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>> Breaking news, blogs and more: www.dailytexanonline.com @thedailytexan facebook.com/dailytexan Tuesday, April 3, 2012 University shifts orientation focus to academics TODAY By Megan Strickland Powers Jr. said the increasing em- “Look at the map and think, ‘OK, so Powers said graduating in four ins and outs of living on their own Daily Texan Staff phasis on academics will include if I want to get to Boston there are years is something parents expect, while becoming oriented. making sure students know differ- a number of ways to get there, but I and without doing so students and “What goes on outside the class- With two months until the class ent pathways to graduation, to re- ought to start out heading out some- parents spend more on tuition, liv- room is a major part of what I call the Calendar of 2016 begins arriving on campus duce the number of students who where Northeast.’ You have a lot of ing expenses, and face the additional overall education of students, wheth- to register for their freshman classes, take more than four years to grad- students who get to their sophomore cost of lost income caused by late en- er they are working for The Dai- Terror Tuesday University officials announced Mon- uate. No specific programs have year and will report, ‘I started west try into the workforce. ly Texan, or Student Government or The Alamo Drafthouse is day a significant shift toward focus on been finalized. on I-10, rather than northeast. So we Powers said new students will still a political religious student organi- showcasing The “Toolbox academics for undergraduate orienta- “Any time you are on a journey you are trying to get people off to a good be able to experience the richness and zation,” Powers said. “That’s a very Murders” as part of their weekly tion this summer. have to actually sit down and think start [so they] think about what these diversity of opportunities for campus University President William Terror Tuesday special. Actor ‘Were is it I want to go?’” Powers said. pathways are.” involvement as well as learning the ACADEMICS continues on PAGE 2 Cameron Mitchell stars as a toolbox murdering landlord who may appear harmless on the outside but soon after Awareness is pierce a guys torso with a screwdriver. The horror starts at 10:15 p.m. with an admission instigated of $1. Emotions in for disorder By Reihaneh Hajibeigi Decision Making Daily Texan Staff Professor of Marketing Raj Raghunathan presents a talk Starting tonight, build- about the role of emotions ings in downtown Austin will versus rationality in our shine blue in honor of Autism choices and decisions. The Awareness Month. lecture begins at 5 p.m. in the Autism Speaks U and Tau University Teaching Center Kappa Epsilon hosted an Au- (UTC) 3.1222 tism Block Party Monday to raise awareness for this grow- Student Budget ing disorder as well as fund- raising to support research. Workshop The goal of the event was to Learn how to create and use educate students about a dis- a daily budget, save money, order that is not common- maintain and grow a savings ly acknowledged, said Steph- account and build credit for the anie Schirber, psychology se- college lifestyle. The workshop nior and Autism Speaks U begins at 4 p.m. in Waggener vice president. Hall (WAG) 420. “April is Autism Aware- ness Month, so we wanted ECE presents to do something to support special keynoter this national campaign,” Schirber said. The Department of Electrical & New statistics show that the Computer Engineering presents Pu Ying Huang | Daily Texan Staff number of children affected a seminar with Dr. Ian Galton by autism has grown recent- titled “Enhancement Techniques Mark Kelly, astronaut and husband of former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, center, speaks at a reception after his lecture presented at the Lady Bird Johnson auditorium Monday evening. ly, so it is necessary to make for Fractional-N PLL Frequency people more aware of what Synthesizers.” The seminar will the disorder actually is, Schir- be held in NHB 1.720 at 11 a.m. ber said. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Pre- Astronaut gives inspiration vention’s March 30 report, one in 88 children are affected On the web: By Hannah Jane DeCiutiis June 2011. He is well known for hav- her in recovery for more than eight Kelly spoke about his early strug- by autism, an increase from Daily Texan Staff ing commanded several shuttle mis- months. UT is the first University in gles in flight school and said he re- the previous statistic of one Check out what pranks Students who want to become ef- sions, including Space Shuttles En- Texas to host Kelly as a speaker. fused to let his failure to excel allow in 110 children. According websites pulled for April fective leaders need to have a drive deavour and Discovery, and has the Kelly gave a lecture titled “Endea- him to falter in achieving his ultimate to the centers’ website, “Au- Fool’s Day. to succeed and the ability to over- distinction of being one of only two vour to Succeed” as part of the Stu- goal of becoming an astronaut. Kelly tism spectrum disorders are come hardship, said renowned for- people in the world to have visited dent Endowed Centennial Lecture- said his drive to succeed was the key a group ofdevelopmental dis- mer American astronaut and United the International Space Station four ship, which brings prominent speak- to his accomplishments later in life. abilities that can cause signif- States Navy Capt. Mark Kelly in a lec- times. He is the husband of former ers to the University each year and is “I was not a particularly good icant social, communication ture Monday evening. Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, funded by students through an op- pilot,” Kelly said. “I really, really and behavioral challenges.” Kelly is a noted American astro- who was the victim of an assassina- tional $2 donation during the regis- naut and naval aviator who retired in tion attempt in January 2011, leaving tration process. KELLY continues on PAGE 2 AUTISM continues on PAGE 2

UT alumna Beth Ferguson UT aids in migrant education performs maintenance By Samuel Liebl Innovative education. on the solar Daily Texan Staff “For 25 years, renewed by eight charging sta- http://bit.ly/dt_april_fools commissioners of education, from tion outside With UT’s help, some migrant the Reagan administration to the of the Perry- students follow both the harvest and Obama administration, this pro- Castañeda their academic dreams. gram has not changed,” Glessner said. Library. The University’s Migrant Student “Leaders have come and gone, but the Ferguson Graduation Enhancement Program, program remains solid.” founded The Sol Design a service provided by the K-16 Edu- During its quarter century of oper- cation Center, marked its 25th year Lab that ation, the program has enrolled more installed the on Monday with a ceremony honor- than 26,000 students, many of whom ing 40 high school migrant students solar power have gone on to attend college, Gless- charging who completed distance learning ner said. station. Quote to note courses through the program, said One of those students was Jessica Linda L. Glessner, executive director I just wasn’t feeling of the department of Continuing and MIGRANT continues on PAGE 2 comfortable‘ in the Gabriella Belzer ‘ Daily Texan Staff box, I talked to the coaches and worked Texas alumna establishes solar charger on a lot of things By Sylvia Butanda idea to install the station was first pro- Ferguson said. by myself, and I just Daily Texan Staff posed by three students to the Green In addition to designing the solar Fee Committee, which funds environ- station to look like an old-fashioned tried to get back into Students on campus can now mental projects on campus, including gas pump station, Ferguson said she the swing of things. charge their electrical devices outside the solar station. wanted the station to be conveniently using solar energy without the hassle This is the third solar station in Aus- structured for students. And right now it’s of trying to find an electrical outlet in tin. The other two are located in East “There are lots of students who feeling pretty good. or around a campus building. Austin and the South Congress area. use the outlets in the hallways where The Sol Design Lab, founded by Ferguson said she got the idea there aren’t tables or chairs, so I de- UT alumna Beth Ferguson, recent- for the solar station when she pur- cided to add chairs and tables to my ly installed a solar power charging sta- chased an electric scooter as a design along with the bike rack,” Fer- — Tim Maitland tion in front of Perry-Castañeda Li- graduate student. guson said. center fielder Shannon Kintner | Daily Texan Staff brary for students to charge any electri- “I had no place to charge it, and Environmental science senior Eric Ajnes Aguilar (right) applauds during a ceremony honoring students of cal device, from a laptop to an electric that’s when I had idea that UT SPORTS PAGE 9 UT’s Migrant Student Graduation Enhancement Program on Monday. scooter, in a sustainable manner. The could have a solar charging station,” SOLAR continues on PAGE 2 2

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as an outlet for everyone to Lark Kwan The Daily Texan come and learn about autism, Choi, UT Austin student, talks Volume 112, Number 147 AUTISM said Doris Kisel, Autism Speaks U president and communication to Autism Speaks U mem- science and disorders junior. continues from PAGE 1 bers at the “Many people can recognize Autism Block CONTACT US Autism affects different peo- autism as a disorder, but most Party. The ple in different ways. It impacts do not know what autism ac- event raised Main Telephone: the way peoples’ brains process tually is or the effects of it on attention for (512) 471-4591 information, and it commonly children and their families,” Ki- the genetic causes challenges with social in- disability dur- Editor: sel said. teraction. ing Autism Viviana Aldous At the event, members an- Schirber said she was moti- swered questions and clarified Awareness (512) 232-2212 month. [email protected] vated to get involved with Au- any misconceptions about peo- tism Speaks U because her sister ple affected by autism, and peo- Managing Editor: has been diagnosed on the au- ple sold items associated with Audrey White tism spectrum. Light Up Blue, a national move- (512) 232-2217 “Autism Speaks U is new UT ment for autism awareness. managingeditor@ organization that tries to work “We sold bracelets, lights and dailytexanonline.com with kids and families of those pins that are all tied with the Shannon Kintner affected with autism,” Schirber movement,” Kisel said. “[Each Daily Texan Staff News Office: said. “We also place a large fo- night this month} we will all (512) 232-2207 cus on awareness, because peo- light up and shine with blue silon’s philanthropic chair and in the community and to help Brand said. “It is essential for [email protected] ple should learn to be more ac- light to stand with the millions mathematics sophomore, said out with causes like this. people to realize this is preva- Multimedia Office: cepting of those with autism.” affected with autism.” he believes it is extremely im- “Autism is one of the big- lent, and I hope people took this (512) 471-7835 This event was held to serve Nolan Brand, Tau Kappa Ep- portant for them to be involved gest disorders out there today,” opportunity to learn.” [email protected]

Sports Office: (512) 232-2210 ter she was shot in Tucson, Ariz. Gif- ing difficulty in his own career as well “I think that it’s possible to learn NEWS BRIEFLY [email protected] fords suffered a bullet wound to the as facing adversity during Giffords’ [how to be a leader],” he said, KELLY head and had to undergo several sur- recovery made him a perfect candi- “There’s a whole field of study Life & Arts Office: continues from PAGE 1 geries as well as months of physical date to reach out to students, said Mi- about decision-making and about Body found near Dobie (512) 232-2209 therapy before being able to return chael Morton, chair of the Student leadership, so it takes time and it Center under invesitgation [email protected] struggled and had a hard time with to Washington, Kelly said. He said his Endowed Centennial Lectureship. takes practice.” learning how to fly an airplane. But wife’s dedication to her recovery was “He’s a great example of leadership Kelly’s lecture was an inspiration Austin Police Department Photo Office: I stuck with it, and later realized that an enormous inspiration. in America today and he’s a name to those in attendance and proved officers responded to a 911 call (512) 471-8618 how good you are at the beginning “It’s been an incredible experience that people recognize,” Morton said. that failing the first time doesn’t on Sunday reporting a deceased [email protected] of anything you try is not a good in- for me over the last four months to “He can really speak to various levels mean they should stop trying, said person in a parking garage near dicator of how good you can be- see the power of the human spirit — of leadership and how to deal with aerospace engineering freshman the Dobie Center. Comics Office: come. I’m a prime example of some- to see someone who was first able to different issues in your life.” Madison Lasris. The call was placed at 4:10 (512) 232-4386 one who was able to overcome a lack fight so hard to survive, and then to Students are more than capable of “He really proved that you can [email protected] p.m. on Sunday April 1 re- of aptitude with practice, persistence fight so hard to recover.” Kelly said. having the drive and energy neces- overcome any obstacle, no matter porting a dead body spotted at Retail Advertising: and the drive to never ever give up.” “She reminds me each and every day sary to becoming effective decision- how bad it is,” Lasris said. “Even if 2000 Whitis Avenue, said APD (512) 471-1865 Kelly spoke about his family’s expe- to deny the acceptance of failure.” makers and leaders with enough you fail, you can still achieve what spokesman Anthony Hipolito. [email protected] riences during his wife’s recovery af- Kelly’s experiences with overcom- time and patience, Kelly said. you want to do.” Hipolito said the incident is un- der investigation by homicide Classified Advertising: detectives from the Austin Po- (512) 471-5244 they get the feeling of being at a uni- if this is something that they’re inter- lice Department. [email protected] versity and a taste of what college ested in, there is an option to learn Although police did not state MIGRANT life is. We tell them that high school SOLAR more about solar energy and how it where they found the body continues from PAGE 1 is not the end.” continues from PAGE 1 affects campus.” found at the scene, the address Diaz-Wever said migrant work- Swanson, one of the three students The $5 green fee started in fall 2011 provided by APD is the Pub- The Texan strives to present all information Reyna of La Joya, Texas. Along ers and their children are a big part who proposed the solar station’s in- and will continue to be collected with lic Parking Garage for the Do- fairly, accurately and completely. If we have made an error, let us know with Eric Guajardo of Alamo, of the community of Eagle Pass, stallation, said he wants to raise aware- each student’s tuition at the begin- bie Center. about it. Call (512) 232-2217 or e-mail Texas, Reyna received one of two which is near the U.S.-Mexico bor- ness about solar energy on campus ning of each semester until summer Hipolito did not give any- [email protected]. Student of the Year awards. She der. Of the approximately 2,000 stu- and how it is great renewable source. 2016, said Karen Blaney, sustainabili- more information about the de- thanked the University in her ac- dents who attend Eagle Pass High “We already have solar panels on a ty operations assistant manager at the ceased person, and the detec- ceptance speech. School, about 80 migrate with their couple of roofs here on campus, but Office of Campus Planning and Fa- tives investigating the case were “It’s good to know that people families each year, he said. nothing that students can actually cilities Management. not available for comment as of like you care for people like us,” “They return in October or No- see and interact with,” Swanson said. “Here on campus, students do have Monday. UT Police Department COPYRIGHT Reyna, who plans to become a vember and leave in April or the first “We placed it in front of the PCL be- the power to show the school what captain and representative Jul- medical doctor, said. “I would like week of May,” he said. “They head their priorities are,” Blaney said. “The lie Gillespie said UTPD had not Copyright 2012 Texas Student cause that area gets a lot of traffic, and Media. All articles, photographs to say to the committee that chose north to Minnesota, Washington, the pump can also be moved around Green Fee Program comes into place been notified of any deceased and graphics, both in the print and me for this award, that I will not Wisconsin, some to Florida, others campus for certain events, such as to do that in the area of sustainability person report near campus as of online editions, are the property of disappoint you. I hope you end up to Utah. They work in beets, onions football games.” and the environment.” Monday afternoon. Texas Student Media and may not be in my office someday.” and canning factories of all kinds.” Swanson said the proposal also in- Pre-nursing freshman Marlene Ar- reproduced or republished in part or Jesus Diaz-Wever, a public school Glessner said the students’ par- cludes a plan to create an interdisci- chila said she likes studying outside, UT nursing student suffers in whole without written permission. educator from Eagle Pass, Texas, ents should be proud of their chil- plinary course where students can de- so having somewhere where she can said the program and the opportu- dren’s ability to succeed under stren- sign and build their own solar pow- plug in her electrical devices outdoors fatal boating accident nity to spend a day on campus were uous circumstances. ered charging stations. has its benefits. A UT nursing senior from both crucial to the academic success “You’ve heard the saying, ‘When “It’s still in the works and probably “I think you can kill two birds with Austin was killed last weekend of the migrant students present. life gives you lemons, make lem- won’t be implemented for a couple one stone because [the solar station] is in the first boating fatality on “This is a big experience for [the onade,’” she said. “These students more years,” Swanson said. “Howev- convenient and it’s good for the envi- Lake Travis this year. students],” he said. “The idea is that know what this is about.” er, we want to let students know that ronment,” Archila said. Quynh Pham, 21, was riding TOMORROW’S WEATHER on a pontoon boat with memers of her family, when she fell from High Low all that needs to be done in the first implement changes to orientation “I have already had conversa- the front at about 5:30 on Sun- 85 three or four days at orientation. It’s that emphasize academics and tions with the New Student Servic- day afternoon according to Jen- 61 ACADEMICS not that these other things aren’t im- improving graduation rates. Mu- es staff and others around the Uni- nifer Glynn Schlattle spokes- continues from PAGE 1 portant, it’s just a question of when sick said while no specific pro- versity about the new direction and woman for the Lower Collorado to introduce them.” grams have been designed for ori- have been impressed with every- River Authority. Pham was pro- important part of being integrat- Red Bull buddies. Marc Musick, associate dean of entation to emphasize academics, one’s willingness to work together nounced dead after EMS offi- ed onto the campus. It doesn’t mean the College of Liberal Arts, has he remained optimistic the work to succeed in this challenging en- cials responded to the scene. been assigned to oversee the of- would be done in time for orien- deavor,” Musick said. “Meeting the “They were pulling a tube be- This newspaper was printed with pride fice of New Student Services to tation’s start in June. goals that the president put before hind the boat. When the opera- HE AILY EXAN by The Daily Texan and Texas T D T Student Media. the University will be difficult, but tor turned to look at it, the boat Permanent Staff with the help of students, staff and Editor ...... Viviana Aldous hit a wave and [Pham] fell over- Associate Editors ...... Matthew Daley, Samantha Katsounas, Shabab Siddiqui, Susannah Jacob faculty across the University, I’m board,” Glynn Schlattle said. Managing Editor ...... Audrey White Associate Managing Editor ...... 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NEWS BRIEFLY Shooter kills six, injures four at Argentina still wants Falklands 30 years after war Christian college in California By Brian Hendrie Argentina’s The Associated Press President Cristina OAKLAND, Calif. — A gunman Fernandez tosses opened fire at a Christian university USHUAIA, Argentina — Argenti- carnations into in California Monday, killing at least na’s president said Monday that she’s the Beagle six people and wounding three more, asked the International Red Cross to Channel at a authorities said. Police say they have persuade Britain to let its DNA ex- ceremony marking the a suspect in custody. perts identify unknown soldiers bur- The shooting erupted around 30th anniversary ied in the Falkland Islands. of the start of midmorning at Oikos University in Thirty years after Argentina and the Falkland Oakland and left six dead, accord- Britain went to war over the remote conflict near ing to City Council President Larry South Atlantic archipelago, Cris- the war memo- Reid, who says he was told the count tina Fernandez says universal hu- rial in Ushuaia, by the police chief. man rights demand that both coun- Argentina on Officer Johnna Watson did not tries work together to give those re- Monday. give any other details about the de- mains back to their families. tained suspect. Four victims arrived Her much-anticipated speech on at Highland Hospital for treatment, the anniversary of Argentina’s April said spokeswoman Jerri Randrup. 2, 1982 invasion of the islands was focused on promoting dialogue One World Trade Center rises to and understanding. She said her taller than before at 100 stories government sets a global standard for protecting human rights and NEW YORK — The new World vowed to “respect the interests of Trade Center has reached a mile- the islanders” as Argentina seeks to Natacha Pisarenko stone: The skyscraper being built peacefully regain control. Associated Press to replace the terror-wrecked twin “We don’t have war drums, nor do towers is now 100 stories high — we wear military helmets. Our only Argentines who died in the conflict. Argentines for a military solution. ships. Fernandez’s ministers have again, we are worried we are going to on its way to becoming New York’s helmets are those of construction Despite attention-grabbing im- Argentina has closed off ship- sought to close off British imports, go through it all again, another inva- tallest building. workers, working for the inclusion ages of protesters burning a Union ping routes and air space. Unions sue British investors and banks, and sion,” islander Mary Lou Agman said Another four feet, and it will of all,” she said at the city’s Monu- Jack flag outside the British embas- have refused to unload British car- block oil development. at a Sunday march by the small Falk- surpass the Empire State Building. ment to the Fallen, honoring the 649 sy, polls show zero appetite among go or accept British-flagged cruise “Thirty years and now we find it land Islands Defense Force. That should happen within weeks, Steven Coleman of the Port Au- thority of New York and New Jer- sey said Monday. One World Trade Center is ex- Plagarism forces president AMERICA’S FIRST POT COLLEGE RAIDED pected to be finished by next year, U.S. marshals stand at the entrance its 104 floors towering over lower of Oaksterdam University in Oak- Manhattan. of Hungary to step down land, Calif. on Monday. The federal agents raided the medical marijuana Moscow firefighters fight fire in By Pablo Gorandi the Olympic movement. training school at the heart of Cali- The Associated Press tallest future building in Europe Hungary’s governing coalition fornia’s pot legalization movement. said it would hold talks with the According to its website, the col- MOSCOW — Firefighting he- BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hun- three other parliamentary parties lege offers mostly seminar classes on licopters are trying to put out a garian President Pal Schmitt re- to find a successor. Speaker Lasz- growing marijuana, but also class- spectacular blaze atop an under- signed Monday because of a pla- lo Kover will replace Schmitt un- es on advocacy, law, economics and construction Moscow skyscraper, giarism scandal regarding a doc- til a new president is elected by agriculture that ties to marijuana. planned to be Europe’s tallest build- toral dissertation he had written lawmakers in the next 30 days. It claims thousands of students ing. Orange flames were leaping 20 years ago on the Olympics. Schmitt’s resignation — a day have enrolled at Oaksterdam since it about 880 feet Monday, visible in Schmitt, who was elected to his after he told state radio he would was founded in 2007. the night sky to much of the city. largely ceremonial office in 2010 not step down — comes at a tur- No injuries have been reported at for a five-year term, told Parlia- bulent time in Hungarian poli- Noah Berger the fire in the eastern tower of the ment he was stepping down be- tics. Orban, who had made his Associated Press Federation Tower complex, part of cause the controversy over his dis- name by protesting Hungary’s a massive development along the sertation was dividing Hungary. communist dictatorship, is now Moscow River. The tower, when “When my personal issue di- being criticized for pushing the completed, is to be 1150 feet tall. vides my beloved nation instead Eastern European nation toward of uniting it, I feel it to be my per- centralized rule. Court rules for strip searches of sonal duty to finish my service and The European Union, which resign,” Schmitt said, drawing ap- Hungary joined in 2004, has anyone arrested for any offense plause and cheers from opposition launched legal proceedings WASHINGTON — The Su- lawmakers. “I ask God’s blessing against Hungary because it be- preme Court has ruled that jail- for Hungary and for your work.” lieves that Orban’s coalition, ers may subject people arrested Schmitt, 69, then quickly left which has an unassailable two- for minor offenses to invasive strip the chamber accompanied by thirds majority in Parliament, is searches, siding with security needs Prime Minister Viktor Orban compromising democratic prin- over privacy rights. as lawmakers from the govern- ciples such as the independence YELP By a 5-4 vote Monday, the court ing parties — Orban’s Fidesz and of the central bank and judiciary ruled against a New Jersey man who the Christian Democrats — gave with new laws. is at complained that strip searches in two him a standing ovation. 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VIEWPOINT Pushing the boundaries of campus culture

By Drew Finke humanist spirit of campus’ older buildings. complex, Herzog and de Meuron moved Daily Texan Columnist Regarding these buildings, the plan goes on to design landmarks including the Bei- Finding the way on to say that “the mass of these more jing Olympic Stadium and the deYoung Winston Churchill said that “We shape contemporary buildings has profoundly Museum in San Francisco. ey were then our buildings; therea er they shape us.” A altered the character and human scale of awarded the prestigious Pritzker Prize for university that contributes so much to the the campus,” and that “architects who add architecture in 2001. to a VPSA local and global cultural dialogue should new buildings to a campus have an ob- e importance of the Blanton episode is not ignore the reciprocal relationship be- ligation to understand and respect the not that UT missed out on the opportunity to e season started long ago, the stakes as high as ever. e month of tween culture and architecture. Buildings character of its most exceptional parts.” acquire a star architect-designed showpiece. March embraced the nationwide competition and whittled the  eld of and landscape are not merely passive spaces ough many of campus’ most derided Instead, the situation is meaningful because more than 64 down to the Final Four. Now we wait to crown a winner. in which to perform activities. e way a buildings are “contemporary,” it would be it established a precedent that future build- While the search for the University’s next vice president for student building or outdoor area is designed in u- a mistake to equate bad architecture with ings on campus would conform to a narrow a airs lacks the sky-high television ratings, intractable school pride and ences the attitudes of the people who in- contemporary architecture. interpretation of the goals established in the betting pools as high as G.D.P.s of small countries surrounding Monday’s habit it. In December 1998, the University hired Campus Master Plan. Herzog and de Meu- game between Kansas and Kentucky and tonight’s matchup between Bay- While many of the newly constructed Swiss architecture  rm Herzog and de Meu- ron’s Blanton proposal demonstrated a far lor and Notre Dame, UT students have plenty of reasons to pay attention. buildings on campus are models of re- ron to design a building for the Blanton Mu- deeper understanding and respect for cam- e Daily Texan obtained a list of the  nalists for the position last sponsible architectural design, they fail to seum of Art. e architects proposed a pair pus’ “most exceptional parts” than the build- month, and the search committee, composed of faculty, administrators excite a passion for change or to stimulate of rectangular limestone buildings stretch- ing we have today. Yet because of an unwill- and students, released the list to the public last week. e  nalists, selected a dialogue about our evolving physical en- ing east to west under an undulating green ingness to accept a di erent interpretation from a pool of 77 applicants, will all hold individual open forums. e vironment. Every building on campus need roof. e orientation and dimensions of the of campus’ architectural character and an  rst forum will take place today from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in Main 212 and will not serve as an architectural revelation, but buildings were derived from campus’ older unwillingness to change their own aesthetic feature Christopher Miller from Marquette University. buildings that inspire students to reconsider buildings, which were designed to respond prejudices, the Board of Regents deprived e other  nalists are Ajay Nair from the University of Pennsylvania, accepted methods of construction and de- to the particular climatic conditions of Aus- students of the opportunity to appreciate the Francisco Hernandez from the University of Hawaii at Manoa and Gage sign can precipitate a broader questioning tin before the advent of air conditioning. built environment in a deep, profound way. Paine from UT-San Antonio. of other unchallenged aspects in culture, Although the building did not look like A university campus serves as a safe place e tentacles of the vice president for student a airs reach dozens of en- science and society. anything else on campus, its design DNA to challenge accepted ways of thinking. In tities across campus ranging from Student Government to Gregory Gym e conservative character of campus’ was derived from well-established local ar- classrooms and laboratories, students and and from Kinsolving Dining to, yes, even e Daily Texan. e position newer architecture is not due to a dearth chitectural traditions. faculty are encouraged to push boundaries opened up a er Juan Gonzalez, the current vice president, announced that of creativity on the part of the architects A er an unsuccessful presentation to and change the world. In order to reinforce he will return to teaching in July. His move, despite valiant e orts by the commissioned to design these buildings. the Board of Regents, the green roof was and facilitate this belief in positive change, University’s public relations sta , was hardly interpreted as a promotion in Instead, it is dictated by the Campus Mas- changed to a red tile roof in order to con- buildings and outdoor spaces around cam- what has been a less-than-lustrous tenure for Gonzalez. ter Plan , which states that “the scale, shape, nect the building to the campus’ existing ar- pus should also challenge accepted ways of Part of Gonzalez’s legacy will be tarnished by how he handled the near- texture, materials and color of proposed chitectural character in a more visible way. understanding the built environment. If we closing of the iconic Cactus Cafe. ough not his decision, Gonzalez’s part structures and the composition of open However, this change failed to satisfy the are truly intent on changing the world, then in controlling the fallout contributed to the damage spiraling out of con- spaces match that of older revered places.” Board, and a er a series of further disagree- we must create an environment that wel- trol, perhaps exempli ed by an embarrassing interview with the Austin e plan, written by Cesar Pelli and Associ- ments and snafus, Herzog and de Meuron comes change on campus. Chronicle titled, “Juan Gonzalez answers to no one.” ates in 1996, is a reaction to buildings such quit the project. While UT proceeded to ere are also lingering questions a er Gary Borders, former director as RLM and Jester which detract from the construct a lackluster, historicist museum Finke is an architecture and urban studies senior. of Texas Student Media (TSM), said that Gonzalez forced him to resign in February. Kevin Hegarty, executive vice president and chief  nancial o cer who was put in charge of managing the controversy, said there was a “ at-out failure in communication” between the TSM Board of Trustees and the O ce of Student A airs, according to e Daily Texan. But Gonzalez’s tenure also included the construction of the Student Ac- tivity Center and the Almetris Duren Residence Hall . His prioritization of health and wellness programs in the face of University-wide budget cuts in early 2010 proved to be vital when mental health came into the spotlight a er a student died by suicide in the PCL later that year. Ultimately, the new vice president for student a airs will have his or her e orts guided by the Division of Student A airs’ Strategic Plan 2011-2014, which was released in August. e top two strategic goals outlined in the plan are to enhance the  rst-year transition and to improve student prog- ress from enrollment to graduation. e push for increasing four-year graduation rates will be a de ning feature of the next few years at the University. Administrators know very well that increasing graduation rates goes far beyond a simple academic problem. It encompasses social, cultural and  nancial realms as well. e vice president of student a airs position will be charged with overseeing the non-classroom components to make the target a reality. It’s no won- der that the position’s Final Four all spoke explicitly about supporting and enhancing the academic mission of the University in their interviews with e Daily Texan. Students have an opportunity to in uence the University’s hiring pro- cess, as the  nalists will hold their open forums throughout this month. Getting a return on a March Madness bracket investment is somewhat out of our control, but students have a much more active role to play in the vice president for student a airs selection process.

Increasing diversity in the media By Melissa Macaya audience. e minority student breakdown at UT is as follows: Daily Texan Columnist Hispanics, 17.6 percent; Asian-Americans, 15.1 percent; African- American, 4.2 percent; American Indian 0.3 percent. Neglecting e Trayvon Martin editorial cartoon published in e Daily this considerable population in e Texan’s coverage is detrimental Texan last week and the nationwide outcry its publication sparked to the intellectual growth and diversity of the University. highlights a persistent crisis in newsrooms around the nation — a I analyzed the coverage of e Texan for three months, as part of lack of diversity in the media. e cartoon serves as a tangible ex- a Mass Media and Minorities class in the journalism department in ample of the importance of fostering an inclusive news sta that fall 2010. While many of its stories were informative, its UT minori- is representative of the diverse voices of its audience. Most impor- ty coverage was very limited. Out of 579 stories in the news section, tantly, this situation stands as an opportunity for instituting long- 277 were UT related. Of this total, only nine stories — 3 percent of lasting change at e Texan. the total — dealt with UT minority issues. ese stories, except for e Texan holds the tremendous responsibility of informing and two, were placed on the front page. I observed three main patterns representing the University community. As a conveyer of informa- in the coverage of these stories: a failure to contextualize a minor- tion on a daily basis, the publication can transmit both positive and ity issue, a failure to include representative sources and a failure to Illustration by Blair Robbins | Daily Texan Staff negative messages. If e Texan does not mirror the population it localize a minority issue. serves, then it fails at providing intellectual tools for the University e Texan must use the publication of the Trayvon Martin car- body to function. toon as an opportunity to evaluate itself. e Texan needs to create a Minorities have historically held few decision-making roles in collaborative body that establishes concrete steps toward improve- RECYCLE media, and this has translated into limited coverage of minority ment in the publication’s coverage. It can begin by working with Please recycle this copy of The Daily Texan. Place the paper in one of the recycling bins on communities. e American Society of Newspaper Editors (ASNE) the UT’s Division of Diversity and Community Engagement. With campus or back in the burnt-orange newsstand where you found it. conducts an annual sta census in the hopes of helping newspapers approximately 50 programs, projects and initiatives and more than better re ect diversity. is is the third consecutive year that the 300 sta members, it is one of the largest and most far-reaching percentage of African-American, Asian, Latino and Native Ameri- divisions of diversity in the nation. can journalists has declined in U.S. newsrooms . e Texan must also recruit diverse sta members and reach out LEGALESE According to 2010 and 2011 ASNE data, minorities represent to the University’s ethnic studies institutions to gather news coverage Opinions expressed in e Daily Texan are those of the editor, the Editorial Board 13 percent of employment in daily newspapers. Minorities made sources and story ideas. Most importantly, the publication must also or the writer of the article. ey are not necessarily those of the UT administration, up 11 percent of supervisors while the remaining 89 percent were incorporate a “reporting about minority communities” class into its the Board of Regents or the Texas Student Media Board of Operating Trustees. white. Whites made up 86 percent of all reporters; 14 percent were yearly sta training. ese steps will help begin the journey toward a minorities. Additionally, 441 newspapers responding to the ASNE news environment that is both racially and intellectually diverse. census had no minorities on their full-time sta . If these national e diversi cation of the news media can and must begin on our SUBMIT A FIRING LINE trends are any indication of the diversity inside e Texan’s news- campus. It is my hope that out of this unfortunate situation, a new room, then the situation there needs improvement. wave of accurate, balanced and inclusive coverage of minority com- Email your Firing Lines to [email protected]. Letters must be more Currently, minority students do not adequately see themselves munities will grace the pages of e Texan in the future. than 100 and fewer than 300 words. The Texan reserves the right to edit all submis- re ected in the pages of e Texan. Although signi cantly smaller sions for brevity, clarity and liability. in number, minorities make up a big chunk of e Daily Texan’s Macaya is a journalism and Latin American studies senior. 5 UNIV

Tuesday, April 3, 2012 NEWS 5 Area toll roads see speed limit increase

By David Leffler an hour,” he said. “The risk you run Daily Texan Staff is a hefty one. The distance and re- action time between you and an- Drivers in Austin can now other object or vehicle is decreased more easily satisfy their need for at high speeds, so the dangers of speed with a 5 mph increase to using your phone while driving are the speed limit on toll roads out- much greater.” side the city. Jack Cramer, anthropology ju- The Texas Department of nior and member of Autoholics of Transportation implement- Texas, said he and other Autohol- ed a speed limit increase on ics are pleased with the increase. toll roads state Highway 45 However, Cramer also acknowl- and state Highway 130 from 75 edged that increased speeds can be mph to 80 mph. State Highway costly and dangerous. 130 travels north to south from “It is a double-edged sword. Yes, Georgetown to Mustang Ridge, you can get places faster, which is and state Highway 45 connects the goal of the increase,” Cram- U.S. Highway 183 to Interstate er said. “However, higher speeds Highway 35 while traveling east means decreased fuel efficien- to west. cy, and in the case of an accident, John Hurt, public affairs offi- higher speeds have proven to be cer for the Texas Department of more dangerous.” Transportation, said toll roads are Cramer said people must be at- Batli Joselevitz | Daily Texan Staff built to accommodate cars moving tentive when driving at such high Ilya Yashin, 29-year-old leader in the People’s Freedom Party and the Solidarnost movement in Russia, delivered a talk titled, “Protesting Power: The at high speeds. speeds, especially students and 2012 Russian Elections and the Legitimacy of the Putin Government,” Monday evening. “These roads were designed for young people who are on their traffic traveling at this speed,” Hurt phones while behind the wheel. said. “The site distance and dis- “Texting or talking and driv- tance between exits are spread out ing is an unsafe practice, although to allow rapid transportation while many of us think we are just fine Yashin sheds light on Russian election ensuring people are driving under doing so,” he said. “If someone in safe conditions.” front of you slams on their brakes Hurt said this speed limit in- and you are looking down, bad By Samuel Liebl U.S. and around the world will have awareness about the extent of corrup- thy among Russia’s youth,” Garza said. crease makes the toll roads a things can happen.” Daily Texan Staff their own understanding of what’s tion in Russian society, Yashin said. “They thought: Putin’s going to win, more viable option for drivers Sofia Uchoa, international re- A month ago, crowds flooded going on in Russia, not just what’s “The awareness of this corruption so why bother voting? Yashin and Sol- looking to avoid traffic, even if lations and global studies soph- Moscow’s city squares to protest the spread by Putin’s propaganda ma- has shocked the Russian middle class,” idarnost are the exact opposite. The last they do not offer a direct route to omore, said the speed increase controversial re-election of Vladimir chine,” Yashin said. he said. thing they want to do is be apathetic. some destinations. will allow her to travel home Putin as Russia’s president. On Mon- Yashin said Russia is in a politi- Yashin said Putin’s regime is mis- They think that if they raise the flag and “Toll roads can provide a faster more quickly. day, the University hosted a key fig- cal crisis and that a return to the au- construing the opposition movement get excited, that will lead to change.” drive than a busy Interstate High- “I was really excited when I ure in the protest movement that has thoritarian status quo is not possible. as destructive and revolutionary. In his pursuit of change, Yash- way 35, even though they may be found out,” Uchoa said. “The first shaken Russia to its core. Russians knew that elections were “We’re often accused of being in has been arrested three times and a longer drive in terms of dis- thing I did was tell my friend be- Ilya Yashin, a 29-year-old lead- falsified prior to Putin’s recent vic- revolutionary, but we’re not,” Yash- was most recently taken into police tance traveled,” Hurt said. “They cause we always have to drive er in the People’s Freedom Party and tory, but the rise of a young middle- in said. “The dialogue between the custody two weeks ago, Garza said. present an alternative to conges- home on the weekends to see the Solidarnost movement, delivered class and Internet-savvy civil society government and the opposition goes Garza said he has been trying tion caused by peak-time traffic our families. I’m ecstatic because a talk titled, “Protesting Power: The has led to an unprecedented popular like this: The opposition says we to bring Yashin to UT for 10 years. or accidents. These roads are de- it’s going to be a quicker, shorter 2012 Russian Elections and the Le- protest movement, Yashin said. want elections, free speech and for Plan II senior Victoria Hopper has signed to provide a safe and effi- drive, which means less time on gitimacy of the Putin Government.” “We have a new generation of our laws to work. The government also been eagerly awaiting the young cient passage for drivers.” t h e ro a d .” Thomas Garza, associate professor in Russians, those younger than me, says that we are CIA agents who are politician’s visit. Hurt said it is paramount that Uchoa said she does not see the the Department for Slavic and Eur- the Facebook generation,” he said. trying to destabilize the country. It’s “As a charismatic advocate for people driving on the toll roads higher speeds creating a significant asian Studies, hosted the talk. “Those young people use social me- absurd that any attempt to establish democracy in Russia, Ilya Yashin is are focused on the road and not potential for more accidents. Speaking through an interpret- dia to not only meet girls and boys laws or make sure they’re enforced is a very important figure in Russian their electronics. “I don’t think it will be much er throughout the event, Yashin said but also as a source of information called revolutionary.” politics today,” Hopper said. “Polit- “It’s never a good idea to be tex- worse than people going 75 miles the purpose of his speech was to give and self organization. It’s exactly Garza, who studies Russian cul- ical dissent is not an easy pursuit ting no matter what speed you are an hour,” she said. “It won’t change his audience a fair portrayal of what those people who came out into the ture, said Yashin embodies a rejec- in Russia.” traveling at, much less at 80 miles much in terms of driving hazards.” is happening in Russia and what the streets to protest elections.” tion of the cynicism that has long goals of the opposition movement are. Using the Internet, that same dominated Russian political culture. “I really hope that citizens in the young urban population has raised “Previously, there has been apa-

APPLICATION DEADLINE THE TEXAS STUDENT MEDIA Board of Operating Trustees is seeking applicants to fi ll the following TSM Board position:

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6 news Tuesday, April 3, 2012 Author: media misrepresents minorities By Sylvia Butanda feel marginalized, misrepresented, journalism textbooks on its ear,” Ro- Daily Texan Staff their lives distorted and their contri- driguez said. “Those of us who think The history of portraying mem- butions ignored.” we know a little bit about journalism bers of minorities in colonial Ameri- Gonzalez said that race has been a history, we don’t know that much.” ca from the perspective of the upper- subject of the American press since co- Gonzalez discussed minority jour- class white culture has stuck with the lonial times and with the first newspa- nalists throughout American history media through the past four centuries, pers in the country, and it has returned who have challenged racial aspects of said investigative journalist and author to the media spotlight with the cover- the dominantly white media. Juan Gonzalez. age of the Trayvon Martin case. “All of the first generation of Afri- Gonzalez, New York Daily News “The Trayvon Martin tragedy has can-American and Latino news re- columnist, and co-host of the nation- reignited the discussion all around porters came about as a result of this al independent news program, “De- the country, and one of the things enormous pressure by local commu- mocracy Now!,” discussed his book, that commercial media had propagat- nities and by court decisions and gov- co-authored with journalist Joe Tor- ed after the Obama election was that ernment policy decisions that forced res, “News for All the People: The Epic we were now a post-racial America, the media companies to become more Story of Race and the American Me- which is far-fetched and lucid,” Gonza- diverse,” Gonzalez said. dia,” on Monday. lez said. “We have a long way to go in Government junior Alma Bue- Gonzalez discussed the forces at terms of being able to have more un- na said it was important that he play that created the current media derstanding about racial issues in the discussed the minority reporters system, which is filled with so much country, and having that in the Amer- in history, who were a part of the content and little knowledge, and does ican press was not the end-all-and-be- development of the media. not represent minorities well. all of racial conflict in America.” “He didn’t cover only African- “The American people continue to Associate journalism professor American and Latino newspapers, have less and less confidence in news Maggie Rodriguez said she hopes peo- but he went as far as talking about the Batli Joselevitz | Daily Texan staff that they receive, and this is especial- ple will start to consider the news me- Cherokee reporters and indigenous Juan Gonzalez, New York Daily News columnist and co-host of “Democracy Now!,” a national independent news ly true among people of color who feel dia in a different way. people who often are overseen,” Bue- program, discussed his book “News for All the People: The Epic Story of Race and the American Media,” on assaulted on an almost daily basis by “The book that [Gonzalez] wrote na said. “It was important that he gave Monday at the Communications Center Building. the industry,” Gonzalez said. “They turns a lot of what’s in the traditional a voice to them.”

In this Aug. 10, 2009, file North American leaders discuss trade photo, President Barack Obama, By Mark S. Smith right, Mexico’s The Associated Press President Felipe Our three nations are going to sit Calderon, President Barack Obama and the center, and leaders of Canada and Mexico vowed down together, go through the books Canada’s a new effort Monday to boost North and simplify and eliminate more Prime Minister American trade — and cut needless Stephen Harper attend a North regulation that stifles it — in a sum- regulations... American mit that aimed to shore up a fragile — President Barack Obama summit in economic recovery. Guadalajara, After a one-day summit with Mexico. Mexican President Felipe Calderon The summit ranged broadly across ceptable pipeline route was found. and Canadian Prime Minister Ste- issues of energy and climate change, Harper has voiced disappointment phen Harper, Obama said the Unit- immigration and the war on drugs. with Obama’s decision. He also visit- ed States has trimmed outdated and But notable by its absence from a ed China in February to explore alter- burdensome rules in talks with both post-summit news conference in the natives. Canada has the world’s third- its neighbors. Rose Garden was the controversial largest oil reserves after Saudi Arabia “Our three nations are going to sit Keystone XL oil pipeline from Can- and Venezuela. Alex Brandon down together, go through the books ada’s oil sands in Alberta to the U.S. Obama, Harper and Calderon will Associated Press and simplify and eliminate more Gulf of Mexico. Obama shelved the see each other later this month at the regulations that will make our joint plan pending further review, and has Summit of the Americas in Carta- seven months, Calderon is term-lim- estimated 47,000 lives. four years. economies stronger,” he said. endured ferocious GOP attacks ever gena, Colombia. They’re also well- ited. The battle to succeed him for- By contrast, Harper, who has led Another reason Obama might Obama noted trade among the since, with Republicans calling the known to each other from interna- mally kicked off last week and will Canada since 2006, appears secure in envy Harper: Thanks to that major- three neighbors now tops $1 tril- move a blow to job creation and U.S. tional gatherings, but are headed in culminate with Mexican elections July his job, having led his Conservatives ity, the budget Harper’s government lion a year, and he wants to see that energy needs. He maintains GOP different electoral directions. 1. The main issue is the deadly war from minority status to a majority in introduced last week should pass eas- number rise. “This is going to help leaders in Congress forced his hand by While Obama faces a tough that his government has waged with Parliament in elections last May. He ily, including its budget cuts designed create jobs,” he said. insisting on a decision before an ac- re-election battle for the next drug cartels, which has claimed an doesn’t have to face voters again for to eliminate Canada’s deficit by 2015. 7 SPTS PORTS 7 S HE AILY EXAN Tuesday, April 3, 2012 | T D T | Sameer Bhuchar, Sports Editor | (512) 232-2210 | [email protected]

NCAA TOURNAMENT SIDELINE (1)KENTUCKY (2) KANSAS NBA Kentucky holds off Kansas to capture title GRIZZLIES By Eddie Pells Kansas’ Thomas The Associated Press Robinson and THUNDER Kentucky’s No matter where Anthony Davis and Anthony his buddies go to make their millions, Davis fight for their ol’ Kentucky home will long re- a loose ball member this championship season. in Monday’s The Wildcats hit the jackpot with national championship their lottery picks Monday night, ignor- game. Davis, ing Davis’ bad shooting night and par- the Naismith ROCKETS laying a roster full of NBA talent into Player of the a 67-59 victory over Kansas for the Year, scored team’s eighth national title — and its first six points, since 1998. grabbed 16 The one-and-doners did it in a wire- rebounds, and to-wire victory — a little dicey at the end had six blocks. BULLS — to cap a season in which anything less Robinson 18 than bringing a title back to the Blue- points and snagged 17 grass State would have been a downer. rebounds. They led coach John Calipari to his first title in four trips to the Final Four with three different schools. Doron Lamb, a sophomore with first- CLIPPERS round-draft-pick possibilities, led the Wildcats (38-2) with 22 points, includ- ing back-to-back 3-pointers that put them up by 16 with 10 minutes left. Bill Haber MAVERICKS KENTUCKY continues on PAGE 8 Associated Press

didn’t exist,” said Emmert during a CBS broadcast on March 25. “I think it forc- Freshmen turning pro es young men to go to college that have little or no interest in going to college.” The NCAA makes millions of dol- leads to a big problem lars in revenue each year from college basketball, so it’s no surprise Emmert TWEET OF THE DAY wants to get free labor as long as possi- Some argue it’s a problem that de- ble (student-athletes aren’t paid). By Austin Laymance grades the quality of play in the NCAA. NBA Commissioner David J’Covan Brown Daily Texan Columnist Others believe it’s unethical to pro- Stern responded on March 27 to hibit young men from pursuing a Emmert’s comments. @Ko_Five_AAF There’s a growing debate in col- professional career. “A college could always not have lege basketball about what to do with The issue’s roots trace back to 2006: players who are one and done,” Stern so-called “one-and-done” players — the year the NBA established a new age David J. Phillip | Associated Press told reporters. “They could actual- “Wanna thank all those select few athletes who leave col- limit for the draft. Players who com- Kentucky celebrates its win over Kansas in the national title game ly require the players to go to classes. lege after one season for a big payday in pleted athletic eligibility at a U.S. high Monday. Three of the five Wildcats’ starters were freshmen. Or they could get the players to agree my Longhorn fans the NBA. school could not declare for the draft that they stay in school, and ask for the The Kentucky Wildcats won the unless they turned 19 years old in the scholarship money back if they didn’t for everything but NCAA Championship Monday night same year as the draft and were at least the NCAA before going pro. This June, several college freshmen fulfill their promise. There’s all kinds with a team loaded with “one-and- one year removed from graduating Texas coach Rick Barnes brought in will hear their names called at the NBA of things that, if a bunch of people got it’s time 2 move on done” players, beating Kansas 67-59. high school. four “one-and-done” players since the Draft. It’s an issue that’s not going away. together and really wanted to do it, in- with my life and UK freshmen Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, This rule barred teenagers from by- rule change, including Kevin Durant in And NCAA President Mark Em- stead of talk about it.” Anthony Davis and Marcus Teague passing college for the NBA. Since then, 2006, Avery Bradley in 2009 and Tristan mert is not happy with it. Athletes can still bypass college and basketball career.” will likely be first-round picks in June’s college coaches have recruited players Thompson and Corey Joseph in 2010. “I happen to dislike the one-and- NBA Draft. that plan exclusively to play one year in All four were first-round picks. done rule enormously and wish it DRAFT continues on PAGE 8

MEN’S BASKETBALL J’Covan Brown, making a pass in Texas’ NCAA Horns leading scorer LONGHORNS Tournament loss to IN THE NBA Cincinnati last month, led the skipping senior season Big 12 with 20.1 Kevin Durant points per game By Sameer Bhuchar -21 points last season. He take care of my daughter, Jordyn. Daily Texan Staff -8 rebounds is foregoing This has been a difficult decision, his final year at but it is the best decision for myself Texas to enter It’s official. J’Covan Brown will and my family.” the NBA Draft. forgo his senior year and enter the The Daily Texan first report- LaMarcus Aldridge 2012 NBA Draft. ed that a source confirmed the ju- - 27 points “There were a lot of reasons to nior star would enter the NBA in - 7 rebounds come back to school next year, most late March, but at the time Brown importantly getting my degree and maintained that it was all specula- being around my teammates every tion. He officially gave word yes- day,” said Brown in a statement re- terday and Texas head coach Rick leased by the University. “But the Barnes recognizes the team leader’s Lawrence Peart time has come for me to pursue a ca- SPORTS Daily Texan file photo reer in professional basketball and BROWN continues on PAGE 8 BRIEFLY

Former Texas Texas women’s swimming coach WOMEN’S BASKETBALL assistant Karen steps down after six seasons Aston, the One victory After six years spent coach- head coach at North Texas last ing women’s swimming at UT, Aston likely to be named coach year, may be from 40-0, head coach Kim Brackin is part- introduced as ing ways with the University, the the Longhorns’ Women’s Athletics Department today as regents authorize hire head women’s Baylor eyes announced today. basketball In her six seasons as head coach, By Stefan Scrafield ers and school officials, and Bay- coach after Brackin brought the Longhorns to Daily Texan Staff lor head coach Kim Mulkey told the UT System national title four top-10 finishes but no nation- the Austin-American States- Board of By Nick Cremona al titles despite an impressive ros- Regents autho- man this weekend that Aston Daily Texan Staff ter of highly-recruited swimmers. The Longhorns are on the rized Texas brink of signing their next had text messaged her saying This year, the team earned 20 All- women’s athlet- Only two teams in wom- head coach. that she would be taking the job ic director Chris America honors and seven honor- en’s college basketball his- After the University of Texas at Texas. Plonsky and able mentions and placed ninth at System Board of Regents autho- Aston spent eight years with school President tory have made it to the na- the NCAA Championships. rized the hiring of a new wom- the Longhorns as an assistant William Powers tional championship game Brackin’s 2010-2011 team won en’s basketball coach, school of- under Hall of Fame head coach Jr. to make in back-to-back seasons and the Big 12 Championship title and ficials have scheduled a Tuesday Jody Conradt. Aston was the re- a hire. lost. earned sixth place at the NCAA morning press conference to in- cruiting coordinator for much Tonight, Notre Dame Championships held in Austin, and troduce the new head coach. of her first stint at Texas, a ten- could become the third team was subsequently named Big 12 The regents granted both ure that included seven trips to to suffer a similar fate when Conference Women’s Swimming President William Powers Jr. and the NCAA tournament and a Fi- David Minton it faces undefeated Baylor. Coach of the Year. Associated Press women’s athletic director Chris nal Four appearance in 2003. Tennessee did it first in Prior to her tenure at Texas, Plonsky the authority to execute After leaving Texas, Aston as to be closer to her family in Goestenkors, who resigned on the 1980 and 1981 seasons, Brackin coached at Auburn Univer- a contract. spent a year as Mulkey’s associ- Arkansas. In her only year with March 20 after five seasons with and most recently Auburn sity, where she worked with men’s Although a replacement has ate head coach at Baylor before the Mean Green, Aston was 15- the Longhorns. After failing to reached the national cham- and women’s swimmers and part of yet to be officially named, it ap- starting her head-coaching ca- 16. Although her team failed to advance past the first round of pionship three straight years seven NCAA championships. pears as if North Texas’ Kar- reer at the University of North reach the .500 mark, they were the NCAA tournament in each in 1988-1990 and lost each The hunt for a new coach en Aston will be next to lead Carolina at Charlotte. She a much-improved squad com- of the last four years, Goesten- time. Sure it’s elite compa- will begin immediately, ac- the Longhorns. spent four years with the 49ers pared to the previous season kors said she was “tired” and ny, but it’s not exactly what a cording to a statement released Aston, 47, visited the 40 Acres before resigning and eventual- when they won only five games. needed a break from the game on texassports.com. last week to interview with Pow- ly taking the job at North Tex- Aston will be replacing Gail of basketball. BEARS continues on PAGE 8 — Rachel Thompson 8 SPTS

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rebounds, but you can expect mulated nearly 500 steals leading tively making the lane the “Gri- the Irish to focus more defen- up to tonight’s game. Like many ner Zone,” rather than a com- BEARS sive attention on Griner this other smaller, defensive-minded mon area for all players to share, continues from PAGE 7 time around. teams, Notre Dame feeds off its in the same breath the Irish The Irish are a much differ- defensive intensity and looks to are very capable of shutting program wants to be remem- ent team than the Bears in more run whenever the opportunity her down. bered for. than one way. Whereas Baylor arises. The Irish don’t have the Being the national champion- After losing to Texas A&M runs most of its sets through luxury of a player like Griner, so ship game, the Irish will likely in last year’s national final, the hands of point guard Od- they need to play within their be a bit more inspired than they the Irish are hoping to reverse yssey Sims, and in turn Griner, means and hope their shots fall were in their first game against the curse. Notre Dame uses a more bal- at a higher rate than the Bears the Bears. If the Irish can frus- Touting a perfect 39-0 record, anced attack that involves more if they are to stop the Bears’ trate Griner on the block with Baylor hasn’t had much trouble guard play. undefeated season. double teams and throw a few reaching the pinnacle of college A lot of guard play, actually. Given the difference in styles quick, bothersome guards at her basketball this year. Led by all- Notre Dame’s two forwards, of play between the two teams, in hopes of forcing turnovers, everything center Brittney Gri- Devereaux Peters and Nata- with Baylor favoring a more they may stand a chance to win ner, the Bears have enjoyed suc- lie Achonwa, only account for a post-oriented, grinding style of this game. Diggins and her crew Nati Harnik | Associated Press cess with relative ease over most fourth of the team’s season aver- play and Notre Dame playing a will have to be at the top of their of their opponents, including age of 79.3 points. That means tight, guard-heavy motion of- game, and if the Irish guards can Junior Brittney Griner fights through the Georgia Tech defense during Baylor’s 83-68 Sweet Sixteen victory. The AP Player of the Year is aver- the Fighting Irish. players like point guard Skylar fense this game could go a cou- catch fire from the field they can aging 23.4 points, 9.4 rebounds and 5.2 blocks per game this season. The Bears and Irish faced each Diggins and Natalie Novosel are ple of different ways. keep the game close. other once this season back in looked to when the team needs a Griner always has the poten- In the end, Griner and the ex- November — the Bears emerged basket, or a defensive stop. tial to go absolutely bananas and perience of Baylor may prove to lane it could be a long night for teams to go so far yet unable to with a 94-81 win. In that game The Irish guards are very ac- score 40 points and grab every be too much for the Irish. If Gri- the Irish and they’ll join Ten- close out the final game in con- Griner had 32 points and 14 tive on defense and have accu- loose rebound in sight, effec- ner can establish herself in the nessee and Auburn as the only secutive seasons.

gled to find a complementary star all a leader for Texas this year, draft ana- Stern tried to avoid this clash our expense. year. So while he was able to notch lysts question Brown’s size. At 6-foot-1, years ago, but the NCAA didn’t “The NCAA I think took it to a BROWN nearly 24 points a game against top he is small for an NBA shooting guard, DRAFT play along. committee ... and they said it will only continues from PAGE 7 25 teams this year, it came on 39 so he is a probable second-round se- continues from PAGE 7 “Years ago I said to the NCAA, work under our rules if we do that percent shooting. Texas exited the lection. He would suit teams like the I’ve got a great idea. We’ll insure for all sports. And I said, I don’t think difficult decision. NCAA tournament in its first game Toronto Raptors or Portland Trail- go to the NBA, though they still must a select group of basketball play- that’ll work.” “We respect his decision and un- against Cincinnati. blazers, who are looking for shoot- wait one year from high school grad- ers. And that will make them more Kentucky is also the exception to the derstand his need to provide for his He has shined on big stages ing guards and can afford Brown’s uation. Milwaukee Bucks point guard likely to stay in school, because rule. Most teams loaded with talented daughter,” Barnes said. though. One of his most memora- lack of height. Both teams have early Brandon Jennings played one season they won’t feel the loss of a big con- freshman don’t get far in the NCAA The 22-year-old played for three ble performances came when then second-round picks. in Europe instead of college, then was tract,” Stern said. “We’ll designate a Tournament. years at Texas, where he blossomed No. 11 Texas squared off against No. Brown’s departure means Texas only a lottery pick in 2009. pool and those lucky enough to be So what’s the big deal? Money. The into a prolific scorer. He went from av- 2 Kansas in January 2011. Brown, a has a six-man roster heading into the Jennings is the exception to drafted and make money will pay NCAA wants the best basketball play- eraging 9.6 points per game in limited sophomore, came off the bench and 2012-2013 season. The Longhorns will the rule. us back, and those that don’t, it’s ers to play for them. For free. playing time his freshman year to scor- played 29 minutes of inspired basket- feature a corps of sophomores and pos- ing a conference-best 20.1 points per ball to fuel Texas past the Big 12 bul- sibly top-10 prospect Cameron Ridely. contest this season. He played strong lies in the second half. He finished The 6-foot-10 Bush High School se- his only field goal with 5:13 left in the It’s the new normal at Kentucky, defense this year, averaging 1.2 steals with 23 points on 60 percent shoot- nior, who has been verbally commit- game. It was a surefire illustration of where Adolph Rupp set a standard, a game, and he’s a proven slasher to ing, three rebounds and greater na- ted to Texas since last October, will KENTUCKY how the 6-foot-10 freshman can exert Rick Pitino lived up to it for a while, the basket. tional recognition. make his official collegiate decision on continues from PAGE 7 his will on a game even on a rare night then Calipari — hardly the buttoned- Detractors note that he shot the “It was always a dream of mine to April 10. when the shot isn’t falling. down type — was hired to bring back ball too much, naturally giving way be a Longhorn, and I have lived that Brown, a member of the Big 12 all- The Jayhawks (32-7), kings of the Helps when you’ve got teammates the glory. to a lot of points, but even more miss- dream and became a better person,” academic team, plans to finish classes comeback all season, fought to the fin- like this. Davis is the likely first pick The coach won’t apologize for the es. However, Brown was forced to Brown said. this spring and then resume his degree ish and trimmed that deficit to five in the draft should he choose to come way he recruits or how he runs his pro- carry a Longhorns team that strug- Despite his grit and intelligence as plan in the future. with 1:37 left. But Kentucky made five out, and Kidd-Gilchrist won’t be far be- gram. Just playing by the rules as they’re free throws down the stretch to seal hind. Another first-round prospect, set up, he says, even if he doesn’t total- the win freshman Marquis Teague, had 14 ly agree with them. Because he refus- Davis’ fellow lottery prospect, Mi- points. And yet another, sophomore es to promise minutes or shots to any vs. Top 25 vs. non-Top 25 Road Home March Other Months chael Kidd-Gilchrist, was anoth- Terrence Jones, had nine points, sev- recruit and demands teamwork out of Points per game 24.3 18.3 22.8 18.2 24.0 19.6 er headliner, creating space for him- en rebounds and two of Kentucky’s 11 all of them, he says he comes by these self to score all 11 of his points in the blocked shots. players honestly. Rebounds per game 4.2 3.0 1.9 3.7 5.8 3.1 first half. Kansas also has a lottery pick in He has produced nine first-round Davis, meanwhile, might have had AP All-American Thomas Robinson. picks in the last four drafts with a Field goal % 39.7 42.9 45.8 38.4 41.7 41.7 the most dominating six-point night in But he was harassed all night by Davis few more coming. This latest group the history of college basketball. He fin- and Jones and finished with 18 points will have an NCAA title in tow and Free throw % 84.6 87.2 85.1 91.7 90.9 85.2 ished with 16 rebounds, six blocks, five and 17 rebounds on a frustrating the everlasting love of a fan base that assists and three steals — and made evening nonetheless. bleeds basketball.

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BASEBALL Maitland heats up after ankle injury Timely hitting necessary By Chris Hummer Senior center Daily Texan Staff fielder Tim for Texas to bounce back Maitland, who After missing two games stem- sat out this past 16 at-bats, three singles and a double, ming from an ankle injury he suffered week’s series along with a .381 on-base percentage in the Kansas State series, Tim Mait- opener against By Christian Corona with runners in scoring position. Cal with an land returned for the last two games Daily Texan Columnist This disparity was never more evi- ankle injury, against Cal over the weekend. got four hits in dent than in the last two innings of the Maitland’s return brought a spark seven at-bats It’s been an up-and-down season final contest of the series when soph- and a level of toughness to the dia- in the last two for Texas. omore right fielder Mark Payton, who mond for Texas. He’s an excellent de- games of the The Longhorns swept a double- has reached base in each of Texas’ 26 fender in center field and really plays series, includ- header against Duke on the first day games this season, chased a first-pitch the game the right way, with hustle ing an eighth- of the season, but lost seven of their changeup and grounded out to the and effort in every move. inning triple in next nine games before a stretch that shortstop with senior center fielder He was also a bright spot at the the last game saw them win 10 of 11 contests. As Tim Maitland on third base with one plate in the team’s two losses, going a of the series it stands now, Texas is 15-11 and at out. Maitland was stranded there after that brought combined 4-for-7 at the dish. This is No. 25 in the latest Baseball America senior shortstop Jordan Etier struck Texas within a great sign for the team, as Maitland a run of the rankings, is on the brink of dropping out looking in the next at-bat. had been going through a midseason Golden Bears. out of the polls. A year ago, it was May “It’s really frustrating, especially lull after a rapid start to the year that 1 when the Longhorns lost their 11th since this was such a big game for us, had him hitting as high as second in game and they were ranked No. 7. In RPI-wise,” Payton said. “We hit some the Texas order. 2010, Texas did not lose 11 games un- balls hard right at them. They got the “I just wasn’t feeling comfortable til the end of the Big 12 tournament, big hit, we didn’t. That’s just the way in the box,” Maitland said. “I talked when it was listed behind only top- the ball goes sometimes.” to the coaches and worked on a lot ranked Virginia in Baseball America’s When the Longhorns were strug- of things by myself, and I just tried to Top 25 poll. gling in the beginning of the season, get back into the swing of things. And “We’ve gone to Omaha with less they didn’t have many runners in right now it’s feeling pretty good.” talent,” said Longhorns head baseball scoring position to work with. Tex- Texas falters against Pac-12 foes coach Augie Garrido before the sea- as holds a .272 team batting average son began. and a .371 on-base percentage for the If you ask the players, they would After losing two out of three games season but during an 11-game stretch tell you it’s their performance in con- at the Dell Diamond in Round Rock when it went 3-8, Longhorns’ hitters ference play and chasing a Big 12 ti- against Cal, who went to Omaha and batted just .207 and managed an on- tle that really matters, which is good even beat Texas A&M in last year’s base percentage of .303. In their other for them because Texas is off to a 5-1 College World Series, Texas needs 15 contests, 12 of which have resulted start in Big 12 play. to bounce back before it squares off in Texas victories, they’ve hit .306 and However, the team is struggling against Texas Tech this Thursday posted an on-base percentage of .417. in nonconference play. Texas is 15- when it begins a three-game series But in certain key situations this 11 overall, but they are only .500 in against the Red Raiders. weekend, the Longhorns didn’t games that don’t count toward the Big Against the Golden Bears, the look like a team that scored almost 12 standings, at 10-10. Pu Ying Huang problem was not hitting well so eight runs per game over a recent Even worse for the Longhorns, Daily Texan Staff much as it was not hitting well when 10-game stretch. they have had difficulties at beating the Longhorns had runners on “I didn’t have a positive effect on top-quality opponents that are con- RPI, especially the Pac-12, which is a while, and that’s when a solid backup Summers struggled at the plate and base, particularly when they were in them,” Garrido said. “Every time I sidered typical baseball powers — the good baseball conference,” said out- middle infielder comes in handy. made key errors in the field that cost scoring position. talked to them about anything, it went team is only a combined 2-7 against fielder Mark Payton. “Stanford beat us Christian Summers is supposed the team runs. In its one win, a 13-3 triumph in the other way. It went backwards.” Stanford, Rice, Tennessee, Arkansas pretty good, so we thought we needed to be that player for Texas, but he has “It backfired a lot [the decision to the series opener Friday, Texas was Texas has proven that it can bounce and Cal. to come back and beat another Pac-12 struggled in limited action this season play Summers at shortstop],” Garrido 7-for-16 (.438) at the plate with run- back from days, and even weeks, This could be problematic when team in Cal, and we had our chances — he’s only hitting .106 on the year said. “We hoped that he could be able ners in scoring position and boasted worse than this. Eighteen of the Long- it comes down to selection time for and just didn’t come through.” with a putrid .867 fielding percentage. to do that, so in the event of an inju- a .550 on-base percentage while rack- horns’ last 24 regular season games, the NCAA tournament, as the Long- Summers struggles in field, at plate On Saturday, Summers replaced ry to one of those two middle infield- ing up nine RBIs and three extra-base including this week’s three-game se- horns’ poor performance in the non- Marlow in the lineup as coach Au- ers, so we would have someone to put hits, including a two-run home run ries against Texas Tech beginning this conference games will hurt their RPI Brooks Marlow and Jordan Etier gie Garrido was looking to give him in1 there that has some experience. from junior designated hitter Landon Thursday, are against Big 12 oppo- and, in turn, their seeding. are penciled in at second base and some experience in case one of the Obviously, it didn’t work. His nerves Steinhagen, his first of the season. But nents. So with Texas heading into the “We all know that the out-of-con- shortstop every day, but even the best starters went down with injury. How- got the best of him at the plate and on in the Longhorns’ two losses against home stretch of conference play, the ference games are still big games for players need a rest every once in a ever, that decision didn’t work out. the field.” Cal, they managed only four hits in sooner it can bounce back, the better. day, month day, 2008 CLASSIFIEDS 3B

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SEXUALITY continues from PAGE 12 considered to be taboo becomes ten neglected and forgotten in the more alluring.” sexual education debate. She be- Savage noted that the most re- lieves that Savage’s 20 years of ex- curring topic was concerned stu- perience as a columnist and his dents who tried to edit them- funny approach to sex is easy for Often, what’s selves to attract a potential part- the college audience to relate to. ner. Savage said that holding back “I think this show is a good re- considered to be from who you truly are in front minder that while sex is something taboo becomes of a person you hope to date cre- to enjoy there are also really scary ates a facade, which can leave you parts, and a show like this is an op- more alluring. discouraged before you ever even portunity to talk openly about sex- — Dan Savage, Dating and sex columnist date someone. uality,” Fager said. “Among this overarching theme Psychology junior Holly Kerr is of how to communicate better in a the president of the Longhorn Ad- relationship, there was this idea of vocates for Communication, Ed- ‘at what point is it time to stop play- ucation and Sexuality, which pro- at the heart of it, I tell people that ing the game?’” Savage said. motes sexual health on campus. you should do unto others as you Though the topics varied, Savage Kerr is a reader of Savage’s column would have them do to you, in ev- felt that every university he visited and looks forward to the premiere ery sense and consideration, to be shared a common curiosity for an- of “Savage U.” loved and respected,” Savage said. swers to reinforce the universal need “I think in the United States, For Savage, the best informa- to feel normal. Despite this common most parents shelter their children tion about sex and relationships curiosity, Savage also mentioned from their own sexuality,” Kerr stems from being honest, having that students are usually hesitant to said. “With the right resources, integrity and telling the truth, all discuss sexual topics. Savage tracked young adults will be able to learn a of which are cornerstones of the this back to the idea that being igno- lot more about their sexuality, how Catholic faith. rant about sex is considered to be a to be sexual safely, and how to truly “Sometimes it makes the Cath- virtue in our culture. enjoy it. I think this is the message olics angry when I tell them part Savage feels that when our cul- that Savage is trying to get across.” of what inspired me to do this was ture discourages young adults Savage said that he would love to being a Catholic,” Savage said of from asking questions about sex, see a sex-ed overhaul in the United his career. they are left having to figure it States. He said that when sexual ed- Savage said that the the goal of out on their own, which can of- ucation promotes only abstinence, “Savage U” is to speak the same ten be confusing and make them it consequentially makes people’s way about sex and relationships on feel vulnerable. sex lives more dangerous, as they television as he does in his column “When people are intimidated by often don’t realize the potential re- and on his podcast. Savage calls it a something, they act brave and bluff percussions of their actions until “reality-based” approach to sex. it,” he said. “There’s this idea that it they actually happen. So will the sexpert be heading all should just kind of happen, but The approach Savage would take south for an episode at UT? Savage we need to approach sex thought- instead? You’d be surprised at how said that right now, they’re waiting fully and with information.” he describes it. for the green light on season two, UT’s health education coordina- “I take a very Catholic approach and hoping that colleges will be less tor Guli Fager is excited about the to sex-ed and sex information. reluctant to host the show’s Q-and- show’s potential impact to remind Anybody who reads more than two As. Only time and the UT admin- society that college students are of- to three of my columns knows that istration will tell.

VONNEGUT continues from PAGE 12 TRANCE World War II and written dur- Moon crater, and a second lat- continues from PAGE 12 ing his early days as a struggling er died on Earth, in the staring writer, “Basic Training” seems eyes of Haley Brandon.” or radio friendly as those who currently dominate the EDM air- Yoshika Horita | Associated Press/Universal Music more reminiscent of J.D. Salin- Although it may not be the ger’s “Catcher in the Rye” than best of Vonnegut’s work, “Ba- waves such as Avicii, Skrillex and Singer-rapper Nicki Minaj performs during a concert in Tokyo last March. Minaj’s latest album, Pink Friday: Steve Aoki. Roman Reloaded, debuts today. the typical sci-fi Vonnegut nov- sic Training” is still an enjoy- el in both style and storyline. able short story for its reason- For one thing, van Dyk’s got a However, certain passages able price tag of $1.99 as an lot more substance; packed with nonetheless stand out almost as Amazon Kindle Single. Along- 15 songs, Evolution has many ROMAN continues from PAGE 12 foreshadowing of the eventual side the promise of more un- moods, maintaining an atmo- brilliance that Vonnegut would published Vonnegut work from sphere of serenity that grows with album as a whole. more album comes off as rushed the bubblegum pop queen she is eventually achieve throughout RosettaBooks and the recent each track, the momentum build- “I am the female Weezy,” states and bloated, in contrast to the now. With the rise of female rap- his career: “At 2 a.m., Central success of other Kindle Sin- ing to an euphoric high by the end Minaj at the end of “Stupid Hoe.” smooth impression of the album’s pers Iggy Azalea, Azealia Banks Standard Time, as reckoned gles (such as Margaret At- of it all. She has the potential to be, but first half. and Kreayshawn, Minaj will have by the parlor mantle clock in wood’s “I’m Starved for You”), It’s refreshing to see that van fails because she sacrifices cohe- Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded to remain tight on her rap game the home of Brigadier General Vonnegut’s newest release may Dyk has not given into the pres- siveness for creative expression. will divide fans — those who grew while also refining her pop voice William Cooley, retired, a light prove that there’s still a place sures of what is currently popular In messing with her multiple mu- up with Minaj during her mix- if she hopes to continue dazzling beam left the burning sun. At for the short story in the mod- in EDM: no wub-wub-wub robot sical identities, Minaj’s sopho- tape days, and those who prefer with her music. 2:08 it glanced from the lip of a ern digital marketplace. sex sounds, just elegantly polished,

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By Elijah Watson Roman booty bouncing with Big ly, only Minaj could make some- Daily Texan Staff Freedia, followed by a night of cat- thing so appalling such as, “Dick fight back-alley brawls with rapper in your face / Put my dick in your Did anyone think pop-rap song- Mickey Avalon as an accomplice. face,” into what will probably be- stress Nicki Minaj would fully turn Although Minaj’s “gay twin broth- come one of the year’s most mem- away from her erratic persona? As er” would remain dormant after orable lines, if not a trending top- an electronic dance extrava- Illustration by soon as we all witnessed her baf- the release of her first full-length ic on Twitter. ganza, and after a few minutes of Raquel Breternitz fling performance during this debut, Pink Friday, Roman dom- Roman’s unpredictable presence the latter, you will quickly want to Daily Texan Staff year’s Grammys, it became appar- inates the first half of her sopho- in the first half of the album works return to the former. “Starships” ent that Minaj was back, and cra- more album. in Minaj’s favor; she uses her ec- is just bad; it tries hard to be this zier than ever. Now, the artist re- “Come on a Cone” is errat- centricity to its fullest extent, re- year’s “California Gurls,” but fails turns with her latest release, Pink ic and filthy, but in all the right sulting in declarations that would miserably. It feels awkward to- Pink Friday: Friday: Roman Reloaded, enlisting ways. “And I’m not masturbating, leave the foulest of rappers dis- ward the end of the album; in be- Roman Reloaded the help of her demonic alter ego, but I’m feeling myself,” shameless- gusted. It’s just over-the-top sexual tween lackluster club-bangers like Roman Zolanski. ly boasts Minaj. The rapper breaks hilarity, reminiscent of Khia’s “My “Starships” and “Beautiful Sinner,” Roman Zolanski, Minaj’s fright- barriers; using Roman as a fil- Neck, My Back (Lick It),” or Missy you have ballads such as “Mari- Nicki Minaj eningly comical alternate perso- ter, Minaj is able to be as impul- Elliott’s “Work It.” lyn Monroe” and “Young Forever,” na, first introduced himself on sive and ferocious as she wants to After the ninth song, though, which are so misplaced and irrele- GENRE: Hip-hop, the 2010 hit single, “Roman’s Re- be, competing against both male the album veers off into a whole vant that they take away from the electropop venge.” Assertive and undeniably and female counterparts for the new direction. One moment you’re raunchy, listeners could imagine title of hip-hop royalty. Serious- in hip-hop diva land; the next, it’s ROMAN continues on PAGE 10 FOR FANS OF: Lil Wayne

DJ Paul van Dyke recently released Grammy winning DJ releases unique album album “Evolution,” which has an By Elijah Watson hitting buildup. His arrangements with bravado. Daily Texan Staff atmosphere have an orchestrality to them — Another component of van of serenity. one moment there are syncopat- Dyk’s music is his incorporation Van Dyk cre- German Grammy Award-win- ed, jubilant synths ascending over of song lyrics. He allows his lyrics ates buildups ning DJ Paul van Dyk has been thumping bass; the next, complete to play a main part of his tracks, without the a crucial component of elec- silence, tension growing in antici- rather than act as an accompani- bass drops tronic dance music’s rise to the pation of van Dyk’s next move. ment. Staples of most EDM hits found in dub- mainstream. Whether it be col- Take album opener “Sym- are the leave-my-love-on-the- step, which laborating with Talking Heads metries.” The arena-sized pia- dance-floor lyrics; unlike other currently frontman David Byrne or creat- no melody in the intro hits like artists, van Dyk makes the lyrics dominates the electronic ing hit singles like “For an An- a Coldplay anthem, before div- the star of the show. dance music gel” or “The Other Side,” the art- ing into upbeat spurts of percus- “When I lift off / When both genre. ist has paid his dues and has be- sion and bubbly synths. “Sym- my feet leave the ground / Will come one of the most respected metries” shows van Dyk’s rele- you be there where the sky- artists in electronic dance mu- vance in a genre that has recent- line ends,” sings Owl City vocal- Evolution sic, or EDM. Although van Dyk ly been dominated by the accep- ist Adam Young on “Eternity.” It’s has been relatively quiet since his tance of more hard-hitting sub- both sad and good, utilizing up- 2007 album, In Between, he has genres like dubstep. Its dynam- beat sounds to veil a tale of love Paul van Dyk finally returned with his latest ic energy offers satisfying melo- at risk. release, Evolution. dies and buildups without hav- There’s a reason why van Dyk GENRE: Dance, Trance Evolution truly is an evolution; ing to rely on a bass drop bridge. has yet to be imitated — his having started off as a trance art- Just like his contemporaries, van sound isn’t as straight to the point FOR FANS OF: Paul ist, van Dyk’s music has always Dyk can hold his own, creating Oakenfold favored atmosphere over a hard- pulse-pounding tracks that shine TRANCE continues on PAGE 10

Syndicated dating and sex columnist Dan Savage’s new Vonnegut printed posthumously show, “Savage U,” visits 12 By Rainy Schermerhorn happiness for the rest of your college cam- Daily Texan Staff lives depends on how well you puses to answer fit yourselves into other people’s students’ ques- “Basic Training,” a short, plans, not vice versa,” warns Ha- tions about sex 22,000-word novella released ley’s uncle, “And on how willing and relation- through Amazon’s Kindle Singles you are to submit to the judg- ships. The show program, is the newest posthu- ment of someone who knows premieres on MTV U tonight mous release by acclaimed nov- more than you do.” at 10 p.m. elist Kurt Vonnegut. Although It’s with this rigidity in mind known primarily for his satire that the story’s central conflict and science fiction work, “Basic arises between Haley’s previous Training” is more of a coming- lifestyle as a budding musician Photo courtesy of MTV of-age story than anything else. and the rigorous work required Considering that it was written at by Ardennes Farm. the start of his career, this genre However, “Basic Training” nev- is perhaps the most appropriate er quite captures the humanistic Dan Savage offers sex advice on MTV U for his promising beginnings and feeling of Vonnegut’s more mem- By Anjli Mehta Savage, who attended Universi- eventual success. orable works — which is perhaps Daily Texan Staff ty of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign “Savage U’’ The previously unpublished appropriate, considering it was in the ’80s, was openly gay in col- novella was rejected by popu- originally submitted under his Tonight, syndicated dating col- lege and admitted that his dating lar short story publishers of the early pseudonym of Mark Har- “Basic Training” umnist Dan Savage of the Savage options were pretty limited to a gay Premiers tonight time, including the Saturday Eve- vey. There are certainly elements Love column and podcast will pre- bar near campus. ning Post and McCalls, before of Vonnegut’s satirical prowess Kurt Vonnegut Vonnegut achieved mainstream within the short narrative, but miere his new show, “Savage U,” on Hutchinson, who attended Bos- DATE: April 3 GENRE: Fiction MTV U. The series brings Savage’s ton University, said she had an in- success. Marketed by e-publisher these elements remain subdued RosettaBooks as a novella focus- subtleties rather than the more notorious wit to various college teresting experience because she TIME: 10 p.m. FOR FANS OF: J.D. campuses to answer questions and considered her university a city ing on “the improbability of ex- transparent brilliance displayed istence and the meaning of her- in later titles such as “Slaugh- Salinger, Ray Bradbury address concerns on the sex and re- school with a concrete campus that CHANNEL: MTV U lationship lives of students. made it difficult to meet people. As oism,” “Basic Training” tells the terhouse-Five” and “Breakfast of The show features question- a result, she witnessed a lot of her story of Haley Brandon, a teen- Champions.” The formulaic sto- still developing his voice and skill and-answer panels by Savage and peers resorting to the “hooking up” ‘How do I approach a girl?’ or ‘How age boy who moves from New rytelling almost borders on cli- for delivering social satire. his producer and co-host Lau- style of dating, where many of the do I get a boyfriend?’” York to the farm of his retired che at times, and lacks the punch Inspired by his own experi- ren Hutchinson conducting one- people she knew in relationships Other taboo or “varsity level” military general uncle after the that Vonnegut is typically able to ences following his return from on-one talk sessions with students met only after hooking up that topics that were addressed on cam- death of his parents. deliver, even in the most simplis- looking to find answers to their re- first night. era? Just the usual female ejacu- “You’re evidently going to have tic of phrases. As one of his earli- lationship and sexual concerns. Both the hosts agreed that as lation, anal sex and bondage, of to learn the hard way that your est short stories, it’s clear that he’s VONNEGUT continues on PAGE 10 Each episode devotes itself to one they traveled through the country, course. But you won’t catch Savage campus, including Auburn Uni- the willingness of students to dis- referring to these topics as taboo. Tallhart stopped in Austin this past versity, University of Maryland and cuss a diverse array of sexual topics “The word ‘taboo’ speaks to weekend in support of Eisley on their Texas Tech University (sorry, no varied from region to region. “Deep Space” tour. The Florida-based some hang-up, and however off indie rockers band dropped by the Daily UT yet). “At Cornell, for example, we got the wall your fantasies may seem Texan basement offices to talk about their Savage brought Hutchinson as ‘varsity level’ questions like ‘How to someone who doesn’t share new EP and their recent signing to Equal a co-host on the show not only do I tie someone up the right way?’ them, it’s fine so long as you pur- Vision Records, as well as to perform a to monitor his rambling-prone or ‘What’s the right way to go about sue them with someone who en- few songs from their debut album and upcoming EP. mouth, but also to challenge him having a threesome?’” Savage said. joys them,” he said. “Often, what’s and provide another opinion to “But then we’d go to other places the show. that were more ‘junior varsity,’ like SEXUALITY continues on PAGE 10 http://bit.ly/dt_tallhart