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HUMP DAY PAGE 6B SPORTS PAGE 1B TOMORROW’S WEATHER High Low For students, virginity Horns nab shutout still a touchy subject victory against TCU 90 60 HE AILY EXAN TWednesday, April 8, 2009 DServing the University of Texas at Austin community since 1900T www.dailytexanonline.com ‘Science Guy’ works his trademark fun House committee Bill Nye, of PBS fame, leaves the test accepts budget tubes behind for talk on environment By Melissa Pan with $11 billion Daily Texan Staff The audience cheered for Bill Nye, but Nye did not appear. “Bill is currently in the bathroom,” said An- in stimulus funds drew Segovia, chairman of the Distinguished Speakers Committee and a radio-television-film By Erin Mulvaney senior, to audience laughter. Nye sprinted to the Daily Texan Staff podium 30 seconds later to more cheers. A House committee unanimously approved its Nye, famous for his TV show “Bill Nye the version of the state’s 2010-2011 budget Tuesday, in- Science Guy,” spoke about sustainability and cluding $11 billion in controversial stimulus funds. environmental issues Tuesday night to a full au- The House Appropriations Committee will send the dience in the Texas Union Ballroom. $178.4 billion budget to the House floor for a vote The event sold out in just three hours on next week. March 31. Before Nye’s speech started, people The proposed budget has $11 billion in feder- waited as long as two hours in line outside the al stimulus funds, which would fill the gap in Texas Union entrance. the state’s estimated $2 billion deficit. Neither the Many said they attended because they House’s nor the Senate’s version of the bill includes watched his television show, which aired on dipping into the state’s emergency Rainy Day Fund, PBS from 1993 to 1997, when they were young. which will contain more than $9 billion at the end “He was my childhood hero,” said physics se- of the year. nior Chris Lu. “Him and Mr. Rogers.” The stimulus funds have been a contentious issue With a PowerPoint presentation and trade- among lawmakers, particularly with Gov. Rick Per- mark patterned bow tie, Nye gave his lecture ry. followed by a brief question-and-answer ses- “Questions that came up throughout the hear- sion. ing were, ‘How much stimulus money is in the The hour-and-a-half lecture covered topics bill?’ and ‘Where was it spent?’” said Wayne Pul- ranging from the temperature of the planets to ver, assistant director of the Legislative Budget stem cell research. Board. Students began filing in half an hour before Perry rejected $555 million of the federal stimulus the speech began. funds in unemployment compensation, and many “I want to see how he changes his agenda for lawmakers have proposed legislation to override a college audience,” said aerospace engineering his decision. He objected to the “strings attached” sophomore David Carter. to the money that he said would expand programs While Nye wove his enthusiastic manner- and cost business owners more in the long run. isms and trademark phrases into his lecture, he Perry defended his rejection of the funds at a con- also explored topics appropriate for college stu- ference in Austin on Tuesday. dents to illustrate his theme of “Changing the “The last thing we want is Washington coming World.” down here to Texas and telling us how to run our Nye also used such visuals as a changing map state,” Perry said. from the United Nations that showed rising At the conference, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, NYE continues on page 2A who has positioned herself to run against Perry in the 2010 gubernatorial primary race, openly criticized Perry’s rejection of the funds. Bill Nye — scientist, engineer, comedian, “I think a leader would be taking time to look at author, inventor and former TV star — spoke all of these aspects and coming up with a better soon sustainability and a variety of global science lution,” she said. issues at the Texas Union on Tuesday night. Shelley Neuman | Daily Texan Staff APPROPRIATIONS continues on page 2A

New SG assembly approves executive board appointments House hears public opinion Administration’s five members to oversee resolution enactment, on contentious Voter ID Act identification or two other forms of have ties to O’Rourke campaign Democrats, Republicans identification — including a birth certificate, passport or citizenship By Amy Bingham debate potential impact card — to poll workers. Daily Texan Staff of photo ID requirement Republicans say the act would The Student Government assembly eliminate voter fraud, while Demo- unanimously approved SG President Liam By Matt Stephens crats allege it would disenfranchise O’Rourke’s five executive board appoint- Daily Texan Staff some minority voters, as they are ments Tuesday night at the first meeting of Debate continued Tuesday as the less likely to have photo IDs. the new administration. Texas House Committee on Elec- Before the meeting, supporters of The five-member board — selected tions heard public testimony re- the bill rallied on the south steps of through an application and interview pro- garding the Voter ID Act. the Capitol. cess — facilitates SG-sponsored events, ap- The act would require potential propriates funds to student organizations, voters to present a form of photo VOTER continues on page 2A acts as a liaison to the UT administration and assists representatives in writing and researching legislation. The executive board’s main role is to ensure that resolutions passed by the assembly are enacted within the administra- Jordan Smothermon | Daily Texan Staff tion, said SG Vice President Shara Kim Ma. Louis Armendariz was affirmed as director of the Freshman Leadership Organization at In past years, executive board members Tuesday’s Student Government meeting. Five executive positions were also approved. served as the chairmen of SG’s six standing committees, but this year they will at- ipation, Internal Financial Director Sarah out. I thought they really were the best can- tend the meetings as advisers only. Yu helped organize the campaign’s special didates running and wanted to make sure “I don’t think it’s a question of outsid- events, External Financial Director Scott they won.” ers or insiders on the exec board,” Ma said. Parks oversaw public relations and built O’Rourke said experience was the most “I don’t think any of our execs should just the campaign’s Web site, Administrative important qualification when assembling be yes men and go along with what Liam Director Katina Rajunov planned the can- his executive board. and I say, but we shouldn’t be looking for didate’s speaker circuit, and Communi- “That experience doesn’t have to be SG contention within the exec board. What we cations Director Danielle Brown assisted experience, but they need to have work- need really is people that can work togeth- with campaign projects. ing knowledge of the University system er and work toward the same cause.” “They made it very clear from the begin- and have experience working with a lot of All five executive board appointees were ning that no one was entitled to anything,” other people,” O’Rourke said. involved in O’Rourke and Ma’s campaign. said Parks, a finance, business honors and Butler, a political communication and Jeffrey McWhorter | Daily Texan Staff Executive Director Natalie Butler mobi- urban studies senior. “Liam was a good Austinite Deborah Penn, right, and Arnold Alonzo, of Lockhart, sign up to lized volunteers to increase voter partic- friend of mine, and I wanted to help him SG continues on page 2A testify in support of the voter ID bill at the John H. Reagan Federal Building. 2A

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The Texan strives to present all information fairly, accurately and complete- ly. If we have made an error, let us know about it. Call (512) 232-2217 or e-mail [email protected]. SG: Appointees cite insider, outsider CORRECTIONS statuses as potential advantages The caption for the photo accompanying a story in Tuesday’s From page 1A sports section titled “Longhorns tied for third despite chilly Plan II junior, will be in charge “As a quote-unquote outsider, I feel more in conditions” should have identified of about 30 SG-sponsored tune to the campus community.” the athlete as a Texas State golfer. agencies, from the Campus En- The caption should have also stated vironmental Center to the Stu- — Sarah Yu, Jeffrey McWhorter | Daily Texan Staff that she was planning her shot. dent-Athlete Affairs Agency, as The caption for the photo internal financial director Dignitaries ascend and descend a stairway in the east wing of the the executive director. Capitol building Tuesday morning. The Capitol has been lively accompanying the story on Butler has served as the Tuesday’s front page titled since the Legislature opened its 81st session Jan. 13. Longhorn Legislative Aide “Scientists defend medical benefits agency director for the past Sarah Yu, a finance and Rajunov, a business and gov- of testing” should have said that the cages wait for use in the Animal year and was the assistant to business honors senior, said ernment senior, was appointed Resource Center. the past executive director as she had never been involved to the Student Services Budget The Texan regrets the errors. a member of the legislative in SG before Ma asked her to Committee — which allocates agency, SG’s freshman intern- help with the campaign this more than $30 million of student VOTER: Critics say bill may ship program, during the 2007- year. fees — last April by former SG COPYRIGHT 2008 academic year. “As a quote un-quote out- President Keshav Rajagopalan. Parks was a business rep- sider, I feel I am more in tune As the administrative direc- disenfranchise minorities Copyright 2009 Texas Student resentative this year with Ma. to the campus communi- tor, she will assist representa- — all 2008 swing states. Media. All articles, photographs He was also the City Relations ty,” Yu said. “Being from the tives in researching and writ- From page 1A Naranjo called the bill a “poll and graphics, both in the print and Agency director, in charge of Asian community and the ing resolutions. “I know our future elections tax,” as most forms of identifi- online editions, are the property keeping the assembly up to business community, I have a Brown, a psychology senior, of Texas Student Media and may will be in jeopardy if we don’t cation required under the bill — date on the Austin city gov- different spin and a different served as the Philanthropy not be reproduced or republished get this passed,” anthropology UT student IDs included — cost ernment. As the external finan- perspective.” Agency co-director two years in part or in whole without written senior Lance Kennedy said at money to acquire. cial director, Parks will look for Yu and Ma have worked to- ago and a liberal arts represen- permission. the rally. Naranjo said the Legislature new sources of funding for SG gether in the Asian Business tative this year before her ap- Kennedy said eliminating should put more money toward and oversee its endowments Students Association for three pointment as communications voter fraud outweighs the negli- supplying potential voters with and scholarships. years, Yu said. As the inter- director. gible amount of disenfranchised photo IDs. The state has $2 mil- “You can’t knock people for nal financial director, Yu will She ran with Ma on the Em- High Low voters. He does not think the lion to cover expenses associat- having a lot of experience in manage SG’s budget and over- power ticket last year and bill would discourage voting ed with the bill. 87 63 SG,” Parks said. “It gives us see its appropriation of funds worked with O’Rourke when and noted a 2007 University of Naranjo said that during her the ability to build on the expe- to student organizations on he was an agency director in Missouri study that found that investigation of student turnout, Today’s weather rience of past years.” campus. 2007 and 2008. between 2002 and 2006, when she found no cases of students voter identification laws were impersonating other voters. implemented, voter turnout in- “We had people dress up like creased by 2 percent. the Mario Brothers, but they “[The bill] has bipartisan sup- didn’t say they were the Ma- APPROPRIATIONS: House, Senate must compromise on final budget port,” Kennedy said. “Only rio Brothers when they went to a fringe of the Democrats are vote,” she said. against this.” Maria Leach, a member of the $8.7 billion. during next week’s session. Pitts said. From page 1A In October 2008, a survey con- Objective Watchers of the Legal Appropriations chairman Jim The Senate’s version of the The committee also consid- ducted by Rasmussen Reports, System, an organization devot- Hutchison said she Pitts, R-Waxahachie, said the budget, which was adopted last ered a supplemental bill to ad- a political polling media com- ed to voter identification leg- hopes Perry is looking for committee will have a budget week, includes more funds for dress the current fiscal year’s pany, determined that 66 per- islation, said voter imperson- innovative ways to avoid dock- written by the weekend. He said bond debt, which will go toward high costs. cent of Democrats supported re- ation is an issue that needs to be ing Texas taxpayers’ unemploy- it is still discussing how to pre- building new roads in the state. The supplemental bill will also quirements for showing voter addressed. ment funds. pare for the stimulus money Per- If passed, it will accept $2 bil- be heard on the House floor next identification. “In Texas, we have a lot of The proposed budget would ry rejected. lion in road projects that the Tex- week and would include paying Katie Naranjo, president of places that have you show your spend $2.1 billion less in general The Senate and House will as Department of Transportation for Hurricane Ike damages and College Democrats of America, ID,” Leach said. “What’s wrong revenue than the current 2009- come to a compromise in a joint announced as part of the federal the restoration of the Governor’s said the bill would be detrimen- with showing who you are 2010 budget, but the overall committee meeting if the House stimulus package. Mansion. tal to minority voters as well as when you go to vote?” budget, which includes federal passes the budget. “They’re going to have their young people. Attorney Randall Buck stimulus funds, would grow by The House version could change hands full of building roads,” Additional reporting by The Associated Press “We’re trying to get people Wood, who has been studying to the polls,” Naranjo said. “But voter fraud since 1969, said he now we’re trying to bring in a has never found a case of voter This newspaper was printed with regressive piece of legislation to impersonation. pride by The Daily Texan press disenfranchise voters.” THE DAILY TEXAN crew members, who will be laid Wood said voter fraud is far off in May. If the bill is passed, out-of-state more commonly seen with ab- APPLICATIONS students attending private schools sentee ballots and among those Permanent Staff & "$(#&(# #+ "'()"( Editor ...... Leah Finnegan Managing Editor ...... Vikram Swaruup would need more than just a stu- who vote in counties of which Associate Managing Editors ...... Stephen Keller, Gabrielle Muñoz $#' ( #"'+ (,'()"( Associate Editors ...... 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by herself. The law would apply WORLD BRIEFLY only to the country’s Shiite popu- lation, which constitutes between Somali pirates hijack five 10 percent and 20 percent of Af- ghanistan’s 30 million people. vessels with new strategy Critics have said the legislation NAIROBI, Kenya — For the undermines hard-won rights for first three months of 2009, Soma- women enacted after the fall of lia’s notorious pirates faded from the Taliban’s strict Islamist regime the headlines as a massive inter- in 2001. The regime banned wom- national naval force moved in, en from appearing in public with- and many observers thought the out a body-covering burqa and a pirates were running scared. male escort from her family. But the pirates have come back Much has improved. Millions in force, having hijacked at least of girls now attend school, and five vessels since Saturday. many women own businesses. Using a new strategy, they are Of 351 parliamentarians, 89 are operating further away from war- women. ships patrolling the Gulf of Aden. But in this conservative coun- And they no longer have to con- try, critics fear those gains could tend with the choppy waters that easily be reversed. always plague the seas off Soma- lia in the early part of the year. “The weather has improved Israeli police shoot Palestinian west of Seychelles and they’ve driver during home demolition realized they have much more JERUSALEM — Israeli police freedom of action down to the on Tuesday shot and killed a Pal- south because the coalition are estinian man who tried to run not there in great numbers,” said them over with his car as tractors Graeme Gibbon Brooks, manag- nearby demolished a militant’s ing director of the British compa- home, sparking clashes between ny Dryad Maritime Intelligence angry Arabs and heavily-armed Service Ltd. riot troops. This was the latest in a string of Afghan government reviews attacks by Palestinian drivers on Israeli targets in Jerusalem, feed- law affecting married women ing tensions between Jews and KABUL, Afghanistan — A new Arabs in the disputed city. The is- law that critics say legalizes sue of sharing Jerusalem, with its marital rape will face a thorough holy sites, has stymied Israeli-Pal- Charles Dharapak | Associated Press review, the Afghanistan presi- estinian peace talks for years. President Barack Obama gets a hug while meeting with military personnel at Camp Victory in Baghdad, Iraq, on Tuesday. The president spoke Reversing the policy of previ- dent’s spokesman said Tuesday. to U.S. troops and Iraqi officials about ending America’s combat role, telling them Iraqis need to “take responsibility for their own country.” The law, quietly passed and ous governments, Israel’s new signed last month, has stirred in- prime minister, Benjamin Netan- ternational outcry over women’s yahu, opposes giving any of the rights. The law says a husband city to the Palestinians, who de- can have sex with his wife every mand the Arab section as the capital of their future state. Obama visits Iraq, vows to end war four days unless she is ill, and it regulates when and for what rea- Compiled from Associated Press reports By David Espo extraordinary achievement,” he side Obama after their meeting, er, and other officers. sons a wife may leave the house The Associated Press told some 600 troops, saluting told reporters, “We assured the Obama announced plans BAGHDAD — Flying un- their efforts during six years of president that all the progress in February to withdraw U.S. announced into a still-danger- American fighting and losses. that has been made in the securi- troops from Iraq on a 19-month ous war zone, President Barack “We love you,” someone ty area will continue.” timetable, though a force as large May 7 to up to a year in jail fol- Obama told U.S. troops and Iraqi yelled from the crowd of pho- American commanders told as 50,000 could remain at the end NATION BRIEFLY lowed by deportation. officials alike Tuesday that it is to-snapping men and women in the president that the country of that period to provide counter- Prosecutors say Martinez and time to phase out America’s com- uniform. is experiencing a relatively low terrorism duties. Vermont first state to legalize the family of Margarito de Jesus bat role in a conflict he opposed “I love you back,” the presi- level of violence, although the He said that for the next year gay marriage without courts Galindo negotiated a marriage as a candidate and has vowed to dent responded, repeating a se- car bomb explosion in a Shiite and a half, the United States will and dowry contract. Galindo and end as commander in chief. quence that played out at hun- neighborhood of Baghdad was be a “stalwart partner” to the MONTPELIER, Vt. — Ver- the girl allegedly lived together With violence diminished dreds of campaign stops on his evidence of a recent resurgence. Iraqis. And yet, he said, “they mont, the state that invented civil for a week. but hardly disappearing — a successful run for the White Obama flew from Turkey, the have got to make political ac- unions, on Tuesday became a pi- Martinez went to the police car bomb killed eight Iraqis just House last year. next-to-last stop on an eight-day commodations. They’re going to oneer once again as the first state to get his daughter back because hours before Obama’s arrival — Obama met with top U.S. com- itinerary that also included Brit- have to decide that they want to to legalize gay marriage through payment wasn’t made. the president met with Prime manders as well as senior Iraqi ain, France, Germany and the resolve their differences through a legislature’s vote. The House barely achieved Minister Nouri al-Maliki and em- leaders on a visit of a little more Czech Republic. constitutional and legal means. the votes necessary to override Canadian flight student steals phasized that “we strongly sup- than four hours that was confined Aides said Obama chose to vis- They are going to have to focus Gov. Jim Douglas’ veto of a bill plane for suicide attempt port” steps to unite political fac- to Camp Victory, the largest U.S. it Iraq rather than Afghanistan, on providing government ser- tions, including integrating mi- military base in a war that began where U.S. troops are also in com- vices that encourage confidence that will allow gays and lesbians ST. LOUIS — Suicide by fight- nority Sunnis into the govern- in 2003 and has cost the lives of bat, in part because it was close to among their citizens.” to marry beginning Sept. 1. Four er jet was the goal of a flight stu- ment and security forces. 4,265 members of the U.S. mili- Turkey and in part because of up- By contrast, little more than states now have same-sex mar- dent who stole a plane in Cana- Iraqis “need to take respon- tary. Many thousands more Iraq- coming Iraqi elections. riage laws and other states could da, entered U.S. airspace and flew a week ago the president an- soon follow suit. an erratic path over the Midwest sibility for their own country,” is have perished. In his remarks to the troops, nounced a revamped Afghani- Bills to allow same-sex marriage with the military on his tail be- Obama told hundreds of cheer- A helicopter flight to the heavily Obama made no mention of the stan strategy that calls for stamp- are currently before lawmakers fore he landed safely on a rural ing soldiers gathered in a marble fortified Green Zone a few miles Afghanistan conflict — where ing out the Taliban and al-Qai- in New Hampshire, Maine, New Missouri road, federal authorities palace near Saddam Hussein’s away was scrapped, but White he has decided to commit 21,000 da and broadening the mission York and New Jersey. The three said Tuesday. former seat of power. House aides attributed the change additional troops — and it was to include increasing pressure on other states that currently allow Adam Dylan Leon, who was “You have given Iraq the opin travel plans to poor weather not known whether it came up neighboring Pakistan to root out same-sex marriage — Connecti- running out of fuel when he land- portunity to stand on its own as rather than security concerns. in his meeting with Gen. Ray terrorist camps in its lawless bor- cut, Massachusetts and Iowa — ed the plane Monday night in a democratic country. That is an Al-Maliki, appearing along- Odierno, the top U.S. command- der regions. each moved to do so through the Ellsinore, Mo., was charged Tues- courts, not legislatures. day with transportation of sto- len property and illegal entry. The California man faces jail time six-hour flight prompted a brief evacuation of the Wisconsin Cap- for selling minor into marriage itol and warnings to commer- SALINAS, Calif. — A Califor- cial aircraft over Chicago and oth- nia man accused of selling his er cities, but terrorism is not be- 14-year-old daughter into mar- lieved to be a motive. riage for $16,000, beer and meat Leon told the FBI that he flew has pleaded no contest to felony the plane into the U.S. expecting to child endangerment. be shot down by military aircraft. Marcelino de Jesus Martinez had The complaint said Leon also told pleaded not guilty in February to the FBI he “has not felt like himself procuring a child for lewd acts, aid- lately” and he recently was being ing and abetting statutory rape and treated by a psychiatrist. child endangerment. If convicted of Leon was jailed in St. Lou- those charges he could have faced is and does not yet have an attor- 10 years in prison. ney. A federal detention hearing is Monday’s plea on the en- set for Friday. dangerment charge means the 36-year-old man will be sentenced Compiled from Associated Press reports Editor in Chief: Leah Finnegan Phone: (512) 232-2212 E-mail: [email protected] 4A Associate Editors: Audrey Campbell Josh Haney Wednesday, April 8, 2009 PINION Abhinav Kumar Jillian Sheridan O Abby Terrell Mary Tuma THE DAILY TEXAN

VIEWPOINT Capping Internet usage will inhibit Austin

You may soon want to think twice before down- month on broadband usage fees. This equation tin American-Statesman, Grande Communica- signatures. (An Austin-based petition is ready for loading an entire season of your favorite TV show. doesn’t even factor in music downloads, photo tions, which uses a less restrictive all-fiber net- your signature: http://www.petitiononline.com/no- If you’re using too much bandwith, Time Warner, sharing and other popular Internet activities. work, doesn’t plan on enacting bandwith meter- cap/petition.html.) Austin’s largest Internet provider, doesn’t mind As one can imagine, Austinites are fuming, ing at all. As a leader in technology and creative media, making you pay for it. chastising the change as price gauging, anti-com- Yet the ISP landscape in Texas and nationwide instituting metered broadband in Austin on what In an audacious move to cap Internet usage in petitive, a limit on customer choice and a potential remains paltry as media consolidation and loose once was a flat rate will result in discouragement our high-tech, increasingly Web-dependent city, chokehold on new companies and innovation. regulation engender fewer choices. The econom- of Internet use, stifling of innovation and ultimate- Time Warner has chosen to implement a tiered The new pricing system even incensed mayoral ic barriers of entry into the world of Internet use ly a drop-off in customers for the company. system of payment beginning this month, charg- candidates Brewster McCrack- augment even wider for those Consider the myriad breakthroughs in digital ing its customers based on how much Web data is en, who said the change “un- left unconnected on the op- independent filmmaking, social media and mu- consumed. Lucky Internet users in San Antonio, dermined public interest,” posite side of the digital di- sic, their reliance on streaming and downloading Rochester, N.Y., and Greensboro, N.C., will also be and Lee Leffingwell, who vide as exploitive pricing music and video to disengage themselves from indefinitely subject to the new consumption-bill- criticized Time Warner’s plan measures are introduced corporate studio models and how a tiered pricing ing trial program. If the model is a success in these in a recent Austin Buisiness atop already economical- system would effectively make production of this cities, the company will apply it nationwide. Journal article as a move in ly unfriendly basic month- new media economically unsound. Customers will pay between $29.95 and $54.90, the wrong direction. Leffin- ly charges. If we examine the undeniably crucial role In- based on data use and connection speed, for up gwell stressed the significant In a recent Austin Amer- ternet has played in our political, social and ed- to 40 gigabytes per month. Exceeding their usage effect on families and partic- ican-Statesman article, Alex ucational lives, it seems apt to translate “usage limit will cost customers $1 per gigabyte of data. ularly those who work in the Dudley, Time Warner’s vice limits” into essentially a limit on communication, To give a rough example of what this entails, two tech and creative services in- president of public rela- innovation, political mobilization and the flow high-definition movie downloads will cost you dustries. He called proposed tions, contends that the tier of the vital information necessary to sustain our up to 16 gigabytes. usage caps “unreasonable” system is necessary to keep city. Under this policy, Time Warner customers will and is asking Time Warner to the network from slowing be forced to consistently monitor their Web activ- work with the city and com- down and that because peo- Citizens can voice their concerns today at ities. Large families with several computers and munity in an attempt to reconsider the plan. ple really aren’t using that much data, charges 6:30 p.m.: university students, who heavily download mu- Many have voiced their decision to switch pro- will only affect a small number of customers. sic, videos and games, are most susceptible to viders upon the trial’s implementation, yet choic- The company points to the initial trial program Austin Community Technology & Telecommu- these overage charges. In a recent report cited by es are limited in Austin, a fact of which Time War- in Beaumont initiated last year as a precursor. In nications Commission BusinessWeek, a family that streams about sev- ner is keenly cognizant. Beaumont, 14 percent of customers exceeded their City Hall, Room 1101 en hours of online video per week on the 40-giga- Internet service provider AT&T is conducting caps, paying an average of $19 a month in addi- 301 W. Second St. byte plan (which is just a fraction of the 60 hours similar trials in other cities — capping bandwith tional fees. The bandwith cap angered citizens in Austin, Texas 78701 Americans spend watching TV in a week, accord- at 150 gigabytes — but has not placed a cap on Beaumont so much that a petition formed coun- ing to the article) could end up spending $200 per Austin customers yet. And according to the Aus- tering the rate charge; it currently has nearly 1,900 Tuma is a journalism senior.

POINT COUNTERPOINT Does UT have a liberal agenda? Denying love of Reagan for an A Campus bias wildly sensationalized

By Daniel Earnest professors control students’ grades. In my experi- By Hooman Hedayati events or even teach in the subjects they were Daily Texan Columnist ence, professors have not only pushed their own Daily Texan Guest Columnist hired to teach simply because those areas did not agendas but have also denied any student impru- meet the standards of orthodoxy demanded by College is supposed to be a place where new dent enough to offer a nonconforming opinion Right-wing culture warrior David Horowitz has Horowitz. ideas and information allow students to develop the right to disagree. After all, who in their right come out with yet another anti-academic-freedom His efforts would seem feeble and irrelevant if their own unique viewpoints. mind would jeopardize their grade over an opin- book and accompanying campus tour. The book, not for the fact that academic freedom is still seri- But in today’s universities, the majority of the- ion on foreign policy? Personally, I have made it a “One-Party Classroom,” is a virtually unrecon- ously threatened by the political right. University ories driven down students’ throats align directly stringent tenet to never die on an anthill. structed rehash of his previous books, “The Pro- administrators, under pressure from the Depart- with the Democratic platform. Simply put, liber- I have taken this personal regulation to the ex- fessors” and “Indoctrination U.” In these works ment of Homeland Security and right-wing do- als have a monopoly on higher education. treme at the University. Call me spineless, but I he announces the shocking news that they teach nors to University endowments, have been suc- Don’t believe me? According to a poll conduct- have never spoken up in class to correct teach- feminism in women’s and gender studies, social cessful in key instances of harassing and firing ed by Luntz Research, more than 80 percent of ers or challenge them when I have seen their bias- movements in courses on social movements, and outspoken left-wing intellectuals in recent years. Ivy League professors who voted in 2000 voted es enter the classroom. I have even gone as far as Arab and Muslim culture and politics in Middle Since 9/11, universities have largely cooperat- for Democratic candidate Al Gore. Of the profes- writing a government essay on Ronald Reagan’s Eastern studies. ed with State Department and Homeland Secu- sors polled, only 3 percent identified themselves racism and how he used people’s inherent fear of Once a prominent member of the New Left, rity harassment, wiretapping and denial of entry as Republicans. Other interesting results included blacks to win the 1984 presidential election. Blas- Horowitz has since established himself as an out- to Middle Eastern and Muslim scholars, such as the fact that a majority of professors selected Bill phemy, I know — but I did get an A. spoken conservative advocate. Through his writ- prominent Oxford theology scholar Tariq Rama- Clinton as the best president in the last 40 years, Some students and even faculty may say that ing and activism, he is trying to convince the pub- dan. and at least 40 percent favor tax-payer reparations there is no such thing as liberal bias on our cam- lic that there is a crisis of political bias in college Until last September, University of South Flori- for blacks whose ancestors were slaves. pus. However, these people have just been duped classrooms — one that needs to be solved by cen- da professor Sami al-Arian had languished in jail But the fact that there are just more Democrats into thinking the University’s obsession with soring the free exchange of ideas critical to high- for more than five years as the victim of an on- or liberals in higher education is not the problem. shouting the word “diversity” at every oppor- er education. going government campaign of persecution. New Everyone, regardless of occupation, is allowed to tunity means that diversity actually exists. Don’t In 2007 he unsuccessfully brought the Academ- hearings are exposing the over-zealous prosecu- hold an opinion, and different occupations gener- get me wrong; diversity is not a bad thing. The ic Bill of Rights to the Texas Legislature. Spon- tion by and anti-Muslim bigotry of Assistant U.S. ally attract the same types of people. The problem problem is that universities and professors to- sored by state Sen. Jeff Wentworth, R-San Anto- Attorney Gordon Kromberg, who claimed during occurs when professors use their classes as a per- day generally think diversity only relates to race nio, SCR 3 encouraged state colleges and univer- al-Arian’s trial that “all Arabs lie.” sonal pulpit from which they preach ideas as truth or ethnicity when it really runs so much deeper sities to implement policies to safeguard the aca- Israel’s critics face especially harsh attacks in rather than as the opinions they actually are. than that. demic freedom of faculty and students. After fac- the name of academic freedom, as DePaul pro- The self-proclaimed intellectuals employed by Diversity, when used in the context of a class- ing evidence mounted by students and profes- fessor Norman Finkelstein discovered in 2007, higher education will usually boast of their open room or learning environment, should refer to di- sors, SCR 3 failed in the Senate Subcommittee on when he was denied tenure after an intense cam- minds and claim to want their students to find versity of ideas or beliefs. Race and ethnicity are Higher Education. When Pennsylvania set up a paign against him was led by Harvard law pro- truth for themselves. But this critical scavenger encompassed in these broader topics but definite- committee to investigate academic-freedom viola- fessor Alan Dershowitz. Now that campus activ- hunt for reality, students will soon find, is not as ly do not define them. tions in the classroom, they found there were few, ists across the country have begun campaigns to arduous as they thought. How can there be choice The dominion that liberal ideas have with- if any, problems and that legislation was not nec- boycott, divest from and sanction the state of Isra- or truly introspective thought when the student in higher education is dangerous, not necessari- essary. el for its actions in Gaza, we can expect such pres- is never presented with a fork in the long road of ly because of the ideas themselves, but because In the same year, Horowitz helped to organize sure from the right to continue, with demagogues education? of their basic hegemony in academia. This dom- the “Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week,” a national like Horowitz leading the charge. This lack of choice, in my estimation, stems inance of liberal ideas only perpetuates group- campaign to mobilize college students in support Horowitz’s efforts have had serious consequenc- from the palpable arrogance of many professors. think, stifles opposing opinions and demolishes of George Bush’s war on terror and the alleged es in establishing a chilling climate on our class- This hubris convinces the liberal professors that one of the supposed main pillars of higher educa- threat that Islam poses to the very foundations rooms and threatening activist professors around their ideas are right (no pun intended, of course), tion — the commitment to intellectual diversity. of western civilization. The poster promoting the the country. Locally, his targets include affiliates so why should there be any discussion? event featured a picture of a teenage girl being of women’s and gender studies, including com- Even worse than controlling the curriculum, Earnest is a business junior. stoned as an example of the status of women in munication studies professor Dana Cloud, among the Islamic world. As it turned out, the “stoning” others. While calling Cloud an “anti-American pictured actually took place in the 1994 Dutch film radical” who “routinely repeats the propaganda “De Steen.” Horowitz opportunistically claimed of the Saddam regime,” he has repeatedly denied to be defending the rights of women during this her invitation to a debate. GALLERY campaign even as he called for the censorship of UT students deserve more respect from Horow- courses in women’s and gender studies. itz. We are not a bunch of mindless zombies, fol- Free Exchange on Campus, a national organiza- lowing the lead of every theory and idea that’s tion committed to defending academic freedom, put before us. On Thursday, David Horowitz will has investigated other claims Horowitz has ad- be giving a lecture with the inflammatory title vanced. They concluded that he has “played fast “Exposing Radically Leftist College Professors.” and loose” with the facts, inventing or distorting Let’s welcome him with a peaceful protest out- information from course syllabi and denying the side the Jackson Geology Building, Room 2.324 at relevance of political discourse in fields like com- 6:30 p.m. munication, sociology and literature. Imagine if your favorite professors suddenly couldn’t con- Hedayati is a government and Middle Eastern studies senior and a nect the literature you were reading to current member of Campus Progress at the Center for American Progress.

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Wednesday, April 8, 2009 NEWS 5A Visiting professor discusses humanitarian dilemmas She also addressed ensur- Neutrality, independence, ing that humanitarians preserve flexibility among rising neutrality, attempting to make the organizations more institu- complex global challenges tionalized while still maintain- ing flexibility to adjust to lo- By Nehal Patel cal issues and making sure that Daily Texan Staff relieving immediate suffering Karen Mingst, professor of in- does not come at the expense of ternational commerce and entre- building the capacity of the state preneurship at the University of to respond or prolong the actu- Kentucky, addressed the topic of al conflict. humanitarian non-governmen- Mingst also discussed the ma- tal organizations at the LBJ Li- jor shifts in the international se- brary on Tuesday. curity environment, including Mingst discussed whether the changes in the nature of war- organizations are truly a new fare, an increase in the number force in 21st-century internation- of non-governmental organiza- al relations or if they are com- tions and the presence of media pelled to act as agents of states in conflicts. and international organizations. “The need to do something “Impartiality, neutrality and has become an emerging norm,” independence are the three tra- Mingst said. “Even the smallest ditional norms for [the organiza- wars in the most obscure plac- tions], and we’re moving away es come up in the media, and if from the view of humanitari- a state fails to carry out its ob- ans as idealistic, altruistic people ligation to protect its citizens, and now see them as profession- then the international communi- als who should be held account- ty may act.” able for their actions,” Mingst Though the demand for the said. organizations to act in the glob- Mingst’s presentation centered al community has increased, the on five major dilemmas the or- complexity of the problems the ganizations currently face, in- organizations face has also risen, cluding ensuring that acting im- said Eugene Gholz, an associate partially does not inadvertent- public affairs professor. ly help others and that the orga- “[The organizations] see nizations are independent even the pressure to do something, when they rely on governments but we have to remember that Bryant Haertlein | Daily Texan Staff for funding and actually work ‘something’ doesn’t always fix University of Kentucky professor Karen Mingst discusses the ethical dilemmas facing humanitarian non-governmental organizations in regions with them in the field. problems,” he said. dealing with corruption and violent conflict at the LBJ Library on Tuesday evening. In tough economy, Austinites turning to unemployment services By Pierre Bertrand jobs, it was able to generate 4,000 ro areas in the state that has cre- the recession. In 2008, 82,788 peo- ing and interview tactics. tingent workforce. That means Daily Texan Staff jobs in government, yielding a ated jobs since February 2008. ple visited the center. Ryan Drake, an Austin branch they contract them as long as the Unemployment figures in Aus- positive job growth rate. Throughout the state, 12 metro- “We’ve seen a marked increase manager for Kelly Services, a ca- work is there.” tin have yet to reach levels seen The city’s unemployment rate politan areas have lost jobs, and in interest in the programs,” Syth- reer planning company based in Some people facing contract during the last recession, but sits at 6.3 percent, or 54,883 in- Austin ranks second — only to off said. “But we can only help the Troy, Mich., said he has seen a jobs are overqualified for the more people are utilizing unem- dividuals. This number is down San Antonio — in the top 50 met- amount of people that we have 30 percent increase in hires in fi- available positions but take the ployment services than in recent slightly from January’s figures. ro areas in the country with the funding for.” nance, health care, education and jobs because they need the in- years. In the early 2000s, a recession lowest unemployment rate. The centers also provide re- government. come, Drake said. Between February 2008 and that hit the technology indus- Weston Sythoff, a spokesman sources, such as access to free In- “What’s interesting is that “What it boils down to is, does February 2009, the most current try caused unemployment num- for a Workforce Solutions Career ternet, phones, fax machines and we’ve seen an elevated number the group of candidates qualify available data, Austin lost 2,700 bers to rise in Austin. That reces- Center in Austin, said the center weekly sessions — which are open of contract workers,” Drake said. for the position, and how willing positions from its private sector sion was industry-specific, unlike helps people in every stage of un- to the public — on resume build- “[Companies] want a more con- are they to take the job?” he said. economy, in which 605,700 people the current downturn, which has employment. The center was are employed. touched the entire job market. among many created through- Austin’s entire work force to- “In the previous recession, Aus- out the state in 1995 by the tals 877,361, according to the Aus- tin and Dallas were very adverse- state Legislature to help Tex- tin Chamber of Commerce’s April ly affected,” Kerr said. “Austin is as residents deal with unem- 2009 economic indicators. not adversely affected as much as ployment difficulties. Beverly Kerr, vice president of the last one. We are very fortunate. Sythoff said monthly traf- research for the chamber’s divi- We are doing a lot better than oth- fic in the city’s three centers sion of economic development, er places.” has risen to 50,000 visitors, up said that while Austin lost some Austin is one of only 11 met- from 35,000 since the onset of The Little eld Lectures April 7th & 9th “Mapping Southern Historiography” Tuesday, April 7 from 3:30-5 3rd Floor Conference Room in Gebauer “Out of Scale: The Native South in the Atlantic World” Thursday, April 9 from 3:30-5 3rd Floor Conference Room in Gebauer

Two lectures presented by Claudio Saunt Professor of History and Associate Director of the Institute of Native American Studies at the University of Georgia. Author of A New Order of Things: Propery, Power, and The Transformation of the Creek Indians and Black, White, and Indian: Race of the Unmaking of an American Family 6A S/L

6A NEWS Wednesday, April 8, 2009 High schoolers urge Legislature to toughen DUI laws Proposed law would give murder charge to drunk drivers who cause deaths By Ben Wermund Daily Texan Staff Following the death of a middle school girl in December, students from a Houston-area high school presented a petition at the Capitol on Tuesday to strengthen drunken-driving laws. Ten students holding leadership positions in Cypress Creek High School’s Key Club brought their petition to lawmakers to propose Lilly’s Law, which was named after Lilly Lalime, a 13-year-old Houston girl who was hit and killed while getting off her school bus. Lilly’s Law would require drunken drivers who cause traffic fatalities to be charged with murder and, if found guilty, given a minimum 15-year sentence. Jim Wells, principal of Cypress Creek High School, said the trip to Austin allowed the students to experience the political process firsthand. “It’s important for kids to understand we live in a country that has a process so people can affect what happens,” Wells said. The students drafted the petition and collected 1,200 signatures before bringing it to Austin. “The point behind all of it is public awareness and to influence politicians,” Wells said. “Who can argue with a law that protects society and saves lives? That’s essentially what the kids were here for.” Jeffrey McWhorter | Daily Texan Staff Angela Collins, a Mothers T.J. Sarkar, 17, president of the Cypress Creek High School Key Club, presents a petition to state Sen. Rodney Ellis, D-Houston, to support stricter laws against drunken driving. Ten Against Drunk Driving represen- students from the Key Club made the trip to the Capitol after an eighth grader from the Cypress Creek area was killed by a drunk driver. tative, said the students’ goal em- bodies MADD’s message. cially for repeat offenders.” ators backing bills to increase boards of those with previous been rejected in the past. Harris have a good track record,” he “Their whole message is a The students, along with Wells penalties for drunken-driving drunken-driving charges. The de- County, in which Cypress Creek said. “What’s embarrassing is MADD message,” Collins said. and Lalime’s parents, were in- offenders. vice requires a driver to blow a le- High School is located, issues the that there is an obvious discrep- “These kids are doing it on their troduced to the House on Tues- Three proposed bills advo- gal blood-alcohol concentration highest number of DUIs in the na- ancy with what’s happening here own. They’re trying to raise aware- day morning and subsequently cate installing ignition interlock before starting the car. tion, he said. in Texas. The students get it, but ness, ask for tougher laws — espe- visited representatives and sen- breathalyzers on the car dash- Wells said similar legislation has “Obviously, Texas does not adults don’t.” UT program awards scholarships to migrant students for hardships By Ben Wermund plishment, extracurricular and mer programs while they are knows the hardships migrant stu- Daily Texan Staff community activity and perfor- working,” said Peggy Wimber- “You can speak to any migrant student and they dents face. A UT program that helps mi- mance in courses offered through ley, a representative for the orga- “You can speak to any migrant grant workers graduate from high the organization. nization. “They work all day in can tell you the diﬃculties and the obstacles they student and they can tell you the school honored its annual picks The program offers distance- the fields and then work on these have to face — economically and socially.” difficulties and the obstacles they for outstanding students Monday. learning courses intended to help courses in the evening so that they have to face — economically and UT’s Migrant Student Grad- migrant workers keep up with won’t fall behind.” — Alexis Fernandez, socially,” he said. uation Enhancement Program their peers when they miss class A committee of former schol- engineering senior While Fernandez does not cred- awarded Deyanira Castillo and to work. The courses are offered arship recipients selected the it the program for helping him Amanda Lira, two migrant work- online, on discs or on paper, de- winners. make it into UT, he said the schol- ers graduating from Texas high pending on what works best for Wimberley said three other stu- amount. The money is drawn nandez was awarded the scholar- arship helped him purchase his schools this year, each with $2,000 the students, who are then provid- dents — Pedro Fuentes, Diana from a pool of $10,000 donated to ship in 2006. first laptop. scholarships. The scholarships ed with high school credit. Gutierrez and Jessica Rios — were the program by the Exxon Mobil Fernandez said he worked in “It’s pretty difficult to be an en- were given for hardships the stu- “Students can work on them in- named runners-up but were also Foundation. Texas, Illinois and California dur- gineer here without a laptop,” he dents overcame, academic accom- dependently, at school or at sum- awarded scholarships of the same Engineering senior Alexis Fer- ing his high school career and said.

With tropical theme, counseling center to host event promoting ways to unwind

By Priscilla Totiyapungprasert ing with stress. WHAT: Stressfest Daily Texan Staff Ebady said that one of the Students can catch a break to- mistakes students make that WHERE: Flawn Academic day between classes to hop aboard can lead to high stress levels is Center the 12th annual Stressfest “virtu- stretching themselves to the lim- WHEN: Today, 11 a.m. to al cruise” at the Flawn Academ- it by attempting to pack every- 1:30 p.m. ic Center. Just follow the inflatable thing — additional class hours, a palm trees, deck chairs and nau- job, extracurricular activities and pet might be a way for some stu- tical flags that transform the FAC more — into their schedules. dents to find stress relief.” into a tropical ship deck. “Students think they have to Bost said lack of sleep, a signif- The UT Counseling and Men- do everything and do it all well,” icant cause of stress, is the No. 1 tal Health Center is hosting Ebady said. “They need to be body abuse she wishes students Stressfest from 11 a.m. to 1:30 able to recognize that they can’t would change. p.m. to raise awareness about be the best at everything, and “It’s like running a car into the healthy and fun ways to manage figure out what’s important to ground,” Bost said. “There’s not stress, said Jane Bost, associate excel the best at and what’s OK enough fuel, and eventually the director of the center. to just perform well enough.” car breaks down.” Stressfest gives students an Students will be able to explore Ebady added that exercise can opportunity to lie out, watch different ways to reduce anxi- help clear the mind from anxi- dancing and live music, sip non- ety levels by receiving massag- ety but that it tends to be one of Wear Your alcoholic margaritas, and stroll es, participating in acupuncture the essential things that slips to through a variety of booths that and listening to relaxation tapes. the bottom of a student’s prior- Horn & offer information about anxiety The festival will also give away ity list. control and health concerns. free therapeutic music CDs. “Exercise allows you to per- The center’s staff members, in- Animal lovers can participate form not just sports but also in- Get Cash! cluding psychologist and event in pet therapy with dogs. tellectual pursuits better,” Ebady coordinator Laura Ebady, will “Research has shown that pet- said. “You have more energy and act as the “ship crew” and hand ting animals decreases blood can focus more clearly. It’s well out leis that include tips for deal- pressure,” Bost said. “Owning a worth the trade-off in time.”

of all eligible voters, in Travis tion, 62,016 out of 553,934 reg- NEWS BRIEFLY County have registered to vote istered voters — 11.2 percent as of Friday. — cast ballots, according to a Voter registration for May 9 While the mayoral race is com- study conducted by the Aus- Every Tuesday this spring, the UFCU Prize Patrol will search petitive this year, the expected tin Community College Cen- city elections ends Thursday number of registered voters is not ter for Public Policy and Politi- for students around campus wearing any t-shirt sporting the Voters have until Thursday to particularly high, said Tina Mor- cal Studies. UFCU horn. If spotted, you’ll get cash! register to vote in the May 9 gen- ton, a spokeswoman for the Travis The registration application can eral and special elections. County Tax Office. be found online at www.travis- If you don’t have a UFCU t-shirt, stop by the University The elections in Austin will de- “Last year, during the hyper pe- countytax.org/goVotersRegistration. cide the mayor, four city council riod of the presidential race, a lot do or by calling (512) 238-8683. Branch (next to the Co-Op) and ask us how you can seats and ballot initiatives. of people registered to vote,” Mor- Early voting begins April 27. A get one. See you around campus! According to the Travis Coun- ton said. “Therefore, we’re not ex- runoff for mayor, if necessary, will ty voters’ registration office, pecting big numbers.” be held on June 13. 536,138 people, or 93.02 percent In Austin’s 2006 mayoral elec- — Melissa Pan 1B SPTS

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NCAA FOOTBALL Predicting 2009’s Top 25 poll

By Wes DeVoe nothing has changed on the de- Tigers. But with nearly the same Pasadena in early January. Texas has Daily Texan Staff fensive side of the ball, as Flori- squad walking through the tun- a favorable schedule to complete its We’re five months away from da returns every single starter to nel in September, it will be hard to goal, as the team’s only tough road the beginning of college football its daunting defense. Not to men- find a team favored over Florida to test will come against Oklahoma season, but it’s never too early to tion the fact that there’s a guy by win the championship. State on Halloween. Of course, the take a peek at who might be in the name of Tim Tebow who told Red River Rivalry will carry con- the top 25 in mid-August. With thousands in Gator Nation at the 2. Texas siderable weight, as it does every departures for the NFL draft fi- victory parade that he wanted to season. The Longhorns will look to nalized and spring football prac- come back for his senior season Texas quarterback Colt McCoy is make it four out of five against the tices concluding, here’s a list of to go for another title. The loss of coming back for his senior season Sooners on Oct. 17. With yet anoth- what to expect. dual-threat receiver Percy Harvin to complete some unfinished busi- er top-five recruiting class in 2009, to the NFL will obviously hurt, ness. After the Big 12 South fiasco Texas will face high expectations but Urban Meyer has the talent last year, in which Oklahoma was from everyone. The only question 1. Florida in the swamp to manage Harvin’s placed in the Big 12 Championship now is whether the Longhorns can Not much has changed for the departure. The Gators’ toughest and ultimately the national cham- live up to those expectations. Phil Sandlin | Associated Press Gators since their win in the title game will probably come on Oct. pionship, the Longhorns have one Florida quarterback Tim Tebow throws a pass during the team’s first game against the Sooners. In fact, 10 in Baton Rouge against the LSU goal on their minds: to make it to TOP 25 continues on page 2B day of spring practice in Gainesville, Fla.

SOFTBALL Baylor at No. 20 Texas Texas’ recruits making noise Longhorns taking close games in winning streak

By Dan Hurwitz WEDNESDAY: Baylor (29-14, Daily Texan Staff 5-3 Big 12) at Texas (31-11, 7-1) Coming from behind has become a regular occurrence for WHERE: Red & Charline Texas. McCombs Field After winning their last eight games, the Longhorns (31-11, 7-1) WHEN: 6:30 p.m. are atop the Big 12 standings and are continuing to rise in the rank- ONLINE: TexasSports.tv ings, as they jumped to 20th in both polls this week. they are capable of beating any- Dramatic endings have shaped body. the season for the Longhorns, “As long as we get the W some- who intend to extend their win- how, some way, I guess any kind ning streak to nine tonight against of win is good,” Clark said. “When IH-35 rival Baylor (29-14, 5-3). you have to come from behind, I “Last year we had so many think it helps build confidence in one-run losses against some real- that the game is never out of reach ly good opponents,” head coach and it’s never out of hand, and we Connie Clark said. “This year, have some of those.” we have been getting the one-run Others on the team don’t mind games.” how it happens, as long as they Last year the Longhorns went get the win. 7-8 in one-run games. This sea- “We always know that we are son the team has won 12 of its 14 still in the game,” said junior games decided by one run. Loryn Johnson after hitting a walk- Late-inning heroics from an off home run Saturday against array of players have given the Longhorns the confidence that SOFTBALL continues on page 2B

BASEBALL No. 19 TCU 0, No. 9 Texas 6 Texas earns sixth shutout of season against Frogs

By Laken Litman third on second baseman Tra- Daily Texan Staff vis Tucker’s bunt single. Rowe On Tuesday night at UFCU scored on third baseman Michael Disch-Falk Field, No. 9 Texas (21- Torres’ single to left center. With 8, 6-6 Big 12) took it to No. 19 no outs in the inning, the bats TCU, beating the Horned Frogs kept on swinging as first base- 6-0, which marked Texas’ third man Brandon Belt placed a sin- consecutive midweek, nonconfer- gle to right field to plate Tucker. ence win. After holding TCU scoreless “We saw some power tonight,” in the top of the fourth, the Tex- said Texas head coach Augie as bats found life again as they Garrido. “We had a little more scored three runs on four hits to rhythm, a little more time, a little widen their lead 5-0. more confidence.” After catcher Cameron Rupp Freshman right-hander Aus- reached on an infield single to tin Dicharry (3-1) earned the win start, Keyes hit his fourth homer- as he pitched four innings, strik- un of the season. Shortstop Bran- ing out five and allowing no run don Loy followed up with a sin- on three hits. gle to centerfield moved to sec- “[Dicharry] continues to be ond on a Tucker single and came very effective,” Garrido said. home on Torres’ single down the Henny Ray Abrams | Associated Press “The best thing about [him and left field line. Texas recruit Avery Bradley, a Findlay Prep senior, goes up for a windmill dunk during the McDonald’s All-American All-Star his fastball] is his location. He lo- “I’ve just been working on stay- game March 30. Bradley led Findlay to a championship in the inaugural ESPN RISE Invitational on Sunday. cates consistently.” ing under the ball and turning my The team’s hitting was on hips,” Keyes said. “Coach keeps the pressure off of me. Just got- point as well. The Longhorns ta see it and hit it. Hitting is very Bradley takes national title; Hamilton ineligible for All-Star game got their feet wet in the third in- contagious. Everyone’s getting ning when center fielder Connor hot at the right time.” By Colby White No. 1 team in the country ESPN RISE’s fle Oak Hill’s scoring, holding Keith Rowe started a rally with a dou- Daily Texan Staff national ranking, well-known power- Gallon, a McDonald’s All-Ameri- ble to left field and advanced to SHUTOUT continues on page 2B After falling short of the Sweet 16 for house Oak Hill, against the No. 2 team, can who is set to play for Oklahoma the second time in two years, Texas fans three-year upstart Findlay. After the next season, to five-of-12 shooting. can divert their attention toward next win, Findlay moved to the top of the The switch to zone came after play- season. rankings, earning the team a national ti- ing man to man all season, a change Three wingmen make their way to tle, according to the polls. similar to this season’s Texas squad, Austin next season, including two top- Bradley led Findlay, a privately fund- which mixed in zone at times during 10 recruits. With high school all-star ed basketball academy, with 20 points, the postseason. games coming to a close, here’s an up- eight rebounds and two steals before “I think it was hard to learn it at first,” date on Texas’ recruits. fouling out with less than three minutes Bradley said. “All year, we have been remaining and the lead at five. playing man to man. I could kind of see Bradley takes home national title “If [Avery] had fouled out maybe two [Gallon] was getting frustrated.” minutes earlier, we’d have had them,” Bradley, a 6-foot-3-inch Tacoma, Incoming Texas guard Avery Bradley Oak Hill head coach Steve Smith told Wash., native, earned MVP honors for led Findlay Prep (Henderson, Nev.) to a ESPN RISE. “He’s the best guard Oak the tournament and won the dunk con- 74-66 victory over Oak Hill (Mouth of Hill has ever faced.” test a week earlier at the McDonald’s Wilson, Va.) to take the title in the inau- Findlay would hold on to win the ti- All-American All-Star game. gural ESPN RISE National High School tle, pushing the team’s record to an im- Invitational on Sunday. pressive 33-0 on the season. The championship game pitted the Findlay used a zone defense to sti- RECRUITS continues on page 2B Elizabeth Moskowitz | Daily Texan Staff Texas’ Russell Moldenhauer rounds the bases during the Longhorns’ shutout victory over TCU on Tuesday. 2B SPTS

2B SPORTS Wednesday, April 8, 2009

NCAA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL SOFTBALL: Horns riding high into UConn nishes off perfect season soundly Baylor matchup By Doug Feinberg The Associated Press From page 1B ST. LOUIS — With one fi- Iowa State. “We take it one pitch nal blowout, UConn grabbed at a time and focus on the fact that the national title and a piece of we always have a chance to win basketball history. the ball game.” Tina Charles had 25 points The offense continues to get on and grabbed 19 rebounds base and put runs on the board, Tuesday night as UConn rout- as it has already surpassed the ed Louisville 76-54 and cap- amount of wins last year’s squad tured the Huskies’ sixth na- earned. tional championship. “[The offense] keeps doing ex- It wasn’t just that Connect- actly what they’re supposed to be icut claimed another title. It doing,” said pitcher Brittany Barn- was how they did it. hill. “We’re scoring a lot of runs UConn won every one of its and it makes it a lot of fun.” 39 games by double digits, an The Longhorns are in the middle unprecedented run in college of their second winning streak of basketball. seven or more games, but the team Charles was the star of the is aware that there is still plenty of last big win. She commanded work still to do. Left on the sched- both ends of the floor and Lou- ule for the Longhorns are 12 more isville, which lost to UConn for games, only one of which is against the third time this season, had a ranked opponent — Texas A&M. no one who could stop her. “Right now we’re just riding the Coach Geno Auriemma high and trying to rack up the wins had said before the tourna- and just keep pushing,” Chalk said. ment that his junior center would be the key to UConn winning the title. A year after he benched her in the NCAAs for inconsistent play, Charles delivered. RECRUITS: Future She was 11-for-13 from the field, and fell just one rebound short of becoming only the sec- Horn hasn’t seen ond player ever in a championship game to have at least action all season 20 points and 20 rebounds. From page 1B Charles was named the out- Mark Humphrey | Associated Press standing player of the Final Connecticut’s Tina Charles, Maya Moore and Renee Montgomery, from left in front, celebrate after the Huskies defeated Louisville 76-54 Hamilton to play in Jordan Four. Tuesday to win the women’s NCAA national title. Maya Moore and Renee Classic Montgomery each added 18 Unlike its previous two wins 19-point advantage. and 2002. Besides Connecticut, eight titles, have more than the Jordan Hamilton didn’t get a points for the Huskies. over Louisville, it took about Louisville (34-5) came into its only Tennessee and Texas have Huskies. chance to wear a McDonald’s All- Angel McCoughtry finished 15 minutes for UConn to be- first title game with little pres- run through a season without With UConn’s victory, the American jersey. off her stellar career for Lou- gin pulling away from the Car- sure. The Cardinals were big a loss. Big East also became the first At least he’ll get the Jumpman isville with 23 points. Can- dinals. underdogs, bidding to knock The title was Connecticut’s conference ever to sweep the logo. dyce Bingham was the only Leading by six, the Huskies off three No. 1 seeds on their first since 2004. UConn was NCAA and WNIT champi- Hamilton will be featured in this other Cardinal in double fig- turned up their defense. Lou- way to a championship. suffering through its longest onships in the same season. year’s Jordan Brand Classic game ures with 10 points as Louis- isville missed 18 straight shots The victory put the Huskies “drought” since first winning South Florida topped Kansas on April 18 in New York City’s ville (34-5) shot a dismal 31 spanning the half as Connecti- in the same class as UConn’s in 1995. 75-71 on Saturday to win the Madison Square Garden. The 6-foot- percent from the floor. cut turned a 30-24 lead into a other unbeaten teams in 1995 Only the Lady Vols, with WNIT, which began in 1998. 7-inch forward from Dominguez High School (Compton, Calif.) was given a fifth year of high school eligibility by the NCAA after Hamil- A Texas golfer WOMEN’S GOLF ton’s parents made him repeat the takes a swing ninth grade to receive better grades. against Texas But the California Interscholastic State. The Federation declared him ineligible, Longhorns saying he was taking a fifth year finished third Texas finishes third in Indiana only for athletic reasons. this week in Because of the CIF’s decision, the Indiana By Matthew Hohner hours to play 36 holes. Texas head ards said. “I’m not happy with Hamilton hasn’t played a game for Invitational. Daily Texan Staff coach Martha Richards stressed their finish, but I’m happy with Dominguez all season, making him Texas finished its last regu- the importance of not letting the a lot of things. ... We should ineligible for the McDonald’s game. lar-season tournament on a high weather affect the players’ game. have beaten Iowa State in terms The Jordan Brand Classic, how- note. The Longhorns recorded “It was a marathon kind of of Big 12 [tournament]. That ever, doesn’t seem to mind and their best finish of the season, day,” Richards said. “You just should serve as motivation for Hamilton will suit up in the game placing third in the Indiana In- have to stay patient and stay in the team heading into the Big 12 on the same team as fellow Texas vitational, while the University the moment for each shot. We tournament.” recruit Avery Bradley. Other Big of Nevada, Las Vegas took home did a really nice job of doing Kelley Louth led the Long- 12 representatives in the game the trophy from Columbus, Ind. what we needed to do despite horns for the team’s lowest score will be Keith Gallon, Wally Judge Players battled temperatures Mother Nature.” while tying for second in the in- (Kansas State) and Tommy Ma- in the 30s throughout the tour- The team finished the tourna- dividual standings. Louth has son-Griffin (Oklahoma). nament, with a mix of rain, sleet ment with a score of 84-over par, been determined to make the and hail on the first day. Their while tournament champ UNLV most of her final tournaments as final day of play included cold shot a 67-over par. The Longhorns a Longhorn. temperatures but no precipi- weren’t confronted with any kind “Overall I feel like I had a com- tation, and the Longhorns did of precipitation, but cold temper- plete tournament,” Louth said. all they could to keep warm atures were a factor yet again. “I started off with two bogeys, SHUTOUT: Texas by wearing layer upon layer of Richards said the team fell back- but then I started to get comfort- Sara Young clothing and hand warmers. ward on the last 18 holes. able. I had ups and downs, but I Daily Texan Staff Texas’ first day of play took 11 “We came here to win,” Rich- kept plugging away.” uses five pitchers to contain TCU From page 1B The offense has remained consistent up to this halfway point TOP 25: Big 12 should start with three in next poll in the season. “It’s all about consistency of From page 1B chance to shine. A tough schedule in 2007 finish the year 8-5. But back Zac Robinson and receiv- ship last season when the Iowa the offense,” Garrido said. “That’s could hinder USC’s hopes of play- the Tigers left the media with a er Dez Bryant take them. Los- Hawkeyes rained on the Nittany what we’re trying to accomplish ing for a championship come Jan- little taste of what to expect this ing tight end Brandon Petti- Lions’ parade with a last-second — trying to take quality at bats, 3. Oklahoma uary, especially with an inexperi- coming year after a thumping of grew to the draft will hurt, but field goal. Despite losing its bowl take quality turns on the bases, enced leader behind center. The Georgia Tech in their bowl game. head coach Mike Gundy will be game, Penn State is likely to con- make productive outs and ad- Heisman-trophy winning Trojans’ Sept. 12 showdown with With the No. 1 ranked athlete out able to fill the position. Okla- tend for the Big 10 crown. The de- vance the runners.” quarterback Sam Bradford de- Ohio State in Columbus could go of high school Russell Shepard homa State gets an early test fensive side of the ball will take a TCU (19-10, 6-3 MWC) was a cided to turn down millions of a long way in determining the di- coming to the bayou, LSU looks at home against the Georgia hit after losing Aaron Maybin to little shocked with the outcome of dollars in guaranteed money to rection for the team this season. to be gaining back its old form. the opening week before fac- the NFL, but quarterback Daryll Tuesday night’s game. give it another go at a champion- The Oct. 10 match against the ing the Longhorns on Hallow- Clark should have the Nittany Li- On Sunday, the Horned Frogs ship in college. Only time will tell Florida Gators should be some- een in Stillwater. Texas’ cupcake ons up there with Ohio State. cruised by then-No. 18 New Mex- if that was a good choice. Okla- 5. Mississippi thing to watch in Louisiana. non-conference schedule means ico 19-3. Jimmie Pharr and Matt homa lost its two most threaten- Two words, one name: Hous- that if there’s another three-way Carpenter both hit grand slams ing receivers in Juaquin Iglesias ton Nutt. Yes, Houston Nutt has 11. Oregon tie atop the Big 12 standings in in the same inning, which was and Manuel Johnson to gradua- the Rebels’ back. A team that 7. Ohio State Apparently, the Ducks were 2009, either Oklahoma or Okla- part of a nine-run fifth that helped tion, and much of its talented of- used to be only a blip on the ra- After being so close to upset- a little upset at all the negativ- homa State will advance to the TCU nab the sweep and top of the fensive line is gone as well. But dar made a big splash last season ting the Longhorns in the Fiesta ity surrounding the Pac-10 last Big 12 championship game. Mountain West leader board. tightend Jermaine Gresham took with key victories over Florida Bowl last season, it appears Jim season heading into their bowl Texas’ pitching staff rotated the same road as Bradford and in the swamp and LSU in Baton Tressel and the Buckeyes are back. game against Oklahoma State. through five pitchers to deal with turned down millions to call him- Rouge. Then the Rebels gave Tex- Despite losing three bowl games 9. Alabama They quickly silenced all the TCU’s offense. Starter Cole Green self a Sooner for one more season. as Tech fits, upsetting them in a in a row, two of which were title Quarterback John Parker Wil- critics as they took their game scattered two hits and one walk The schedule is difficult early for game no one thought they would games, Ohio State now has a phe- son has graduated and running to the Cowboys at the Holi- with one strikeout in two shutout the Sooners, as they take on BYU win at the Cotton Bowl on Jan. nom in the making under center back Glen Coffee decided to fore- day Bowl. If quarterback Jere- innings. Dicharry came in second in Dallas on opening weekend be- 2. Former Longhorn quarterback in Terrell Pryor. The defense will go his last year of eligibility to miah Masoli can improve his and pitched four innings while fore traveling to Miami to take on Jevan Snead has developed into be suspect after losing cornerback pursue playing on Sundays. The pass efficiency, the Ducks could right-hander Stayton Thomas the talented Hurricanes on Oct. 3. a star and is looking to improve Malcolm Jenkins and lineback- Crimson Tide probably over- be a formidable opponent come went 0.2 innings, surrendering no on his stats from last season. The er James Laurinaitis to the NFL, achieved in 2008 if you ask ex- December, especially with the runs on one hit and one walk. schedule is favorable for the Reb- but the Buckeyes have produced perts. It will be interesting to mighty Trojans losing quarter- 4. Southern California Freshman Taylor Jungmann els to be a contender late, as they a superb recruiting class and will see who emerges as the starting back Mark Sanchez to the NFL. preserved the shutout, working Everyone is expecting the Tro- play LSU and Alabama in Oxford look forward to gaining national quarterback. But if head coach 1.1 innings while allowing one hit jans to take a step back this com- while avoiding Florida altogether. respect again after a strong per- Nick Saban can fill the void fast, 12. Virginia Tech and striking out two. Sophomore ing season after losing quarter- Ole Miss could be a sleeper in the formance to close the season. Re- Alabama should be a threat once Brandon Workman closed the back Mark Sanchez and many SEC West to contend for not only venge will be on the minds of all again in the SEC — especially While the ACC illustrates ut- game, striking out one while giv- starters on defense. But with Pete an SEC Championship but a Na- the fans in the Horseshoe when with a receiver like Julio Jones to ter dominance in collegiate bas- ing up a hit in 1.0 inning. Carroll at the helm, it’s only a mat- tional Championship as well. the Trojans visit Columbus, Ohio. make plays in the open field. ketball, the gridiron is a differ- ter of time before USC reloads. It ent story. The Hokies look as if “We have a plan for each one of will be interesting to see wheth- they will be the class of the con- the pitchers, and we want them er former Arkansas quarterback 6. LSU 8. Oklahoma State 10. Penn State ference. If quarterback Tyrod to stick to it,” Garrido said. “We Mitch Mustain is given the reins Head coach Les Miles was Oklahoma State is hoping Joe Paterno was literally one Taylor becomes a better passer want them to pitch to that plan to the offense or Matt Barkley, disappointed in last season’s re- for the same season Texas Tech second away from potential- during the spring, the Virginia because it’s something that suits the No. 1 quarterback from the sults after watching his team that showcased in 2008. The Cow- ly booking a trip to Florida for Tech offense could pose a threat them. The plan is based on pitch- 2009 high school class, is given a won the national championship boys will go as far as quarter- the BCS National Champion- early in the season. es they can make.” 3B CLASS

Wednesday, April 8, 2009 SPORTS 3B

BIG 12 BASKETBALL Griffin to skip last 2 years of school, enter NBA dra Oklahoma the decision himself, and it was sophomore Oklahoma head coach the same this year,” Tommy Grif- and Associated supportive of forward’s fin said. “He cannot live his life if Press College I tell him what to do. Player of the decision to leave college “I just told him, ‘Make sure Year Blake whatever you do, it’s going to Griffin, left, The Oklahoma Daily (UWire) take care of you, because if you and Oklahoma Two days after being named have too many people pulling on head coach Jeff the Naismith Player of the Year, you, that’s not good.’ We just told Capel listen sophomore forward Blake Grif- him whatever decision he comes to a question fin made national headlines again up with, we’re going to back him during a Tuesday press Tuesday with the announcement 100 percent.” conference that he will forgo his final two Many people have speculat- during years of collegiate eligibility to en- ed for the past few months that which Griffin ter the 2009 NBA draft. Griffin would not be returning announced that “This past week I have been to school. Though that prediction he will make going over in my mind what I turned out to be correct, the con- himself eligible should do,” Griffin said. “I sat sensus national player of the year for this year’s down with coach Capel and my still had to think about it. NBA draft. family and I think it is time for me “The decision was tough. I love to move on and take my game to playing here; this is my home state,” the next level.” he said. “This is the school I wanted Sitting beside the 6-foot-10-inch, to come to, obviously. It is tough to 251-pound forward was head walk away from something like this, coach Jeff Capel, who said there but at the same time this is a big op- was no question that the Oklahoma portunity. I felt like I was ready for it City native he recruited two years this year as opposed to last year.” ago was doing the right thing. Griffin, who set OU and Big “This is the right decision. In 12 single-season records for re- my mind it was a no-brainer,” Ca- bounds, field goal percentage and pel said. “It was the best thing for double-doubles, will leave OU Blake, it was the best thing for the as one of the greatest players in University of Oklahoma and it was school history. the best thing for our program.” For Capel, his departure is Also on hand were Griffin’s bittersweet. parents, Tommy and Gail, as well “It’s sad on one end,” Ca- as his older brother Taylor. As big pel said. “But it’s a great thing as an influence as the trio has had to know that you had a kid that on Griffin over the course of his has worked his butt in something life, this was something he had to he’s wanted to do his whole life, decide on his own. and he’s going to have a chance to Sue Ogrocki “We told him last year the most pursue that, not only pursue it but Associated Press important thing is he has to make to be very successful.”

Championship Series standings sent No. 1 ranking in the AP Top 25. Pitt has won 20 or more games a great big grin can help Memphis Pastner said he was packing for SPORTS BRIEFLY Oklahoma to the conference title Led by the standout trio of se- for the eighth straight year. Dixon stay in the top ranks of college bas- Kentucky himself when an unex- game, though the Longhorns beat niors Sam Young and Levance said he thinks the Panthers have be- ketball, Tigers fans will be happy pected call came from Memphis Despite not making title game, the Sooners by 10 points. Fields, and sophomore center De- come an elite program, though he with their new head coach. athletic director R.C. Johnson. Brown, whose base pay is $2.9 Juan Blair, the Panthers fell short of added, “We’re not where we want “I’m excited. I’m energized. I’m “There was no hesitation,” Past- coaches to receive Big 12 bonuses million, could have earned a $50,000 the Final Four after a loss to Villano- to be because we want to win a na- pumped up. I’m jacked,” Josh Past- ner said. “He gave me the opportu- Assistant football coaches at Tex- bonus for winning the Big 12 South va on a last-second layup by Scottie tional championship.” ner said Tuesday at a news confer- nity and I jumped on it.” as are receiving Big 12 champion- and another $100,000 for winning Reynolds. Dixon also said he’s spoken ence to introduce him as John Cali- Pastner moved to Memphis af- ship bonuses even though the Long- the conference championship. “It means we had a lot of good with Blair and the center’s fami- pari’s successor. “I’m ready to rock ter six years as an assistant at Ar- horns didn’t reach the title game. players,” Dixon said in a phone ly about whether Blair should skip ‘n’ roll.” izona, where he had been a walk- Texas officials announced Monday Pittsburgh’s Dixon awarded interview about the coaching his final two years of college to en- Calipari left Memphis last week on player. He said he decided to that a dozen assistants and support award. “It’s a reflection of play- ter the NBA draft. He said Blair for Kentucky, casting a gloom over become a basketball coach as a staffers will receive Big 12 champion- Naismith award for best coach ers individually and as a group ... wasn’t ready to make a decision as a program he built into a nation- teenager and played in college to ship bonuses totaling $44,000. PITTSBURGH — Pitt coach Ja- The players developed into better of Tuesday. al contender over nine seasons. The gain experience that would help in Athletic Director DeLoss Dodds mie Dixon has been named the Na- players than may thought [they] Blair averaged 15.7 points and search for a successor, which start- coaching. said he received permission from ismith men’s coach of the year after would become.” 12.3 rebounds a game this season. ed to drag on longer than many Ti- “I believe in myself,” he said. UT’s president and men’s athlet- leading the Panthers to a school-re- The award was presented by ger fans expected, did little to lift “I’ve prepared myself my whole life ic council to cut the checks. Head cord 31 wins and the NCAA tourna- the Atlanta Tipoff Club, which an- Memphis introduces Pastner their spirits. for this.” coach Mack Brown will not re- ment regional finals. nounced the winner Tuesday. Oth- 1 Then late Monday, the university Johnson said Pastner has a five- ceive a bonus, the Austin American- The sixth-year head coach also er finalists were Oklahoma’s Jeff Ca- as coach, Calipari’s replacement announced it had settled on Pastner, year deal worth $4.4 million. Statesman reported Tuesday. guided Pitt to its first-ever top seed pel, LSU’s Trent Johnson and Kan- MEMPHIS, Tenn. — If youthful a 31-year-old assistant to Calipari A .0128 difference in the Bowl in the tourney and the school’s first sas’ Bill Self. energy, unwavering confidence and who is regarded as a top recruiter. Compiled from Associated Press reports day, month day, 2008 CLASSIFIEDS 3B

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Wednesday, April 8, 2009 LIFE&ARTS 5B H AWARDS: ‘Austin City Limits’ Public affairs graduate student wins in multimedia category Anna Cherkasova From page 6B pauses at “The best is to be the LBJ as he accepted is award and not- Library ed that the industry and film- as technical and fountain makers are no longer concen- cutting edge as trated in California like they on Tuesday possible so that evening, as used to be. “There’s no stopping them no she does you’re always matter where they are,” he said. on most one-up in the “The best is to be as technical days. “It’s and cutting edge as possible so competition.” my favorite that you’re always one-up in the place on competition.” — Robert campus,” she “Austin City Limits” produc- Rodriguez, said. “The er Terry Licona received the ﬁlmmaker fountain is award in the multimedia cat- so strong egory. This is not the first time and simple.” the show has been honored; it program organized by the Aus- was the first television program tin Museum of Art. to receive the National Medal of Other honorees were Anheus- Arts six years ago. er-Busch and Edith O’Donnell “‘Austin City Limits’ has for corporate and individual been a window to the rest of patrons of the arts, respective- the world, showcasing the best ly. Artist Robert Rauschenberg, of what Austin and Texas music who passed away last year, re- Bryant is all about,” Licona said. “We ceived a lifetime achievement Haertlein have a long life ahead of us. We award. His son Christopher was Daily Texan Staff celebrate our past, and look for- there to receive the award on his ward to our future.” father’s behalf. A new recording studio for “There’s a thing that’s part of “Austin City Limits” is cur- everybody’s growing up, where rently being built in downtown at some point you go from think- HUMP: Opinions Austin. ing that your dad is the greatest SCHOOL: Unique methods encourage, Former first lady Laura Bush whatever he does in the world, was also honored, receiving a and I actually missed that be- on virginity still standing ovation for her com- cause my dad was always the increase personal growth, confidence mitment to the arts. Bush found- greatest at what he did,” CHris- contested, split ed the Texas Book Festival and topher Rauschenberg said. From page 6B ties and interests, awareness she learned Beatles songs that established an endowment to “Therefore, my development has From page 6B of a child’s needs and develop- she covered at Lanternfest two give more children opportuni- been stunted, but I love having hired to conduct an indepen- ment of personal qualities and years ago. For Earth science, her ties to experience art through this celebration of him and have Laura Carpenter published in dent study of the effectiveness academic skills. class visited the Grand Canyon. the Education and Outreach everyone else agree with me.” the Journal of Sex Research, of the original school’s teaching “It is about developing a self She won a Keep Austin Beau- people who identify as gay, les- approach. The Hendersons and with a capital ‘S,’” said Cliff, tiful award in 2008 for a recy- bian, bisexual and transgender their son Mars, then 5 years who no longer works for the cling campaign she started at the have often had to rework their old, stayed at the Indian school school but operates as an un- school, earning her the nickname definition of virginity because for six weeks while Cliff con- paid adviser. “If you don’t “Enviro-girl.” Her geometry class their orientation doesn’t fit the ducted his research. know who you are or where has two students in it, and when mold created by mainstream Mars was invited to attend you are, how are you going to she isn’t working on homework, definitions. the school in India as a guest get anywhere?” she’s researching her new inter- Equally troublesome is the student. Natalie Shea has attended ests in dance and fashion design. treatment of those who expe- “After the first day I had a the school since kindergarten. “We don’t practice negative rience rape as the first pen- smile plastered on my face,” Her sister graduated in 2007 reinforcement or punishment,” etrative sexual act. Hanne said Mars, now an eloquent, from the school and now at- said Doug Shea, who is Nat- Blank, author of “Virgin: the polite freshman at the Universi- tends St. Edward’s Universi- alie’s father and an econom- Untouched History,” address- ty of Oklahoma. “I spent three ty. Natalie says she is unsure ics teacher at Sri Atmananda. es the paradox in a recent in- hours describing my experi- what her own career goals are “Through the teacher-child re- terview on Scarleteen.com, a ence there, and both of my par- but that she is confident her lationship, children build con- leading sex-ed Web site. ents loved my reaction to the unique education has prepared fidence in themselves and be- “Opinions have gone both school [so much] that they fell her for life after graduation in gin to develop a real love of ways,” Blank said in the inter- in love with it, too.” two years. learning. It’s a revolution- view. “[Some have contended The Hendersons asked the “I’ve known these people ary school in that academics that rape victims] remained Indian school’s owners if it since I was 5, and I feel total- are never forced on any chil- virgins in spirit even if their would be appropriate to open ly comfortable around them,” dren. Some students don’t even bodies were violated without a branch in Austin and went Shea said. “I’m free to be who- learn to read until they’re 9, but their consent. ... Other people back to India for three months ever I want to be, I don’t have once they do, they take off like have believed that the physi- of training to understand the the fear of being judged. If I rockets.” cal fact of penetration was the unique teaching approach. want to come to school in a cos- Doug Shea chose to enroll his only thing that mattered.” The Austin location opened tume that’s fine and if I want to daughters in the private school There is one central miscon- in September 1995 with Mars come in my pajamas, that’s OK after his negative experiences ception that gives rise to both and five other 5- and 6-year-old too. If I have a question, I know attending and teaching in pub- of these objections — the pre- students, as well as six teachers. I won’t be laughed at. You feel lic schools. He has worked with sumption that simply engag- The school has added a grade really at ease, it’s kind of like a the Hendersons since the early ing in sexual intercourse has each year and had its first high second home.” days of the school and says the the innate power to change a school graduating class in 2007. Until fourth grade, students difference in child development person. Three students graduated in are led through hands-on ac- is “unbelievable.” But when exercising safe- 2007, and three more are grad- tivities and outdoor playtime, “I saw a lot of kids being more sex practices, including barri- uating this May. There are cur- which aid in developing social beaten down in public schools TONY AWARD WINNER! er protection (condoms, dental rently 20 students in the entire skills, personal awareness and than being raised up,” Doug BEST MUSICAL dams, etc.) and pregnancy pre- school, which charges $8,812 acceptance. 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But if we can allow for the possibility of looking at “first- time” sex in a new way, outside of the “virgin” context, we can begin to realize that sexuality contains a wonder- ful plurality of valid choices, including the decision to have sex or abstain in the first place. It is your choice, and it should be based on your ide- als, not those projected by the media or our mainstream shame culture. Owning your autonomy over these choices is the first step to exploring sexuality in healthy ways. 6B LIFE

Life&Arts Editor: Ana McKenzie E-mail: [email protected] B Phone: (512) 232-2209 Wednesday, April 8, 2009 LIFE&ARTS www.dailytexanonline.com THE DAILY TEXAN ump D H ay Mary By L in g w a ll School focuses on instilling sense of self

Choices about your rst time should not rely on norms Virginity is a touchy subject. In fact, for young people in Ameri- ca, virginity is one of the touchi- est subjects. Often seen as the Rubicon between innocence and experience, immaturity and maturity, or even purity and dirtiness, virginity is given a lot of weight in our culture. The gender stereotypes that pervade our society dictate that sexual initiation is a sign of power and prowess in men, while virginity is seen as a sign of purity and worth in women. The underlying problem resulting from America’s paradig- matic obsession with both a Vic- torian conception of virginity and the chronic hyper-sexualization by the media is that it may lead young people to hastily make a decision according to stigma, shame or peer pressure, when the choice should be made according to one’s personal beliefs. Ryan Propes | Daily Texan Staff The decision of whether, when and why to start (or not start) en- The Sri Atmananda School provided fire-dancing entertainment for the guests in attendance at its LanternFest and open house Saturday. “Stay behind this line”, gaging in sexual activity is a tough the guests were cautioned, before the kerosene-soaked poi were lit. one for many young adults to make, and the popular conceptions about virginity do nothing but ex- Sri Atmananda School practices hands-on acerbate the difficulty. Even worse is when these constructed ideas teaching methods, hosts creative events about virginity cause individu- By Rachel Meador derson, decided to incorporate als to feel shame or isolation if his Daily Texan Staff the festival 10 years ago. The cel- chosen path diverges from the one Behind the decorative iron fences ebration includes students deco- our culture deems appropriate. that enclose a 9-acre historic proper- rating paper lanterns and march- So what does “virginity” even ty sprinkled with mansions and play ing around the campus grounds sur- mean? areas, students of Austin’s nonprofit rounded by fire-dancers. The festi- When I asked a group of my Sri Atmananda Memorial School pe- val serves as a creative outlet and peers this question, all of their an- rused the inflatable playgrounds and just another one of the school’s inno- swers were based on the idea that local vendor stands are listened to the vative approaches to education. a girl “loses” her virginity to a guy school’s musicians as they waited for “Children are natural learners,” when his penis enters her vagi- dusk to come and LanternFest to be- said Cliff Henderson, co-found- na. This kind of definition is very gin Saturday. er of the school. “Here children problematic. The school, much like its annual are led and encouraged to develop What about the first time for festival, is unique. The private school individually.” a person whose orientation does opened 14 years ago and is modeled In 1995, Henderson was working as not follow the penis-vagina mod- after the original Sri Atmananda Me- an educational psychologist and was Ryan Propes | Daily Texan Staff el? According to a 2001 study by morial school in southwest India. Participants in the Sri Atmananda School’s LanternFest on Saturday paraded the The school’s director, Pattye Hen- SCHOOL continues on page 5B school grounds with their creations, glowsticks and instruments. HUMP continues on page 5B

Activist organization evicted from co-op Awards honor select citizens Due to code violations, Rhizome Collective for doing their part for the arts forced to find new home gowns and men in suits. Amid Dick was honored in the cate- By Roxanna Asgarian Texas Cultural Trust the decor, a few well-dressed gory of arts education for estab- Daily Texan Staff recognizes former first Texas artists and patrons were lishing the International Festival- Piles of trash now line the side- recognized with a Texas Medal Institute at Round Top. walk along 300 Allen St., where lady, University alumni of Arts for their contributions to “I think art is how we tell about the quaint entrance to the Rhi- the arts. civilizations,” Dick said. “The zome Collective’s warehouse was By Raquel Villarreal The Texas Cultural Trust se- art’s how we record them. Other- once dotted with plants. Among Daily Texan Staff lected citizens for their work in wise, we don’t remember them.” the heaps of rubble stands a As the sun was setting west architecture, art education, film, Rodriguez, who was honored handwritten sign that reads “In- of the Long Center for the Per- literature, theater, music and for his career in film, recalled the side Books Project Needs New forming Arts on Tuesday eve- multimedia. Among the honor- time he spent as a UT student 20 Home.” ning, the patio area was filled ees were UT alumni James Dick, years ago as an undergraduate On March 23, a primary hub with laughter and chatter com- a concert pianist, and filmmaker Tamir Kalifa | Daily Texan Staff of Austin’s grassroots activ- ing from elegant women in long Robert Rodriguez. AWARDS continues on page 5B ism movement was forced to The warehouse that once held the Rhizome Collective sits vacant on disband. Families were evict- the edge of Allen Street in East Austin. ed from their home at the co- operative living space on Allen the Rhizome eviction came as of the collective are unsure. Street, and several activist orga- a shock to the larger activist “Folks are just worn out from nizations were left to find new community. the move,” she said. “We’ve been T headquarters. “They had been having mon- running around trying to figure The Rhizome Collective has ey problems for a while, but the out what to do with nine years’ used the warehouse on Allen problems with the city came worth of stuff ... and finding plac- Street since 2000, when the proj- pretty abruptly,” Skuldt said. es to live.” ect was founded. “There’s quite a bit of overlap For now, Food Not Bombs has The organization hosted sus- between members of Treasure been relocated to the 21st Street tainable living workshops, tend- City, Rhizome and organizations Co-op. ed gardens and served as head- like Inside Books and Food Not The Rhizome Collective and quarters to the Inside Books Proj- Bombs,” Skuldt said. Inside Books Project have been ect, which sent books to Texas “All the organizations that hosting board meetings to agree prisoners. were a part of Rhizome are still on a new plan of action and pur- The location was also home doing the work they’ve always sue leads on possible new spaces to activist organizations Food done,” he said. “But the long- for their groups. Not Bombs and Bikes Across term stability of the place wasn’t The collective plans to con- Borders. there because they didn’t own tinue to grow despite its current These community projects the space.” struggle. have been on hold since their In response to the Rhizome “The Rhizome Collective takes eviction in late March by the city Collective’s eviction, the Treasure its name from the root system due to several code violations. City Collective has started fund- that makes even seemingly insig- “It was mostly for permits that raising for the first time in hopes nificant plants notoriously diffi- we needed but didn’t have,” said of purchasing the store it current- cult to destroy,” Werner wrote in Laura Werner, a spokeswoman ly runs. the Collective’s latest press state- for the collective. “We just don’t “It has made us think about the ment. “Kill one plant, and one or have the resources to purchase or long-term investment,” Skuldt two or hundreds more can blos- fix up the facility.” said. “We want to have a sta- som from the same root. The Rhi- Cory Skuldt, a member of the ble place to offer support when zome Collective intends to do ev- Treasure City Collective, which things like this happen.” erything in its power to make Elizabeth Moskowitz | Daily Texan Staff runs a thrift store a few blocks As for the Rhizome Collective’s certain that [it] lives up to its Martha Coleman, Bessie Futrell, Carrie Henderson, Hazel Weathersby and Annie Wattress, from left, from Rhizome’s old space, said next step, Werner said members name.” stitch quilts for their families at the Blackland Neighborhood Center.