Texan Staff lation and Code-Breaking” University of Southern California Professor Kevin Knight and science fiction author Bruce Sterling have a panel discussion at the Turing Centenary Symposium in the AT&T and “Turing’s Strange Seas Conference Center Saturday evening. The event had was held in honor of computer science pioneer Alan Turing and hosted speakers who were affected by his work. of Thought.” “He was a hero. When we cials later ruled his death demned to take estrogen courses in areas such as if the problem of transla- featured “Turing Bot 2.0,” honor him, we are honor- a suicide. supplements as a ‘cure’ for logic and translation. Kevin tion could conceivably be a computer simulation of ing some of the very best “Turing was an easy- his homosexuality. This led Knight, computer science treated as a problem in Turing with the capabil- qualities of the human going guy who would have to his death.” professor at the Univer- cryptography. When I look ity of answering questions race,” King said. been content with a few The event was hosted sity of Southern California, at an article in Russian, I similar to the iPhone’s Siri. Turing died at age 41 friends to work with in his by the UT linguistics de- demonstrated how Turing’s say, ‘This is really written When a member of the from cyanide poisoning studies, and time to prac- partment in conjunction algorithms were used to in English, but it has been audience asked the anima- after being charged with tice his running, of which with the North American understand encrypted mes- coded in some strange sym- tion a question, Turing Bot committing “homosexual he was very talented,” King Summer School in Logic, sages, such as those used in bols. I will now proceed would sometimes answer acts,” which was a crime in said. “He was an open ho- Language, and Informa- World War II. to decode.’” England at the time. Offi- mosexual who was con- tion program, which offers “One naturally wonders The symposium also TURING continues on PAGE 9 NEWS 7 NEWS 7

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Ralph Barrera | Associated Press Patrick Roberts, left, and Scott Wengert hang drapes in the yellow room called the Conservatory at the Texas Governor’s Mansion on Wednesday. Four years ago the building was nearly destroyed in a fire started by an unknown arsonist. Governor’s Mansion wraps up restoration By Jim Vertuno since it was completed in 1856. aged because they had already restoration project. Perry moved in when he took been removed. The mansion “has been a The Associated Press office in late 2000, and he and The collection is owned by symbol of Texas pride and re- his family moved out in 2007 the nonprofit Friends of the silience for decades,” Anita The $25 million project for a $10 million renovation Governor’s Mansion. Historic Perry said. to restore the historic Texas project to upgrade mechanical chandeliers were installed on Before the Civil War, Houston Governor’s Mansion is al- systems, including fire alarms, the first floor last week, Perry’s paced the hallways as he wor- most complete, four years sprinkler systems, plumbing office said. ried about seceding from the after the building was nearly and wiring. The mansion was Authorities have made no union. Miriam “Ma” Ferguson, destroyed in a fire started by severely damaged in June 2008 arrests in the case despite a the first woman to be governor an unknown arsonist. when police say a person threw $50,000 reward offered by the of Texas, built a chicken coop in Gov. Rick Perry’s office said a Molotov cocktail that landed Texas Department of Public the backyard. And Gov. Wilbert Wednesday that pieces of the near the front door and ig- Safety. Investigators have re- Lee “Pappy” O’Daniel served mansion’s historic furniture col- nited the building. Parts of the leased surveillance video and barbecue on the grounds to lection are being moved back roof collapsed, and the majes- a sketch of the person they be- 20,000 of his supporters in 1941 into the building. Perry and his tic columns at the front of the lieve started the blaze. to celebrate his re-election. family are expected to return in mansion were charred. No one Perry and his wife Anita Gov. John Connally recu- late July. was injured. have been living in a $10,000-a- perated at the mansion from Located a block from the Most of the original interior month leased home away from a gunshot wound suffered in state Capitol grounds, the two- was damaged by smoke. But the downtown area during the attack on President John F. story Greek-revival mansion the historic furniture collec- the restoration project. Anita Kennedy’s motorcade in Dal- has been the home of every tion, including the bed used by Perry has been leading the ef- las. Gov. Ann Richards hosted Texas governor, including Sam Houston and Stephen F. Austin’s fort to raise nearly $3.5 mil- Queen Elizabeth II of England Houston and George W. Bush, writing desk, were not dam- lion in private money for the there in the early 1990s. 8 NEWS NEWS 8

Computer science sophomore Daniel Monroy UT computer science created the UTexas Memes Facebook page updates curriculum in February because he By Bobby Blanchard upper-division elective wanted to centralize options is taking place at computer science schools UT themed The Department of across the nation and UT memes. The Computer Science will was neither ahead nor University Co-op decrease the number of announced last behind the trend. required classes needed week it would Faculty in the depart- to obtain a degree from begin selling ment started talking the department, a move UTexas Memes about revisiting the com- some faculty hope will T-shirts on puter science curriculum their website. allow students to special- in 2007, Porter said. He ize in their interests and also said the department experience more while took a lot of inspiration attending school. from a 2001 report by the Designed to be more Association for Comput- flexible, the new curricu- ing Machinery, a national lum has been a five-year organization dedicated to Marisa Vasquez endeavor by the depart- delivering education re- Daily Texan Staff ment to allow students sources for computing. to take more electives. The report, titled Bruce Porter, department “Computing Curricula,” chair of the computer sci- states that the required ence department, said the UTexas Memes T-shirts sell online body of knowledge average student has time should be made as small By Bobby Blanchard page are being used on the T- cruze en frente del autobus “We thought it seemed like for 15 computer science as possible. shirts without proper credit. [sic]/Challenge accepted.” a good partnership, and Daniel classes. However, the old “Over the last decade, Monroy, a computer science Co-op promotions manager has been excited from the get- curriculum required stu- computer science has ex- With 18,000 likes and sophomore, gets a percentage William Kelleher said he first go,” Kelleher said. dents to take 11 specific panded to such an extent counting, the UTexas Memes of profit for every T-shirt sold. contacted Daniel a few weeks Kelleher said the deal to courses to obtain a degree, that it is no longer possi- Facebook page has not left “We’re seeing how it starts after the page launched in Feb- develop products featuring leaving little time to take ble simply to add new top- the spotlight yet. Page creator and if it’s selling,” Monroy said. ruary. The page had received UTexas Memes has been a upper-division electives. ics without taking away,” Daniel Monroy said he thought “It’s going to be a fun project. more than 4,000 “likes” within four-month process. He said it The new curriculum has the report said. “We be- his Facebook page would I’m going to be looking forward the first 24 hours of launching, took a while to get Co-op man- reduced the number of lieve that the best strate- have died out by now — but to it.” and it hit 10,000 just a few days agement on board with the idea required courses to six. gic approach is to reduce it hasn’t. The page has contin- Memes are comical ideas later. Memes infested Facebook to sell shirts, but they eventually Porter said some students the number of topics in ued to attract new fans and shared by Internet users, and users’ news feeds, which some gave him approval. have jumped to conclu- the required core so that “likes” and is now bringing in the UTexas Memes page is hated and others enjoyed. He said the Co-op selected sions of the department it consists only of those the bucks, a development that made up of the more common “We’re all fans of the page some of the more popular cutting back the number topics for which there is a has prompted both excitement ones, macros. Macros are ge- here at the Co-op,” Kelle- memes on the site and used the of required courses for broad consensus that the and disappointment. neric photos with lines of text her said. “As soon as UTexas text only, redesigning the art for budgetary reasons. topic is essential to un- The University Co-op an- that usually make a comical Memes came out, we immedi- the T-shirt. “I cannot think of any dergraduate degrees.” nounced last week it would comment about certain situa- ately saw how everyone kind of Kelleher said the Co-op is way that this has a bud- Porter said the depart- begin selling four UTexas tions in everyday life. In the case gravitated toward this.” waiting to see if online sales are getary side to it at all,” ment wanted to change Memes T -shirts on its website. of UTexas Memes, the memes Monroy chose to keep his successful before they begin of- Porter said. “Sure, the de- the curriculum because Monroy announced the Co-op typically refer to University of identity a mystery initially but fering them in-store. Kelleher partment has had budget the field has gotten too partnership on the Facebook Texas culture and news on the decided to go public and reveal also said there were plans to cuts, we’ve all had budget big to try to teach in four page. Some users said they UT campus. Co-op officials said his part in the project on Feb. 12. make more T-shirts and sales cuts. But that has noth- years. Now, Porter said were excited to buy one, while that currently the T-shirt with His Facebook page and identity have already been made. ing to do with the cur- students can study the others were upset because they the highest sales is a reference were featured in several media Radio-television-film and riculum. This is based on areas that most interest felt the Co-op was capitalizing to an incident in May where outlets, including The Alcalde, Asian cultures and languages what is best for teaching them in depth. on the site and making profits. UT student Nick Engmann was The Horn and The Daily Texan. senior Anthony Fisher, who the field.” “For some students, In addition, students have also hit by a Capital Metro bus dur- Kelleher said many at the Co- originally posted the “No He said the idea of voiced complaints that memes ing the biannual foam sword op were impressed a freshman scaling back on required they posted on the Facebook fight. The T-shirt reads: “No founded the page. 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MEME continues from PAGE 8 UPDATE continues from PAGE 8 cruze en frente del autobus/ sold meme T-shirt. it’s going to be the math- one course and add a little “There is a lot of room this long chain of required Challenge accepted” meme, “It does bug me a little bit,” ematical stuff, for others bit of another.” with flexibility, so if there courses, students often said he was excited at first to Evans said. “Not necessarily it’s going to be game de- Before the most recent are any problems we can didn’t see the pay off, they see his meme turned into a because of the cash or money velopment,” Porter said. changes, the department tweak the curriculum.” didn’t see the excitement T-shirt until he realized he aspect. I honestly think the “Everybody has their reduced the number of Cook said students in the till a few courses down,” wasn’t given credit. guy who created it did a great own inclination.” required computer system new theory, systems and Lin said. “The hope is by “Why didn’t they ask me thing for the school, but I Although much of the courses from 12 hours of programming classes will shrinking the core they for my permission?” Fisher think it’s going a little too far new curriculum has al- coursework to eight. experience classes taught will get to see some of said. “I heard nothing about it by taking ideas from other ready been implemented “A problem we had in the at a faster pace. the more exciting things before it launched.” people and trying to make a over the last couple of past is students would take “There could be some quicker, and this is also an Fisher said he messaged profit from it.” years, the most recent and these four system classes struggle there as students opportunity to bring some Monroy inquiring if he was Evans said he felt the T- final changes to the curric- and never really come away adjust,” Cook said. “Es- of the excitement into the entitled to credit or a share shirts were changing what the ulum include reducing the with the big picture view sentially we are raising the core as well.” in profits, but Monroy told page is about. number of theory classes. of how a computer works,” bar and expecting more of Porter said he was him uploading memes to Fa- “I don’t think it’s fair that The department previously he said. the students.” pleased with the curricu- cebook grants the page free the Co-op is taking these required four theory class- Associate computer sci- Calvin Lin, a com- lum and he did not foresee use of the images. There is a ideas from students and makes, but now students only ence professor William puter science professor any more upcoming chang- disclaimer on the page that ing T-shirts out of them,” have to take two. Cook said while he did who chaired a commit- es. Nevertheless, he said states “Any meme you post in Evans said. “This was a page “When you go to four to not foresee the department tee that defined a new teaching computer science the page can be freely used by students used to take a break two, it is not like you can needing to make any addi- theory course under the is a constant struggle. the page.” in between classes, and now it take the content in four tional curriculum chang- new requirements, said “There will be a contin- “I don’t think the Co-op did feels like the Co-op is taking courses and squeeze it es, adjustments might students will find more ual battle to keep each of anything morally wrong. I just that away from them by try- down to two, because the be needed. excitement under the these classes current,” Por- kind of wish I had notification ing to make a profit off of it.” students aren’t any smarter “I do think there will new requirements. ter said. “But the overall ahead of time,” Fisher said. Evans said he did not have than they had been before,” probably be some adjust- “There is also an obser- scaffolding of them, that “I’m not against it, though. I plans to buy a T-shirt. Porter said. “Instead you ments to fine tune the cur- vation that our old cur- is going to last us at least might even buy a shirt.” Kelleher said the Co-op have to choose a little bit of rent system,” Cook said. riculum, because there was 10 years.” But Matt Evans, a recent redesigned the art of every UT graduate, said he had meme used on T-shirts. more problems with the idea “We’re not taking the exact of the Co-op selling the T- design from the memes. We’re shirts. He is the creator of taking the idea and changing the “What starts here [Sixth it up and making it T-shirt- Street]... Is forgotten tomor- ready,” Kelleher said. “We ac- row” meme, which is being tually had someone in-house printed on a T-shirt. Co-op take the T-shirt and change up representative Kelleher said the design. But Daniel has the the Sixth Street T-shirt meme rights to those, since they were is currently the second most posted to his Facebook page.”

TURING continues from PAGE 6 directly and other times ability to exhibit intelli- reply with an irrelevant gent behavior, and how it comment. At one point, a may have related to Turing member of the audience himself. He also said al- asked Turing Bot if it had though machines are obvi- a sister. ously good for computing, “Do you mean a clone?” artificial intelligence might responded Turing Bot. never work. Bruce Sterling, science “For can you have in- fiction writer and UT telligence without having alumnus, ended the event gender? Is your gender by discussing the Turing not part of your psyche?” test, a test of a machine’s he said. 10 PHOTO 10 PHOTO PHOTO 11 Multimedia Multimedia 10 11

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Left Top: Thump Queen Above: Samantha Mager, 14, participates in the watermelon Victoria Basquez waits eating contest. Mager has won in her age group for the past SLICE for her float to join the four years. The town of Luling, Texas hosted its 59th annual Wa- parade that kicks off The Luling Watermelon Thump. Left Bottom: Oliver Oliveros of R Bar 5 Ranch stands up on termelon Thump festival this past weekend, which in- The festival celebrates his horse as part of the parade. the heritage of growing Above: The Shiner Hobo Band plays at the Small Stage in the cluded seed spitting and melon eating competitions, a watermelons in the Luling Pavilion. The band is sponsored by The Spoetzl Brewery and parade and live music. Photos by Andrew Torrey community. plays Czech and German music for the Thump. 12 NEWS NEWS 12 Governor-mandated budget cuts may affect University funds By Hannah Jane ter June 4 directing Texas ed if the Legislative Budget their budgets. ton said would have made up done before tuition needs to DeCiutiis agencies to keep their 2014- Board approves the reduced In the 2011 legislative ses- some of the ground lost by be increased.” 15 budgets below the 2012-13 budget proposals. sion, the Texas Legislature cut budget cuts. Nashed said the governor’s biennium expensed and bud- Officials in the gover- 17.5 percent of UT’s budget, “I supported the tuition in- overarching vision for the Governor Rick Perry’s get total. It also called on state nor’s office said every agen- or $92 million, over two years. crease of 2.6 percent,” Morton state is to maintain fiscal dis- call for Texas agencies to cut agencies to identify proposals cy in Texas is being asked Morton said cuts made in the said. “It was a modest increase cipline and to streamline gov- spending over the next two to further reduce budgets by to search for inefficiencies last budget cycle resulted in for the situation that we, as an ernment operation. She said years has prompted a state- within their budgets and to the loss of valuable adminis- institution, are in. Ultimately, not raising taxes for Texas res- wide search for fiscal inef- 10 percent. These proposals will ultimately be decided propose reductions. trators and staff members. He I thought it was better in the idents is one of Perry’s goals ficiencies, a search UT will Knight said UT has an on- is a member of the President’s long run for the institution outlined for this upcoming undertake in the next few upon when the budget board meets in January. going five-year budget plan- Student Advisory Council, and better for students. Obvi- budget cycle. months. It is currently unclear ning process that involves a group of 12 students who ously no one wants a tuition “He has asked lawmakers Mary Knight, associate vice how these reductions will af- deans from respective college guide the University president increase in an already poor to keep this [goal] in mind, president of the UT budget fect universities across Texas. and vice presidents who colin matters relating to student economic climate, which is and now we’re just asking office, said a 10 percent reduc- Perry and the Legislative laborate with the president interests, including finances why state funding is so critical agencies to take a look at their tion for UT would amount to Budget Board, a committee and provost to determine and tuition. and why we need to continue budgets and see what sav- of the Texas Legislature that a $59 million cut over two strategic priorities for each Morton said UT is current- to get that message heard ings they could find,” Nashed oversees budget analyses and years. Knight said it is un- unit of the University. ly already operating at mini- at legislature.” said. “It’s basically just kind of recommendations, sent a let- clear how UT will be affect- “At this point, the reduc- mal costs, making additional Lucy Nashed, spokeswom- setting the stage.” tions are part of a planning cuts especially harmful. an for the governor’s office, Preservation of the state’s process for next legislative “There’s a lot of little things said Perry has asked universi- Economic Stabilization Fund session,” Knight said. “Until that I don’t think people real- ties to avoid raising tuition in is another of Perry’s priorities, the legislative session begins ize are affected by the cuts,” the future if the reduced bud- Nashed said. Often referred in January of 2013, we will not Morton said. “It does take a get proposals are approved. to as the Rainy Day Fund, it have the details of how this toll on people and it does take Nashed said Perry has been is set aside for state emergen- may impact UT Austin.” a toll on the university be- very vocal about keeping cies such as natural disasters. Michael Morton, presi- cause we’re receiving less and tuition rates frozen. According to the Legislative dent of the Senate of College less state funding.” “Tuition shouldn’t be the Budget Board’s 2012-13 rev- Councils, said it is difficult to A 2.6 percent tuition in- first place universities look enue outlook, the Rainy Day determine where the cuts will crease proposed by Presi- to raise to revenue,” Nashed Fund was at a balance of $8.2 be made within the University dent William Powers Jr. was said. “He’s still calling on uni- billion and is projected to in- at this point if the Legislature denied by the UT Board of versities to find deficiencies. crease to $9.6 billion by the asks state institutions to cut Regents in May, which Mor- There’s still a lot that can be end of the 2013 fiscal year. UT State Funding VS Rainy Day Fund SPORTS 13

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COLUMN Longhorns Dumais dives into fourth Olympics qualifying for London in bunches By Nick Cremona

e 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London will mark the rst time a city has ever hosted the modern Olympic Games three times. Home to the 1908 and 1948 summer games, London will open its doors once again on July 27 to more than 10,000 athletes representing 204 nations from around the world. Before the games begin, athletes must rst qualify for a spot on their nation’s Olympic Team. Among the hordes of sprinters, hurlers, swimmers and divers hoping to represent their country in London Elaine Thompson | Associated Press are plethora of current and Kristian Ipsen, left, and Troy Dumais start a dive in the men’s 3-meter synchronized springboard final at the U.S. Olympic diving trials on June 22 in Federal Way, former Texas Longhorns that Wash. The pair won the event and will join 14 additional divers from eight nations in search of a gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, England. are vying for spots on the U.S. Olympic Team. Several current and former Longhorns By Sara Beth Purdy I’ve been to the Olympics,” Dumais a vast collection of hardware from medal. Dumais is joined on the div- are also hoping to earn a spot said. “It’s the idea of the hard work.” many Pan American Games, world ing board by two brothers, Justin on the Jamaican, Nigerian, is past week, Dumais quali ed cups, world championships and and Dwight. Justin, an Olympian Liberian and U.S. Virgin Is- A veteran on the diving board, Troy at the US Olympic diving trials in other national meets. For the Long- from the 2004 games, is attempt- lands’ teams as well. Dumais uses age and experience as an Federal Way, Wash. Dumais, along horns, Dumais was a seven-time in- ing to qualify for his second games Forty-four current UT advantage when he steps up to the with Stanford diver Kristian Ipsen, dividual NCAA Champion. while Dwight is hoping to qualify swimmers, along with 11 3-meter platform to perform a dive. took rst place in the synchronized “Being a part of the Longhorn for his first. former Longhorns, are com- e 32-year-old Texas alumni is 3-meter springboard event, nar- family is truly unique,” Dumais said. “Growing up, I did watch the peting in the Olympic Tri- one of the oldest competitors aiming rowly edging out Longhorn Drew “And then to qualify for the Olympics Olympics,” Dumais said. “I just want- als in Omaha, Neb. to earn to bring home a medal as he heads Livingston. representing and being Longhorn— ed to be a part of it ... this will be my a spot on the U.S. Olympic to London for his fourth consecutive With the win, Dumais became that’s an even greater achievement.” fourth one and going for my h one Swimming Team. e trials Olympic Games. one of the rst Longhorns to qualify At his fourth games, Dumais to qualify, and it doesn’t get easier, but have been underway since Dumais is only the second Ameri- for the trip to London. Dumais also hopes to live up to personal pres- still to this day I can’t even describe June 25 and will wrap up July can to qualify four times, but he is quali ed for the individual 3-meter sure and expectations and finally the feelings and emotions that are in- 2, with the top two nalists the rst American to actually make springboard event with a second bring home a medal. Doing so volved. ere are no words.” the trip. place nish at the trials. would make him the first of his LONDON continues on PAGE 14 “It doesn’t matter how many times On the national level, Dumais has siblings to bring home an Olympic DUMAIS continues on PAGE 14 14 SPORTS 14 SPORTS sports 14 Feigen flashes speed, technique in Omaha By Sara Beth Purdy

Jimmy Feigen is the one to watch in Omaha this week. As one of the fastest freestyle sprinters in the world, Feigen is a favorite to earn a trip to London during this week’s U.S. Olympic trials. This past season Feigen es- Jimmy Feigen tablished himself as a premier UT freestyle sprinter swimmer after coming home from the 2012 NCAA Cham- been looking forward to 2012 pionships with two individual my whole life,” Feigen said. championships and a first- Feigen will compete for a place relay finish. After three chance to represent the Unit- years of finishing in the top ed States in the 50-meter and five, Feigen finally finished first 100-meter freestyle events in in the 50-yard freestyle with a addition to a possible relay time of 19.01 seconds and first spot. The Olympic races are Photo courtesy of getty Images / Populous in the 100-yard freestyle with a considered long-course races, time of 41.95 seconds. which are done in meters, as The Olympic Stadium in London, with 80,000 seat capacity, will serve as the centerpiece of the 2012 Summer Games. With two individual opposed to the short course crowns on his resume, Fei- races, done in yards, seen at gen is aiming for something the NCAA Championships. LONDON continues from page 13 a little bit bigger: a spot in This won’t be the first time in each event earning a spot been 139 Longhorns to ap- sent 17 different nations in to Aug. 11. Track and field London to compete against that Feigen has competed on the U.S. Olympic Team. pear in the summer games, the Olympics. events won’t take place the best from around the for the United States. He fin- Twenty-six women and 26 winning a total of 117 med- While there are 300 until the final 10 days of world and a chance to fulfill ished second in the 50-me- men will represent the U.S. als, 67 of them gold. That events in 26 sports taking the Olympics, but they a lifelong dream. ter and 100-meter freestyle in London. number is very likely to rise place over the span of the are shaping up to be just “Jimmy is probably one of events at the 2011 Conoco- At the Olympic track and before the games end on games, swimming and track as exciting as any other the most talented swimmers in Phillips National Champi- field trials in Eugene, Ore., Aug. 12, as several Long- and field events take prece- competition in London. USA swimming right now. He onships. At the 2011 World 27 current and former Long- horns are favorites to win dence due to their length In 1988, 26 Longhorns has a great stroke and great tal- University Games in China, horns also have their sights gold in their individual and and breadth of team events. were a part of the Olympic ent,” said Ricky Berens, a for- Feigen took home golds in set on London. The trials run team events. Swimming events begin Games in Seoul, South Ko- mer Longhorn teammate. “He the 100-yard freestyle and through July 1, and the top In recent years, there just a day after the opening rea, but that number could hates to lose. He’s very focused the 400-yard freestyle relay. three finalists in each event has been a steady stream of ceremonies, lasting until be eclipsed at the conclu- and internally motivated. He’s He currently holds a spot on will be named to Team USA. Longhorns that have quali- Aug. 10, and diving com- sion of this year’s remaining a huge asset for UT and hope- the U.S. National Team. Since 1936 there have fied and gone on to repre- petitions last from July 29 Olympic trials. fully will be at the Olympics “You can never turn for Team USA.” down an opportunity to Feigen’s solid senior season put on a USA cap and itself as one of the perennial percent of athletes in the “It’s all mental,” Dumais will be a huge advantage as represent America,” Fei- powers in the pool. In 2008, United States,” Dumais said. “I mean, if you walk he competes in Omaha. As a gen said. “It meant a lot to DUMAIS the US Olympic team came said. “It’s an amazing feat. up on the board knowing freshman in 2008, Feigen took wear the USA cap. It was continues from page 13 home with 31 medals, 12 Just to wear the colors and that you are going to do ev- a shot at a trip to Beijing but absolutely fantastic. It was of them gold. The last time be with the other top ath- erything fine, chances are, was not able to make it out of a really humbling experi- Even after 16 years of the United States did not lete — that’s their goal, you’re going to do every- prelims in his two events. He ence, to say the least, but competing on the big stage, lead the medal count was in that’s their dream, and the thing fine. There are just finished 28th in the 50-yard also a totally fulfilling and the meaning of it all still has 1988, when it was edged out atmosphere it creates is a trillions and trillions of and 40th in the 100-yard free- wonderful experience.” not escaped Dumais. Over by East Germany. phenomenal feat.” things that could go wrong, style events that year. Feigen also holds the the past several decades, the “Representing Team So after so many years, and you have to have the “I knew that 2008 wasn’t United States has established USA, you’re the top 1 how does he do it? utmost confidence.” going to be my year, but I’ve TRIALS continues on PAge 15 SPORTS 15 sports 15

TRIALS continues from page 14 American record in the 200- yard and 400-yard freestyle relay and the 200-yard medley relay, and he’s a 17-time I live for the All-American. At Texas, Feigen holds pressure and will ve school records in the embrace it come 50- and 100-yard freestyle, trials. [I] will move 200- and 400-yard freestyle the earth to relays, and 200-yard medley relay. Feigen was on the 2010 accomplish Longhorn squad that were my dreams.” crowned NCAA Champions. — Jimmy Feigen, Feigen’s major competition UT freestyle sprinter in the pool this week includes former University of Califor- nia Golden Bear Nathan Adri- an. In addition to also having individual NCAA champion- beat one of the best swim- ships in both the 50- and 100- mers in American history, yard freestyle events, Adrian Michael Phelps, at the Long- currently holds the U.S. re- horn Aquatics Elite Invite. cord for both freestyle event Feigen won the 100-meter lengths. He will be compet- freestyle event with a time of ing for his second trip to the 48.63, a personal best, while Marcio Jose Sanchez | Associated Press Olympics and another medal Phelps clocked in at 49.05. Sanya Richards-Ross leads the way in the women’s 400-meter preliminary at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials in Eugene, Ore. to go with his 400-meter relay “I live for the pressure and gold from Beijing. will embrace it come trials,” But Feigen won’t let Adrian, Feigen said. “[I] will move or anyone else, get in the way. the earth to accomplish Earlier this summer, Feigen my dreams.” Olympic veteran vies for chance

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LONDON—The London Olympics this summer is big by any By Antonio Morales cumstances still resulted in a missed opportunity. I won various pressures in prepa- measure. Here are a few numbers from Olympic organizers bronze medal in the 400-me- every single race that season ration for the 2012 games. that put the July 27-Aug. 12 event into perspective. ter race for Richards-Ross. and won every single race af- “I’m lucky, because I train Former Longhorn runner Currently trying to qualify for ter that,” Richards-Ross said. in Waco, so there’s not much The Games Themselves and ve-time NCAA Cham- both the 200- and 400-meter “I was a little bitter about it to do there but eat, sleep and 10,500 athletes from 205 national Olympic committees pion Sanya Richards-Ross is races, Richards-Ross said she and sour about it, but start- train,” Richards-Ross said. “It’s 26 sports; 39 disciplines attempting to qualify for her believes she is more mentally ing maybe in 2009, when I a quiet place. ere’s nobody 34 venues around the U.K. third Olympics and redeem prepared to deal with the started competing again, it there but myself, my coaches.” 302 medal events herself from what she considers pressures of participating in became pure motivation.” Richards-Ross and her 8.8 million tickets a subpar performance in the the Olympics. at motivation drove her coaches have had to intensify 21,000 media and broadcasters 2008 Beijing summer games. “I’ve gotten older, I’ve real- to win both the IAAF World training to help her reach her “I wanted to win for my ized that it’s something that Athlete of the Year and the goal of making both the 200- The Torch country, my sponsors and I’ve actually had to work on, Jesse Owens Award in 2009. and 400-meter teams. 8,000 torchbearers to carry the ﬂ ame myself,” Richards-Ross said. and I have learned through life Earning 11 All-American “I’ve been training really, 8,000 miles (12,785 kilometers): Length of the torch relay “I got so caught up in every- experiences more how to deal honors during her time at really hard. I know the speed thing around the Olympic with it,” Richards-Ross said. the University of Texas from is there, I know my endurance Equipment Games and what it would Despite winning gold with 2003-04, Richards-Ross re- is there, so it’s just putting 541 lifejackets mean for my career to be an Team USA in the 4x400-me- mains one of the best run- those two together in the 200,” 510 adjustable hurdles for track events Olympic champion ... I made ter relay in Beijing, Richards- ners in the world. Richards-Ross said. “I mean, 53 sets of lane ropes for swimming the emotions and circum- Ross didn’t win the race that She also credits her train- it’s a no-brainer for me. e stances get the better of me.” mattered to her the most. ing to her ability to remain 400 comes rst, so it’s really —The Associated Press ose emotions and cir- “I felt like it was a real focused and deal with the just icing on the cake for me.” 16 L&A Life&ARTS Life&Arts Editor Aleksander Chan 16 @DTlifeandarts Letterpress keeps printer principled By Sarah-Grace “My husband is a graphic Sweeney designer also. We have sepa- rate companies, although we both sometimes work for Sarah Wymer tries her best each other. We have di er- to practice what she preach- ent aesthetics, and we tune es. For her, that means send- into di erent aspects of de- ing handwritten letters and sign. So yeah, that kind of cards and even still paying helps things move forward bills through snail mail. and not get stagnant. But I “I know that I’m not going to be able to keep the don’t really like thinking too post o ce single-handedly far into the future. It’s sort of in business,” Wymer said, a scary thought.” laughing. “But I feel like out Wymer and her husband of principle, I’m not going to Derrit DeRouen’s studio pay my bills online.” space is centered around the Wymer is the owner, press. ere are vivid yellow printer and designer be- ling cabinets against one hind Studio SloMo, where wall, prints framed through- she creates greeting cards, out the room and the let- wedding suites, business terpress printer — clearly cards and custom work the oldest thing in the room using her Vandercook — smack in the middle. letterpress printer. Wymer is so familiar with She did not take the most the process, she could likely straightforward route to her do it with her eyes closed. It current career. Wymer start- takes around six hours to get ed in architecture school at a good amount of printing Virginia Tech but wanted done in a day, just enough Andrew Torrey | Daily Texan Staff more freedom. She tried time before her arms start Sarah Wymer is a graphic designer and printer whose work centers around the use of her Vandercook letterpress printer in her art school in Boston, which to hurt or the room gets too business, Studio SloMo. proved to be too much free- dark to see colors correctly. dom. at’s how she ended Wymer and DeRouen push back.” Every curve. Every letter. work on both her website problem solving and g- up nishing her degree in enjoy sharing studio space Chelsea Fullerton, a She’s precise and thoughtful and Etsy shop. uring things out,” Wymer the design program in UT’s and collaborating; they both friend, fellow designer and with every project she works While Wymer isn’t sure said. “But then I also get to art department. seem to enjoy the freshness occasional colleague, said on, large or small.” what she plans to do with sit down and design some- Wymer worked in land- it brings to the other’s work. Wymer is very detailed in For a cra so old, the big- the rest of her life, it does not thing. I can design some- scaping as well as graphic “I love our working rela- her work. gest change has been the seem like letterpress is going thing and then also create design and continues to do type of product being pro- anywhere anytime soon. Cre- it with my own two hands, wedding owers occasion- tionship,” DeRouen said. “I “Let’s say you’re a bou- ally. While she is passion- didn’t know if being a couple tique owner looking for a duced. Wymer said old print ating and being constantly which is kind of a unique ate about her work with at the same time, we would brand and business cards,” masters are retiring and challenged are important to thing these days. It’s pretty the letterpress, she said she survive working together, Fullerton said. “You can ex- young people are interested her, and for now the letter- satisfying. It’s more satisfy- doesn’t like to think too far but we do. And we both like pect questions about your in creating much more mod- press and graphic design give ing than plugging and chug- into the future, for a fear of a lot of the same things, but store and your personal style ern products. Wymer doesn’t her just that. ging away on the computer, becoming bored. we have very di erent opin- and, based on your answers, describe her own aesthetic “I like working with the which I still end up doing “It kind of freaks me out ions about design some- she’ll design a variety of con- as vintage or modern but machine and that you have plenty of. It’s not like I’m im- to think that I’ll be doing times. So it’s good to have cepts to choose from. She’s as “playful” and “colorful.” to have a technical knowl- mune to the rest of the vices this forever,” Wymer said. somebody who can kind of thinking about every point. ere are examples of her edge and [you are] always of the world.” L&A 17 LIFE&ARTS 17 movie review: ABe LiNCoLN: vAmPire HUNTer | Timur BekmamBeTov Movie revamps Abe Lincoln myth, subpar setting bites

By Alex williams hame-Smith from his novel getting to the meat of it. the required anonymity scenes, full of slow-motion lazy. In contrast, this spring, of the same name, strikes an When Abraham Lincoln of the job. dismemberments and ag- “The Raid: Redemption” A film with a title like appropriate balance between (Benjamin Walker) was just Timur Bekmambetov got gressive defiance of the laws staged some truly phenom- the serious and the ridicu- a boy, his mother’s death his start in vampire fiction of physics and logic. Even enal action scenes because “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire lous. The result is a unique, by vampire inspires a life- with his incomplete “Night so, it seems like every major of the precise geography that Hunter” is going to have to strangely patriotic twist on long hatred of the undead. Watch” trilogy. The vam- action beat takes place in a the film’s director, Gareth fight very hard to earn any- historical fiction. With the help of Dominic pires of “Abraham Lincoln: shapeless location where Evans, laid out cleanly in thing but a derisive snort, The film’s premise is right Cooper’s character, Henry Vampire Hunter” are vi- smoke or fog dominates the every scene. Here, it seems simply for its audaciously sil- there in the title, and di- Sturgess, Lincoln becomes cious, feral and menacing. landscape. While this can like Bekmambetov simply ly title. Fortunately, the film rector Timur Bekmambe- a proficient vampire hunter, Bekmambetov also stages occasionally add mood to itself, adapted by Seth Gra- tov doesn’t waste any time even as he chafes against some entertaining action a scene, it comes across as HUNTer continues on PAGe 18 movie review: SAFeTY NoT GUArANTeeD | Colin Trevorrow Great performance guaranteed, safety not

By Alex williams his quest. ed side, and when the film bounce off of each other so “Safety Not Guaranteed” goes for truly poignant mo- sharp that they’re some of Many people had no operates in several genres ments, it’s because of her the film’s highlights. idea who Aubrey Plaza was at once and juggles the en- honest performance that “Safety Not Guaranteed” before she began quietly suing demands of its narra- they work. may focus on Plaza’s char- stealing scenes on NBC’s tive marvelously. The film As for the supporting acter, but it’s by no means “Parks and Recreation,” but has the setup of a mystery, cast, director Trevorrow a one-woman show. Great once she began popping up a bit of romance (notably in pieced together a strong performances showcase a in comedy films here and a thematically appropriate group of players, each of heartfelt, funny script from Photo courtesy of Film District there, her distinctive brand offshoot about Jeff chasing them bringing something Derek Connolly, one that’s Aubrey Plaza and Jake Johnson star in Colin Trevorrow’s ‘Safety of deadpan surliness began down a fling from his past) distinct but essential to never satisfied to rein itself Not Guarenteed.” to get her some attention. and even a dash of con- the table. Duplass plays his into any single genre but With “Safety Not Guar- spiracy thriller and science- Kenneth as a fundamen- still makes some beautiful builds to a triumphant, ca- Guaranteed” doesn’t fit into anteed,” Plaza gets a huge fiction. But above all, it’s a tally good guy with a strong insights to humanity and thartic conclusion, a dar- any particular box, and it’s chance to shine, and her comedy, and the film is wise passion and seriousness our desire to know about ing, unexpected way to end proud of it, which is some- performance alone makes to never lose sight of that. for his mission, and the our world and the people a film that bills itself as a thing that makes the film the film worthwhile. It’s funny throughout, but dynamic that his charac- in it. The film ultimately typical comedy. “Safety Not worth seeking out. Plaza plays Darius, an in- its jokes are drawn much ter develops with Darius is tern at a Seattle magazine. less from the plot than from unexpectedly tender. Another intern, Jeff (Jake the script’s fantastically de- Soni’s awkward intern Johnson), finds a compel- veloped characters and what character looking for re- ling ad in the classifieds we learn about them over sume experience without asking for a partner in time the course of the movie. any real memories to go travel and ominously de- Plaza’s Darius isn’t who along with it gives the film claring “safety not guaran- one would normally build tons of unexpected huge teed.” He asks Darius and this type of story around, laughs, and his effemi- fellow intern Arnau (Karan usually focusing on the nate delivery and harmless Soni) to go track down investigative reporter or creepiness is brilliantly de- the story with him. Darius the paranoid aspiring time ployed throughout. There quickly learns that the ad’s traveler, but she makes for are several scenes in the writer is Kenneth (Mark an interesting central char- film where Soni, Plaza and Duplass), a possibly insane acter. The role is perfectly Johnson are kicking around but undeniably sweet gro- suited to Plaza, using her ideas, and the chemistry cery store worker who may curmudgeonly demeanor between the three of them or may not be legitimate in to mask a sweeter, wound- is so strong, the jokes they 18 L&A/COUPONS 18 L&A/COUPONS LIFE&ARTS 18

HUNTER continues from page 17 wanted a crutch to lean on build to portray Lincoln as human characters with dis- gets some noble moments proach the subject with while editing these scenes an intimidating physical tinctly bad old-age make- but not much character to not only con dence but together, and obscuring presence, and he brings a up. Benjamin Walker takes work with. Cooper seems also with respect. ank- anything outside the im- sense of decency and righ- on the look of a plastic-y to be having the most fun fully, the lm has nothing mediate action was just the teousness to the character Liam Neeson, and Mary with his mentor gure, but but respect for Lincoln, easiest way to ensure that. — a genuine desire to make Elizabeth Winstead (play- even his performance too and it goes out of its way A lm like this also has to the world around him bet- ing Mary Todd Lincoln) o en veers towards campy, to show what a decent man absolutely nail its casting, ter, be it through the slay- simply gets a little grayer. especially in his hilari- he was in real life even as and the lm asks a lot of the ing of vampires or the But the supporting cast ously overwrought take on his ctional counterpart mostly unknown Benjamin freeing of slaves. never really shines any- vampiric transformation. slaughters vampires. “Abra- Walker, who has to portray However, as “Abraham way — Winstead is hor- “Abraham Lincoln: Vam- ham Lincoln: Vampire one of America’s most cer- Lincoln: Vampire Hunter” ribly out of place in the pire Hunter” is a uniquely Hunter” doesn’t o er up ti able myths while adding goes on, the silliness be- lm’s period setting. An- American lm. Abraham many surprises, but it de- a whole new level of ri- comes more and more thony Mackie, who plays Lincoln is one of America’s livers exactly what its title diculousness to his legend. pronounced, with the third Will Johnson, Lincoln’s most famous presidents, so promises, which is more Fortunately, Walker does a act crippling every per- black best friend (yes, the to alter his myth so sub- than enough to earn it a pretty ne job. He’s got the formance by saddling the movie isn’t exactly subtle), stantially, a lm must ap- mild recommendation. Illustration by Aron Fernandez

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