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left off, obviously,” Hillsman said. “I thought that last year winning 25 games was very, very big for us. We want to continue doing the things we’ve done to get the ball into the high post to Iasia and getting the ball down to Kayla. That’s been very good for us.” Sunday will also be the first time the Orange gets to see whether it can absorb the loss of point guard Erica Morrow, who is now on the bench as a graduate assistant. Morrow was the third-leading scorer on the team last season, averaging 10.1 points per game. Sophomore Rachel Coffey will likely take over as the starting point guard after starting only two games last season. As a freshman, Coffey only averaged 8.3 minutes per game and one point per game. Having Morrow on the bench is only going to help both Coffey and La’Shay Taft, who is also going to be seeing time at the point. Morrow will be able to mentor them through the process and give them pointers on leading the offense. Hemingway said Coffey and Taft both offer different abilities that can make them forces on the floor, and in turn, are two of the steady options she has confidence in passing to. She said Taft brings speed and quality shooting, while Coffey’s overall IQ of the game can immediately upgrade Syracuse’s level of play. Although Syracuse lost one of its most consistent scorers from a year ago in Morrow, it could be gaining two more in her place. And Hillsman said he could already see in preseason that Coffey’s been more vocal than she’s ever been when directing the offense. “Obviously, our skills are getting better. We’re playing more faster,” Coffey said. “Talent-wise, it’s been there since last year. It’s just

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that everyone’s improving more, so you could see the talent more.” Defensively, SU will be employing a faster, more up-tempo style of defense to force turnovers and minimize scoring opportunities for the other team. The pressure defense will also create opportunities for easy baskets in transition for the Orange, which will put points on the board even when the SU offense isn’t clicking.

“I thought that last year winning 25 games was very, very big for us. We want to continue doing the things we’ve done to get the ball into the high post to Iasia and getting the ball down to Kayla. That’s been very good for us.”

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And that new defensive system coupled with its dynamic offense could be just the formula the Orange needs to attain its postseason aspirations. For Hemingway, it means helping to lead a faster, more athletic team that’s hungry to ends its streak of seasons without an NCAA tournament appearance. “It’s going to be real intense,” Hemingway said. “Honestly, I think it’s going to be a great year. On Sunday, you’re going to see a lot of different things.” cjiseman@syr.edu

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Bill Cosby: If I told you that, I’d probably have to kill you. It’s something current that I’m bringing with me on this tour, and since I’m too afraid to test new material on people, I’ll be testing it on this tour. I’m self-conscious and not as brave as other comedians. It’s a favorite because it’s clever, but not too clever.

Have you ever regretted a joke? When I was 5 years old in the business, I adlibbed 20 minutes about something I thought was hilarious but just didn’t work. It took me a while to realize that you have to back off adlibbing if it’s not gelling with your audience. It has to work. I’m not afraid of an audience being quiet during a setup, though. I’m a storyteller, and I’m not big on one-liners, so I operate differently than most performers.

Have you ever been to Syracuse? I have played two shows there and it was marvelous. It’s great when you feel like you’re friends with the audience, and this time I’m going to sit down and make people laugh. I’ll be on the same level as the youthful college students. It’ll be swinging.

What is it like being on tour? I always, obviously, have to get from one place to another, and I’m glad I’ve owned planes for 35 years. They’ve probably added an extra 10 years to my life with how easy they make things. I get up and board my own plane instead of waiting for hours at an airport, which is such a hassle. I hate airports because they take away my nail clippers when I just want to clip my fingernails,

Which of your catchphrases is your favorite? It’s probably one from an old routine I did about changes from being single to getting used to the married life. I’d always start the joke, and people would wait for me to say it and say it along with me when I did, which is the best feeling in the world. It was: “I didn’t know if it was the seventh year or the 15th.” ervanrhe@syr.edu

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M. HOOPS from page 14 guarding him, Eggleston will have to take advantage from the free-throw line. In order to do so, he must be more consistent at the charity stripe — he hits just 69.2 percent of his freebies. In addition to Williams, La Salle’s formidable frontcourt includes Aaric Murray, who, at 6-foot-10, leads the team in scoring. The sophomore was consistently rated as one of the top-10 centers in his recruiting class two years ago. This season, he has 36 blocks — nine more than the entire Penn team combined. The Explorers, who finished second to last in the Atlantic-10 Conference last year, have struggled lately, losing their last two to A-10 teams and six of their last seven games overall. The Quakers have also lost their last two games, allowing Marist to have its way in late December and then falling to No. 15 Kentucky, despite controlling much of the first half. For Eggleston and Penn to pick up their first Big 5 win in years, it will come down to controlling Williams and a dominating La Salle front court. “Jack can handle anyone,” Michelle Bigony/DP File Photo junior Zack Rosen said of the matchup, “if he puts his mind to Senior Jack Eggleston (24) will face a big challenge in La Salle’s frontcourt duo of Jerrell Williams and Aaric Murray tonight at Tom Gola Arena. it.”

UK’s Rupp a far cry from the Palestra silcox from page 14 has hosted more NCAA basketball games than any arena. Rupp, on the other hand, holds more fans than any other. At Rupp, the spotlights come out and player introductions are an event to behold, complete with indoor fireworks. At the Palestra, it’s a quieter affair: the lights stay on, and the only explosions are the chest bumps between Tyler Bernardini and the rest of the starting five. On 33rd Street, the concourse is a museum to the history of Philadelphia’s basketball tradition. But on Vine Street in Lexington, the concourse is a mall, complete with a Hyatt hotel. You don’t even have to leave the building to take in a game.

There’s no need to harp on the fact that Big Blue Nation neary filled the 23,500-seat Rupp — over winter break, no less — while attendance at the much smaller Palestra is rarely something to write home about. First, the home team was ranked No. 11 in the nation. Second, on a Monday night in Lexington, there’s not much else to do but watch the Wildcats (the bourbon distillery tours only run ‘til 5 p.m.). But which is best? The answer, which many recruits and non-athletes alike are facing, is to each his own. For those who want the excitement and chaos of a massive state school, Kentucky doesn’t get much better. Students were lined up to get last-minute tickets an hour before the box office even opened. The celebrity of John Wall is a testament to the glitz and glamour of the Kentucky basketball program. Even without the fireworks, the crowd can erupt into a deafening roar at a moment’s notice. But for those with a soft spot

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In a championship state of mind softball | With mix of youth and veterans, Quakers believe they’re ready to take the title BY mike wisniewski Staff Writer It’s Ivy League Champs or bust for the Penn softball team this year. As the team begins Ivy play this weekend, expectations among the players are soaring. In each of the past three seasons, Penn has improved in the league standings but has not been able to get over the hump. Senior first baseman Kelsey Wolfe believes this year will be different. “We have the talent, we have the motivation, and we have the people on the team we need in order to win the championship,” Wolfe proclaimed. “This year, our biggest enemy is definitely going to be ourselves.” Ivy softball is divided into two divisions — North and South — where the two division winners Pete Lodato/DP Senior Photographer meet at the end of the season Senior captain Alisha Prystowsky, who leads Penn with 13 RBI, says the for the championship series. team has one goal: “An Ivy championship — there is nothing else.” Cornell has won the last two

South Division titles, with Penn finishing second both times. “You have to call them the team to beat because they’ve done so well in the past two years,” senior catcher Alisha Prystowsky said of the Big Red. P r ystowsk y has been through it all over the previous three seasons. She is the only Penn player during that time to start in every game, grinding most of them out at the grueling position behind the plate — and it’s normal for her to catch both ends of a doubleheader. “Alisha is the hardest worker on the team,” Wolfe said. “She is always taking the extra reps, staying after practice, working out with anybody who wants extra help … She pushes herself, and I think that translates to the rest of the team pushing themselves harder.” It was this exceptional lead-

Opening loss raises the stakes for Penn m. tennis | Quakers may have to run Ivy table to win league, starting up north BY david greenbaum Staff Writer After a heartbreaking 4-3 loss to Princeton in its Ivy opener last Saturday, the Penn men’s tennis team may be faced with the daunting task of having to win out in order to capture the Ivy League title. “Typically there are a few teams that finish 6-1, and [the Ivy League title] comes down to who won the head-to-head match,” coach Nik DeVore said. “There is no reason to believe it will be any different this year.” Friday, the No. 61 Quakers (10-2, 0-1 Ivy) take on Yale at

Piper is no stranger to track success PIPER from page 10 track and were at every meet growing up,” she said. “I’d hate to let them down. That drives me.” She was also a four-year letter winner at Lassiter High School in Marietta, Ga., leading the team to a state championship her senior year and breaking three school and two

Penn focused on improving singles play W. TENNIS from page 10 Coach Sanela Kunovac realizes the difficulty her team will face this weekend. “Brown and Yale are the two toughest teams in the current ranking,” she said. “Their one through six players are just like their number one, so imagine every single one of your players having to play their number one.” Kunovac also recognizes the difficulty in repeating the Quakers’ excellent performance against Princeton last week, in which Kunovac believes her team outplayed its own expectations. “We over-performed [against Princeton], so as a coach I’m realistic that you don’t hit 120 percent every time you go out there,” she said. “So if you can perform in the high 80s, 85 percent to 90, that’s what you strive for.” For freshman Stephanie Do, the key to this weekend’s matches will be carrying the consistency the team has shown in practices into the matches against the Bulldogs (15-3, 0-0) and Bears (13-6, 0-0).

2 p.m. in New Haven, Conn., before traveling to Providence, R.I., to play Brown on Saturday. After falling just short of the title last season, finishing in a three-way tie for second place, there’s no reason to think the Bulldogs can’t finish in first this year. Yale (8-7, 0-0) returned four of its six singles starters from last season. They are led by star sophomores Marc Powers, Daniel Hoffman and John Huang, who start at singles positions one, two and three, respectively. Powers was the Ivy League Rookie of the Year and Player of the Year last season, the first player to win both awards in the same season. Both Powers and Huang were first-team AllIvy last season.

The top three singles’ positions are also an area of strength for the Quakers, and DeVore boasts that he has “three players of number-one caliber” in Hicham Laalej, Eugen Brazdil and Ivan Turudic. While Brown (13-2, 0-0) was the only league team that Penn beat last year, the Bears will not be an easy opponent for any Ivy team this season. They have been ranked as high as No. 62 in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association polls this season. Brown’s success comes from its freshman class, which was one of the top Ivy recruiting classes and includes three freshmen singles starters. Among them is a familiar face for the Quakers: No. 3 singles player Samuel Fife, who

county records in the process. So as with any high-profile athlete, the question must be asked: “Why Penn?” “I chose Penn mostly because of its academic reputation, but I also liked the team dynamic.” Piper said. “I also knew that from a track standpoint, Penn was the best place for me to be as successful as possible.” As for the other schools in the bidding, Piper kept it short. “I was looking mostly at Duke, Alabama and Georgia as my top choices, but Penn was always my number one.” Although academic reputation scored Penn another

prized athlete, Piper’s goals remain both athletic and academic. “Before the end of my track career, I hope to qualify for nationals and if possible, to be an All-American,” she said. “In the long-term, although I am an undecided major, I know I want be a lawyer; most likely in family [or] divorce law.” For now, she’s focused on the day to day of making the most out of her freshman season. “My work ethic drives me because after the daily practices and all the time I spend preparing, it’d be a waste of time to not do well.”

“We just need to pull all the pieces together because in practice we have everything,” Do said. “It’s just a matter of everybody coming out and pulling their weight.” “We know we can perform at a high level, and we just need to have everybody bring everything they have on match day,” sophomore Emma Whitfield added. The team won all three of its doubles matches over the Tigers, but ultimately lost out in the singles portion. Having that doubles success shift over to singles play will be a large priority for the team this

weekend. “I think the difference in our singles and doubles performances was that we had great intensity right from the very first point in all three matches in doubles,” Whitfield said. “I think our biggest goal is to carry that over — that intensity and focus — into our singles matches.” And while Do recognizes that last week’s performance took extreme effort, she’s hoping it continues this weekend. “I feel like if we gave 120 [percent] last weekend, we need to give 150 this weekend.”

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ership and hard work that earned her the title of captain for her senior year. With Harvard (14-10) and Dartmouth (5-10) coming to tow n this weekend, P r ystowsky says she is excited to begin the Ivy portion of the schedule but not as anxious as some players. “The upperclassmen [are] a little more reserved, a little more calm,” she said. “Whereas the underclassmen are just so super-stoked to get there.” Pr ystowsk y credited the younger players with infusing energy into the Quakers — more than the team has ever had during her time here. “We definitely have a lot more energy now,” she said. This season’s team includes six freshmen and nine sophomores. “Young players bring that sense of just getting to college, just starting a career … so there’s a lot of hype.” Wolfe added that the young players have brought more than just energy with them. “I think this is the most talent-

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“We’ve seen a faster game of lacrosse with the competition we’ve played,” the middie said. “But we’re taking [Yale] as if they’re the best team in the nation.” Strength of schedule could also come into play around NCAA tournament time, if the Quakers don’t qualify for an automatic bid. More important, however, is simply winning games, as the only written requirement for selection — aside from playing 10 Division I contests — is a .500 record, according to the championship handbook.

went to high school with freshman Quaker Kyle Roth and played doubles with both Roth and sophomore Jason Magnes in junior tennis. Although the Red and Blue face an uphill battle in their quest to win the Ivy League, they have remained confident. “Our mentality has changed [this season],” DeVore said. “In the past, it’s been ‘we have a shot.’ This year, it’s ‘we’re gonna do it.’ We have a lot more confidence than we did in the past three years.”

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ed team we’ve had,” she said. The key for the Quakers’ success this season, Prystowsky said, is the ability to handle the good with the bad. “All seasons have ups and downs,” she explained. The team needs to be “able to come up and stay up, that when something bad happens, we don’t let it knock us down for a game or two.” Still, she remains confident that the team can go all the way. When asked what would define success for the 2011 Quakers, Prystowsky provided only one option. “An Ivy championship — there is nothing else,” she said. Wolfe was in agreement. The only thing that will satisfy her at the end of this season? “A ring on my finger.”

“ T r ad it ion a l ly t he Iv y League has had two teams in the NCAA league tournament, sometimes three,” Murphy said. “But it’s not going to really matter if we lose another two games in [conference].” With a loss against Yale, Penn would put themselves in a hole for the Ancient Eight title, while a victory would send them off on a high note for their upcoming road games — they have four in April. In the fickle world of Division I lacrosse, one big play could spark a win — or leave the team shaking their heads in defeat. “It just makes every little mistake stick out that much more,” Kohart said of an overtime loss. “We’re two goals away from being 6-1 and top five in the country. It stings a little bit but it makes us hungrier deep down inside. “I think we’re going to come out against Yale and prove it.”

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City honors wrestling past, present Wrestling from page 10 of young Students, who … in this Palaestra [are] brought up to a more serious Search of Truth.” — Benjamin Franklin, quoting Obadiah Walker’s On the Education of a Young Gentleman The construction of the Palestra struck a distinct chord in glory of antiquity. The word “palaestra” — which first appeared in The Histories by Greek historian Herodotus — literally meant “the house of wrestling,” and was used to test the “manliness and temper and upbringing and manner of life.” Since 1927, Penn’s Palestra has served as the cradle of wrestling civilization in the Philadelphia region. One of the first coaches to inherit the Palestra, W. Austin Bishop cemented wrestling in the area with the nation’s oldest wrestling alumni club — a vital source of support in years to come. In 1937, Bishop founded the Penn Grappler’s Club for alumni and others supporters, said former Penn coach Roger Reina, head of this year’s NCAA local organizing committee. With a coach and arena in place, the Quakers lacked only a star to put Philadelphia on the national wrestling landscape. But in 1940, Penn found its man in Richard DiBatista. The hulking heavyweight — affectionately known as “DiBi” — arrived at Penn on a football scholarship. At the time, Penn did not offer wrestling scholarships, so he played on both teams, and even captured a wrestling national championship in his sophomore year of 1941. Though DiBatista would go on to become a successful coach and referee, he almost gave up wrestling in his junior year. Fortunately for Penn, Bishop brought the star “back to the wrestling room from the fraternity house,” as National Wrestling Hall of Fame President Lee Roy Smith put it. In 1942, DiBatista became the first two-time NCAA champion east of the Alleghenies. “DiBatista had polished a few go-to moves that worked with great success. On his feet, his setup was an arm drag with an inside trip and leg attack,” Smith said. “From the bottom, DiBatista liked to work an explosive sit out and turn that nobody was able to stop.” “You can’t be beat when you can take somebody down and get away from anybody,” Smith added in layman’s terms. * * * “Many of the first Settlers of these Provinces, were Men who had received a good Education … and to their Wisdom and good Management we owe much of our present Prosperity.” — Benjamin Franklin, in his “Proposals Relating to the Education of Youth in Pensilvania” While high-school wrestling ranks sixth in participation for boys’ sports throughout the country, according to the National Federation of State High School Associations, Philadelphia has just two Division I programs remaining: Penn and Drexel. “On the college level itself, we’ve lost quite a few programs,” said Jack Childs, who has coached at Drexel for the past thirty-five years and is the winningest coach in college

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Left: In the early 1940’s Richard DiBatista put Philadelphia on the wrestling map by becoming the first East Coast wrestler to win back-to-back NCAA titles. Right: Assistant wrestling coach Matt Valenti, who was also a two-time national champion for Penn, participated in a wrestling clinic last Thursday as part of the Beat the Streets initiative, which teaches wrestling skills to local inner-city children. wrestling history. “La Salle had a good program. Temple had an outstanding program.” But just two years after fielding a national champion, the Owls’ program was dissolved in 1988. In the late 1970’s, sports like wrestling were prone to be cut by athletic departments as schools strove to save money and meet gender equity requirements in the wake of Title IX. In 1979, former Penn Athletic Director Charles Harris announced that the school would cut its wrestling program. But with the support of wrestlers, then-coach Larry Lauchle and the vast alumni network cultivated by the Grappler’s club, wrestling clung to life. “The sport is not that expensive to fund,” National Wrestling Hall of Fame historian Jay Hammond said. “It’s the private schools, where rich alumni endow the sport [where it has survived]. It’s unfortunate because at the high-school level, the sport is growing.” “Reina stopped the rot,” Hammond said with a chuckle. “If it weren’t for him and the coaches at Cornell, there may not be any wrestling at any Ivy League school. He created a template for eastern private schools to preserve their sport.” As a senior captain, Reina led Penn to its first above-.500 finish in ten years. After being named the team’s coach in 1986, he built a juggernaut that would win seven straight Ivy league titles in the 1990’s and early 2000’s, produce multiple national champions and even capture an Olympic gold medal. “He was, in my opinion, the best Division I coach, bar none,” said former national champion Brett Matter who wrestled under Reina. “He made you a better person. He ran the team like the CEO of

a company … and he had a ton of resources to help drive you toward reaching your ultimate goal.” As Reina rebuilt Penn into a force to be reckoned with, the country began to notice. * * * “May the GOD … unite the Hearts and Counsels of all of us, of whatever SECT or NATION, in one Bond of Peace, Brotherly Love, and generous Publick Spirit.” — Benjamin Franklin in “The Plain Truth” Five years ago, the NCAA selection committee awarded Philadelphia the right to hold the eighty-first NCAA championships. Reina, who is the head of the local organizing committee, has helped gather 500 volunteers to downtown Philadelphia to help out this weekend. Perhaps none is more important than one of Reina’s former wrestlers, Chris Hanlon. Hanlon is the executive director of Beat the Streets Philadelphia, an organization committed to establishing wrestling youth programs in the area. A glimpse of the success of Beat the Streets was seen through the smiles of over 240 kids of all ages, who descended on the Wells Fargo Center Tuesday afternoon to learn from Penn assistant coach Matt Valenti and renowned sports psychologist Daniel Gould. Beat the Streets had its roots in a program led by former Lehigh great Bud Lindholm, and was later revived by coach Bill Wallace to teach kids in Camden on a 10-by-10 mat. The program grew into an opportunity for former Penn wrestlers and brothers Brett and Clint Matter to give back to sport and city that gave them so much. The brothers donated mats and uniforms, and modeled

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their Beat the Streets program on a similar New York project. With the 81st NCAA Wrestling Championship starting this morning In only a year, Beat the Streets at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, here is the rundown for Philadelphia has helped mentor the Quakers who are competing for a national championship. youth and high-school athletes and pushed the number of wres165 pounds - Gabe Burak tlers in the city’s programs from 125 pounds - Mark Rappo 30 to 400. The results have been After finishing second at the The senior from Colorado tangible, as seen through the EIWA Championships two week- Springs, Colo., is a returning example of two students from ends ago, Rappo will face the NCAA Championship qualifier. tournament’s ninth seed, Jona- Last year, Burak bowed out afnearby Edison High School. “Jon Carlos Melendez, last than Morrison from Oklahoma ter only two matches. Unseeded year, failed every single subject, State. If Rappo, who is 27-8 on this year, he will face the winner missed over a hundred days of the season, reaches the quarter- of the play-in match between school and was in a good bit of finals, he could face top-seeded, Drexel’s Joe Booth and North trouble,” Hanlon said. “He start- one-legged Anthony Robles out Carolina’s Thomas Scotton. ed going to practice, was reluc- of Arizona State. 174 pounds - Scott Giffin tant at first, but then bought into Giffin earned All-America honors it over the summer and since 133 pounds - Rollie Peterkin … he’s missed only six days of Peterkin, the Quakers’ most ex- last year with a seventh-place school, five of which are excused perienced grappler, is participat- finish at the NCAA Championabsences, is passing all but one ing in his third NCAA tournament, ship. After finishing sixth in EIof his classes and has gotten rave but his first at 133 pounds. WAs, he received an at-large bid Seeded tenth, he will square off and faces eighth-seeded Mike reviews from his teachers.” Even the NCAA has recog- against Utah Valley senior Flint Letts from Maryland in the first nized the level of commitment Ray in the first round. Peterkin round. in the city, donating $25,000 to may face a familiar foe in the second round in Frank Cagnina. The 197 pounds - Micah Burak the cause. This past winter, Edison won Lehigh freshman has defeated The younger Burak missed out on its first Philadelphia Public Peterkin twice already this year. an EIWA championship this year after barely losing to national League championship, a major accomplishment for a school 141 pounds - Zack Kemmerer No. 1 Cam Simaz of Cornell, but lacking any major athletic suc- No. 12 Kemmerer will enter the his strong performance earned NCAA Championship with 35 him the sixth seed in the NCAA cess. “To see the reaction of the wins this season, one shy of the bracket. Burak will face Peter kids … gave me goosebumps program’s single-season record. Capone of Ohio State in what is and made me realize why we do He faces former ACC champion already the sophomore’s second Jon Kohler from Maryland in the appearance at the postseason this,” Hanlon said. tournament. Moments like these, and the first round this morning. great coaches who have built up programs — like Reina, Childs and Bishop — have made this who will retire this year. “For me, it’s a special time … the first NCAA wrestling cham“It’s given me the opportu- It’s a great opportunity to showpionship to sell out. And it will be nity to say good-bye to the sport case not just wrestling, but the a bittersweet moment for Childs, right in my backyard,” he said. city of Philadelphia itself.”

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Music festival set to rock West Campus By William James Daily Texan Staff

South By Southwest requires the same endurance needed to run a major marathon, and like every good marathon runner, training beforehand is crucial. Fortunately, West By West Campus can be the first step toward getting in shape for the big event. This Saturday, the 21st Street Co-op, House of Guys and Eden House Coop are kicking off this spring season of live music by throwing an all-day music festival. With a lineup of more than 30 bands and nearly 3,700 people confirmed to attend on Facebook, this festival will be one of the largest single music events to take place in UT’s most popular neighborhood. WXWC was founded last year by John Wittenmyer, a producer at Face Plant Studios. During the event’s inaugural year, an estimated 1,500 people attended and more than 15 bands were lined up to play. The festival’s coordinator Tessa Hunt said the event ran very smoothly last year with no major complications or damages to the building. Although the festival is now almost double its original size, the 21st Street Co-op’s elected residential officials are prepared to handle the masses.

“Shows start at two in the afternoon, and to get people out early, we’re going to give out free hot dogs at one,” Hunt said. Wittenmyer said this year’s festival will be full of unbelievable bands from a broad spectrum of different genres including alternative, rock, folk and electronica. Headlining this year is Clyde and Clem’s Whiskey Business, a southernfolk bluegrass band that has been performing in Austin for nearly 10 years. Another headlining band performing is indie-pop band For Hours and Ours, which is expected to leak a few new songs from its upcoming album. This is the

second year for the band to perform at WXWC. Henry Widener, the band’s lead vocalist and bass player, said that the previous year’s show was amazing, and he looks forward to playing again this year. “WXWC has been really great for building the live music scene in the University area,” said Brendan Bond, the For Hours and Ours trumpet player. Despite the popularity of WXWC, Hunt said that this may be the last year for the festival. “Just like how Bill Watterson stopped writing Calvin and Hobbes while it was still funny, I want West By West Campus to end on a strong note,” Hunt said. Because of the efforts of Robert Camp, Tessa Hunt, John Wittenmyer, and Phil Aulie (left to right), West By West Campus has come to Austin for its second and perhaps final year. Ryan Edwards Daily Texan Staff

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‘King’s Speech’ favored to win Best Actor, Original Screenplay By Christopher Nguyen Best Actor Javier Bardem, “Biutiful” Jeff Bridges, “True Grit” Jesse Eisenberg, “The Social Network” Colin Firth, “The King’s Speech” James Franco, “127 Hours” Say what you will about the diversity of nominated films, just about all the major categories have been decided long ago starting with the Best Actor race. After Bridges walked his way to a career appreciation win for his mediocre performance in “Crazy Heart” and defeated the more deserving Colin Firth for “A Single Man,” every organization has awarded Firth almost as an apology for last year. Whether or not Firth actually gave the best performance this time around playing King George IV as he struggles with a stutter is beside the point. This

category pretty much wrapped itself after Bridges walked off the stage at the 2010 Oscars.

Best Original Screenplay “Another Year” “The Fighter” “Inception” “The Kids Are All Right” “The King’s Speech” “The King’s Speech” will take the Original Screenplay along with it in the film’s sweep of the categories. It told an engaging tale of the story of King George IV’s trials with stuttering in the midst of World War II. The only screenplay that can match “The King’s Speech” in overall consistency is “The Kids Are All Right,” a movie that may have flaunted its open-mindedness a tad too much for the Academy’s tastes.

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Western crosses sci-fi in ‘Cowboys & Aliens’ By Alex Williams Daily Texan Staff

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others — all of them vital parts of id, even if the character work isn’t. what’s made the movie work so far. Craig is a hero through and through, Once the cowboys go track- instilling his character with a confiing down the aliens who have kid- dence that carries him even when napped their townspeople, the film he has no memories whatsoever. slowly catches up with its forward The film’s only real character is Sam momentum. One of the main prob- Rockwell’s Doc, whose wife is kidlems with this middle section is Har- napped in the alien attack. At this rison Ford’s character. Ford is, as al- point in his career, Rockwell can ways, simply awesome and pretty much do no wrong, gives an energized, hunand he quietly steals the ON THE WEB: gry performance that show from seasoned holds up a half-baked vets given much more Try not to get caught character. His ruthmaterial to work in the crossfire while watching this trailer less cattle baron never with, even getting the bit.ly/cowboysanquite inspires the terfilm’s most cheer-wordAliens ror in the audience as he thy moment. does in the characters, and Where the character his inevitable redemption arc is work stumbles, Favreau picks nothing short of forced. It’s as if the up the slack by keeping the film film’s five (!) credited screenwriters moving. His aliens aren’t exactly knew he had to start the film as a distinguishable from the many othgruff bastard and end it as a slight- er extraterrestrials that have graced ly less gruff town leader but decided multiplex screens this year, but to let Ford fill in the blanks. there’s a few delightfully gross deAll of the film’s acting is sol- tails that redeem them. Favreau also

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“Cowboys and Aliens” Jon Favreau

Genre: Sci-Fi Western Runtime: 118 minutes For those who like: “Searchers,” “District 9”

Grade: B knows how to make his creatures menacing, casting them as fast, brutal conquerors that never run out of ways to kill you, brought to life by near-seamless visual effects. “Cowboys & Aliens” gets a lot right. From the cowboy iconography to the thrilling action sequences, Favreau’s passion for the project is clear throughout, and that’s enough to forgive some shoddy character work and the occasional

slow stretch. Fans of Westerns will find plenty to like here, as will scifi fans, but the real treat is watching Ford truly acting again. One can only hope he continues to give such clearly enthusiastic performances, hopefully with better written scripts in the future. And Ford isn’t even the strongest part of a stacked ensemble that helps make “Cowboys & Aliens” an enjoyable close to the summer movie season.

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If one thing defines cinema in 2011, it’s alien movies. From “Super 8” and “Battle: Los Angeles” to lighter fare such as “Paul,” it’s been difficult to hit a multiplex without seeing some sort of interplanetary entertainment option. “Cowboys & Aliens” is the last big blockbuster of summer, and it’s not even the only alien movie opening this weekend, but its fresh twist on the genre makes it an entertaining ride. Even though the film’s ad campaign touts it as blending sci-fi and Western elements, it starts off as a mystery. Jake (Daniel Craig) wakes up in the desert with a bizarre bracelet attached to his wrist and no memory of how it (or he) got there. He rides into the nearest town and quickly bumps up against Percy Dolarhyde (Paul Dano), unaware that Percy’s father (Harrison Ford) is a powerful cattle baron whose very name inspires fear in the local townspeople. The film’s first act is by far its best, staged with all the tropes of a traditional Western. Director Jon Favreau nails the pace, letting an intense slow burn guide the opening scenes. He showcases beautiful, sprawling landscapes and dusty gunfights with a flair that would make John Ford proud. Also great is Dano, whose absolutely revolting character gets big laughs as Craig humiliates him time and time again. And then the aliens attack, and the film begins to sputter. The first alien attack scene is effective and tense, but it’s also dark to the point of being distracting. Just before the aliens attack, the screen is so dim that it’s nearly impossible to see what’s going on, something that most of the film’s nighttime scenes suffer from. The film also makes the mistake of sidelining a good chunk of the supporting cast after this attack scene, taking Dano out of the equation, as well as Keith Carradine’s intriguing sheriff and a few

In this publicity image released by Universal Pictures, Harrison Ford is shown in a scene from "Cowboys & Aliens."

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festival in 1929 to give children a constructive activity the community could participate in. While the number of adults today may not outnumber the amount of children at the festival, they certainly are much more enthusiastic, said Warren Harris, a 12-year kite festival volunteer. Austin resident Richard Robertson, the day’s winner in the “Oldest Kite” category, has been attending the yearly event for almost half a century. He is 83 years old. “Three generations of my family have been coming to the kite festival,” Robertson said. “I love kites. We have about 200 of them [at home].” While the numbers of the participants have changed through the years, the event’s foundations have remained the same. “[Kites are] magic,” Twidwell said. “It’s the best blend of art and engineering you can find. That and you feel a tremendous sense of accomplishment when you get your kite off the ground.”

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and UT Fire Prevention Services advocated for the use of household smoke detectors and evacuation plans by setting fire to a demonstration room. The departments showed how quickly fire escalates. “It’s really scary that that could happen to your house,” said Round Rock resident Julie Beaubien, who brought her 9-year-old son, Paul, to the fire safety demonstration and is a returning visitor to Explore UT. The Texas Cowboys, dressed in chaps and cowboy hats, posed for photos with the children. The Longhorn Band invited child musicians to march to the Tower and the closing event on the South Mall, where participants gathered in the shape of a heart to pose for the Explore UT Class Photo.

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of Law was the Gold E. Locks Mock Trial in which children serve as jurors and learn about the legal process. Judge Edward C. Prado of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals presided over the case. The Division of Diversity and Community Engagement hosted a tent full of activities for children in front of Gregory Gym, including coloring other countries’ flags and a matching game to teach children about other nationalities. “We help further understanding of diversity,” said Aileen Bumphus, executive director of the Gateway Scholars Program, which provides smaller classes to students, many the first in their family to attend college. The Austin Fire Department

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ery Holton said when he started at UT in 1999, in-state tuition offered him the most reasonable option for college. He said a full scholarship allowed him to attend UT since his family wouldn’t have been able to pay for his college without the help. He said after working from 2005 to 2009, he returned to UT to complete his doctorate. Holton said he works as a teaching assistant, a research assistant and a freelance reporter but still has to take out loans to pay for school. He said he had to make changes in his shopping habits and lives more frugally to afford school. He said working full-time detracts from what he can gain from his studies. “The price of education also affects the quality of education. If I didn’t have to pay so much for college, I would be able to devote way more time to it and wouldn’t be nearly as stressed out,” Holton said. Regan Mathias, a journalism graduate student, said she remembers higher tuition rates constantly surprising her since she transferred to UT in 2007. She said with her parents’ help, she graduated last spring debt-free with degrees in sociology and government. “I know that a lot of my friends were not able to do so, and now they have to start thinking about paying off those loans, even though some of them haven’t even found jobs yet,” Mathias said.

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Regents’ approval. The committee is currently made up of eight UT administrators — three who do not vote — and four students. As one of the three non-voting members of the committee, Knight said she provides the committee with a lot of the information it uses to determine tuition rates. “[The committee] doesn’t generally determine exactly how the funds will be expended,” she said. “But they do get information on the overall budget and the requests for additional funds.” Before 2003, the state set tuition rates for all public universities in the state. A bill authored by Reps. Fred Brown, R-Bryan, and Geanie Morrison, R-Victoria, gave each public university system the authority to change their tuition rates. Knight said the state’s process was further removed from the process the University has used since 2003. She said the current system allows deans to provide input on their priorities for funding academic or research programs. “They probably didn’t have much information from each university to determine appropriate needs,” Knight said. “[The committee] gets an overall understanding of the budget, financial situation and revenue sources. They are basing their decisions on funding needs and what is reasonable given the available resources.” Journalism graduate student Av-

their patrols and prevent them from spending hours on a single DWI case, said Highway Enforcement Commander Jason Dusterhoft. Dusterhoft advised visitors to the downtown area this Mardi Gras to create a plan and to exercise good judgment to follow that plan after they have been drinking. “If that doesn’t happen, my team and all the patrol officers that we’re going to have out here saturating the area will end up taking those people to jail,” Dusterhoft said. Last year, APD made 43 drivingwhile-intoxicated arrests as a result of the No Refusal Initiative. More than 40 percent of those were double the legal limit, Dusterhoft said. Road closures can be expected Tuesday night in the area around Sixth Street starting at 6 p.m.

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Wind Utah seeks to increase energy Continued from Page 1 “In Utah, we don’t only use the energy made in Utah and we ship energy to be used in other states,” Christiansen said. “Our electricity f lows into the grid, which is not bound by state boundaries.” Examples of this can be seen in the wind farms in Utah. Energ y created in Spanish Fork is used in Utah, while energy created

Books Students explore options Continued from Page 1 websites function as aggregates, scouring the web for the cheapest prices. Booksprice.com and directtextbook.com, among others, offer thorough web searches. These aggregate sites seem to have the cheapest textbook prices. Though these sites offer relatively low prices, many students still choose the BYU Bookstore. Unlike online purchases, physical bookstores allow students to have a book in hand right after it is bought. This convenience is the BYU Bookstore’s biggest draw. For many students, it is the necessary price of convenience. “It’s always been a pretty good experience,” said Jenny Huffman, a senior from Encino, Calif., majoring in theatre arts. “They’re always really

in Milford is used in California. Utah is also trying to purchase energy from Idaho. “We get to export energy, get the jobs in Utah,” she said. Julie Vanderhoff, a BYU mechanical engineering assistant professor, explained how wind is harnessed as an energy source. “You’re taking wind f low in one direction, and letting it move blades in a rotational motion,” Vanderhoff said. “Once you have the rotational motion, it works like any other generator.” The energy from the rotating blades can be fed straight into the grid and transmission lines, powering homes

and buildings. In terms of the future of Utah’s wind power, Vanderhoff said there could be different blade shapes for different average wind speeds. There might be enhancements for different types of f low. “It would be cool to be able to have more shape options in different f low regimes, areas and types of f low,” she said. Michelle Stevens, director of marketing and communications at Wasatch Wind, an independent wind developer, owner and operator, said there will be more wind farms in Utah and throughout the nation.

“The reason is that non-renewable energy sources, like coal, are limited,” Stevens said in an e-mail. “We have to begin to balance our electricity generation by adding renewable sources, like wind and solar.” Another reason for more reliance on wind power is to incur less damage on the environment than has already been done. Burning fossil fuels for energy, said Stevens, produces air and water pollution. Other justifications are wind power does not give off any emissions and it uses little water, unlike other electricity sources such as coal and nuclear plants.

quick and have a lot of people [working]. If I have time to shop it, I’ll find that it’s cheaper online, but it’s not often.” Many students may feel the Bookstore charges too much for textbooks. Jennifer Berry, the Bookstore’s general manager of books, said she thinks students should not judge the Bookstore’s pricing too rashly. “There’s a perception that if we’re selling a book for $50, and they can get it online for $10, then we must be ripping them off,” Berry said. “It’s comparing apples and oranges. It’s a retail scenario versus a garage sale scenario.” Berry said there are many other factors determining a textbook’s price, like employee wages, building rental costs, standard retail margins and publisher decisions. She said publishers, not bookstores, set a book’s price, and the Bookstore applies an industry standard 25 percent margin to the prices publishers set. Berry also discouraged some ways students try to beat the system, like buying a

textbook from the Bookstore, then returning it once their online purchase arrives. “It’s kind of like wearing the prom dress and returning it the next day,” Berry said. Some students might think of making a profit by buying international editions of textbooks — the cheapest ones available — then selling them to another vendor for an increased price. This, however, will not work with the BYU Bookstore or online book exchange, since neither accepts international editions. International trade regulations have actually made such books illegal in the United States. According to The Daily Universe’s informal research, BYU’s online book exchange is the most cost-efficient avenue for buying and selling textbooks. Under this system students can sell their books back to other students at prices they determine. This helps students get more money for their textbooks than they might otherwise, and buy textbooks for less than what other vendors charge. Berry said

she hopes the service quells some animosity toward the Bookstore’s prices. “Hopefully it’s evidence that we are looking out for the student, because it does absolutely nothing for the Bookstore’s bottom line,” she said. “In that way, we’re actually poaching sales from ourselves.” Eric Peery, co-owner of Boomerang Bookstore, said all of the textbook buying and selling options make for better business. He simply sees his store as one of many options. “It’s just another alternative for students,” he said. “When there are more options, prices go down.” Whatever options a student chooses, saving lots of money on textbooks takes some work. Buying and selling exclusively through one vendor may only yield average savings. Choosing separate vendors for buying and selling textbooks, however, can save the most money. For purchasing, aggregate websites offer the cheapest prices. For selling, BYU’s online book exchange can bring the highest return.

Comparing Prices As part of The Daily Universe’s informal study, a specific textbook, “Globalization and Diversity: Geography of a Changing World (3rd Edition),” was shopped around to see what prices it bought and sold for. This study excluded international editions of textbooks, because those are technically not legal in the United States (though international editions are hands down the cheapest versions). Here are the findings.

BYU Bookstore New: $132.60 Used: $99.45 BYU Book Exchange Used: From $30-80 Boomerang Books Will Purchase For: $56 Bucks4Books Will Purchase For: $30.75-39.50

Textbooks.com New: $99.62 Used: $68.49 Guaranteed Buyback: $49.81 (new) and $34.24 (used) Rental: $43.99 Half.com New: $88.95 Used: $63.20 Bookbyte.com New: $106.75 Used: $68.40 Guaranteed Buyback: $30.46

Amazon.com New: $86.73 Used: $61.97

Booksprice.com New: $78.99 Rental: $27.31 Directtextbook.com New: $78.99 Used: $58.97 Rental: $29.21 Valorebooks.com New: $59.30 Rental: $33.11 Guaranteed Buyback: $37.62

Appeals court upholds ex-Enron CEO’s convictions Associated Press DALLAS — Former Enron Corp. CEO Jeff Skilling should not receive a new trial on his convictions of 19 counts aris-

ing from the once-giant Houston-based energy company's downfall, a federal appeals court panel ruled Wednesday. In a 13-page ruling, a threejudge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld all 19 convictions of conspiracy, fraud and other crimes.

It also reaffirmed its 2009 decision that vacated Skilling's sentences of more than 24 years in federal prison and ordered a resentencing. In the 2009 ruling, the appeals court ruled that the sentencing judge misapplied federal sentencing guidelines.

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Coach Rose to stay at BYU Continued from Page 1 the floor, to be extremely competitive, win championships and to qualify and advance in the NCAA Tournament.” Holmoe said comparisons with other universities and their coach salaries were not a factor in the contract negotiations with Rose. “What our task is here at BYU is we look at the individual coach, and we look at what they’re looking for and what we’re looking for and what together we’re looking for in the future,” Holmoe said. Rose’s role for BYU basketball has been renewed, but other changes to the coaching staff may still be to come. BYU assistant coach Dave Rice has an interview this week for the head coaching job available at UNLV, where he was an assistant coach for 11 years and a player on the Runnin’ Rebels team that went to the NCAA Final Four in 1990 and 1991. “Right now I’m really excited for Dave, because he’s a candidate at his alma mater,” Rose

Associated Press PHOENIX — Southwest Airlines mechanics on Wednesday were patching a large hole in a Boeing 737 that made an emergency landing in southwestern Arizona last week, but the company won’t say when or if it will be back in service. The plane has been sitting on the tarmac at a military base in Yuma, Ariz., since Friday. That’s when a hole tore open in the top of the plane carrying 118 people on a flight from Phoenix to Sacramento and pilots scrambled to get it back on the ground. No serious injuries were reported, but passengers and crew had to breathe through oxygen masks to keep from passing out while the pilots brought it down to below 10,000 feet. The incident raised questions about the effectiveness of airplane inspections across a fleet of thousands of jets. Southwest spokeswoman Brandy King said the airline would not discuss its plan for the plane’s repairs or its return to service. The plane landed at the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, about 150 miles from Phoenix. Part of the base is shared by Yuma International Airport, and airport spokeswoman Gen Grosse said she

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said. “He’s very deserving of an opportunity to be a head coach. It’s my personal opinion that he’ll be a terrific head coach.” While BYU waits to see if Rice will move, the next step in preparing for another basketball season comes with strength and conditioning for the team at the end of this month. “I think we’ve got a great core of players that are returning,” Rose said. “I really look forward to the challenge of bringing that group together as a team and seeing how successful we can be next season.” There are many unknowns for next season, with the absence of star guards Jimmer Fredette and Jackson Emery, a new home in the West Coast Conference and no word yet from the Honor Code Office on Brandon Davies’ status. But Holmoe said he can rest assured knowing Rose is still here to lead the way to the future. “I just have to smile,” Holmoe said. “Let’s just say I’m very happy that this day’s come. ... There’s a lot of good reasons to go to other schools, there’s some nice schools out there across the country and incredible basketball programs. But I believe that there’s better reasons to stay here.”

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Southwest Airlines mechanics work near a Boeing 737 on a tarmac in Yuma, Ariz., on Wednesday. expects the jetliner to fly out within days. Teams of Southwest mechanics have now placed a large green aluminum patch on the plane. A spokesman for Chicago-based Boeing said its engineers were working with the airline on the fix. Southwest mechanics on Sunday cut out a large section of the fuselage surrounding the 5-foot by 1-foot tear, and National Transportation Safety Board investigators took it to Washington so they can analyze why the fuselage failed along a lap joint failed. The Federal Aviation Administration issued an emergency order on Tuesday for urgent inspections on similar older-model Boeing 737-300s, 737-400s and 747-500s that have had at least 30,000 pressurization cycles, basically takeoffs and landings. Cracks can develop from the constant cycle of pressurizing the cabin for flight, and releasing it. The planes were built between 1993 and 2000. Boeing said 579 airplanes will eventually have to be checked, but just 175 have that many cycles and need immediate inspections. Boeing issued a service bulletin detailing the required inspections earlier this week. Southwest owns most of the planes requiring inspections in the U.S. fleet, about 80. The majority of the rest are flown by overseas carriers. Those airlines and their nation’s aviation authorities are expected to adopt the FAA order. Southwest finished inspecting all of its affected planes by Tuesday. They found five that had cracks in the same ‘lap joint’ that tore open during last week’s flight. Boeing said it did not expect to see wear on the joint until the planes reached 60,000 cycles, but the plane that had the failure on Friday had less than 40,000.

Friday, July 8, 2011

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Students go on road trips during the summer as easy, inexpensive vacations. By Adriana Pinegar In just under 11 hours, you could fly from Salt Lake City to Paris, or you could drive from Provo to San Diego. Going to Paris will set you back about $1,500 round trip, and that doesn’t include the money you’ll spend on hotels, food and sightseeing. Not to mention the time you’ll waste trying to shake off the jet lag, recovering just in time to come home. For students, a trip to Paris on a long weekend is not realistic. Road trips present students with slim wallets the opportunity to travel. Road tripping is economical, flexible and more plausible for most students. With this type of travel, the destination is only a fraction of the overall experience. For Luke Sherry, a graphic design student from Corvallis, Ore., many things factor into planning a road trip, but who you go with is crucial. “To me, company is the most important thing,” Sherry said. “The event is second. It doesn’t matter where we’re going as long as there’s good company.” Since road trips require several hours in a confined

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sees a good road trip as a memories and embracing person they are.” metaphor for life. the unexpected. Personalities emerge “A road trip puts life into “The unexpected elements when something unexpected its proper perspective,” of a trip are sometimes the happens. An appealing Gringeri said. “It’s not things that characterize it,” aspect of traveling by car always about the destinaSherry said. “That’s what is is the opportunity for spontion, it’s about the journey.” maybe just as memorable or taneity. On a road trip, you The beauty of the road just as enjoyable and adds are not bound by strict flight trip is spending time with some sort of individual flair itineraries or the hassle of your friends, creating to your trip.” changing hotel reservations. You can stop or go wherever, adding side trips and new destinations to your journey. “When you road trip, you get a sort of mental orientation of your voyage and all the places you’ve been through,” Sherry said. A successful road trip does take some planning, however. Knowing where you can stay is essential and sometimes determines your destination. Since saving money is a priority, staying with friends is an ideal option. For Sherry, there is the added bonus of meeting new people. “You get to meet people’s parents and see where they’re from,” he said. “It adds some humanity to the trip.” Cougar Dental is just around the On road trips, however, set corner, Early morning and Sat. plans can dissolve or evolve openings available by appointment. and give way to something COUGAR DENTAL Where a healthy smile is always in style you may not have been planfor giveaways and promotions ning on. Benny Gringeri, a 801-373-7700 / 835 N 700 E, Provo / cougardental.com chemical engineering stu801 373-7700 835 N 700 E, Provo dent from San Jose, Calif.,

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New recycling program gives citizens a choice B y A da m L o o s e The Provo City Municipal Council has elected to update its recycling program to increase resident participation and extend the life of landfills. Recycling programs typically fall into one of three groups. “There are basically three ty pes of prog rams,” said Provo public services division director Scott Peppler. “One is a subscription, that is where people volunteer. The second is an opt-out program, which seems to be working well in Utah County, and that is where you have to let us know that you do not want to recycle or you will be part of the program.” Peppler said the third way is just to make it mandatory for everybody. “I tend to favor that, but a lot of people want a choice in what they do,” he said. “I can

provo.org, calling the city utilities department or mailing in the form with July utility bills will all work equally well. “If you opt out electronically the information is easier to process, so that is the preferred way,” Peppler said. With the opt-out program in place a higher participation rate is expected. “A lot of people want to recycle, but they just don’t take the time to,” Peppler said. Higher participation is not the only reason for implementing a new plan. “In Utah, it will save us money in the long-run because we can extend the life of our landfills,” Mertz said. The city is also aware of this and is trying to do the best thing for the community. “Why put it in a landfill when you can reuse it?” Peppler said. “Landfills are expensive and nobody wants to have one in their back yard. It’s just the right thing to do and so we are trying to promote it.”

understand that.” The new opt-out program will be implemented Nov. 1. Everyone who currently has Provo city residential curbside waste pickup will automatically have curbside recycling service added unless they opt out by Aug. 1. “What Provo is doing is saying ‘all residents of Provo, you are going to participate in this program, but we’ll be nice and you get a chance to opt out if you choose not to do it,’” said Brad Mertz, executive director of the Recycling Coalition of Utah. According to the Provo city website, unless you opt out, you will be given a recycling container and schedule in October, and this service will automatically start on the same day as your regular garbage service beginning Nov. 1. The cost will be $4.75 per month. Peppler said three options have been provided for individuals who want to opt out. Filling out the form at optout.

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Clinton presses Africa to sever ties with Gadhafi Associated Press ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton pressed some of the world's last remaining friends of Moammar Gadhafi to abandon Libya's strongman and join the growing international demand for him to cede power. She told African nations their solidarity with the Libyan people could make the difference for a peaceful future. Culminating a volcano-shortened trip to the Gulf and three African nations, Clinton told diplomats at the African Union headquarters in Ethiopia's capital they needed to recognize Gadhafi forfeited his legitimacy to rule by attacking his own citizens. It represented a difficult call for unity. Gadhafi still has many friends in Africa after providing decades of military training and patronage for groups fighting apartheid and colonialism. "Your words and actions could make the difference in bringing this situation to a close and allowing the people of Libya to get to work rebuilding their country," Clinton told African officials in Addis Ababa. She said the world needed African leadership to end the standoff between opposition forces and Gadhafi's troops. For Clinton, the emphasis on the Libyan leader provided a full circle for a one-week voyage that began in the United Arab Emirates, where she prodded NATO countries and Arab governments participating in the U.N.-mandated military mission

Gadhafi Libyan diplomats from their countries, suspend the operations of Libyan embassies and work with the Libyan opposition. Since seizing power in Libya in 1969, Gadhafi has offered training, funding and other support for African rebel groups, including the African National Congress as it fought white minority rule in South Africa. Buoyed by oil money, he also paid the membership dues of many smaller, poorer countries at the United Nations, African Union and other international bodies — winning himself a cast of supporters even as he fancied himself the continent's "king of kings." While the Arab Leagues suspended Libya's membership in the midst of the crisis, Gadhafi is still seen as a hero by many African leaders. His government remains a member in good standing in the African Union. Among the scenarios that Western nations have debated to resolve the situation include Gadhafi's possible exile to a friendly African country. The revolt against Gadhafi in Libya is just one among many in the Middle East and North Africa. The longtime leaders of Tunisia and Egypt have been ousted and anti-government protests have faced severe crackdowns in Bahrain, Syria and Yemen. Clinton that repressive governance is no longer accepted in the world. She said discontent, mainly among exploding youth populations in Africa, the Middle East and elsewhere cannot be suppressed in the era of the Internet and social media. "Too many people in Africa

against Gadhafi to increase the pressure on him to leave power and increase their contacts with the Transitional National Council. After stops in Zambia and Tanzania, she was to have spent Monday night in Addis Ababa. But she was forced to leave the Ethiopian capital a day ahead of schedule when a volcano eruption in nearby Eritrea sent an ash cloud over parts of East Africa. Officials said the airport in Ethiopia's capital was to be closed, and Clinton faced being stranded if she had proceeded with her planned events. Although Clinton departed earlier than planned, she should not arrive in Washington ahead of her scheduled Wednesday arrival time because she'll have a long layover in Europe. The timing of Clinton's return is being closely watched because her traveling party includes senior aide Huma Abedin. Abedin is the wife of embattled New York Rep. Anthony Weiner, who is facing calls to resign because of sexually-charged messages and photos he sent to several women online. Weiner reportedly wants to speak with his wife before making a decision on stepping down. In Ethiopia, Clinton acknowledged that Gadhafi's "major role in providing financial support for many African nations and institutions, including the African Union." But she said it has become clear in light of his abuses that he cannot remain in power. All African leaders should demand that Gadhafi accept a ceasefire and then leave Libya, she said. They should expel pro-

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68 bodies found in soccer field in Ivory Coast DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — U.N. investigators in Ivory Coast have determined there were at least 68 bodies spread out across 10 burial mounds in a mass grave recently discovered on a soccer field in Abidjan, the country’s commercial capital. Guillaume Ngefa, the deputy director of the human rights division of the U.N. mission in Ivory Coast, said Monday the victims were likely killed by pro-Laurent Gbagbo militias on April 12, the day after the strongman was arrested. Ngefa said in a telephone interview that investigators visited the site Friday and photographed the 10 plots. They interviewed witnesses who described the killings as well as family members who identified the dead. Ngefa said the investigators spoke to two

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AZ wants overturn ruling PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer announced Monday she will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a ruling that put the most controversial parts of the state’s immigration enforcement law on hold. The planned appeal to the high court comes after Brewer lost an initial appeal April 11, when a three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals refused to reverse a lower court’s order that prevented key parts of the law from being enforced. Attorney General Tom Horne said going directly to the Supreme Court and skipping a possible second appeal to the 9th Circuit will save time in resolving the case, while Brewer said she is confident “Arizona will prevail in its fight to protect its citizens.” The state must file the appeal by a July 11 deadline, the officials said.

Guns OK in Texas colleges AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas senators have voted to allow concealed handgun license holders to carry their weapons into public college classrooms. Monday’s vote is a major push on an issue that has stalled in the Senate and House despite overwhelming support from lawmakers in the Republican-dominated Legislature. Sen. Jeff Wentworth, R-San Antonio, had been unable to muster the votes he needed under Senate rules to pass the issue as its own bill. After several failed attempts, Monday’s vote tacked the measure onto a universities spending bill. Supporters call it a critical self-defense measure and gun rights issue. Opponents worry concealed handguns could lead to more campus violence and suicide. The measure has met stiff resistance from higher education officials, notably from within the University of Texas system.

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TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said he never tires of being asked to run for president, but insists he’s still not doing it. “How self-important would one have to be to become tired and annoyed by having people ask you to run for president?” Christie said Monday morning during an interview on a Philadelphia radio station. “I’m a kid from Jersey who has people asking him to run for president. I’m thrilled by it,” he said. “I just don’t want to do it.” That hasn’t stopped Christie, who only took office in January 2010, from playing a kingmaker role in the race to the White House and having the top-tier GOP contenders over for dinner at the governor’s mansion in Princeton, including Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, and former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty. Jon Huntsman Jr., the former U.S. Ambassador to China and former Utah governor, is scheduled to stop by in the next

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Gingrich in the presidential running ATLANTA (AP) — Newt Gingrich is running for president. The former House speaker disclosed his bid on Twitter and Facebook on Monday and urged followers to tune into Fox News on Wednesday. “I will be on to talk about my run for president of the United States,” Gingrich wrote after spending a year or more publicly laying the groundwork for a GOP presidential candidacy. “I have been humbled by all the encouragement you have given me to run.” The move was hardly a surprise; Gingrich has spent months raising money, assembling a campaign team and visiting early primary states. He also quietly opened a campaign headquarters in Atlanta, and had long been scheduled to address the Georgia Republican Party Convention on Friday in Macon, Ga. Aides say that will be his first speech as a fullfledged candidate. Gingrich, 67, enters a Republican field that’s far from fully formed; no less than a dozen Republicans are weighing bids and only a few have taken steps toward candidacies.

week, Christie said, adding he had only met Huntsman once at a White House dinner. “If I decide to support a candidate for president, I want to make sure I really get to know that person,” Christie said. And although he swears up and down the Turnpike that he’s not running, his comments increasingly sound more tuned for a national audience. “I’m going to continue to play a role as a leader in our party, I think appropriately so, and I think it’s good for New Jersey,” Christie explained. “Clearly that’s my goal, to make sure we have a change in 2012.” When asked whether gubernatorial experience was important for a presidential contender, Christie said he thought it was important to have that kind of combined executive and governmental experience, then took a dig at President Barck Obama, who served one term in the Senate, for lacking it: “I think it’s taken him a while to really get the idea how you execute that type of authority.” Without naming Donald Trump, Christie also said it would be difficult for someone who had no political experience to run because “you are foreign to that world.”

Associated Press ISLAMABAD — Suspicion rose Monday that Pakistan’s intelligence service leaked the name of the CIA chief in Islamabad to local media in anger over the raid that killed Osama bin Laden — the second outing of an American covert operative here in six months. The U.S. said it has no plans to pull the spy chief, but the incident is likely to exacerbate an already troubled relationship between the two countries a week after Navy SEALs in helicopters swooped down on bin Laden’s compound without first telling the Pakistanis. The CIA and Pakistan’s spy agency have long viewed each other with suspicion, which the death of the terror leader has laid bare. The Pakistani military and intelligence services have suffered withering criticism at home for failing to stop the U.S. operation. Many Pakistanis view the raid as a violation of their sovereignty —

even if they were pleased that bin Laden was killed. U.S. officials have said they didn’t tell Pakistanis in advance because they were worried someone might tip off bin Laden. American forces also used helicopters with radar-evading technology so the Pakistanis couldn’t track them. Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani defended the military and intelligence services Monday, telling parliament it was “disingenuous for anyone to blame Pakistan ... for being in cahoots with al-Qaida.” He acknowledged his nation’s failure to track bin Laden but said the failure wasn’t Pakistan’s alone. “Yes, there has been an intelligence failure,” Gilani said. “It is not only ours but of all the intelligence agencies of the world.” U.S. officials have said they see no evidence that anyone in the upper echelons of Pakistan’s military and intelligence establishment was complicit in hiding bin Laden in Abbottabad, an army town only 35 miles from the capital.

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Alumnus: ‘the world needs good people’ B y K AT e B e n n i o n A BYU alumnus from the class of 1989 told graduates of the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies that an enthusiasm for life’s questions is the greatest application of a BYU education. “Find your soul’s questions,”

Joseph Grenny told graduates during a convocation ceremony Friday morning. Grenny cited the example of Muhammad Yunus, who wanted to know why the economy was failing in Bangladesh. Because of that question, he began micro-lending programs. “[Yunus] became a banker to the poor, lifting 150 million out of poverty,” Grenny said.

Jeffrey F. Ringer, Kennedy Center director, said a BYU education prepares graduates to make a difference in the world. “The world needs good people,” Ringer said. “Do not underestimate your ability to be those good people.” The ceremony featured music by Kanako Ford on the koto, a classical stringed Japanese instrument.

By Ashley l. Johnson After eight years of training, 20 new second lieutenants in the U.S. Air Force were commissioned at a ceremony at BYU in conjunction with graduation Friday. Special guest speaker Lt. Col. Gil Bertelson served 24 years in the Air Force and is known for flying the SR-71 Blackbird, a plane that flies faster than a speeding bullet.

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Their commander, Brent A. Johnson, applauded their hard work and expressed his confidence in their future success. “You are entrusted with the trust of America’s sons and daughters,” he said. Johnson also led the men in their Oath of Office and presented them their certificates. Family members were invited to conduct the pinning-on ceremony. The BYU Army ROTC also held a commissioning ceremony last week.

“We live in an age where the sky is the limit,” Bertelson said to graduates at the ROTC ceremony. “We’ve sent man to the moon, conquered most of the world’s diseases and efficiently increased food for the world, yet we haven’t figured out how to bring peace to the world.” He challenged the men to “Return with Honor,” just as many of them did while serving their missions. “There is no profession more honorable than serving your country in the cause of justice,” Bertelson said.

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“I hope you will let yourself be guided by the promptings of the Holy Ghost to know truly what needs to be done for your patients,” he said. President Wixom applauded the graduates’ parents in their support. “Behind every graduate is a ‘you can do it’ cheerleader,” she said. “You graduates carry the hopes and dreams of your parents as well.” Some of the characteristics Wixom saw in nurses throughout her life were charisma, a good sense of humor and efficiency. These nurses were also supportive and reassuring both physically and emotionally to a patient. She challenged the

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percentage against TennesseeMartin Sept. 3 and has posted six double-doubles this season, reg istering double-digits in kills and digs. In addition, she ranks second on the team in kills with 234 and leads her squad with 17 service aces. “Last year, [Hranka] was pri marily just a front row player and just blocked and attacked for us in the front row,” Myers said. “She really developed in the off-season and had a great spring and summer ... we really tried to develop her passing and defense in the off-season and tried to get her to hit at more different tem pos,” she added. “[Hranka] really handled that well and has improved with her passing, defense and serve, which has allowed her to become more versatile.” Myers is also impressed with DQG +UDQND·V LQFUHDVHG strength level this season. “I think her greatest strengths are her block and her offense, but she is really picking up her defense and passing,” Myers said. “She came back in really good shape this past summer—in prob ably the best shape she has ever been. She is really contributing in all areas and we hope she just con tinues to develop.” In addition to having a larger role on the court this season, Hranka has also had an increased role off the court as well. “[The freshmen] come up to [the sophomores] and we help them out, just like last year when I was a freshman and the sopho mores helped us out,” she said. “We are all one, we are really close and try to help each other out with things. The freshmen are great this year and playing really well.” DE FA LI ST VE RY

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Alumni Association may cover some costs << Continued from 3 Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien also said that while events like the Masquerade Ball were not as successful as she had hoped, they do serve a purpose in connecting campus organizations to one another. In the future, Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien hopes events like the Masquerade Ball and the Valentineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day dinner could be combined to provide a format for organizations to interact while saving costs. While the SGA spent more than in previous years for homecoming, Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien wanted to put that number into context. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you look at other schools, they drop like $80,000 on their homecoming,â&#x20AC;? Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien said. Metroâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s neighbor to the north, the University of Colorado at Boulder, spent $33,852 on its fall 2010 homecoming week. One of the major draws of CU Boulderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s homecoming week is the midweek concert according to Kaela Zihlman, CU Boulderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Student Government Director of Homecoming. The concert this year featured national recording artist RJD2 and was sold out of its 1,100 tickets. Zihlman said that the student government budget for homecoming varies year-to-year depending on which musical group they bring to campus. The year before she estimated the student government spent around $50,000. Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien wanted to see Metro pull in a big name to perform at next yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s homecoming. The Committee tried to bring in a comedian for this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s event but faced difficulties trying to book one. While attendance was sporadic for home-

coming, Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien believes there is a desire for such events on campus. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think students here do want some of that traditional college experience, or at least the availability of itâ&#x20AC;Śstudents do have a lot of pride in this school,â&#x20AC;? Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien said. The SGA might be getting some of their final bill covered by the Alumni Association. Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien at press time was waiting for the Alumni Associationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s final tally of their expenses. Since the Alumni Association did not spend their total budget of $10,000, there is a chance that some of the unspent money will end up going to the SGA to help cover their expenses. In the past, SGA and the Alumni Association did not work together to help plan Homecoming Week. This year was the first time that the SGA had participated heavily in the planning and execution of the event with the Alumni Association. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We were impressed by the commitment of the students to make things happen. We learned a lot and are excited to build on this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s success to make next yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s homecoming even more special. Homecoming should be and will be a tradition of note at Metro,â&#x20AC;? said Mark Jastorff, director of Alumni Relations for Metro. While members of the Homecoming Committee were pleased with this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s events, planning has already begun on next yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s event. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m hoping to come back in five years and the parade is bigger and the socialâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s are bigger and the bonfire is bigger,â&#x20AC;? Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien said.

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Club football set to blitz $85,000 budget Team hopes to recruit outside sponsors to help tackle expected costs By Ben Bruskin bbruskin@mscd.edu The formation of Metro’s club football team will bring a new look to the sports landscape on campus, along with a need for an estimated $85,000 total budget. The formation of a football team also brings the possibility of shrinking budgets for Metro’s other club teams, as all of the teams are competing for the same money from the club sports department. “Absolutely that will happen,” Jon Supsic, club sports director said. “It’s a new system than in previous years. But the top team usually gets 15 to 20 percent of the overall budget.” While the overall budget of the club sports department was not available at the time of print, Supsic estimates the top team receives about $1,500-$1,800 from his office. With 60 players on the team and a possible 110 total on the roster come fall, $1,800 would be well short of reaching the goal in which players pay nothing. “Right now, players are paying about $400, [for equipment],” Football Club President Ted Reynolds said. “We don’t want them to have to pay anything. We are not charging club dues like most clubs, just equipment.” Players must buy their shoulder pads and helmets through Metro, whereas other equip-

ment like cleats and gloves can be purchased anywhere. The equipment purchased through Metro was supplied by Denver Athletic, and sold to the players at a reduced cost. The amount of money each club receives from the club sports department varies based upon several factors, including community service involvement, how competitive the clubs are, and how much money the clubs themselves have raised. After the club points are tallied, the money is doled out based on accumulated points. However, even though the football team has more expenditures than other club teams; the points system forces them to earn the money just like all of the other clubs. “[The team] was just established,” Supsic said. “They are on the bottom, they have to prove themselves [to receive the money.]” Since club football formed in October 2010, the team has already spent about $15,000, money donated by outside sponsors. Reynolds, said he,believes they will need an estimated $60,000 more between now and the end of their season in the fall. As of March 8, the club’s account had $600 in it. To help bolster the budget, the team plans to hold fundraisers and partner with various sponsors, Reynolds said. “Sponsors are still trickling in,” he said. “The hope is that more will come when they see our program’s success. “Myself and a group of five other people are extremely dedicated,” Reynolds said. “We are hard workers. We just have to start small and build up.”

Blitz Paintball, an already active sponsor of the team, is considering a paintball tournament fundraiser for the club. The Marine Officers are also sponsoring the team, and they are looking into a boot-camp-style fundraiser as well, Reynolds said. The team has other non-traditional fundraising ideas. Events such as a trampoline dodge ball tournament, a March Madness pool and a youth summer camp will be looked into, as the team tries to raise money and cut costs for the 60 players who are already on the team. Reynolds would also like to give a financial break to students on campus who want to support their new football team. Contrary to the advice he received, Reynolds decided not to charge students an admission fee to the games. Non-students will be charged $5 for admission, but students and children under 5 will be able to get in for free. “Students should be able to support their team without paying for it,” Reynolds said. Reynolds said he wants the club team to be as close to an NCAA experience as possible. “Once this really gets going, it’s not going to be a small program,” Reynolds said. “We want to build the guys as student athletes. We want the players to be ambassadors and represent the program in a high manner.” To help instill ambassadorship into the program, the team is attempting to organize a charity game in the fall. The proceeds will go to breast cancer research, and the team hopes to play an NCAA Division I team to help bolster awareness about the game and increase the

proceeds that will come from it. “It’s a lot of hard work but I’m extremely passionate,” Reynolds said. “No matter what I do I love doing it, no matter how much time it takes.” Reynolds said he and his staff are ready to put in time and see their ideas take shape. “We envision the success we can have,” he said. “If you build it, they will come.”

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Pruess, the retail manager at Essentials. “When we first started this, we did this for fun. Then it developed to students designing the shirts,” says Pruess. “It was an opportunity for me to empower them and have them gain some experience with a project that they could start from the beginning to the end.” Employees put in time and effort to not only mock up their own t-shirt designs, but also go through the process of manufacturing and distributing the products. Pruess believes this undertaking gives employees “an experience they might not have in a classroom. It’s been a real teachable moment.” The process of designing and distributing this year’s Homecoming t-shirt started in the summer, when Essentials student supervisors Alex Mark and Ryan Lockard conjured up ideas that would interest their fellow coworkers. Their final product features T.C. relaxing

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old-fashioned way.

She said:

I think friends with benefits have been around forever, but it is just recently becoming wellknown. Maybe it didn’t always have the title of “friends with benefits” and now people have just got something to call it. I’m going to assume some of the popularity of this arrangement can be attributed to the two movies that recently came out – “No Strings Attached” and “Friends with Benefits.” People probably want to give it a try and see what all the hype is all about. So, I don’t necessarily think this is a “fad” that will pass – I think it’s just something that has recently been given some sort of social attention.

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during a sunny day on the front, with a picture of “home at the dome” on the back. “It was fun mocking up designs,” said Mark. “It was definitely a team thing.” After the design went through a voting process with Essentials employees, it was accepted. Mark and Lockard sent it for approval to UNI officials for licensing and mass distribution. Now, the Homecoming shirt is almost sold out at Essentials. Only a few sizes are still in stock, with prices starting at $13.99. On Sept. 30, however, University Book and Supply will provide the Homecoming t-shirt at a similar price but with only the front design. “We’ve had an amazing reaction this year. We’re running out right now and it’s quite an honor,” said Pruess. This year’s Homecoming t-shirt is not the only thing that has students excited. The exhibit of previous Homecoming shirts has students so interested that some are even requesting a purchase of previous t-shirts. I’m not opposed to it becoming something that has become socially acceptable. I think that a lot of unbelievably-jaw-dropping things have become acceptable quite recently. Everyone in my family who reads this is going to be extremely disappointed when they read that I’m perfectly fine with people being in friends-with-benefits relationships, if it’s what they want. However, I must point out that I do believe that sooner or later it will result in someone getting hurt. If you can find someone who you think you can be completely emotionless with and you don’t think the two of you will get attached, then go right ahead. I could tell you that it’s not right for society to promote such a controversial, promiscuous act, but I think that people will do what they want whether

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Adam Mark (left) and Ryan Lockard, the co-designers of this year’s winning t-shirt design for Homecoming, with the Homecoming shirts from the past 12 years.

“We thought it would be fun to display a walk down memory lane for everybody,” said Pruess. “It’s amazing how many students stop to look at what the other themes (were) for Homecoming in the past years.” or not society tells them it’s okay. I’m not sure that it’s sending the right message to kids about waiting until marriage to have sex, but like I pointed out before, there are many other things broadcasted in the media that promote such acts anyway. How is this any different? If you’re kind of on the fence about the situation, maybe trying to decide if you should enter a friends-with-benefits relationship or not, you should definitely look at the costs and benefits – but don’t stress yourself out about what others will think. Bottom line is, it’s your life and you get to make these decisions. You probably know what’s best for you, and if you don’t yet, then you will. The only way we can learn these things, however, is to give them a shot.

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the mastermind behind the statistics program that rates and measures the players’ abilities. Hill’s young, untried Brand is nervous and terrified of the other, more forceful characters, but quickly develops an awesome give-and-take relationship with Pitt’s more physically assertive Beane. In addition to Hill, there are also scenes that Pitt’s Beane shares with his ex-wife (Robin White) and daughter (Kerris Dorsey, who is awesome) to balance out the more intense posturing of the scouts and athletes. The characters are really given room to shine because of director Bennet Miller’s very straightforward style. The shots stay clean and focused, and there are times when Miller resorts to an almost documentarian style of shooting, incorporating shakier cameras, computer and television screens, and even static graphics to sell the great screenplay (written by Aaron Sorkin, of “The Social Network” fame). While that sounds like the movie may be pared down or lackluster, in fact, the opposite is true. “Moneyball” is sprawling without being epic. It’s huge in scope but remains intensely personal with the characters, especially with Pitt’s Beane and Chris Pratt’s Hatteberg, and the end result is something that’s really great.

the young people, as (he) knows that it will be my generation that will be the ones to keep the country strong. This is especially important in the time of the Arab Spring that seems to dominate our region.” Alsuwailem sees National Day as a way for non-Saudi students to interact with Saudi students and find out about the Saudi culture. “Saudi clubs like the one here at UNI are in every college where there are Saudis present so we can show our culture and change peoples’ perception(s) who misunderstand us,” Alsuwailem said. “After 9/11, statistics show that more people want to know more about Saudi and Arabic culture. For us it is important to share our culture from actual Saudi people and not from the media.” According to Al-Harthi, National Day is no longer just a day on the calendar, as it used to be. “Now it is a recognized holiday, as government offices are closed,” Al-Harthi said. “Embassies and consulates around the world open their doors on this day and people can go and enjoy a little bit of Saudi culture.”

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Acrobats and aerialists graced the Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center’s stage during the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Symphony Orchestra’s first performance of the season.

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just ‘this is where to put your foot’… it was a lifestyle. It was teaching how to respect and treat another person.” Many students who attended the night’s festivities had never been swing dancing before. Christine Lind, a biochemistry and biology major at the University of Northern Iowa, was “excited to learn a different dance form.” “I started ballroom and a

“Cirque de la Symphonie,” the symphony’s first performance of the season. The audience quickly fell silent as the symphony began to tune their instruments, guided by the concertmaster. Soon after, there was immediate applause for conductor Jason Weinberger as he took center stage. Weinberger addressed the sponsors of the symphony’s first event, thanking them, and then turned to little bit of salsa, so this will be awesome to learn,” said Lind. Becca Nims, a communication major at UNI, was “very excited to learn dancing in general.” “I’ve never really danced,” said Nims, “but I like knowing actual moves to dances opposed to just moving around.” By the end of the night, the floor was packed with people laughing as they spun and rock-stepped to the upbeat music under the colorful lights in the theatre.

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State Senator Jeff Danielson and Representative Bob Kressig were also at the event to promote the importance of health care. “Health care matters; it’s important, it’s a public issue, students are affected by it and we’re glad the changes have been made, but you have to raise awareness,” Danielson said. Danielson pointed out that a lot of changes have been made for students thanks to the Affordable Care Act. Because of the act, students are able to stay on their parents’ insurance until they are 26, preexisting conditions no longer exclude students from getting insurance and vaccines, and preventive procedures, such as flu shots and tests for blood pressure, diabetes and cancer screenings, are now available and affordable even if a student doesn’t have insurance. It also prevents insurance companies from cutting off health insurance coverage because of illness or high medical cost and allows students to access additional coverage options through health care exchanges, tax credits and Medicaid. “If you ask people about the individual changes that affect their lives, they wanted those changes,” Danielson said. “When it becomes an abstract political discussion about health care, people are out of sorts when it comes to whether or not they support (it).” For Meyers, staying on her parents’ health insurance is really important. “I get sick a lot,” Meyers said, “and it’s not good because I’m not healthy – I don’t eat right, I don’t sleep ever, so having health insurance is important to me, especially with how ambitious I want to be after graduation. Who knows where I’m living, where I’m staying, when I’m eating.” According to Danielson, many of the changes were phased in, having to address the media problems and then make health care work better for people over the long term. One example of this is one’s ability to find insurance if one is not currently covered. Since a lot of the insurance options were through

IT employers, there wasn’t a real market for insurance. Because of this, in 2014, health care exchanges will be set up where a person is able to “shop for” and purchase health care plans. Kressig, whose daughter recently graduated from UNI and is able to maintain coverage through his health care plan because of the Affordable Care Act, believes in the importance of making sure young people in the United States don’t have a financial burden on them if they become ill. “I think it’s important that as young people are getting out of the K-12 segment and trying to figure out what they’re going to do in life, they go to school, do all the studying, and to find out that they get sick, they’re on their own. I think that’s a travesty,” said Kressig. “We as Americans need to make sure (that) doesn’t happen to young people.” Chris Schwartz, an organizer at Working Families Win and Americans for Democratic Action and a 2006 UNI graduate, was personally affected by the burdens of not having health care coverage when he was 24 and got pneumonia while taking time off from school to work for the 2008 election. “Getting sick once can really damage you and follows you for a number of years,” Schwartz said. “It also not only impacts your health, but your financial health.” After getting sick and incurring the costs of not only the emergency room and urgent care visits but also the prescription bills, Schwartz was set back around $2,000. “That’s not like a Judy Blume kind of a story of a serious illness, but that’s how something relatively common can really impact someone involved for a couple years,” Schwartz said. “It’s something that really shouldn’t happen in this country.” The Affordable Care Act also helps with the often higher costs of women’s reproductive health. According to Schaefer, the Allen Women’s Health Clinic offers reproductive health care for free or at a reduced cost, including, free long-term birth control.

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FORWARD As of August, women’s preventative services, such as birth control, must be covered under insurance, which Schaefer says is “huge, because even just a onemonth supply of birth control pills can be $40 to $50.” “If you’re doing that every month, it’s cost-prohibitive – people are not going to take birth control at that cost,” Schaefer said. “It’s so much cheaper in the long run to prevent a pregnancy than to have an unplanned pregnancy.” Whether women or men are involved, Kressig’s believes the United States’ health care system is a “sickcare system.” “People go to the doctor when they’re sick, when, in a sense, they should go there when they’re healthy and find out what (they) need to do to avoid future illness,” Kressig said. According to Danielson, the Affordable Care Act

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR There is a problem with this “choice” Last week I read an article on CNN entitled “Stupid voters enable broken government.” The article, by LZ Granderson, is an interesting one, although I disapprove of some of the points he makes. One clear argument he pushes throughout the article can summarized in one of his simple phrases, “Let’s face it. A lot of us are just plain stupid.” He is referring to America’s poor decisions regarding politics. His chastising article was intermingled within other political pieces about the rise of the Republicans due to the public disgust in the Democrats, and, as always, the low approval rate of Congress. Granderson’s idea is to encourage voters to pay more attention to the politicians and know what type of people they are. It is to the public’s benefit that we make better decisions. This is a wonderfully impossible idea by Granderson.

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He fails because there is no better decision to be made. In many races across the country there is statistically a 50 percent chance either a Republican or a Democrat will be elected. Republicans and Democrats run in races uncontested by other parties, and if there is a contest, the candidate has such meager support that they rarely factor into the final ballot decisions. I voted last year in the state election; I chose my candidates by which one I would prefer. I did not actually like them. All students on campus at UNI should be voting next fall, but what is the point of voting for someone you do not approve of ? My advice: take a look at the other parties. UNI has a Libertarian club; there are socialist organizations around campus also. Find the party you like and stop making forced decisions at the ballot box. Wes Jones Junior social science education major

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rhetoric from sociologists and anarchists. We are jaded to the point of misdirection. Take, for instance, a common argument against socialism: the lack of motivation — resulting from the equal dispersal of wealth — for anyone to have jobs requiring higher education. The argument claims that no one would have a reason to pursue the difficult occupations. Such a claim simply shows how misguided we have become. So many believe that a job can only be had for its salary. The thought of someone obtaining employ-

ment for intellectual fulfillment or internal satisfaction is completely foreign. For money is the only motivation in this country. All economic systems have their issues, but I can’t help but feel like ours is turning our country into something it shouldn’t be. We are overflowing with greed and stained by the privatization of business. The good of man falls secondary to our bank statements, and altruism is the exception rather than the norm. In our world, it is all about dollars and cents. Which, unfortunately for most, makes no sense.

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Today around campus Sara Schneckloth’s art exhibit will be on display in the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art’s Lightwell Gallery. Schneckloth’s art will be on display until Sept. 9. Fall 2011 first billing statement. A lecture by Sara Schneckloth will take place from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. in the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. The event will be followed by a reception for Schneckloth at 5 p.m. in the museum’s Lightwell Gallery. The lecture is free. The Sound Lounge will host a free concert from 8 to 10 p.m. on the Oklahoma Memorial Union lawn. The concert will feature local music talent. The concert is free for OU students.

because, according to Fitch’s report, its credit-rating system is one of the resources the OU Board of Regents uses to determine budgeting. This includes, but is not limited to, how much money will be designated in specific places, where it will be cut from and how much OU will charge students for tuition. Despite the poor outlook by Fitch, OU is making financial cuts to prevent a tuition increase, said Matt Hamilton, registrar and vice president for Enrollment and Student Financial Services. “All departments have been asked to trim their expenses in an effort to limit tuition increases,” Hamilton

AT A GLANCE: behind the ratings Fitch decided to keep the university’s AA credit because of: • Strong enrollment retention • Diverse revenue base • Adequate resources • OU’s status as the flagship institution of higher education in Oklahoma • Recruiting programs targeting out-of-state students, which offset fluctuating enrollment rates because out-of-state students pay more

said. “In some cases, technology has been the answer to trim costs, and in other cases, departments and offices have made strategic decisions to decrease costs in other ways.” Tuition is a by-product of changes in state appropriations and other costs such as

Fitch kept the university’s negative outlook because of: • Diminished financial flexibility • Consistent negative operating margin • Reduction in state aid • Financial stress from retirement benefits • High debt burden Source: Fitch Ratings

said. Tuition increased 5 percent for the 2011-2012 academic year after state funds decreased by a net 4.8 percent. If the same situation were to arise and tuition was increased, OU offers many students the opportunity to subsidize costs, Kuwitzky said. “We certainly anticipate that scholarships will continue to increase,” he said. OU also is increasing fund waivers to prevent a negative turn, Kuwitzky said. “OU has committed to increase university-funded waivers by an amount sufficient to offset the impact of tuition and mandatory fee increase,” he said.

increases in health insurance and utility rates, said Chris Kuwitzky, OU’s associate vice president for Administration and Finance. Tuition increases are necessary to keep academic and administrative units from Managing Editor Chase Cook cutting budgets, Kuwitzky contributed to this report.

questions: Prizes to be awarded to top scores Continued from page A1 can’t answer,” said Lauren Giddens, graduate assistant for the board. The game is a series of five questions that include

anything from who will score first to predicting a score for either team. Prizes are based on the number of questions you answered correctly after the game. Away game prizes include

T-shirts, and home game prizes include a Blu-ray/ DVD combo pack. The grand prize is a Bluray player gift pack that is given at the end of the semester. The game will be played

Friday before every game, giving students the opportunity to either start the game then or increase their odds of winning, Giddens said. The booth will be up at 11:30 a.m. in the first floor lobby of the union.

Friday, Sept. 2 Final day to change from audit to credit. Last day for full refunds on dropped classes and complete withdrawals. Financial aid enrollment confirmation deadline. Last day of no recorded grade for dropped courses. “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides” will be shown at 6:30 p.m., 9 p.m. and midnight for free in the Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Governor’s Room. Women’s soccer will play Oral Roberts at 7 p.m. at the OU Soccer Complex.

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well as the public section, checking for mechanical isoudaily.coM sues such as fires and leaks. Video: Join the security Trained in basic first aid a lot of people get to see guards on their night and firefighting, the guards them,” Camp said. “I’m shift at the Sam Noble doing nightly tours for eight are equipped to handle Oklahoma Museum of most emergencies. hours, so I try to kill time Natural History Luckily, the security offiand look at where the specicers said there has been no mens come from.” During the evening, night major emergencies or propany other building that’s erty damage to date. guards enter every collecbeen in use for years, there’s “We’ve had false fire tion room in the research alarms,” Helmers said. “Like been mechanical issues. portion of the museum, as

There hasn’t been any fires, no break-ins and no major accidents.” The guards take every precaution to ensure the museum and the irreplaceable artifacts it houses are safe, no matter what. “You can’t put a price on the museum,” Helmers said. “When you include the dinosaur fossils and the artwork, it’s priceless.”

saturday, Sept. 3 “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides” will be shown at 6:30 p.m., 9 p.m. and midnight for free in the Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Governor’s Room. First OU football game of the season. The Sooners will play the Tulsa Hurricanes at 7 p.m. in Oklahoma Memorial Stadium.

sunday, sept. 4 Women’s soccer will play Missouri State at 7 p.m. OU Soccer Complex.

monday, sept. 5 No classes today. Enjoy the three-day weekend.

tuesday, sept. 6 Automatic grade of W for any undergraduate and graduate dropped courses. The Norman Magic Experience will kick off the inaugural Union Week, hosted by the Union Programming Board. Magician Norman Ng will put on a free magic show from 8 to 9:30 p.m. in the Oklahoma Memorial Union’s food court.

Wednesday, sept. 7 The Delta Gamma Achnor Splash will take place from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Murray Case Sells Swim Complex. Tickets are $5 in advance from any Delta Gamma member or $6 at the gate. A general interest meeting for the Union Programming Board will take place from 9 to 10 p.m. in the Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Scholars Room.

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Some taken aback by large campus Exchange students’ schools vary in shape and size CoCo Courtois Campus Reporter

American students have become accustomed to 3,000-acre college campuses, but for exchange students, OU’s size takes some getting used to. “It ’s almost as big as my city center,” said Anais Tierny, communications student from Bordeaux University in France. Worldwide, students don’t necessarily study on such a large campus. Many countries don’t even have one. While there are exceptions to every rule, based upon experiences of OU’s exchange students, there are three different types of campuses outside of the U.S. One of those campus designs that drastically differs from OU is a European model popular in countries such as France, Spain and Norway. Many European universities are smaller and less centralized. “A couple of big buildings, some cafeterias, a gym and a sports center, but really that’s it,” said Annika Borgströem, law student from Stockholm University. It can be surprising for American students, but many European campuses are like this. “It’s in the middle of a city so it’s integrated into city life; it isn’t built as its own sort of community,” said Calum Raffle, finance student from the University of Dundee, Scotland. In the European campus model, university departments are often more decentralized than American campuses. “It doesn’t feel like being inside a campus, but more

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Alex Manosalvas (right) shoots pool with fellow international students Ophélie Hérard, Sara Tavanti and Angel Martinez in the Traditions East clubhouse Thursday. With few means of transportation, the students socialize and meet friends at the Traditions pool and clubhouse.

that university buildings are here and there in the city,” Tierny said. “There is often no real campus spirit.” OU students have Sooner pride on and off the campus, but it is not as common a practice for many European students. “My campus is actually really sad — orange, dreary brick buildings, no grass, no trees,” said Rachael NelsonDaley, law student from Valencia, Spain. “It’s probably because the university architect used to be a prison architect.” It d o e s n o t m e a n a l l European universities are dreary, but students don’t expect the same things from their campuses, Nelson-

“My campus is actually really sad ... It’s probably because the university architect used to be a prison architect.” Rachel Nelson-Daley, Ou Law student from Valencia, Spain

Daley said. “I basically go to class and head back home,” NelsonDaley said. While the mood and design of European campuses are a sharp contrast to the U.S., many Asian campuses actually resemble a smaller version of those in the U.S. However, they impose more restrictions on students. “We have banks, restaurants, a bakery, a swimming pool, a cosmetic store, a nail shop, a hair salon, a travel

agency, an eyewear store ... there are rumors that there will be a theater, even an amusement park,” said JiHye Lee, an English education student in Kyungpook National University, Korea. The university also has the biggest library in the country, and anyone from outside the campus can come and use the facilities for a reasonable price. But sometimes Asian university policies are a bit stricter. At Kyungpook, students

must exit and enter through main gates and alcohol is not allowed on campus. The dorms have public showers, and if you want your own shower, you have to live in private dorms made by external companies. And you won’t find students driving to school. “If you live close to the university, you cannot live in the dorm, nor bring your car for free,” Lee said. At Minzu University in China, living at school is the only alternative. “Students must live in the campus because it’s the policy of the school not to have an apartment outside,” said Si Chen, graduate student in education. “Beijing

is really expensive, so one could not afford to live in the city anyway.” L i ke Ky u ng p o o k University, Minzu is in the middle of the city, surrounded by walls and huge gates. South American campuses are a third distinctive structure, but they are the most similar to their northern equivalent. One South American student said universities want to look like North American campuses. “ You can choose your own classes; we have restaurants, theaters, a book store. ... It really is the same as an American campus,” said Ana Maria Meléndez, psychology student from the University of Los Andes, Columbia. “I must say it’s convenient to be able to do everything from the same place.” Whereas most of the private universities in Brazil are more like the European model, public universities many times have a North American-style campus because they are for everyone and they are absolutely free, said José Felipe Jordão, a business student at Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro. But inevitably, because no one actually pays for it, except through taxes, people don’t take care of the buildings and campus is a little shady at night, Jordão said. Whichever system exchange students come from, most of them said they appreciate what the OU campus has to offer. “I think they want to provide the students the best quality of life and the best conditions to study,” Jordão said. And he’s not the only one who thinks so. “They have grass, bars, restaurants — the real deal,” Nelson-Daley said.

UOSA: Seats provide opportunities Continued from page A1 the general elections in November, Loveless said. Associates can speak on matters concerning their committee, but cannot vote

on legislature. All students involved will work on committee projects based on student and campus needs. “Being a student representative is a unique opportunity because students are able to help other students,

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Evaluate: OU faculty has mixed reactions Continued from page A1 with it. “Student’s evaluations for many professors are already available online through websites that allow students to rate their professors anonymously,” he said. There are some professors concerned with students relying on reviews. “Some professors worry that if they push their students to learn more, these students will become frustrated and reduce the professors’ rating,” accounting professor Wayne Thomas said. “The professor may genuinely want the student to get the most out of the course, but students that are looking for an easy A will react negatively.” One student admits the evaluations are not always the best barometer of faculty performance or efficiency. “The students may not always be writing the real thing in their evaluations,” civil engineering junior Haby Ly said. “They could write bad reports of the professors when they are not granted an extension for their assignment.” Ly said students shouldn’t draw too much reference from online evaluations until they’ve actually taken the professor’s class.

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Student organizations

Atheists form campus club

Students create group to push for camaraderie

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Today around campus A lecture from the 12th Series of David Ross Boyd Lectures, titled “Popular Song as Moral Microcosm,” will take place from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. at the Sam Noble Museum. The lecture is free. “From Pacifist to Warrior-Christ: Jesus in Medieval Imagination,” a free lecture sponsored by the Medieval Fair, will take place from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in Room A/B of the Norman Public Library, 225 N. Webster Ave. Women’s volleyball will host Texas Southern at 2 p.m. and Arkansas-Little Rock at 7 p.m. at McCasland Field House. Women’s tennis will host the Sooner Fall Invitational all day at Headington Family Tennis Center.

A new club on campus is working to reverse students’ misconceptions about atheism. Atheist and Skeptic Association for Progress is one of the newest organizations recognized by OU. The group was founded last semester by junior foreign affairs major Cass Mays. President Nathan Cranford said many people believe atheism is an absolute claim that no god exists, but it is actually a school of thought that believes in the lack of evidence in the existence of a higher power. He said he feels prior to the inception of the organization there was not much of an outlet for atheists to socialize with one another, much less congregate on campus. But Cranford said he thinks the organization serves as a filler to that void.

WHERE: Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Associate’s Room

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Philosophy senior Nathan Cranford chalks information about the second meeting of the Atheist and Skeptic Association for Progress student organization Tuesday on the South Oval.

“We also want to be an active voice on campus, so some sort of opposition to the majority of other clubs mostly religious affiliation clubs,” said Cranford, philosophy senior. Philosophy and civics junior Alexander Graham was one of 10 people who helped start the club. “I was really just curious to see if there were any other atheists at OU because it

would be nice to have a little bit of camaraderie with somebody that shares like views with you because OU is a very religious place” Graham said. “Surprisingly, there are quite a few (atheists).” Reception to the organization has been mainly positive, and Cranford said even a few Christians showed up to the first meeting to see what the group had to say and to better understand an atheist’s

views. Graham said the club mostly attracts philosophy and sciences majors, such as psychology, physics and engineering. Zoology and computer science professor Tom Ray is the club’s adviser and was recommended for the club because he is a member of the Norman Naturalism organization. The club’s goal is not to be a place to rant about religion; rather before each meeting, the club collects specific questions over topics of discussion to take place, for instance “does atheism lead to nihilism?” As of now there are 30 official members who meet every two weeks on Sundays.

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Women’s volleyball will play Arkansas-Pine Bluff at noon and Boise State at 7 p.m. at McCasland Field House. Women’s soccer will play BYU at 3 p.m. at the OU Soccer Complex. A watch party for the OU-Florida State football game will take place from 7 to 10 p.m. at the Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Crossroads Lounge. Women’s tennis will host the Sooner Fall Invitational all day at Headington Family Tennis Center. Women’s rugby’s War of the Roses Tournament will take place from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. at Al Veelie Rugby Complex. The tournament is free.

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walking: Buses provide low-cost alternative Continued from page 1 And depending where students are going, they would be looking over their shoulder for quite the hike. The two farthest buildings from anywhere on campus are often Catlett Music Center and Sarkeys Energy Center.

For sooners walking to class because they can’t afford a bike or other means of faster transportation, options do exist. Every week day from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., the last run beginning at 3:40 p.m., CART offers shuttle service. The shuttle makes stops from as far away as Lloyd Noble Center and stops at

various places throughout campus such as Sarkeys and the Physical Science Center. Interior design junior Maggie Dursing takes the bus most days before making the trek across campus. “I enjoy the walk because I get to see people and say, ‘hi’. I ride the trolley to campus and get off at the library. I only have two classes on

campus, but the walk’s not bad,” Dursing said. Whether people walk out of necessity or preference walking is the most popular ways to get to class, and it is simple and easy, regardless of being slower and potentially dangerous due to traffic. “I don’t mind walking,” Powell stated, “It gets me where I need to go.”

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Coaches developed a close friendship in college Graham ◄13 you’ve never been before,” he said. “That’s what I believe.” The rules don’t keep Graham from relating to his players. Redshirt junior quarterback Tino Sunseri said Graham comes into the locker room after practice and talks to every athlete in order make them feel at home. “That’s a good feeling whenever a head coach goes out of his way to make sure he shakes each player’s hand and asks about their day,” Sunseri said. “That keeps you motivated and keeps you moving forward.” Sunseri added that the enthusiasm and energy Graham brings to the football field carries over to how he acts throughout the day. “That doesn’t stop when he walks off the practice field,” Sunseri said. “He carries himself that way as he walks down these halls. It kind of rubs off on people and that’s kind of the Pitt way now.” Graham demands the same of his team in the classroom and in the community as he does on the football field, saying that substandard morals and values will reveal themselves during a game. “Ninety-five percent of the time they don’t, but when it counts — when it gets down to fourth and goal and the game is on the line — that’s when it comes back to haunt you,”

he said. Relationships are built on a foundation of discipline, integrity, work ethic and toughness, Graham said, and the coaches and players are all trying to make each other better men. “Here’s how you win football games: You get 11 guys to do what they’re coached to do right, the first time you ask them to do it,” he said. “We live in a society of ninth and 10th chances. Old-fashioned values is what I’m all about with the modern approach to the game. I find it easy to win if you can get the relationship.” Respecting tradition Graham doesn’t eat pregame meals. Instead, he gets a hot dog from every stadium he goes to. That’s what fans do at a college football game, he said, they get a hot dog and a popcorn. And Graham, without a doubt, is a college football fan. He loves the pageantry of game day. It’s part of the reason he said he’d never be interested in coaching in the NFL. He also said he cherishes the opportunity to make a difference in the life of each of his team members.

“I’m a teacher at heart. I want to teach,” Graham said. “I like the collegiate level, I think it’s perfect for me. These kids don’t have their mom and dad here and we basically are it. We have a tremendous inﬂuence in their lives, not just in winning games but in every regard.” Graham also revels in the tradition of college football. He said he understands the importance of respecting the past and his elders — lessons he said he learned from Copeland and his grandfather. The coaches and players ought to know the history of Pitt football, he said, because along with the fans and students, that’s what they represent. At every school he’s coached at, Graham invites old lettermen into the locker room before games as a nod to the importance of the past. “It’s better than any pregame speech I can give because they get to shake the kid’s hand that wears their number and say, ‘Son, go make me proud today,’” Graham said. “And you can look at the old warrior’s face and then walk out in that tunnel.” Graham said the past players line the hallway, some of them growing emotional because of what the game meant to them. “We walk through the men that have come

before us,” he said. “It’s awesome. The past is also a great motivator for you to know who you represent, and I think it’s my obligation to give honor and homage to the past in a way that honors Pitt.” Football and friendship Graham said he wouldn’t have come to Pitt without his staﬀ, including defensive coordinator and linebackers coach Keith Patterson — one of Graham’s closest friends and someone he refers to as family. Patterson was an assistant coach under Graham at Allen High School, later becoming Graham’s defensive coordinator at Tulsa in 2006. The two ﬁrst met at East Central University in 1983. Graham was a talkative and passionate freshman free safety, Patterson a quiet and meticulous sophomore strong safety. Graham grew up in the inner city with a poor background; Patterson was a coach’s son with a traditional upbringing. Graham owned a motorcycle; Patterson drove a truck. Graham ► 16

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Show up scholarly peers, lie about progress Bateman ◄ 8 Other student: Ah, I recall possibly reading those. Very important. But you simply must read Kamperland’s critique of post-literacy. You: I believe I have, and it was most likely thought-provoking. What about Dusselbrahaus? Other student: Certainly. Izod-Lacoste? You: Very cutting-edge, much like Van Heusen. In addition to curating these long lists of “relevant” scholarly works — few of which ever need to be read, or are — you’ll be hard at work on a thesis or dissertation. As tempting as it might sound, you can’t finish one of these magnum opuses merely by cutting-andpasting a handful of Wikipedia summaries together and calling it a day. No, you must produce “original content” — but even this herculean task can be rendered manageable. Check this out: Other student: How is that thesis coming along? I’ve written five pages. You (lying): I’ve already written it and submitted it to five refereed journals. Also, I already have a job offer. Oh, and next week I’m going to appear on TV for some reason. See what you did there? That other student was trying to put the screws to you, and instead of admitting that you’d spent the week slacking off, you just lied. Since most of your career as a serious graduate student will con-

sist of “smoke-and-mirrors” productivity of this sort, cultivate the fine art of deception as soon as possible. This brings us to the most significant difference between your life as an undergraduate and your career as a Ph.D. student: Since there are way more things you’re supposed to be doing, you’re going to have to spend far more time not doing them. A lazy Sunday spent on the couch watching Peyton “Overrated” Hillis and his hapless Cleveland Browns lose another game is kid stuff — as we wrote earlier, you’re

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THE PROSPECTOR April 7, 2011 TRON from page 7

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ʻTaxi Driverʼ remains frightening 35 years later BY MATTHEW MUNDEN The Prospector “Taxi Driver,” not “Raging Bull,” “Goodfellas” or “The Departed,” is, and probably will remain, Martin Scorsese’s best film. It’s not just because of Robert De Niro’s performance as Travis Bickle or the haunting conclusion; it is because this movie has stayed relevant for 35 years since its debut, which is probably why it was recently rereleased on Blu-ray. Bickle’s feelings of isolation are universal feelings that most experience at one point in their lives. However, most deal with it better than he does. His delusions of grandeur are also universal feelings, yet most don’t get lost in them. Paul Schrader’s script is widely known to be inspired by John Ford’s “The Searchers.” In the 1956 film, John Wayne plays an aging Civil War veteran obsessed with rescuing his niece from a group of Native Americans. The only problem is that the young woman might not need to be rescued. Still, the thought of her with Native American drives him to go after her. When he finds her, she says that she wishes to remain with the natives, so the veteran changes his mind and plans to kill the girl. Things work out in the end –for the veteran at least. He doesn’t kill his niece and is able to take her home. Happy ending. In “Taxi Driver,” Travis obsesses over saving Iris (Jodie Foster), a young 12-year-old prostitute. Her “kidnapper” is a pimp named Sport (Harvey Keitel). So, Travis kills those using the girl in a scene of such

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‘Taxi Driver,’ starring Robert De Niro, celebrates its 35th anniversary with a re-release in high definition on Blu-ray. Despite its age, the film still proves to be just as frightening as it was when it was first released. For those that are interested in a good scare, this is a must see. shocking violence that you cannot believe what you are witnessing. He is sent a letter from the girl’s parents telling him, “thank you,” but by the time this note comes, you question

whether you’re still in the real world or just Travis’ reality. Travis also obsesses over a young woman named Betsy (Cybill Shepherd), a campaign worker for a

presidential hopeful, Charles Palatine. Travis thinks that Palatine is corrupting her and plots his death as well. In the film, there is a moment at a political rally when Travis smiles in a strange way that resembles photos of Arthur Bremer just before he shot George Wallace, the Democratic presidential candidate in 1972. Today when I watched that scene, all I could think about is the picture of Jared Lee Loughner after he was taken into police custody. Scorsese said that the most important shot in the whole film is one that has Travis on a payphone while a girl is turning him down. The camera moves to the right and looks down a long hallway, not allowing the audience to watch Travis feel the pain of rejection. Later, when he goes on a rampage, the camera shows the entire bloody catastrophe. Almost like the film is just daring you to look away like it did once. In the end, I believe that “Taxi Driver” and “The Searchers” are both trying to depict what justified genocide in the heroes’ minds. In “The Searchers,” it was racism. In “Taxi Driver,” it was loneliness. The message of both is that an alienated man, unable to create normal relationships, loses himself and assigns himself to rescue someone from a life that he cannot understand. The final image of “The Searchers” is John Wayne standing in a doorway with the entire western frontier behind him. The final of image of “Taxi Driver” is him driving a taxi with Betsy in the backseat. He sees her in the mirror, but doesn’t turn around. If only both men could turn around and see what lies behind them. Matthew Munden may be reached at prospector@utep. edu.

The original had amazing technology and Jeff Bridges going for it. The story was beyond silly. The sequel also has amazing tech and Jeff Bridges is still in it (although, he seemed to be playing the Dude, from “The Big Lebowski,” trapped in a computer…not that I’m complaining about that). But the sequel also has a pretty competent story, even though it occasionally expects the audience to remember more about the original than any normal person should be able, i.e. those star shapes that both Kevin and CLU pick up for three seconds are actually kind of important to the series. On a high definition television, “Tron: Legacy” looks gorgeous. The video occasionally expands from 2.35:1 to 1.78:1 to fill the screen better during some scenes on the grid. Like “The Dark Knight,” the disc contains the IMAX edition of the film and, while I would have wished that the entire film could have been shot using the IMAX specific film (I dislike black bars on my TV), it’s a nice inclusion. In 7.1 surround sound, the score by Daft Punk is absolutely amazing. The pairing of Daft Punk to the “Tron” series is as amazing as when Jonny Greenwood wrote the score to “There Will Be Blood.” Daft Punk writes a score that honors the score by Journey from the original, while also effectively making it fit in with the rest of their musical catalogue. The Blu-ray release of “Tron; Legacy” is an outstanding bit of geek merchandising. The highest priced edition of the film comes in a light up case that resembles the life discs from the film series, has “Tron: Legacy” in 3-D and 2-D on Blu-ray and a standard definition of the film comes on DVD and a digital copy disc for portable media players. Also, in the case is a Blu-ray edition of the original “Tron,” re-mastered for high definition. The original does not hold up well, but to understand the slightly convoluted story of the sequel it is still required viewing. Matthew Munden may be reached at prospector@utep. edu.

PAGE18SPORTS HOME from page 17 limited UTEP to just five hits in two games. Both games played out similarly when the Pirates won game one on a single in the bottom of the seventh, which resulted in the only run of the game. East Carolina used the same type of heroics in the third game of the series April 18 when the Pirates won 1-0 on another game winning single in the bottom of the seventh.

THE PROSPECTOR April 19, 2011 Pitching isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the only key advantage for East Carolina this year as the bats have played a consistent role. The Pirates may have the fifth best batting average with the least amount of homeruns in C-USA but their ability to hit the ball is without question. East Carolina places in the top three in doubles, triples and overall extra base hits. Three batters are hitting better than .300 led by junior left fielder Suzanne Riggs. Riggs leads the Pirates with 28

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RBIs and three homeruns and was the C-USA hitter of the week for April 4. During their three-game sweep of Southern Miss April 2-3, Riggs drove in six runs off five hits where she went .500 for the weekend. The Miners were not so fortunate against the Golden Eagles when they were run-ruled 10-0 in game one and again in game three by the count of 8-0. Their best effort came in game two when UTEP fell short 11-10 in 10 innings. UTEP held a six run lead in the second inning but gave up three runs off two hits in the last inning to give Southern Miss their second league victory of the season. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been kind of struggling as a pitching staff but weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been working

really hard so hopefully we can pull it all together,â&#x20AC;? freshman pitcher Laura Ramos said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Since we havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t had the best record in conference we want to be able to actually beat some of these teams and open their eyes.â&#x20AC;? The Miners pitching has played a major role during their current 13 game C-USA losing streak including an overall 10 game skid. Since entering league play, their team ERA is at a conference worst 9.10 as they have been run-ruled in eight of those losses. With three underclassmen getting the majority of the starts over the past six conference series, the Miners are looking to use the experience to plan for the future.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think anytime you have the ball in the circle itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a great experience. It doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t matter if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a senior or a junior,â&#x20AC;? co-head coach Kathleen Rodriguez said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But at this stage our freshmen are seeing a lot more action and yeah, I do think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a fantastic experience for them with the ball in their hand.â&#x20AC;? Most notable of their recent woes, the Miners are continuing their season without their best hitter, junior catcher Chelsea Troupe. After sustaining a head injury during game two against Houston April 10, Troupe has been absent from the lineup ever since and is not expected to return this month. William Vega may be reached at prosepector@utep.edu.

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Freshman pitcher Megan Atchison winds up for a pitch April 9 at the Helen of Troy Softball Complex.

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Miners hope to end losing ways on the road BY WILLIAM VEGA The Prospector If UTEP hopes to break their 10game Conference-USA skid, their best chance may come this weekend when the Miners visit Southern Miss for a three game series April 16-17. “We’re all getting a little frustrated because we’re not winning as many games as we’d like to, especially in conference. But we work so hard and eventually it’s going to pay off,”

sophomore second baseman Kayla Oranger said. “We just have to start clicking on all cylinders: our pitching, our hitting and our defense and when they’re all going off, we’ll be a powerful team.” Sitting in dead last, the Golden Eagles have failed to win a single league game and have lost 22 of their last 25 overall. UTEP is on a losing streak, dropping their last seven and losing 13 of their last 14.

“You could only go up from here, right? We’re looking for success and we’re going to do what it takes to get there,” freshman shortstop Samantha Alvillar said. “We’re just going to keep working on the things we need to work on and things are going to work our way. We’re going to be winners in the end.” The Miners have been run-ruled in eight of those 13 losses while giving up an average of more than nine runs a game. Most recently, the Min-

ers were run-ruled for the first team in a C-USA series to Houston April 9-10 but are now feeling positive they can match up with some of the best teams. “We have the ability to beat anybody on the field. Whether it’s number one in the conference or number one in the country, we have the

athleticism, we have the support and we have the desire to do it,” Alvillar said. “We feel confident going into the conference tournament and going into every game that we know we can come out with success.”

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regarding surgery. “My wife had to have gallbladder surgery near the end of the school year and it became a bigger ordeal,” Peel said. “By the time she was well, it was too late.” Brittany Minor, junior psychology major, said she has been renting from the bookstore since last fall and the fact that students return rented books and do not have to keep them is what most appealed to her. “If I was able to rent it, then I know I can return it,” Minor said. “I hate when we have to buy our books and then we try to sell them back and they won’t take them.” Minor said so far it has been a good experience and she recommends it to other students. Minor said she understands the rules on renting and the late policies.

“Books are very expensive so I understand they have to be strict about it because they don’t want to lose that much money on books,” Minor said. Courtney Briley, sophomore mass communications major, said the only place she has rented from is Chegg.com. “I bought my books the first semester from the bookstore and then the rest of my college career rented from Chegg,” Briley said. Briley said her experience with Chegg has been good so far and she will continue renting from that site. Briley said she especially likes that Chegg is eco-friendly. She said the company plants a tree every time someone rents from it and they send the books with recycled material boxes for the books’ return.

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Sara Shipman, senior EC-6 major (left) and Grace Savage, senior athletic training major (left) are recognized Sept. 8 at the Dean’s Honor Reception for their achievements by Dr. Carlos Martinez, dean of the School of Education.

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research can also benefit students considering attending graduate school. “If they are planning to go to graduate school and things like that, it shows they have that independence and are able to conduct their own studies and don’t need to be taught how to do it because they already have that experience,” Morris said. Hillard said one senior

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biochemistry major, Tanner Neumann, has attended the National American Chemical Society’s national meeting for two years in a row to present his Welch grant funded research—something no student at Wesleyan has ever accomplished before. Ivone Menchaca, senior chemistry major, was selected for the summer 2010

research program, where she worked with Dr. Kris Gilbert. “I enjoyed the fact that I had the opportunity to learn new techniques and have a further understanding of Dr. Gilbert’s research,” Menchaca said. “I also enjoyed the satisfaction I got from having consistent and useful results. I am hoping that Nicholas Franda | Rambler Staff throughout this semester I can continue to get promis- The Rent-A-Text program at the Texas Wesleyan Bookstore has evoked mixed reviews with students who have utilized it, with some reaping benefits and others ending up unhappy. ing results.”

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secretary, he has already established some goals. “I want to make the student government more transparent over the next couple weeks,” Jones said. “[SGA executives should be] making sure that government is solely focused on students’ needs and not necessarily looking at relationships between the administration and

government, but meeting the needs of the student body.” Jones said the SGA will launch a new website within the next few weeks in which anyone interested can access minutes from each meeting, read about bills that have been passed and see the budget the SGA is working with. These items will first be avail-

able on the portal page connected to Texas Wesleyan’s website, but will transition to its own domain soon after. Kautai said her main goal as treasurer is to focus on working with her Finance and Audit Committee to push as much legislation through the SGA as possible. “I believe that Gary and Gina were very positive and concerned about what was best for the stu-

dent body, and President Van Noy could have said ‘no, these are not the choices I want for this position,’” Rucker said. “He could have appointed anyone to the positions, but I believe he felt the same—that the student body elected those two people into their positions and worked in agreement with the student body.” Both Jones and Kautai were reappointed before any official busi-

ness was carried out for the SGA. “What’s important is that we were able to rectify that situation and bring the government back into a constitutional format and do it without any disruptions in the government,” Rucker said. Anyone can attend the next SGA business meeting, set for 5:15 p.m. Sept. 20 in the SGA chamber within the Brown-Lupton Student Center.

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Spring registration just around corner Alejandra Garcia

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The fall semester is more than half over, which means it is time for Texas Wesleyan students to start planning for the spring semester. Academic advising takes place the week of Oct. 24. Students are responsible for setting up meetings with their advisers to discuss the classes students should take. Freshmen, sophomores and juniors are required to meet with their advisers before registering online. Time and date of registration depends on students’ classifications. Seniors and graduate students can register beginning Oct. 31, juniors Nov. 2, sophomores Nov. 4 and freshmen on Nov. 15. Open registration is available from Nov. 8 through Dec. 5. Students who register after Dec. 6 will be charged a late fee of $100. To register, students will need to login into their Ramlink accounts and click on the registration option on the right side of the page. The registration process is different for freshmen and first semester transfer students. They must register in the Freshman Advising Center. Twyla Gills, assistant registrar,

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said students should look on Ramlink before meeting with their advisers and check out their major audit to see the credits they have already and the credits they still need to take. Gills said there are university catalogs available in the registrar’s office for the students who prefer it over Ramlink. Catalogs cost $5 for the hard copy edition, but are free online at web3.txwes.edu/registrar/academiccatologs.htm. Gills said it is the student’s responsibility to contact his or her adviser, prepare a list of questions or concerns beforehand and be familiar with the requirements and prerequisites for his or her major. She said it is important for students to get an early start on registration. “My number one advice is to not procrastinate,” Gills said. Tabitha Evans, sophomore athletic training major, said she thinks it is too early in the semester to start thinking about the next semester. “I thought it was a little early,” Evans said. “You’re just barely half-way through the semester.” Evans said students are more concerned with their current

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ing to bring a light set up,” Chaney said. “The lights are going to correlate with the music and we’re going to add strobe lights.” The rave will also have glow sticks, neon paint and fog machines. Kriti Sharma, junior pre-law criminal justice major, said the theatre department will help with the haunted house component. “They’re going to be the actors freaking people out,” Sharma said. “They are excellent with their makeup and their costumes and they can put on a show.” The Hallow Fest will also have laser tag, a bounce house complete with more carniva l— style games, and best costume contest.

video games. “I basically like doing the nerdy stuff,” Reed said. Collier Jennings, junior education major, met Reed at Wesleyan freshman orientation and has become a very close friend of his. “He is a smart, verbose man with a wicked sense of humor, and is a great friend,” Jennings said. Reed continues to impress his friends. “He is a pretty cool guy, and he is very intelligent,” Senft said. “He is the type of guy that will have your back if you need it.”

viser, she will probably still meet with him. “It’s always better to ask someone for advice,” Dangol said. Dangol also said she recom-

was freshman,” Senft said. Reed and Senft have remained close throughout the years and Reed was introduced to LARPing when Senft brought it to Wesleyan. “I got everyone in on LARP, and we just do it randomly,” Senft said. “It gives us exercise and we learn some of our moves from action movies.” Along with LARPing, Reed also plays electric guitar, writes stories, reads graphic novels and plays

classes and exams than thinking about future classes. Anna Dangol, senior psychology major, said even though she is not required to meet with her ad-

LARPing and hopes to get more people involved. “LARPing is acting out a story of sorts. It’s used in RPG [role playing games] and telling stories,” Reed said. “The people participating dress up, have props, preferably weapons—foam weapons to specify—and act.” Ryan Senft, senior history major, has known Reed since high school. “We both attended Nolan Catholic. I met him when I was a sophomore and he

Erica Estrada | Rambler Staff Priority registration for spring 2012 classes begins Oct. 31 for seniors and graduate students, Nov. 2 for juniors, Nov. 4 for sophomores and Nov. 15 for freshmen. Registration after Dec. 6 will result in a late fee of $100.

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October 19, 2011

Big Read initiative explores classic novel Kelsi Holland

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Faculty and staff in the School of Education at Texas Wesleyan are making strides in uniting the surrounding Polytechnic Heights community with the university through The Big Read. Big Read is an effort to promote literacy in the Poly community and raise awareness of reading beginning in February 2012 Twyla Miranda, professor of education and director of graduate studies in education, has been working on promoting Big Read on campus. Miranda said faculty, staff and students at Texas Wesleyan received $11,700 from the National Endowment of the Arts to use as a tool to help raise awareness of literacy in the community. With Big Read, every junior class in the Fort Worth Independent School District will be reading The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. Miranda said

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“By the end of the week, they recognize if they have spent a lot of money on eating out or if they have spent it on random things,” JohnsonGerendas said. “I know every time we do that [keep track of

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this book is centered on the Great Depression and relates to the hard economic times we face today. “The objective of this program is to bring our community together,” Miranda said. The kick-off for Big Read will start late February 2012. At the time this article was written the name of the event was undecided. “The kick off will be a chance for people to get involved and help the Tarrant Area Food Bank,” Miranda said. “This is truly a need because the food bank is running out of nonperishable items as well.” After the kickoff event takes place, there will be a series of events beginning in March and ending in April consisting of book discussions on The Grapes of Wrath, tutoring for high school students, video conferences, plays and more events to come in the planning phase. “I hope to help raise the awareness of literacy for the community, high school

spending] every semester in the fall, they [students] come back and go ‘I didn’t know that I was spending so much money on clothes or food’ or just junk food instead of real food or gasoline.”

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“The program is a strong asset to your resume and exposes students to experience different backgrounds,” Hart said. Dr. Tom Smith, market-

ing and mass communications professor, said students can learn a lot from the experience. “The program introduces students to new ideas

students, and at Texas Wesleyan,” Miranda said. “I hope we all can promote the Wesleyan community and a community-wide read.” Neto Diaz, freshman theatre major, and participant in the event agrees the program is beneficial to the university and the community. “It’s great. It’s directed towards high school students of FWISD and impacting Texas Wesleyan University as well,” Diaz said. “It’s a great cause and I appreciate the promotion of literacy in the community.” Laura Alexander, sophomore political science major, also is a participant and is excited about the events to come. “I think it will impact our community and campus tremendously,” Alexander said. “It’s something practical we can do to promote awareness of literacy and help with the Tarrant Area Food Bank.” Erica Estrada | Rambler Staff For more information, contact Miranda at tmi- Faculty at Wesleyan are joining forces with the Polytechnic Heights community to promote literacy through The Big Read initiative, which will focus on John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath. randa@txwes.edu. Johnson-Gerendas said she then talks to the students about strategies for re-aligning what they spend money on. “So awareness is kind of the first step,” Johnson-Gerendas said. “First to document it and then come up with a plan, it’s really helpful for them to see.” and cultures, aspects they haven’t seen before,” Smith said. “[It] makes more people think about visiting because of the great opportunity the students have experienced.”

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providing more space. Ketchum also said with all the new features included, students will be very well equipped. “Take advantage of that opportunity and use it,” Ketchum said. “Use it for everything you can.” Jessica Watton, junior exercise science major, said she is glad to be rid of Ram Mail. “It’s definitely about time,” Watton said. “It’s something Wesleyan really needed.”

Nathan Bassetto, freshman paralegal studies and finance major, said the upgrade was for the better. Bassetto said he forwarded everything to his personal email when Wesleyan still had Ram Mail and when he first saw Ram Mail, it made him think Wesleyan was not technologically advanced. He has high hopes for University Mail. Some students however, prefer Ram Mail and do not

see a need to upgrade. Alyssa Delgado, sophomore business management major, said she liked Ram Mail. “It was easy to use,” Delgado said. “It did the job.” Blanca Romo, junior accounting major, said the more space availability on University Mail is a valuable tool. Romo said she thinks this change should have been done sooner and it is now more convenient to use. “I think it’s definitely better,” Romo said.

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By Beau Hayhoe

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Two weeks after President Barack Obama announced his administration’s plans to provide relief to debt-ridden college graduates, a new report issued by the Institute for College Access and Success shows graduating seniors in 2010 continued to leave college with a rising amount of debt. The report — produced by The Project on Student Debt — said that, on average, a graduating member of the class of 2010 had $25,250 in debt, as the nationwide unemployment rate for college graduates jumped from 8.7 percent in 2009 to 9.1 percent in 2010. The average amount of student debt is up 5 percent from 2009. According to the report, the average graduating senior at MSU is left with $21,818 in debt, nearly $4,000 below the national average. About 45 percent of MSU graduates had some form of debt in 2010. At the University of Michigan, a graduating member of the class of 2010 left with $27,828 in debt, according to the report. During his four years at MSU, accounting senior Ryan Price has taken out about $20,000 in loans to cover classes. He said he thinks he still will be able to pay back those loans rather quickly. “A big thing about it is that no

interest accrues while you’re in college,” he said. “As long as you have a job, (you should be able to pay off your loans).” The news on the debt increase comes after Obama announced a new Pay As You Earn proposal at the end of October that reduces monthly student loan payment amounts and allows all loan debt to be forgiven after 20 years. Val Meyers, the associate director of MSU’s Office of Financial Aid, said her office advises students to take out loans with care. “We do try to … counsel students to minimize their borrowing to what they really need,” Meyers said. “We also try to have more grant aid available.” According to the Office of Financial Aid’s website, nearly 70 percent of out-of-state seniors graduated in 2010 with no debt. More than 30 percent of instate students graduated with no debt in 2010. Some measures are in place at the university to assist students with the costs of college. During the 2010-11 academic year, financial aid is set to increase by about $10 million, according to the MSU Office of Planning and Budgets. Unfortunately, Meyers said student loan debt likely will continue to increase “unless we see some significant changes in higher education as a whole.”

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From left, chief financial officer Mark Haas laughs with the assistant dean for the College of Osteopathic Medicine Mark Notman on Friday night at the Spartan Lounge.

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Surrounded by cocktails, hors d’oeuvres and musical performances, hundreds of people gathered Friday at the Spartan Club in Spartan Stadium for a gala benefiting the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum. Museum director Michael Rush estimated about 320 people attended the Countdown to the Broad gala Friday night. He was unsure of the exact amount of money raised through the gala’s admission, but with $90 of the $125 cost of each ticket sale benefiting the museum, the gala’s fundraising is expected to be more than $28,000. About $5 million still is needed to reach the museum’s $40 million fundraising goal, and efforts will be made to contact more potential donors in coming weeks, MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon said. Rush said he intends to raise the remaining $5 million as soon as possible but expects the museum to be fully funded by the time it opens at the end of April 2012. In a previous State News article from July, officials also said they had about $5 million left to raise for the project. Hospitality business junior

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Alison Hamilton said MSU has a huge alumni base the museum could tap into, including her parents, both of whom are MSU alumni. Hamilton said raising $5 million dollars by April is an unrealistic goal unless the museum seeks donations from East Lansing residents. “I had no idea they still needed that much money,” she said. The museum’s namesakes, billionaire alumnus and businessman Eli Broad and his wife, Edythe, have donated a total of $28 million to the museum. Rush said the museum has made “fantastic” progress since breaking ground, and it has been a privilege to watch its construc-

tion from his office window in Student Services. New York City-based artist Andrew Kuo was in attendance at the gala to showcase two of his pieces that will be among the fi rst artwork exhibited at the museum’s opening. Kuo said having his work displayed in the museum is very humbling, and, as an artist, he never is “jaded” to being honored at exhibits. Kuo took a tour of the museum before the gala Friday to see its progress and said the first level of metal pleats were being installed on the museum’s exterior. “It’s great for the university,” he said. “How many places are

there like this in the country?” Kresge Art Museum registrar Rachel Vargas said attendance at the gala was higher than she anticipated and said the event’s ticket sales will go a long way toward contributing to the cost of the museum. She said Friday’s event served to raise money but also to show support for the museum. Simon said the museum, which will exhibit artists from many different countries, will capture the world’s attention and show MSU’s commitment to the arts. Rush also said the museum’s curator was hired Thursday and her name soon will be announced.

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DETROIT YOUTHS MENTORED AT MSU

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Growing up in a single-parent home in Detroit hasn’t been easy for 12-year-old Destin Murry. As a middle school student in the Detroit Public Schools system, Murry is one of 25-30 children in MSU’s My Brother’s Keeper program, aimed at providing at-risk black youth with college student mentors. The program began in 1990, and this year, more than 30 MSU students are serving as mentors, said program director Austin Jackson, an assistant professor in the Residential College in the Arts and Humanities. Every other Saturday, mid-

dle school students travel to MSU and learn about a variety of issues — including the dangers of drugs and violence — in a college setting to help make the pursuit of a college education seem more attainable. Professor of English Geneva Smitherman created My Brother’s Keeper when she first came to MSU after numerous mothers came to her asking to help “save their sons.” “We had the issue, which has gotten bigger, of so many black males going to prison and mothers trying to raise kids by themselves,” Smitherman said. “I think (My Brother’s Keeper) has raised their (children’s) aspirations.” Jackson said many of the children are dealing with difficult circumstances at home.

“For many of these young black youths, they are experiencing some pretty tough times in Detroit right now,” Jackson said. “By providing mentors – providing role models – we act as a surrogate family for those that don’t have too many role models.” Sociology junior Philip Lewis became a mentor at the beginning of the fall semester and said the youth have just started opening up to him. Having his father and male leaders in his church, Lewis said he knows the value role models provide and hopes to offer that to young black males. “I wanted to give back in some type of way, and I feel like the best thing to give back is my experience as a black college student,” he said.

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“It’s life changing for both the mentees and the mentors.” For Murry, who lives with his mother, interacting with the mentors has helped him gain the father figure he doesn’t have at home. Although one of his friends already is battling drugs, Murry said My Brother’s Keeper has given him the support and knowledge to choose a different path. “T hey teach us how to become a man and teach us proper language,” he said. “(My mentor) treats me like I’m his own son.”

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Sophomore middle blocker Kelsey Kuipers hits the ball over the net during Saturday’s game against Minnesota at Jenison Field House. The Spartans fell during the home game, 3-0.

The football team isn’t the only team with a big rivalry game this week. The MSU volleyball team is hoping to continue MSU’s weeklong success against its in-state rivals when it takes on the No. 21 Michigan Wolverines at Jenison Field House on Wednesday night. For the Spartans (15-5 overall, 4-4 Big Ten), a win against Michigan would not only help the team’s confidence but also would boost its position in the Big Ten. “Right now we’re neck and neck with them in the Big Ten standings,” senior outside hitter Jenilee Rathje said. “So it’s going to be key for us to play hard and go get the win.” Rathje is one half of a dominating duo at the net, paired with senior outside hitter Kyndra Abron. Together, the girls have accounted for 547 kills, or about two-thirds of MSU’s total kills on the season. The two seniors are also the only active players on the Spartans’ roster to have tallied more than 1,000 kills in their career, with Abron topping the mark this past weekend. Rathje also is approaching several program records, including most sets and most matches played in a career. “Kyndra and Jenilee have been

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Sophomore defensive end William Gholston, right, and redshirt freshman defensive end Marcus Rush react to a penalty on Rush in Saturday’s game against Michigan at Spartan Stadium.

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After posting 13 penalties for 124 yards Saturday against thenNo. 11 Michigan, the now-No. 15 MSU football team has some cleaning up to do before taking on No. 4 Wisconsin on Saturday. At his weekly press conference Tuesday, in response to comments about MSU being a dirty football team, head coach Mark Dantonio said people should look at how the Spartans have played for at least the last 50 games and then evaluate the team’s style of play. Dantonio said the players are playing as hard as they can, and penalties are going to occur. “This is a physical game; this is a game of reaction,” he said. “We’re not talking about seconds to react. We’re talking about tenths of seconds to react. “This game is a game of collision, and anybody who doesn’t understand that hasn’t been out there.” He said playing tough and with emotion is the way the game is supposed to be played, and he saw that from both teams Saturday. U-M head coach Brady Hoke said at his press conference Monday that he thought MSU outplayed, out-coached and was more physical than the Wolverines, and players agreed. “It really comes down to who is going to be more physical,” U-M defensive tackle Mike Martin said. “Football is a physical game. Whoever hits the other one in the mouth more — the other

one might not come out with a win at the end.” In a statement from the MSU Athletics Department, Athletics Director Mark Hollis said the Big Ten has notified MSU of a potential “sportslike conduct violation,” but he did not disclose what the notification was in response to. Although Dantonio did not comment on the issue, it is likely the potential violation is regarding the conduct of sophomore defensive end William Gholston during Saturday’s game. Gholston had two personal fouls called against him during the game — one for punching U-M offensive lineman Taylor Lewan and another for twisting U-M quarterback Denard Robinson’s face mask after the play. “Did I see it? Yes,” Hoke said. “Does it happen in games? Yes. Is it sometimes part of the game? Yes.” Regardless of the result of the potential violation, Dantonio said the Spartans need to clean up their game because their penalties are going to catch up to them, and they will struggle against Wisconsin if they aren’t reduced. “We’re the ones getting penalized, so we have to play with the results,” Dantonio said. “We somehow found our way out of those (against U-M), but they’re going to hurt us and ultimately cost us a football game if we don’t clean those up.”

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Ross Zimmerman suspects that his son was doing what he was usually doing, connecting with people, when “things went bad” that Saturday morning in Tucson. Ross Zimmerman said he imagined Zimmerman was working in the line of constituents, conversing with them and listening to what they had to say and taking down their information. “His job was to make the event go smoothly,” Ross Zimmerman said. Ross Zimmerman said he remembered when Gabriel was a little boy he possessed an unusual knack for connecting with people. “It only got better as he got older,” Ross Zimmerman said. Zimmerman turned his gift of connecting with people into a social work career, where he lived every day making sure voices were heard. “Talking to one of his interns from a few years back, he said that Gabe was like a big brother,” Ahumada said. “I think Gabe had that effect on everyone.” He was a real brother to Ben Zimmerman, who is living in the Boston area pursuing his second master’s degree. “Ben’s having a tough time,” Ross Zimmerman said. “They were very close, even for brothers. They were very good friends.” Gabriel also leaves behind Kelly O’Brien, his fiancée. Ross Zimmerman said that after he heard about Gabriel’s death, he wanted to quickly live out his life so he could die too. For a while, Ross Zimmerman felt as though nothing mattered anymore. “But things do matter,” he

said. “It matters because of his little brother, who I love very much. Kelly matters, his fiancée, who I love very much. I want them to have the best in the world.” As for Jared Loughner, the 22-year-old suspected gunman, Ross Zimmerman said he has been forgiven. “We aren’t mad at that poor, sick child.” Ross Zimmerman said. “Gabriel wouldn’t be mad at that poor, sick child.” Zimmerman wanted people to treat each other with kindness and to take care of one another, his father said. “A lot of us are finding that’s what we now want to do,” Ross Zimmerman said. “Knowing Gabe made you a better person.” Ross Zimmerman said he believes there is too much discussion of what caused this tragedy and not enough discussion of the wonderful people who passed. “Bullets don’t know who the good people are,” Ross Zimmerman said. The life of Gabriel Zimmerman is only one of six taken away that morning in Tucson. The other victims include John Roll, a federal judge appointed by President George H. W. Bush; Dorothy Morris, a retired secretary celebrating 50 years of marriage; Phyllis Schneck, a great-grandmother and, according to some, a legendary baker; 76-year-old Dorwin Stoddard, who shielded his wife during the shooting; and Christina-Taylor Green, a 9-year-old girl born on Sept. 11, 2001.

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The ASU women’s basketball team has never lost a Field Trip Game. In fact, the Sun Devils have won by 24 points or more in all four previous editions. ASU will look to continue that streak and extend its perfect home record against Washington State (4-14, 2-4 Pac-10) on Thursday. The Sun Devils (11-4, 3-2 Pac-10) are coming off a dominating performance against UA on Sunday and will be looking to carry that momentum through the week and into the WSU game, senior forward Becca Tobin said. “We had a really good practice today, everyone went hard and we were focused,” Tobin said. “We’ve just got to bring the same intensity into the game. Everyone’s pretty hyped on how we played and how our offense and our defense went. We’ve just got to stay focused on that.” ASU’s defense, which held UA to 14 points in the first half on Sunday, doesn’t plan to let up against the Cougars, and again will be the focal point for the team, Tobin said. “Our defense defines who

we are,” Tobin said. “It’s what makes us unique.” The Sun Devils also played very well against UA’s zone defense last weekend, with Tobin scoring 12 points and pulling down six rebounds, and ASU can expect to see plenty of the zone again on Thursday. WSU’s play so far this season has been less than intimidating. No player is averaging more than nine points per game, with freshman guard/forward Sage Romberg leading the team at 8.9. Opponents have outscored the Cougars by an average of 10.4 points and their defense is the second worst in the conference. However, an upset victory over Cal on Jan. 14 means WSU has the ability to be dangerous, and the Sun Devils have to stick to their game plan in order to come away with the win, redshirt sophomore forward Janae Fulcher said. “We just have to do things we know we can do, like limiting our turnovers and offensive rebounding, and then just shutting down what they do,” Fulcher said. “We’re definitely going to take everything we played with in the U of A game and hopefully just try and carry

everything over. The atmosphere is already going to be there because it’s Field Trip Day.” Officially titled “Sparky’s Kids to College Field Trip Game,” the annual event invites thousands of schoolchildren from across the valley to attend, a unique crowd and something that has been great for the Sun Devils so far, ASU coach Charli Turner Thorne said. “It’s a fun atmosphere,” Turner Thorne said. “I think the energy of the kids really helps to get everyone in the game.” ASU’s largest victory in the Field Trip Game came in 2007, a 40-point win over UCLA. However, Turner Thorne said that the game was by no means an automatic win, pointing to the home loss against Washington State last season, when the Cougars snapped an 11game losing streak against the Sun Devils. “Both the Washingtons have already shown in the conference that they’re good, and that they are teams that are going to have to be reckoned with,” Turner Thorne said.

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President Barack Obama says the colorful Hawaiian aloha shirts are out when it comes to world leaders. Obama on Sunday chose not to continue a tradition started by President Bill Clinton nearly two decades ago. The 21 leaders at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Obama’s native Hawaii were photographed together in the customary, stodgy presidential wear — neckties and dark suits — not the casual aloha shirts that many were hoping to see them in. There wasn’t even a single floral lei. “I got rid of the Hawaiian shirts because I looked at pictures of some of the previous APEC meetings and some of the garb that appeared previously and I thought this might be a tradition that we might want to break,” Obama said.

A Texas man accused of attempting to sneak out of the country with restricted U.S. military documents, money and equipment in order to join al-Qaida was convicted Monday of trying to help the terrorist organization. Barry Walter Bujol Jr. was convicted of attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization and aggravated identity theft. He faces up to 20 years in prison. Bujol, who is a U.S. citizen, represented himself at his trial, which was heard at his request by a judge instead of a jury. The verdict by U.S. District Judge David Hittner came after a trial that lasted less than four days, with testimony ending last week.

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The stock market fell Monday after a jump in Italy’s borrowing costs reminded investors of how much work remains to be done to contain Europe’s debt problems. The Dow Jones industrial average lost nearly 75 points. European markets also fell and the euro weakened against the dollar. Major indexes closed higher last week as Greece and Italy took steps toward getting their debt troubles under control. New governments are taking over in both countries, which are at the center of the crisis. The Italian government had to pay 6.29 percent at an auction of five-year bonds, the highest rate since since 1997. Italy paid a much lower rate of 5.32 percent at a similar auction last month.

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SPENCER RESEARCH LIBRARY A group of sorority members work on constructing a float for homecoming in 1965. That year’s theme was “‘Hawkers History.”

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Before many students even realize that it’s Homecoming Week, members of some campus organizations are already hard at work on plans for their floats. A few weeks before the parade, the Homecoming chairwomen of sororities meet with members from

their partner fraternities. Together, the groups start planning the design of the float and discuss how it will fit the year’s homecoming theme. This year, floats will be based on the theme “From Lawrence, With Love.” As a parade chairwoman, Chelsea Stieb, a senior from Sringfield, Mo., helps create the parade line-up and approves float designs submit-

ted by the participating organizations. Because there aren’t any rigid guidelines for the theme, Steib said that most floats get approved. Danielle Fuhrman, a senior from Tulsa, Okla., and a member of the Alpha Delta Pi sorority homecoming committee, said brainstorming is a large part of the planning process. “We all just throw out ideas and

decide together what we think would stand out,” Fuhrman said. “We don’t want to do something that a lot of other groups might do.” Fuhrman also said she appreciates that the theme is open to interpretation, which provides an opportunity for organizations to show their creativity. “I think it’s good that they leave

the theme kind of open-ended because the floats probably won’t be similar,” Fuhrman said. “It’s interesting to see how people perceive the theme and make it theirs.” After that, Fuhrman said the chairmen and women delegate much of the work based upon the skills people have. Two committee members with whom Fuhrman is working are

studying architecture, which made them very valuable while sketching the float design. “We know who’s good at building, who’s good at designing and just try to get a lot of people involved,” said Fuhrman. After plans are drawn, the chairmen and women obtain a trailer, which is usually borrowed. Around the same time, members order supplies, including many colors of “pomps.” “They are kind of like tissue paper and you fold them and fluff them out,” Fuhrman said. The group begins work by shaping the chicken wire into whatever object they have decided to build. In the past, they have crafted Baby Jay, Big Jay, the Campanile and, for last year’s road-trip theme, a Jayhawk driving in a car. After the main object is shaped, wood is often used as a base. The last step is to make sure every space in the chicken wire is filled in with the pomps. Although organizations cannot start working on building the floats until the Monday of Homecoming Week, members make the most out of the time they have. Last year during Homecoming Week, Fuhrman said members from her sorority worked every weeknight before the parade and stayed up until 4 a.m. on Saturday to perfect their float. “The week is completely dedicated to homecoming,” Fuhrman said. “I won’t skip class, but I’ll be up all night.” Katelyn Cook, a junior from Kansas City, Mo., saw the parade once before and plans on attending this year. “It’s amazing that a group of people spend that much time on something,” Cook said. “I think it really shows the sense of unity here at KU.” — Edited by Alexandra Esposito