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NOT READY FOR THIS COMMITMENT SINCE 1997 SEPTEMBER 2010 * Does OU also Blow? A Myth Uncovered * Cooler Coolers! * Degradation, Misogyny, Subtle Racism & Other Things to Look Forward to this OU Weekend Interview with Edgar Wright, Michael Cera, and Jason Schwartzman THE MANAGING EDITOR DEEP DISHISSUE TEXAS TRAVESTY THIS MONTH IN... EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Alyssa Peters MANAGING Dan Treadway EDITOR ASSOCIATE Jermaine Affonso RATIONALIZATIONS EDITORS David McQuary DESIGN DIRECTOR Jessica Grantham September was a fantastic • George Glass maintains that he Rationalization month for rationalizations as bought fried REGULAR Oreos, of the month: MEDIA EDITOR Aaron Walther students all over campus talked not double-stuffed. Junior Mark Bentley hijacked the PHOTOGRAPHER Lawrence Peart themselves into accepting bad de- West Campus bus to get to his WRITING STAFF Malcolm Wardlaw cisions and flawed logic to make • Shannon Westland decided she Economics test on time. Despite Marshall Dungan their lives just a little bit easier. didn’t need to go to her geology C. J. Cervantes not knowing how to properly class because she was busy get- Hannah Oley • Tom Franklin knew framing his ting stoned. drive a bus, Bentley did make it DESIGN STAFF Aaron Rodriguez roommate for cocaine possession to the test in time to get an A and Annie Samuelson was a pretty horrible thing to do, • Stacy Roland justified throw- only seven people were critically Suzanne Lewis but a very reasonable way to get ing away the pink lid from her injured! Josue Ramirez the room to himself tonight. Now yogurt container, because they Lin Zagorski he can push the beds together! must be pretty close to solving this PUBLICITY Sam Baskin whole cancer thing anyway. • Tom Jennings reminded his ADMINISTRATIVE Lara Grant girlfriend, “Babe, I keep my cell ASSISTANTS Katherine Swope • Grace Kim rationalized being phone in my front pocket, we Margaret Newman Korean. Although she hates it, don’t need a condom.” Andrew Egan she recognizes the fact that she Katherine Bridgeman was born this way, so it’s probably Brett Fowler okay. Samantha Pitchel Travis Rankin Joe Faina CONTACT try class when he finds out that it’s not organic. • Boot-wearing students with long hair and odd hats PHONE 512-471-7898 • Musical ringtones never end well for anyone will be asked “Are you the King of Leon?” EMAIL [email protected] involved. • Please suppress the urge to yell “Red Rover!” and WEB www.texastravesty.com • “Everybody’s Working for the Weekend” is a fairly clothesline somebody when crossing Guadalupe. MAIL Texas Travesty • UT Austin around P.O. 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Circulation: 25,000 NOT READY FOR THIS COMMITMENT SINCE 1997 NEWS • 3 UT to provide some thing for everyone ‘What the hell is this thing?’ entire student body asks Dan Treadway UT community, which in recent ty Council displayed their things MANAGING EDITOR months has been dismayed by the at the council’s weekly meeting recent budget cuts that have tak- while discussing their various AUSTIN—In response to the en place at the University. uses. “I respectfully wrote a let- recent budget cuts at the Univer- The source of the things dis- ter to the Office of the President sity of Texas, President William tributed are not known precisely, requesting enough funds to main- Powers Jr. announced the imple- although residents in West Aus- tain the Vietnamese language mentation of the “Some Thing tin witnessed Powers rummaging program at UT,” said a puzzled for Everyone” program. through his garage all Saturday Joel Brereton, Department Chair “Hey, I’m a nice guy,” Powers afternoon and throwing assorted of the Asian Studies program. “I said while tanning on the balcony items into the back of a U-Haul received a package in response of his office on the fourth floor truck. containing four quarters, a nickel of the Main Building. “In these and a half-eaten package of Big trying financial times, I wanted “In these trying League Chew.” to show students and staff that While the “Some Thing for there is a thing of some sort for financial times, I Everyone” program hasn’t gar- everyone at UT.” wanted to show nered the unanimous praise its The program, which was de- students and staff that creator hoped it would, it has had signed to win over the UT com- some success. munity, has met with a mixed re- there is a thing of some “This thing is pretty awesome,” sponse from students and faculty sort for everyone at said Jeff Stephens, a mathematics members.