1A1

SPORTS PAGE LIFE&ARTS PAGE 12 Bar-hopping revolutionized Horns fall to No. 1 Kansas NEWS PAGE 5 ‘Sexting’ could lead to emotional abuse

TOMORROW’S WEATHER High Low THE DAILY TEXAN 45 36 Tuesday, February 9, 2010 Serving the University of Texas at Austin community since 1900 www.dailytexanonline.com Friction arises over future of Cactus Cafe

and advanced and special screen- Three separate entities ings to the University. The cafe’s propose varying shifts bar could only be opened for cer- tain events and whenever cash in venue’s management donations are available. By Ana McKenzie O’Rourke and SEC officials will The Daily Texan present their plan to the Texas Members of the University and Union Board meeting on Feb. 26. Austin community cannot seem to Wiley Koepp, creator of the agree on propositions that would “Save the Cactus Cafe” Facebook maintain the Cactus Cafe, in some group that had 22,457 members as form or another, since the Union of press time, says removing the Board announced on Jan. 29 that current professional management it was phasing out cafe operations would challenge the “essence” of and informal classes. the landmark music venue and Tamir Kalifa | Daily Texan Staff The proposal that Student Gov- would potentially repel out-of- Mathematics junior Michael Schwartz and five other community members discuss the possibilities of organizing public events to ernment President Liam O’Rourke town performers. bring attention to the issue of domestic partner benefits at UT and other Texas public universities. A lack of support at Monday’s addressed in his University-wide “If [the proposal] means wiping meeting stalled attempts to organize a rally for domestic partner benefits at the upcoming Board of Regents meeting. e-mail would shift management the slate clean and departing from of the Cactus Cafe. His plan has the musical offerings ... then that’s some questioning the venue’s au- what’s destroying the brand, and thenticity if put into the hands of [it] doesn’t make sense,” Koepp the suggested student committee. said. GLBT group pushes for bene ts O’Rourke and members of the The group’s Web site, saveth- Student Events Center board are ecactuscafe.org, filed legal docu- By Gabrielle Cloudy Though the organization vide an employee’s spouse with “It’s really an issue,” Cloud proposing that the cafe remain ments Monday that would es- Daily Texan Staff didn’t officially organize a pro- domestic partner benefits, the said. “My spouse can’t get ben- open and still feature a stage and tablish a nonprofit group called Campus issues including test at the meeting, Corwin said spouse must be legally married efits.” bar structure but fall under the Friends of the Cactus Cafe to use proposed tuition hikes and the joining forces with other advo- to the employee. Under Tex- No public schools in Texas management of an SEC commit- donations to finance Cactus Cafe closure of the Cactus Cafe may cacy groups on campus, includ- as law, marriage is defined as a are allowed to provide domes- tee. O’Rourke did not say who operations. Student involvement have been the reason a Monday ing those who focus on tuition heterosexual relationship. The tic partner benefits to same-sex would serve on the committee but would still be possible under this public meeting aimed at orga- hikes, would help his group’s state does not recognize same- couples, making it illegal for compared it to an SEC committee, organization, Koepp said, and nizing a March 4 protest in sup- cause. sex marriages performed legal- the University to grant domes- similar to the Texas Union’s Film port of domestic partner bene- The University currently ly in another state. tic partner benefits. According Committee that brings movies CAFE continues on page 2 fits saw such a small turnout. does not provide a faculty or Dana Cloud, associate profes- to the faculty and staff associ- “It’s been kind of slow,” said staff member’s domestic part- sor in the Department of Com- ation’s report, five private uni- Michael Corwin, meeting at- ner, who is of the same or op- munication Studies, is an active versities in the state offer ben- tendee and UT’s LAN adminis- posite sex, with the same ben- member of the Pride and Eq- efits to same-sex couples: Bay- trator, at the meeting in Mezes efits it offers a faculty or staff uity Faculty and Staff Associa- lor College of Medicine, South- Hall attended by six people. “It’s member’s spouse, including in- tion, an organization that pro- western University, Trinity Uni- not on the radar of what people surance and sick leave. motes equality for the GLBT Austin musician have been talking about so far.” In order for the state to pro- community. BENEFITS continues on page 2 laments closure UT upgrades facilities of historic venue Songwriter Slaid Cleaves wanted to work and partly be- to save water, nances cause I wanted to insinuate my- recounts early days of self into that scene.” By Audrey White The University uses about 800 playing, working at cafe The Texas Union Board is shut- Daily Texan Staff million gallons of water provid- ting down operations at the Cac- The University is stepping up ed by the Austin Water Utility By Ben Wermund tus Cafe and phasing out informal its water conservation efforts per year, Walker said. Although Daily Texan Staff classes as part of a request by UT with a series of ongoing initia- some large, local commercial Before singer-songwriter Slaid President William Powers Jr. that tives that would save UT hun- companies, like Samsung, use Cleaves moved to Austin from all UT departments cut their bud- dreds of thousands of dollars more water than the University, Maine in 1991, he knew three gets to accommodate a 2-percent and millions of gallons of water, Austin Water spokesman Kevin things about the city: it was the merit raise for faculty. UT officials said Monday. Buchman said UT is one of the home of “Austin City Limits,” The Cactus Cafe was Cleaves’ Programs range from the re- utility’s top 10 clients in overall South by Southwest and the Cac- introduction to Austin’s live-mu- placement of showerheads and water use. tus Cafe. sic world, so the decision to close faucets with low-flow units in “We have a good relationship “When I told someone I was the venue came as a shock. campus dorms — a process that [with the University],” Buchman moving to Austin, they said ‘You “I went through a series of emo- began in 2007 — to the installa- said. “They’re a good steward have to go play the Cactus,’” tional reactions when I heard the tion of a reclaimed water pipe of our water, and we work very Cleaves said. “I sent a demo tape news,” he said. “Anger at the Uni- on campus, set for completion in closely with them.” before I even moved down — versity and anger that they don’t spring 2011. These and other de- When Austin went under didn’t get a gig for a long time af- seem to understand the value of velopments represent what Jim Stage 2 mandatory watering re- ter that. It was the one gig I knew the place — value to a lot of peo- Walker, UT director of sustain- strictions during fall 2009, UT about before I hit town.” ple who look to the Cactus as the ability, called a change in cam- complied with many aspects of Soon enough, Cleaves was center of the songwriting com- pus consciousness. the regulations, even though it opening for acts including Butch munity. Honestly, I was really de- “UT recognizes that we are was not required to because the Hancock, before becoming a reg- pressed, too. I remember think- not in a wet part of the world, University is a state rather than ular headliner himself. ing — why live in Austin? It’s one and water awareness is going to city entity, Buchman said. “It’s been a venue that I’ve of the jewels of the Austin music be a big deal,” Walker said. “We To minimize water usage dur- played when I first got here and scene.’” could always do more. Short- ing the height of the drought, the was a nobody and still play now Cleaves said his initial attraction er showers in the dorms would University did not run its eight that I have an audience,” Cleaves to the Cactus Cafe was its historical have a visible impact. It takes landmark fountains. This is sig- said. “I even worked as a sound students, faculty and staff to all nificant, Walker said, because man there — partly because I VENUE continues on page 11 be more water conscious. For us, the fountains use about 9 million Fanny Trang | Daily Texan Staff it means more efficient irrigation UT fountains use roughly 9 million gallons of water every year. The and upgrading our equipment.” WATER continues on page 2 University is currently working to conserve water and cut costs. Student prepares to enter graduate school at age 17 By Priscilla Totiyapungprasert In the fall, she took 21 hours, moved more than six hours away have while they’re still in high Daily Texan Staff though this semester she is giv- to Austin, where dual-enrollment school,” said Lorena Dominguez, While other teenagers are fret- ing herself a “break” by tak- classes, AP credit and summer Gonzalez’s adviser in the College ting about college choices this ing 19. Most people who don’t school at UT-Brownsville allowed of Communication. time of year, UT student Cynthia know about her college plans are Gonzalez to enter the University Every day, Gonzalez makes the Gonzalez, 17, is looking forward shocked when they find out. with enough hours to be consid- 30-minute drive to campus from to attending graduate school. “I didn’t really want to gradu- ered a junior. Gonzalez can recall her apartment in South Aus- After graduating a year early ate early [from high school], but being impressed with the speech tin. Gonzalez said she finds little from Homer Hanna High School junior year, my counselor told me pathologists who helped her in time for activities outside of her in Brownsville, Texas, Gonzalez there was nothing really left for me her formative years and decided classes, homework, Sunday Mass began studying communication to take, so I might as well graduate to pursue a career in the field. at the University Catholic Cen- sciences and disorders in fall 2009 and go to college,” Gonzalez said. “Nowadays, colleges are see- ter and events hosted by the Na- — the beginning of her first and Despite the protests of friends ing students come in with a lot tional Student Speech Language Courtesy of Slaid Cleaves only year as an undergraduate at and family who wanted her to more hours because they take Austin singer and songwriter Slaid Cleaves has played shows at the the University. study close to home, Gonzalez advantage of the resources they GRAD continues on page 2 Cactus Cafe since his arrival to the city in 1991. 2

2 NEWS Tuesday, February 9, 2010

drunk driving and refuses to give a seven had a blood specimen tak- HE AILY EXAN NEWS BRIEFLY breath sample, officers will pursue en with a search warrant and one is T D T a search warrant to legally draw a still under investigation by the Ve- GRAD: Teacher, family praise Volume 110, Number 145 APD enforces ‘No Refusal’ plan blood specimen to test for intoxi- hicular Homicide Unit. 25 cents during Super Bowl Sunday cation. The individual under investiga- Although officers are able to tion was involved in a car accident success of young Longhorn CONTACT US As football fans caught in Su- take a blood specimen with a where he had only injured himself, Cynthia’s letter of recommen- per Bowl revelry took to the streets search warrant year-round, it re- said Sgt. Courtney Renfro. Accord- From page 1 Main Telephone: Sunday night, Austin Police De- dation for graduate school, de- quires a judge be on call to deter- ing to legislation passed in Septem- (512) 471-4591 partment officers made 18 arrests mine whether or not there is prob- ber 2009, if the driver had injured Hearing Association. scribed her as someone who had But she finds time every week- during its eighth driving-while-in- able cause for the blood draw. another person, his blood specimen not fit the stereotype of a high Retail Advertising: end to visit her family in Browns- toxicated “No Refusal” initiative. During the initiative, the depart- could have been taken without a school student lacking maturi- (512) 471-1865 The initiative first began during ville. Occasionally, a family mem- ty and focus. Cynthia said she ment guarantees a judge will be search warrant. [email protected] Halloween weekend in 2008 and ready to sign warrants for the en- “Nobody wants to be the one driv- ber drives to Austin to visit Gon- sometimes found it hard to re- has been implemented during holi- tire night. ing that car that kills somebody, and zalez and her brother, who is also late to her peers, usually juniors Classified Advertising: days where the consumption of al- Sunday’s 18 arrests are a slight we are hoping with the advertising her roommate. and seniors, because she had not (512) 471-5244 cohol is prominent, such as New decrease from last years Super and just the understanding that you It is very important for her experienced the same things as classifi[email protected] Year’s Eve, Fourth of July and La- Bowl, during which 21 people sus- are putting other people’s lives and family to always be there for her, they had. Although there was bor Day. APD advertises days pri- pected of DWI were arrested. Of your own record at risk,” said APD said Cynthia Gonzalez’s moth- concern about whether Cynthia The Texan strives to present all infor- mation fairly, accurately and complete- or to the beginning of each initia- the 18 people arrested last night, 10 Lt. Randy Pogue. er Juana Gonzalez. Although she would miss out on the college ex- tive that if a driver is suspected of ly. If we have made an error, let us know voluntarily gave a breath specimen, — Bobby Longoria was initially terrified of letting go, perience, McKenzie and Cynthia about it. Call (512) 232-2217 or e-mail [email protected]. Juana Gonzalez was proud of her felt she could immerse herself in daughter’s resolute work ethic. the student lifestyle during grad- Maria McKenzie, Cynthia’s uate school before she jumped COPYRIGHT CAFE: SG president asserts confidence high school English teacher, has into the working world. seen students who come from If it all pans out, Cynthia will Copyright 2009 Texas Student Media. All articles, photographs sity-wide e-mail he sent Thursday ey, even though it was intended non-English speaking house- graduate this summer and attend From page 1 and graphics, both in the print and that announced the proposal. He to be self-sufficient, Juan Gonza- holds like Cynthia’s use the lan- graduate school in the fall. She would include opportunities for guage barrier as an excuse for is considering UT-Austin, Texas online editions, are the property said some business students have lez, University vice president of of Texas Student Media and may student internships and artist-res- not doing well in school. Howev- State University or UT-Dallas to expressed interest in adopting student affairs, has said to sever- not be reproduced or republished ident programs that would pro- er, Cynthia is an exception. continue her education. Cactus Cafe operations as a class al media outlets. in part or in whole without written “She had such tenacity and Afterward, Cynthia would one vide students with experience in project. The Texas Union Board an- permission. managing the venue and book- “UT students are the most ca- nounced on Jan. 29 that it would consistency in proving herself,” day like to open her own speech ing acts. pable and enthusiastically willing “phase out” the Cactus Cafe and McKenzie said. “If she didn’t and hearing clinic in the Rio However, solo musician Tory [to operate the venue],” he said. informal classes in a response to know something, she would al- Grande Valley to help give back CORRECTIONS ways question it.” Tompkins would like to see Texas Exes officials offered their Powers’ request in October that what she got at such a young A story about the MetroRapid O’Rourke’s proposal pan out. version of a plan to continue the all University departments pre- McKenzie, who also wrote age. project that ran in the Feb. 4 Daily Tompkins, a radio, television Cactus Cafe to UT President Wil- pare for budget cuts. The cur- Texan misidentified the Capital and film and marketing junior, liam Powers Jr. soon after the Jan. rent cafe staff, including its bar- Metro’s interim president. Doug said the cafe’s image could be re- 29 announcement. Under their tenders, would be offered posi- Allen is the interim president and vamped to attract a wider variety proposal, the cafe would be incor- tions with similar salaries at oth- WATER: Dorm changes reduce usage CEO of Capital Metro. of performers and more students. porated into their planned build- er Union businesses. A story that ran in Monday’s Nick Greg, architecture freshman ing expansion of the Etter-Harbin Like other Texas Union com- From page 1 substantially.” paper about the UT Tower and member of the band Mother Alumni Center set for completion mittees, O’Rourke’s proposed Walker said the most exciting documentary misidentified the Falcon, said the committee could in 2011. committee would receive a cer- gallons of water and cost about project is the installation of the officer who shot and killed Charles pair bigger names with smaller The Cactus Cafe is currently tain amount of money from both $80,000 to operate each year. “purple pipe” on campus, a re- Whitman. Both APD officers groups to attract a larger variety subsidized by $66,000 in Univer- student fees and Union revenue Changes in campus and dorm claimed water system that will Houston McCoy and Ramiro Martinez shot at Whitman, but of performers. sity money. However, in recent and would depend on donations. facilities have helped substan- possibly allow the University to it was McCoy who fatally shot O’Rourke said he received nine years, the Cactus has had to rely Additional reporting contributed tially cut back on water use and use treated waste water for non- Whitman. negative responses to the Univer- more heavily on University mon- by Audria Choudhury. costs, said Meagan Jones, an ad- potable water needs, such as ir- ministrative associate in the Di- The time at which the Texas rigation. Previously, the process Round Table was created was vision of Housing and Food Ser- has only been available in Aus- vice. She said updated showers misidentified in Monday’s story tin to areas like golf courses, Bu- about the “Hold Up for Haiti” event. and sinks are expected to lead to chman said. a reduction in water consumption Marketing senior Reilly Milton Walker said the University has conceived the idea for the round by about 33 percent in the 2009-  



actively reclaimed water in the table before the earthquake. 10 school year. However, because past, including the use of a sys- The Texan regrets the error. of the constantly increasing utili- tem that makes it possible to re- ty costs, this will only lead to fis- cover condensate from air condi- cal savings of about 17 percent in tioning systems for reuse, which all dormitories, she said. saves around 35 million gallons BENEFITS: Some    “We’re not saving that much of water per year. financially, and it does cost mon- “You’re not going to see the ey to buy the aerators and the purple pipe or notice that we’ve professors leave  
  

 
 


new showerheads and things switched from irrigating with like that,” she said. “I can’t say potable water to reclaimed wa- UT for benefits  
 

  

 
 

that we’ll see any cost savings ter, but it’s going to save a lot of on paper for students, but if we money and be a better use of re- From page 1   


2010
  weren’t making these savings on sources,” Walker said. “It’s the the consumption end, the prices same with the condensation sav- versity, Southern Methodist Uni- for students would be increasing ings. Nobody sees us doing it. It’s versity and Rice University. not visible, but it’s a significant Cloud said the lack of benefits 


  amount of water savings, and it’s is an issue of equity and compet- 
 pretty darn cool.” itiveness. Advocates argue this issue causes a significant num- breckenridge 



 ber of staff members to eventu- TSM ally leave and prospects to seek 




 

 
 employment elsewhere.  
 
 
  20 Mountains. 5 Resorts. 1 Price. BOARD In April 2008, the association   released a 65-page report that 
 plus t/s MEETING included information detailing Friday the consequences of the lack of  
  


  

 
(512) 471-9190 February 12, 2010 benefits at UT, as well as the es-  
 


   
timated cost and potential ef-    





   2 p.m. fects of implementing benefits for same-sex couples. UT’s peer institutions, such This newspaper was written, Hearst Student Media Building as the University of Michigan,  


 


 
 
 
  THE DAILY TEXAN edited and designed with pride HSM Room 3.302 by The Daily Texan and Texas have found alternative ways to Student Media. 2500 Whitis Avenue offer benefits to same-sex cou- Permanent Staff Austin, Texas 78712 Editor ...... Jillian Sheridan ples, said Karen Landolt, assis- Managing Editor ...... Ana McKenzie tant director of the McCombs NYC Seminar Associate Managing Editors ...... Erin Mulvaney, Sean Beherec, Erik Reyna Associate Editors ...... Jeremy Burchard, Dan Treadway, David Muto Visitors Welcome School of Business and chair- ' 
! " ...... Lauren Winchester, Roberto Cervantes News Editor ...... Blair Watler We encourage any community member woman of the association’s do- Associate News Editors ...... Pierre Bertrand, Lena Price ...... Claire Cardona, Viviana Aldous who has any kind of temporary or mestic partner benefits commit- 


 
  
 ,


Senior Reporters ...... Gerald Rich, Audrey White, Alex Geiser tee. The University of Michi- ...... Shabab Siddiqui, Bobby Longoria, Priscilla Totiyapungprasert permanent disability to contact Texas 
  

 
 

Copy Desk Chief ...... Nausheen Jivani Student Media beforehand so that gan changed the language of its Associate Copy Desk Chiefs ...... Cristina Herrera, Vicky Ho, Matt Jones  


 


Design Editor ...... Olivia Hinton appropriate accommodations can be plan to provide benefits to “oth- Senior Designers ...... Shatha Hussein made. Anyone is welcome to attend...... Veronica Rosalez, Mustafa Saifuddin er qualified adults” rather than Photo Editor ...... Sara Young only to spouses. Associate Photo Editors ...... Bryant Haertlein, Peter Franklin Senior Photographers ...... Mary Kang,Tamir Kalifa The association will host the ...... Peyton McGee, Daniela Trujillo, Bruno Morlan Life&Arts Editor ...... Ben Wermund Texas Equity Conference on Feb. Associate Life&Arts Editors ...... Amber Genuske Start your career in New York! Senior Entertainment Writers ...... Rob Rich, Frankie Marin, Jr. 19 and 20 at the AT&T Executive ...... John Ross Harden, Lane Lynch, Kate Ergenbright Education and Conference Cen- Features Entertainment Writers ...... Gerald Rich, Audrey Campbell, Mary Lingwall ' 
'   Sports Editor ...... Blake Hurtik ter, where faculty and staff from Associate Sports Editor ...... Michael Sherfield Senior Sports Writers ...... Dan Hurwitz, Laken Litman, Austin Ries, Chris Tavarez across the state will address the %  
$ Comics Editor ...... Carolynn Calabrese Multimedia Editor ...... Juan Elizondo lack of benefits for domestic #
# 
Associate Multimedia Editors ...... Kara McKenzie, Rachael Schroeder partners at public universities.
%
& Senior Videographer ...... Blas Garcia Issue Staff )+
* 
Reporters ...... Audria Choudhury, Julie Bissinger, Josh Michaels ...... Gabrielle Cloudy, Katherine Noble Photographers ...... Catalina Padilla, Stephanie Neza, Fanny Trang #   Sports Writers ...... Rishi Daulat, Will Anderson Life&Arts Writers ...... Julie Rene Tran, Carlo Castillo & Columnist...... Joshua Avelar Page Designers ...... Martina Geronimo, Suchada Sutasirisap, Chris Benavides Copy Editors ...... Ashley Morgan, Megan Gottlieb ...... Jonathan Damrich, Laura Lambert Wire Editor ...... Kelsey Crow Comics Artists ...... Emery Ferguson, Rachel Weiss, Nam Nguyen ...... Katie Smith, Jermaine Affonso, Gabe Alvarez ...... Victoria Elliott, Hannah Chung Videographers ...... Alan McQuinn, Carlos Medina

Advertising Director of Advertising ...... Jalah Goette Retail Advertising Manager ...... Brad Corbett Account Executive/Broadcast Manager ...... Carter Goss Campus/National Sales Consultant ...... Joan Bowerman Assistant to Advertising Director ...... C.J. Salgado Student Advertising Director ...... Kathryn Abbas Student Advertising Managers ...... Ryan Ford, Meagan Gribbin Student Account Executives ...... Anupama Kulkarni, Ashley Walker, An Ly ...... Cameron McClure, Daniel Ruszkiewkz, Lauren Aldana ...... Laci Long, Tommy Daniels Classified Clerks ...... Teresa Lai Special Editions, Editorial Adviser ...... Elena Watts Web Advertising ...... Danny Grover Special Editions, Student Editors...... Kira Taniguchi Graphic Designer Interns ...... Amanda Thomas, Lisa Hartwig (



 

  
  Senior Graphic Designer ...... Felimon Hernandez The Daily Texan (USPS 146-440), a student newspaper at The University of Texas at Austin, is published by Texas Student Media, 2500 Whitis Ave., Austin, TX 78705. The Daily Texan is published daily except Saturday, Sunday, federal holidays and exam periods, plus the last Saturday in July. Periodical Postage Paid at Austin, TX 78710. www.newyorktexasexes.org/seminar News contributions will be accepted by telephone (471-4591) or at the editorial office (Texas Student Media Building 2.122). For local and national display advertising, call 471-1865. For classified display and national classified display advertising, call 471-1865. For classified word advertising, call 471-5244. Entire contents copyright 2009 Texas Student Media.

The Daily Texan Mail Subscription Rates One Semester (Fall or Spring) $60.00 Two Semesters (Fall and Spring) 120.00    
#)

 '
"
(
( 

$  
' 
Summer Session 40.00 One Year (Fall, Spring and Summer) 150.00 
!
%%

& $ 
%%

 # %

To charge by VISA or MasterCard, call 471-5083. Send orders and address changes to Texas Student Media, P.O. Box D, Austin, TX 78713-8904, or to TSM Building C3.200, or call 471-5083. %%

 


$#
$ %

&   POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Daily Texan, P.O. Box D, Austin, TX 78713. 2/9/10

Monday ...... Wednesday, 12 p.m. Thursday...... Monday, 12 p.m. Texan Ad Tuesday...... Thursday, 12 p.m. Friday...... Tuesday, 12 p.m. Classified Word Ads 10 a.m. Deadlines Wednesday...... Friday, 12 p.m. (Last Business Day Prior to Publication) 3 W/N

Wire Editor: Kelsey Crow 3 www.dailytexanonline.com WORLD&NATION Tuesday, February 9, 2010 THE DAILY TEXAN

Recent snow NATION BRIEFLY storms along Snow continues in D.C. the Northeast Michael Jackson’s doctor Travelers rush to leave of the Northeast. Airlines warned are shattering pleads not guilty to charges travelers more flights would be 126-year-old Mid-Atlantic before canceled, and the new storm was records. LOS ANGELES — Michael expected to hit a wider area, affect- Jackson’s personal physician storm continues Tuesday ing New York and Boston. pleaded not guilty to involuntary By Brett Zongker manslaughter Monday, setting Sharon Lewis of Bowie, Md., The Associated Press the stage for courtroom drama as was desperate to spend time with prosecutors attempt to prove Dr. WASHINGTON — A $20 cab family in Trinidad. She bargained Conrad Murray caused the pop ride to the airport skyrocketed to for an hour and got a flight to New star’s death. the “snow rate” of $100 in the na- York’s Laguardia Airport. But it Superior Court Judge Keith tion’s capital, and those travel- came with caveat, she would then L. Schwartz set bail at $75,000, ers who could get to the airport would have to drive across town three times more than most peo- or train station still had to haggle in rush hour traffic to make a con- ple charged with involuntary or wait in long lines to escape the necting flight at John F. Kennedy manslaughter face. Prosecutors snowbound Mid-Atlantic. airport within an hour. had been seeking $300,000 bail The most pressing matter: get “I don’t know how that’s go- for Murray, who was taken into out before another foot or more of ing to happen,” she said. “It’ll be custody by sheriff’s deputies but snow comes Tuesday. a disaster.” not handcuffed. “I’m done with city, urban snow On Craigslist, owners of four- According to a five-page life,” said Chris Vaughan, a Wash- wheel drive vehicles were sell- criminal complaint, Murray “did ington resident who was able to re- ing rides to residents in northern unlawfully, and without malice, book a flight to go skiing in Utah. Virginia and the Maryland sub- kill Michael Joseph Jackson” by He dodged the pricey cab fare by urbs. One classified ad read: “Stay acting “without due caution and having a friend drop him off at the safe on icy streets — 4x4 Tahoe circumspection.” airport — in exchange for a bottle available.” The complaint contains no of wine. details on Jackson’s death but Union Station was bustling with authorities have said the singer The region had nearly 3 feet of long lines as many passengers de- died after Murray administered a snow in some areas. One scientist cided to try Amtrak after flights powerful general anesthetic and said if all the snow that fell on the were canceled. other drugs to help Jackson rest. East Coast were melted, it would Manuel Bernardo, 30, of Bethes- The judge told Murray that fill 12 million Olympic swim- da, Md., was on his way to Bar- after he posts bail he may not ming pools or 30,000 Empire State celona, Spain. He bought a ticket leave the United States. He must buildings. Philadelphia and Wash- to New York and was hoping to also surrender his passport. ington each need just a little more make it there in time to catch his Murray said he did noth- than nine inches to give the cities flight to Madrid. ing that should have caused the their snowiest winters since 1884, “Until this morning, I was hap- 50-year-old entertainer to die. the first year records were kept. py as pie, because I love snow,” he Meteorologists predicted the said. Courtesy of The Former Supreme Court Justice snow would start Tuesday after- Others prepared for yet Associated Press to speak at Harvard ceremony noon and continue into Wednes- another storm. day. Between 12 and 18 inches was “Getting around is a pain right don’t want to think about what it’s some 230,000 federal workers in recess for 24 hours. CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Har- forecast for Philadelphia, the na- now as it is, so slushy and sloppy,” going to be like with another foot Washington had Monday and Majority Leader Harry Reid vard University says retired Su- tion’s sixth-largest city and a travel said Meghan Garaghan, 28, as she and a half of snow dumped on top Tuesday off. said it was difficult to make it to preme Court Justice David Souter hub — which could cause a ripple stocked up on staples and sweets of this mess.” The snowbound U.S. Senate work because many streets were will be the principal speaker at its effect of travel problems for the rest at a Philadelphia supermarket. “I The storm closed schools and met for a few minutes Monday to still not clear. spring commencement ceremony. The school announced Mon- day that Souter is scheduled to return to his alma mater May 27 for the 359th commencement. It will be about 44 years after Sout- Egyptian police arrest opposition leaders er received his law degree from By Paul Schemm top level decision making body partner or a participant,” in run- Harvard Law School. The Associated Press was not home when police raid- ning the country, said spokesman The 70-year-old Souter retired CAIRO — The No. 2 leader of ed his house. At least 10 other Mohamed Morsi, describing the last year after nearly two decades members were also arrested in the arrests as a continuation of the on the nation’s highest court. Egypt’s opposition Muslim Broth- Since then, he has pushed to help erhood and two other top figures provinces Monday. state’s “pressure and marginaliza- New Hampshire promote civics were arrested by police Monday “These arrests will not prevent tion of the whole nation.” education in the public schools. in a dawn sweep targeting mem- the Brotherhood from the path it Morsi said the arrests wouldn’t Harvard President Drew bers of the nation’s most powerful has chosen to achieve progress alter plans to participate in Octo- Faust says Souter’s “dedication, opposition group. The arrests, part for the nation and it will continue ber’s parliamentary elections. humility and commitment to of an ongoing crackdown, come its struggle through all available Morsi said the men have not yet learning with which he has pur- as the group recently chose a new peaceful means to provide free- been charged and are awaiting in- sued his calling should be an in- leadership and ahead of parlia- dom and confront corruption and terrogation. Police said they face spiration” to graduates consider- mentary elections set for October. combat tyranny,” the group said in charges of engaging in banned po- ing a career in public service. Police arrested the new deputy a statement. litical activity — a standard gov- Souter was born in Mel- leader, Mahmoud Ezzat, and two The group suggested that the ernment charge used against the rose, Mass., and moved to New other members of the Guidance arrests were related to its support group. Courtesy of The Associated Press Hampshire at age 11. Council, Essam el-Erian and Ab- for the upcoming parliamentary The Brotherhood was banned in Essam el-Erian speaks at a Muslim Brotherhood conference. He was dul-Rahman el-Bir. elections. 1954 but is tolerated by the state. arrested by police Monday. Man admits guilt in charges A fourth member of the group’s “This regime does not want a of killing girlfriend’s cat NEW YORK — A New York City graphic designer accused of surreptitiously killing a series of his girlfriend’s cats has admit- ted slaying one of them, a kitten 
  found with a broken neck. Sean Lynde pleaded guilty 
   Monday to charges includ- ing aggravated animal cruel- 
  ty. His case is set to be closed without jail time or probation if Everybody counts on having safe, he attends therapy and meets other conditions. effective medicine for anything from In the plea deal, the 36-year- the common cold to heart disease. But old Lynde acknowledged killing making sure medications are safe is a a kitten named Bonafide in Janu- complex and careful process. ary 2009. He was initially charged with killing five of his now-ex- At PPD, 
  

 
   girlfriend’s pets and torturing a to help evaluate medications being sixth cat. Authorities say the unsus- developed – maybe like you. You must pecting woman kept adopting meet certain requirements to qualify, new cats to replace the ones that including a free medical exam and died. screening tests. We have research

Compiled by Associated Press reports studies available in many different lengths, and you’ll find current studies listed here weekly. PPD has been conducting research studies in Austin for more than 20 years.
*#"
' 
  to find out more. *#(   
 
   

Age Compensation Requirements Timeline Healthy & Sun. 14 Feb. through Thu. 18 Feb. Go greek Men Up to Non-Smoking Outpatient Visit: 21 Feb. 18 to 45 $1000 BMI between 18 and 30 ''" )%& '*" " 

#(" &#%#% ' &%%( ' "' & Healthy & Men Up to Sun. 21 Feb. through Thu. 25 Feb. Non-Smoking &!&'%'' 18 to 45 $1000 Outpatient Visit: 28 Feb. BMI between 18 and 30 $% "%( '!"'"# && #" Thu. 4 Mar. through Sat. 6 Mar. Healthy & Thu. 11 Mar. through Sat. 13 Mar. Men and Women Up to  Non-Smoking Thu. 18 Mar. through Sat. 20 Mar. 18 to 45 $2500 %(%*  BMI between 19 and 32 Thu. 25 Mar. through Sat. 27 Mar.  $! Outpatient Visit: 31 Mar. "      



 Editor in Chief: Jillian Sheridan Phone: (512) 232-2212 E-mail: [email protected] Associate Editors: 4 Jeremy Burchard David Muto Tuesday, February 9, 2010 Roberto Cervantes Dan Treadway OPINION Lauren Winchester THE DAILY TEXAN

GALLERY VIEWPOINT Reconsider the Cactus Cafe We hate to say we told you so, but as it turns out, the deci- sion to “repurpose” (read: close) the Cactus Cafe was not the carefully considered, democratically decided, student-guid- ed decision President William Powers Jr. made it out to be at last week’s forum. In a surprisingly frank admission, Andrew Nash, president of the Student Events Center, told The Daily Texan on Sunday that he was unaware that Cactus Cafe operations would be cut until he was told so in executive committee on Jan. 29. Unfortunately, rather than call for a delay in the decision and public debate before moving forward, he and other stu- dent members, including Student Government President Liam O’Rourke, rubber-stamped the decision. O’Rourke was aware of the plan but did not inform the public or his fellow committee members. “To be completely honest, I didn’t know the closing of the cafe was an issue,” Nash said. The faculty members of the Texas Union Board were also excluded from the discussion. In a post on the “Save the Cac- tus Cafe” Facebook page, board member Thomas Garza — his authorship verified by The Austin Chronicle — explains that he and two other faculty board members were absent from Friday’s meeting and were unaware that a decision could be made, as the topic was not on the meeting agenda. Now Nash and O’Rourke, along with other unspecified board members, are preparing to make a proposal to the board that would not undo their previous decision but in- stead set up a committee to bring different musical activi- ties to the space. They plan to keep the name “Cactus Cafe,” though it would be a bit disingenuous, as the room would not regularly provide food or drinks. It’s time for UT to scrap UIL We suggest an alternate approach. Rather than move for- ward as though the Jan. 29 decision were final and immov- able based on a non-inclusive browbeating session in which coming freshman classes every year, as But high school sports — most nota- a few uninformed students rubber-stamped an administra- evidenced by the recent decision to cap bly football — border on religion in Tex- tive agenda, we suggest that the proposal to “repurpose” the automatic admission to just students as, and the school communities would cafe by removing current management, food, alcohol and reg- By Joshua Avelar who finished in the top 8 percent of find some way to organize and regulate ular Austin community involvement be brought to the com- Daily Texan Columnist their high school classes. their own nonprofit governing body. mittee again. This should happen at an open and well-publi- Furthermore, UIL is a budget con- Come hell, high water or budget cuts, cized meeting. straint for UT. The league’s financial re- high school sports will live on in Texas. Reversing this decision would not be a sign of weakness. Times are tough at UT as financial port for the 2008-09 school year states Texas is often thrown into a popular Rather, it would show appreciation for public input and vali- troubles are rearing their ugly heads all that it received about $10.9 million in competition with California and Florida date the board’s commitment to serving students. over campus. revenue. But UIL’s overall expenses to- over which state produces the greatest — Jillian Sheridan for the editorial board This newspaper has been ridden with taled over $12.5 million, leaving a $1.6 athletes. Texas has the only high school headlines detailing budget cuts and million deficit. interscholastic competition agency run program scraps for the past year or so, That money could possibly go to by a university. and just a quick browse of other college scholarships, a more efficient way to re- If California and Florida’s high school newspapers across the country shows cruit good students than running high sports can exist without the governance this phenomenon is not unique to the school competitions. of a local university, so can Texas’. High GALLERY 40 Acres. UIL is currently under the governance school sports do not need UT’s over- One unique thing about UT’s budget of the vice president of diversity and sight and money to flourish. constraints is the University’s responsi- community engagement. Yet there exists Some sacrifices may arise from the bility to oversee the state’s high school no sign that regulating UIL necessarily scrapping of UIL, but it is a necessary athletic and academic competitions. But adds to UT’s diversity or further engag- move. After spending more than a cen- in the spirit of necessary cutbacks, the es the University with the community. tury running this entity, UT has done its time has come for UT to scrap the Uni- High school basketball players may part in providing the state a governing versity Interscholastic League from its think it’s cool to play on the Frank Er- body for high school sports. Whatever list of responsibilities. win Center’s court for the state champi- new agency that would arise after this UT founded the league, known as onship, but many of these students have move would have a great predecessor UIL, in 1909, when UT was just one of played on NBA courts before: Play- off of which to base its operations. a handful of public universities in a ing on the Horns’ home floor loses its It may be unfortunate to see 101 years far-less-populated state. At the time, it luster pretty quickly after that. Actu- of tradition slip away in the name of fi- made sense for UT to invest in regulat- ally, it would be quite a shock if many nance, but UT has already set a prece- ing these competitions to attract and of the participants in UIL competitions dent that tradition is no excuse to stop a recruit students. were even aware that UT was in charge good ol‘ program-scrapping. According to the Texas Education of this entity. If the University is serious about sav- Agency, there are more than 1.3 million If UIL were eliminated from UT’s bud- ing money and not wasting precious high school students in the state. Just a get, many Texans would undoubtedly funds on operations irrelevant to its core fraction of these students will end up at- go into a state of panic. Disturbing the mission, UIL should definitely move to tending UT, and even fewer will end up state of high school sports in Texas by the front of the chopping-block line. playing for the Longhorns. moving so drastically as to dissolve UIL UT is running out of space for its in- would certainly raise some eyebrows. Avelar is a government senior.

THE TRAVESTY’S TAKE GALLERY That blob of kids who pretend to be politicians

By Matt Ingebretson Liam O’Rourke explained that the continuing its closed-door proce- ally likes you, and in truth, I think Daily Texan Guest Columnist board strongly supports open-mic dure on all of its policy discussions even your own members find you nights for students as a part of the as of late. Outside of the decision to merely tolerable. Why should stu- It has recently come to my at- repurposing of the Cactus Cafe close the cafe, SG turned away Dai- dents get involved in an organiza- tention that the Texas Union Board and its new placement in “room ly Texan reporters when they were tion that doesn’t look out for their of Directors voted to “repurpose” inventory.” Once again, bravo to sent to sit in on a Tuition Policy Ad- interests? If student interests are the Cactus Cafe and reassign man- the board for recognizing another visory Committee meeting to dis- not your top priority, perhaps com- agement of the entity to students. problem UT is currently facing: a cuss the possible tuition increase. ing up with a better name for your I would like to congratulate the shortage of rooms on campus. Well done, SG. Newspapers are evil organization would help. board, particularly the student I cannot count the number of — never forget that. For example, you could go with members of the board, for making times I have wandered through UT But let’s not forget that the mem- something like the Skulls, the Eyes yet another fine decision on behalf late at night, desperately search- bers of SG are elected and act as of Texas or That Amorphous Blob of the University. ing for an open room in the dozens representatives of all students. It of Kids Who Pretend to be Politi- First, I believe that the board’s of buildings on campus so I could would be inefficient and impracti- cians. Any of those would better proposal to turn the management hold an open-mic to perfect my ka- cal to engage the (many times dis- suit your organization, but please over to the students is a brilliant zoo skills. interested) student body on ev- stop using the word “student” in business maneuver. Assigning con- Yesterday, The Daily Texan re- ery single issue that needs to be your title if you are not going to trol of a venue that struggles to earn ported that “the Cactus Cafe’s bar addressed — there’s no arguing make more of an effort to actually sufficient revenue to an ever-chang- could only be opened for certain with that. engage your constituents. ing group of partially educated stu- events and whenever cash dona- I will, however, say that SG’s his- Actually, I take that back. As the dents will no doubt lead to great- tions are available.” Herein lies the tory of acting as an exclusive enti- editor-in-chief of the Texas Traves- RECYCLE! er prosperity for this landmark true problem of “repurposing” the ty and student reaction to this ex- ty, it’s my job to lampoon things on cafe. It reminds me of a time when Cactus Cafe for student use and clusivity (see coverage of last year’s campus, and SG’s mishaps have Please recycle this copy of The Daily Texan. Place the pa- I hired a 13-year-old tutor to help more open mics: Open-mic events, election) should be spurring SG made for some awesome comedic per in one of the recycling bins on campus or back in the me study for a test in a finance class whether they be music or comedy, into a frenzy of outreach to the stu- fodder. So forget everything I’ve burnt-orange news stand where you found it. — he had no idea how to teach me are painful to sit through without dent body. Whenever there are dis- said, SG. Keep up all of the hap- about futures in the stock market, partaking in a little boozing. An in- cussions of major changes at UT, hazard work you’ve been doing. FIRING LINES and I ended up failing the test. In tegral part of the Cactus Cafe is the SG should hold a public forum be- I don’t think I’d like you as much retrospect, there was no upside to bar, and without it, it might as well fore the decision is made instead if I couldn’t make you the brunt of E-mail your Firing Lines to [email protected]. Letters must be more than 100 and fewer than 300 words. The that. Hiring an unqualified 13-year- be just another classroom with a of waiting for a public outcry after my jokes. Texan reserves the right to edit all submissions for brevity, clar- old kid to help me with finance was small stage and dim lighting. the fact. For more fun remarks about this ity and liability. one of the stupidest things I’d ever But what I find most admirable Now, members of SG, you might topic, go pick up a copy of the Trav- done, but I’m sure putting students about the repurposing of the cafe is be thinking to yourself: “But we do esty. We made this issue particular- in charge of the Cactus Cafe will the board’s choice to not discuss the reach out to students!” I’d like to get ly delightful. LEGALESE turn out better. issue with the public until after the real here for a moment (because so Opinions expressed in The Daily Texan are not necessarily In his e-mail to the student body, decision had already been made. In far none of what I’ve said amounts Ingebretson is a marketing and English senior those of the UT administration, the Board of Regents or the Student Government President fact, I would like to applaud SG for to much). Nobody on campus re- and editor-in-chief of the Texas Travesty. Texas Student Media Board of Operating Trustees. 5 UNIV

Tuesday, February 9, 2010 NEWS 5 Attorney general links ‘sexting’ to abuse Austin named hot spot for Valentine’s Day fun Priceline.com ranks city usually have a strong demand each weekend but not as much as a top-20 destination; on Sundays.” Other draws are the Austin hotel sees rental increase Marathon and Half Marathon By Julie Bissinger and the Paramount 5K, which Daily Texan Staff are each scheduled for Valen- People have always been tine’s Day this year. looking for love in all the wrong Both the marathon and half places, but this year, many are marathon are sold out. Together, finding that Austin is the right the events have brought in $12 place for romance. million to the city, said Austin Austin has been ranked 17th Marathon spokeswoman McK- on a list of the top 50 U.S. cities inzey Crossland. with the high- Although est demands for nothing spe- Valentine’s Day cial has been accommoda- planned dur- tions, according ing the races to Priceline.com. relating to Val- “Austin is an Austin is an entine’s Day, up-and-com- up-and-coming staff members ing destina- destination in Texas, have worked tion in Texas, ‘‘ to incorporate and people are and people are the holiday traveling closer traveling closer to into the pro- to home,” said motion of the Beth Krauss, home.” marathons. media relations — Beth Krauss “We’re ex- manager for the cited to see Austin Conven- Media relations manager how runners tion and Visi- for the Austin Convention and specta- tors Bureau. and Visitors Bereau tors will cel- Tamir Kalifa | Daily Texan Staff Jason Zie- ebrate Val- Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott and Megan Guilbeaux, a 19-year-old Austin Community College student, discuss the dangers of “sexting.” linski, spokes- entine’s Day man for Austin with us. We’ve By Katherine Noble Abbott said. “Images of teens sent dating and sexual relationships. around the country with one-on- Bergstrom In- been promot- Daily Texan Staff by way of telephone or the Internet Jane Morgan Bost, associate direc- one anonymous phone calls and a ternational Air- ing the con- More than 20 percent of teens involve child pornography, and it tor of the UT Counseling and Men- 24-hour chatline with teens. port, said even nection with admit to sending or receiving sex- is important for teens to under- tal Health Center, is in charge of the Megan Guilbeaux, a 19-year- though traffic taglines like ually explicit picture messages, or stand that it is inappropriate and Voices Against Violence program on old student at Austin Community during January and February is ‘Love hurts,’” said John Conley, “sext” messages, according to Tex- possibly illegal to send anything campus, which offers information College, has been volunteering at generally busy, Continental Air- director of the Austin Marathon as Attorney General Greg Abbott. that involves a picture of them- and support concerning relation- the helpline since she was 16. lines and American Airlines re- and Half Marathon. “We’ve had The increasingly common prac- selves or another teen that expos- ship violence, such as meetings for “A lot of the chats and calls are ported no significant increas- a few marriage proposals at our tice comes with dangers far more es [them] sexually.” victims of abuse or stalking. from scared teens who stay in abu- es in the number of passengers race over the years, so I have a serious than teens might suspect, Abbot said sexting points to a Bost urged students to visit the sive relationships because they flying to Austin. However, Unit- feeling we might see a lot of that Abbott said at a press conference larger issue among teen dating — Web site and look at upcoming are scared of their parents see- ed Airlines has seen a slight in- this year.” hosted by the National Teen Dat- emotional abuse. Partners use these events on the calendar or to call ing the pictures if they get passed crease in traffic, which they attri- Last year’s marathon was on ing Abuse Helpline. The organiza- photos to control their significant to set up an appointment with a around,” Guilbeaux said. bute to the Presidents’ Day holi- Feb. 15. The night before the tion hosted the event to draw at- others and force them to stay in the trained mental health counselor. Bost said that a national move- day weekend, he said. race, Katie Fowler’s fiance pro- tention to the issue of sexting and relationship for fear of the images Candice Hopkins, director of ment centered around dating- However, area hotels have posed and gave her a running to help teens understand its dan- being released, he said. the helpline Web site, said 75 per- abuse survivors and their allies seen an increase in reservations shirt to wear at the race the next gers and consequences. February is Teen Dating Violence cent of teens report being aware must take place. for Valentine’s Day weekend, day. Most of the explicit photos are Awareness and Prevention Month, of an abusive dating relationship. “This is not just a woman’s is- according to Gene McMenamin, “The shirt said ‘Cheer for me, sent as a result of partner pressure, and although the topic of sexting Trained teen advocates focus on sue. This is a people’s issue. It in- general manager of the Omni I just got engaged’ on the back,” and according to Abbott, teens fail may seem juvenile, the larger is- helping students strategize how volves every one of us, and we all Austin Hotel Downtown. said Fowler, a UT-Southwestern to realize that 20 percent of sext mes- sues of emotional abuse and part- to confront partners, peers and need to get informed and get in- “We are sold out for Saturday physician’s assistant graduate sages are passed to a third party. ner pressure do not end after high parents about digital harassment, volved about different kinds of and Sunday, which is unusual student. “I wore it at the race, “Teens need to understand that school graduation. UT offers re- rumors or abuse. According to pressures and abuse in relation- since people have work the next and people on the sideline went sexting implicates sexual crime,” sources for dealing with abuse in Hopkins, the helpline serves teens ships,” Bost said. day,” McMenamin said. “We crazy.”


#$%

 %#'"&

&#
# 
%&'"&%

(

%!"
% "
$"&
$%  



 #
()
    
   


" 

 


 
 % %!"
(


%


&'
!#  %#'"& #! #"#$"%





 
 
!


!


!
"


 




! 




!



 
 
 
$ 



#

 


 6 COUPONS

SUPER COMING SOON The SUPER TUESDAY COUPON section on the TSM iPhone App It’s FREE No need to clip anymore coupons! Just show the coupon from the iPhone to redeem the offer. And, share them with your friends! SUPER TSM

Expires 2/28/10

The Daily Texan TSTV KVRX The Cactus Texas Travesty SUPER SUPER SUPER Clip & bring this coupon for Free tea or miso soup during lunch (11am-3pm)  

 
 
 
 
  
  
 when you spend more than $7












  



 


    expires: 5/1/2010

Sushi, Bentos, and Salads

First Floor   
 
   
  
   
 Dobie Mall (# ,
*+( ,
%
+% , 2025 Guadalupe St #152 Austin, TX 78705 
"&(

#( +*) 512.236.0207 $#
*
$$
$$
+)*#%
(!
+'!( +*) down the stairs on Guad next to Princeton Review SUPER SUPER SUPER

3120 Guadalupe

3/2/103/2/10 Austin, Texas 78705 %JTDPWFS
IPX
IFBMUIGVM
DVJTJOF
DBO
CF 512-451-2696 #"  "  $3 off any 20% !"  Car Wash / Oil Change      with coupon or student id 
 
 Vegan - Organic - Gluten Free - Living Food Creations www.arborcarwash.com SUPER SUPER SUPER

DELIVERY TAKEOUT Serving the men of UT with fine haircuts, shaves, and hair products since 1964. 370-2473 Phone # 

512-323-9393 

BringBr this in for 

  


  $ off 


  2
  W A C K Y
 W E D N E S D A Y S 
 
 1 Medium 1 Topping PIZZA/WINGS MEAL DEAL W ten $$ 9999 1 Large Cheese & barbershopb 44 any 1 Topping 451-7505 1 Large 1 Topping 10 Howie Wings FREE $30 certificate for your birthday 
%%!
)
& $ ""# ! 
)
 %""(
 
 %!
'!"#
"

 

   

 

 
 $$ 9999 $ 99 55 Limited Time Offer 14 SUPER SUPER SUPER /*.3 /43) 1*%(& /,,/6




  FREE RENT 20% Off for Students & Faculty Bring in this coupon to with mention of this ad get your 1st month FREE
HAPPY HOUR 1/2 off assorted
 glasses
 of wine
+
&'!&
$!& and $1 off beer
+
" %
(   Monday-Saturday & All day Sunday
+
'$!&
$ %!
*
"
)&!
%& 
2050 South Lamar by Oltorf
+
!

'&& 
"'&


+
#$& !&%
&$&!


#$
#$%"! 512.326.8742
+





$"" % PointSouthBridgeHollow.com 512-444-7536 7 SPTS

Sports Editor: Blake Hurtik E-mail: [email protected] Phone: (512) 232-2210 7 www.dailytexanonline.com SPORTS Tuesday, February 9, 2010 THE DAILY TEXAN SIDELINE TEXAS 68 KANSAS 80 NCAA Men’s Top 25 No. 5 Villanova 82 No. 4 West Virginia 75

Loyola-Illinois 47 Jayhawks fly past struggling Longhorns No. 15 Butler 62

Robert Morris 53 By Blake Hurtik No 23. Pittsburgh 77 Daily Texan Columnist NBA New Orleans 117 You’ve got to feel for Damion Orlando 123 James. There’s no doubt that the Tex- Dallas 127 as senior forward leaves it all on Golden State 117 the floor each and every game — even on nights like Monday. San Antonio 89 When the Longhorns had the LA Lakers 101 chance to reclaim their spot as le- gitimate Final Four contenders, they showed more of the same: NHL an inexperienced, confused team New Jersey 2 searching for answers with the Philadelphia 3 heart of the team, James, ex- hausted and flabbergasted. San Jose 3 If it weren’t for James, the Long- Toronto 2 horns likely would have been beaten by 30 points instead of the St. Louis 2 80-68 shellacking they received at Colorado 5 the hands of the top-ranked Kan- sas Jayhawks. Edmonton 1 James might as well been Phoenix 6 have playing by himself in the Los Angeles 2 first half, scoring 15 of Texas’ 24 Anaheim 4 points on 6-of-9 shooting and a perfect 3-for-3 from 3-point NCAA Men’s Basketball Top 10 range. He finished with 24 points 1. Kansas and 10 rebounds. 2. Kentucky What did he get for his effort? Bruno Morlan | Daily Texan Staff 3. Syracuse Texas’ fifth loss in seven games, 4. West Virginia a fat lip courtesy of Kansas cen- Point guard Dogus Balbay struggles to get to the basket in Monday night’s 80-68 loss to top ranked Kansas. The loss marks the 5. Villanova ter Cole Aldrich and a sore back- Longhorns’ fifth in seven games after beginning the season with 17 consecutive victories. 6. Purdue side from a hard fall while trying 7. Duke to collect one last rebound to keep gest killer for us in every game er into their bench than most But Brown only got into his 8. Georgetown Turnovers, first half 9. Kansas State Texas’ dwindling hopes alive with we’ve lost,” said Texas head other teams in the NCAA, the groove in the second half. At 10. Michigan State a minute remaining. run result in second coach Rick Barnes. “We’re gon- Longhorns relied heavily on halftime, he had only garnered More like adding injury to in- na fix it because we have too freshman J’Covan Brown and two points and had gone 1 for sult, for a change. straight loss at home many guys that care and want senior Damion James to car- 7 from the field. James, on the Texas’ cavalry did arrive in the By Laken Litman to do it. We just gotta get every- ry them over the No. 1 team. other hand, had single-handed- SPORTS second with freshman J’Covan Daily Texan Staff body understanding offensive Brown and James combined for ly carried the Longhorns in the BRIEFLY Brown adding 26 points in the half, Same song, fifth verse. basketball. When the emotion of a total 52 of Texas’ 68 points. first, scoring 15 of the team’s 24 but it was too little too late. The fourteenth-ranked Long- the game gets going, they forget “We’ve thought all year total points at the break. Lakers beat Spurs without After the game, just like in ev- horns were plagued once again all of that.” J’Covan could be the guy for us, A major factor of Texas’ down- Bryant and Bynum ery other loss, it was James put- by turnovers and a slow start Barnes may say that there are that he could lead us,” Barnes fall was a 22-0 run by Kansas in Pau Gasol had 21 points and 19 ting the blame for the loss square- as they fell hard to top-ranked too many guys that care about said. “You could tell, in the last the latter part of the first half. ly on his broad shoulders. rebounds to lead five players in dou- Kansas 80-68 Monday night. this Longhorn team, but only couple of weeks, he is figuring it “It happened so fast. They ble figures, and the Los Angeles Lak- Not this time, Damion. This one Kansas (23-1, 9-0 Big 12) scored two out of those 12 players out. He had a couple of careless showed why they’re the No. 1 is on your teammates. ers beat the San Antonio Spurs 101- 27 points off the Longhorns’ (19- showed the drive to beat Kan- plays with the ball, but he has team in the country,” James said. 89 Monday night without injured In case you’ve forgotten, this 5, 5-4 Big 12) 17 turnovers. sas on Monday. great vision, he can shoot the ball was supposed to be the year of Kobe Bryant and Andrew Bynum. “Turnovers have been the big- On a team that can seep deep- and do a lot of good things.” Bryant missed his second consec- the seniors for Texas. The Long- RUN on page 8 utive game with a sore left ankle, horns were supposed to have a while Bynum sat out with a bruised two-pronged attack. Dexter Pitt- right hip. man was supposed to play just as Brown and James lead posed to flow through Dexter In their absences, the Lakers used big of a role. Pittman, but with the 6-foot- a collective effort to win in their final But the big man hasn’t held up the way for Longhorns 10-inch center double and tri- home game before this weekend’s his end of the bargain. against top-ranked KU ple-teamed all night, the lion’s All-Star break. Ron Artest added 18 Pittman had just three points share of rebounding and post points, Lamar Odom 16 points and and three rebounds in 21 minutes. By Will Anderson defense fell to James, who fin- 10 rebounds, and Jordan Farmar and What’s alarming is that stat line Daily Texan Staff ished with 24 points, 10 boards Derek Fisher had 13 each. doesn’t cause anyone to so much You could see it on the face and five blocks. Manu Ginobili scored 21 points, as raise an eyebrow. of Texas forward Damion And after missing nine free Tony Parker 20, Tim Duncan had Texas’ inconsistent freshmen James on Monday night, in the throws against Oklahoma, 16 points and 15 rebounds and An- have an excuse. They are, after all, way he rarely looked up from James was 4-of-6 from the line tonio McDyess 12 rebounds for the freshmen, no matter how highly re- the table during the post-game on Monday. Spurs, who have lost four in a row cruited they were. But for Pittman, press conference. It was a complete perfor- to the Lakers at Staples Center. who has spent almost four years in You could hear it in the hushed mance from James, who carried Los Angeles again showed it this system, it’s unacceptable. words of J’Covan Brown, his the Longhorns throughout the could win without Bryant. The Lak- Part of the problem is that Pitt- voice barely audible despite the first half and supplied most of ers snapped a five-year losing streak at Portland with a victory Saturday, man and the Longhorns expect aid of a microphone. the scoring. It was an effort only when Bryant ended his streak of 235 James to rush to the rescue and The two combined for 52 points matched by teammate J’Covan Bruno Morlan | Daily Texan Staff consecutive games played and By- Brown, who did the same in the Dexter Pittman, Varez Ward, and Clint Chapman can only watch as pick up the pieces every time. Af- but despite their best efforts Tex- num missed the second half. The their teammates lose an early lead and let Kansas seal the win. ter Pittman grabbed just one re- as fell short as the rest of the team second half from the point. Lakers extended their lead to 81-70 bound in Texas’ overtime loss to went 5-of-17 from the floor. Brown scored 28 points, all early in the fourth, equaling their Baylor, he said that it was because “I’m gonna’ do my job,” James but two after the break, and that Dogus doesn’t bring. He from the field in the first twen- largest lead to that point, capped by it was his job to box out so James said. “We have to get J’Covan was the only other Longhorn brings that ability to shoot the ty minutes, he made eight field Shannon Brown’s 3-pointer. could collect the rebounds. and Avery and [Mason] and Do- to reach double digits. The pair ball and spread the floor.” goals in the second half, mostly Mostly though, the final period Against the Jayhawks, Pittman gus and Dex and everybody to combined for 75 percent of the Brown, an adept one-on-one layups in traffic but also a pair was a messy affair, with the Spurs got to see firsthand what a domi- do their job. Once they start do- Horns’ offensive production. player, was able to drive to the of 3-pointers. throwing the ball away on three oc- nant post player really looks like. ing that, that’s when we’re go- “He can score the ball when basket at will when he drew “He’s really good with the casions and the Lakers stumbling ing to start winning again.” we need it,” James said about bigger, slower forwards late in through a cold stretch after their COLUMN continues on page 8 The Texas offense was sup- Brown. “He brings something the game. After going 1-for-7 BROWN continues on page 8 strong start.

INTERNATIONAL SOCCER Chelsea takes over first place a er dominating Arsenal Chelsea’s Ivory Coast native scores the back post as he smashed in loss to Manchester United. “I the only goal in the 55th min- Didier Drogba John Terry’s flicked header. am 173 centimeters and it suits ute off an in-swinging corner celebrates his twice and Cech makes Chelsea’s backbreaking goal me, but next to the big center kick by Steven Gerrard. Everton goal against came just 15 minutes later on a halves of [Manchester] United, goalkeeper, the American Tim Arsenal during key saves to lift Chelsea fast break. Lampard put Drog- it is very difficult to fight for the Howard could have done bet- their English By Rishi Daulat ba through on the right side, ball, especially in the air.” ter with the corner by punch- Premier League Daily Texan Staff and the Ivory Coast striker cut Chelsea now sits in first place ing it away, but Kuyt capitalized soccer match It was the classic battle of in past Arsenal’s Gael Clichy be- with 58 points and Manchester on Howard’s failure to move off at Stamford strength versus speed. fore firing in a thunderous left- United, after their 5-0 destruction his line. Bridge, London And in the end, strength came footed shot past Arsenal goal- of Portsmouth, remains in second Liverpool is currently back on Sunday. through in dominating fashion in keeper, Manuel Almunia. with 56 points. Arsenal’s title as- in the top four after their win, Chelsea’s 2-0 win against Arsenal. Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech pirations are pretty much over as while Tottenham drops one spot Chelsea’s powerful striker, Di- made a few impressive saves the Gunners are now nine points to fifth after their goalless draw dier Drogba, netted twice for the throughout the match, the most behind the league leaders, hav- with Aston Villa. Manchester Blues. Arsenal’s smaller, shifty notable coming when he parried ing suffered consecutive defeats City fell to sixth as they suffered attack players fizzled out as the away Fransesc Fabregas’s free against their two rivals. a shock defeat away at Hull City, young Gunners couldn’t find kick late in the second half. In other Premier League ac- 2-1. American striker Jozy Alti- the finishing touch past Chel- Ever since Robin van Persie tion, Liverpool prevailed in the dore scored a fantastic goal, his sea’s physical back four and the went down with an ankle inju- Merseyside derby despite be- first in the Premier League, for Chelsea goalie. ry, Arsenal has been in need of ing reduced to 10 men in the Hull City in the 31st minute. Drogba’s first goal has to have a central striker. Their current 34th minute. Liverpool defend- In other soccer news, manag- Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger makeshift fix is the tiny Russian, er Sotirios Kyrgiakos was eject- er Fabio Capello has stripped wondering about his team’s de- Andrey Arshavin. ed after going in on a 50-50 ball Chelsea defender John Terry of fense on set pieces once again. “If Arsenal want to become with a two-footed slide tack- the English team’s captaincy af- How no one was marking one of champions, how can they select le on Everton midfielder Mar- ter Terry was accused of carry- the best strikers in the world is [me] as center forward?” said ouane Fellaini. ing on a four-month-long affair Arsenal’s concern, but amazing- Arshavin, who usually plays as Despite the early setback, Liv- with teammate Wayne Bridge’s Alastair Grant ly, Drogba was the only one at a winger, after last week’s 3-1 erpool’s Dirk Kuyt headed home ex-girlfriend, Vanessa Perroncel. Associated Press 8 SPTS

8 SPORTS Tuesday, February 9, 2010 RUN: Kansas scores 22 straight points From page 7 from the free throw line. “He can score the ball when “A 22-0 run is unacceptable. We we need it, and we need that dig ourselves a hole a lot, and from the point guard spot,” we try to make up for it, and it’s James said. “He brings the abil- tough. This is the worst we’re ity to score and spread the floor. going to play. I know that.” We need that if we want to be Despite James’ one-man-show the team we want to be.” efforts, he doesn’t feel that his Since playing Baylor a week teammates are leaving him to and a half ago, Brown has prov- fend for the team by himself. en to Barnes that he is maturing “I never feel that way. It’s not and understanding his role on about me, it’s about this team,” the court. Before Monday night’s he said. “We’re going through a game, Barnes gave Brown a pep- tough stretch right now, but I’d talk to get him going. rather do it now than later this Unfortunately for the Long- month and down the road.” horns, by the time Brown start- Texas also started the second ed narrowing Kansas’ lead by half slowly and didn’t show a racking up 26 points in the sec- sign of life until the last four ond half, it was too late. Barnes minutes, when they cut the Jay- ran out of timeouts with a lit- hawks’ double-digit lead to eight tle over two minutes remaining, points for the first time since the and their single-digit deficit soon first half. turned into a 12-point loss. After KU center Cole Aldrich “They’re not playing like fouled out at the 3:48 mark, they’re capable of,” said Kan- Brown went on a shooting fren- sas coach Bill Self after the game. Bruno Morlan | Daily Texan Staff zy, making jumpers, three-point- “They’re one of the best teams in Head Coach Rick Barnes talks to forward Damion James during a timeout in the first half of Monday’s loss. James was one of the few bright ers and free throws. He went 2 the conference, but they’re going for 3 from the arch and 8 for 9 through a difficult time.” spots for the Longhorns scoring 24 points and grabbing 10 rebounds. Up next for James and the Longhorns are the Nebraska Cornhuskers. COLUMN: James needs BROWN: Late run falls short for Horns From page 7 31 and cut the deficit to a manage- ond half. The freshman scored 11 bow that earned the Jayhawk teammates to contribute able 10 points. More importantly, it of the team’s final 16 points and a technical and a seat on the From page 7 ups. On the other end, Pittman ball,” said Kansas coach Bill Self. gave a boost to the sagging Texas kept Texas within striking distance bench after his fifth foul. puffed out his chest after swat- “He really attacked the big guys offense and a morbid Erwin Cen- even if the Longhorns never capi- James was quick to jump up but Even though Aldrich only had ting away a pair of shots from really well.” ter crowd. talized. quickly walked to his own bench. seven points and five boards, he undersized Kansas guards, but Barnes rightly predicted before “He can shoot,” “He’s starting “He threw a bow,” James said. had six blocks and effectively it felt more like watching a high the game that Brown would have Kansas freshman to really figure it “I know he probably didn’t shut down Texas’ center. schooler pick on junior high kids a breakout night. He told the fresh- Xavier Henry out,” Barnes said. mean to. But that’s the type of The Longhorns wanted to use to boost his ego. man that “big players step up in said about James. “He’s fast, he’s player I am, I don’t appreciate Pittman in ball screens, but his fa- Pittman built his early season big games,” according to Brown. “On the scouting This is the worst got great vision, that kind of stuff.” tigue got in the way. For all that’s reputation going against post “It hit me,” Brown said. “I want report, they don’t we’re going to play.” he can shoot the He went down again with 51 made of his miraculous weight players that gave up inches and to be a big player. It’s the time to say he can shoot ball, he can do a seconds left and this time took loss, he still wears out in a hurry. pounds to him. It’s one thing to do it.” very well, but he ‘‘ — Damion James lot of things.” much longer to get up. Even with “With Dexter, in his defense, put up 25 points against small James gave Texas an early lead can shoot a lit- Forward Brown had to teammates standing above him, he gets tired. We’re trying to schools. You show your true col- with a pair of treys just minutes tle bit and he can step up because James lay on the court with a gri- play him more minutes, and ors against the best, tired or not. into the contest but an eleven-min- also put it on the James was bat- mace on his face, motionless for a when he’s tired, he goes to the That’s what James did against ute scoring run by Kansas zapped floor.” tered down the few seconds until Brown helped block,” said Texas coach Rick Kansas. the energy from the home team. “But I think we stretch. After him to his feet. Barnes. “He can’t do that.” “He says that he’s not doing James finally got Texas back on contained him fouling Cole Al- “This is the worst we’re going During a two-minute stretch it by himself, but I know he is,” the board with seven quick points well enough to get the ‘W,’” Kan- drich with 3:48 left in the game, to play,” James said. “We’ll look in the second half, Aldrich Brown said. “We’ve got to help near the end of the period. His driv- sas’ Marcus Morris added. the Kansas center dropped at the film and see what we’ve stuffed Pittman twice on lay Damion out.” ing layup with 1:57 left made it 21- It was Brown’s turn in the sec- James with an inadvertent el- got to do.” Future of the NFL remains unknown By Barry Wilner is unlikely. what we should deliver.” The Associated Press The 32 team owners clearly Free agency begins March 5. Notice of Re-Opening A memorable season capped are prepared for a go at the first The more critical date might be by a super title game with a re- uncapped season since 1993. March 5 of next year, when, if for the Position of cord TV audience has NFL exec- Enough restrictions are in place, no new deal has been struck, the utives and fans beaming. including extending the mini- most popular and prosperous The smiles might soon disap- mum years of service for unre- sport in America could see the Daily Texan Editor pear. stricted free agency from four owners locking out the players. Professional football is head- years to six, that baseball-like That’s the last thing fans ed into the great unknown. Bar- bidding wars are improbable. want to hear after a special sea- ring a quick — and totally un- With the owners claiming son featuring the Saints cap- expected — agreement with the they are losing millions and the ping a football renaissance for players’ union on a new con- players arguing that teams are their team and their city with Applications may be picked up from the tract, 2010 will have no salary making money by the fistful, a their first Super Bowl title. The cap. After that, perhaps a work common ground will be diffi- NFL’s best teams, led by New Office of the Director, HSM 3.304 stoppage, something DeMau- cult to find. Orleans, generally have become rice Smith, executive director “The labor agreement is a very the most potent on offense: each of the NFL Players Association, important agreement,” Good- division winner except Cincin- puts at a “14” on a scale of 1 to ell said during his annual Super nati regularly visited the end Qualifications: 10 of happening. Bowl week news conference. “It’s zone, and three of the four play- (1) be a registered UT-Austin student during the semester in which application is made; Commissioner Roger Good- something that is important to off semifinalists scored at least (2) have completed at least 30 hours at UT-Austin with a minimum grade point average ell doesn’t agree, believing ne- our players. It’s certainly impor- 416 points. of 2.25; gotiations will lead to a new tant to our clubs, and it’s impor- And as some stars begin to fade deal before March 2011, when tant to our fans. others emerge. (3) have worked, or will have worked when their term begins, at least one semester as the collective bargaining agree- “We have to sit at the table, Even as such headliners as Kurt a permanent staff member of The Daily Texan in news, sports or the copy desk; ment expires. But an accord be- and we have to get an agree- Warner and perhaps Favre leave (4) have completed at least one other semester as an issue staff member of The Daily fore the New Orleans Saints be- ment that works for everybody. the game, colleges are providing Texan in an area other than the one covered above; gin defense of their Super Bowl And that’s what people expect. NFL-ready performers to eventu- championship in September They want solutions, and that’s ally take their place. (5) have completed or be enrolled in a media law course before taking office; and (6) have obtained signatures from at least five editorial staff members of the Texan staff supporting the candidate for editor. (7) pass a libel test administered by the Editorial Adviser to ensure that he or she is fully capable of maintaining libel-free content. (8) be upper-division by the time they begin their term.

Potential Candidates may request waiver(s) of eligi- bility requirements specified in the TSM Handbook section 2.17(a). Waivers are subject to a vote of two-thirds approval by TSM Board Members.

Deadline for applications and all supporting materials: Noon, Thursday, February 11, 2010

Applicants will be certified by the TSM Board of Operating Trustees on Friday, February 12, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. HSM 3.302

David J. Phillip | Associated Press NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell answers a question during a news conference on Friday in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. 9 CLASS

Tuesday, February 9, 2010 NEWS 9 Newsweek editor appraises changes to media, politics Interview explores insider ter for Politics and Governance, the interview, In a question about Evan Smith, part of the LBJ School of Pub- President Barack Obama’s perfor- left, CEO and view of news industry lic Affairs, teamed up with “Tex- mance thus far, Smith noted that editor-in- as Monthly Talks” to sponsor the the first 12 months of Obama’s chief of The via ‘Texas Monthly Talks’ event. term have disappointed some Texas Tribune, By Joshua Michaels The first half of Meacham’s supporters. interviews Daily Texan Staff 30-minute interview concentrated Meacham responded by saying Newsweek Jon Meacham, editor of News- on the battered state of the maga- many of Obama’s supporters held editor Jon Meacham as week magazine, delivered an as- zine industry. inflated expectations. part of the sessment of the state of both the “Change is not a bad thing,” “[They] would have been sur- Perspectives journalism industry and national Meacham said. “But it would be prised if his feet had gotten wet Series and politics in an interview Monday. terrific if we knew what we were crossing the Potomac,” Meacham “Texas Monthly As head of Newsweek’s daily changing into.” said. “The problems are enor- Talks” on operations, Meacham steered the With its emphasis on add- mous, and I think people now re- Monday. magazine in a new direction nine ing longer feature stories, using alize that he isn’t some messianic months ago when he revamped its heavier stock paper and raising its figure.” print edition. Newsweek respond- price, Newsweek hopes to recast Smith followed with a question ed to diminishing subscription itself in the mold of magazines about Sarah Palin, the 2008 Re- sales and ad revenue — a problem like The New Yorker or The Econ- publican vice-presidential candi- affecting most national print me- omist. When asked if there was date, and speculation surround- dia outlets — by deciding to focus enough space for one more maga- ing her possible presidential run Stephanie Meza less coverage on weekly news re- zine in this niche, Meacham struck in 2012. Meacham caused a stir in Daily Texan Staff porting and devoting more space a cautiously optimistic note. the crowd when he stated that, ac- to longer features and essays, said “It’s not a zero-sum game,” Mea- cording to a poll, the same Repub- “And anger?” Smith interrupted. dia to return to delivering intel- to watch the program actually did Kathleen Deveny, the magazine’s cham said. “There are enough cus- licans who support Palin’s run for “And yes, anger,” Meacham ligent news. The question drew watch it, the show would have assistant managing editor. tomers out there who want good office in 2012 also believe she is said. murmurs of approval across the much higher ratings. Evan Smith, current editor of reporting and writing. Hopefully, unprepared. After the interview, Meacham auditorium. “It’s fundamentally a supply- The Texas Tribune, conducted the these types of magazines will be “[The idea] is a civic incoher- took questions from the audi- Using “The NewsHour with and-demand problem, Meacham interview with Meacham on “Tex- able to help each other out.” ence,” Meacham said. “She is this ence. Roxanne Rouse, a publicist Jim Lehrer” as an example of in- said. “There’s an infinite demand as Monthly Talks,” a television se- Smith shifted the focus to na- phenomenal nexus of politics, ce- in Austin, asked Meacham how telligent news, Meacham said if for something and a limited sup- ries broadcast on KLRU. The Cen- tional politics in the latter half of lebrity...” 1 the public could get the news me- the number of people who claim ply for intelligent something.” Democraticday, month day, 2008 gubernatorial candidatesCLASSIFIEDS tout experience, gain little attention3B By Alex Geiser White used examples of previ- dina, the third [Republican] can- tention and support from small- is what it’s all Weekly going to come Rates: downtown corridor, appeasing a Daily Texan Staff ous jobCampus growth and development didate, may be getting more at- er Texas towns in order to win the down to.” $100 – Largelarge portion of the city without Although Bill White reinforced efforts he enacted as Houston tention than both the Democratic election. Like most Democrats, White crossing into partisan values. his positionADVERTISE as the clear leader mayor to demonstrate his poten- candidates,” McGowen said. In a post-debate speech to opposes the school$50 voucher – Mediumsys- McGowen said White is go- in theYOUR Democratic STUDENT gubernatori- tial as governor if elected. According to a Feb. 1 Rasmus- University Democrats and oth- tem, which would allow parents ing to take this route into the pri- al primaryORGANIZATION! election during Mon- “We ought to make sure that sen poll, White would lose the er White supporters, Joe Hamill, to pull their children$25 out of –low- Smallmary and likely into the general day night’s first debate, the raceC each personORKBOARD has access to job train- general election to all three Re- Central Texas field director for performing schools and receive election. is still being overshadowed by ing whereContact there is a job Joan waiting atpublican 512-232-2229 candidates, Gov. Rick or White’s email campaign, [email protected] said Monday’s government grants to place them “Depending upon who wins the the Republican primary, accord- for them at the end,” White said. Perry, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison debate was the first time many into higher-ranked institutions. Republican primary, he will make ing to recent polls. After Hurricane Katrina evacu- and Medina. Texans had seen White. He also supports the death himself sound a little more conser- At the debate, Farouk Shami ees fled to Houston, White said he Sama’an Ashrawi, Middle East- “There are some people who penalty, which many Democrats vative or a little more liberal, what- drew from his experience as CEO gave them job training so that they ern Studies sophomore and Shami haven’t seen him at all,” Hamill oppose. ever he needs to be,” he said. of Farouk Systems, Inc., and said would have the necessary skills to supporter, said Medina’s appeal said. “Texans should know that our Ally Smith, spokeswoman for he would raise state revenue by find work in that market. to many independent voters pulls McGowen, who is from Hous- criminal justice system, by and White, said the debate did raise increasing jobs and guarantee- Government graduate student votes from Perry and Hutchison. ton, said he has seen White in ac- large, is a good system,” White awareness of candidates in the ing that every Texan would have Ernest McGowen, who polled Ashrawi said that because Medi- tion as Houston mayor and is fa- said at Monday’s debate. Democratic race, particularly of a job within a year if he were people this summer about can- na is not likely to take the Repub- miliar with White’s policies. White has shown as mayor that White. She expects interest to elected. But he danced around didate recognition in the race for lican nomination, her supporters “He is more of a centrist even he has a lot of pragmatic solutions grow as more people are intro- the question posed by a panelist governor, said the most daunting would vote for a Democrat. though he is running in the Dem- to problems that rest between duced to him. about the governor’s influence problem for the Democrats lead- “[Medina] is opening options ocratic party,” McGowen said of conservative and liberal ideals, “Any time Bill White has been on the state budget by re-stating ing up to the March 2 primary is for Democrats,” Ashrawi said. White. “He is a little more conser- McGowen said. One of the first able to reach people, he proves his position of leadership within a lack of attention. He said the Democratic nomi- vative. By that, he is able to get a things White did as mayor was that he is the right leader to move his business. “I would say even Debra Me- nee needs to focus on gaining at- lot of independent voters, which to synchronize traffic lights in the Texas forward,” Smith said.

ADVERTISING TERMS There are no refunds or credits. In the event of errors made in advertisement, notice must be given by 10 am the first day of publication, as the pub- lishers are responsible for only ONE incorrect insertion. In consideration of The Daily THE DAILY TEXAN Texan’s acceptance of advertising copy for publication, the agency and the advertiser will indemnify and save harmless, Texas Student Media and its officers, employees and agents against all loss, liability, damage and expense of whatsoever nature arising out of AD RUNS the copying, printing or publishing of its advertisement including without limitation rea- sonable attorney’s fees resulting from claims of suits for libel, violation of right of privacy, ONLINE FOR plagiarism and copyright and trademark infringement. All ad copy must be approved by the newspaper which reserves the right to request changes, reject or properly classify an ad. The advertiser, and not the newspaper, is responsible for the truthful content of the FREE! ad. Advertising is also subject to credit approval. word ads only LASSIFIEDSLASSIFIEDS Self-serve,CC 24/7 on the Web at www.DailyTexanOnline.com HOUSING RENTAL 390 Unf. Duplexes 130 Condos-Townhomes EDUCATIONAL 790 Part Time 800 General Help Wanted 820 Accounting-Bookkeeping 875 Medical Study 875 Medical Study 360 Furn. Apts. NEAR WWW.SPEED- 590 Tutoring FUN JOB, EARN EXTRA ACCOUNTING CAMPUS WAYCONDOS- SPANISH GREAT PAY! MONEY TRAINEE UIF
#&45
%&"-
JO
2/1 Duplex near campus. PHASE2.COM Mad Science needs Students needed ASAP. Walk to UT. Bookkeeping PPD Study 8&45
$".164 Hardwood fl oors. Avail- CLEP animated instructors to Earn up to $150 per day tasks, tax-related proj- New construction con- 

t
'3&&Road
3PBE
3VOOFS Runner able Immedately. $900/ spanishclep.com conduct entertaining being a Mystery Shop- ects, clerical. Type 30 dos just 1 block north of Opportunities 

t
'3&&Cable

DIBOOFMT mth 512-496-4954 hands-on, after-school per. No Experience Re- words/min. Accounting UT! (512) 626-4397 
t
)VSSZ
POMZ

GVSOJTIFEWater & Alarm Included programs and/or chil- quired. Call 1-800-722- experience or classes 







TVNNFS
POMZ
VOJUT
MFGU
  PPD conducts medically supervised re- 400 Condos-Townhouses Large 2 bed 2.5 bath plus [email protected] dren’s birthday parties. 4791 a plus. Flex hours, $11 .FTRVJUF
5SFF
"QUT
t

-POHWJFX search studies to help evaluate new in- study w/ vaulted ceil- Must have dependable PT, $12-$12.50 FT. www. DBMM
#SJBO
/PWZ
!

PS
OPWZDP!BPMDPN
Earn up to 16 credits vestigational medications. PPD has been FOR RENT ings, granite counter- car and prior experience YOU CAN LawyersAidService.com tops, ceramic tile, berber EMPLOYMENT working with groups of EARN MORE Apply now! conducting research studies in Austin CORNER- carpet, hardwood fl oors, elementary age children. for more than 20 years. The qualifi ca- THE BEST STONE and stainless applianc- 785 Summer Camps We provide the training Part Time: Wed, Thurs, 860 Engineering-Technical tions for each study are listed below. You LOCATIONS! es. W/D conn. Big balco- and equipment. If you Fri. Hours: 8:00 - 5:00 Re- must be available to remain in our facil- CONDO nies with views of the UT enjoy working with chil- quirements: Profi cient in Eff., 1, 2 and 3 bedrooms SPEND YOUR SYSTEMS ity for all dates listed for a study to be one bedroom, one bath football stadium and the dren and are looking to Quickbooks, MicroSoft with beautiful furniture, eligible. Call today for more information. 24th/ Rio Grande. Avail- UT Tower. 1,150 square SUMMER IN work only a few hours Excel and Word. Duties ADMIN/DATA- A/C. fans, laundry res- able August. $835.00 feet. Only $299,000/unit! a lakefront cabin in per week, this is the job Include but not limited taurants, grocery, UT BASE DVLPER monthly 512-431-8135 Great investment for Maine. If you’re looking for you! Pay: $25 - $35 to: A/R, A/P, Posting De- shuttle, parking, gated. near UT. Troubleshoot, Men UT parents! Call Steve to spend this summer per 1 hr. class. Call 892- posits, Data Entry, Filing, Hancock Mall, 5 min. to document, backups, 425 Rooms Maida/owner/agent @ outdoors, have fun while 1143 or website at www. Creating spreadsheets. 18 to 45 campus. Park Plaza and programming, security, 512.467.9852. you work, and make life- madscienceaustin.com Kindly email your re- Up to $1000 Park Court 915-923 E. sume with salary history database development. IDEAL FOR long friends, then look no FileMaker exp. a plus. Healthy & Non-Smoking 41st. St. 452-6518, Cen- ANNOUNCEMENTS further. Camp Mataponi, ATTENTION and work references to tury Plaza 4210 Red River SUCCESS Raymond Morgan (No Flexible hours, casual BMI between 18 and 30 a residential camp in SPORTS- dress, small offi ce, ben- 452-4366, VIP Apts 33rd STUDY. 530 Travel-Transportation Maine, has female/male cover letters please). Sun. 14 Feb. through Thu. 18 Feb. and Speedway 476-0363. Compensation: $14/hr efi ts if long-term. www. Available March 1st. ONE summertime openings MINDED apartmentsinaustin.net send your resume to LawyersAidService.com Outpatient Visit: 21 Feb. LARGE QUIET rooms, in 

for Land Sports, Water- Top Gun Promotions is “[email protected]” Apply online SPACIOUS home. $550/ 

  front (small crafts, skiing, hiring 15-20 students. 370 Unf. Apts. for immediate review mo. Charming, Safe, '"$'! 

,

!#

,

+()%$
life guarding, WSI, boat $20.00/HR Flexible Part- 870 Medical Men Neighborhood, 10mins *'
'"

,

'& %
(!$ drivers), Ropes Course, Time Hours Close to DEAN KEETON Tennis, H. B. Riding, Arts BARTENDER 18 to 45 UT/shuttle. Perfect for Campus! 512-473-0399 Up to $1000 /RED RIVER INTERNATIONAL/GRAD- & Crafts, Theater, Cook- Meet new people work in UATE student. Share ing, Gymnastics, Dance, 791 Nanny Wanted an exciting environment. Healthy & Non-Smoking -PRE-LEASING bre enridge Utilities. Call Nancy 352- ck Videography, Group Cash tips daily. No expe- Seeks College-Educated Men BMI between 18 and 30 Spacious 2br/2ba Apts. rience necessary. (877) 18–39 to Participate in a 284-0979 Leaders & more. On P/T NANNY Sun. 21 Feb. through Thu. 25 Feb. FREE catv, internet and Campus Interviews will 879-0266 Six-Month Donor Program parking. Quiet, Non- REAL ESTATE SALES 
"! !
Top salaries plus room/ Looking for a resp indv Donors average $150 per specimen. Outpatient Visit: 28 Feb. Smoking, No-Pets, W/D board & travel provided. to watch 2 yr old. 10am- 810 Offi ce-Clerical Apply on-line conn. 1 blk to campus on 130 Condos-Townhomes
"#
Call us at 1-561-748-3684 noon/M-F. Exp Down www.123Donate.com Swisher. $1,150-$1,400/ 
#  or apply online at www. Syndrome basic sign PARALEGAL Men and Women mo goakapartments@ NEW, LARGE campmataponi.com lang. is a plus! Start 2/17 18 to 45 gmail.com 512.477.3388 Loc: So. Austin $30/day. CLERK 875 Medical Study CONDOS, 790 Part Time 512-992-1749 TRAINEE Up to $2500  plus t/s GETTING Healthy & Non-Smoking PRE- 1309 SF. 2 master bed-  800 General Help Wanted near UT. Will train. Cre- rooms, 2.5 Bathrooms. SURVEY TAK- ate form documents, as- MARRIED BMI between 19 and 32 512-328-7774 www. ERS NEEDED: BARTENDING! sist clients, obtain state SOON? Thu. 4 Mar. through Sat. 6 Mar. LEASING theArborsAtRiverside. records, fax, fi le, proof. Thu. 11 Mar. through Sat. 13 Mar. com Make $5-$25 per survey. Recently Married? You $300/DAY Flexible hours, casual Thu. 18 Mar. through Sat. 20 Mar. LANTANA GetPaidToThink.com. dress. PT $11, FT $12- may be eligible to par- POTENTIAL Thu. 25 Mar. through Sat. 27 Mar. TVQFS
UVFTEBZ   
12.50 + benefi ts. www. ticipate in a study for  

    No experience neces- LawyersAidService.com understanding how cou- APTS  Outpatient Visit: 31 Mar. $0610/4 




 RECYCLE sary. Training provided. ples adjust to the early 1802 West Ave. 2/2 Apply online. Age 18+. 800-965-6520 years of marriage. We $1,050. Amenities In- ext 113 are looking for couples clude: pool, lots of park- ADMINISTRA- entering their fi rst mar- ing, large bedrooms, DMJQ
BOE
TBWF TIVE riage and who currently on-site laundry. Call FT & PT have no children. Eligible 512.422.8166 for Ap- ASSISTANT FWFSZ
XFFL couples can receive up pointment x ID 2869053 There is an opening for SUBSTI- an Administrative As- to $445 for participating! 370 Unf. Apts. 370 Unf. Apts. sistant in our company. Please contact The Aus- 

  TUTE Interested persons must tin Marriage Project at have good knowledge The University of Texas EFF. & 1-2-3-4-BDRMS AUSTIN of Microsoft Offi ce tools 512.475.7504 BUSINESS 930 Business Opportunities APART. TEACH- ASSOC. such as Excel and Out- Now Preleasing! PROPERTY look and should forward 890 Clubs-Restaurants 930 Business Opportunities L@@K! STOP OF THE ERS their resumes to pceint@ Starting at $199 per RM. YEAR! G e t y o u r e d u c a t i o n , t r a i n - GETTING aol.com. BARTENDERS READY TO ,
'
,
"

'%
,
%

%%+ ing and experience now! NEEDED SCAMMED! #!!("'+ # + Work with the BEST at BUILD YOUR ,
$#(&
##%
Stepping Stone School! No exp. necessary, will DREAMS? This Is The Easiest Way ,
'("'
%"' ,
( '
#'&
*  "&

 "
Hiring FT & PT subs at train. Earn $250 per shift. To Make A Fulltime In- ,
"

('' 
 "
"&  #&'& all locations. Flexible Call now 512-364-0829 Start a Mini-Offi ce Outlet come From Home. Call #(' ,

"
'#
#*" ,

## &
* schedules, great perks! from home. 1-310-464-0878; www. All Transportation, Announcement, Services bigmoneymadesimple. ,
%#*)& '#*"

!$(& (" & Apply online or at 1910 Free online training, fl ex- & Merchandise ads are 50%off regular rates com Justin Ln. www.step- and appear online at no charge unless you ible hours. Pointsouthbridgehollow.com opt for enhancements which will incur Point South pingstoneschool.com/ www.PlaceOfFreedom.com RECYCLE employment.html additional nominal charges. & Bridge Hollow For more information or assistance please call 444-7536 Classifi ed Clerk at 512-471-5244 1910 Willow Creek - Models Available RECYCLE or email classifi [email protected] DailyTexanOnline.com 10 COMICS

10 COMICS Tuesday, February 9, 2010



  
 %
  



 
"$
! # 


 
  (800) 210-0049 




6 4 1 8 Yesterday’s solution 6 7 9 8 5 2 1 3 4 5 7 2 3 8 1 4 6 9 7 2 5 8 2 4 5 1 3 7 8 6 9 2 6 3 7 5 7 9 3 5 2 1 4 8 6 7 4 9 6 1 5 4 6 8 3 9 7 2 9 3 5 4 2 8 6 2 9 7 4 5 1 3 7 4 2 7 3 1 5 6 9 8 9 8 6 9 1 6 2 4 8 3 5 7 2 6 1 4 5 3 8 7 9 6 2 4 1

#&70
#6$,4
BU
UIF
DFOUSBM
TUPSF







4UVEFOU
%JTDPVOU
5IVST






1PTUFST






4BMFT
BOE
3FOUBMT






5XP
GPS
0OF
5VFT
BOE
8FET


      
 "/48&3
%0//*&
%"3,0    t
8FTU
UIt








   t
8FTU
&MJ[BCFUIt






 
  11 LIFE

Tuesday, February 9, 2010 LIFE& ARTS 11

All the films except “Cloudy ENTERTAINMENT With a Chance of Meatballs” are BRIEFLY nominees for best animated fea- Clip-show trend disappoints viewers ture film at this year’s Academy Best of year’s animated films Awards. “Up” is also nominated By Robert Rich get their due at award show for best picture at the ceremony. “Coraline” and “The Princess Daily Texan Staff LOS ANGELES — The travel and the Frog” won three Annies A couple of weeks ago, “The Of- adventure “Up” was the winner apiece, including Shane Prig- fice” ran what it claimed was a new of the best animated feature at more for character design in a episode. In a small, insignificant the 37th annual Annie Awards. feature production for “Cora- way, it was. “Up” director Pete Docter line” and James Mansfield for The episode featured a small plot: won the award for directing in animated effects for “The Prin- the investigation of an employee a feature production. cess and the Frog.” of Sabre, the electronics company Also competing for top hon- Wes Anderson and Noah that purchased Dunder Mifflin in ors at the Annies, presented ex- Baumbach won the Annie for the show’s story line. The employ- clusively for animated films, best writing in a feature presen- ee eventually ended up talking to were the musical fairy tale “The tation for “Fantastic Mr. Fox.” the office’s human resources man Princess and the Frog,” the sto- The winners of the Annie Toby Flenderson about general of- rybook adaptations “Fantastic Awards, presented by the Inter- fice morale, work safety and the Mr. Fox” and “Cloudy With a national Animated Film Society, like. Each question he asked was Chance of Meatballs,” the dark were announced Saturday at a about a specific topic, which then family tale “Coraline” and the ceremony in Los Angeles. cued highlights from previous sea- Irish adventure “The Secret of — The Associated Press sons of the show. So, despite the Kells.” claim of a fresh episode, in reality, it was nothing more than a glorified clip show. This is not a singular incident. As time goes on, it seems that all CD: comedies fall into the trap of run- Metal album lacks ning a clip show. Each time it hap- pens, it gets more obnoxious, for several reasons. The first is that the original take on genre network still claims that it’s a new episode. The minor plot used to From page 12 trial metal, Mechanize follows fill in the holes does not constitute the path as closely as can be ex- unique material and only serves to Mechanize pected, but to those who have anger fans even more. English se- Fear Factory grown to love newer bands like nior Emily Baggett hates the tech- Mastodon, it’s no happy picnic. nique, too. When I was younger, the From “Mechanize” to “Indus- “I’ve been cheated out of an ep- name Fear Factory alone made trial Discipline” to “Fear Cam- isode of a series I really like,” Bag- the industrial heavy metal band paign,” screamed vocals inter- gett said. “‘Friends’ did at least one somewhat of an enigma. I con- mingle with staccato distorted [clip show] every season, and even jured up all kinds of frightening guitar riffs, machine-gun fire those ‘new’ plots were similar — images upon thinking of the double bass drums relentlessly Rachel and Ross looking back at name. The fact that, in reality, pound and every their relationship saga, Monica and the band was once in a while, Chandler looking back at their rela- nothing spe- a cleanly sung tionship saga, et cetera.” cial perturbed The opening seconds chorus makes its The unfortunate thing about the me. Now, af- of the eponymous rst presence known technique is that it is used by even ter years on — if only to dis- the best of shows. hiatus due to track inspires hope... appoint because “The Office” is one of the most a disagree- melodic vocals consistently funny series on tele- ment between are just some- vision at the moment, and even it the members, thing that doesn’t happen with fell into the trap. “Scrubs” did the the band returns with Mecha- Fear Factory. same thing in its sixth season, us- nize and picks up exactly where Perhaps they aimed to capi- ing the gimmick of the staff wait- it left off. talize on every other old band’s ing around for a comatose patient Courtesy of The Office The opening seconds of the resurgence as of late, but Fear to wake up and explain why he Steve Carell stars as Michael Scott in NBC’s “The Office.” One of the most recent episodes consisted primarily eponymous first track inspires Factory is a group that won’t tried to commit suicide as the ve- of archive footage from previous seasons. hope, as the industrial, unset- be making a comeback any hicle for the reminiscing and setup tling beat — of what only our time soon. for the clips. If the series is up front show while I was cooking dinner, Fans do enjoy reliving great mo- with us. If you’re running a clip imaginations can illustrate — about their intentions, however, it bangs and rattles. But soon, the and the only parts I watched were ments from their favorite series, show, let us know, and we prom- Grade: D seems that the problem would be the clips because those were the but not when they’re lied to about ise not to be angry. If you tell us song’s riff comes in, and every- lessened. only parts that were funny,” Bag- getting a new episode. we’re getting something new, thing falls apart. “I watched ‘The Office’ clip gett said. So come on, NBC — be straight however, that’s a different story. For fans of formulaic indus- — Robert Rich APP: Student’s creation to go national From page 12 GPS system added. Jones spent a joy using,” Jones said. couple more months working out Jones said writing the applica- screen, only cost him about $75. those kinks and then released the tion has opened new doors, in- Once Jones had the program- app to the public in January. cluding a new job writing iP- from your friends at ming techniques down and the One way he is maintaining the hone apps. He said “Bar Buzz laptop ready to go, he spent an- system is by letting users take ATX” will still be maintained and other month and a half creat- some control. even expanded. Jones is hoping ing the first version of “Bar Buzz There is a button users can press to launch his app nationally in ATX.” to let Jones know if a deal is wrong. six months, turning it into “Bar “I was so crazy excited about If it is wrong, Jones edits the spe- Buzz.” He said he is scared to go putting this app together that I cials or takes it off. national but it is something that would stay up all night trying to “Finding the best drink spe- he has to do. Take this survey online at What types of content would you like to see get as much done as possible,” cials seems to be the ongoing “I have to get out of my bub- www.insideourcampus.com in the printed Our Campus editions? Jones said. saga for people,” he said. “That’s ble and make sure everything in Look for the button on the top of the home page. long form features about the personal and professional lives of faculty and staff members It took Jones less than two all I hear around campus and es- the system works, so when it goes months to finish the app. But before lists of short descriptions about faculty and staff accomplish- pecially when I’m out down- national, it won’t be a flop,” Jones Are you a… ments releasing it to the public, he faced Student town.” said. submissions from faculty and staff about hobbies such as Staff Member his harshest critics: his friends. gardening and cooking Jones said he doesn’t care if there The app is available for free on Faculty Member They thought the app didn’t look are 50 people using it or 50,000. iTunes, and all features of “Bar reviews from University book clubs nice, they wanted it to cover more “I just wrote a piece of software Buzz ATX” are also available on faculty and staff book, fi lm and fi ne art recommendations areas of Austin, and they wanted a How often do you read the printed version of and reviews that I would love for people to en- the Web site, getbarbuzz.com. Our Campus? other______I’ve never heard of Our Campus (select all that apply) I know about Our Campus but don’t read it I sometimes read Our Campus What types of features would you like to see I read every edition of Our Campus VOGUE: Event includes performances, film screenings in Our Campus editions? biographies of faculty and staff members How often do you visit the Our Campus Web nity the confidence to not let their subculture of the GLBT commu- features about faculty and staff members’ hobbies or work From page 12 site? outside the University sexuality stop them from doing nity in which men walk, vogue I didn’t know there was a Web site junior Matté Loaiza was asked to features about faculty and staff achievements only (not their anything,” Bui said. and dress in drag. The film also never personal lives) participate in the drag show, but To Bui, drag is a form of self- highlights the beginnings of sometimes features covering the discussions in faculty council meetings he chose not to. expression. Everything from a vogue. regularly features covering the discussions in staff council meetings “It’s not that I have a prob- drag queen’s make-up to the out- On Thursday, Vogue Evolution, other______Where do you get your printed copy of lem with drag,” Loaiza said. “If fit they often make themselves is an all-vogue dance group that (select all that apply) Our Campus? my parents ever found out I did a form of art. participated in the fourth season not applicable drag, they wouldn’t understand “If people walk away from this of MTV’s “America’s Best Dance What types of content would you like to see in the building where I work on the Our Campus Web site? that doing drag doesn’t mean I event with anything, I want them Crew,” will teach a dance work- from a distribution box on campus long form features about the personal and professional lives other______want to be a girl.” to know that drag queens aren’t shop from 4 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. in of faculty and staff members In addition to educating peo- just men dressed as women be- the Texas Union. If you get your copy of Our Campus from a lists of short descriptions about faculty and staff accomplish- ple about drag culture, Bui hopes ing outlandishly fierce,” Bui said. “An Evolution Ball” begins at 7 ments distribution box, where is the box located? submissions from faculty and staff about hobbies such as the event will serve as a form of “Drag is a performance art.” p.m. Thursday with performanc- ______inspiration to members of the The event begins Wednesday es by Redefined Dance Compa- gardening and cooking GLBT community. with a screening of “Paris Is ny, Alien Tactics, STEEL Dance Where would you like to see an Our Campus reviews from University book clubs faculty and staff book, fi lm, art and event recommendations “Drag performers are so con- Burning.” The film documents and Epidemic Dance Compa- distribution box? and reviews ______fident doing something they are the experiences of black and La- ny. Sahara Davenport, a contes- videos to accompany biographies and other features often ridiculed for that it should tino gay and transgender men tant on season two of “RuPaul’s photo gallery Would your department be willing to put an blogs give members of the gay commu- involved in “ball culture” — a Drag Race,” will also perform. Our Campus distribution rack inside your other______building? (select all that apply) yes no Would you join an Our Campus book club other______VENUE: ‘Little tiny details’ contribute to atmosphere that features the club’s reviews in each edition? “When I worked there as a didn’t notice for a long time that If your department would be willing to put a From page 1 rack in the building, what is your name and yes sound guy, I saw behind-the- Chris and Griff do,” Cleaves said. your contact information? no value to Austin. scenes how much effort and dedi- “Somehow they know — day of ______other______“At first, it was the mystique cation they put into the place,” he the show, before anybody shows and the history of it,” he said. “Be- said. “There’s a lot of [thought] up — exactly how many people ______ing a legendary proving grounds in when the lights go down and are coming. They have a super- of people like Lyle Lovett and when the music [before and after natural sense, and they arrange Nanci Griffith, who started their the show] goes on. Little tiny de- the seating in the room so that the Please contact Elena Watts at 232-8351 or careers there, and knowing you’re tails like that make it a really pro- room always looks full. They’re is product of [email protected] with suggestions or questions. standing exactly where Townes fessional show that a lot of ven- never, ever wrong.” Van Zandt and Lucinda Williams ues don’t pay attention to.” Cleaves said the staff always stood — that’s pretty special.” He said the management, in- supported him as much as they Even before he was performing cluding manager Griff Luneburg could. He said it is part of what Visit us at our brand new Web site! there, Cleaves noticed little things and longtime staff member Chris makes the place unique. the Cactus Cafe management did Lueck, is part of what has always “I could write a whole album that set it apart from other ven- made the venue special. about Griff himself — he’s quite ues. “[There is also] this thing I a character,” Cleaves said. Life&Arts Editor: Ben Wermund E-mail: [email protected] 12 Phone: (512) 232-2209 Tuesday, February 9, 2010 LIFE&ARTS www.dailytexanonline.com THE DAILY TEXAN Bar-locator app builds up buzz Event encourages attendees of ball to strike a pose GLBT group increases incide with Black History Month and will come shortly after Sun- HIV/AIDS awareness day’s Black HIV/AIDS Aware- ness Day. through drag, vogue The event’s purpose is to bring By Carlo Castillo to light the HIV/AIDS issue Daily Texan Staff through two nights of self-ex- Twenty years ago, Madon- pression. The organization also na brought underground, vogue hopes the event will take its at- culture to the limelight when she tendees back to the balls of the released her song “Vogue.” late 1980s and back to Harlem. Today, the image of Madonna Victor Bui, financial director — luminescent, dressed in black, for Queer People of Color and dancing in a style characterized Allies, said the event is more by sharp, angular movements than a mere ball. — is readily associated with the “It is a night of education- movement. al awareness of the history of The image of vogue’s true house and ball cultures and roots, of gay black men and La- HIV/AIDS,” Bui said. “It is a tinos in Harlem in the late 1980s ball which consists of various as- , is one that is often forgotten. pects of vogue, drag, house and It is an image the Queer People — most importantly — self-ex- of Color and Allies, a political pression.” GLBT organization on campus, Drag is a culture that is often will celebrate this week. misunderstood and subsequent- The organization will host “An ly avoided. Communications Evolution Ball” on Wednesday and Thursday. The event will co- VOGUE continues on page 11 Mary Kang | Daily Texan Staff Computer science senior Aaron Jones stands with his iPhone on Sixth Street. By Julie Rene Tran release, it already boasts 230 active For a month and a half, Jones Starting out, Jones did not even Daily Texan Staff users and 82 participating bars. would come home after school and own an Apple computer or an iP- Like many UT students, comput- After choosing a location, a built- teach himself how to program iP- hone — two necessities to make the er science senior Aaron Jones loves in GPS system locates all the near- hone apps using Xcode, a set of project possible. Living on a college going downtown. And, like many by bars and provides informa- tools for developing software on student’s budget, it was not possi- UT students, Jones and his friends tion about them. The app lists each Mac OS X. He also had to learn ble for Jones to spend at least $1,000 often have a difficult time know- bar’s dress code, type of music and Objective-C, the language used to on a whim for a brand new laptop. ing which of the more than 200 whether or not the bar has any cur- write the app. There were many Instead, Jones got an unusable Austin bars are worth hitting up rent promotions. Jones said at least times Jones said he would stay up laptop from the surplus proper- and where they can down a couple 75 percent of the information is up- all night developing reverse-engi- ty on campus. The screen was of drinks without burning holes to–date and accurate. neering example programs, only to cracked, the keyboard was broken through their wallets. “I was really getting into the iP- find that it was 8 a.m. and he need- and hot chocolate was spilled on So, after six months and many hone programming stuff,” Jones ed to head out to his first class. it. Starting from square one, it took sleepless nights, he created “an app said. “With the iPhone becoming To Jones, the process of learning Jones about two weeks to take the for that.” popular and me being a big nerd, it how to code was not difficult, just computer apart, order replacement “Bar Buzz ATX” compiles cur- made sense that I make an app, but time-consuming. parts and revive the laptop to tip- rent drink deals and events at bars I needed an idea. ‘Bar Buzz ATX’ “There was a lot of coding and a top condition. All of the new parts, on Sixth Street, in the Warehouse was the first idea that came into my whole lot of sleepless nights,” Jones including a new keyboard and Photo Courtesy of Vogue Evolution District and in West Campus. mind, so I just took it and ran with said. “I can’t even count the time I Vogue Evolution brought voguing to mainstream media when the Only four weeks after the app’s it.” lost just for this project.” APP continues on page 11 group was a contender on MTV’s “America’s Best Dance Crew.”

CD REVIEWS Recent albums challenge listener expectations, patience Black Noise album on opener “Lay in a Shim- Odd Blood But Odd Blood, which may be a One Life Stand “I Feel Better.” Overprocessed and mer,” with industrial noise bric- contender for Ugliest Album Cov- autotuned vocalizations lie atop Pantha du Prince a-brac, before the 4/4 time sig- Yeasayer er of the Year, isn’t always as cap- Hot Chip one another in layered euphony Not much is known about Hen- nature finally kicks in with a ca- Yeasayer always received un- tivating as one might hope for It’s strange that music publica- with jabbing violin work. drik Weber, professional name thartic flood of chimes. Likewise, fair comparisons to Animal Col- from a band that’s had this long tions and blogs have been tout- On the track afterward, the epon- Pantha du Prince, other than that it takes nearly three minutes for lective’s post-Sung Tongs output to develop. Album opener “The ing Hot Chip’s fourth LP, One Life ymous “One Life Stand,” the band his first two albums, Diamond Panda Bear’s guest vocals to kick — mostly because the songs felt Children,” which feels like a lost Stand, as the quintet’s most “soul- experiments with a new direc- Daze and This Bliss, were a much- in on “Stick to My Side,” but it’s indistinguishable — but on their Xiu Xiu B-side, is a messy amal- ful,” with front man Alexis Taylor tion — they’ve gone back to 1976 needed breath of fresh air in the worth the wait when the perfect- latest album, Odd Blood, listeners gam of over-processed vocals, going on to embellish the label in and paired Kraftwerk-like synth electronic music sphere. While ly looped vocals reverberate into ought to reconsider their precon- distonal synthesizer and saxo- interviews. sounds with a minimal drum beat wobbly fidget bass lines and ag- a dizzying spiral alongside a silky ceptions. phone, all played over a painfully The truth is, Hot Chip has al- — and it all sounds more cohesive gressive dubstep rhythms are cur- smooth bassline and chilled-out The trio out of Brooklyn has slow chopped and screwed beat. ways been downright soulful. and homely than you’d think, es- rently in vogue, Pantha has re- percussive pops. gone global in its spectrum on its “Mondegreen” is the polar oppo- Though the band’s music is made pecially given the band’s willing- mained grounded in his aesthet- Pantha follows suit throughout sophomore effort, incorporating site, though just as bad, with yet for the dance floor, a quick once- ness to experiment with electronic ics — sparse minimalism, clicks the rest of the album, balancing Latin percussive beats and elec- more bari saxophone and an over- over of their remix collection will flourishes and twinkly keys. and pops for percussion, crystal- techno’s yin to nature’s yang on tronic bleeps and bloops on songs ly frenetic hand clap/drum com- prove that Hot Chip’s affinity for But despite all the good news, line chimes and dark melodies at songs like “Bohemian Forest” and like “O.N.E.,” while still retaining bo that feels downright uncom- soulful tunes finally spilled over the second half of the album the forefront. in dreamy, ethereal masterpieces the singular weirdness Yeasayer is fortable when paired with front into the group’s music concep- seems to run on reserve power Keep in mind, this isn’t your “I’m Bann” and album closer “Es famed for on tracks like “Madder man Chris Keating’s shaky, fever- tion. and feels like a poorly acted par- older brother’s techno — it’s more Schneit.” Black Noise is an album Red.” ish vocals. Nowhere is that more apparent ody of an Air album more than akin to the minimalist “micro- to get lost in, to explore like an un- And though their first album, While Yeasayer has done some- on One Life Stand than on “Hand anything. Where the band shines house” style that proliferated in charted forest and to soundtrack a All Hour Cymbals, was released thing brave by branching out in Me Down Your Love,” where Tay- is in its ability to go through with Germany during the ’90s with art- semi-lucid state of pre-sleep more than two years ago, the the way it composes music, it’s a lor mournfully bellows with emo- what it started, which made Hot ists like Basic Channel and pret- patterns. band has managed to keep their shame that they’ve overextended tional urgency “I’ve known you Chip’s previous albums perfect ty much anyone on Kompakt Re- sonic artistry intact while experi- themselves into just-plain-weird for a long time!” over a driving, case studies in specificity. cords. So you won’t hear kick Grade: A- menting with new styles; one no- territory. four-to-the-floor beat and wave af- drums and heavy sampling here, ticeable difference throughout the ter wave of crescendoing violins. Grade: B- but plenty of glitchy static as per- — Fransisco Marin album is how prominent the per- Grade: C+ On other songs, though, Tay- cussion, gloomy sub-bass lines cussion has become. It doesn’t act lor displays a more subdued, re- — F.M. and scratchy ambient noise. as a timekeeper or as a garnish to — F.M. strained vocal talent that still car- On Black Noise, it takes the each song as it did on their first al- ries with it the emotional exuber- German producer a solid minute bum but instead as a fully realized ance of Hot Chip’s previous al- and a half to ease his way into the element. bum, Made in the Dark, such as on REVIEWS continues on page 11

Above, One Life Stand, Hot Chip Far Left, Black Noise, Pantha du Prince Left, Odd Blood, Yeasayer