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TOMORROW’S WEATHER High Low THE DAILY TEXAN 72 48 Tuesday, March 9, 2010 Serving the University of Texas at Austin community since 1900 www.dailytexanonline.com Parking changes pending action. nue generated by pay stations West Campus spaces may TODAY: University Area Partners The University Area Partners, — which will take over about meeting require resident permits a neighborhood association rep- 400 spaces that are currently resenting the businesses, proper- free — will go toward funding WHERE: St. Austin’s Catholic or payment in the future ty owners and churches around sidewalks, increasing sidewalk Church, 2026 Guadalupe St. By Bobby Longoria the University area, has proposed lighting and installing side- WHEN: Noon Daily Texan Staff a Parking Benefit District plan to walk foliage, said Brian Dono- Scrambling to find parking in the City Council that aims to con- van, a member of UAP and its West Campus with only minutes vert all free parking in West Cam- counterpart, the Central Austin meeting Monday night. “We left before class may become even pus to either paid or residential- Neighborhood Plan Advisory need a clarification of the bound- more difficult for students and permit parking. The UAP will dis- Committee. aries of the area that will be af- Catalina Padilla | Daily Texan Staff cause an added grievance to sur- cuss their proposal at a meeting “There should be a lot more fected, instead of just calling it In order to increase parking-meter revenue for the city, free parking rounding neighborhoods if a pro- today at 12. clarity about UAP’s plan soon,” spaces in West Campus may have meters installed soon. posed parking plan is put into Under the UAP plan, reve- Donovan said at a CANPAC PARKING continues on page 2 DIIA begins P   AIDS  restructuring with leader’s resignation By Shabab Siddiqui Daily Texan Staff A structural change in a University program de- signed to increase teaching effectiveness will not provide any immediate changes, but it could pro- vide some long-term benefits. The Division of Instructional Innovation and As- sessment — also known as DIIA — will now report to the provost’s office after the restructuring plan was announced last week. The division previously reported to the Continuing and Innovative Educa- tion department. Judy Ashcroft, who served as both director of DIIA and dean of Continuing and Innovative Edu- cation, resigned from the director position to focus on her role as dean. Provost Steven Leslie said the change had been discussed for almost a year and al- lows Ashcroft to focus her efforts on one area, while bringing DIIA back to the office it started in. DIIA was formed in 2001 as a way to find innova- tive ways to increase teaching effectiveness through technology and assessment. The department runs several services, ranging from teaching faculty members how to use new forms of technology in their classes to conducting end-of-semester course- instructor surveys. Tamir Kalifa | Daily Texan Staff “I think we have had very visionary leadership An Austin resident and activist living with HIV listens to Tracy Jones discuss the impact of HIV/AIDS on the black community. At the New Hope from Dr. Ashcroft, and we’re really continuing the Missionary Baptist Church on Monday, the first day of the week of prayer for the healing of AIDS, Carlos Carter. “If I know one person who is suffering structure that she has put in place,” Leslie said. with HIV or AIDS, that means I’m suffering with HIV and AIDS,” Jones said. “We need to understand when one of us suffers, we all suffer.” “We’re going to continue on creating excellence and focus on the needs of students better.” Robert Bruce Jr., who currently serves as assis- tant dean of Continuing and Innovative Education, will serve as the new interim vice provost of DIIA. A three-person steering committee comprised of Playwright returns to University amid controversy vice provost Gretchen Ritter, Undergraduate Stud- By Julie Bissinger ty for a series of short residencies an- said. “Having Mamet come back is in planned,” Curtis said in the e-mail. ies Dean Paul Woodruff and Graduate School Dean Daily Texan Staff nually for four years, said Danielle Si- violation of the University’s antidis- “In fact, the student response has been Victoria Rodriguez will be responsible for establish- The Harry Ransom Center sched- gler, curator of academic affairs for the crimination policy.” overwhelming, and we regret that we ing priorities for future DIIA programs, Bruce said. uled a workshop to be led by director, center. According to UT’s Nondis- can accommodate only one student for Additionally, a Faculty Council advisory committee playwright and writer David Mamet, The playwriting workshop, “A Jour- crimination Policy, discriminato- every 10 who applied.” will be created to help in the process. despite an outcry over the alleged ney Towards Meaning,” was original- ry verbal contact is not allowed. Playwriting graduate student Bruce said moving DIIA back to the provost’s of- racist remarks he made at last year’s ly scheduled to take place today and This policy extends to on-campus Martin Zimmerman also attended fice will allow DIIA to review programs more close- workshop. Wednesday, but Mamet cancelled due visitors. Mamet’s workshop last year and said ly and better serve students, faculty and staff. When Mamet visited UT in 2008 to illness. Officials do not know if the Greg Curtis, humanities coordina- his statements about Muslims and “DIIA researches and promotes teaching excel- and 2009, he made some remarks re- event will be rescheduled, said Alicia tor for the Ransom Center, sent out a other Middle Eastern people were of- lence and innovation in all of the University’s col- garding Muslims and people of Mid- Dietrich, spokeswoman for the center. mass e-mail to all graduate students fensive and could not be misinterpret- leges and schools,” Bruce said. “When you consid- dle Eastern descent that angered some Playwriting graduate student Ben who responded to the workshop’s in- ed as sarcasm. er that we’re here to work with all faculty, students students and faculty. Snyder attended Mamet’s workshop vitation. Curtis told the students that “This type of thing can turn into and staff, it makes sense for us to align with the cen- The Ransom Center currently hous- last year. Mamet would return to campus, de- a damaging educational experi- tral academic office.” es all of Mamet’s work completed “I am offended and shocked that spite their disapproval. ence when undergraduates can’t sort Ritter said one of the first things DIIA will be through 2007. To support his archive, the University would invite [Mamet] “There seemed to be no reason DIIA continues on page 5 he has agreed to visit the Universi- back to speak to students,” Snyder why the visit shouldn’t proceed as MAMET continues on page 2

Aaron Walther and Lara Alliances look to next phase of elections Grant, former candidates for Eliminated candidates election between the Minator Aze- the Student mi/Justin Stein executive alliance Government show support for Parks and the Scott Parks/Muneezeh Voting executive alli- and Kabir campaign Kabir alliance. ance, discuss “I’m very glad Aaron and I Vote in the executive alliance their platform By Audrey White ran,” Talbert said. “It was already runoff today and during the first Daily Texan Staff exciting with two really organized tomorrow at www.utsg.org SG debate. Now that he is no longer a part campaigns, but I think because of of the election, former Student us, more people that never would Government presidential candi- have voted got involved in the date Aaron Walther has stowed process. That is a good thing.” and vice president will be facing away the wheelchair he used dur- Students can vote in the runoff issues that students care deeply ing his Texas Travesty-sponsored today and Wednesday at utsg.org. about, such as budget cuts, and campaign as a paraplegic Russian. The last presidential runoff took because the Legislature will be in Austin Talbert, another former place in 2002. Melinda Sutton, session in the spring of 2011. candidate, has resumed spend- deputy to the Dean of Students, “It is more important now than ing as much time as possible in said this year’s runoff shows a in a long time to have leaders the Cactus Cafe, his favorite cam- heightened interest in SG. that not only say they are going Tamir Kalifa Daily Texan Staff pus spot. “A lot more students feel as to bring change, but who have The executive alliances of Tal- though they can make a differ- actually done that and who stu- bert and running mate Joe Zi- ence in the University,” Sutton dents can trust to continue doing tively representing the voice of lot, Parks touts a platform focused are dedicated to creating change mowski as well as Walther and said. “We’re seeing more students that when they need it most — students and putting into action on diversity. Parks said the work in SG. running mate Lara Grant earned feeling empowered and becoming and next year is when students what we heard should be some- he has done to promote sustain- “With our work in advocacy, 12 percent of the vote between involved in the SG process.” are going to need it most,” he thing all students can take com- able transportation as well as Ka- we’ve learned the importance of them in the campus-wide general Azemi said this election is cru- said. “Knowing that Justin and fort in.” bir’s work for women’s issues and election last week, forcing a runoff cial because this year’s president I have been, for two years, effec- From the other end of the bal- the GLBT community proves they RUNOFF continues on page 2 2

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Editor: Jillian Sheridan for SG candidates (512) 232-2212 [email protected] By Audrey White “Those e-mail addresses were Managing Editor: Daily Texan Staff collected from my personal ad- Ana McKenzie To vindicate the loss of his fa- dress book,” Kinnaird said. “I just (512) 232-2217 vorite executive alliance of Aar- have a very large address book on Walther and Lara Grant, pub- from my years of Ponzi schemes managingeditor@ licity director for the Texas Trav- and spamming students.” dailytexanonline.com esty Zak Kinnaird sent an e-mail The e-mail went out to stu- News Office: to about 500 people endorsing dents involved in both Aze- (512) 232-2207 Scott Parks and Muneezeh Ka- mi/Stein and Parks/Kabir cam- [email protected] bir in the Student Government paigns, as well as to those not runoff. connected to SG at all, he said. Web Office: Kinnaird said that if Minator Kabir said she and Parks appre- (512) 471-8616 Azemi and Justin Stein had been ciated the offbeat endorsement. disqualified by the Election Su- “We have both a traditional [email protected] Mary Kang | Daily Texan Staff pervisory Board for the election- and an untraditional voter base,” Austin Talbert, a former candidate for Student Government, speaks at The Travesty Debate on Feb. 24. Sports Office: code violations they were con- Kabir said. “This helps reactivate (512) 232-2210 victed of last week, candidates that and proves it exists.” [email protected] from the Texas Travesty, Walther Kinnaird received a block on and Grant, would have qualified his e-mail account after sending RUNOFF: Campaigns re-energize voters Life & Arts Office: for the runoff. so many messages at once, he itive personal interactions with runoff, both campaigns worked (512) 232-2209 “It was so crushing because said. However, he said that de- From page 1 Parks and Kabir than with Aze- to re-energize their voter bases [email protected] Aaron would have easily won spite this inconvenience, he is in a runoff against anyone,” he glad he sent the message as both making sure all perspectives are mi and Stein throughout the elec- and gather support. Azemi said Photo Office: said. “As a result, it was impor- a funny gag and a serious en- at the table to come to the best tion process. Talbert said he open- he hopes that, no matter the out- (512) 471-8618 tant to endorse the candidate dorsement of the candidates. decisions,” Parks said. “We look ly endorses Parks and Kabir and come, students will see the signif- [email protected] who didn’t stop them.” “I need to turn in some as- forward to continuing to advo- is working to reach out to his sup- icance of this runoff and partici- He said he saw sending the signments, but do I regret it? cate for students on even bigger porters to encourage them to vote pate by voting. Retail Advertising: endorsement as a funny public- No. Well, yes, but only because I issues.” for the alliance because he be- “I’ve done research, and gen- (512) 471-1865 ity idea, although he said it was can’t turn in my homework,” he Although Walther said he is not lieves they are more likely to cre- erally fewer people turn out for [email protected] a personal endorsement and did said. “I do not regret endorsing endorsing because “there is no ate change and relevance within runoffs in elections,” Azemi said. not represent an endorsement by Scott and Muneezeh on behalf of substance to anything that goes on SG. “Hopefully, we can defy the Classified Advertising: the Travesty. Aaron’s stolen win.” in SG,” he said he had more pos- As candidates prepared for the odds.” (512) 471-5244 classifi[email protected] PARKING: Plan may be finalized by mid-April MAMET: Graduate student forsees The Texan strives to present all infor- mation fairly, accurately and complete- ly. If we have made an error, let us know From page 1 ment complexes may park in free and businesses and that apart- about it. Call (512) 232-2217 or e-mail ‘damaging educational experience’ spaces in the streets to avoid pay- ment owners are only a small [email protected]. the University Neighborhood ing for a parking space. constituency. lack of political will and readi- Overlay district.” From page 1 There are currently more than “Most of [the apartment own- ness to accommodate — and im- CANPAC developed a sub- 500 free parking spaces in West ers] are too busy now to be in- through what [Mamet} has to plicitly laud — racist and [chau- committee during a meeting on COPYRIGHT Campus, 100 of which may be volved in worrying about parking say,” Zimmerman said. vinistic] behavior,” Grisanti said. Monday consisting of separate converted to residential permit benefit district plans,” McHone He said he does not support Students concerned with Copyright 2009 Texas Student neighborhood representatives parking for tenants of single-fam- said. “They are worried about the the reasoning that the Ransom Mamet’s return to campus can Media. All articles, photographs that will address their concerns ily homes under the UAP plan, safety of students.” Center gave for bringing Mamet voice their opinion at a town- and graphics, both in the print and about the plan to the UAP. They Donovan said. McHone said the UAP and back. hall style meet- online editions, are the property hope a study will be conducted Members of CANPAC repre- CANPAC will discuss the plan Zimmerman ing Wednesday of Texas Student Media and may to determine how traffic gener- sent the seven neighborhoods through March. From there, it will received Cur- at 3 p.m. in the not be reproduced or republished ated from commuters under the in part or in whole without written around the University, including require transportation and traf- tis’s e-mail and [Mamet’s popularity] F. Loren Winship proposed plan may negative- permission. Shoal Crest and the UAP mem- fic engineers to determine what said he believed Drama Building. ly affect their areas, how much is the absolute worst bers. streets should have meters and t h e R a n s o m Mamet is revenue the meters could make reason to bring back Some CANPAC members have what areas may need only one Center gave a an Oscar and and how many spots are actual- ‘‘ spoken out against the parking side of parking to provide eas- bad justification the workshop.” Tony nominat- ly available. proposal, saying that it will only ier accessibility for emergency for bringing ed screenwrit- TODAY’S WEATHER The University Neighborhood drive the hundreds of commuters vehicles. Mamet back. — Martin er. He is fa- Overlay ordinance was passed in High Low looking for parking in West Cam- He said a plan may be finalized “[Mamet’s Zimmerman mous for writing 2004 and allowed developers to pus northward, into their neigh- by mid-April, and from there, it popularity] is the Oscar-nom- build past height entitlements if Graduate student 77 54 borhoods. will go to the city and be rede- the absolute inated screen- they redeveloped the sidewalks “This will push the cars a cou- fined by the Urban Transporta- worst reason to plays for “Wag surrounding their project, Don- You think you know, but you ple blocks north. We do not want tion Commission and the Plan- bring back the workshop,” Zim- the Dog” and “The Verdict.” have no idea ovan said. It also required that to have the UAP displace their ning Commission. merman said. He has authored numer- parking spaces within apart- parking into our neighborhood,” City Council will then hold sev- Playwriting graduate student ous award-winning plays, in- ment garages be leased sepa- said Adam Stephens, president of eral public hearings once they re- Diana Grisanti replied to Curtis cluding “American Buffalo rately from a tenant’s apartment the Shoal Crest neighborhood as- ceive the finalized plan, which via e-mail. and “Glengarry, Glen Ross,” for lease. sociation and member of CAN- may be included in their July bud- “I am disappointed by UT’s which he won a Pulitzer Prize. He estimates that there are more RECYCLE PAC. “The stated benefit is to do get. McHone does not foresee the than 500 parking spaces in garag- your copy of these sidewalk improvements. initiation of the plan until Decem- es that are vacant, and they typi- It could also be economically valu- The unstated — the obvious ber, at the earliest. THE DAILY TEXAN cally run in value of $75 to $100 a NEWS BRIEFLY able by creating many job opportu- benefactors to this plan — would Santo Brocato, Student Gov- month. He said residents of apart- nities in green energy fields. be parking-garage owners who ernment external representative University enters competition “Whole companies are going to are currently not leased to full to the UAP, said he understands for green energy research grant use alternative fuel, and we would capacity.” the concern of northern neigh- love to have those companies in This newspaper was written, Mike McHone, vice presi- borhoods and intends on ad- The University is competing for HE AILY EXAN edited and designed with pride Texas,” Orbach said. “If the re- T D T by The Daily Texan and Texas dent of UAP and one of the ma- dressing it in the UAP. a “Fuels from Sunlight” grant from search is successful, a whole new Student Media. jor proponents of the proposal, He said that to improve the the U.S. Department of Energy. industry will be created.” Permanent Staff The grant will fund research on Editor ...... Jillian Sheridan is a real-estate broker who has safety of sidewalks in West Cam- The UT System Board of Regents Managing Editor ...... Ana McKenzie represented clients that are de- alternate energy sources. UT, along passed a proposal to spend $15 Associate Managing Editors ...... Erin Mulvaney, Sean Beherec, Erik Reyna pus requires funding from the Associate Editors ...... Jeremy Burchard, Dan Treadway, David Muto velopers of projects such as The program and that there are not with the University of Colorado at million from the Permanent Uni- ...... Lauren Winchester, Roberto Cervantes Boulder, the Massachusetts Insti- News Editor ...... Blair Watler Block and Mitch Ely Properties many other options besides the versity Fund to finish construction Associate News Editors ...... Pierre Bertrand, Lena Price tute of Technology and the Nation- of the sixth floor of the Norman ...... Claire Cardona, Viviana Aldous in West Campus. He said alle- parking benefit plan. Senior Reporters ...... 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WORLD BRIEFLY Earthquake in Turkey kills 57 Nigeria mourns dead in religious killings OKCULAR VILLAGE, Turkey — A strong earthquake with a prelim- Attacks part of sectarian inary magnitude of 6 struck east- ern Turkey on Monday, killing 57 violence between villages people as it knocked down stone or mud-brick houses and minarets of Muslims, Christians in at least six villages, the govern- By Jon Gambrell ment said. The Associated Press The government’s crisis center DOGO NAHAWA, Nigeria said about 100 other people were in- jured in the quake, which hit at 4:32 — The killers showed no mer- a.m. (0232 GMT, 9 p.m. EST Sun- cy: They didn’t spare women day) in Elazig province, about 340 and children, or even a 4-day- miles (550 kilometers) east of Anka- old baby, from their machetes. ra, the capital. On Monday, Nigerian women The earthquake, which caught wailed in the streets as a dump many people as they slept, was cen- truck carried dozens of bodies tered near the village of Basyurt past burned-out homes toward a and followed by more than 30 af- mass grave. tershocks, the strongest measuring Rubber-gloved workers pulled 5.5 and 5.1, the Kandilli seismology ever-smaller bodies from the center said. dump truck and tossed them into The worst-hit area was the village the mass grave. A crowd began of Okcular, where some 17 people singing a hymn with the refrain, were killed and homes crumbled “Jesus said I am the way to heav- into piles of dirt. Another 13 people en.” As the grave filled, the griev- were killed in the village of Yukari ing crowd sang: “Jesus, show me Demirci, Gov. Muammer Erol said. the way.” At least 200 people, most of Suicide bomber strikes Pakistan them Christians, were slaugh- LAHORE, Pakistan — A suicide tered on Sunday, according to res- car bomber struck a building where idents, aid groups and journalists. police interrogate high-value sus- The local government gave a fig- pects in Pakistan’s eastern city of ure more than twice that amount Lahore on Monday, killing at least but offered no casualty list or oth- 12 people and wounding 61 more er information to substantiate it. including women taking children to An Associated Press reporter school, officials said. counted 61 corpses, 32 of them No group immediately claimed children, being buried in the mass Jon Gambrell | Associated Press responsibility, but suspicion fell on grave in the village of Dogo Na- Crowds react Monday to the killing of more than 200 Christians in Dogo Nahawa, Nigeria. The local government has not offered an official the Pakistani Taliban and allied mil- hawa on Monday. Other victims casuality list for the massacre, which occured Sunday. itant groups. Those groups are be- would be buried elsewhere. At a lieved responsible for a wave of at- local morgue, the bodies of chil- The horrific violence comes af- Sunday’s bloodshed in three between Muslims in the north geria’s “middle belt,” where doz- tacks that killed more than 600 peo- dren, including a diaper-clad tod- ter sectarian killings in the re- mostly Christian villages ap- and Christians in the south. The ens of ethnic groups vie for con- ple starting in October, including dler, were tangled together. One gion in January left more than peared to be reprisal attacks, recent bloodshed has been hap- trol of fertile lands. Muslim- several in major Pakistani cities. appeared to have been scalped. 300 dead, most of them Muslim. said Red Cross spokesman Rob- pening in central Nigeria in Christian battles killed up to 700 More recent attacks have been con- fined to remote northwest regions Others had severed hands and Some victims were shoved into in Waubo. towns which lie along the coun- people in 2004, and more than near Afghanistan. feet. sewer pits and communal wells. Nigeria is almost evenly split try’s religious fault line. It is Ni- 300 residents died in 2008. The bomb blast Monday comes amid reports of a Pakistani crack- down on Afghan Taliban and al- Qaida operatives using its soil. Among the militants said to have been arrested is the Afghan Tali- Obama ‘ red up’ ban’s No. 2 commander, Mullah Ab- 
  dul Ghani Baradar. The explosion went off outside a 
   Punjab province police building, po- over bill appeals lice official Zulfikar Hameed said. 
  It appeared the suicide bomber gress for a dozen. rammed a car packed with as much President calls students The outcome could affect al- Everybody counts on having safe, as 1,300 pounds (600 kilograms) of to campaign for passage most every American, chang- effective medicine for anything from explosives into the building’s pe- of health care reforms ing the ways they receive and rimeter wall, officials said. pay for health care — and ex- the common cold to heart disease. But By David Espo & Julie Pace tending coverage to tens of mil- making sure medications are safe is a NATO continues Afghan offense The Associated Press lions more people — if the leg- complex and careful process. KABUL — U.S. Defense Sec- GLENSIDE, Pa. — Stirring islation gains final approval. At PPD, 
  

 
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GALLERY ENDORSEMENT Vote today for Parks and Kabir One week ago, the editorial board endorsed in the Student Govern- ment presidential election. With the runoff beginning today and run- ning through Wednesday, we would like to clarify and expand on our endorsement. Minator Azemi and Justin Stein’s public affiliations — their ties to past and present SG leadership and their admitted membership in the anony- mous organization the Eyes of Texas — have weighed heavily on our con- sideration of their candidacy. We find these affiliations relevant for a number of reasons, and we considered other facts in our endorsement. We believe that the endorsements candidates receive truly reflect on their candidacies. Individuals endorse to support candidates with whom they agree and who might lead as they would. When Sarah Palin endorsed Gov. Rick Perry’s gubernatorial bid, we did not dismiss it as inconsequential. That’s why it matters that former SG presidents Andrew Solomon and Keshav Rajagopalan have endorsed Azemi and that many members of the current SG leadership support his candidacy: The editorial board does not agree with their fundamental approach to student governance. We believe that students know best what students want, and we think the actions of these former leaders demonstrate a belief in a system in which students elect elites who, alone, decide what is best for students. Azemi solidified our fear that he did not appreciate the value of trans- parency when he responded to our request about the current administra- tion’s role in closing crucial Tuition Policy Advisory Committee meetings to the public by saying, “As students who elected the president … you have to have at least some sort of faith that when those people go into the room that you have faith that they are representing what you as a student want.” When we pressed for clarification, Stein jumped in to explain that he and Azemi felt that the members of the tuition committee should have solicited more input from students — but the damage was done. Maybe we’re just cynical, but we don’t believe in blind faith in our leaders. Protests give students a voice, We have also found past and current SG leaders too trusting of the UT ad- ministration — to which SG should be representing student voice — and un- willing to disagree with administrators, even on behalf of students. So when Azemi wrote that “I believe that this mutual respect and trust I have already but what’s the message? built with the administration will enhance my ability to represent [the stu- ing. There are few mechanisms for hold- on campus. And administrators at the dent] voice” in a Daily Texan questionnaire, we simply couldn’t get past the ing SG leaders accountable for their de- very top have been slow to announce word “trust.” cisions — the UT System maintains that even any symbolic acts of belt-tighten- By Andrew Kreighbaum And though Azemi has expressed tepid support for domestic partner ben- such organizations, and thus TPAC, are ing to show their solidarity with the rest Daily Texan Columnist efits on campus, he has on multiple occasions noted that he first plans to try not subject to the Texas Open Meetings of the campus. Of course, one speaker to convince the administration of the issue’s importance before attempting Act. And students’ only representative at Thursday’s rally said white suprema- to make a case to the Legislature, where the real focus of the issue lies. on the Board of Regents lacks the power cists were responsible for the rising costs The Eyes of Texas is relevant to our endorsement because — as many More than 9,000 students voted in of a vote. For many students, their elect- of education today, just as they were re- times as its known members tell us that the organization is home to good the Student Government elections ed representatives have been far too con- sponsible for stealing Native Americans’ people with good intentions — we’ve only come to know the Eyes for some March 2 and 3, almost matching the re- servative in their interactions with the land in the nineteenth century. of its members’ roles last year in illegally campaigning for candidates, in- cord set in 2004, in which 11,000 stu- administration. It’s not often that crowds of UT stu- cluding Azemi and Stein, who were then running as University-wide dents voted. That turnout followed a And so on March 4, more than 150 dents gather on campus to demonstrate representatives. year in which SG members were most students and several faculty and staff (except, of course, during football sea- Secret organizations are all well and good — until they get involved in often noted for voting to raise tuition members joined protests across the na- son), so the protests have drawn some politics. Campaigning, like governing, must be conducted in public. Both (as part of the Tuition Policy Adviso- tion to fight back against rising tuition attention to dissatisfaction with UT ad- Azemi and Stein told us that they believe they were invited to join the or- ry Committee), cutting the music pro- and budget cutbacks hitting universities ministrators that may have been absent ganization because of their involvement in SG, leading us to the conclusion grams at the Cactus Cafe and debating across the country. from forums on tuition increases earli- that the organization is, at least in some respects, political. parliamentary procedures during their But the members of the Stop the Cuts er this year. But in calling for so many As firm believers in the power of public discourse, universal knowledge weekly meetings. Coalition at UT seem to be struggling to changes at once, often in radical tones, and inclusive leadership, we cannot support candidates who have given us The next day was National Day of Ac- stick to a message — if they’ve found one the demonstrators risk achieving none every indication that they do not share those values. tion to Defend Education, which orig- yet. The protesters amassed on the West of them. Scott Parks and Muneezeh Kabir, on the other hand, have been more out- inated with demonstrations at the Uni- Mall carried signs protesting ongoing Higher education funding doesn’t ex- spokenly critical of current SG culture. They have mobilized a diverse group versity of California, Berkeley, but budget cuts at the University, gender in- ist in a vacuum in any state. Texas, like of supporters, including both those traditionally involved in SG and those spread to college campuses throughout equality, the possible closure of the Cac- many others, is looking at major gaps in traditionally underrepresented by and, perhaps more commonly, disen- the country. But even if participation lev- tus Cafe and tuition increases — basical- its upcoming budget cycle. Colleges and chanted with SG — including members of this board. els are near the all-time high on campus, ly a laundry list of things gone wrong at universities will fall victims to budget- With both their rhetoric and their resumes, Parks and Kabir have con- that leaves all but 23 percent of UT stu- UT over the last several years. The dem- cutting directives just like any other state vinced us that they’re committed to cultural change in SG and progress on dents who are either totally disengaged onstrators say that it all points to a grad- agency. And after the UT System Board social-justice issues at UT. from Student Government or just see it ual move to privatize education. of Regents approved 5-percent tuition in- Kabir nearly summed up our endorsement when she wrote in her ques- as irrelevant. That may be the case. Higher educa- creases last week, there’s no going back tionnaire: “My social-justice experience makes me the most qualified candi- Enter the Stop the Cuts Coalition, the tion across the country seems headed to- on higher costs of attending this cam- date when it comes to making Student Government a more open and inclu- Texas group that began organizing last ward a system in which students and pus. The Tower should be listening after sive organization, a change it desperately needs. I am proud that my sup- fall in conjunction with the Texas State parents pay for costs traditionally borne last week, so Stop the Cuts should focus porter base is a far cry from homogeneous. We have made a conscious effort Employees Union to fight the cuts. by state governments. But who is to on where it can make an impact, like get- to engage students from all over campus.” The protests that have taken place out- blame for UT’s predicament? Is it a tone- ting a voice on where cuts may be made Parks/Kabir supporters are also committed to making UT more female- side the Tower this week suggest that a deaf President William Powers Jr.? The in the future and more creative ways and GLBT-friendly and accessible to underprivileged Texans. We believe significant number of students don’t ex- Texas Legislature? Gov. Rick Perry? to save money on campus. But with so these supporters will hold Parks and Kabir accountable as they work to- pect their perspective to be represent- Mack Brown’s $2 million pay raise many messages, activists on campus ward these goals next year. We hope to be able to as well. ed by SG, regardless of who is elected might be well deserved after getting the may just create a lot of noise. Vote today at utsg.org. to serve. Lonhorns back in the national title game, That shouldn’t be entirely surpris- but it was bound to cause some ill will Kreighbaum is a history senior. — The editorial board

GALLERY A poor parking decision ty, the coalition sees fit to suck more money out of desperate students trying to find parking on their By Joshua Avelar way to attending class, going to work or seeing fel- Daily Texan Columnist low Longhorns in the neighborhood. The entire process of adding more meters is a lazy way for the city to collect revenue. Having a Austin is a great city with plenty of things to do, meter collect money throughout the day requires explore and enjoy whenever UT is out of session. no manpower until 5:45 p.m. arrives and it’s time But the stable relationship between Austinites and to collect the money. UT students may be in jeopardy as one UT Student Any nuisances created by those who park fre- Government external appointment coalition is out quently in West Campus can easily be remedied to rock the boat. by city officials actually doing their entire job. Peo- The University Area Partners, a coalition of prop- ple crowd the narrow streets of West Campus and erty owners, businesses, churches and the like, are leave their cars unattended over long periods of pushing the city to add new parking meters in time because they can rest assured that they will West Campus, according to the Austin American- not get caught for doing either. Statesman. It’s not uncommon to find people illegally park- The coalition hopes to see the arrival of 400 new ing in West Campus, especially on a Friday or Sat- meters, which would reduce the amount of free urday night. The revenue that the coalition hopes parking spots available to only 300-400 in the heav- to gain from new meters is really standing right ily cluttered West Campus. in front of them: It should take some simple po- The rationale behind this demand for new me- licing of parked vehicles. A simple enforcement of ters is to deter students from parking so frequently already existing city laws is the best way to avoid in that area and to collect money for projects such this headache in the making. as sidewalk-building and lighting improvements. Most importantly, the addition of new meters According to a map provided by the Statesman, to West Campus will cause the students who now a great deal of West Campus is already ridden with park in the free spaces to go on a search for parking meters. Adding 400 more will make it nearly im- in other neighborhoods that border West Campus. possible for anyone to find parking in this UT com- The terrible student-parking issues seem restricted munity hotspot. to students. Right now, students are merely annoy- The members of the coalition believe that the po- ing other students with their parking habits in a tential revenue generated will be enough to fix the heavily student-populated neighborhood. small problems that they face every day. One of the A spillover into other residential neighborhoods problems most cited by members of the coalition will strain the relationship we have with the Aus- SUBMIT A COLUMN LEGALESE to the Statesman was that of cars being parked in tin community, and taking additional revenue from The editorial board welcomes guest columns. Opinions expressed in The Daily Texan are the same free spots for days, weeks or months at meters is not worth that risk. Columns must be under 700 words. Send columns not necessarily those of the UT administra- a time. to [email protected]. The Texan reserves tion, the Board of Regents or the Texas Stu- To fix some minor problems in the communi- Avelar is a government senior. the right to edit all columns for clarity and liability. dent Media Board of Operating Trustees. 5 UNIV

Tuesday, March 9, 2010 NEWS 5 Supporters dra proposals trying to preserve cafe By Katherine Noble from University management.” Daily Texan Staff The SEC proposal assumes that Student Friends of the Cac- the cafe will close and address- tus Cafe met Monday to discuss es possible ways to best utilize its draft proposal to save the cafe the space for students, while the from closing in August. Steinberg-Meller and the Student The proposal, along with a Friends of the Cactus Cafe’s pro- proposal drafted by the Student posals push to preserve the cafe’s Events Center and another draft- current use as a functional music ed by accounting student Taylor venue. Steinberg and corporate commu- Student Friends of the Cactus nication senior John Meller, aims Cafe, founded by Bidner, Hayley to help the Union Board reassess Gillespie and Matt Portillo, met the Jan. 29 decision to close the Monday to discuss the closed- Cactus Cafe and end UT’s infor- door decision to cut Union ex- mal classes, said Zach Bidner, a penses and to create strategies co-founder of the organization. for refocusing the role of the cafe. UT alumna Tiffany Walker con- Ideas in the proposal suggest that tributed ideas about reassess- if the cafe is to see another year, it ing Union budgeting and think- must work to integrate students ing of ways to help meet the bud- more through establishing music get without phasing out the cafe. business internships, implement- Stephanie Meza | Daily Texan Staff She said with students contribut- ing a student-artist-in-residence UT graduate Tiffany Walker attends a Student Friends of the Cactus Cafe meeting in the Texas Union Showroom Monday night. The group met to ing ideas, the Union Board could program and providing work- discuss its proposal to keep the Cactus Cafe operating in its current state. The group’s proposal is one of three under review. have found more creative ways to shops to unite professional and meet its budget. student musicians. “Andy Smith, [University “We want to be a grassroots stu- has acknowledged a dropping stu- “We want them to know ed proposal and letter-writing on combine all of them together or Unions executive director], and dent group that is involved with dent attendance at cafe events. through letter-writing that we are the Union Board’s final decision, write a new one completely be- Juan Gonzalez, [vice president for the cafe and works toward its To show the widespread desire deeply interested in saving the scheduled to be announced April fore presenting it to the Union student affairs], had already de- well-being, advocating and mar- of students to keep the cafe open Cactus Cafe,” Portillo said. “We 30, is still in question. Board. cided everything in December,” keting cafe events to students,” as a music venue, the Student think the administration owes it Gonzalez is currently review- “We don’t know if the Union Walker said. “Shame on them for Portillo said. Friends of the Cactus Cafe plans to the students to listen to things ing all three proposals. Gillespie Board’s decision will involve our not taking a step back and really Student involvement is a large to host a letter-writing campaign we are invested in and feel pas- said she is unsure whether the input or if they will again make considering if the closure needs issue in the fight to keep the Cactus in the near future to the members sionate about.” Office of Student Affairs plans decisions behind closed doors,” to happen. It was a poor decision Cafe open, since the Union Board of the Union Board, Portillo said. The effectiveness of the draft- to select the strongest proposal, Gillespie said. DIIA: Leaders name privacy of online course-instructor surveys as main priority From page 1 may invoke questions about the She said the division has more po- schools,” Ritter said. vices include providing online require her to focus on the Con- privacy of faculty members. tential to work with professors in Ashcroft said DIIA’s transi- schools for kindergarteners up to tinuing and Innovative Education looking into is moving all end- “I think those are legitimate redesigning courses to accommo- tion from the Continuing and In- college seniors, conducting pro- program. of-semester course-instructor sur- concerns, and we need to be care- date students. novative Education office to the fessional development courses “Right now, the financial sit- veys online. Currently, most pro- ful in handling them,” Ritter said. “The hope is that [by] being provost’s office should be seam- for adults and running a charter uation is such that the ability of fessors conduct the surveys on “Having [the surveys] are key, but in the provost’s office – and with less and have no direct effect on school. The department pools to- continuous education to be en- Scantron sheets with a space for if we can do them more effectively, the provost’s office being the cen- students. gether resources from different trepreneurial and help colleg- student comments at the bottom. then it’s something to look into.” ter of academic life in the cam- The Continuing and Inno- colleges across campus and op- es and schools to leverage their Moving the surveys online would Ritter said she believes DIIA pus – it will help us work more vative Education department erates through fees charged to its specialties to generate money is make the student comment sec- can better connect at the college closely with the academic com- works with a diverse clientele customers. so important that it will take all tion accessible through the Tex- and department levels by operat- munity [and] make it more close- and receives no subsidies from Ashcroft said she feels the cur- of my time and interest,” Ash- as Public Information Act, which ing through the provost’s office. ly attached to the colleges and the state or the University. 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By Katherine Noble Atheist Agenda President Carlos palling than these teachings. ty are we ignored by the religious reasons to be angry with Chris- keep their distance from the event, Daily Texan Staff Morales had to change his phone The campaign, created in 2005, majority. Smut for Smut riled up tians because they can come across so it would not gain any more at- A UT-San Antonio student or- number at the end of the week to aims to engage students in dia- so much attention that it got peo- as closed-minded and judgmental. tention. ganization is receiving national avoid the influx of hate calls. logue about the effects of orga- ple to come up and actually talk However, he was proud of the stu- “Such obscene gestures should media attention after members en- “The campus response was as- dents from different religions who be filtered from an educational couraged students to trade in their tounding,” said “Joe,” an Atheist attended the event not to trade in setting,” Ayyad said. “Just as stu- religious texts for pornography. Agenda officer, in an e-mail sent their religious books, but to listen dents are not allowed to conduct The fourth annual “Smut for from the organization’s address. and engage in the dialogue. sexually explicit searches on the Smut” event, hosted by the Athe- “Obviously, it had a lot of neg- ‘Smut for Smut’ was an event used to get people “Christians can be easy targets, school network, they should not ist Agenda March 1-3, offered free ative response from the religious talking to us. Too often as a minority are we but I asked students to think about be able to take part in such things pornography magazines like Play- side,” he said, “but we had some ignored by the religious majority.” how Jesus wants us to respond,” on the campus setting, as well.” boy and Penthouse to students religious people sitting with us be- ‘‘ Prather said. “There is no need for This year, “Smut for Smut” re- ages 18 and older in exchange cause they believed in our freedom — Joe arguing or prayer demonstrations, ceived about 23 copies of religious for their Bibles, Qurans, Torahs to do what we were doing, which but instead, I think Jesus wants us texts. Because not everyone want- and other religious literature. The was pretty awesome.” Atheist Agenda offi cer to thoughtfully listen to atheists’ ed a magazine, they handed out a event drew international feedback, According to its blog, the orga- objections and engage in meaning- few less in return. including press from Australia, nization works to promote open- ful dialogues.” “I have a charge to respond in New Zealand and Spain, accord- mindedness regarding morality. Jafar Ayyad, the president of love to everyone, even if they an- ing to the organization’s Twitter It claims that religious texts teach the UTSA Muslim Student Asso- tagonize me. I don’t think the account. Most media reported on people to be closed-minded and nized religion. with us about our views.” ciation, said he was extremely dis- moral teachings of the Bible give the resulting UTSA student pro- promote violence, misogyny, slav- “‘Smut’ for Smut was an event Kevin Prather, director of the appointed that the campaign was me another option,” Prather said. tests. San Antonio College’s news- ery and genocide. According to used to get people talking to us,” Baptist Student Ministries at UTSA, allowed on campus. He said he “We have to resist being riled up paper, The Ranger, reported that the blog, pornography is less ap- Joe said. “Too often as a minori- said many atheists have legitimate encouraged Muslim students to by things we find offensive.” SUPER SUPER

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March Madness is finally here. NBA It’s funny to think that just sev- San Antonio 95 en weeks ago, I was so close to Cleveland 97 making plane reservations for the Final Four in Indianapolis for the Atlanta 98 first weekend in April. Oh, how New York 99 the tables have turned. To recap: Texas started this sea- Golden State 131 son with a perfect 17-0, earned New Orleans 135 the No. 1 ranking in both the AP and USA Today/Coaches polls Dallas 125 then spiraled further and further Minnesota 112 downward in the Big 12 confer- ence until the piling losses made New Jersey 101 Damion James nearly cry at a Memphis 107 press conference. Now, the Longhorns’ record NHL stands at 23-8 — 9-7 in the Big 12 Dallas 4 — and it’s time to either flip that Courtesy of Texas Athletics switch Rick Barnes has been talk- Washington 3 Sophomore Nicole Vandermade watches her ball after teeing off. Vandermade played golf, basketball and ran track in high school ing about or sit at home and watch and uses her experience with those sports to help her excel on the golf course. Columbus 0 a No. 1 seed take the NCAA title. Los Angeles 4 The Big 12 Tournament starts Wednesday in Kansas City, Mo. Two-sport high school athletes comprise most of Longhorns’ roster Texas has garnered a No. 6 seed AP Men’s Basketball and will play No. 11 Iowa State in By Shabab Siddiqui of cross-sport athletes, a trend a golf club to shooting a free you make more,” Richards Top 25 the first round Wednesday night. Daily Texan Staff that trickles down from head throw or jump shot. said. “The challenge is to The Longhorns played the Cy- It’s usually the athletically coach Martha Richards. “There’s a lot of eye-hand find a way to let that nat- 1. Kansas clones in their second conference challenged, self-proclaimed Raised in Hudson, Wis., coordination in both,” Rich- ural athletic ability take 2. Kentucky game of the season, beating them sports pundits who utter Richards excelled at both ards said. “Golf is the wide- over [in golf]. It takes some 3. Syracuse in Ames, Iowa, 90-83. The Cy- phrases like “golf shouldn’t golf and basketball, win- open jump shot with no practice to not think yourself 4. Duke clones are 4-12 in conference play, count as a sport” and “golfers ning the state’s top award in one around you every sin- into trouble.” 5. Ohio State but this past weekend, they beat aren’t really athletes.” each of the sports in her ju- gle time. When [basketball Athletic ability, once an 6. Purdue No. 2 seed Kansas State on the The members of the Long- nior and senior years. Boast- players] really take too much unnecessary extra in a golf- 7. West Virginia road in an overtime thriller, 85-82. horns women’s golf team ing a 3.95 GPA, Richards en- time and try to make their er’s repertoire, has become 8. New Mexico For Texas, the worst-case sce- could argue with them. More tered Stanford as a rare two- shot look perfect, it’s an air increasingly more visible on 9. Kansas State 10. Villanova nario in the Big 12 tournament than likely, though, they’ll sport athlete. She played on ball or a brick. That’s golf ev- the course, in part due to the 11. Mchigan would be to lose the first game just show them up in a dif- the Stanford basketball team ery time.” influence of Tiger Woods, 12. Butler against Iowa State. Then, the team ferent sport. for three years, winning a na- Richards said the reaction- Richards said. Richards 13. Wisconsin has a week to regroup — or do While on the surface it may tional championship in 1990, ary nature of basketball cre- served as a volunteer assis- 14. BYU whatever it is they do in prac- seem that golf uses a com- and on the golf team for two ates the biggest difference be- tant for Stanford from 1993- 15. Tennessee tice — for the NCAA tournament, pletely different skill set than years, winning All-American tween the two sports. 96, during Woods’ stint with 16. Pittsburgh which starts on March 16. most athletic endeavors, the honors in 1993. “In basketball, when you 17. Temple Longhorns boast a team full Richards likens swinging catch and shoot, that’s when GOLF continues on page 8 18. Gonzaga MARCH continues on page 8 19. Maryland 20. Vanderbilt 21. Baylor 22. Georgetown INTERNATIONAL SOCCER BASEBALL 23. Texas A&M 24. Xavier 25. Utep

Horns look to stay AP Women’s Basketball Top 25 productive at bat 1. Connecticut 2. Stanford By Chris Tavarez the Tigers. That performance was 3. Nebraska Daily Texan Staff due in large part to senior leaders 4. Tennessee 5. Xavier Texas will try to continue its stepping up and taking control. 6. Notre Dame winning ways during tonight’s After Saturday’s loss, seniors 7. Duke game against Texas State with Russell Moldenhauer and Kyle 8. Ohio State the offensive production that Lusson organized a meeting to 9. West Virginia it missed in its shutout loss to get the offense to be as produc- 10. Florida State Houston on Saturday — but tive as the defense. 11. Texas A&M found in a big way against Mis- “We talked with all the players 12. Oklahoma souri on Sunday. and talked about how we were 13. Georgetown After mustering only three hits feeling at the plate,” senior Jor- 14. Iowa State and no runs against the Cougars, dan Etier said. “I think that did 15. Texas Texas came out with a 12-hit, 16. Baylor eight-run performance against TEXAS continues on page 8 17. St. John’s 18. Gonzaga 19. Kentucky 20. Oklahoma State Jon Super | Associated Press 21. Hartford Manchester United’s Paul Scholes celebrates after scoring his 100th Premier League goal against 22. LSU Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday. Manchester United won 1-0. 23. UCLA 24. Georgia 26. Michigan State Manchester United uses late SPORTS BRIEFLY goal to beat Wolverhampton Football team’s open practice By Rishi Daulat ple of weeks ago, but thankfully, points, while Liverpool and Aston gives peek of things to come Daily Texan Staff this time I managed to score,” Sc- Villa trail by one and three points, Texas’ second open practice will Paul Scholes’ 100th Premier holes told SkySports.com. “I have respectively. be today at 3:45 at Darrell K. Royal- League goal could not have come been on 99 for a while now, so it Spain’s La Liga has a new lead- Texas Memorial Stadium. at a better time. is nice to get it done. I am really er as well. Real Madrid took ad- The Longhorns’ second practice Manchester United was in pleased I have managed to achieve vantage of a Barcelona-Almeria open to the public was supposed to danger of slipping to third with it. It has put us top of the league, draw and came back from a two- be held yesterday, but poor weather a draw or loss when Scholes, and hopefully we can stay there. goal deficit to earn a thrilling 3-2 and class conflicts pushed the prac- the unlikely hero, secured a win It was a big win. The pitch wasn’t win over Sevilla at the Estadio tice back a day. The coaches also against Wolverhampton, putting great, and I don’t think they were Bernabeu. wanted to give the players an extra the Red Devils at the top of the ta- too interested in playing football Though Real Madrid is still day off after Saturday’s scrimmage. ble by two points. either. They were just trying to tied for points with Barca, Madrid The Horns’ last open practice was Scholes broke a goal-less, un- stop us, which made it difficult. now has the advantage in goal last Tuesday and provided fans an opportunity to see what the offense eventful stalemate in the 72nd When you scrape through like differentials. “Los Blancos” have would look like next season. minute after he got himself free in that, when you are just hanging six straight league wins and are Quarterback Garrett Gilbert took the middle of the box and wrong- in, it is as good as getting five.” back in first place for the first time nearly half of his snaps from under footed Wolverhampton goalie The Red Devils lead Chelsea since early October. center, and Texas focused heavily on Marcus Hahnemann to score into by two points, although the Blues On Wednesday, both Real Ma- its running game, anchored by Tre’ the bottom left corner. have a game in hand. Arsenal drid and Manchester United’s at- Newton in the backfield. The English midfielder was continued their recent fine form tention will turn to the Champi- Coach Mack Brown is looking to humble when describing the sig- with a 3-1 win over Burnley and ons League. Real Madrid faces emphasize the running game more nificance of his goal and what it is currently level on points with Lyon, who trail 1-0 in aggregate, next season to help Gilbert adjust meant for his team’s title chances. Chelsea. The race for fourth is still at home, while Manchester Unit- Bobby Longoria | Daily Texan Staff more quickly to his role as the start- “It was nice. I had a similar crowded with teams; Tottenham ed faces AC Milan at Old Trafford Senior Russell Moldenhauer walks to the plate during last week’s er and have less pressure on him. chance against West Ham a cou- and Manchester City are tied on with a 3-2 lead. game against UTPA. — Chris Tavarez 8 SPTS

8 SPORTS Tuesday, March 9, 2010 GOLF: ‘Multi-sport culture’ fosters unity MARCH: Texas has a chance at From page 7 the Cardinal. Richards claims making deep tournament run to have even beaten Woods in a chipping contest — but won’t From page 7 reveal how many chipping con- tests she lost to him. The best-case scenario would “I like the athletic players, be for the Longhorns to beat the with strength and the way they Cyclones, which would give carry themselves, and I think them a rematch against Baylor on we’ve seen a tremendous in- Thursday. If Texas loses to BU, it crease in athleticism,” Richards will be their fourth consecutive said. “Up until this fall, [Woods] loss to the Bears. was a tremendous influence in But let’s say Texas beats Iowa making golf cool to play.” State, then Baylor, then Kansas Richards’ penchant for athlet- State (if KSU beats the winner of icism influences her recruiting, Oklahoma vs. Oklahoma State) as well. Although the Longhorns — all of which is possible. The do not boast any collegiate two- Horns would most likely face sport athletes, most of Richards’ Kansas in the finals. Now you recruits have lived a life of the have the Longhorns, who have jock variety. been inconsistent all season, fac- “It takes you a lot of time be- ing the No. 1 seed with tired legs fore you find out that they ac- and fatigued emotions. But may- tually did play a lot of other be this is the time for all of us to sports,” Richards said. “You can see that Texas spark that’s been tell athletes at whatever sport under wraps. Maybe James and they do because it looks easy company will revert back to their and fluid, and you have an eye old winning ways and get hot. for it.” Or, maybe not. Sophomore Nicole Vander- Having traveled to Texas’ away made, Richards’s first recruit games at Texas A&M and Baylor as head coach at Texas, was this season, I’ve learned that de- a three-sport athlete in high spite what anyone (Barnes in par- school, excelling at golf, basket- Courtesy of Stanford Athletics ticular) thinks, the home crowd ball and track. She said the con- Texas women’s golf coach Martha Richards, shown here in 1988, won plays a significant role. With the cept of having a short memo- a national championship in basketball at Stanford, where she was Big 12 tournament’s Kansas City ry comes in handy in both golf also an All-American in golf. location, Kansas, Kansas State and basketball. and even Missouri will be heav- “In basketball, if you miss an Stephens, who fired a 3-over- of ridicule after her home coun- ily represented in the stands, and easy shot, you just have to for- par 75 to guide the Longhorns to try’s men’s hockey team fell to that will no doubt be a factor. get about it and get back on fourteenth place at the end of the the Americans in the preliminary But really, with as much talent defense,” Vandermade said. first day of the UNLV Spring Reb- rounds at the Olympics — only to as this conference has, anything “That’s like in golf, where you el Invitational in Boulder City, get the last laugh following Cana- can happen. Barnes, Texas A&M Amanda Martin | Daily Texan Staff just have to not worry about it Nev., said she feels golf has taught da’s gold-medal finish on Sunday. coach Mark Turgeon and Bay- Gary Johnson and the rest of the Longhorns hope to make a surprise and try to make it up on your her more about other sports rath- Vandermade and Richards also lor coach Scott Drew have been run in the Big 12 tournament, which starts Wednesday. next shot.” er than it being the other way boast a basketball rivalry of sorts. quoted saying that “the Big 12 is The difference, she said, is in around. As of press time, Richards was the the best college basketball confer- March 14. The worst-case scenar- Turner and his Ohio State Buck- the approach. “My other sports are a lot more H-O-R-S-E champion among the ence in the nation.” We’ve seen io for this tourney would be for eyes as the No. 2 seed in the same “In basketball, if you’re on the fast-paced, and in golf, your two, while Vandermade stands as Iowa State beat Kansas State, and Texas to be a No. 8 or No. 9 seed. region as Texas. So, again, yikes. court, you’re in the zone,” Van- thoughts are constantly going,” the one-on-one champion. we’ve seen Oklahoma State beat If they win their first game, they’d Similar to the Big 12 tourna- dermade said. “But in golf, it’s Stephens said. “Golf is the tough- While cross-sport athleticism Kansas this season, which leads have to play a No. 1 seed — Kan- ment, the NCAA tournament five hours long. You have to be est mentally.” is a trend in the Longhorns lock- to the logical conclusion that at sas, Syracuse, Kentucky or Duke could also be anyone’s game. able to get in the zone and get The multi-sport culture of the er room, the team is not quite the end of the tournament, any – in the second round. Yikes. Be that as it may, Texas has not out of the zone.” Longhorns also works to create ready to cross golf off the list of school could be hoisting up that But the way ESPN college bas- been impressive in this latter half Freshmen Desiree Dubreuil a team-oriented dynamic absent “real sports.” championship trophy. ketball analyst Joe Lunardi has it of the season while the majority and Katelyn Sepmoree played from traditional golf, Richards “It’s definitely a sport, walk- Thinking Texas could make it right now, Texas is a No. 7 seed of the other teams earning brack- soccer and basketball, respec- said. Together, the team members ing around in the blistering to the finals is not crazy, but a loss and would face a No. 10 seed in et seeds are heating up. I won’t be tively, while freshman Haley attend other UT sporting events heat for five hours at a time in the first round isn’t, either. the first round. If the Longhorns surprised if the Longhorns make Stephens said she tried a bit of or crowd into each others’ dorm with a 40-pound bag and keep- Moving on to NCAA bracke- win their first game, they’ll play a strong run down the tourna- everything sport-wise — includ- rooms to watch a game togeth- ing your mental cool,” Vander- tology. Obviously, we won’t truly the winner of No. 2 vs. No. 15 ment stretch, and I won’t be sur- ing playing in men’s basketball er. Vandermade, born and raised made said. “You can’t knock it know what’s what until Selection seeds, and Lunardi currently has prised if they’re back home in and baseball leagues. in Canada, took her fair share until you try it.” Sunday, which is this Sunday, player-of-the-year favorite Evan Austin after their first game. TEXAS: Dicharry set to take mound against TSU

From page 7 “I think [Sunday’s] game helped cause of the slow infield and the us a lot. I think we all felt confi- large fences. So you put that all to- us a lot of good.” dent, and it kept building as the gether, and we all know that de- “We got together and talked game went on,” Etier said. “We fense wins championships.” about the lack of confidence we just have to stay more consistent But even with a solid defen- showed ... and that we wanted to and get ready for Texas State.” sive showing from the entire team, be like our pitching staff,” senior Returning home to UFCU Brandon Loy knows the offense Tant Shepherd said. Disch-Falk Field after Texas’ first will have to help out the pitching The Longhorns hope that the road series of the season will pro- and defense. meeting will lead to some offensive vide a welcome advantage to Di- “We’re a good defensive team,” support for Austin Dicharry, to- charry that Texas’ pitchers didn’t Loy said. “Things, defensively, night’s starter against the Bobcats. have this weekend. Minute Maid, they’re there. The problem with Head coach Augie Garrido with its leftfield fence only 315 feet our team is we’re not getting up thinks that Texas’ offensive explo- away from home plate, is an ex- at the plate with confidence, and sion against Mizzou will help the tremely offensive ballpark. that’s why we’re not playing as Horns against Texas State in the Despite being at a disadvantage well as we can. We’re playing first of a two-game set spread out as far as fields are concerned, Tex- great defense, but that’s not going across the season. as was still able to hold its oppo- to always win games for us. We’re “We wanted to take every at bat nents to an average of under four going to have to come out and do and everything we did in [Sun- runs per game, thanks in part to stuff offensively, too.” day’s] game to build confidence,” great defense and pitching. So, look for Garrido to rely heav- Garrido said. “That’s the one word “[Pitching] is what our strong ily on his seniors to emphasize the that makes the difference in this point is,” Garrido said. “In ad- importance of carrying the confi- game, and I think we did a pretty dition to that, all of us know that dence from Sunday’s offensive ex- good job with that.” UFCU is a defensive ballpark be- plosion to help Dicharry tonight.

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Tuesday, March 9, 2010 LIFE&ARTS 11 FLAMING LIPS: Band strives WILD MOCCASINS: Free shows will keep audience on its toes to accomplish the absurd From page 12 we played was in Brooklyn at WM: We learned that it’s real- Death by Audio. And we all had ly easy to overdo it. We played Wild Moccasins: We’ve been great times in Cleveland, Char- like seven or eight shows dur- pretty busy. Since last March, we lotte and Chicago. Strange how ing those four days. This year, we have gone on a tour of the East those all start with ‘c.’ have fewer booked. Coast and Midwest. Also, we have DT: Any venues you guys are DT: OK, and lastly, do you guys been recording a new album. excited about playing at? get any special treatments now DT: I listened to a few of the WM: Playing in Mobile at the that you guys have had more ex- new songs, and they are a lot mel- Alabama Music Box should be posure? lower than the ones on Microscopic wild. Last tour, we played there WM: No special treatments, Metronomes. What’s the band go- and they were still partying at 3 really. We still have jobs and do ing for on this album? a.m. while we were leaving for the things all DIY. WM: The songs have lyrics next show. That night had a lot of that aren’t exactly upbeat, but we craziness, but the craziest thing WHAT: House of Commons aren’t too conscious of our past had to be the Gallagher imperson- Co-Op songs when we make any new ator and the chocolate cake that WHERE: 2610 Rio Grande St. ones. We aren’t sticking to some was everywhere, which was fol- kind of formula for how our songs lowed by some freaky funk mu- WHEN: Thursday, March 18, will sound, because we haven’t sic and a whole crowd covered in 10 p.m. got any sort of formula in that re- chocolate getting down. WRISTBAND NEEDED: No. Free spect. The process we go through DT: That sounds wild. But, the entry for our sound involves every last Wild Moccasins concert I went member working on a chord foun- to, you guys had baby powder ex- dation, building it up and find- ploded over the audience. What ing a proper theme, in an organic other fun and outrageous things kind of way, for the lyrics and vo- have you guys done on set? WHAT: SXSW Showcase cal melody to be sung over. WM: [Laughing] We definitely DT: Sounds like a lot. Are there give it our all when we play. Za- WHERE: Friends Bar, 208 East Photo courtesy of Flaming Lips any inspirations for the new al- hira does a lot of planning and 6th St. bum? creates a lot of the set designs we The Flaming Lips have been rockin’ and rollin’ since the ’80s and have found Austin as a home away from WHEN: Thursday, March 18; WM: Cody wrote the lyrics, and use at shows, but the baby pow- home, performing in a number of the city’s venues over the years. 7:45 p.m. a lot of his inspiration comes from der was Andrew’s idea. It got out his own life. He writes about peo- of hand when our friends took WRISTBAND NEEDED: No. Free entry From page 12 ble way. Your live shows, for in- getting on “90210” or going to ple, like his mother, father, Zahira, it upon themselves to throw it stance, are pretty amazing and the Grammys, it’s not about art strangers, etc. and his relationships all over the audience and stage. they know I appreciate this city. absurd. or about music — it’s about an- with them, in a way that does re- There’s still baby powder on a lot It’s not Bible Belt or sports or WC: I don’t want people to other element, another dimen- veal itself so obviously. The mu- of our gear. At the Houston Free country here. We had this street come to a Flaming Lips show sion of existence out there. To go sical inspiration comes from any- Press Summerfest last year, Zahi- named after us. A lot of it really WHAT: Music for Listener’s Day and say, “Who gives a shit? I’ve out to the capitol and have your one: the drumbeat, guitar parts, ra and Nick threw water balloons Party seems absurd when it happens seen this before.” And it’s not songs signed in at the state bill. bass line or vocal melody. at the audience, which was kind of WHERE: Red House Pizzeria, to us. about singing songs but having [laughs] But when I do it, it’s an DT: Cool. I heard for the last outrageous, I suppose. 1917 Manor Rd. DT: Well, I think given your an exaggerated moment togeth- absurd thing. Playing music like tour, you guys toured in a van. DT: You guys have anything band’s history, absurd is a pret- er. And yeah, I say absurd, be- that is all well. It’s harder and How was that? up your sleeves for SXSW? WHEN: Saturday, March 20, ty fitting term, in the best possi- cause when people speak about harder to do, but it’s what I like. WM: There were six of us in WM: You’ll have to wait and 2:00 p.m. the van. Our friend Aaron, who see what happens. We can’t give WRISTBAND NEEDED: No. Free helped book the tour, came with. that kind of stuff away. We love Entry We all occupied the same area un- surprising our audience and mak- LENO: less one was driving or was riding ing our shows more than just an Viewers may resort to drastic measures shotgun/DJing. average show. From page 12 ally, that might be equally 7. Sleep in a bush overnight. I’ve DT: Anything embarrassing DT: What will be different this as unnerving. had a friend do this, and from happen on the tour? second time around at SXSW? WHAT: Electric Kittyland venue, but wasting your time in what he says, it may not be as WM: Hmm. Well, in Brooklyn, WM: Zahira is 21 now. So she’ll bad as you think. bureaucratic bull crap will make Nick had one drink too many and be able to get into all of the shows WHERE: 2113 Fordham Ln. you pull out less hair than hear- 6. Make a playlist of hate songs said foolish things to Zahira’s old- this time around, which will be ing Jay say, “Have you seen this to listen to whenever you think 8. Watch the Fred Durst sex tape. er female cousin... nice. We have new songs that WHEN: Saturday, March 20; lately? Have you heard about about Jay Leno and his gigantic Yeah, Leno is that bad. DT: [Laughing] I could only we’ll play, probably. 8 p.m. this?” chin. Just be warned — you’ll imagine the things he said. Any DT: Anything Wild Moccasins WRISTBAND NEEDED: No. Free 9. Learn a foreign language in 12 have to listen to this playlist a favorite venues or places? learned from the previous [year’s entry 5. Read “Twilight.” Actu- lot. hours. Buena suerte. WM: The best venue and show festival]?

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Life&Arts Editor: Ben Wermund E-mail: [email protected] 12 Phone: (512) 232-2209 Tuesday, March 9, 2010 LIFE&ARTS www.dailytexanonline.com THE DAILY TEXAN 12 LIFE Festival o ers smorgasbord of music, free food

1 6 Friday 10 p.m. until 1 a.m. The first 250 arrivals will receive a drink tick- 10 1 For those who love late-night and et for a margarita. RSVP at http://sx- 7 carnival food, Molotov (719 W. swfreenoms.tumblr.com. 11 2 9 Sixth St.) will have free funnel cake from 8:30 p.m. until 1 a.m. RSVP Monday E. 5th St. 3 now http://sxswfreenoms.tumblr. 8 com. From 4 p.m. until 9 p.m., Kung Fu 6 5 Saloon (510 Rio Grande St.) will March 12-20 serve free beer and hot dogs pro- vided by Man Bites Dog. RSVP at 4 2 PureVolume House (504 Trini- http://sxswfreenoms.tumblr.com. ty St.) will host one of the rare free

food events that will last all week Trinity St. long. Free tacos from Taco Bell will Tuesday, March 17 be served for the entirety of the fes- 7 Stop by Peckerhead’s (402 E. Sixth tival. RSVP at http://sxswfreenoms. street) from 1 p.m. until 8 p.m. to tumblr.com. pick up some local Sweet Leaf Tea and ever-popular late-night tacos Saturday from Taco Cabana. RSVP at http://sx- swfreenoms.tumblr.com. 3 From 6 p.m. until 3 a.m., Shangri- La (1016 E. Sixth St.) will be serv- ing free beer and barbecue. RSVP at Wednesday, March 18 http://sxswfreenoms.tumblr.com. 8 Stop by the “Covert Curiosity” and “Sonic Itch Music’s Eastside Get Sunday Down” Party at The Independent (501 Studios) from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. t 4 Free breakfasts are a rarity dur- to pick up some free Salvation Pizza ing SXSW. Luckily, a free brunch and Lone Star Beer. RSVP at http:// s will be served starting at 10 a.m. at sxswfreenoms.tumblr.com. e the Adobe Day Stage (500 E. Ce- sar Chavez St.). RSVP to the Face- 9 French music artists, including Uff- w book event. FREE FOOD h ie, will be at the “France Rocks Aus- t tin Party” from 12 p.m. until 6 p.m. u 5 For the nighttime, stop at the “Late at Klub Krucial (614 E. Sixth St.). o Night with Cheezburger” event to s You can pick up free food, cham- 12 eat as many burgers as you can at pagne and beer. RSVP at http://sx- Y Cedar Door (201 Brazos St.) from B swfreenoms.tumblr.com. TH When South by Southwest commences in the Live Music Capital of the World, U human normalcy takes a backseat. Life becomes all about entertainment for one week. O Friday, March 20 Those who are most in-tune with the music festival manage to find any and every way to survive S Thursday, March 19 12 Soho Lounge (217 E. Sixth St.) will be on what the festival provides — and it provides all that visitors need. serving free cocktails and a variety of veg- The Parish (214-C E. Sixth Street) will Anybody looking for ways to stay hydrated and nourished during the festival should know that 10 etarian options from 12 p.m. until 5:30 p.m. be serving free Mexican food while host- free food and drinks will be provided at several events throughout the week. RSVP is required — e-mail RSVP@mpress- ing “The SXSW Music Stimulus Party” at records.com. Many of these events will serve the basic Tex-Mex and pizza, but anything free is worth trying. Keep 12 p.m. RSVP at http://sxswfreenoms.tum- in mind that many of these events require RSVPs and have an attendance limit, so RSVP early. blr.com. Free ice cream and juice from The Daily Below are just some of the many events that will provide free food and free drinks. Check various Juice will be served at the Galaxy Room’s For those who have grown tired of pizza, Web sites and blogs for updates on free food and drinks offered throughout the festival. 11 (508 E. Sixth St.) “The Brooklyn Vegan and beer and tacos, Meteor Records, (419 Colo- M for Montreal’s Official SXSW Daytime rado St.) will have sushi from Austin’s pop- — Layne Lynch Party,” which will last from 12 p.m. un- ular Kenichi. RSVP is required — e-mail til 6 p.m. RSVP at http://sxswfreenoms.tum- [email protected]. blr.com. The “4th Annual Morning After Party” will 12 Ice Cream Man will be serving free ice be taking place at Front Gate Tickets cream throughout the week. No location (1711 S. Congress Ave.) from 11:30 a.m. un- has been specified, so just keep your eyes til 4 p.m. and offers free breakfast. RSVP at peeled. RSVP at http://sxswfreenoms.tum- http://sxswfreenoms.tumblr.com. blr.com.

Leno ousts Coco, hosts Flaming Lips talk Austin favorites boring ‘Tonight Show’ By Francisco Marin The Daily Texan: So, the ences like in the city? would say I’d get to wake up Daily Texan Staff Flaming Lips have been around WC: I will go to this restau- and have sex with my wife, do list of things that are actually less From their four-disc experi- for nearly three decades. Your rant called Uchi, go to the San some yoga, drink some coffee, TV TUESDAY painful than watching Jay Leno — mental masterpiece Zaireeka to music has obviously evolved Jose Hotel ... We’re always do- have sex with my wife a couple again. the mainstream hit Yoshimi Bat- during that time. I was just lis- ing three or four things at the more times and then go back to By Robert Rich tles the Pink Robots, The Flaming tening to Zaireeka again recent- same time. There’s so many sleep. [laughs] 1. Go to a Nickelback/Creed con- Lips have nearly 30 years of al- ly and was kind of amazed at people and so many drunk peo- DT: Around this time last Last Monday, it happened. De- cert. Chad Kroeger’s stringy blonde ternative-rock prodigiousness how incredibly different the ple, but I’ve always been em- year, “Do You Realize” was de- spite the outpouring of support for hair and Scott Stapp’s warbled, under their belt. music you’ve put out has be- braced by the Austin scene clared the state rock song of Conan O’Brien, despite the “I’m poorly enunciated vocals at least The band never fails to sur- come since then. Is there some and filmmakers — my big light Oklahoma. How did the band With Coco” T-shirts and all the vi- provide humor, something Leno prise — their “Christmas on sort of evolution you see with show was made by some artistic react to that? ral Internet hoopla, Jay Leno re- has forgotten about completely. Mars” film, for instance — one the band? freaks from Austin, and my film WC: If it had just been that, turned to the desk of “The Tonight thing that hasn’t changed since Wayne Coyne: These are “Christmas on Mars” has peo- it wouldn’t have been over- Show.” If you already knew this be- 2. Keep up with Twitter users post- the band started in 1983 is their good questions — I don’t know ple from Austin in it. Some of whelming, but the last 10 years cause you watched his return, I’m ing updates only from FourSquare. penchant for a visceral and cap- if we could really conceptual- our best gigs were played with or so, there’s been more in- disappointed in you. If you had no Reading over and over about who’s tivating live experience. And ize the music you’re interest- the Butthole Surfers, so there’s volvement with the govern- idea this had happened because the mayor of their local H-E-B and most fans didn’t expect their ed in or not interested in ... A definitely a connection between ment and the mayor. And we you simply do not care, then you’re adult video shop can be entertain- most recent release, a cover al- lot of times, we really are scat- the Flaming Lips and Austin. made an effort to kind of look good to go. For all intents and pur- ing; Jay Leno can’t. bum of Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of terbrained and we are such DT: What’s a perfect day for at this spot and say, “Can it be poses, Jay’s return was nothing the Moon. fans of music, we can’t choose you? rejuvenated?” because I lived in spectacular, and the whole thing 3. Risk your luck on Chatroulette. The Daily Texan spoke with — do we want to be this opti- WC: [laughs] The perfect day one of the poorest parts of Okla- has fallen back into its familiar rou- frontman and Oklahoma City mistic, humanistic group or do would be lying in bed, watch- homa. Because the city planners tine (i.e. Leno’s awful monologue, 4. Try to save the Cactus Cafe. It’s native Wayne Coyne in prepa- we want to be an experimental ing good, boring TV and order- and helpers know how much bantering with Kevin and produc- obvious the administration couldn’t ration for Friday’s Flaming Lips arty thing like in Zaireeka? And, ing room service. But then, an- I’ve put into this little part of ing an all-around lackluster show) care less about saving this fine concert about his favorite things I suppose we go with all of it, other perfect day would be get- the city ... they’ve given me this pretty quickly. to do while he’s in Austin and every part of us. ting to play your music and little Halloween parade, and It’s excruciating, horrible stuff. the absurdity that comes along DT: What are your plans for meet new people and see ex- With that in mind, I’ve compiled a LENO continues on page 11 with being an alt-rock icon. Austin? What are your experi- otic parts of the world. But I FLAMING LIPS continues on page 11

Jay Leno hosts the “Tonight Show” after a controver- Wild Moccasins return to old stomping grounds sial ending to Conan O’Brien’s Houston band returns trekked across the Midwest to ping across America again bassist Nick Cody, guitarist stint as the the East Coast, playing in cit- this coming April. Howev- Andrew Lee and drummer Jus- show’s most to play several venues ies like Mobile, Alabama and er, this time around, the band tin Martinez. recent host. during SXSW festival Brooklyn, New York to show- has a new van and drummer. On top of preparing for an upcoming tour in April, the By Julie Rene Tran Wild Moccasins have been in Daily Texan Staff the studio recording their new album, Skin Collision Past, set Since the Wild Moccasins’ for release on May 21. debut at South by Southwest The band members talked last year, the Houston indie We love surprising our audience and making our with The Daily Texan about band, known for getting its au- shows more than just an average show..” their crazy on-stage antics, the dience dancing and singing inspirations behind their up- along with its catchy, melodic ‘‘ — Wild Moccasins coming LP and their favorite lyrics, has been pretty busy. venues to play. After overachieving and ex- The Daily Texan: So what hausting themselves at the fes- have you guys been up to since tival by playing eight sets dur- the last DT interview [in March ing their four days in Austin, of 2009]? the band geared up for its first case their first album, Micro- The posse now consists of lead Photo courtesy of tour later that March. In a small, scopic Metronomes. singers (and lovebirds) Zahi- NBC white van, the Wild Moccasins The band will be road trip- ra Gutierrez and Cody Swann, WILD MOCCASINS continues on page 11