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>> Breaking news, blogs and more: www.dailytexanonline.com @thedailytexan facebook.com/dailytexan Monday, October 10, 2011 THE WEEK Storm brings rain, damage after year of drought AHEAD By Matthew Stottlemyre and sorority member Jamie-Ann De- freshman Cameron Hooper, said one Daily Texan Staff woody. “It sounded as if the tree was of the state’s worst droughts on record falling on the house because of how has changed things. Storms on Saturday night brought loud it was. I’m just glad nobody was When they stepped outside and saw TODAY much needed rain to the city, and here and that only one car got dented the cloud cover Saturday afternoon, the unexpected weather also caused because it could have been really bad.” they said they were joking about chanc- Overseas Punk some minor damage to power lines With such sparse rainfall this year, es of rain on their way to eat lunch. Learn about the history of the and tree limbs. the showers left some reminiscing “Once we got back to the room Chinese punk rock movement Afternoon showers on Saturday and about the regular rainfall Central Tex- and looked out the window, it was al- from 6 to 8 p.m. in WCH 4.118. overnight storms into Sunday morn- as saw before the current drought ready pouring,” Hooper said. For more on the event, turn to ing brought Austin a little more than started almost a year ago. He said after months without any Life&Arts page 14. an inch and a half of rain. The week- Engineering freshman Peter Hart- serious rain, a wet walk outside could end treat quenched dry ground and ley said that except for a few sprinkles have been refreshing. temporarily filled dry creeks. earlier in the semester, he still hasn’t “I almost wished I had somewhere A tree fell outside the Alpha Xi Delta had the experience of walking to class- to be just so I could have walked sorority house located on Rio Grande es in the rain at UT. through it,” Hooper said. TUESDAY Street, knocking down a power line and Though those who have had the Hartley and Hooper said they hope blocking residents into the parking lot. experience might think of walking to they have their first real opportunity Danielle Villasana | Daily Texan Staff Soul Meets Body “I was sitting in the house when the and from classes as a nuisance, Hart- Death Cab for Cutie will play Murphy, a Labradoodle, drinks from a puddle in Zilker Park on Sunday tree fell,” said undeclared freshman ley and his friend, computer science a set with Telekinesis at the STORM continues on PAGE 2 after 1.7 inches of rain, according to the National Weather Service. Austin Music Hall. Tickets start at $37.50 and doors open at 7 p.m. City of Dallas WEDNESDAY depends on Be an OA funds from Remember your freshman orientation? Want to be an orientation advisor? Stop by football game NOA 1.124 from 5:30 to 6:30 By Jillian Bliss p.m for information about the Daily Texan Staff job, One weekend a year, Longhorn football becomes just as important to the city of Dallas as it is to Austin. THURSDAY The Dallas Convention and Visi- tors Bureau estimated about 92,000 American UT and Oklahoma fans flock to the Woman DFW metroplex annually for the Red New York Times columnist River Rivalry. Phillip Jones, DCVB Gail Collins discusses her book president, said an estimated $34 mil- about the progress women lion was spent over the course of the have made in the past 50 years. 2011 Texas-OU weekend by both The event starts at 7 p.m. at Longhorn and Sooner fans. 5604 Manor. “It’s the single biggest tourism weekend for the city of Dallas,” Jones said. “The football game is an event we’re honored to have, and it’s an event we bank on for a number of FRIDAY reasons. It’s too important to even have a discussion on losing it.” Here’s Johnny! Elisabeth Dillon | Daily Texan Staff Jones said past reports have shown Get ready for Halloween at the Freshman quarterback David Ash gets hit by Oklahoma’s Frank Alexander while attempting a pass Saturday in the Cotton Bowl. Ash tossed a area hotels running at least 90 percent Alamo Drafthouse at the Ritz touchdown but also threw two interceptions, one of which was returned for a touchdown in Texas’ 55-17 loss to the Sooners. occupancy from the Friday before the with a late night screening of game until the Sunday after. He said Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining.” downtown bars and nightclubs have Show starts at 11:30 p.m. reported record-high alcohol sales during the course of the weekend, and restaurants and shopping venues COTTON BOWL COLLAPSE are typically packed with visitors. Inside UT fans in need of game-day gear vision audience, with ESPN College GameDay ing two fumbles and an interception for touch- packed the Dallas University Co-op In Opinion: on hand and 94,000 fans packed into the Cotton downs. Heck, the Sooners’ defense scored more location on Northwest Highway on By Austin Laymance Friday evening, searching clothing Where have all the good Bowl, UT wilted in a 55-17 blowout. points than Texas. Daily Texan Columnist racks already sifted thin from shop- women gone ? page 4 And it wasn’t pretty. Everything that could go “It just wasn’t our day,” said sophomore corner- wrong did. back Adrian Phillips. pers earlier in the week. Store man- DALLAS — The Longhorns had more than The Longhorns turned the ball over five times, That pretty much sums it up. ager Roy James said sales were up In Life&Arts: just the eyes of Texas watching them. including three fumbles and two interceptions. 400 percent on Oct. 3 from a regular For whom the bell tolls But against Oklahoma before a national tele- OU made the most of Texas’ mistakes, return- DEFEAT continues on PAGE 11 Monday. page 16 INSIDE: More about the crippling defeat on page 9 DALLAS continues on PAGE 2 In Comics: I didn’t like apple anyway! page 13 Museum hosts nontraditional opera Bicyclists tour UT campus, By Allison Harris The opera performance was the opera costumes or scenery and fea- Daily Texan Staff first of five concerts organized this tured piano for accompaniment in- learn about public artwork year by the Blanton and the UT stead of an orchestra. The Blanton Museum of Art Faculty Ensemble, which is part of Graduate opera and voice stu- echoed with voices Sunday as the School of Music. Faculty En- dents performed scenes from “The By Allison Harris much stay in one area, so I don’t go to Daily Texan Staff about 200 people attended a sec- semble has collaborated with the Consul” by Gian Carlo Menotti, that many places on campus.” The tour included Mark di Suvero’s ond annual performance by the Blanton for the past five years. The Bicyclists ventured all over cam- Quote to note Butler Opera Center. show did not include traditional OPERA continues on PAGE 2 “Clock Knot,” an abstract red-orange pus in a one-of-a-kind tour Saturday steel sculpture in front of the Chemi- Amber Alarcon to learn about the public works of art cal and Petroleum Engineering Build- I want to make and Emily that often go overlooked. ing. Lisa Pulsifer, associate curator for movies,‘ I want Ward perform The University’s Landmarks pro- education and public engagement at ‘ a scene dur- gram, in conjunction with Mellow the Harry Ransom Center, said di Su- ing “Opera at Johnny’s Bike Shop, hosted a bike tour vero wanted viewers to engage with to make babies, the Blanton,” that educated 16 bicyclists about five the sculpture for a long time. Sunday. of the works. The Landmarks pro- “By walking around it and under I want to make Faculty and gram, a public art initiative started in it, it takes more time than just glanc- students from 2008, displays works of art on loan ing at a painting or photograph,” love, and I the UT Butler from the Metropolitan Museum of Pulsifer said. Opera Center Art and pieces created especially for Magdalena Abakanowicz’s “Fig- want to make a presented the UT campus. ure on a Trunk,” located in front of several opera Christina Liu, a graduate account- the Bass Concert Hall, was the only difference. scenes at ing student, said the tour made her sculpture depicting the human fig- the Blanton more aware of the art on campus, ure on the tour. The work reflects the Museum. which she said she had never really artist’s interest in the de-individual- thought about in her years at UT. ity she experienced growing up un- — Murs “You’re on your way to class, so you der Nazi occupation and Communist Rapper don’t really have time, so you don’t re- Zachary Strain ally pay attention to it,” Liu said. “Since LIFE&ARTS PAGE 16 Daily Texan Staff I’m in the business school, I pretty ART continues on PAGE 2 P2

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continues from PAGE 1 THE DAILY TEXAN OPERA ART AND SOUL Volume 112, Number 55 an opera the Center will perform Chang said. “You’re getting bits of in its entirety later this month. The different operas.” event also included music from Chang said the performance re- CONTACT US four 19th-century French operas flects the strong connection between to coincide with the French draw- music and visual art, which influ- Main Telephone: ings exhibition the Blanton opened enced 20th-century artists. (512) 471-4591 last month. “The whole idea of abstract art “A lot of the operas that are fa- was actually very connected to mu- Editor: mous in their name — ‘Carmen,’ sic,” she said. “There was connection Viviana Aldous ‘The Pearl Fishers,’ ‘Romeo and Ju- of thinking about how music influ- (512) 232-2212 liet’ and ‘Faust’ — are often in the enced people and how it occupied [email protected] latter part of the 19th century,” said space and thinking about how art Kelly Kuo, acting musical director could do that as well.” Managing Editor: for the Butler Opera Center. Music professor Rose Taylor said Lena Price Butler Opera Center director she was particularly impressed by (512) 232-2217 Robert DeSimone said the event graduate music performance stu- managingeditor@ gave music students a unique per- dent Christina Caldas’ solo from dailytexanonline.com formance opportunity. “The Consul.” Caldas played Mag- “The students need to readapt da Sorel, a woman facing bureau- News Offi ce: themselves to being in the param- cratic difficulties at a consulate’s (512) 232-2207 eters of a different kind of space,” office as she tries to join her hus- [email protected] DeSimone said. “They don’t have band, who left the country to es- scenery, costumes, orchestra and cape political oppression. 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On Texas-OU Photo Offi ce: could help introduce people to op- and I feel it translated just as well said. “Later on in the week, they Dallas with his Pi Kappa Phi fra- game day, Lyons said the three- (512) 471-8618 era in a manageable way. here as in the opera house,” Alba come in looking for shirts and hats ternity brothers on Friday and per- car trains depart multiple stations, [email protected] “You can have specific scenes and said. “Superficially, it’s very differ- and dresses — things they want to sonally spent about $40 on food some on 10 to 15 minute inter- you have a story behind it, but you’re ent, but if you look deeper, it’s still wear to the game.” and ride tickets at the fair. Adame vals beginning at 7 a.m., and carry Comics Offi ce: not committing to a whole opera,” high-quality opera.” Jones said despite talk of moving said this money, along with restau- nearly 500 people each. Lyons said (512) 232-4386 the game to the Cowboy Stadium, rant receipts and his bill at a down- after taking note of crowded trains he and other Dallas officials will town Marriott Hotel, added up to on the 2010 game day, DART of- Retail Advertising: do everything they can to keep the about $375 during the weekend. ficials added a text messaging ser- (512) 471-1865 “iconic event” at the Cotton Bowl Adame said his entire fraterni- vice to update riders on capacity [email protected] STORM continues from PAGE 1 on State Fair grounds. ty spent nearly $2,500 on a bar tab and estimated trip lengths. State Fair spokeswoman Sue Saturday night, in addition to pay- Lyons said despite crowds on Classifi ed Advertising: to get to class in the rain sometime er Service, a slight, 20 percent chance Gooding said nearly 100,000 more ing for buses to and from Dallas. the DART Rail, officials have rare- (512) 471-5244 soon. of rain will remain for Central Texas tourists visit the grounds on Texas- Although some traveled in Dal- ly had to reprimand passengers classifi [email protected] “I’d love for there to be more rain. until late Monday. The overnight low OU weekend than regular week- las via charter bus, Dallas Area Rap- for unruly behavior. Both Lyons We need it,” Hartley said. “I’m not temperature for Monday will be 64 ends during fair season because the id Transit spokesman Morgan Ly- and Jones said they welcome UT expecting it, but I’m hoping.” degrees, and Tuesday’s high temper- game is held at the Cotton Bowl. ons said others chose to avoid traf- and Oklahoma fans each year be- According to the National Weath- ature will be in the lower 80s. The Texan strives to present all information “Texas-OU is huge for us,” Good- fic by boarding one of two DART cause of what the Red River Rival- fairly, accurately and completely. If we have made an error, let us know ing said. “If we have good weather, Light Rail lines. According to the ry means in the grand scheme of about it. Call (512) 232-2217 or e-mail that will always be our top day for DART website, lines ran directly to Dallas economics. [email protected]. This newspaper was printed with HE AILY EXAN pride by The Daily Texan and T D T Texas Student Media. 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Parents’ unions organize to campaign for education reform By Christina Hoag tion after her daughter’s reading and in this Sept. 13 The Associated Press math scores fell below grade level for photo, Parent LOS ANGELES — Shoehorned two years. Revolution into a small living room in a South Unions say it’s oversimplistic to member Casondra Perry, Los Angeles apartment, a dozen par- blame teachers. Parents should enlist right, cries as ents discuss why their kids’ school educators in the solution, not dismiss she gets a hug ranks as one of the worst in the na- them, they say. after a meeting tion’s second-largest school district. “It’s well meaning, but misguid- to discuss how The answers come quickly: Teach- ed,” said Frank Wells, who heads the they are push- ers are jaded; gifted pupils aren’t chal- Southern California chapter of the ing change lenged; disabled students are isolated; California Teachers Association. at Woodcrest the building is dirty and office staff Parents already have a tool to le- Elementary treat parents disrespectfully. verage policy change — school board School in Los “We know what the problem is — elections, Wells said. Angeles. In California, we’re about fixing it,” said Cassan- Unions have mobilized against par- school parent dra Perry, the Woodcrest Elementary ent-trigger laws. In July, the Ameri- groups are no School parent hosting the meeting. can Federation of Teachers posted a longer just “We’re not against the administrators slide presentation on its website de- about holding or the teachers union. We’re honestly tailing how it successfully won a di- the next bake- about the kids.” lution of the Connecticut parent-trig- sale fundraiser, School parent groups are no lon- ger proposal so parents can recom- they have also ger just about holding the next bake- mend change but have no authority began to push sale fundraiser. They’re about educa- to enact it. for education tion reform. For Austin, union opposition to reform. The Woodcrest parents, all wear- parent trigger underscores what’s ing buttons saying “parent power,” wrong — unions reject reform ef- are one of the newly formed “parents forts such as charter schools, ten- unions” that are springing up from ure changes and new performance San Diego to Buffalo, N.Y., with the evaluation measures in order to pro- goal of improving schools. tect jobs, but at the same time many Behind the movement is Los An- schools are failing, especially in the geles-based nonprofit Parent Revolu- inner-cities. tion, which in 2010 pushed through “The system is calcified,” he said. a landmark “parent trigger” law giv- “’It’s designed to go against change.” ing parents authority to force change In somewhat of an ironic twist, at failing schools through a petition. Parent Revolution is organizing par- The parent trigger concept inspired ents using old-school, labor organiz- Texas and Mississippi to adopt simi- ing tactics, employing a former union lar laws and legislation is under con- organizer with United Farm Workers sideration in 20 other states. Two and Service Employees International states have voted down parent trig- Damian Union to lead the effort. Dovarganes ger bills. Organizers show parents how to Associated Press “Parents have a different incentive conduct effective house meetings, structure than anyone else,” said Ben distribute flyers in front of schools, Woodcrest’s Perry said the training results to the principal for action.. & parent/community services for Los part that’s missing.” Austin, Parent Revolution’s executive canvass door-to-door, write letters, has opened parents’ eyes. “We’re not District officials welcome efforts Angeles Unified. Now, instead of organizing parent- director. “They’re the only ones who and create surveys and petitions. informed so we don’t know what to to get parents more engaged in their Parents unions can be an effective trigger campaigns, Parent Revolution really care about kids.” They also inform parents about ask for,” Perry said. “We don’t know kids’ education, especially in low-in- tool. “They’re loud, they’re pushy, and is focusing on developing parent lead- It’s a compelling argument for their rights and students’ rights, where we fit in.” The Parents Union is come areas. Parental involvement they have every right to be,” she said. ers to foment their own change. “This many parents. and about how educational system now surveying parents of Woodcrest is the key factor outside school in “We want to promote parents as ad- movement is way more than signing San Diego mother Teresa Drew works, how to judge a school’s state students, in the Los Angeles Unified boosting student achievement, said vocates for their children’s learning. a petition,” Austin said. “No one has founded United Parents for Educa- test scores, for example. School District, and will present the Maria Casillas, chief of school, family For our low-income kids, that’s the ever done this before.” Nobel Peace Prize recipients emphasize female activism By Bjoern H. Amland Jagland told AP it was difficult have to look at Alfred Nobel’s will, & Karl Ritter to find a leader of the Arab Spring which says that the prize should The Associated Press revolts, especially among the many go to the person that has done the bloggers who played a role in en- most for peace in the world.” OSLO, Norway — Africa’s first ergizing the protests, and noted “Who? Johnson Sirleaf? The democratically elected female that Karman’s work started before president of Liberia? Oooh,” said 
      president, a Liberian campaigner the Arab uprisings. Desmond Tutu, who won the against rape and a woman who “It was not easy for us to say to peace prize in 1984 for his nonvi- stood up to Yemen’s autocratic pick one from Egypt or pick one olent campaign against white rac- regime won the Nobel Peace Prize from Tunisia, because there were ist rule in South Africa. “She de-  on Friday in recognition of the so many,” he said. “And we did not serves it many times over. She’s importance of women’s rights in want to say that one was more im- brought stability to a place that Free yourself from the spread of global peace. portant than the others.” was going to hell.” The 10 million kronor ($1.5 mil- Karman “started her activism U2 frontman Bono — who has boredom and check out lion) award was split three ways long before the revolution took figured in peace prize speculation between Liberian President Ellen place in Tunisia and Egypt. She in previous years — called Sirleaf Johnson Sirleaf, women’s rights has been a very courageous wom- an “extraordinary woman, a force what Austin has to offer. activist Leymah Gbowee from the an in Yemen for quite along time,” of nature and now she has the same African country and democ- Jagland said. world recognize her in this great, racy activist Tawakkul Karman of No woman had won the prize great, great way.” Scan the QR code every Yemen — the first Arab woman to since 2004, when the committee Gbowee, who organized a win the prize. honored Wangari Maathai of Ke- group of Christian and Mus- The chairman of the Norwe- nya, who died last month at 71. lim women to challenge Liberia’s week to find the hottest gian Nobel Committee told The Liberia was ravaged by civ- warlords, was honored for mobi- Associated Press that Karman’s il wars for years until 2003. The lizing women “across ethnic and award should be seen as a signal drawn-out conflict that began in religious dividing lines to bring events in the ATX. that both women and Islam have 1989 left about 200,000 people an end to the long war in Libe- important roles to play in the up- dead and displaced half the coun- ria, and to ensure women’s par- risings known as the Arab Spring, try’s population of 3 million. The ticipation in elections.” Then, catch a ride with the wave of anti-authoritarian re- country is still struggling to main- Gbowee has long campaigned volts that have challenged rulers tain a fragile peace with the help for the rights of women and across the Arab world. of U.N. peacekeepers. against rape. In 2003, she led Capital Metro. “The Arab Spring cannot be Sirleaf, 72, has a master’s degree hundreds of female protesters successful without including the in public administration from through Monrovia to demand women in it,” Jagland said. Harvard University and has held swift disarmament of fighters He said Karman, 32, belongs to top regional jobs at the World who preyed on women through- a Muslim movement with links to Bank, the United Nations and out Liberia during 14 years of the Muslim Brotherhood, the Isla- within the Liberian government. near-constant civil war. UT STUDENTS ride free mist group “which in the West is Sirleaf was seen as a reformer Gbowee works in Ghana’s capi- perceived as a threat to democra- and peacemaker in Liberia when tal as the director of Women Peace cy.” He added that “I don’t believe she took office in 2005. She is run- and Security Network Africa. oon all Capital Metro that. There are many signals that ning for re-election this month “I know Leymah to be a war- that kind of movement can be an and opponents in the presiden- rior daring to enter where others JOEJ COLLEGE important part of the solution.” tial campaign have accused her would not dare,” said Gbowee’s buses and trains Yemen is an extremely conser- of buying votes and using gov- assistant, Bertha Amanor. “So vative society but a feature of the ernment funds to campaign. Her fair and straight, and a very revolt there has been a prominent camp denies the charges. The nice person.” with a valid ID. role for women who turned out election is Tuesday. Long an advocate for human for protests in large numbers. “This gives me a stronger com- rights and freedom of expression Karman heads the human rights mitment to work for reconcilia- in Yemen, she has been campaign- group Women Journalists without tion,” Sirleaf said Friday from her ing for Yemeni president Ali Ab- Chains. She has been a leading fig- home in Monrovia. “Liberians dullah Saleh’s ouster since 2006 ure in organizing the protests that should be proud.” and mounted an initiative to orga- kicked off in late January. Jagland said the committee nize Yemeni youth groups and op- “I am very very happy about didn’t consider the upcoming position into a national council. this prize,” Karman told The As- election in Liberia when it made During a rally in Sanaa, she told sociated Press. “I give the prize to its decision. the AP: “We will retain the digni- the youth of revolution in Yemen “We cannot look to that domes- ty of the people and their rights by and the Yemeni people.” tic consideration,” he said. “We bringing down the regime.” 4 PINION HE AILY EXAN O Monday, October 10, 2011 | T D T | Viviana Aldous, Editor-in-Chief | (512) 232-2212 | [email protected]

QUOTES TO NOTE “A pregnant woman who enters an abortion Stampede across disciplines clinic is faced with a decision that will forever change two lives. That’s why she must have the very best information with which to make that By Rui Shi proper understanding, these troves of data are meaningless. Daily Texan Columnist Data must be processed to provide information that will decision.” guide research and future innovations. The new challenge we — Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann in a statement on leg- The Texas Advanced Computing Center at UT recently re- face today is how to manage and manipulate this data. An islation she introduced Thursday that would require women seeking an ceived a $27-million grant from the National Science Foun- informatics program would provide the basic building blocks abortion to view and listen to their child’s heartbeat, a bill which has been dation to build a new, state-of-the-art supercomputer. The to solve these new problems. described as similar to Texas’ controversial sonogram bill. supercomputer, affectionately nicknamed “Stampede,” will UT already has a solid foundation on which this program be one of the world’s fastest. could be built, as it offers many of the needed classes. The “The pundits don’t choose the next president Stampede’s creation highlights the continued trend toward Division of Statistics and Scientific Computation in the Col- of the United States. Iowans do. You measure a computational sciences. These developments have made it lege of Natural Sciences offers a plethora of interdisciplin- clear that computing and software skills are no longer re- ary courses. There are also several small pockets of college- leader by how they walk, not how they talk.” stricted to the domains of electrical engineering or computer specific informatics programs on campus already that would — Texas Gov. Rick Perry in Iowa on Saturday, on the role of the media in science. The need to cultivate these skills in future students in greatly benefit if they were united. This would allow for a the Republican presidential primary, according to The Texas Tribune. all areas of study is on the rise, and UT is uniquely positioned more streamlined way for students and faculty who are inter- to introduce an interdisciplinary program that would allow ested to get into applied computing. And of course, the ad- for the application of computing in other subject areas. vanced computing center offers unparalleled resources that “We plan on occupying until our elected officials The idea is to create an interdisciplinary program, such students could use. recognize that the people are the supremest au- as informatics, that would include a core of classes with a The beauty of such a program lies in the fact that it would thority and that they are there for our needs, not heavy emphasis on mathematics, probability, statistics, com- be one of the only pure interdisciplinary programs out there. the financial institutions or corporations.” puting and software development. Incoming freshmen could Its inception would allow for greater collaboration between go through this core in their first two years and could then departments and allow for further advancements in data- Occupy Austin media relations director Lauren Welker, at a protest at — branch off into another area of study. This other area could centric research topics. Austin City Hall on Thursday, on the movement’s longevity and mission, be anything from business to liberal arts, and students would However, an interdisciplinary program of this scale would according to The Texas Tribune. use the computing skills they acquired to solve problems in have to overcome some major hurdles. All of the involved that specific subject. colleges would have to buy in and bury their egos to form an “In 10 years, the growth of Central Texas will be There isn’t a program at UT that directly teaches students over-arching curriculum. And in time of budget cuts, mon- such that we will look back and say, ‘Can you be- how to apply computing to understand large amounts of data. ey is always an issue in determining whether an informat- A degree program like informatics would allow students to ics program would add value to the University. The addition lieve we even worried that two medical schools have the ability to solve real world problems through infor- of Stampede, however, shows that both UT and the NSF put would be too much?’” mation analysis and data management. great stock in the future of computational science. — State Sen. Kirk Watson, D-Austin, responding to critics of his Modern technology has allowed for the collection of large plan to build a medical school in Austin, according to the Austin amounts of information across the globe but without the Shi is an electrical and computer engineering junior American-Statesman.

THE FIRING LINE The role of a newspaper stage. Males are born with bigger brains and females with large bridges — the structure which connects the Tuesday’s firing line from Ally Motts titled “Simply left and right hemispheres of the brain. It might result embarrassing” is a striking highlight of how so in the differences shown by functional MRI studies many residents of the Forty Acres lack a proper in task-solving strategy: More neurons are activated understanding of what a newspaper is and what it throughout women’s brains while fewer neurons are is not. Journalists, even at the collegiate level, are activated more intensely in men. It should, therefore, tasked with reporting the news. That obligation is not not be surprising that men and women solve prob- restricted to feel-good fluff stories that give the reader lems differently as adults. a sense of collegiate cheer. The story regarding jersey Secondly, about two years ago, the Texan published sales was a piece of news that related to one of the an article about studies conducted in New York urban most prominent figures on the UT campus. Missing schools that showed that there is no difference for from the article were tough questions such as why the boys in co-ed schools but a huge difference for girls University and Nike are profiting off merchandise that in middle and high schools. The academic success is obviously linked to a specific student athlete, who in single-gender girls schools was higher. And I can consequentially won’t see a dime of those profits. believe it. At least the article explained how the stud- The Texan has a history of reporting on controver- ies got those numbers. sial or thought-provoking issues, even in the face of Third and most importantly, the whole point of censorship by the administration. Don’t ever let some- creating all-girls schools in poor performing school one tell you that you can’t run a story because they districts, such as Austin Independent School District, find it “distasteful.” There are far more “distasteful” is to destroy the stereotypes created in “normal” issues in this country, and more often than not, those schools: that girls do not succeed in math, science are exactly the issues that belong on the front pages and engineering and are low achievers in general. For of our newspapers. Now if only we could get alumni example, the Kealing Magnet Program’s MathCounts such as Ms. Motts to read a newspaper... team is mostly or entirely all boys. The LASA High — Tom Moreland School Science Olympiad team had four brilliant girls UT alumnus and 11 wonderful boys on its 15-person team last year. Both schools have balanced male-female student pop- Single-gender schools prove beneficial ulations. If you are in a girls-only school, all programs and organizations will have girls. Isn’t it wonderful? I have a different opinion than described in “Study And it benefits the participants and the competitors shows single-gender schools cause stereotypes” pub- from other schools and helps to destroy the gender lished Wednesday in The Daily Texan. stereotype. None of these benefits are mentioned in First of all, nothing in the paper talked about your article, by the way. how the research was conducted. Please describe I think the creation of any school which seeks to what exactly was done. Grades? Statistical analysis differentiate itself from the failing schools we have in between singe-sex and normal public schools? Lab town now is a great initiative, and I would like to see research? Functional MRI? Interviews of teachers? UT be supportive of it. There is a lot of neuroscientific evidence about differ- — Galina Aglyamova ences in the female and male brains at the embryonic Research scientist associate, integrative biology

LEGALESE Where have all the good women gone? Opinions expressed in e Daily Texan are those of the editor, the editori- al 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 jogging attire is sexualized. cination and mental retardation. And sure Operating Trustees. By Katherine Taylor Daily Texan Columnist No matter whom you supported, no she wears more hair spray than anyone woman fits neatly into either category, in- else on stage — a true feat given Gover- In the past two election cycles, the only cluding Palin and Clinton. Occasionally nor GoodHair’s presence — showing that women who have gotten anywhere close Clinton shed some tears, and given her she emphasizes her appearance. She also SUBMIT A FIRING LINE to being elected to the White House have success, Palin must have more savvy and is unafraid to call out her opponents when Email your Firing Lines to [email protected]. Letters must be been Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin. But charisma than I give her credit for. What’s she thinks they are wrong and to verbally more than 100 and fewer than 300 words. The Texan reserves the right to edit perhaps you know the two of them bet- even more damaging is the result these spar with all of her male counterparts over all submissions for brevity, clarity and liability. ter by their media-given nicknames: “The characterizations have on voter habits. various political minutiae, a tactic seem- Ice Queen” and “The Hockey Mom.” The USA Today reported at this time last ingly more suited to the Hillary Clintons of characterizations of these two female poli- year that sexist insults harm feminine the world. ticians illustrate everything that is wrong candidates’ political standing. Research Women are both all of these things and SUBMIT A GUEST COLUMN with attitudes toward female politicians in showed that even mild sexist language none of these things. No woman can fit this country. Women can wear either pant- caused female candidates to lose twice as into the above delineations of what a fe- The editorial board welcomes guest column submissions. Columns must be between 600 and 800 words. Send columns to editor@dailytexanonline. suits and be considered too masculine, or much support as regular insults and caused male politician is like, nor should she try com. The Daily Texan reserves the right to edit all columns for clarity, brevity they can wear skirt-suits and not be taken voters to view the candidate as “less empa- to. The larger problem is the overall lack and liability. seriously. Women can refuse to talk about thetic, trustworthy and effective.” of female political leaders we have to as- their family life to focus on business, or So how do women break into this man’s pire to be or to learn from. There is not an they can spend so much time talking world without falling into one of the out- equivalent to the “Founding Fathers” for about their kids that their offspring be- lying extremes described above? And then women, and perhaps that is why women RECYCLE come national celebrities and contestants we have this year’s sole female contender are still struggling to come up with an ef- on Dancing with the Stars. for president: Michele Bachmann. She fective style of political leadership. Even Please recycle this copy of The Daily Texan. Place the paper in one of the re- Women can appear calm, stoic and in- brings in the good looks and devotion to our University is a good example: There cycling bins on campus or back in the burnt-orange newsstand where you capable of emotion or flighty, empathetic her children as Palin did along with the has only been one female president of found it. and overly emotional. Women are either sharp-tongued and steely-eyed vision UT in the century-plus time we’ve been so intelligent that they seem too dogmatic of Clinton. around. or so under-read that they are incapable of But even this characterization is not There are not enough strong female naming even a single newspaper they read. quite right. Sure, Bachmann apparently leaders in America today, and it seems EDITORIAL TWITTER Women either travel all over the world to does not read too much either because like for now we’re left to the likes of Bach- Follow The Daily Texan Editorial Board on Twitter (@DTeditorial) and re- form foreign policy initiatives or are able she once thought John Quincy Adams was mann. Where have all the good women ceive updates on our latest editorials and columns. to see Russia from their house. Women a Founding Father, and just recently she gone? are either too manly and unattractive or cited non-existent scientific evidence to so overtly sexual that even their outdoor assert a connection between the HPV vac- Taylor is a Plan II and rhetoric and writing senior. P5

Monday, October 10, 2011 NEWS 5 Texas Memorial Museum DOWN WITH THE DISCO debuts fossil on family day By Sylvia Butanda in the Jurassic period. Daily Texan Staff “History tells us a lot of what’s going on today, and it will even- “Family Fossil Fun Day” at the tually forecast the future and Texas Memorial Museum offered that’s why we do paleontology,” a look at a dinosaur discovered Rowe said. “You want to be able by a UT professor and hands-on to see what’s coming next.” activities for children. After three years of excava- The Texas Natural Science tion and 11 years of separating Center hosted the 10th annual the rock from the fossil, Rowe’s event Sunday. discovery is on display for a lim- Children’s activities includ- ited time until Feb. 12, 2012. ed arts and crafts, games and Other presentations includ- stations where they learned ed “Mammoths on the Move,” about fossil identification where the public learned about and dinosaurs. mammoths and their relatives “Kids are so excited about di- from the last ice age, and “Meet nosaurs in particular and fossils a Preparator,” which demonstrat- in general, and it’s a way to get ed how fossils are made ready them excited about our research for exhibition and research. and our collections,” said Chris- Pamela Owen, senior pale- tina Cid, education director at ontology educator for the cen- the Texas Memorial Museum. ter, led the “Mammoths on the The new museum exhibit fea- Move” presentation and talked tured Sarahsaurus aurifonta- about the importance of the ex- nalis, a dinosaur discovered in hibits and presentations to the 1997 by Timothy Rowe, director Texas public. of the center’s vertebrate paleon- “[The event] helps people get tology lab and geological scienc- a better feeling for the great fos- es professor. sil resources we have here in In a presentation, Rowe dis- Texas and an understanding of cussed how he discovered the the history and evolution of life,” Zachary Strain | Daily Texan Staff 180-million-year-old dinosaur Owen said. “It’s a great learning Scott Gelbes (center) takes in the sights and sounds of the “Disco Desert” installation at the Fine Arts Center, Friday. Created by Austin Video fossil in northern Arizona, out- experience and it’s in a really fun Bee, the installation featured a collection of images and sounds highlighting the landscape of the Presidio, Texas area. lining the pre-planning, the ac- way, so it’s not like you’re sitting tual expedition and his interest in a classroom.” Visual Arts Center features for the finished product. On the compiled all of their snapshots finished product, the founders of way there, the five creators snapped and recordings to create the final AVB now allow individual pieces ‘Disco Desert’ art video photos and recorded sounds to cap- exhibit. into their collection as well. On Friday at the Visual Arts ture the true landscape of the sur- The Austin Video Bee was first Once the sun set, the show Center, the art video “Disco Des- rounding area. established in 2007 to function as commenced and lasted roughly ert” was presented. In Presidio, the group creat- a peer critique and support group two hours. The show was free and “Disco Desert” was a product of ed a temporary shelter in order for women with video-based artis- open to the public. For more in- a road trip to Presidio, Texas. The to fully immerse themselves in tic interests. Inspired by the idea formation about art events, visit Austin Video Bee, a five-person their surroundings. At the end of of a quilting bee, which uses patch- utvac.org. women’s art group, was responsible the trip, the five-person collective works from all members to form a — Sarah Lawson

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6 NEWS Monday, October 10, 2011 Listeria in canteloupes results in rising death toll Perry refocuses

By Mary Clare Jalonick has said state health officials found list- after dip in polls The Associated Press eria in cantaloupes taken from Colora- do grocery stores and from a victim’s By Charles Babington WASHINGTON — Federal health au- home that were grown at Jensen Farms. The Associated Press thorities say a nationwide outbreak of Matching strains of the disease were listeria in Colorado cantaloupes is now found on equipment and cantaloupe ORANGE CITY, Iowa — Rick Perry responsible for 21 deaths and the number samples at Jensen Farms’ packing facil- has lost some of his Texas swagger. Maybe may continue to grow. ity in Granada, Colo. that’s what happens when a governor tops The Centers for Disease Control and The company has said they shipped the Republican presidential polls the minute Prevention on Friday reported new deaths cantaloupe to around half of U.S. states, he joins the race, only to plummet after a in Indiana and New York. The CDC also but added that they aren’t sure where the shaky debate performance. confirmed a death in Wyoming that state cantaloupe went because it has been sold Perry campaigned in Iowa on the officials reported last week. CDC said and resold. Thus, many companies may weekend, trying to get his campaign 109 people have been sickened in the out- not even know if they bought or distrib- back on track before Tuesday’s debate in break — including the 21 dead — in 23 uted the fruit. Fruit Fresh Up, Inc. of De- New Hampshire and an Oct. 18 debate states from California to the East Coast. pew, N.Y., issued a recall Thursday of in Las Vegas. The agency previously reported five 4,800 individual packages of cut canta- Perry has sharpened his answers about deaths in Colorado, five in New Mexi- loupes, three weeks after the original re- illegal immigrants, the topic that bedev- co, two in Texas, two in Kansas and one call and several days after the melons sur- iled him in the Sept. 22 debate. A woman each in Maryland, Missouri, Nebras- passed their freshness date. in Spencer said she could not understand ka and Oklahoma. FDA Commission- why he gave in-state college tuition to ille- CDC said it is also er Margaret Hamburg gal immigrants in Texas. aware of one mis- said this week that the Perry defended the program with eco- carriage associated agency is still investi- nomic reasons. with the outbreak. The number gating the cause of the “Are we going to create a class of tax The number outbreak. Officials have wasters or are we going to create taxpay- of illnesses and of illnesses said they are looking at ers?” he asked, describing the difference deaths is expected and deaths is the farm’s water supply between immigrants who don’t go to col- to grow. Louisiana and possible animal in- lege and those who do. has said it is inves- expected to grow trusions among other Several skeptics seemed unconvinced, tigating two liste- things to figure out the as Perry drew less of a distinction between ria deaths possibly source of the problem. illegal immigrants and U.S. citizens than related to the out- Listeria bacteria grow they wanted to hear. break that aren’t in moist, muddy condi- Perry addressed the tuition issue only included in the CDC’s count. tions and are often carried by animals. when asked, but at every stop, he detailed CDC officials have said the symptoms Officials from the CDC and the Food his veto of a bill that would have let ille- of listeria can take up to two months to and Drug Administration say that any gal immigrants get Texas driver’s licenses, show up and that they expect more ill- cantaloupes not from Jensen Farms are heavy spending on border security and his nesses through October. safe to eat. The recalled cantaloupes may support of a law requiring photo identifi- The death toll in the cantaloupe out- be labeled “Colorado Grown,” ‘’Distrib- cation cards for Texans seeking to vote. break is now tied with a 1998 outbreak uted by Frontera Produce,” ‘‘Jensenfarms. Perhaps the best news for Perry is that of listeria in hot dogs and possibly deli com” or “Sweet Rocky Fords.” Not all of many party activists don’t seem concerned meats made by Bil Mar Foods, a subsid- the recalled cantaloupes are labeled with about specific incidents and snafus. Few iary of Sara Lee Corp. That outbreak was a sticker, the FDA said. of them appear passionate about Romney, giving the Texan an opening. also linked to 21 deaths. The deadliest Government health officials said Ed Andrieski | Associated Press outbreak in the United States before that this is the first known outbreak of list- These GOP activists want to ousting Owner Eric Jensen kicks a cantaloupe as he walks through a field on the Jensen Obama and Perry has to show he can. is believed to have been listeria in Mexi- eria in cantaloupe. Listeria is generally Farms near Holly, Colo., on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011. can-style soft cheese in 1985, which was found in processed meats and unpas- “I’m waiting to be convinced,” said Mary linked to 52 deaths. teurized milk and cheese, though there Dittmer, 61. She said she’s lukewarm about Jensen Farms in Holly, Colo., re- have been a growing number of out- because it easily passes through to the Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Romney because he mandated health in- called the tainted cantaloupes earlier this breaks in produce. fetus. The CDC said the median age of Maryland, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, surance coverage in Massachusetts. But month after they were linked to listeria Listeria is rare but more deadly than those sickened is 77, and most ill people New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Perry hasn’t closed the deal, Dittmer said, illnesses. They were shipped all over the well-known pathogens such as salmo- are more than 60 years old. Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Tex- and she’s weighing candidates like Herman country but should be off store shelves by nella and E. coli. While most healthy Symptoms include fever and muscle as, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Cain and Newt Gingrich. now. The last cases of cantaloupes were adults can consume listeria with no ill aches, often with other gastrointesti- and Wyoming. Colorado has the most ill- In the televised debates Tuesday and next shipped Sept. 10, and its shelf life is about effects, it can kill the elderly and those nal symptoms. nesses, with 32 sickened. Texas has 16 re- week, Perry’s supporters say they hope he two weeks. with compromised immune systems. It The CDC has reported illnesses in Al- ported illnesses, New Mexico has 13, and adds polish to his claim that he’s the most The Food and Drug Administration is also dangerous to pregnant women abama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Oklahoma has 11. principled candidate, and the one best suit- ed to defeat Obama in November 2012. Protesters demand fair pipeline plan By Henry C. Jackson & Matthew Daly The Associated Press

WASHINGTON — With noisy protesters demonstrating nearby, a top State Department official insist- ed Friday that a decision on wheth- er a Canadian company can go for- ward with a plan to pipe oil from tar sands in western Canada to the Texas Gulf Coast will be fair and      above board. Assistant Secretary of State Kerri- Ann Jones, of the Bureau of Oceans SIGN UP BEGINS THIS WEEK! and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, brushed back allegations from critics that the de- cision on the plan is tainted by a OCT. 21 previous relationship between Tran- sCanada executive Paul Elliott and Secretary of State Hilllary Rodham at CafFe Medici Clinton. Elliott was an aide on Clin- 2222-B Guadalupe St. ton’s 2008 presidential campaign. “Past relationships are not of im- portance,” Jones said. The environmental group Friends of the Earth released internal emails and other documents this week that Nati Harnik | Associated Press 

 

it said demonstrate an overly cozy Demonstrators in support of the Keystone XL pipeline arrive out- relationship between State Depart- side Pershing Auditorium near the state Capitol in Lincoln, Neb., on ment officials and Elliott. TransCan- Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2011. 

ada has also denied wrongdoing. Jones said no decision’s been roar the project has generated. Environmental groups have made on the plan, which would car- “I did not expect this to become asked President Barack Obama to ry oil derived from tar sands in Al- a lightning rod of the debate be- intervene on the project, charging   berta, Canada, to refineries in Hous- tween fossil fuels and alterna- that the State Department is bi- ton and Port Arthur, Texas. tive fuels,” Girling said at a sepa- ased in favor of the pipeline. The Outside Jones’ press conference rate news conference before a State groups said Obama should push in downtown Washington, activists Department hearing on the proj- the State Department aside and [email protected] For more info protested the plan. ect. TransCanada won approval of personally make a decision on the The 1,700-mile Keystone XL a similar pipeline three years ago pipeline plan. pipeline, which would travel with little opposition. State Department spokeswom- through Montana, South Dakota, Environmental activists, religious an Victoria Nuland said officials Kansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma, groups and young people inspired were reviewing emails regarding the 




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Monday, October 10, 2011 NEWS 7 Oil workers killed by storm

By Juan A. Lozano Derise and Parfait, who are from The Associated Press Louisiana, said they were pushed to the breaking point but never lost HOUSTON — When waves as hope they would be rescued. high as 40 feet disabled the 94-foot “When we hit the water, I kept research vessel Jeremy Parfait and telling them, ‘They are going to nine other oil workers were on in the come find us,’” Parfait said. Gulf of Mexico last month, he knew Along with Derise and Parfait, there was only one place they could four Mexican oil workers and a Ban- go — into the water. gladeshi were rescued alive. Craig Their boat, which normally would Myers, 32, and, Nicholas Reed, 31, be elevated above the water by sever- both from Louisiana, were found al metal legs, had toppled in the trop- dead. The Bangladeshi man, Na- ical storm and was floating helpless- dimuzzman Khan, later died of expo- ly, beaten by waves and wind. The 10 sure in a Mexican hospital. The body men jumped into the Gulf and clung of another worker, Aaron Houweling to a 6-foot-by-3-foot raft. of Australia, who had floated away Parfait, 39, and Ted Derise Jr., 32, earlier, was found three days later. told The Associated Press on Fri- Parfait, Derise and the family of day that the ordeal was a night- Myers have filed a federal lawsuit in mare in which they saw friends and Houston against the companies in- co-workers slowly die. The workers volved in the operation, claiming abandoned their vessel Sept. 8 about abandonment. The companies be- 8 miles offshore from Frontera in ing sued include Geokinetics Inc., a the southeastern Mexican state of Houston-based company that pro- Tabasco. It was nearly four days be- vides seismic data to the oil and gas fore they were rescued. Three died industry; Trinity Liftboat Services, a in the water, and a fourth died lat- Louisiana-based company that oper- er at a hospital. ated the liftboat and that Parfait and As the men floated, Mexico’s state Danielle Villasana | Daily Texan Staff Derise work for, did not return tele- Hiroshi Ono, Associate sociology professor at Texas A&M University, gives a lecture Friday about his research on marital happiness in Japan oil company, Petroleos Mexicanos, phone calls Friday night. and the United States. or Pemex, and the Mexican navy In addition to Derise, Parfait, My- mounted a nearly 10,000-square- ers, Khan, Reed and Houweling, the mile search by air and sea. Most other workers were: Ruben Martinez were found just before noon Sept. Velasquez; Eleaquin Lopez; Luis Es- 11 about 50 miles off the coast of the cobar; and Ruben Lopez Villalobos, Study compares marriage in US, Japan Mexican state of Campeche. four Mexican contract workers. By Sylvia Butanda cial Surveys, conducted by the Na- the couple gets married and takes a Robert Oppenheim, direc- Daily Texan Staff tional Opinion Research Center. steeper dip for a period of time around tor of the Center for East Asian Ono said his goal in analyzing where a mid-life crisis would occur. He Studies, said the lecture helped The happiest periods of mar- the survey was to find a way to ef- said as the couple gets older happiness him understand the subject on riage occur with the early hon- fectively quantify the happiness of increases again. stronger footing. eymoon phase and later on fol- individuals based on specific fac- He said some other factors affect “Happiness research has lowing the departure of children tors of their marriage. individuals differently based their been in the news, but it’s the from the house, according to a “There is a way to scientifically gender and on whether they are in first time I’ve seen somebody study comparing marriage within estimate happiness, and that’s what Japan or the United States. explain it in an academic con- the United States and Japan by a I’m trying to do,” Ono said. “What makes people happy in text,” Oppenheim said. Texas A&M researcher. Ono’s research found some the U.S. differs from what makes Patricia Malachlan, associ- Hiroshi Ono, an associate so- causes of happiness are the same in people happy in Japan,” Ono said. ate professor of government and ciology professor at Texas A&M the United States and Japan. He said the factors that make Asian studies, said the talk left her University, examined the causes of For example, once children enter men in the U.S. happier align with a greater understanding of marital happiness in Japan and the the picture, happiness levels drop with what makes women in the complexities of gender with- United Sates during a lecture on and typically do not rise back up Japan happier. in Japanese culture. campus this Friday, while discuss- until the children leave for college According to the research, Ono “This was one of those talks ing a research paper he co-wrote or reach the age of 20. said U.S. men are happier if their where I leave thinking about things with Kristen Schultz Lee, a Uni- He also said the couple’s age wives are not working or, alterna- in new ways,” Maclachlan said. “It Pat Sullivan | Associated Press versity of Buffalo assistant sociol- and income levels affected their tively, if they are financially de- shed new light on things that we Ship’s captain Jeremy Parfait, left, hugs Steve Myers on Oct. 7, 2001 in ogy professor. Ono based his con- level of happiness the same way pendent on their wives. He said intuitively know about Japan.” Houston. clusions about marital happiness in both countries. that Japanese women are happi- in the two countries on an interna- Ono’s data analysis proves that hap- er in homemaking roles or if they tional survey called the General So- piness levels drop immediately after have a higher household income.


  
   
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TEXAS OKLAHOMA NFL RED RIVER WRECK RAIDERS TEXANS Jones crushes Texas defense, EAGLES puts up a fight for Heisman BILLS

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55-17? Jesus Christ. JETS Nope, just Landry Jones. There are other reasons why the Longhorns were flattened Sat- urday. Where was the pass pro- tection? What was with the odd PATRIOTS penchant for calling reverses and sweeps that turned second-and- short into third-and-long? Also — here we go again — why so few of- fensive touches for D.J. Monroe? But this latest installment of the Red River Rivalry was all about PACKERS Jones. Texas couldn’t keep up with him or his pass-catching mates Elisabeth Dillon | Daily Texan Staff Ryan Broyles and Kenny Stills. Freshman wide receiver Jaxon Shipley is tackled by Oklahoma’s Ronnell Lewis during Texas’ loss on Saturday. Shipley had a touchdown The 367-yard, three-touchdown catch in the game. day was the perfect endorsement FALCONS for Jones’ Heisman campaign, an award he should now be the front- runner for. The leader of the No. 3 Sooners proved that OU really Young offense denied by Sooners is QB-U and that he could very well be the best to don the crim- By Christian Corona ton Bowl on Saturday, scoring 21 touchdowns, Texas’ alternating overs with three turnovers. That TWEET OF THE DAY son and cream. Daily Texan Staff unanswered points before Fozzy quarterbacks struggled. can’t happen.” And hey, for a school that’s had Whittaker’s 100-yard scoring re- Case McCoy lost two fum- Whittaker had a game-high 160 Sam Bradford and Jason White, DALLAS — For a brief moment, turn and 28 unanswered after it. bles and David Ash was picked off all-purpose yards. He, Malcolm that’s a pretty elite status. it seemed as if Texas had a shot. “I was disappointed we twice, marking the first time either Brown and D.J. Monroe com- Fozzy Whittaker “He was as good as anybody A kickoff return for a touch- didn’t live up to our side of the committed a turnover this season. bined for 120 yards rushing. Yet, @CaptnAmerica2 in the country today,” said head down in the second quarter had match,” said Texas head coach Add to that a strip of Texas receiv- the Longhorns managed a mere 36 coach Mack Brown. “He did a tre- cut Oklahoma’s lead to 17 and had Mack Brown. “This is one of the er Mike Davis, and the Longhorns yards on the ground, averaging less I appreciate all the mendous job. I told him that after some fans reminiscing about Jor- greatest games in college foot- committed five turnovers, three than a yard-per-carry thanks to the game.” dan Shipley’s touchdown return ball, and our players were so ex- of which the Sooners took back the Sooners’ seven sacks, including msgs! Time to fix We thought if the Longhorns a few years ago that sparked the cited. A lot of new coaches, they for defensive touchdowns, a new three by senior Frank Alexander. our wrongs and get could get after Jones, they could rat- Longhorns to a 45-35 comeback were so excited. But we didn’t school record. Oklahoma’s offense took advan- tle him, much like Florida State did win over the Sooners. But it wasn’t live up to our side of it, so we’ve “Guys got in our face and kind of tage of some short fields, starting our team back a couple weeks ago. Jones was hor- meant to be this time around. got to go back and do a better got our quarterbacks on their back three of its first six drives in Texas on track rendous in Tallahassee, throwing Led by quarterback Landry job next week.” foot,” said co-offensive coordinator territory. All together, the Sooners Jones, No. 3 Oklahoma pounded While Jones was busy throw- Bryan Harsin. “They played well JONES continues on PAGE 11 No. 11 Texas, 55-17, at the Cot- ing for 367 yards and three and took advantage of our turn- LOSS continues on PAGE 10

ON THE WEB: Women’s tennis saw mixed results at the UT’s offensive line, ITA All-American and Rice Invitationals. bit.ly/dt_sport secondary struggle AP TOP 25 1 LSU against Oklahoma 2 Alabama 3 Oklahoma Editor’s Note: These are the top Texas allowed a season-high five lessons we learned from the eight sacks against the Sooners 4 Wisconsin 2011 Red River Rivalry. and were manhandled up front. By Austin Laymance The Longhorns failed to pick up 5 Boise State Daily Texan Staff the Oklahoma blitz, leaving de- fenders free to wreak havoc in 6 Oklahoma State the backfield. And it wasn’t just one side, it was the entire line — 7 Stanford five different Sooners recorded a Clemson 1 sack. The offensive line was un- 8 The secondary can be exposed The young Longhorns corner- able to hold up the OU pass rush, 9 Oregon backs were abused by the Oklaho- which prevented the trick plays Elisabeth Dillon | Daily Texan Staff ma receivers on Saturday, allowing from developing. The Longhorns 10 Arkansas Quarterback Case McCoy (6) throws the ball on Saturday. He completed nine of 16 passes for 116 yards. 367 passing yards — 305 in the first said they needed to block for at McCoy also fumbled twice, one of which was returned for a touchdown. half — and three touchdowns. The least eight seconds to set up Bryan 11 Michigan Sooners veteran wideouts took a rel- Harsin’s gadget plays. That simply atively inexperienced unit to school didn’t happen. Texas will need to 12 Georgia Tech improve its protection against the at the Cotton Bowl as OU quarter- West Virginia Fumbles, interceptions plague team back Landry Jones was at his surgi- blitz, or they will see a steady diet 13 cal best. The Longhorns knew what of it for the foreseeable future. 14 Nebraska By Austin Laymance “I don’t think I’ve seen that in Coy lost a fumble to end the Long- to expect — a heavy dose of Ryan Daily Texan Staff many years,” said Longhorns head horns first possession, leading to an Broyles — but still couldn’t stop it. 15 South Carolina coach Mack Brown. OU field goal. Broyles finished with nine catches DALLAS — After going two In a rivalry game of this magni- To start the second quarter, for 122 yards and a score and found 16 Illinois games without a turnover, the tude against a unit with legitimate freshman quarterback David Ash holes in the secondary with ease. 3 Kansas State Longhorns had more than two National Championship aspira- threw his first interception of his Texas looked confused at times, and Texas is missing too many tackles 17 games’ worth at the Cotton Bowl tions, turnovers can kill a team. On career. The Sooners later convert- the Sooners seemed to have an open The Longhorns tackled poor- Arizona State on Saturday. Saturday, the Longhorns learned the ed that into seven points. receiver on every play. The Long- ly from the start on Saturday as 18 Texas turned the ball over five hard way. Ash threw his second pick horns will have to shore up their Oklahoma ball carriers bounced Virginia Tech times, including three fumbles “I know with five turnovers, three possessions later. Instead of pass defense quickly with Okla- off one defender after the next. 19 and two interceptions, during a it’s not going to be a pretty ball throwing the ball away, he forced homa State’s high-powered attack The disappointing thing for the 20 Baylor 55-17 dismantling at the hands of game,” said co-offensive coordi- a pass down the sidelines. OU rolling into Austin this Saturday. If coaching staff, though, is that No. 3 Oklahoma. nator Bryan Harsin. safety Demontre Hurst stepped things stay the same, it could be an- it’s been a recurring problem. 21 Texas A&M The Sooners capitalized on The Longhorns two-quarter- in front of the pass and returned other rough afternoon for Texas. The first man to the ball rarely the Texas miscues, returning two back system produced four of the it 55 yards for a touchdown. made the tackle, and the Long- 22 Texas fumbles and one pick for scores five giveaways. “I should have thrown that one horns often whiffed on attempts. — a school record for defensive “We had too many turnovers at out of bounds because they had it While the secondary missed 23 Michigan State touchdowns in a single game. quarterback, and you just can’t do covered,” Ash said. “I didn’t see that the most tackles, the entire de- 24 Auburn In all, the OU defense put more that,” Brown said. “Can’t have five safety creeping in the background, The offensive2 line fense had trouble getting the points on the board than the en- turnovers and win games.” 25 Houston tire Texas team. Starting quarterback Case Mc- ASH continues on PAGE 10 isn’t strong enough FIVE continues on PAGE 10 P10 SPTS

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FIVE continues from PAGE 9 Sooners to the ground. Defensive to earth against Oklahoma. Mc- solid through the first four games, OVERHEARD coordinator Manny Diaz said part Coy was just nine of 16 for 116 but the Longhorns couldn’t find of the issue rests on who Texas was yards. He held on to the ball too the magic against the Sooners. tackling. This week, they’ll face OSU long and was dropped for three Oklahoma was clearly prepared receiver Justin Blackmon, a physi- sacks, one of which caused a for Texas and its gadget plays AT THE GAME cal presence who racks up yards af- fumble. McCoy had been able to and wasn’t fooled by anything. The Longhorns had a lot to say after the tough ter the catch. If the Longhorns don’t dance out of trouble against Iowa Harsin made a name for himself improve their tackling, Blackmon State and UCLA, but the Sooners with the Statue of Liberty play 55-17 loss to Oklahoma on Saturday could have a field day. pass rush wouldn’t let him out of in the 2007 Fiesta Bowl, when By Austin Laymance | Daily Texan Staff their sights. He also struggled to his Boise State squad shocked get the ball downfield. McCoy the Sooners. However, OU got took the first snap for the third the last laugh on Saturday. The ADRIAN PHILLIPS MACK BROWN MANNY DIAZ straight game, but it could have Sooners blew up the slow devel- Sophomore cornerback Head coach Defensive coordinator been his last. oping trick plays with good pres- 4 sure up front, and the Longhorns We didn’t do what we wanted to do They tried, but you can’t have five I don’t know if the youth was the is- Case McCoy isn’t were never able to catch the de- and they capitalized off that. That’s turnovers and three of them for sue. Those receivers are really good. immune to pressure fense off guard. Harsin will have what good offenses do, they make touchdowns. I don’t think I’ve seen I thought our young corners bat- While the sophomore quar- a new package for the Oklahoma you pay for your mistakes. that in many years. tled them tooth and nail. And they terback burst onto the scene in 5 State game but will need to get just came down with some catches crunch time against Brigham The trick plays aren’t foolproof decent protection for his tricks Every day is not going to go your We’ve got a long way to go on our down in the red zone. Young, McCoy came back down Harsin’s play calling was to pan out. way, and I knew that from the get- offense. go. This is just proof of that. Today We’ve talked about keeping short just wasn’t our day. We play a top-five team again next passes into short passes, and we week, so we don’t have any time to didn’t do that. We had short passes feel sorry for ourselves. turn into long plays. Like I said, tack- LOSS continues from PAGE 9 ling has a lot to do with who you’re scored 31 points off five Longhorns “So it just takes a lot of pressure attack, one that rivals even that MALCOLM BROWN We didn’t handle the blitz very well. tackling, and they were hard to turnovers. While Oklahoma’s de- off me knowing that I have receiv- of Oklahoma’s. Freshman running back tackle when we got them in space. fense played a pivotal role in its big ers that I can put the ball up to in Senior quarterback Brandon We had said we needed to win the win, Jones and the offense more than tight coverage, and they’re going Weeden, who has a 74.3 completion We were kind of dragging a little bit, turnover ratio coming in, we had to We knew we had to disrupt [Landry win the penalties coming in, we had Jones], but we knew we were go- did its part as well. to make a play.” percentage and 1,592 yards passing, and they kept coming. to win the red zone coming in and ing to have to play really, really well Jones did most of his damage in Excluding Dominique Whaley’s both of which are good — fourth- We didn’t execute. We gave those we had to win third downs. I’m not to slow him down. And I don’t think the first half, completing 23 of 35 64-yard scoring sprint in the third best in the nation. Junior wideout turnovers away. sure we won any of them. I think we we played our best. passes, racking up 305 of his 367 quarter, Texas held Oklahoma’s rush- Justin Blackmon led the nation with lost all of them. yards and throwing all three of his ing game in check. Not counting that 20 touchdown catches a year ago We just didn’t get it done tonight. When we look at film, what will dis- touchdown before halftime. His long touchdown run, the Sooners and has six already this season. I was disappointed that we didn’t appoint us will not be the yards. It two favorite targets, Ryan Broyles, ran for just 22 yards on 18 carries. “We’ve got to [get] back to work,” We just need to focus a little bit live up to our side of the match. This will be key situations where [Landry who had nine catches for 122 yards But it didn’t matter. The Longhorns Brown said. “We play another top- more. Once we had two or three is one of the greatest games in col- Jones] is going to make plays; it’ll and a touchdown, and Kenny couldn’t contain their aerial attack. five team next week so we don’t turnovers, we kind of lost lege football, and our players were be the instances where we could’ve Stills, who snagged five passes and Texas (4-1, 1-1) doesn’t have have any time to sit around and focus a little bit. so excited, a lot of our new coach- made plays. scored twice, both had big days. much time to lament the loss. feel sorry for ourselves.” es were so excited, and we didn’t live “I can miss a throw every once It gets a home game this week- After what happened at the We had a slow start, and they came up to our side of it. When [Landry Jones] got into a in a while, and they’re going to end, but it’s against No. 5 Oklaho- Cotton Bowl on Saturday, it can’t out on us, and we had a couple rhythm, he was able to sit there and make the play on it,” Jones said. ma State and its vaunted passing get much worse. turnovers that hurt us in the begin- They’re just really good. Overcom- pull the strings. That’s a secret to ning, and they kept it rolling. I give ing third down and 18, those kinds nobody. The knowing it and getting them props. of things just kill you. They just it done are two different things.” break your back. Their receivers made play after play ASH continues from PAGE 9 We don’t have enough time to feel down the field. But I think we’ll be KHEESTON RANDALL sorry for ourselves. Oklahoma State disappointed in knowing what was and he made a great play. I just can’t If that was bad, Mike Davis’ said. “I don’t think I’ve ever been Senior defensive tackle throws it like this bunch. required to win the game and the d o t h at .” fumble was worse. a part of a defense that outscored decisive stretch of the game when The second half didn’t pro- The sophomore receiver caught the opposing offense.” We’re definitely disappointed we we didn’t play as well we thought vide Texas with any relief from an eight-yard pass, then had the Brown said his squad needed to didn’t create any turnovers. we could. the mistakes. ball ripped out of his hands by OU win the turnover ratio, penalty yards, DAVID ASH Ash fumbled 85 seconds into corner Jamell Fleming. The ju- third down conversion rate and red It got very hectic in the second and Freshman quarterback the third quarter, and Sooners de- nior quickly gathered the ball and zone efficiency to leave the Cotton third quarters, and things start- fensive end David King scooped weaved his way 55 yards for OU’s Bowl with a victory. ed to go their way. We just have to It wasn’t a good day. We didn’t play BRYAN HARSIN up the loose ball and promptly re- final touchdown. “I’m not sure we won any of weather the storm. like we should have. Co-offensive coordinator turned it 19 yards to extend the “He was holding it loosely so them,” Brown said. “I think we lost OU lead to 41-10. I was able to rip it out,” Fleming all of them.” I know with five turnovers, it’s not CASE MCCOY FOZZY WHITTAKER going to be a pretty ballgame. We’ve got to try to find a way to Sophomore quarterback Senior running back Come and enjoy a good ‘ol time! score. 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Running back Fozzy Whittaker carries the ball JONES continues from PAGE 9 against Oklahoma where he had a two interceptions in the face of to go with three turnovers that 100-yard kickoff pressure. went for defensive touchdowns, return for a touch- So Texas brought blitz after is pretty dismal. But even if down. That score blitz, trying to get in the quar- Case McCoy and David Ash had cut the Sooner’s terback’s grill. What Would played the way they had in the lead to 27-10. Jones Do? Pick and flick. previous weeks and Malcolm “The whole key was that you Brown had had some daylight, had to mix things up,” said de- this one still might not have fensive coordinator Manny been close. There’s no way Tex- Diaz. “To his credit, when we as was going to put up 40-plus played man, when we played on the Sooners, which it would zone, when we went back and have had to done in order to forth, brought pressure and match every OU score. didn’t bring pressure, he did a The game became a one-sid- good job of ed shoot- managing the out, and the d o w n a n d Longhorns getting the were out of it ball into the by halftime. playmakers’ To [Jones’] credit, I f y o u ’ r e hands.” looking for a There when we played man, positive, it’s might not be when we played zone, that the team

a more per- should be Lawrence Peart fect example when we went back more experi- Daily Texan Staff of Jones’ bril- enced when liance than a “and forth, brought the Cowboys

third-and-25 roll into Aus- in the sec- pressure and didn’t tin this week- Press box observations: Texas has room to improve ond quar- bring pressure, he e n d , w i t h ter. From his B r a n d o n Editor’s Note: These are four key ob- Ash responded, “decision making.” Ash’s four-yard touchdown pass with “They came out here ready to own 35-yard did a good job of “ Weeden and servations made from the Cotton “It’s a good time to look back and 2:31 left in the fourth. play,” Whittaker said. “You have to line, Jones Justin Black- Bowl press box. say, ‘This is where we are,’” Ash said. “We just gave up 21 points,” head give them credit for doing what they stepped up managing the down mon and the By Christian Corona “Make no mistake, I think we’re still a coach Mack Brown said. “You can’t d o b e s t .” in the pocket and getting the ball rest of the Daily Texan Staff very, very good football team, but we have five turnovers and three of them to avoid the men in that still have a long way to go. We’re go- go for touchdowns.” Third downs swung momentum pass rush and into the playmakers’ offense. ing to get there.” Texas entered Saturday allowing then threw “I think Ash struggles in first OU game hands. Turnover table turned on Texas Fozzy plays well in losing effort teams to convert only 26 percent of a ball with our players third down plays. But Oklahoma was just enough —Manny Diaz, Defensive coordinator will watch Both Texas quarterbacks commit- 8-for-15 on third down, including a air under film, and ted two costly turnovers, but Case The Longhorns used early take- The plays Fozzy Whittaker touched 30-yard pass on third-and-25 in the it to pre- there will be McCoy’s were fumbles that could aways to pounce on opponents in the ball were some of the few that went second quarter. vent Quan- things that have been avoided with better pass their last two games, taking 21-0 and well for Texas. The senior running Sooners quarterback Landry Jones dre Diggs we will see protection while each of David Ash’s 34-0 first-half leads over UCLA and back carried the ball six times for 45 hit Ryan Broyles for a five-yard score from batting that we had two interceptions were his fault. This Iowa State. But the Sooners were the yards, a 15-yard catch in the first quar- on the next set of downs, fittingly on it down, with i n h a n d ,” time last year, Ash was playing high ones that forced turnovers, both ear- ter, and a 100-yard kickoff return for a third-and-goal. Jones completed sev- such perfect placement that OU Diaz said. “They are really good school football against athletes far in- ly and often, and put Texas in a 27-3 touchdown in the second. en of 10 passes for 93 yards on third receiver Jaz Reynolds hardly players, and they played an out- ferior to the ones he faced Saturday. hole in the second quarter. Fellow running backs Malcolm down against Texas. had to adjust to catch the ball. standing game today, but we That might explain why Ash was Both of McCoy’s turnovers were Brown (17 carries, 54 yards) and D.J. “When you get to third-and-25, Three plays after the conver- probably didn’t make it as hard sacked four times, twice by senior committed in the first half while the Monroe (three carries, 23 yards) also you have to win,” defensive coordina- sion, Oklahoma found itself in on them as we maybe should defensive end Frank Alexander. It first of Ash’s two interceptions was had solid showings. While Brown has tor Manny Diaz said. “When we got another third-down situation. have. You just go back and fix seemed as if the speed of Oklaho- thrown in the second quarter and led Texas in carries and yards in each them in third-and-long, when we got W.W.J.D? Jones found Broyles your defense.” ma’s defense took him by surprise on returned 55 yards for a touchdown of its first four games, Whittaker is them in some favorable situations for for a touchdown to make the Jones might not be the last occasion, either when a Sooners de- by junior defensive back Demon- making a statement that he deserves us, sometimes by penalties and some- score 20-3. to carve up the Longhorns this fensive back darted in front of one tre Hurst. While Oklahoma’s defense plenty of touches as well. Despite his 1 times by just what we did on third You could say Texas’ offense season, but he was the first. of his throws or when someone ran scored three touchdowns before the impressive performance, however, down, we let them off the hook. I lost it this game. One total And it’s tough to figure there’s him down from behind. When asked end of the third quarter, the Texas of- the Longhorns did not have a pro- don’t think we played as well as touchdown — a last-ditch pass anybody out there much better what he needs to improve the most, fense didn’t find the end zone until ductive day offensively. we possibly could.” — and 259 total offensive yards, than him. day, month day, 2008 CLASSIFIEDS 3B

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Lawrence Peart | Daily Texan Staff ABOVE: Oklahoma defensive back Aaron Colvin (14) flashes the “Horns down” sign. Colvin and Frank Alexander (84) were members of a defense that forced five Texas turnovers. DEFEAT continues from PAGE 1 BELOW: Oklahoma defensive end Frank Alexander kisses his mother, Juanita, after the Sooners’ 55-17 win. Alexander had three sacks. What was supposed to be a Stadium on Saturday. measuring stick game for the “We’ve go to go back to work,” Longhorns turned out to be a Brown said. “We play a top team slaughter. Midway through the again next week, so we don’t have third quarter, many Texas fans be- any time to sit back and feel sorry gan heading for the exits. The loss for ourselves.” was unbearable to some and pain- After a surprising 4-0 start to ful to others. To head coach Mack the year, the Longhorns’ magic fi- Brown, it was disheartening. nally ran out in Dallas at the State “I was disappointed that we didn’t Fair grounds. live up to our side of the match,” Co-offensive coordinator Bryan Brown said. Harsin was supposed to be Texas’ You can say that again. biggest weapon against the Sooners. The Longhorns rode into the Cot- He’d called one of the best games in ton Bowl with high hopes of chal- college football history during Boise lenging No. 3 Oklahoma. The week- State’s upset of OU in the 2007 Fi- end’s only match-up of undefeated, esta Bowl, highlighted by the infa- ranked teams quickly became a lop- mous Statue of Liberty play. He was sided affair usually reserved for the supposed to save the day in his first season opener. Red River Rivalry. Texas didn’t play like the nation’s Oklahoma didn’t get the memo. No. 10 team and was exposed in ev- Harsin’s trick plays fizzled as ery facet of the game. the Sooners pass rush disrupted The offensive line had more holes any chance for the slow-develop- than Swiss cheese. The pass defense ing plays to pan out. There were was a step slow. The tackling was no miracles in this game. poor. The execution? Even worse. “They were just out there flying to The ugly loss dropped Texas to the ball, playing faster than us,” said No. 22 in the AP poll. senior tailback Fozzy Whittaker. And the Longhorns don’t have The Longhorns wanted to see much time to iron things out. how they stacked up against a team Sixth-ranked Oklahoma State and with National Championship aspi- its high-octane offense pay a visit rations. Now they know. They can’t to Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial be happy with the results.

Elisabeth Dillon | Daily Texan Staff Lawrence Peart | Daily Texan Staff Sophomore wide receiver Mike Davis tries to get around an Oklahoma defender after catching a pass. Head coach Mack Brown and senior running back Cody Johnson (11) watch from the sidelines. Brown and Davis, a Dallas native, caught six balls for 70 yards but also fumbled. the Longhorns have now lost two straight games to the Sooners. P13 COMICS

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TV REVIEW ENLIGHTENED & 2 BROKE GIRLS Chinese punk movement Two shows highlight female leads fighting focus of author’s speech By Benjamin Smith lic of China, according to a No- Daily Texan Staff vember 2005 article from “The Independent”.

The College of Liberal Arts’ A doctoral dissertation by against economic, emotional difficulties Center for East Asian Stud- former UT philosophy PhD stu- ies will be holding a presenta- dent Timothy Lane Brace titled By Aleksander Chan tion by author David O’Dell to- “Moderniza- Daily Texan Staff night entitled

tion and Mu- “Inseparable: sic in Con- The Story of Out of all the women-centered t e m p o r a r y Chinese Punk new shows this fall, two examine China: Cri- Rock” about the hardships wrought by crashes sis, Identity, the Chinese “ — one emotional, the other eco- The Communist and the Poli- punk rock nomic — and couldn’t be more tics of Style” movement different. In “Enlightened,” Laura party enacted strict details how that spanned Dern plays a woman weathering a after Tianan- from 1995 devastating personal collapse. And censorship that saw to men Square, to 2003. The in “2 Broke Girls,” a pair of Wil- Chinese rock presentation the genre’s decline in liamsburg waitresses supplement became a fac- will include a their meager wages by extolling et of main- slideshow of the early 1990s.” raunchy retorts. As it turns out, “ stream youth Chinese Punk the aspiring tranquility and opti- culture. The artists, audio — Benjamin Smith, Daily Texan Columnist mism of the former is more palat- Communist clips from able and enjoyable than the pessi- party, feeling significant mism and cruelty of the latter. threatened by punk songs In many ways, “Enlightened” the cynicism and a portion doesn’t belong on HBO. Created by and rejection of the unre- Dern with Mike White (who wrote of its ideals evident in Chinese leased film “Beijing Punk” by “School of Rock”), it is perhaps the rock enacted strict censorship director Shaun Jefford, which most understated and breezy of that saw to the genre’s decline has been banned in China. anything the network known for in the early 1990s. Chinese Rock evolved in the gangsters and over-sexed vampires By 1994, Chinese rock had 1980s out of a combination of has ever aired. Based in part by gone underground, both to es- Photo courtesy of Richard Cartwright/CBS Chinese folk song traditions White’s own stress-induced mental cape the pressure of the Com- Kat Dennings and Beth Behrs star as waitresses working to save up for a cupcake shop in “2 Broke Girls.” and Western popular music breakdown, Dern plays Amy Jelli- munist party and to evade the theory – things like a fast tem- coe, a health and beauty buyer for commercialization of China’s po, forceful beat and dominant a Big Business who suffers a very growing market economy that bass lines. Early Chinese raock public meltdown after having an Enlightened was jeopardizing its message. songs were characteristical- affair with a married co-worker. Starring Laura Dern Out of this combination of cen- ly idealistic and overtly politi- Amy’s conniption erupts with sorship and cultural frustration cal, speaking of Western ideas fiery vengeance, but Dern mas- Created by: Mike White grew the Chinese punk rock of individualism and reflecting terfully manages to keep Amy’s movement - the focus of a [year] and Laura Dern dissatisfaction with the Com- edges just soft enough. In the pi- book by David O’Dell on which When: Premieres tonight munist state. lot’s fantastic cold open, where an tonight’s lecture is based. enraged Amy, her hair frazzled, at 9:30 p.m. on HBO 1986’s “Nothing To My Name” brow-furrowed and mascara run- by Cui Jian is often recognized ning, peels open the doors of an as the first true Chinese rock WHAT: David O’ Dell’s elevator in pursuit of her wrong- Grade: B+ song. Jian is widely regarded as “Inseperable: The Story of doer, it’s equal parts humiliating, the father of Chinese rock and Chinese Punk Rock” “Nothing To My Name” is con- comedic and tragic. WHERE: Hogg Building’s (WCH) And then, in about as fast a clip 2 Broke Girls sidered his opus. The song was Meyerson Conference Room, as her opening rampage, we return the unofficial anthem of ac- 4.118 to Amy months later as she’s re- Starring Kat Dennings tivists during the Tiananmen Photo courtesy of Prashant Gupta/HBO WHEN: Today, Monday October turning from a rehabilitation cen- Square protests in spring of Created by: Michael In “Enlightened,” Laura Dern plays a woman trying to reinvent herself 10 at 6 p.m. ter in Hawaii, where she’s cooled to after a public meltdown. 1989 and is seen as one of the a sage-like sense of harmony. Or so Patrick King & Whitney most influential songs in the WEB: utexas.edu/cola/depts/ asianstudies/events/19926 it seems. Despite her newfound Zen, Cummings ted and tensionless. Despite that, tune after her father was incarcer- history of the People’s Repub- readjusting to her old life, including When: Airs Monday at it often manages to wash over you ated for a Ponzi scheme. Togeth- her disapproving mother, disingenu- 7:30 p.m. on CBS like a bizarre mediation — even as er, they’re working and saving up ous co-workers and drug-addled ex- Amy does a gooey, almost saccha- to open a gourmet cupcake shop. husband (played by Luke Wilson), Grade: C rine narration at the end of each ep- The two leads have an incredible Author accused of swindling threatens to slowly break her down isode, they’re so light and airy, you rapport, occasionally balancing all over again. give in to them. out Max’s overwritten sourness It’s impressive how smoothly about how it feels about reinven- It’s not as easy to warm to the bit- with Caroline’s gumption. women out of millions online “Enlightened” actually runs giv- tion through spirituality is a hall- terness of Kat Dennings’ character in The characters that work with By Greg Bluestein said. “R.J.” wired close to $3 en how much story and ideas it mark of White’s, who wrote all 10 “2 Broke Girls.” Dennings plays Max, them in the diner though, are all The Associated Press million to an account she be- somewhat confusedly tries to un- episodes of the show’s first season. a surly diner waitress who could go unfunny outlines of racial stereo- lieved belong to the compa- pack. It’s hard to tell when Amy Either way, Dern’s performance toe-to-toe with her male counterparts types. The Asian diner owner who ATLANTA — An author of ny but actually did not exist, begins espousing all her New Age sells it. She captures Amy’s resil- in yuks from any Chuck Lorre (“Two seems to only speak in malaprop- legal thrillers and science fic- prosecutors said. Gross con- teachings to herself and everyone ience, naivete and desperate cling- and A Half Men,” “Mike and Molly”) isms is almost offensive. But what tion was accused Thursday of cealed the scheme by sending around her if the show is taking ing to sanity with a calmness that’s or Seth MacFarlane (“Family Guy”) makes “2 Broke Girls” almost un- meeting women through an her phony tax forms and ac- her utterly serious or is offering almost transfixing. In lesser hands, show — indeed, in the three episodes settling to watch is the nearly un- online Jewish dating service count statements. a staunch critique of neo-hippie- Amy could have been too neurotic that have aired so far, Max has made bridled cruelty that Max treats and bilking them out of mil- Then investigators said they liberalism. When she occasionally and zany a character to stomach. jokes of the anatomical, masturbatory Caroline with. Laughter at the lions of dollars. discovered he was using the loses her cool and snarls a coarse Her best moments are the ones and scatological variety — one time mistreatment of others has long Mitchell Gross duped at woman’s funds to repay an ex- response or is shown schem- she shares with Luke Wilson — full all in the same episode. been a standard in comedy, but least two women into invest- girlfriend, identified as “J.S.” ing (like when she pretends to be of tenderness and hedged hopeful- Max takes in Caroline (Beth here, it comes insufficiently mo- ing about $4.4 million in a She was duped into investing homeless to get out of work in a ness. The heartiness of this rela- Behrs, who does something bril- tivated, cold and bitter. According sham company he set up, us- $1.4 million with the phony future episode), are we suppose to tionship is what grounds the show liant in making the blonde rich girl to “2 Broke Girls,” the only way to ing some of the money to buy firm, prosecutors said. laugh with her or at her? more than anything because with- character substantive), a formerly survive an economic crash is to expensive artwork, a luxury “The Internet has im- The way the show is vague out it, “Enlightened” is thinly plot- wealthy socialite who lost her for- get meaner. car and a golf club member- proved our ability to com- ship, feder- municate and

al prosecutors work more ef- said. He fac- ficiently, but es wire fraud it also makes and mon- Ransom Center welcomes writings of South African writer it“ simpler for ey laundering [The Internet] also those bent on and criticism. ent alternative narratives for the Bashevis Singer, John Steinbeck charges. defrauding By Jim Vertuno Coetzee has published 13 main characters. In one, Michael and W.B. Yeats. makes it simpler The Associated Press Gross, a others to find books, including “Life & Times is viewed as a brilliant poet. In “I expect to hear from schol- 61-year-old for those bent on their next vic- AUSTIN, Texas — The pro- of Michael K” in 1983 and “Dis- another, he is an educated dis- ars around the world,” about the w h o w r i t e s tim,” U.S. At- fessional archive of Nobel Prize- grace” in 1999. Both novels re- patch clerk. Anna, who is Mi- Coetzee collection, Schwartz- under the pen defrauding others to torney Sal- winning writer J.M. Coetzee ceived the prestigious Man chael’s mother in the final ver- burg said. name Mitch- find their next victim.” l y Q u i l l i a n will be housed at the Universi- Booker Prize, awarded each year sion, changes roles from his The son of a sheep farm- ell Graham, “ Yates said. She ty of Texas’ Harry Ransom Cen- for best full-length novel. Co- mother to his wife to his grand- er, Coetzee left South Africa pleaded not — Sally Quillian, U.S. Attorney urged any- ter humanities library, provid- etzee was the first author to win mother. Coetzee didn’t settle on for a decade after the Sharpe- guilty. He one else who ing a rare glimpse into the man the Book- the final relation- ville shootings of 1960, when has authored believes they considered a master storyteller er award ship of mother and police fired on demonstrators half a doz- were victim- of the South African experience twice. son until the sixth and killed 70 people. He worked en books, but ized by the and public injustice. The col- version. briefly in England as a program- told a judge scheme to The Ransom Center’s $1.5 lection will “He knows it’s mer for IBM before enrolling he only has a couple of thou- contact authorities. million acquisition of the Co- give schol- He writes brilliantly “ about a man and a at Texas for his doctorate. Co- sand dollars. Gross lives in metro Atlan- etzee collection was scheduled ars an inti- of his native home of woman who are re- etzee’s dissertation was on the He began a romantic rela- ta. He authored six books, to be formally announced Mon- mate view lated in some way. early fiction of Beckett and he tionship with a woman iden- including a three-part sci- day. The collection, purchased of how he South America, but the Whether they are did much of his research in the tified in court documents ence fiction series and a legal using private grants and univer- developed exercises or false Ransom Center. as “R.J.” They met on a site thriller called “Dead Docket.” sity money, includes 155 boxes characters themes and conflicts in s t a r t s , w e d o n’t Coetzee’s first novel, “Dusk- around June 2006 and he told He could face dozens of of manuscripts, notebooks, es- and sto- his works are universal.” know,” Schwartz- lands,” came out in 1974. Other her he made a lot of mon- years in prison and a fine of says, speeches and letters to his r y lines in“ burg said. works include the novels “Foe” ey by investing with a bro- more than $1 million. publishers dating back to 1956. his novels —Thomas Staley, Ransom Center Director Schwartzburg and “The Master of Petersburg,” ker named “Michael Johnson” Gross said he can’t afford an “He writes brilliantly of his as well as called the Coetzee and two memoirs written in the who was employed by “The attorney. He asked the judge native home of South Africa, but conversa- archive one of Ran- third person, “Boyhood” and Merrill Company,” the re- to appoint public defend- the themes and conflicts he ex- tions with som Center’s most “Youth,” in which he labels his cords show. er Judy Fleming to represent plores in his works are univer- agents and important literary early years in South Africa “a “R.J.” called the broker to him, saying that he had only sal,” Ransom Center director publishers, acquisitions and bad start. A handicap.” talk over the investments, but $2,000 in cash and no money Thomas Staley said. said Molly Schwartzburg, the noted the center’s expanding Coetzee has frequently taught it was actually Gross speak- in stocks, retirement funds or Coetzee was born in Cape Ransom Center’s curator of lit- collection of key Africa-based at American universities, in- ing in a disguised voice on bank accounts. She declined Town, South Africa in 1940 and erature. authors. The Ransom Center cluding a stint at Texas’ Michner the other line, prosecutors to comment on the case. earned his doctorate in English, The collection includes nine also has the archive of Nobel- Center for Writers in 1995. He linguistics and Germanic lan- “drafts” of “Life & Times of Mi- winning author Doris Lessing, lives in Adelaide, Australia. guages at the University of Texas chael K,” Coetzee’s fourth novel who grew up in Rhodesia, which “My association with the Uni- in 1965. He won the Nobel prize about a simple gardener and his is now called Zimbabwe. versity of Texas goes back almost for literature in 2003. mother who live in Cape Town Other Nobel laureates rep- a half century,” Coetzee said. “It RECYCLE The thread of South Africa’s when the city erupts into violent resented in the Ransom Center is very satisfying to know that history of racism and social in- unrest. collections include Samuel Beck- my papers will find a home at the ♲ YOUR COPY OF equality runs through Coetzee’s Some of the drafts are only a ett, T.S. Eliot, Ernest Heming- Ransom Center, one of the world’s THE DAILY TEXAN diverse body of novels, memoirs few pages long but several pres- way, George Bernard Shaw, Isaac great research institutions.” P15 ENT

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Rapper Murs’ new album, “Love CARILLON continues from PAGE 16 and Rockets, Volume 1: The Student Carillonneurs in April a note like five minutes ago and focus less on how many people Transformation,” 2010 after taking lessons on the you can still hear it ring.” may be watching and instead will be released carillon from their teacher’s as- Timing is essential when it put more emphasis into how on Tuesday, sistant and realizing it was their comes to carillon music. The loud and how far away they can October 11. duty to carry on the musical leg- guild members work to con- be heard. acy of Tom Anderson. Ander- stantly think a couple of notes “It’s the least stressful perfor- son, a carillonneur who plays at mance environment,” Fergu- the UT Tower three days a week, son said. “We’re up there in a started in 1952 and has con- room as small as a closet, and tinued for more than 50 years. no one is watching us. We can Each year, the group holds audi- mess up, and no one would tions and takes a couple of new We tell them to put in know“ — it gives us something students, and after gaining ex- to laugh about afterwards.” clusive membership to the guild however much time Although the guild keeps (currently eight members), the they need to not make a lighthearted attitude about old members teach the new how the carillon, they’re very se- to play the instrument. This a fool of themselves at rious when it comes to prac- year the guild plays at the Tow- ticing their pieces. Ferguson er every Tuesday at 5 p.m. and “the top of the tower practices about two hours also performs statewide. each day, and Jensen also “We wanted to create a sus- — Amanda Jensen, student carillonneur stresses the importance of tainable group that would last putting time into enhancing for years,” Jensen said. “It just individual musicality. keeps things in perspective. We “We tell them to put in have to keep alive a tradition for however much time they these other students.” ahead and always have their need to not make a fool of The carillon at UT is the fists on notes before they need themselves at the top of the largest in the state with 56 to be played to ensure there Tower,” Jensen said. “We need to bells, giving the guild members isn’t any additional ringing after keep in mind everyone can hear the opportunity to play a wid- each note is played and control us when we play.” er range of songs, particularly the volume of each bell. Almost any song can be ones in a higher register. How- “I can’t just strike a note, and played on the carillon, from ever, each carillon is different, it’ll just play properly. There’s classical music, pop hits or re- forcing the guild members to a lot of technique involved,” quests from loyal listeners, and adjust when playing a differ- Ferguson said. “Your fist must the guild members try to en- ent carillon, particularly when be loose, and you have to sure diversity and hope to keep it comes to the length of ring- prime each note before you the tradition of playing the ing time for each note. hit it. It’s very unorthodox for carillon on top of the Tower “Even if a piece is supposed beginners.” around forever. to be fast, you have to be selec- In addition to the unconven- “When you hear a song, it’s a Photo courtesy of tive that each note doesn’t end tional technique required, the person playing, not a machine. Murs up sounding like one continu- guild members embrace the It’s not something randomly put ous stream of notes,” Ferguson unique opportunity to be able at the top of the Tower,” Jensen said. “It takes a lot of getting to perform atop the Tower. Be- said. “It’s the musical sound of used to. You could have played cause they cannot be seen, they the entire university.” MURS continues from PAGE 16 The Sense of an Ending fear flying,” he said. Felt album, the project has not smile was plastered on his face. MEMORY continues from PAGE 16 Despite its longevity, Murs definitively been laid to rest. In those moments, it was clear Julian Barnes still has points to hit within his On his way from the tour that the stage was where he felt mysteries. They shape us, and, in insights into the quotidian fac- career. He is planning a final, bus to backstage, Murs briefly most at home. old age, they change the current ets of our lives. The second half Genre: Literature forthcoming album with long- stopped during McKenzie Ed- Despite Murs’ prowess on- of our lives, directing us back to of the novel, however, does not Pages: 160 time collaborator 9th Wonder. dy’s performance to spit a verse, stage and in the studio, the rap- memories of youth. live up to the first. Emotional in- The future of Felt, a rap proj- surprising the crowd. As he per has plans beyond rap mu- “The Sense of an Ending” is a tensity sometimes lags as Webster For those who like: ect he made in collaboration took the stage, his reservedness sic. Vague but ambitious, he rich, intelligent rumination on mulls over his past, and some of Snowdrops: A Novel by with fellow underground rap- dissolved, and a new, exuber- said, “I want to make movies, I time, memory, age and regret. In the events that drive the narrative A.D. Miller per, Slug from the band Atmo- ant Murs emerged. For the re- want to make babies, I want to its best moments, most of which toward its resolution seem forced sphere, is ambiguous. Although mainder of his song and much make love, and I want to make occur in part one, it is poignant, and lack significance in the great- there are no plans for a fourth of his later set, an unshakable a difference.” sad and funny, offering unsettling er context of the narrative.

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CD REVIEW Guild of Student Carillonneurs attempts LOVE & ROCKETS, VOL. 1: THE TRANSFORMAT ION to keep tradition alive on top of UT tower Rapper adds unique aspects to familiar hip-hop sounds By Ali Breland sound all his own but familiar Daily Texan Staff to hip-hop.

Love & Rockets serves as an At age 33, underground rap- example of this, highlighting per Murs possesses both the his ability to create wildly viv- composure and collectedness id narratives very much within

of a nearly jaded veteran and the genre of hip-hop, while si- the vitality of a multaneous- kid fresh to the ly maintain- expansive world ing an other- of hip-hop. He worldliness. has his plate full “ T h e s o n g , with a tour and Now that I’m creating “Cutlass 67,” his new album a whole new reality, highlights Love & Rockets, this quality, Volume 1: The that’s a testament illustrating a Transformation, story of vio- out Tuesday. On to my growth as a lence during Love & Rockets, writer.” an alterca- he enlisted the“ tion with the help of legend- — Murs, Underground rapper police, a rel- ary producer atively com- Ski Beatz, who mon theme boasts a resume within rap. featuring col- Murs’ sub- laborations with tle unique- Nas and Jay-Z, among others. ness comes forth in his artic- “I didn’t know [Murs],” Ski ulate narration of the fictional said. “I hadn’t heard his music, event. Murs draws such a pow- but when we got in the zone, it erful image in the listener’s turned out good.” mind that he makes the story As he sat with his head of a cop’s murder believable. cocked back against the couch “I think my storytelling has Marisa Vasquez | Daily Texan Staff in his tour bus, Murs spoke gotten to the point where I Peter Tissot, Austin Ferguson, and Amanda Jensen play a song in the carillon practice room, Friday afternoon. The guild plays a variety of songs with a lazy confidence. Murs’ don’t need to base it on fact from classical pieces to popular hits, and even takes requests. peculiar and contrarian traits to make it seem real,” he said. manifest themselves in his “Now that I’m creating a whole By Lindsey Cherner The carillon is an instrument habits as well: On tour and at new reality, that’s a testament Daily Texan Staff housed in the UT Tower played home, Murs will research art- to my growth as a writer.” by striking the wooden batons ists, listening to their catalogs Murs’ persona is very unique. With his fists clenched and his with a closed fist and by press- and watching interviews and Despite a general air of confi- wrists light, Austin Ferguson’s ing the keys of a pedal keyboard documentaries about them in a dence and assuredness, he ex- hands quickly move across the with the feet. The keys mechan- near-obsessive manner. When hibits cracks of vulnerability. wooden baton and bangs them ically activate levers and wires asked his rationale for this ten- On one of his songs from Love to effortlessly create the ringing that connect to metal clappers dency, he responded, “I don’t & Rockets, he speaks of his bells that sound across campus. that strike the bells, allowing the like to listen to rap when I’m former love of flying and how Simultaneously, his feet play the carillonneur to vary the intensity writing a rap album. I like to it served as an idyllic escape in notes his fists couldn’t reach, cre- of the note according to the force maintain a unique cadence and his hectic life. When flying on ating melodic music in the prac- applied to the key. perspective.” tour with indie rap legend El- tice room. “To me, there’s not a lot that This technique has cer- P, he experienced such a trau- “If you’ve played any oth- can be grasped theoretically. You tainly served the rapper well. matic flight that it shook his er keyboard instrument, it goes just have to do it,” said Aman- The famous novelist Francis comfort on every subsequent against anything you’ve ever been da Jensen, a music studies, Plan Wyndham once said, “An art- plane ride. taught,” said Ferguson, a music II and Greek senior. “I just love Marisa Vasquez | Daily Texan Staff ist should appear no more in “It was ridiculous. There was studies freshman. “But once you the history behind it. It’s been his work than God in nature. serious turbulence, and there master the basics, it becomes a Amanda Jensen, music and plan II Greek senior, plays a carillon at the around for so long in more or practice room in UT tower. The man is nothing, the work was no water on the plane. I good anger management process less the same form. It’s the mu- is everything.” This is the bal- long for the days where I didn’t and gives you the opportunity to sicality behind the carillonneurs Jensen, Peter Tissot and Mat- ance Murs is able to strike as play as loud as you can.” that changes.” thew Stites created the Guild of CARILLON continues on PAGE 15 he has managed to produce a MURS continues on PAGE 15 BOOK REVIEW Services held THE SENSE OF AN ENDING under bridge Mystery of memory explored accepting of as protagonist recalls long life By Clayton Wickham all Austinites Daily Texan Staff “History is the lies of the victors,” says Tony Webster, the protagonist Spirit of of Julian Barnes’ novel, “A Sense of Ending.” Webster recalls telling his teacher this on his last day of prep Austin school some 50 years ago. But af- ter a happy, if unexciting marriage, By Audrey White a daughter, two grandchildren and an amicable divorce, history feels more like “the memories of sur- Prayer and song rang out under vivors,” those countless ordinary Interstate-35 at 7th Street on Sunday people who, like Webster, are not morning as rain dripped through victorious or defeated. Danielle Villasana | Daily Texan Staff the cracks in the overpass. When a strange will gifts him Church Under the Bridge, a proj- Mission: Possible! Austin volunteer Robin Demaio, far left, leads a song Sunday morning during Church the diary of his tragically brilliant Under the Bridge’s service. The project provides a worship place that welcomes everybody. Courtesy of Julian Barnes ect of Mission: Possible! Austin, is prep-school friend Adrian, Web- a worship space open to anyone in ster returns to memories of his is entertaining in itself, especial- Austin. Their services each Sun- Possible!’s street ministry and com- one regardless of their spiritual be- primary social outlet and source of school days and begins to recon- ly when he remembers his sexu- day at 10 a.m. include breakfast and munity outreach director and the lief,” Hamner said. “We don’t see community. Anna Hunt was there sider Adrian’s suicide and his re- al frustration — “It was the six- lunch, believers and skeptics, young pastor at the church. the ministry as coffee and breakfast, Sunday, just like every week, al- lationship with Veronica, a col- ties, but only for some people, and old, homeless and housed join Hamner joined the program in and in some ways, we don’t see the though she still had bruises and lege girlfriend. In the process, only in certain parts of the coun- in prayer. December and said he hopes to ministry as the teaching time. It’s the stitches after an aggravated assault Webster discovers how much of try,” he says. But, as Webster con- “This isn’t just a ministry; it’s a build on the tradition that Mission connection that individuals make last week. She said faith and the his youth he has altered, ignored tinues it becomes clear that au- place of worship,” said Chris Rogers, Possible’s executive director and on both sides of the paradigm.” “real love” she finds at the church or misinterpreted in what Veron- thor Barnes is doing more than who has been attending weekly ser- founder Tim Pinson started 18 years Jim Barger said the free coffee at get her through the days when she ica once called his “instinct for just telling a story of lost youth. vices for three years. “It’s not about ago after conversations with home- the church got him to start going knows she’ll spend the night on self-preservation.” Certain incidents don’t add up. A social justice; it’s about coming to- less Austinites and inspiration from last year. Barger has been homeless the street. In the first half of the nov- strange weekend spent with Ve- gether to worship Jesus.” a similar Church Under the Bridge since he moved to Austin from Flor- “The assault is nothing that won’t el, Webster shapes a story using ronica’s posh family, Webster and Rogers said she was homeless program in Waco. ida looking for work in May 2010. make me stronger in the Lord,” Hunt the few vivid memories lingering Veronica’s spiteful separation and for a period when she was much “It’s never about the building; it’s He said he relies on God to help him said. “When everything falters, love from his school days, one he ad- the relationship that developed younger and embraces being part always about the people,” Hamner not abuse alcohol and keep looking is the strongest of all things.” mits is probably biased and inac- between Adrian and Veronica of a church with members who said. “We see ourselves as a church, for work, even though a major leg Church members often meet curate. “School is where it all be- months before Adrian’s suicide all might not be welcome at oth- as a body of Christ. When we re- injury makes him an insurance lia- throughout the week for different gan,” he says, “so I need to return seem part of the same puzzle. er churches because of how they member that we’re all made in the bility to the types of restaurants and Bible studies and events. Hunt said briefly to a few incidents that have In the second part of the nov- look. She started attending the image of Christ, then the things that bars he used to work at. she usually goes to Gandalf’s Prayer grown into anecdotes, to some ap- el, Barnes affirms the incom- church as a volunteer before she separate us disappear.” “This place gives me positive Cafe, another Mission: Possible! proximate memories which time pleteness of Webster’s story and became an active member. The church relies entirely on pri- input instead of the typical nega- program, every Tuesday for a meal, has deformed into certainty.” With throws his narrator into a full- “Being in a serving position cre- vate funding, and the weekly bands tive BS,” he said. “I try to talk to conversation and rest. such a preface, Webster’s estab- fledged mystery which questions ates a gulf, but really we are all the and food servers are regular volun- a few people about quitting alco- As nine-year member Sam Cole lishes himself as unreliable, and the nature of memory and how same,” she said. teers, Hamner said. Anyone is wel- hol. I’m talking about organizing put it, “the church has left the build- becomes more so as odd gaps and it affects us. Memory and regret, The environment enhances the come to the church. a place to talk, not really like [Al- ing” with the Church Under the inconsistencies crop up through- Barnes suggests, are time’s greatest church’s ability to foster connections “We don’t force anyone to agree coholics Anonymous], more of a Bridge program. And the members out the narrative. between individuals and build com- with us, and we’ll provide any ser- discussion group.” from all walks of life wouldn’t have Webster’s witty, self-deprecat- munity, said Beau Hamner, Mission: vice that we have available to any- For others, the church is their it any other way. ing account of his college years MEMORY continues on PAGE 15