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>> Breaking news, blogs and more: www.dailytexanonline.com @thedailytexan facebook.com/dailytexan Wednesday, January 25, 2012 Texas laws TODAY Border crossing concerns grow put under the microscope in Calendar Hook the Cure court rulings Join Hook the Cure an organization dedicated to District judge chooses promoting diabetes awareness to keep concealed carry through education on the license age restriction subject from 7:30-8:30pm in BEN 1.124. By Sarah White Daily Texan Staff Sigma Delta Tau Most UT students will remain ineligible to obtain a Attend an informational session concealed handgun license for the Sigma Delta Tau sorority after a district court ruling before the main recruitment last week. begins. The session will be held United States district judge in BEN 1.122 between 7-8 p.m. Samuel Cummings threw out a motion to overturn a Tex- as law that prohibits 18- to Wicked 20-year-olds from obtain- Come learn the back story of ing a concealed carry license the Wicked Witch of the West on Thursday. in the performance of Wicked The National Rifle Associ- at the Bass Concert Hall. Shows ation filed a case on May 16, start at 2 p.m. and tickets are 2011, claiming that the state anywhere from $38.50-138.50. law keeping people under the age of 21 from carrying a concealed handgun violated the U.S. constitution, wrote Cum- mings last week in his court Today in history opinion on the case. Thomas Allison | Daily Texan Staff “The licensing scheme does In 1949 Despite ongoing turbulence in Mexico, biology junior Javier Vargas regularly crosses the Texas-Mexico border to visit family members who cannot burden the fundamental The Academy of Television Arts not cross into the U.S. border regions like Reynosa, where Vargas’ family lives, continue to suffer the consequences of drug-related violence. right to keep and bear arms,” & Sciences held the first annual Cummings wrote. “Neither Emmy awards ceremony at the By Jody Serrano choose to make trips between the Javier Vargas, a biology junior does the licensing scheme tar- Hollywood Athletic Club Los Editor’s note: This is the first in a Daily Texan Staff U.S. and Mexico, said a UT stu- who who crosses the border sev- get a suspect class.” Angeles. three part series about how immi- dent with family in Mexico. eral times a year to visit his rel- Although most college stu- Despite concerns over Mexico’s Mexico’s turbulent situation atives. Since 9/11, CBP has tak- dents cannot legally carry con- gration law impacts higher educa- drug war and increased border has increased scrutiny by Cus- en many proof-of-identity- cealed firearms under the cur- tion and the UT System security, many people with family toms and Border Protection of- and friends across the border still ficers for many travelers, said BORDER continues on PAGE 2 GUNS continues on PAGE 2

Austin experiences needed rain Rescheduled primaries Integration of technology would effect student voter turnout, new maps drawn enhances student learning By Kayla Jonsson Daily Texan Staff By Bobby Blanchard exam also fell from 33 to 15 per- Daily Texan Staff cent but the final exam itself was If the Texas primaries are re- essentially the same from those scheduled because new district 8-9 p.m. Tonight Using technology to enhance prior to the class’s redesign. introductory courses has helped maps are not agreed upon in “The area on the final where time, students who leave town Lonestar Politics students earn better grades, said we saw the greatest improvement A panel of students discuss after the semester’s end may be representatives of the Course was calculation,” Stacy said. “It is topics like The Longhorn unable to vote. Transformation Program. essentially what we removed from Network, their favorite TSTV The primaries are at risk of The program, which began in the lecture periods and left to the shows and opinions on the being rescheduled for a second spring 2010, aims to increase suc- students to do on their own.” recent conflicts in the time this year from April 3 to cess rates in classes by adding Ritter said the courses in the Middle East. more educational technology and a later date because on Jan. 20, program are using online materi- the U.S. Supreme Court rejected added online educational features als to help teach the class. All the to the classes students typically a set of interim maps drawn by 7-9 a.m. Thursday courses have moved some mate- three San Antonio judges, said take in their first few semesters. rials previously taught in lectures When Roots Last spring, Biology 311C/311D, Emmanuel Garcia, a spokes- to online assessments and read- man for State Rep. Trey Marti- Attack! Chemistry 301 and 302 and Sta- ings, she said. tistics 302 all started selected pi- nez Fischer, D-San Antonio. If “When Roots Attack!” is your “By taking some of the material loted sessions of the courses. authorities can’t agree upon new source for classic that you may traditionally cover “I do think one of the great maps by Feb. 1, there will not be Jamaican songs. in lecture to outside of class, you things about what we’re doing is it enough time for the federal pre- can do different things inside of clearance required by the U.S. can help make the big class expe- class,” Ritter said. “You can make rience feel smaller,” said Gretchen Supreme Court to hold the Texas the classroom experience itself a primaries as scheduled, accord- Ritter, director of CTP. more engaged environment.” The CTP hosted a panel Tues- ing to a statement from the Tex- Chemistry 301 and 302, for ex- as attorney general’s office. day which reported results and ample, places skills students can feedback from the first year of The Supreme Court rejected learn on their own online on the new maps because it ruled the program. Quest and on the class website. The attendance rate for Statis- that the San Antonio judges have The course website has all the not given proper consideration tics 302 has gone up from previ- material content resources, along ous years to 92 percent after start- to last year’s district maps, Gar- with videos of every lecture. cia said. ing the program, said Cathy Sta- David Vanden Bout, the pro- cy, the Statistics and Scientific As soon as the maps were re- gram’s chemistry faculty project jected and the San Antonio judg- Thomas Allison | Daily Texan Staff Computation faculty leader for the program. She said the per- es scheduled a meeting to dis- WATCH TStv ON Plan II English sophomore Andrew Wilson walks past a flooded Nueces cuss redesign on Feb. 3, two days Street in West Campus Tuesday afternoon during a brief break in the rain. centage of Ds and Fs on the final COURSES continues on PAGE 2 CHANNEL 15 after the deadline, the attorney By Jody Serrano may experience roughly two inches general’s office filed a motion to Daily Texan Staff of rain throughout the day with pos- reconsider, said Lauren Bean, a 9:00 p.m. sible hail later in the evening. spokeswoman for the Texas At- The Current After golf-ball-sized hail and pe- According to the National Weath- torney General Deputy. The A panel of students discuss riodic rain spattered Austin all day er Service website, the main threat motion urged the San Antonio topics like The Longhorn Tuesday, the city could experience today will be damaging winds across court to resolve this matter in Network, their favorite TSTV relief from the nasty weather as early Highway 281 and Interstate Highway time to have the Texas primaries shows, and opinions on the as this afternoon. 35 throughout this morning. as scheduled, she said. recent conflicts in the Travis county experienced abnor- Kimmel said people reported see- Garcia said the San Anto- Middle East. mal amounts of rain and hail from a ing hail in North Austin Tuesday nio judges are working hard to storm system from the Pacific Tues- morning and recommended people draw acceptable maps before day. As of Tuesday evening, the sys- put their cars in the garage and take the deadline. 9:30 p.m. tem moved to far west of El Paso and precautionary measures to protect “We need time to make the College Crossfire will likely bring a cold front through their belongings. map right for the primaries,” Our panelists talk about the the area when it passes through Aus- The rain is very good for Austin Garcia said. “Being right is more upcoming Superbowl and tin today, said geography lecturer because the city is still in a very se- important than being rushed.” talk college basketball. Tune and KEYE weatherman Troy Kim- vere drought, he said. Chelsea Jackson | Daily Texan Staff As the struggle for official in for their spring season mel. He said there is an 80 percent “It’s not going to break the drought Students sit and talk before the beginning of a lecture on Tuesday premiere! chance of rain today and the UT area but every bit will help,” Kimmel said. afternoon. MAPS continues on PAGE 2 2

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The Daily Texan COURSES Volume 112, Number 102 continues from PAGE 1 leader, said last semester the CONTACT US website received about 61,000 hits, with more than 10,000 visitors spending at least 30 min- Main Telephone: utes on the site throughout the (512) 471-4591 previous semester. Editor: “The website was a huge hit, Viviana Aldous for people not just in our class (512) 232-2212 but obviously it’s leaking over [email protected] to other sections of 301,” Van- den Bout said. “For all the sur- Managing Editor: veys that we did, this was stu- Audrey White dents’ No. 1 favorite thing about (512) 232-2217 the class.” managingeditor@ Ritter said UT was committed dailytexanonline.com to a face-to-face learning experience, so the University will not News Office: move to a primarily online-only (512) 232-2207 set of courses. [email protected] “But we are really headed Multimedia Office: much more in the direction of a (512) 471-7835 hybrid model where in fact we [email protected] are trying to make the inside the classroom experience more en- Sports Office: gaged,” Ritter said. (512) 232-2210 Architectural engineering [email protected] sophomore Amanda Nogay, who took a Chemistry class last Life & Arts Office: Photo courtesy of The Associated Press semester that was not one of the (512) 232-2209 program’s piloted sessions, said In this photo provided by Barrett-Jackson, the white hearse used to transport President John F. Kennedy’s body following his assassination in [email protected] Dallas is shown at auction Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012 in Scottsdale, Ariz. online resources are a good sup- plement, but they can not re- Photo Office: place in-class lectures. (512) 471-8618 “There is also no substitute [email protected] for picking a professor’s brain,” Nogay said. “While the Inter- Comics Office: Buyer pays $176,000 for JFK hearse (512) 232-4386 net has a bounty of resources, [email protected] By Jamie Stengle Love Field for the flight back to port the president’s body. taxi used in the TV show “Sein- only the professor knows exact- Daily Texan Staff Washington on Nov. 22, 1963, ac- In the late 1960s, the hearse feld” and a jeep Frank Sinatra ly what he wants you to get out Retail Advertising: cording to the auction company. was bought by Arrdeen Vaughan, used on his ranch. of the lesson.” (512) 471-1865 DALLAS — The man who paid “It was a solemn duty that it a Texas man who owns funer- Tebo said he had expected the [email protected] $176,000 for the white hearse had taking him from the hos- al homes and a funeral vehicle hearse would sell for anywhere used to transport President John pital where he was pronounced business. He kept it in a private from $500,000 to $1 million, so Classified Advertising: F. Kennedy’s body following his dead to Air Force One,” said collection for more than four he wasn’t planning on bidding. (512) 471-5244 assassination in Dallas plans Craig Jackson, CEO and chair- decades before selling it to the But he jumped it when he saw MAPS [email protected] to include it in his collection of man of the auction company. “I person who eventually put it up the bids weren’t likely to go that continues from PAGE 1 about 400 cars in Colorado. think everybody in the world re- for auction. high. As a collector, he said he Stephen Tebo, a collector and members watching the hearse Tebo said he plans to turn tries to buy significant vehicles district map approval contin- real estate developer from Boul- leave the hospital, heading to- his car collection into a mu- when possible. ues, student political groups are der, bought the hearse Satur- ward Air Force One. It just sort seum, hopefully in five to 10 Tebo said he want- finding it hard to motivate stu- day that was being offered by of sunk into everybody that years. The collection in Long- ed the hearse because of its dent voters when the details of Barrett-Jackson Auction Co. of he’s gone.” mont, just outside of Boulder, is historical significance. the election date are uncertain, University Democrats President The Texan strives to present all information Scottsdale, Ariz. It sold for a The hearse had been on dis- not currently open to the pub- “We remember specifical- fairly, accurately and completely. If Huey Fischer said. we have made an error, let us know bid of $160,000, plus a $16,000 play at a funeral home directors’ lic, but Tebo does open it up ly seeing the hearse leaving the about it. Call (512) 232-2217 or e-mail buyer’s premium. convention in Dallas in October four times a year to different hospital and driving very, very “As president of an organiza- [email protected]. The 1964 Cadillac hearse car- 1963, the auction company said. nonprofit groups to help them slowing to Air Force One and tion whose primary mission is to ried Kennedy’s body as well as After the convention, O’Neal Fu- raise money. loading the casket on Air Force get students to the polls, this en- first lady Jacqueline Kennedy neral Home of Dallas bought the Other cars in his collection One. It was just an incredi- tire ordeal has been a nightmare,” from Parkland Memorial Hos- hearse. It was that funeral home include a 1965 Rolls Royce cus- bly dramatic time in our lives,” Fischer said. “If the primaries get COPYRIGHT pital to Air Force One at Dallas’ that was called upon to trans- tom made for John Lennon, a Tebo said. moved to May or June, which they almost certainly will be, stu- Copyright 2011 Texas Student dents simply will not vote be- Media. All articles, photographs cause they are registered in Trav- and graphics, both in the print and online editions, are the property of “Look back to your gradu- “We worked closely with Stu- rights endowed to 18-year-olds is County but will have returned Texas Student Media and may not be ating class in high school, and dents for Gun-Free Schools to — the right to vote, the right to to their homes for the summer.” reproduced or republished in part or GUNS think about if your peers were lobby members of the state leg- fight in war — [the government University Democrats spokes- in whole without written permission. continues from PAGE 1 mature enough then to handle islature over the guns on campus of the state of Texas] is not be- man Andre Treiber said he is the responsibility that comes issue,” he said. “The judge’s ruling consistent.” concerned about the possible late rent law, a person under 21 is with a Concealed Handgun Li- ing, then, follows exactly what Tripp also said she thought election date because he will not still eligible for a license to car- cense,” Treiber said. “I certainly we like — sensible regulation for this lawsuit was not espe- have the chance to inform many ry a concealed handgun if the know that there are people from a rational interest, that interest cially related to Texas laws, otherwise uninterested young TOMORROW’S WEATHER person is a “member or veter- my year that I don’t think can being public health and safety.” which prohibit concealed carry voters during the summer. an of the United States armed responsibly handle guns now, let Alice Tripp, spokeswoman for on campus. “I am frustrated I will not be High Low forces,” according to the Texas alone then.” the Texas State Rifle Associa- “This case deals with the dis- able to simply stand outside the Government Code. Treiber said he and oth- tion, said the case was promot- crepancy between the age of [Flawn Academic Center] and 65 48 Andre Treiber, spokesman for er members of the organization ed by the NRA. voting and the age of concealed tell people to quickly run inside the University Democrats, said have been invested in increasing “It is not a lawsuit brought by carry, and that is what is espe- and vote,” Treiber said. “I’ll have I will go down with this ship. the organization supports Cum- safety regulation for firearm use us, but we support it,” Tripp said. cially disturbing in this case,” to look in vain as student turn- ming’s decision. for over a year. “Given the other constitutional she said. out plummets.”

This newspaper was printed with pride by The Daily Texan and Texas THE DAILY TEXAN Student Media. Permanent Staff Editor ...... Viviana Aldous continues from PAGE 1 Associate Editors ...... Matthew Daley, Shabab Siddiqui, Susannah Jacob, Samantha Katsounas BORDER Managing Editor ...... Audrey White Associate Managing Editor ...... Aleksander Chan travel-initiatives for people en- News Editor ...... Jillian Bliss Brownsville alone, Pauza said. zie said she stopped travelling to I have stopped crossing,” Chavez Associate News Editors ...... Victoria Pagan, Colton Pence, Nick Hadjigeorge Senior Reporters ...... Kayla Jonsson, Sarah White, Liz Farmer, Jody Serrano tering or leaving the U.S. along In order to avoid delays and Mexico five years ago because she said. “I am always scared some- Enterprise Team ...... Matt Stottlemyre, Huma Munir, Megan Strickland Copy Desk Chief ...... Elyana Barrera its various ports of entry. CBP- interrogation, Pauza said he rec- was concerned about the shoot- thing will happen at the bridge.” Associate Copy Desk Chiefs ...... Alexandra Feuerman, Arleen Lopez, Klarissa Fitzpatrick Wire Editor ...... Austin Myers Laredo spokesman Richard Pau- ommends that travelers obtain ings and kidnappings happening She said the violence has af- Design Editor ...... Chris Benavides Senior Designers ...... Nicole Collins, Bobby Blanchard, Betsy Cooper za said over the years CBP has one of the standard documents across the border. McKenzie, an fected the economy in both cit- Special Projects Designer ...... Simonetta Nieto Multimedia Editor ...... Ryan Edwards streamlined the process by which outlined in the Western Hemi- English adjunct professor at UT- ies as well and that her fami- Multimedia Associate Editors ...... Jackie Kuenstler, Lawrence Peart, Fanny Trang Senior Photographers ...... Thomas Allison, Elizabeth Dillon, Shannon Kintner, ...... Rebeca Rodriguez, Zachary Strain the traveling public is processed sphere Travel Initiative. The poli- Brownsville, said UT-Browns- ly’s restaurant in Reynosa, Mex- Senior Videographers...... Demi Adejuyigbe, David Castaneda, Jorge Corona ...... Ashley Dillard, Andrea Macias-Jimenez on the border with new technol- cy requires all persons to present ville’s mere minute proximi- ico saw a 60 percent decline in Life&Arts Editor ...... Katie Stroh Associate Life&Arts Editor ...... Christopher Nguyen ogy and better training. a preapproved form of identifica- ty to the border city of Matam- sales because people were afraid Senior Life&Arts Writers ...... Jessica Lee, Anju Mehta, Eli Watson, Alex Williams Sports Editor ...... Sameer Bhuchar CBP processes an average tion such as a valid passport, U.S. oros, Mexico has caused her fear to cross. Chavez said it is hard- Associate Sports Editor ...... Christian Corona Senior Sports Writers ...... Nick Cremona, Austin Laymance, Lauren Giudice, Chris Hummer of 3,500 privately owned vehi- passport card, Trusted Traveler on many occasions. She said she er to cross now than it was before Comics Editor ...... Ao Meng Associate Editor ...... Victoria Grace Elliot cles and more than 6,000 walk- Programs card or an enhanced once smelled gun powder walk- and there is always a threat. Even Web Editor ...... Ryan Sanchez Senior Web Staff ...... William Snyder, Stefanie Schultz Associate Web Editor ...... Hayley Fick ing pedestrians a day at the vari- driver’s license. ing through campus. the checkpoints are not safe from Editorial Adviser ...... Doug Warren ous bridges in the border city of UT alumna Maria McKen- “I have walked on campus and the violence. Issue Staff Volunteers ...... Anthony Mannino, Antonio Morales, Sarah Foster, Edna Alaniz I have been afraid,” McKenzie Vargas is used to the passage ...... Mary Schaffer, Ghayde Ayman Ghraowi, Michaela Huff, Chelsea Jackson said. “You never know who’s go- from Edinburgh, Texas to Rey- ing to be walking through cam- nosa, Mexico, but he said he pus. A lot of our own students has mixed feelings about trav- say they feel the violence from elling to Mexico, especially for Need to have your Mexico is already on our side.” people who aren’t used to it. He Advertising (512) 471-1865 Tania Chavez, a communica- said he recommends people be [email protected] tions graduate student at the UT- careful about the clothes they Director of Advertising & Business ...... Jalah Goette wisdom teeth removed? Business Manager ...... Lori Hamilton Business Assistant ...... Amy Ramirez Pan-American, said she used to wear, avoid big crowds, take old- Advertising Adviser ...... CJ Salgado Broadcast & Events Manager ...... Carter Goss travel to Mexico relatively of- er cars, never go outside at night Campus & National Sales Associate ...... Joan Bowerman Don’t lace up your skates. Student Advertising Manager ...... Ryan Ford ten but stopped because of the and try to hide the fact they’re Student Assistant Manager ...... Veronica Serrato Student Acct. Execs ...... Ted Sniderman, Adrian Lloyd, Morgan Haenchen, Ted Moreland We have a research study. violence on the border. Chavez U.S. citizens...... Paola Reyes, Fredis Benitez, Tyrell Elegonye, Zach Congdon Student Office Assistant/Classifieds ...... Rene Gonzalez said during one of her trips she “It all boils down to being at the Student Marketing Assistant ...... Allison McMordie Student Buys of Texas Manager ...... Lindsey Hollingsworth Right now, PPD is looking for qualified participants Student Buys of Texas Assistants ...... Suzi Zhaw, Esteban Rivera thought a traffic accident had wrong place at the wrong time,” Senior Graphic Design ...... Felimon Hernandez for a post-surgical pain relief research study of an Junior Designer ...... 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NEWS BRIEFLY Economy top concern for the State of the Union Egyptian rulers under pressure By Ben Feller end notorious emergency laws The Associated Press CAIRO — Egypt’s military WASHINGTON — Declaring ruler on Tuesday decreed a par- the American dream under siege, tial lifting of the nation’s hat- President Barack Obama delivered ed emergency laws, an apparent a populist challenge Tuesday night attempt to ease criticism of his to shrink the gap between rich and policies. poor, promising to tax the wealthy Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi more and help jobless Americans said in a televised address that get work and hang onto their homes. the draconian laws, in force for Seeking re-election and needing re- more than three decades, would sults, the president invited Republi- be lifted effective Wednesday cans to join him but warned, “I in- but would remain applicable to tend to fight.” crimes committed by “thugs.” In an emphatic State of the Union The military has often labeled address, Obama said ensuring a fair organizers of anti-government shot for all Americans is “the defin- demonstrations “thugs.” ing issue of our time.” He said the Tantawi’s decision to partial- economy is finally recovering from ly lift the emergency laws, which a deep and painful recession and he give police far-reaching powers, will fight any effort to return to poli- would likely not satisfy rights cies that brought it low. groups that have been cam- “We’ve come too far to turn back paigning for their total removal. now,” he declared. Rights groups say at least Obama offered steps to help stu- 12,000 civilians have been dents afford college, a plan for more tried before military tribu- struggling homeowners to refinance nals since the military coun- their homes and tax cuts for manu- cil took power. Many of them, facturers. He threw in politically ap- they say, were charged with acts pealing references to accountability, of “thuggery” when, in fact, they including warning universities they were protesters. will lose federal aid if they don’t stop The term also has been used to tuition from soaring. ridicule the military in the inde- Standing in front of a divided pendent press, and some of the Congress, with bleak hope this elec- Saul Loeb | Associated Press young protesters in recent dem- tion year for much of his legislative President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union address on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday. onstrations have been chant- agenda, Obama spoke with voters in ing, “we are thugs!” At least 80 mind. our reach” was the recognition that, sense.” over the past three years, Obama found a ready source of money to fi- protesters have been killed by “We can either settle for a country after three years of an Obama presi- In a flag-waving defense of Amer- proposed a new program to allow nance his ideas: He proposed to de- troops since October. where a shrinking number of peo- dency, the country is not there yet. ican power and influence abroad, homeowners with privately held vote half of the money no longer be- ple do really well, while a growing In a signature swipe at the nation’s Obama said the U.S. will safeguard mortgages to refinance at lower in- ing spent on the U.S. military in Iraq Gadhafi loyalists seize villages number of Americans barely get by,” growing income gap, Obama called its own security “against those who terest rates. Administration officials and Afghanistan to “do some nation- Obama said. “Or we can restore an for a new minimum tax rate of at threaten our citizens, our friends and offered few details but estimated sav- building right here at home,” to help based on earlier tribal loyalties economy where everyone gets a fair least 30 percent on anyone making our interests.” On Iran, he said that ings at $3,000 a year for average bor- create more jobs and increase com- BENGHAZI, Libya — Moam- shot, everyone does their fair share, over $1 million. Many millionaires — while all options are on the table to rowers. petitiveness. The other half, he said, mar Gadhafi loyalists seized con- and everyone plays by the same set including one of his chief rivals, Re- prevent Iran from acquiring a nu- Obama proposed steps to crack would go to help pay down the na- trol of a Libyan mountain city of rules.” publican Mitt Romney — pay a rate clear weapon — an implied threat to down on fraud in the financial sec- tional debt. in the most serious challenge At the core of Obama’s address was less than that because they get most use military force — “a peaceful res- tor and mortgage industry, with a Obama will follow up Tuesday to the central government since the improving but deeply wounded of their income from investments, olution of this issue is still possible.” Financial Crimes Unit to monitor night’s address with a three-day tour the strongman’s fall, underlin- economy — the matter still driving which are taxed at a lower rate. With Congress almost universally bankers and financial service proof five states key to his re-election ing the increasing weakness of Americans’ anxiety and the one like- “Now you can call this class war- held in low regard, Obama went after fessionals, and a separate special unit bid. On Wednesday he’ll visit Iowa Libya’s Western-backed rulers as ly to determine the next presidency. fare all you want,” Obama said, re- an easy target in calling for reforms of federal prosecutors and state at- and Arizona to promote ideas to they try to unify the country un- “The state of our union is get- sponding to a frequent criticism to keep legislators from engaging in torneys general to expand investiga- boost American manufacturing; on der their authority. ting stronger,” Obama said, calibrat- from the GOP presidential field. “But insider trading. tions into abusive lending that led to Thursday in Nevada and Colorado The taking of Bani Walid, one ing his words as millions remain un- asking a billionaire to pay at least as With the foreclosure crisis on on- the housing crisis. he’ll discuss energy, and in Michigan of the last Gadhafi strongholds employed. Implicit in his declaration much as his secretary in taxes? Most going sore spot despite a number of At a time of tight federal budgets on Friday he’ll talk about college af- captured by the new leadership that the American dream is “within Americans would call that common administration housing initiatives and heavy national debt, Obama fordability, education and training. late last year, was the first such organized operation by armed remnants of Gadhafi’s regime. A simultaneous outbreak of shoot- Gates defends genetic tech to feed the world ings in the capital and Libya’s Strong solar storms second largest city Benghazi raised authorities’ concerned Charity’s hunger solutions that other networks of loyalists provoke environmentalists, were active elsewhere. cast northern lights The security woes add to the calls for “green revolution” difficulties of the ruling Nation- By Donna Blankship By Karl Ritter & Seth Borenstein It was part of the strongest solar al Transitional Council, which The Associated Press The Associated Press storm in years, but the sun is likely is struggling to establish its au- to get even more active in the next thority and show Libyans prog- KIRKLAND, Wash. — Bill Gates STOCKHOLM — A storm from few months and years, said phys- ress in stability and good gov- has a terse response to criticism that the broiling sun turned the chilly icist Doug Biesecker at the U.S. ernment. Four revolutionary the high-tech solutions he advocates northernmost skies of Earth into Space Weather Prediction Center fighters were killed and 25 oth- for world hunger are too expensive an ever-changing and awe-pro- in Boulder, Colorado. ers were wounded in the fight- or bad for the environment: Coun- voking art show of northern lights “To me this was a wake up call. ing, al-Fatmani said. tries can embrace modern seed on Tuesday. The sun is reminding us that so- There were no immediate technology and genetic modifica- Even experienced stargazers lar max is approaching,” Bieseck- signs that the uprising was part tion or their citizens will starve. were stunned by the intensity of the er said. “A lot worse is in store of some direct attempt to re- When he was in high school in aurora borealis that swept across for us. We hope that you guys are store the family of Gadhafi, who the 1960s, people worried there the night sky in northern Scandi- paying attention. I would say we was swept out of power in Au- wouldn’t be enough food to feed the navia after the biggest solar flare in passed with flying colors.” gust and then killed in the near- world, Gates recalled in his fourth six years. Even before particles from the by city of Sirte in October. His annual letter, which was published “It has been absolutely incredi- solar storm reached the Earth on sons, daughter and wife have online Tuesday. But the “green revo- ble,” British astronomer John Ma- Tuesday, a different aurora Mon- been killed, arrested or have fled lution,” which transformed agricul- son cried from the deck of the day night was dancing across the to neighboring countries. ture with high-yield crop varieties, MS Midnatsol, a cruise ship ply- sky as far south as Ireland and Instead, the fighting seemed to warded off famine. ing the fjord-fringed coast of England, where people rarely get reflect a rejection of NTC con- Gates is among those who believe northern Norway. a chance to catch the stunning trol by a city that never deeply another, similar revolution is need- “I saw my first aurora 40 years light show. accepted its rule, highlighting ed now. The Bill & Melinda Gates ago, and this is one of the best,” Ma- Tuesday’s colorful display may the still unresolved tensions be- Foundation has spent about $2 bil- son told The Associated Press, his not have moved that far south, tween those who benefited un- lion in the past five years to fight voice nearly drowning in the cheers limiting its audience, but those der Gadhafi’s regime and those poverty and hunger in Africa and of awe-struck fellow passengers. who got to see it got brilliance in now in power. Asia, and much of that money has U.S. space weather experts from the sky that had not been around gone toward improving agricultur- the National Oceanic and Atmo- for years. Secret service stops armed man al productivity. spheric Administration said Tues- “It was the biggest north- Elaine Thompson | Associated Press visiting Bush’s home with gun Gates doesn’t apologize for his day evening that so far they had ern lights I’ve seen in the five- endorsement of modern agricul- Bill Gates smiles while being interviewed last Wednesday in heard of no problems from the six years that I’ve worked here,” DALLAS —The Secret Service Kirkland, Wash. ture or sidestep criticism of genetic storm that triggered the auroras, said Andreas Hermansson, a tour detained, questioned and re- modification. He told The Associat- which made it as far south as Wales, guide at the Ice Hotel in the Swed- leased a man who had a firearm ed Press that he finds it ironic that get better for hungry people, but ge- “Given the central role that food where the weather often doesn’t co- ish town of Jukkasjarvi, above the in his vehicle as he pulled up most people who oppose genetic netically modified plants are more plays in human welfare and nation- operate with good viewing. Arctic Circle. outside the north Dallas home engineering in plant breeding live in likely to make their developers rich al stability, it is shocking — not to of former President George W. rich nations that he believes are re- than feed the poor. The seed is too mention short-sighted and poten- Bush. sponsible for global climate change expensive and has a high failure tially dangerous — how little mon- Secret Service spokesman that will lead to more starvation and rate, he said. Better ways to increase ey is spent on agricultural research,” Ed Donovan says the unidenti- malnutrition for the poor. yields would be increasing the fertil- he wrote in his letter, calling for fied man showed up “uninvited” Resistance to new technology is ity of soil by adding organic matter wealthier nations to step up. about 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, saying “again hurting the people who had or combining plants growing in the Gates expressed in his letter and he wanted to see Bush. While nothing to do with climate change same field to combat pests, he said. in person concern that the U.S. and agents and Dallas police ques- happening,” Gates said. The biggest problem with those other rich nations continue to sup- tioned him, the man revealed Groups resistant to genetic mod- alternatives, Freese said, is the same port foreign aid. that he had a gun in his nearby ification and other hallmarks of that Gates cited in high-tech research: “If you ask people should we pro- vehicle. modern agriculture, such as pesti- A lack of development money. vide AIDS drugs to people who need Donovan says the man had a cides and petroleum-based fertiliz- In his 24-page letter, the Micro- them, you get an overwhelming yes. permit for the gun and his an- ers, generally object on two grounds soft Corp. chairman lamented that When you ask people, do you be- swers checked out, so he was re- — concerns about the environment more money isn’t spent on agricul- lieve in foreign aid, you get a very leased and left. Donovan de- and the high cost of the seed and ture research and noted that of the skeptical view,” he said. “But the fact clined to comment on how the chemicals used in modern farming. $3 billion spent each year on work is that the biggest single program in man made it past the gate. Bill Freese, a science policy an- on the seven most important crops, foreign aid is providing those AIDS Rune Stoltz | Associated Press alyst for the Center for Food Safe- only 10 percent focuses on prob- drugs. People need to connect The aurora borealis are seen near the city of Tromsoe, northern ty, said everyone wants to see things lems in poor countries. those things.” Norway, late Tuesday after the most powerful solar storm in six years. — Compiled from Associated Press reports 4 EDIT 4 piniOn he aily exan O Wednesday, January 25, 2012 | T D T | Viviana Aldous, Editor-in-Chief | (512) 232-2212 | [email protected]

overview Fate of voter ID remains uncertain

The Texas attorney general announced Monday that the state of Texas filed suit in federal court for approval of its controversial voter ID law passed last spring. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 requires Texas to receive preclearance from the Department of Justice before imple- menting any laws that could affect voter participation. The law, which would require voters to present a government- issued photo ID at the polls, was supposed to take effect Jan. 1 but has been under review since July. Those who do not have a government-issued ID can obtain an election ID from the Department of Public Safety for free. Nonetheless, if enforced, the voter ID require- ment would discourage voter participation, particularly among students. As it is, elections are not very well publicized and often catch students unaware. With the added hurdle of voter identification, students who show up to the polls with little knowledge of voting procedure — such as those voting in Texas for the first time — may not realize they must obtain an ID card deemed acceptable by the state to vote. About 49 percent of registered voters between ages 18 and 24 — the lowest of any age group — voted in the 2008 presidential election, according to data from the U.S. Cen- sus Bureau. Moreover, in the 2010 gubernatorial election, only 38 percent of registered voters in Texas showed up to the polls, according to the Texas Secretary of State’s office. With already abysmal voter turnout, the state should mini-

mize, not increase, the number of requirements to vote. With the next election only two months away — the pri- The rising influence of student activism mary election is April 3 and early voting begins March 19 — the Justice Department should release its decision soon so the state has time to notify voters of any changes to voting by larisa manescu representatives, and by consistently bringing and record this information. Another way to

procedure. Further delay will only push voter turnout from Daily Texan Guest Columnist new bills into the spotlight to be reviewed, contact legislators is by writing to them. dismal to damaging. questioned and criticized. Many people contacted their legislators Last Wednesday, in response to the intro- Congress shouldn’t seem like a distant, and held Internet protests, to express their duction of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) unreachable force in a democratic nation. outrage over SOPA and PIPA, and their ef- and the Protect Intellectual Property Act However, an individual must be familiar forts were certainly noticed. As a New York (PIPA) to combat online privacy in late Octo- with current legislation before contacting Times article published“ the day of the black- ber, major websites such as Google, Wikipe- a member of Congress to either support or out reported, “Phone calls and email mes- legalese dia and Reddit united in an sages poured in to Con- Opinions expressed in The Daily Texan are those of the editor, the Editori- Internet blackout to voice gressional offices against al Board or the writer of the article. They are not necessarily those of the UT their opposition. Their re- the Stop Online Piracy administration, the Board of Regents or the Texas Student Media Board of sistance was supported by Act in the House and the Operating Trustees. much of the younger gen- Protect I.P. Act in the Sen- eration who grew up with ...The younger generation possesses ate. One by one, promi- the Internet as a constant the potential to play a role in legislative nent backers of the bills submit a Firing line presence in their lives. That dropped off.” Email your Firing Lines to [email protected]. Letters must be support demonstrated the debates by creating stable and influential Senators were respon- more than 100 and fewer than 300 words. The Texan reserves the right to edit collective political power sive to the overwhelming all submissions for brevity, clarity and liability. of students when their in- relationships with [legislators]. surge of opinions headed terest is aroused. their way. Many of them The threatening presence tweeted revised thoughts of SOPA and PIPA attract- on the bills: “Thanks for submit a guest column ed the attention of many all the calls, emails and The editorial board welcomes guest column submissions. Columns must young people because they tweets. I will be opposing be between 600 and 800 words. Send columns to editor@dailytexanon- recognized how the bills might affect their oppose a bill. The easily navigated website #SOPA and #PIPA,” tweeted Sen. Jeff Merk- line.com. The Daily Texan reserves the right to edit all columns for clarity, “ daily lives. Many people, sensing the danger, http://GovTrack.us can help, as it tracks legis- ley, D-Oregon. brevity and liability. participated in protests and spread the mes- lation in Congress, promoting transparency Students were heavily involved in voic- sage using social networking sites. through technology, according to its website. ing their opinions and sharing methods of However, this type of political activism in The easiest way to get in touch with your resistance to friends and family because recYcle response to new legislation is not standard. representative is by phone, but doing so re- of the relevance of the bills to their lives. If Please recycle this copy of The Daily Texan. Place the paper in one of the recycling Typically, new legislation is met with little quires patience. It may take a few minutes this pattern of dedicated political activism bins on campus or back in the burnt-orange newsstand where you found it. resistance because it is rarely reviewed by before an automated message gives way to continues beyond these anti-piracy bills, such a wide audience. As the SOPA and PIPA a staff assistant or intern, at which point the the true potential of the younger genera- protests demonstrated, the younger genera- caller should present the name of the legislation’s involvement in the nation’s government editorial twitter tion possesses the potential to play a role in tion and the bill number and state whether can prevail. legislative debates by creating stable and in- he or she is in support of or in opposition Follow The Daily Texan Editorial Board on Twitter (@DTeditorial) and re- fluential relationships with U.S. senators and against it with a brief reason. Staffers collect Manescu is a journalism and international relations freshman. ceive updates on our latest content.

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Wednesday, January 25, 2012 NEWS 5 Senate advocates for student involvement in Texas legislature

By Paxton Thomes The efforts of the campaign Daily Texan Staff have not gone unnoticed by the state legislators, Morton said. The Senate of College Coun- “We have had really positive re-

cils has launched a campaign to sponses,” Morton said. “Especially increase student outreach to Tex- with the voter ID issue. Represen- as legislatures, said President tative Dan Branch has been very Carisa Nietsche. helpful in getting this changed.”

Senate is working together in Even though 25 organizations conjunction with Student Gov- and many students have been in- ernment and the Graduate Stu- volved in the endeavor, the Senate dent Assembly the Higher Ed at is always looking for more people Home initiative. It aims to get to participate, Morton said. students in contact with their lo- “A lot of the efforts are going“ cal state legislators to explain why into outreach to different orga- higher education matters to their nizations and just not politically constituents even if there is not a oriented ones,” Morton said. “We university in their district. even tried a postcard campaign to

Thomas Allison | Daily Texan Staff I hope that students take initiative A student descends the escalators inside the McCombs School of Business Tuesday afternoon. The MBA program at McCombs maintained its rank as the ninth best in the world according to a survey conducted by graduate school ranking website Poets & Quants. over Spring Break and go talk to their legislators. Business school ranked nine in world for second year — Carisa Nietsche, Senate of College Councils President

By Tracy Frydberg Austin to attend lectures every two quality of students who are attract- to learning beyond the books, and as Daily Texan Staff weeks from Washington, D.C. ed to the program, said John Bur- a result the school continues to reach Higher Ed at Home is the first get more students involved.” “I chose to come to UT over rows, director of the Executive and exceed the goals and standards initiative of the 2012 Invest in Although the campaign fought Georgetown [University],” she MBA program. Burrows said stu- that are set. The McCombs School of Busi- Texas campaign, a non-partisan to reduce budget cuts, the Uni- said. “UT has a top [Executive] dents in the program have an aver- “The rankings are high because “ ness maintained their ranking of student-led campaign focused on versity was still affected, re- MBA program and a fantastic age of 14 years of business experience the students do more than become ninth best Master of Business Ad- lobbying the state legislature for ceiving a $92 million cut from national reputation.” upon entering. solid accountants,” Moss said. “With ministration program in the world issues that students care about. the legislature. Even with the cost of commut- “The amount of experience both exposure from professors who have for the second year, according to “Higher Ed at Home was de- “There have been cuts in staff ing, Carlton pays between $20,000- students and faculty have is direct- been to the real world, the students Poets & Quants, a site dedicated signed to make the issues of high- and some faculty reduction, but 80,0000 less than if she had gone ly reflected in the culture of the pro- become ethical and want to protect to giving information on graduate er education a local issue,” Ni- the University has tried to limit to Georgetown. Out of the top 10 gram,” Burrows said. “We attract a their clients.” business schools. etsche said. “It really shows academic cuts so as not to affect schools listed, UT has the only pro- high caliber of students. We are very This year also marks the centenni- that constituents care about the students,” said Mary Knight, gram that costs under six figures, selective. When students and teach- TOP 10 al for the accounting program. It cel- higher education.” associate vice president and bud- Carlton said. ers come together, they are always ex- EXECUTIVE ebrates its No. 1 rank for the seventh Despite the fact that it is not get director for the University. Eric Hirst, the associate dean for cited to see each other and are a very year in a row, said Department of Ac- MBA PROGRAMS a legislative year, Senate is still “Anytime the students carry the graduate programs in McCombs, tight knit group.” counting chair Lillian Mills. working to prepare for the next message to their legislature, it is said price is not the only factor that Carlton said the professors and 1. Wharton 6. UCLA The study, conducted by Poets & legislative session, said Invest in very effective because legislators attracts students to the program. classmates she gets to learn from and 2. Chicago 7. Michigan Quants, ranked schools by averaging Texas campaign spokesman Mi- listen very carefully and take both “We have a very high level of col- work with are what make her com- four different surveys together. Each 3. Kellogg 8. Cornell chael Morton. sides into consideration,” she said. legiality,” Hirst said. “Most MBA mute to Texas worth the trip. study evaluated different aspects of 4. Columbia 9. UT - Austin “I hope that students take ini- “Last session, students from many programs are cutthroat. This is not “The professors are top notch peo- the graduate programs. 5. NYU 10. Duke tiative over Spring Break and organizations went to campus the case for us. We have a culture ple with experience in the world as Stephanie Carlton, a graduate go talk to their legislators,” and spoke both for and against of collaboration. People learn from well as the ability to teach,” Carlton Nietsche said. the issues.” MBA student and health policy advi- each other. Students are paying a said. “The people here are very real.” sor to the U.S. Senate Finance Com- lot of money to be here and are not Leah Moss, accounting depart- mittee, said she is not surprised by easily impressed.” ment spokeswoman, said the hands- the ranking. Carlton commutes to The ranking is a reflection of the on faculty and students are dedicated STUDENTS! APPLICATION DEADLINE Join the University Co-op FOR Board of Directors DAILY TEXAN EDITOR Work with University leaders Join a century-long tradition Lead a $40 million company

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6 NEWS Wednesday, January 25, 2012 Environmental concerns: NEWS BRIEFLY

IT’S GRATE! Conservative group demands awaited pipeline denied end to closed tuition meetings The Young Conservatives of Tex- By Alex Ura as called for the UT System Re-

Daily Texan Staff gents to redo the current tuition- setting process at the University A permit denial for a pipeline by ensuring that the Tuition Poli- that would transport oil across cy Advisory Committee will hold the United States drew disapprov- “ open meetings. al from political and labor union I think having to stall YCT also asked for the UT Sys- supporters of the project. because of a minority tem Regents to create a rule ending President Barack Obama denied belief in what affects closed meetings of TPAC for future the permit application for the Key- tuition-setting years, in a press re- stone XL pipeline on Jan. 18. The the environment is lease issued Tuesday. pipeline made headlines last year unfortunate. TPAC is a nine-member commit- after conflict arose between Obama “ tee that includes a student represen- and Congressional Republicans tative of undergraduates who re- who were in favor of project. — Reno Hammond, Business manager ceives financial aid, three student The Keystone XL pipeline sys- leaders and five faculty members Chelsea Jackson | Daily Texan Staff tem, proposed by TransCanada, and administrators. TPAC host- is a $13 million, 1,661-mile un- A young woman walks towards the entrance of the School of Architecture on Tuesday afternoon. ed three student forums and held derground oil pipeline that would closed meetings most Tuesdays and travel from Alberta, Canada to the Critics of the pipeline celebrated Thursdays from Oct. 25 to the end Gulf Coast through Texas, accord- Obama’s decision but are aware that of November. ing the TransCanada’s website. the pipeline proposal is only post- President William Powers Jr. took Wildfires wreak havoc on Texas tourism the recommendation of TPAC to in- Laborer councils and unions poned, said Andrew Townsend, assistant director of the Campus En- crease tuition by the largest tuition who demonstrated their support By Will Weissert ter attractions saw declines of a downward trend Smith said was vironmental Center. increase the UT System will allow for the pipeline during the U.S. The Associated Press nearly 55 percent in visitation likely to continue as long as the TransCanada announced they for the next two academic years. Department of State’s communi- revenue rates. drought persists. would re-apply for a permit for the The UT System Board of Regents ty hearings are disappointed by the AUSTIN — Wildfires caused “These oppressive summer Karen Huber, a Travis Coun- Keystone pipeline in hopes to re- can accept or decline Powers’ rec- decision said Jaclyn Macek Houser, as much as $11 million in dam- temperatures, no water in rivers ty Commissioner, presented ceive approval to begin construc- ommendation when they set tu- spokeswoman for Laborers’ Inter- age to Texas state parks and, cou- and lakes, burn bans ... all of those the committee with a study that tion on their project in late 2014. ition at an undetermined date later national Union of North America. pled with the worst single-year things conspire to keep people in- showed persistently low water lev- “Time will tell what form the this semester. “The president sided with envi- drought in state history, continue side as opposed to going outside,” els at Lake Travis in Austin have new proposal will take and wheth- Tony McDonald, YCT senior vice ronmentalists instead of construc- to drive down the parks’ visitation Smith said. resulted in 50 percent few visi- er or not this battle has simply been chairman, said the group is against tion workers that have suffered rates, a top official told state law- Texas’ 94 state parks and his- tors — and an estimated $33 mil- pushed further down the road,” the proposed tuition increases be- because of a lack of jobs,” Macek makers Tuesday. toric sites, which average 8 million less in revenue and 580 lost Townsend said. cause it promoted excessive spend- Houser said. “This is politics at Carter Smith, executive di- lion visitors annually, endured be- jobs. Officials estimate Lake Trav- Last year, the center present- ing. He said YCT plans to put pres- its worst.” rector of Texas Parks and Wild- tween $10 million and $11 million is typically generates at least $112 ed legislation in opposition to the sure on the regents to make the re- In a statement released by the life, reported to members of the in damages from last year’s fires, million in revenue related to rec- pipeline to Student Government. quested changes to the tuition rec- White House, Obama said his de- Texas House Culture, Recreation Smith told the committee. Overall reation, boat sales and visitor “Nevertheless, this is a victory ommendation process. cision was based on the deadline and Tourism committee that the across Texas, nearly four million spending, including at lakefront for the environmental community “It’s really sad that they don’t see placed by Congressional Republi- parks have seen an 8.4 percent acres and 4,000 homes were de- restaurants. and America as a whole,” he said. how important it is that these meet- cans that prevented the State De- decline in revenue from visitors stroyed, making it the state’s most David Teel, president of the Jamie Henn, co-founder of en- ings be open,” McDonald said. partment from gathering neces- in the first quarter of the 2012 destructive fire season ever. non-profit Texas Travel Indus- vironmental activist group 350.org McDonald said University offi- sary information on the pipeline’s fiscal year, which began Sept. 1. Davis Mountains, Possum try Association, said preliminary who protested against the pipeline, cials and student leaders should be health and environmental impact He said that represents $928,000 Kingdom and Bastrop state parks figures showed overall business said Obama did the right thing by held to the same standards as repre- to approve the project. in losses, which are especial- were all severely damaged. and leisure tourism statewide in- denying the permit for a pipeline sentatives in state government. Reno Hammond, business man- ly costly because 55 percent of Texas also sweated through creased eight percent in 2011 that was a scam and would have “Universities have to be account- ager for Southwest Laborers’ Dis- total park funding comes from what by most measures was the compared to the previous year, endangered land and water along able to the people,” McDonald said. trict Council, said Obama’s deci- visitor-generated revenue. hottest summer on record in U.S. but that the industry has yet to its route. “You can’t be held accountable sion was not a surprise after Con- State park officials had an- history in 2011, while suffer- climb back to pre-recession rev- “Stopping this pipeline was step when behind closed doors.” gress put pressure on the presi- nounced last month that fewer ing from the punishing drought. enue levels like in 2008, when it one,” Henn said. “President Obama UT System spokesman Anthony dent to make a decision before he visitors already had resulted in a Though some winter rains have generated $60.4 billion overall. now needs to lay out an ambitious de Bruyn said the System adminis- wanted to. $4.6 million funding deficit for helped ease severe drought con- In 2010, the most recent final plan to create a new clean energy tration is aware of YCT’s correpon- “I don’t think it’s off the table yet,” fiscal year 2011. ditions, La Nina weather patterns figures available, travel to Texas economy, one that can create jobs, dence and is currently reviewing Hammond said. “But I think having Smith said the number of vis- likely mean dry months ahead. generated $57.5 billion. save the planet and help break applicable law. to stall because of a minority belief itors in August alone fell by a Surveys at more than 220 lakes Teel said while final overall fig- the stranglehold ‘Big Oil’ has over in what affects the environment quarter. He said some of Tex- statewide found half of them ures for 2011 still were being tal- — Liz Farmer is unfortunate.” our democracy.” as’ most popular parks with wa- had closed boat ramps or other- lied, the preliminary figures show Police investigate break-in at wise limited public access be- hotel occupancy tax revenues in- cause of low water levels, Smith creased about $2 million across West Campus apartment said. Freshwater fishing license Texas in 2011, and tourism add- Police are currently investigat- sales last year dropped 30 per- ed about 41,000 jobs. ing the break-in of a woman’s cent from 2010. 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Texas wins in dogfight OKLAHOMA By Sameer Bhuchar Daily Texan Staff NHL Freshmen Myck Kabongo and Julien Lew- is finished with 13 and 12 points respectively to STARS help the Longhorns pull off a sloppy 55-62 win against a scrappy Iowa State team. “As long as we are making progress in the process I’m good with [the win],” Texas head coach Rick Barnes said of the dogfight of a game. “When we had the lead we got care- DUCKS less and we had four or five possessions without scoring, but overall I think we made some progress tonight.” Barnes, who made his concerns of Kabongo’s sometimes ineffective handling of the offense public after the loss to Kansas, was pleased with his point guard’s effort last night. He felt that Ka- SPOTLIGHT bongo ran the offense the way it was supposed to in the second half, and Kabongo was pleased KEENAN ROBINSON #1 with the step forward he took tonight. Howev- er, he still thinks he has a ways to go. Position: “I am just trying to work harder every day,” Linebacker Kabongo said. “I will be in the gym tomorrow Height: 6’ 3” morning just continuing to work out. I need to Class: get better and everyone else on our team needs Senior to get better.” Hometown: Kabongo ended the game with 13 points, Plano, Texas two assists, and the game winning steal- turned-layup. No one ever said a win had to be pretty, and when you play in the Big 12, you take victories Lawrence Peart | Daily Texan Staff Keenan Robinson has been selected to compete in the All Star Football any way you can get them. Texas shot 40-per- Freshman point guard Myck Kabongo attempts a layup in a win on Tuesday night against Iowa State. Kabongo responded well after cent from the floor, but it was its defense that challenge on Feb. 2. This skill competition poor performances in the last few games, with 13 points and a quality night running the offense the way it is supposed to be. will be aired on ESPN2 at 3 p.m. held the Cyclones to 31 percent shooting and Robinson, who was a second team less than 25 percent from beyond the arc that when Clint Chapman got an offensive put-back “Some of them were contested, but I can make about 10 seconds scrapping for the ball as it All-Big 12 performer after a 106 tackle sealed the deal. Iowa State’s leading scorer, that put Texas up by six,” Hoiberg said. tough shots. They were just not falling. You can bounced freely around hardwood. When a Cy- season will compete in a number of offensive-vs.-defensive skill competitions Royce White, notched 15 hard-earned points, Refusing to let a poor first half slow down give credit to the defense, but just overall they clone finally ended up with the ball on the oth- but no one else on the squad stepped up. along with 11 other college standouts. the trigger happy guard, J’Covan Brown final- were not going in.” er end of the scrum, Jaylen Bond chased him Past Longhorns to compete in the The Longhorns spent the first seven minutes ly hit his first shot, a 3-pointer, at the start of the “[Brown] is obviously one of our better scor- 30 feet down the floor and stole it which was a competition include: Sam Acho (2011), of the game playing catch-up as the Cyclones second-half, and then hit another the very next ers on the team, but we can’t really rely on him testament to Texas’ hunger after dropping three Jordan Shipley (2010) and Hunter jumped out to an early lead. But after a Texas possession. However, Brown couldn’t find his in that sense,” Chapman said. “What we talked straight games. Lawrence (2009). timeout, it closed out first half with 20-9 run rhythm beyond that, and it was his teammates, about before the game was getting shots within “The win is huge,” Chapman said. “Drop- that was earned though forward Clint Chap- for the first time this season, that propped the our offense and that is what we did well.” ping three [games] in a row is something man’s big presence inside. team up. Texas extended its lead in the second peri- that this program does not like to see. Un- “[Texas] strung together shots. Texas had a “My shots were just not going in,” Brown said od. With 15 minutes to go in the second half, less we are putting wins in that column, we big momentum basket at the end of the first half who ended up with 12 points on 3-16 shooting. the ball hit the deck and the two squads spent are not happy.” BY THE NUMBERS $214 million Supporting cast steps up, helps offset Brown’s bad night The amount that Prince Fielder’s contract with By Austin Laymance go responded nicely. He didn’t 19.5 points per game and had the Detroit Tigers is Daily Texan Staff run the offense to head coach scored just under 27 per outing worth over nine years. Rick Barnes’ liking on Saturday, over that stretch. Brown hoisted The Longhorns proved they but provided a spark and a scor- 28 shots at Kansas State and 26 could beat a quality opponent ing punch against the Cyclones. versus Kansas, but showed more even when J’Covan Brown can’t Fellow rookie Julien Lewis faith in his teammates against 4 find his shot. added 12 points with seven re- ISU and did a better job with Texas got enough strong play bounds. Sheldon McClellan of- shot selection. The number of $200 from its role players and bench fered five points, including a “It’s great for him to draw peo- million contracts in to overcome a rough shooting pair of key jump shots down ple and kick out as opposed to baseball history after night from its leading scorer to the stretch as Iowa State be- forcing shots,” Barnes said. Fileder’s signing. The other beat Iowa State, 62-55, on Tues- gan to rally when UT fell out of When Brown couldn’t buy players were: Albert Pujols’ day night to snap a three-game rhythm offensively. a bucket in the loss to Kan- losing skid. “You want to see that from sas on Saturday, Texas failed to this offseason and Alex Brown shot three of 16 from those other guys when I’m strug- find another option. On Tues- Rodriguez’s pair of deals the field and scored 12 points, gling from the field,” Brown day, though, the entire team an- with Texas and New York. but all nine Longhorns scored to said. “Those guys gave an ex- swered the call when it became help pick up the offensive slack. tra lift. That makes everything clear Brown didn’t have his best. Lawrence Peart | Daily Texan Staff “Our game plan was to try to better for me and helps me re- “Guys stepped up and hit shots Freshman guard Julien Lewis sizes up his defender on the perimeter Tuesday. slow down Brown and we played lax more.” when they were open,” said se- Lewis had a strong performance with 11 points and seven rebounds. off a few guys and a couple of them Brown didn’t have much time nior forward Clint Chapman, 37 made us pay for it,” Iowa State head to relax in weeks prior. who scored eight. “We talked woes continue, the Longhorns our team. We have other guys coach Fred Hoiberg said. During the team’s three- about getting shots in our of- will need efforts like these from that can step up, and that’s the The age the 5’11, 275 Freshman point guard Myck game skid, Texas relied heavi- fense and we did that well.” the supporting cast to keep UT’s beauty of our team.” pound Fielder will Kabongo led the charge with a ly on Brown to shoulder much Brown is 18 of 70 from the NCAA tournament hopes alive. The Longhorns are inching be when his contract team-high 13 points. After one of the offensive burden. The ju- field (26 percent) since scor- “We’ve got our leaders back,” closer to becoming more than expires. of his worst performances of the nior guard entered the game as ing 34 points in a loss at Mis- Kabongo said confidently. “We simply Brown and Co. Now, season in his last game, Kabon- the Big 12’s leading scorer at souri on Jan. 14. If his shooting have a bunch of great scorers on they’re becoming a team.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL SPORTS 7 P.M. TEXAS VS. MISSOURI AT THE FRANK IRWIN CENTER Horns look to start upswing vs. Tigers BRIEFLY By Nick Cremona “It’s great to say that you’re able to prove Daily Texan Staff it on the floor,” said senior guard Yvonne Dodds and Powers recommend Anderson. “It’s one of the things that [assis- Brown get contract extension At 0-6 in Big 12 play, the Missouri Ti- tant] coach [Edwina] Brown has been say- Athletic director Deloss Dodds gers are in sole possession of last place in ing: ‘Enough talking. Put it into action.” and University President Bill Pow- the conference. The Longhorns aren’t too Lately the Longhorns have enjoyed ex- ers recommend on Tuesday to the far ahead. Texas is just 2-4 in the confer- cellent play from freshman forward Nneka University Board of Regents that ence and finds itself at eighth in the Big 12 Enemkpali. After filling in for the injured head coach Mack Brown’s contract standings. The Longhorns must begin Cokie Reed and in turn seeing her minutes be extended. to string wins together, as their season per game increase, Enemkpali has shown “We want Mack Brown to be The has begun to take a southward turn. In its marked improvement in many areas. In University of Texas football coach last 10 games, Texas has gone 6-4, losing her last two games (also her first two ca- for as long as he wants,” Dodds three home games in that stretch. reer starts) against Iowa State and Okla- and Powers said in a joint state- It’s been noted that each and every Big homa, Enemkpali has averaged 7.5 points, ment. “Consequently, we are rec- 12 game has the potential to be close, and five rebounds and two blocks, as well as al- ommending that the UT System while that’s true, Missouri is by far the worst most recording a double-double during Board of Regents extend coach team in the conference. The Tigers have yet the Horns’ loss to the Sooners. She recent- Brown’s contract an additional four to defeat a top-50 RPI team and have lost ly earned her first league honor when she years, taking it to 2020.” six of their last 10 games. was named last week’s Big 12 Co-Freshman “We’re proud of everything This will mark the 23rd overall meet- of the Week. coach Brown does for us and, with ing between the teams, with Texas hold- “She shows great signs and she’s just go- this recommendation, are thrilled Elisabeth Dillon | Daily Texan file photo ing a 20-2 advantage over Missouri. The ing to get better and better,” said senior post to have him leading our football Freshman forward Nneka Enemkpali has played well for Texas filling in for the injured Cokie Longhorns are also a perfect 11-0 at home program for years to come.” Reed. She has averaged 7.5 points and 5 rebounds earning her Big 12 Freshman of the Week. against the Tigers. ENEMKPALI continues on PAGE 8 — Chris Hummer 8 SPTS 8 SPTS

8 SportS Wednesday, January 25, 2012 SOCCER INTERNATIONAL SOCCER Aztex’s return brings soccer back to Austin By Anthony Mannino cer,” Markley said. “As I really got to of attack defined by its creativi- Daily Texan Staff know players locally, I realized there ty. Born in Glasgow, Scotland, he was a lot of talent here. Realizing the will be part of the melting pot of Soccer will return to Texas’ Cap- number of local players we have that Austin and soccer the Aztex want itol this summer after a previous are talented, I wanted to create an to be considered as a staple of partial owner of the Austin Aztex opportunity for those players to be their organization. founded a new Aztex soccer club able to play their way up to the pro- “One thing we are tying to do for Austinites. fessional ranks.” very intentionally is make it very The original Austin team, cir- The previous Austin club had a accessible to a broad demograph- ca 2008-2010, left to play in Orlan- history of helping talented young ic,” Markley said. “We really do not do, leaving a gaping hole for soccer soccer players find their way to the want to have all players form one fans in the city. David Markley, who next level, including 21 of the play- club or all one style of player. Aus- was the previous minority owner, is ers who played on the under-23 tin is a melting pot and I want it to now the majority owner and is plan- squad from 2008-2009 moving on be reflected on the field.” ning to make sure soccer in Austin to professional rosters. The PDL team is heading in the is here to stay. Obviously, the new Aztex team right direction to echo a multiplici- Like the previous Aztex team, the will want to emulate what the previ- ty of races. A local supporters group, new squad will compete initially in ous side was able to do as far as gen- Eberly’s Army, is part of the variety the Premier Development League erating player talent. Dalglish, plans of soccer fans and they are happy to (PDL), meaning the club will be on using his familiarity of playing have soccer back in Austin. comprised primarily of players who soccer at the highest level in Eng- “It means a lot. It is something are from the local area or play col- land, Scotland and America to help that after the previous Aztex left for legiate level soccer. The team will his players turn into professionals. Orlando, we did not think we would Themba Hadebe | Associated press compete at an amateur level and “My experience as a player does get a team to support back in Aus- The 28th edition of African Cup of Nations kicked off this week in its host countries of Gabon and players will not be paid in accor- not necessarily make me a good tin this quickly,” said Matthew Gray, Equatorial Guinea. The tournament matches the best teams on the African continent, and the winner dance to NCAA rules, which do not coach, but it means you under- ‘the Gaffer’ of Eberly’s Army. “In receives a berth in the FIFA Confederations Cup. allow student-athletes to hold onto stand what it takes to get to the fact, many of us felt like it would their scholarship and receive pay- top,” Dalglish said. “That is some- be many years before anybody was ment for playing their sport. thing that hopefully we will be try- willing to invest not only the time With the club starting off as an ing to pass on to our players: that but the money to put a team here African Cup of Nations kicks off amateur squad, it is possible for knowledge of what is required and so soon.” UT students who are interested in hopefully some of the players in Markley quickly changed that and playing soccer to make the team. the future will get to where I got he will make the dreams of Eberly’s Tryouts will be held in March un- to, and hopefully higher.” Army and other soccer fans come as best teams in Africa compete der the watchful eye of manager In Dalglish, the Aztex have a true a lot sooner than they thought Paul Dalglish. manager who wants to create a when the Aztex play their first game By Antonio Morales The Ivory Coast football team out two key players. The Toure If the name Dalglish rings a bell Barcelona-esque possession style home game in mid-May. for soccer fans, it is probably be- Daily Texan Staff also had a solid showing in South brothers have helped Manchester cause of his father Kenny Dalglish, Africa, and are led by Chelsea su- City become the leader of arguably This week marks the return of an who manags the famous club, Liver- perstar Didier Drogba. Ivory Coast the toughest league in the world, international football competition pool FC. Kenny Dalglish ended his holds the “favorites” tag in the eyes but will now focus their efforts on in a high-tech stadium in Africa. legendary playing career with Liv- of many soccer experts, mainly be- the Ivory Coast squad. Less than two years after the 2010 erpool in 1990. Fans may also recall cause of their easy first stage group “City have a great team, a great World Cup crowned the Spain na- Paul from his playing days with the that features no other club in the spirit and at the moment they are tional team as world champions in Houston Dynamo, where he helped top 65 of the FIFA World Rank- playing good football, but if they South Africa, another high level in- that club win consecutive MLS Cups ings. Côte d’Ivoire started the tour- got a couple of injuries I think it ternational tournament is under in 2006 and 2007. nament on pace with a 1-0 win would be very difficult for them,” way in the continent. While fans of soccer in Austin against Sudan on a Drogba goal. said Emmanuel Adebayor, African This time, the festive environ- might understandably be wary of a Drogba understands the impor- and Premier League colleague. ment and the stadium’s vuvuze- new team because of what happened tance of every tournament game, The African Nations Cup usual- la buzz is a part of the 28th Afri- with the first Aztex club, Markley knowing his nation has a history of ly occurs every two seasons but will can Nations Cup. 16 African na- has said this is ‘Austin’s team’ and is underachieving in this competition. break the pattern next year to bet- tions qualified for the competi- focused on creating a team for tal- “We did some things well and ter align itself with the Word Cup tion to crown the best interna- ented local players. some things not so well, but the schedule. The African Nations title tional football club in Africa, in- “For starters, I am just a fan and main thing was that we won the holder qualifies for the FIFA Con- cluding the hosts Gabon and I live in Austin, so my interest in match,” said the 33-year-old Ivori- federations Cup, which is hosted Equatorial Guinea. bringing a team to Austin was part- an to ESPN. the summer before the World Cup. Photo courtesy of the Austin Aztex Despite defending champion ly so my friends and I could have More than a dozen African play- This is far from the world stage Austin Aztex’s manager Paul Dalgish (left) shakes the hand of owner David Egypt not qualifying, this edition a place to watch high quality soc- ers from the English premier league tournament hosted in South Afri- Markley (right) after they announced the team was coming to Austin. of the tournament features high- will be out of action for their club ca in 2010 but it features the same ly touted football clubs and doz- to play for their country for at least multicultural atmosphere that ens of internationally known foot- a couple of months. Losing key many sports fans remember from ballers. Many soccer fans might players to the African Nations Cup the World Cup. So until an cham- still remember Ghana’s World Cup tends to spark controversy with the pion is crowned on the 12th of run and their dramatic exit in a English Premier League. Most no- next month soccer fans can enjoy penalty loss against Uruguay in tably Manchester City will have to the festivities, and yes of course the the quarterfinals. survive on top of their league with- humming of vuvuzelas.

ENEMKPALI continues from PAGE 7 going to get better and better,” said making her the de facto go-to-girl. key on Flores and Brock and not senior post Reed. Brock isn’t too bad either, averag- worry about anyone else making The two Tiger players the Long- ing over 15 points and eight re- them pay. horns will have to keep an eye on bounds herself. The pair is shoot- If the Longhorns can shut down are both Texas natives. Seniors ing a combined 50-percent from Flores and Brock, while not allow- Christine Flores and BreAnna the field and average over 30 min- ing anyone else to hurt them, this Brock are both from the San An- utes played per game. The prob- game should go their way. If not, tonio area and also lead their team lem is that no one else really does fans could be in store for a show as in scoring. Flores averages over 18 much in the way of scoring for the Tigers are hungry for their first points and seven rebounds a game, the Tigers, so teams are able to conference win. Try ouT For The Daily Texan Jan. 18 - Feb. 3 We are currently hiring in all departments. Come sign up in the basement of HSM. Questions? e-mail us at [email protected]

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HUMP continues from PAGE 12 ultimately up to the politicians day, there are still other ways as to whether they want to pay that porn “tubes” could be tak- attention and listen to what the en down — after all, conserva- community is saying.” tive groups are always work- Essentially, if SOPA was ing on ways to censor or elim- passed, many college-aged adults inate pornography. Just because would be caught in sticky situa- SOPA was stopped this time tions, to say the least. Students around doesn’t mean these web- would have to resort to non- sites will be around forever, es- copyrighted amateur material, or pecially since they are techni- worse, actually having to pay for cally using copyrighted con- pornographic content. And on a tent. Once a more “friendly” college student’s budget, paying SOPA 2.0 makes an appearance, money for content seems unlike- it’s likely these websites will get ly, pornographic or not. shut down or die out from lack “I don’t think college students of content. would pay for it unless the price Until then, feel free to kick off was really cheap,” said Luke Oet- your shoes and take advantage ting, sociology junior. of all the free threesome, BDSM Although the vote on the an- and granny porn you can han- ti-piracy bill was halted on Fri- dle — before it’s too late.

FEST continues from PAGE 12 The third component of the fes- daughters ... troubled waters.” tival, “Mi Casa Es Su Teatro,” may With the $3 to $5 donation ex- be the most structurally radical. On change rate for bottles of Shiner that Feb. 11, numerous performanc- audiences members can take into Shannon Kintner | Daily texan staff es will be held throughout the day the black box with them and the Samuel Gosling, psychology professor, started a study in 2002 that concluded certain objects displayed in one’s spaces—bedrooms, offices and in the homes and businesses of the chihuahua that camps out in visi- social network profiles—accurately reflect specific personality traits. Bouldin Creek neighborhood. The tors’ laps before the show, it is easy locations were chosen prior to cre- to figure HPT’s place in Austin. You type of chairs that it is alright to the control people have over their psychology into account when ation of the pieces, which were just can’t have an event in the city sit on. I don’t say, ‘Well, how op- profiles mirrors the kind of con- designing their spaces. According written in reflection of their respec- without finding a dog indoors, ser- SNOOP pressive of you to make those trol we all exercise in everyday to Gosling, Travis uses psycholo- tive environments. Curation chang- vice animals or otherwise. continues from PAGE 11 judgments about that chair. ’ For life, during face-to-face conversa- gy in a way that is unprecedent- es with each festival, and this year, Despite sparse indication from most objects, we just don’t need to tions and phone calls. ed in architectural profession. In Sam Webber, a “maven” of the Aus- the entrance, Hyde Park Theatre’s creativity, adventurousness and d o t h at .” “People sometimes think you’re “Snoop,” Gosling describes how, tin theater community as described calling card, a mural of the Austin a readiness to challenge author- After researching physical envi- just creating a false impression in his home plans, Travis labels by HPT’s website, volunteered to evening skyline, can be found span- ity. In his study, the possessions ronments, Gosling began looking because you only check in when rooms with the feelings he wants head the event. ning the entirety of its alleyway wall. of these sensation seekers repre- at environments in a more gener- you’re at the cool place, not the the space to evoke for clients. In While “Casa” may still be a ways It’s fitting. After all, a matinee in the sented broad interests and were al sense, studying people’s impres- cheesy place, and you have photos one plan, for example, a dining off and the Long Fringe is just start- full force of sunlight may be conve- often odd. sions of Facebook profiles and of yourself doing fun, cool, inter- room was meant to evoke “friend- ing up, the Short Fringe kicks off nient, but what time is more appro- People also make many of the music preferences. In a Facebook esting things,” Gosling said. “But ship” and a bedroom was labeled the festival and will carry on lon- priate for the underground artist to same mistakes when judging char- study, Gosling tried to find out that’s no different from what we “privacy, passion and reflection.” gest of all. Each evening of the Short surface than at night? acter, usually based on false ste- whether people strive to accurate- do in everyday life. It’s part of the Research in psychology lays the Fringe features five pieces. On Jan. reotypes, Gosling said. Observers ly represent themselves in their social norm.” groundwork for practical innova- 19, a dancer performed on an aeri- WHAT: fronterafest who knew they were in a woman’s Facebook profiles or try, instead, For Gosling, his research on tions like Travis’, Gosling said. al ring to Mr. Little Jeans-does-Ar- theatre festival room often overestimated how to project an enhanced version of has always been about more than “It helps us understand how cade Fire (the cover of the band’s WHERE: Hyde Park theatre, sympathetic and considerate the themselves. The findings showed finding out how well someone can people construct the spaces “The Suburbs” that adds a sul- salvage Vanguard theater, and occupant was. Stereotypes some- no evidence that people success- snoop through someone’s stuff. It around them in a broader sense,” try feminine edge). Also perform- Blue theatre times lead to errors, but they also fully misrepresent themselves in is about seeing how people relate he said. “It tells us how we use ing were two improv groups that WHEN: short fringe help us categorize our objects and their profiles. Of course, it’s pos- to their environment, he said. space to regulate how we think pulled surprisingly lucid narratives performances —through Feb. 5 people in essential ways we hardly sible that they are trying and fail- Gosling is currently collabo- and feel, and to put out messag- out of all but thin air, a Shakespear- notice because, as Gosling put it, ing, said Gosling, but it is more rating with Christopher Travis, es in the world around us that are ian troupe tackling “Macbeth” in WEb: hydeparktheatre.org “they are so obviously right.” likely that most people on Face- a local architect and creator of a consistent with our moods and 25 minutes and a one-woman act’s “Take this chair,” Gosling said. book aren’t trying to be some- website called Truehome.net that our thoughts and our values and “live recorded” public access call-in TICKETS: Prices vary; see website above for individual pricing “You just assume using a stereo- thing they’re not. 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Wednesday, January 25, 2012 Life&Arts 11 Professor finds rooms JFK library releases last of his secret recordings uncover personalities Editor’s note: This is the first in sonality dimensions judging sole- a biweekly series showcasing the ly from the contents of their phys- many fascinating projects under- ical environments — either their taken by UT faculty. bedroom or work spaces. He then compared these ratings with the By Clayton Wickham Daily Texan Staff occupants’ self-rating and ratings of those who knew the occupant. It turned out that the stuff We take for granted that the en- we own really does say a lot about vironments people construct for us. Gosling found that rooms with themselves — from bedrooms to distinctive objects, a wide variety Facebook profiles to music prefer- of objects and original art on the ences — can help us understand walls are likely to belong to sensa- who they are. Why else would we tion seekers who are open to new poke through someone’s stuff or experience, while a tidy and orga- Facebook-stalk an acquaintance? nized space suggests an occupant Ten years ago, UT psychology who is dependable, hardworking professor Sam Gosling, author and task-focused. of “Snoop: What Your Stuff Says Though the study, by and about You,” set out to see if people large, affirmed what Gosling calls really learn from others’ personal our “snooping” abilities, it also spaces as much as they think. showed that people are better at “We all form these impres- snooping out certain personality sions,” Gosling said. “The studies traits than others. In both offic- I did were asking ‘When are those es and bedrooms, observers were impressions accurate?’” best at rating occupants on a trait In 2002, Gosling conducted called openness, which denotes a study where he had a group of observers rate others on five per- SNOOP continues on Page 10 Cecil Stoughton | Associated Press This Nov. 20, 1963 photo released by the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston, shows President John F. Kennedy,

First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy and others descending the Grand Staircase during the Judicial Reception at the White House, in Washington.

OSCaRS continues from Page 12 By Bridget Murphy assassination in Dallas on Nov. The recordings also are valu- about the Bay of Pigs. The Associated Press 22, 1963. able because they’re a raw look The latest batch of recordings

And while it’s truly a shame that as bafflingly out there as “The Tree of David Coleman, the professor inside the Kennedy White House, captured meetings from the last “Drive” only picked up a nomina- Life” can somehow get nominated for who leads the Presidential Re- Coleman said. three months of Kennedy’s admin- tion for Sound Editing or that “Mar- Best Picture? BOSTON — Final recordings cordings Program at the Univer- “It’s all unfiltered,” he said. “It istration. In a conversation with tha Marcy May Marlene” lost out for Even though the Oscars miss the President John F. Kennedy se- cretly made in the Oval Office sity of Virginia, on Tuesday called hasn’t been massaged by com- political advisers about young vot- Best Actress and Editing, how great is mark sometimes (okay, most of the “ the final recordings significant mittees or by the White House ers, Kennedy asks, “What is it we it that Gary Oldman is finally, final- time), the fun of watching is often include an eerie conversation because while JFK didn’t tape press machine.” have to sell them?” ly an Oscar nominee? Or that Woody in what gets left out and what you’re about what would become the himself regularly, he chose to pre- Historians may gravitate most “We hope we have to sell them Allen’s beautiful little riff on nostalgia delighted to see make the cut. Be- day of his funeral. serve important moments. to Kennedy’s recordings about prosperity, but for the average guy can sneak into Best Picture and Best sides, at least “The Girl With the In talking to staffers while try- the prosperity is nil,” he says. “He’s Screenplay? And even if it wasn’t to Dragon Tattoo” didn’t get nominat- ing to arrange his schedule, Ken- not unprosperous, but he’s not very my tastes, how nuts is it that a film ed for Best Picture. nedy remarked that Nov. 25 was shaping up to be a “tough day” af- prosperous. ... And the people who ter his return from Texas and time It’s a hell of a day, Mr. President really are well off hate our guts.” at Cape Cod. Kennedy talks about a discon- “It’s a hell of a day, Mr. Presi- nect between the political machine dent,” a staffer agreed. and voters. The exchange was among the — A staffer to President John F. Kennedy “We’ve got so mechanical an last 45 hours of private recordings operation here in Washington Kennedy made, tapes The John F. that it doesn’t have much iden- Kennedy Presidential Library and The university’s Miller Center Vietnam to see where his policy tity where these people are con- Museum released Tuesday. They of Public Affairs already has pub- was heading when his presidency cerned,” he says. provide a window into the final lished“ three volumes of Kennedy ended, Coleman said. On another recording, Kennedy months of the 35th president’s life. transcripts and is working on an- Kennedy kept the recordings questions conflicting reports mili- They include discussions of con- other two volumes from record- a secret from his top aides. He tary and diplomatic advisers bring flict in Vietnam, Soviet relations ings that previously went public, made the last one two days before back from Vietnam, asking the and the race to space, plans for the Coleman said. his death. two men: “You both went to the 1964 Democratic Convention, and “Kennedy did not tape as sys- Kennedy library archivist Mau- same country?” re-election strategy. There also are tematically as Johnson or Nixon. ra Porter said Monday that JFK He also talks about trying to cre- moments with his children. But what he did tape was often very may have been saving them for a ate films for the 1964 Democrat- Photo courtesy of Jaap Buitendijk The tapes are the last of more important discussions,” he said. memoir or possibly started them ic Convention in color instead of Asa Butterfield and Ben Kingsley star in Martin Scorsese’s “Hugo,” than 260 hours of recordings of “What you have is an unusual- because he was bothered when black and white. which garnered 11 Oscar nominations for this year’s awards, the most meetings and conversations Ken- ly rich collection of decisions being the military later gave a different “The color is so damn good,” he of any film. nedy privately made before his made in real time.” overview of a discussion with him says. “If you do it right.” day, month day, 2008 CLASSIFIEDS 3B

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By Alex Williams esteemed Gary Oldman finally joins Daily Texan Columnist the ranks of the Oscar nominated for In the Tuesday announcement of a brilliant, quiet performance. Un- the Academy Award nominees, some fortunately, Best Actor seems to be a of the year’s best films have been left three-man race, with Jean Dujardin, out in the cold as usual. Overall, this Brad Pitt and George Clooney dom- year’s race is shaping up to be a bit inating the preliminaries. It’s nice to blander than years before. see Demián Bichir pop up for his Best Picture is the easily the most devastating work in “A Better Life,” boring category of the year. The but the exclusion of Michael Fass- Academy’s revamped nomination bender and Michael Shannon dem- system (which requires a film to onstrates a closed-mindedness that get 5 percent of first-place votes to extends to every category of this be nominated, allowing for a varied year’s race. number of nominees) cranked out Bold films that didn’t appeal to nine nominees, a collection of easi- everyone were commonplace this ly digestible Oscar bait and admired year and were indeed among the directors doing mediocre work. year’s most memorable pictures, While the inclusion of “Midnight but these noteworthy pictures were in Paris,” “The Descendants” and often shut out entirely. While the Thomas Allison | Daily Texan Staff “Hugo” (which leads with 11 nom- snubs for “Shame” and “Take Shel- Above: Jason Kruger practices a short monologue from the play “The Grind,” by Harry Truong before the play’s debut Tuesday night at the Hyde inees) are worth celebrating, equal- ter” are certainly grievous, the ab- Park Theatre. The play is one of many works part of the 19th annual FronteraFest, which showcases non-mainstream theatrical productions. ly worthy films like “Drive” were left sence of Tilda Swinton in Best Ac- Below: Stacey Volland dons a foam and cardboard whale costume, one of several unconventional costumes featured in the piece. out in the cold. tress for the decidedly noncommer- Some David Fincher-happy pre- cial “We Need to Talk About Kev- dictors were hoping for a nod for in” is the year’s biggest mistake, the his shockingly weak and disinterest- best performance of the year left out ed adaptation of “The Girl With the in the cold to make room for Glenn Dragon Tattoo,” but the academy’s Close’s cross-dressing and Rooney FronteraFest opens doors Mara’s tattooed hacker. love for the film waxed and waned in a truly bizarre fashion, with a nomi- Best Supporting Actor, usual- By Michael Fraser tic director for Hyde Park Theatre. nation for Rooney Mara as Best Ac- ly one of the most interesting fields Daily Texan Staff “It’s an opportunity for established tress and a score of technical nods, of the year, did right by nominat- performers in the community and but none for Fincher’s direction or ing Christopher Plummer for “Be- Walking past Hyde Park Theatre, in the country, as well as people who the Reznor/Ross score. 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Less sensi- a half-block down 43rd Street from fordable to produce new work,” managed to manipulate its way past ble is Max von Sydow’s nomination Guadalupe Street, the only clue to “In the foyer of the box office, the extremely mixed reviews and incred- for “Extremely Loud and Incredibly its purpose is the no-frills marquee evidence of HPT’s extensive produc- ibly middling box office returns into Close” and Jonah Hill’s Oscar ticket above the entrance, upon which the tion history is plastered all over the a nomination for Best Picture. (Hav- on “Moneyball’s” coattails, while oth- Spanglish mashup phrase “Fron- walls. A preponderance of the post- ing a main character named Oskar er strong performances such as Pat- teraFest” is currently posted. ers feature barely clad performers. probably didn’t hurt.) ton Oswalt (“Young Adult”), Albert For 19 years, the theatre, in associ- Peripheral near-nudity aside, The Best Director race is mostly Brooks (“Drive”) and even Andy Ser- ation with ScriptWorks (a service or- there’s no denying that Webster has par for the course here. With a roster kis (“Rise of the Planet of the Apes”) ganization for playwrights), has pro- played a fundamental role in count- that includes Alexander Payne, Mar- were ignored, along with their films. duced this “fringe” theatre festival to less of the theatre’s productions, tin Scorsese, Woody Allen and Ter- It’s incredibly easy to complain showcase previously untried and un- whether by acting, directing or oth- sored, which is ideal considering es featured in the “Short Fringe” se- rence Malick, it’s hard to blame the about Oscar nominations, since they published works. The month-long erwise. For FronteraFest, howev- Hyde Park Theatre’s goal of “mak- ries at HPT and 17 full-length shows academy for sticking inside the box invariably get it a little bit wrong. event, which this year began on Jan. er, he takes a decidedly behind-the- ing theater accessible and essential shared between the other two ven- with this one, although it would have 17 and runs through Feb. 18, fea- scenes role. It’s all about facilitating across lines of income, class, race, ues in the “Long Fringe.” While the been nice to see Tomas Alfredson OSCaRS continues on pagE 11 tures hundreds of performers each the ventures of other artists. gender and sexual preference.” former tends to feature new and ex- honored here for his masterful direc- WHAT: The 84th Annual year, with first-timers and veterans A $40 entry fee is all that’s re- Hyde Park Theatre isn’t the only perimental works, the Long Fringe tion in “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.” Academy Awards equally welcome. quired for performers to score a establishment involved in Fron- frequently attract pieces that have Alfredson’s film was honored in “Vicky Boone [former artistic di- slot the festival. This unjuried and teraFest. In collaboration with Blue been more extensively developed WHERE: on ABC the Best Actor race (even though it rector of HPT] was the person who affordable approach is intended to Theatre and Salvage Vanguard The- over longer periods of time. was robbed in Editing, Art Direc- came up with the idea for FronteraF- open the door for entrants other- ater, they produce around 100 per- WHEN: Sunday, Feb. 26, 6 p.m. tion and Costume Design), and the est,” said Ken Webster, current artis- wise unable or unlikely to be spon- formances, with 80 25-minute piec- FEST continues on pagE 10

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