THE DAILY TEXAN 63 40 Tuesday, December 7, 2010 Serving the University of Texas at Austin Community Since 1900
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P1 SPORTS PAGE 7 LIFE&ARTS PAGE 10 Volleyball head coach makes plea to fill seats Devotees compete to become the best ‘Street Fighter’ LIFE&ARTS PAGE 10 Students invest despite the recession TOMORROW’S WEATHER High Low THE DAILY TEXAN 63 40 Tuesday, December 7, 2010 Serving the University of Texas at Austin community since 1900 www.dailytexanonline.com TODAY Brown confirms resignation of three UT coaches By Will Anderson Davis came to Texas with Brown in 1998 not appear in the postseason. years at Texas. Daily Texan Staff and was part of the school’s record nine Offensive line coach Mac McWhorter and “They are not only INSIDE: Head coach Mack Brown put an end to consecutive 10-win seasons from 2001 to defensive line coach Mike Tolleson also an- great coaches but men speculation Monday with an e-mailed state- 2009. He drew criticism this year for run- nounced their retirements from coaching. who handled them- A look at possible Calendar ramifications after ment announcing the resignation of embat- ning an offense that finished No. 59 in the McWhorter produced five current NFL selves with tremendous the staff changes tled offensive coordinator Greg Davis and country in total yardage, good enough for players and two collegiate All-Americans integrity, class and dig- on page 7 Science and two other Texas coaches. a spot between Central Florida and Duke. during his nine years in Austin. Tolleson nity on and off the field technology “I’ve had a great 13 years here and en- Texas went 5-7, its only losing season un- coached current pros Lamarr Houston joyed every minute of it,” Davis said. der Brown and first since 1997, and will and Roy Miller, plus four others, in his 13 COACHES continues on page 8 Alfred Gilman, the chief scientific officer at the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas, will talk about the challenges of funding and STEPStoRECOVERY: Hitting bottom developing cancer research on the state level. AT&T Conference Center, 1900 University, Amphitheater, Room 204. 5:45 - Drug fixations become destructive habits 7:45 p.m. Free, RSVP required. consequences to build up enough things got out of control. “Before he started using, he was other sober students and work Qrank! Live By Audrey White to push a person toward recovery “I started making Cs and Ds my hero,” said his sister, Ella Walk- on the 12 Step Program. Jo’s Coffee House hosts a night Editor’s Note: This is the second in and long-term sobriety, they said. and Fs and Ws because I was er. “Even after, I wanted to deny it. Another student, who asked of competition for players of the a three-part series about students in- It’s difficult for Austin Com- just trying to figure out how to Eventually he turned into some- to remain anonymous because of popular trivia game. 7 - 9 p.m. volved in UT’s Center for Students in munity College student Wylie get money, trying to get in touch one I didn’t even know anymore, the stigma surrounding addiction Recovery — their paths to addiction Walker to identify his rock bot- with a dealer, trying to get high,” and it was the biggest let down.” in her Muslim community, said and how they achieved sobriety. tom moment, he said, because his Walker said. Wylie Walker finally began re- her best friend helped push her to K-12 education low point lasted for two years. In Ultimately, Walker said, it was covery in May 2009. He said the start recovery after four-and-a-half outreach roken relationships, failing high school, he said he was a so- his failing relationships with his people he met in recovery in- years of using narcotics every day. academics and lost faith — cial drinker, and he experimented parents and younger sister that spired him to commit to sobri- She first started using when a The UT K-12 Educational these are just a few of the with marijuana and other drugs. pushed him to get clean. When his ety, especially friends in treat- doctor prescribed medication af- Outreach Consortium will host consequences students re- But when he left for Oklaho- sister was a senior in high school ment and later at the UT Cen- ter she injured her shoulder. She a brown bag luncheon for B covering from drug abuse and ad- ma State University, he started us- — after his first failed stint in rehab ter for Students in Recovery, a became dependent, taking five to all University programs that diction identified from their years ing oxycodone to escape the feel- and after he started using heroin self-funded program offered by six pills per day just to function. provide support or training for as users. ings of anxiety and loneliness he — he pawned his mother’s cam- University Health Services that When she got to UT, the number K-12 instructors. LBJ Library, Sid But for many addicts, it can was experiencing. When he started era to buy drugs, so she couldn’t gives recovering addicts at UT Richardson Hall, Classroom A. take months or years for the running out of money to buy pills, take pictures at his sister’s prom. and in Austin a space to meet STEPS continues on page 2 Noon - 1 p.m. ‘Children of Nature’ Part of the Austin Film Society’s Iceland film series. Two old friends encounter each other in a retirement home and plan an escape to an island they knew as children. Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar. 7 p.m. $8. Today in History In 1982 Charles Brooks in Texas is the first person executed by lethal injection in the United States. Campus Watch Deck the halls Jester West, 201 E. 21st St. Anonymous Wylie Walker Several UT police officers UT anthropology junior ACC student responded to Jester on a report She first found narcotics when she was recovering from a Wylie Walker used drugs in high school, of a highly intoxicated student shoulder injury in high school and quickly became a daily but when he got to Oklahoma State who was going in out of user. A nearly fatal withdrawal, the support of her best friend University and began using oxycodone consciousness and was acting and involvement with the Center for Students in Recovery he became chemically dependent. In violently in the hallway. The helped her find and maintain sobriety. She asked that The May 2009, Walker got sober to save his officers noted a very strong odor Daily Texan not use her name because of the stigma in the education and his relationship with his of alcohol on the subject’s person Muslim community surrounding addiction. family. He hopes to attend UT and is active as well as evidence that she had at the Center for Students in Recovery. an extreme physical reaction to Photos by Tamir Kalifa | Daily Texan Staff the over consumption of alcohol ON THE WEB: Check out an interactive documentary about students at the center @dailytexanonline.com in no less than seven different locations while in the hallway. Lake Patrol brings service offshore Council questions provost By Aziza Musa Daily Texan Staff on academic centers’ cuts Quote to note Unlike the Austin Police Depart- By Collin Eaton The College of Liberal Arts, ment’s area command patrol, the Daily Texan Staff faced with a reduction in expect- “Even before I went agency’s Lake Patrol Unit takes a Several members of the Fac- ed funding from tuition, decided more service-oriented approach to ulty Council asked UT Pro- to form the faculty-led Academ- to Japan, I noticed enforcing the law. vost Steven Leslie on Monday ic Policy and Advisory Commit- Austin Lake Patrol — com- how the central administration tee to determine from where the the bad‘ posture at prised of one sergeant, one cor- would assist academic centers budget should be cut. In early ‘ poral and eight officers — began American arcades through the budget cuts and November, the committee recom- in the 1940s. Only recently did it challenged him on the mea- mended a total $1 million budget and tournaments. I become a part of the police de- surements used to determine partment’s responsibilities, said the productivity of the centers. always thought that APD Sgt. Louis Candoli. CENTER continues on page 6 was really uncouth. In 2008, APD consolidated other law enforcement agencies, acquir- It’s said if you have ing park police, airport police and city marshals. Candoli and Cpl. good posture you Danielle Villasana | Daily Texan Staff Special court for veterans Steve Scheurer transferred from can concentrate SWAT to the boat patrol following APD Officer Jose Delgado, who has worked for the Lake Patrol Unit for the merger. four years, patrols Lake Austin on Saturday afternoon. rst of its kind in county better. I felt it was a “It’s slow, but it’s necessary,” Can- good quality to have doli said. “There’s not a lot of law “Ninety-eight percent of what Labor Day holiday. By Joshua Barajas eventually turned to self-med- enforcement out here, but a lot of we do is out here,” Scheurer said. “I feel like I’m running for of- Daily Texan Staff ication. His drug and alcohol for fighting games city ordinance enforcement things. “We just have two people on duty fice every time I get in the boat,” After his March 2003 deploy- abuse led to several arrests in We’re like the AAA. Most of our at any time, so it’s kind of hard to said Officer Jose Delgado.