THE DAILY TEXAN Serving the University of Texas at Austin community since 1900 SUCCESS IN IOWA Check this afternoon for a preview MY PRECIOUS The Longhorns try to stay undefeated of next season’s Texas baseball team Artist uses creative talent to in Ames on Saturday against Iowa State open jewelry boutique bit.ly/dt_video SPORTS PAGE 8 LIFE&ARTS PAGE 10 >> Breaking news, blogs and more: www.dailytexanonline.com @thedailytexan facebook.com/dailytexan Thursday, September 29, 2011 Co-op sells Gilbert jerseys at discount Senator looks to TODAY preserve rivalry Calendar by introducing bill By John Farey Flu Shots Daily Texan Staff University Health Services will offer flu shots from noon Texas A&M football’s move to the Southeastern Con- to 4 p.m. in SSB G1.310. For ference next year has now become a political issue, with a complete schedule visit one state senator moving to legislatively mandate the healthyhorns.utexas.edu. traditional Thanksgiving football matchup against UT. Texas State Sen. Tommy Williams , R-The Wood- lands, announced plans to preserve the long- 5 years standing rivalry between the A&M Aggies and Celebrate five years of the the UT Longhorns by introducing legislation in- Mohawk with Les Savy Fav and structing both teams to meet by law. The Arm. The show is on the State Rep. John Otto , R-Dayton, will sponsor the outside stage at 7 p.m. legislation to be presented during the 83rd session of the Texas Legislature, according to a press re- lease from Sen. Williams‘s office. Street Art Night “This football series began in 1894, and I don’t The Fine Arts Library will think it’s time to stop this rivalry,” Sen. Williams host a talk by local street art said in the press release. “The game has served as photographer Rana Ghana and an important family tradition for millions of Tex- a screening of the film “Exit ans throughout the century, and it’s important we Through the Gift Shop” from 6 preserve this great tradition.” to 10 p.m. in DFA 2.204. UT men’s athletics director DeLoss Dodds said Mary Kang | Daily Texan Staff political intervention may cause scheduling prob- Junior quarterback Garrett Gilbert scans the field during the Longhorns’ win over Rice in the season opener on Sept. 3. lems for both schools. Gilbert is out for the season after undergoing surgery on his right shoulder. “At Texas, we have contracts for three non-con- Today in history ference games each year that run until 2018,” Dodds Merchandise marked as half off Michael said. “We also don’t know what the configuration of In 2005 Sufnarski, the Big 12 will be. We didn’t leave the conference — UT alumnus, they did. We’ll make a decision that’s best for Texas.” United States Senate confirms in attempt to empty the shelves shops for a President William Powers Jr. expressed similar John Roberts as the 17th It has not been a good month for Gar- discounted sentiments in an interview with The Daily Texan Chief Justice of the U.S. rett Gilbert. The Texas quarterback was No. 7 jersey at conducted last week. Supreme Court. benched midway through the Sept. 10 the University “A&M is leaving, and that’s sad. We hate to see game against BYU and was demoted Co-op on them go, but A&M is doing what is best for A&M,” Wednesday to third string for the next week’s game Powers said. “They’ve been thinking about leaving afternoon. against UCLA. Then, he underwent sea- since before the [Longhorn Network] started, so Campus watch son-ending surgery on his right shoul- there is no connection.” der. International relations junior Hallie Warnock Texas Bike Now, the No. 7 jersey — the number said she was strongly in favor of keeping the game ENGINEERING TEACHING CENTER, worn by Gilbert in football games — is on Thanksgiving weekend but questioned the being sold at a discounted price at all six Trent Lesikar 204 East Dean Keeton Daily Texan Staff need for political intervention. A white and orange colored of the University Co-op stores around “They’re one of our biggest rivals after OU,” bicycle was reported stolen the state. struggles last season.” 7 jerseys the store still had in stock from Warnock said. “It’s one of the games you get most from the bike racks located on “We hate to mark the jerseys off be- Nike, the official supplier of Texas ath- last season when public discontent with excited about. It’s a rivalry that’s gone on for a the west side of the building cause obviously it’s a reflection on him,” letics, dictated that the Co-op sell No. 1 Gilbert and the football team’s losing re- long time, and it’s really important to us. No after being secured with a self- said Co-op President George H. Mitch- uniforms (the number worn by lineback- cord (5-7) hurt sales. matter which team is better each year, it’s such a locking cable lock. Loss value: ell. “That’s not fair because he’s been er Keenan Robinson and wide receiver SEVEN continues on PAGE 2 $100.00. forced to take the blame for all of Texas’ Mike Davis) as well as the rest of the No. RIVALRY continues on PAGE 2 Pipeline spurs Natural Sciences Week hosts discussion, Star Party Inside By Jennifer Berke concerns over Daily Texan Staff In News: Anybody who watched the School of Social Work picks environmental 2009 feature film “2012” was new dean page 5 exposed to many scientif- policy, impact ic inaccuracies about how the In Sports: world may end, according to a Volleyball falls to Oklahoma By Jody Serrano College of Natural Sciences pre- page 7 Daily Texan Staff sentation. Students gathered Wednesday In Life&Arts: Hundreds of UT students and evening for a lecture and celebra- Anniversary of Nirvana’s members of the community protest- tion in honor of Natural Scienc- Nevermind page 10 ed for quality environmental condi- es Week at UT. College of Natu- tions Wednesday evening at the LBJ ral Sciences associate dean Sacha Library, hoping to influence the U.S. Kopp kicked off the night by dis- Online: State Department to look into greener cussing the film’s exaggeration. New research about weight gain solutions to replace the proposed Key- Kopp said the 11-year so- bit.ly/dt_news stone Oil Pipeline. lar cycle in which the sun goes The pipeline, proposed by ener- through periods of magnet- gy company TransCanada, would run ic storms and periods of qui- from Alberta, Canada, to the Neder- et activity is a key reason why land and Port Arthur area. TransCana- the world will not be destroyed da estimates the pipeline will contribute in 2012. However, he did quali- more than $20 million to the economy fy that some parts of the movie Trent Lesikar | Daily Texan Staff and create more than 20,000 new jobs were almost true. across the U.S., according to compa- Radio-television-film freshman Sean Arthur looks through the telescope on the roof of Robert Lee ny’s website. Protesters against the pipe- STAR continues on PAGE 2 Moore Hall at the Star Party. Star Parties are hosted every Wednesday night while school is in session. line have raised concerns about its im- Quote to note pact on air quality and on the state’s nat- ural aquifers. The State Department held a hear- [Iowa State quarter- ing at the LBJ Auditorium to gauge ‘Game Changers’ series showcases high-achieving faculty ‘ public reactions to the proposed pipe- back Steele]‘ Jantz line. Throughout the day, the State By Shreya Banerjee information not necessarily giv- day at 6 p.m. in the CMB Studio “Good ideas go nowhere if you will make plays with Department hosted more than 650 Daily Texan Staff en in class. It also pro- 6A. The presenta- can’t advocate for them,” Daly people and heard an estimated 250 vides alumni with the tion will involve the said. “When students get out of his feet. The Long- public testimonies. Although the Longhorn Net- opportunity for life- audience in inter- school, they are often brilliant- horns just need to Austin Mayor Lee Leffingwell said work is primarily focused on long learning.” active comprehen- ly trained in their fields, but they he plans to meet with the State Depart- sports, it will feature its first ac- The first episode of sion exercises led face an additional challenge. How limit the explosive ment later this week. ademic series this October. The “Game Changers” will by Daly and will fo- well they advocate makes all the plays that go for big “Although the pipeline does not come series, called “Game Changers,” premiere in October cus on the impor- difference in [their] careers.” through the city of Austin, I have seri- will showcase faculty who have and will air three epi- tance of following The series had been planned yardage and swing ous concerns about the project,” Leffin- done extensive research in their sodes this semester. through with and before the creation of the Long- momentum. gwell said. respective fields. Business and com- promoting ones horn Network and creators de- The UT Sierra Student Coalition, “One of the best things about munication profes- ideas. All UT stu- cided to use the network as a me- an organization that focuses on en- UT is its faculty,” said Kathleen sor John Daly will John Daly dents and alumni dium for presenting the series to vironmental policy in the political Mabley, director of brand initia- give a presentation as well as the gen- the public, Mabley said.