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Join The Daily Orange as we celebrate our 40th anniversary of independence! Saturday, Feb. 20 • Newhouse III, Rm. 141 • 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. In 1971, The Daily Orange editors made the move to become independent from Syracuse University. Those editors — and many other D.O. alumni in the field today — are returning to campus to commemorate that anniversary and educate the students of today.

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The Daily Orange then and now

The break from the university in 1971 was not easy. Attempts were made to harness in the editors at The D.O., which led instead to separation. Many of the staff from that spring and fall of 1971 will be back to talk about the break. In 1991, The D.O. made the decision to reject the Student Government Association’s funding, leading to a completely financially independent paper, and Prof. Roy Gutterman, news editor in 1991, will speak. Then, the current management team will present on what life is like today at The D.O. 11 - 11:45 a.m.

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Today, journalism is also a business. We’ll be going over journalism and entrepreneurship, the changing business model for newspapers, and the question in the back of everyone’s mind: “Is print journalism dying?” In addition, we’ll discuss the skills needed to adapt to web journalism and the advantages and disadvantages of citizen journalism 12 - 12:45 p.m.

The importance of independence

When has the paper’s independence been most important in its history? Editors-in-chief from the 70s, 90s and 00s will be back to talk about when the independence was necessary -- and when it was difficult to be independent. The stories the paper could cover, the events staffers could attend and the technology available to editors has all been affected by the paper’s independence. 1 - 2 p.m. Lunch break! 2 - 2:45 p.m.

Roundtable discussions

We’ll be holding a series of small-group, roundtable discussions on a variety of topics: Reporting big stories (led by D.O. alum Tiffany Lankes, Pulitzer-prize nominated reporter at the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle) Ins and outs of sports beat writing and sports enterprise writing (Led by D.O. alum Josh Barnett, executive sports editor at the Philadelphia Daily News), photo ethics and covering huge conflicts and breaking news visually (led by 2010 SU grads/D.O. alumni Andrew Burton and AJ Chavar), finding compelling feature stories and the importance of editorials. 3 - 3:30 p.m.

How to get a job

The question on many students’ minds will (hopefully) be answered. Recent D.O. alumni will return and talk on how to make connections and get a job right out of school, and the options available if you’re not interested in heading into journalism.

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Offense works to find spark after hitting rut BY ETHAN ASOFSKY STAFF WRITER

For the second week in a row, Illinois’ offense didn’t awaken until the fourth quarter. Faced with a 21-point deficit to start the fi nal frame of Saturday’s game against Big Ten rival Purdue, the Illini registered their fi rst point with 8:12 remaining in the quarter. The offense’s slow start against the Boilermakers came a week after it failed to score against Ohio State until the 6:22 mark of the fourth quarter. “You’ve got to come out and you have to score points in the first half,” offensive coordinator Paul Petrino said. “That’s the bottom line. We got to believe in ourselves, we got to execute, we got to get the ball in the end zone.” Through six games, the Illini were averaging 35 points per game. They ranked eighth in the nation in passing efficiency, and wide receiver A.J. Jenkins was fifth in the nation in receiving yards per game. The offense has seemingly hit a speed bump. Petrino said he didn’t see any indication of a slump coming after his unit’s strong 6-0 start. Hampered by turnovers and an 11-for-29 third down conversion rate over the last two games, Illinois’ once

high-powered offensive attack is in a state of flux. “We’ve got to solve it. We’ve got to solve the problem right now,” Petrino said. “We’re kind of taking turns being the problem, different people in different places. I thought we had a good week of practice, and I was expecting us to come out and play real well. We didn’t. We’re going to have to re-evaluate it.” In the second quarter, backup quarterback Reilly O’Toole was inserted in the game to invigorate the offense due to starter Nathan Scheelhaase’s ineffectiveness on third down. O’Toole went fourfor-five on the drive, but threw an interception when trying to complete a deep pass to A.J. Jenkins. Scheelhaase consoled O’Toole after his interception before fi nishing the game as the starter, completing 22 of 35 passes for 217 yards. “Well, I just tried to get a spark going,” Illini head coach Ron Zook said. “I just told Paul (Petrino), ‘Let’s get Reilly in there, and let’s get him a chance.’” Zook offered no clear explanation for his team’s struggles, but said all three phases, offense, defense and special teams, weren’t playing to their potential. Zook said it’s possible his team was playing tight because it cared too much about

Soccer takes No. 2 in Big Ten with road win Team unscathed by Nebraska’s physicality BY GINA MUELLER STAFF WRITER

The Illinois soccer team has tied the longest winning streak in program history after tallying its seventh consecutive conference victory this weekend against the Big Ten’s newest addition. Traveling home from their last away game Sunday, the Illini (13-4-1, 7-2-1 Big Ten) were celebrating their 3-1 road win over the Cornhuskers (7-9-1, 4-6-0). The win also secured second place for Illinois in the Big Ten standings. Though Nebraska was the first team to get off a shot in the first half, Illinois quickly retaliated with a goal by senior Marissa Mykines in the 28th minute. The goal was Mykines’ seventh of the season, which she said boosted the team’s energy. “I think it helped pick up our energy level, because we were playing a little bit slow and not really getting a hold of the ball,” Mykines said. “I think that was a good game-changing moment in that aspect that it really helped boost our confidence and changed the tone of the game at that point. It was good timing for that.” Eleven minutes later, a foul was called five yards outside of the 18-yard box on the Cornhuskers, which set senior Jenna Carosio up to tally her second goal of the season on a free kick. “We have a lot of 1-0 games where it was tight for a few weekends, so it was nice to go up by two goals,” Carosio said. “It was low and it went through the wall. It didn’t go where it was supposed to go but it worked.” Illinois led Nebraska 2-0 at halftime despite leading in shots by just a 7-6 margin. Goalkeeper Steph Panozzo tallied three saves in the half. Three minutes into the second half, Nebraska’s leading scorer, junior Morgan Marlborough , ended the Illini’s shutout streak by tallying her 20th goal of the season on a connection of seven passes. The Illini continued the shutout streak for 533 minutes, 36 seconds — only 77:32 shy of breaking the program record. Though Marlborough broke Illi-

nois’ shutout streak, Illinois assistant coach Jeff Freeman said the team did a good job of containing her for the majority of the game. “Morgan is a very good one-versus-one attacker, so we really focused a lot and talked a lot going into the game about making sure that we had cover when we got isolated with her in our defensive third because she can beat through three defenders by herself very easily,” Freeman said. “I thought we did we did a great job providing cover for each other and making sure we limited her chances on goal.” In the 86th minute, sophomore Vanessa DiBernardo tallied the third and fi nal goal for Illinois. DiBernardo’s 15 goals and 35 points in a single season ties her with Emily Brown for the second most goals and points in Illinois history. Brown’s totals came in 22 games during the 2000 season, compared to DiBernardo’s 18 games played so far this season. The physical aspect of the game was a hard one for the Orange and Blue to adjust too. The Cornhuskers tallied 10 fouls and one yellow card to the Illini’s six. Mykines said the physicality of the game changed the way Illinois played. “I think for the most part we try to neutralize it by playing quick and not letting that get to us,” Mykines said. “We knew it was coming because they are a very fast, athletic team so we just had to play quick to get out of it and make sure we avoided that contact if we could for the most part.” Illinois will fi nish the regular season at home against Michigan (9-7-2, 4-5-1) on Saturday for senior night. With the importance of senior night, Freeman said the Illini want to continue playing up to their potential. “I think it is just important that we play good Illinois soccer — keep possession of the ball and keep Michigan chasing and on their heels,” Freeman said. “Saturday’s game against Michigan is certainly important because it is for our seniors as well, being senior day.”

Illini guaranteed 2nd-place finish in Big Ten Penn State secured sole possession of the 2011 Big Ten women’s soccer Championship after beating Michigan 4-0 on Sunday. The Nittany Lions have won the past 14 Big Ten titles, the most consecutive by a Big Ten women’s program in any sport. Illinois locked itself into second place in the conference following its 3-1 victory over Nebraska on Sunday. Penn State and Illinois own the No. 1- and No. 2-seeds in the Big Ten Tournament, respectively, which will take place Nov. 2-6 in Evanston, Ill. Team Penn State Illinois Wisconsin Michigan State

Conference record (points) 9-1-0 (27) 7-2-1 (22) 5-2-3 (18) 6-4-0 (18)

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Illinois’ Jason Ford (21) makes a reception late in the fourth quarter during the game against the Boilermakers at Ross-Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, Ind. The Illini fell 21-14 Saturday. winning and psyched itself out in the process. He said confidence wouldn’t be an issue next week against Penn State. “We’ve got to go back and take the last quarter and a half and say, ‘This is what we have to do,’”

VOLLEYBALL FROM PAGE 1B ond set, 25-18, and the third, 25-19. Then came the fourth set, where Illinois scored just 11 points, its fewest in a set all season. “When we were playing well, I think that was because our defense was on,” Johnson said. “I thought especially in the fourth set we relied on our offense too much, we weren’t making enough plays on defense and blocking, too.” The team had five blocks to Nebraska’s 11. The offense struggled as well, failing to hit above .200 in the second, third and fourth sets. Senior outsides Colleen Ward and Michelle Bartsch led the team with 17 and 22 kills, respectively. Both middles Johnson and redshirt

freshman Anna Dorn hit .056 and -.400, respectively. “We need to have a complete effort against a team like that, and that’s one of the things we can learn; we need to bring our game,” Hambly said. “We need to perform against the top teams in the country in order to beat them.” The Illini intend to learn from their fi rst loss. Johnson said playing in the hostile environment provided good experience, especially for when the end of the season rolls around. “I mean it’s defi nitely just a bump in the road,” Ward said. “We weren’t expecting to go undefeated this season, it was just play each game as they come, and losses unfortunately happen. We’re moving on from it and using it as a learning experience and defi nitely making sure it doesn’t happen again.”

BASKETBALL FROM PAGE 1B up shots,” Maniscalco said. “But I don’t know how many of those shots were actually guarded today so it’s tough to tell, especially when we’re playing each other.” Both teams opened on fire with junior guard D.J. Richardson leading the way with nine points in the opening quarter. Sophomore center Meyers Leonard added eight points aided by three dunks. With the score resetting each quarter and players shuffling between both teams, Maniscalco began to make his presence felt by starting 3-for-3 on 3-pointers to start the night. Down by one, the point guard hit another three at the buzzer to win the second scrimmage for his team. In the next two quarters, the shooting started to cool down as the game became more defensive. Weber said it was probably a result of fatigue throughout the course of the scrimmage and was not worried about it. “The fi rst quarter was mid-20s almost for both teams and the scoring kind of dropped,” Weber said. “They got tired, but that’s part of it, that’s why we do it, to get that game conditioning.” Maniscalco also added that conditioning is still something the team needs to work on before the season starts.

CARDINALS FROM PAGE 1B bled in the second and singled in the fi fth, and Nick Punto walked in the sixth. Holland struck out four, walked one and threw 52 of 80 pitches for strikes. Jackson went to three-ball counts on four of his fi rst 10 batters but mostly escaped trouble with the help of some long outs — four flyouts at or just in

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Zook said. “If we had played like that the whole game, and I know people get tired of hearing, ‘if, if, if,’ but we have to play 60 minutes the way we’re capable of playing, and we didn’t do that. No question this will be a 60-minute game coming up.”

FOOTBALL FROM PAGE 1B failing to put any points on the board until nearly halfway through the fourth quarter. The Purdue defense played a big part in shutting down the Illini, as the Boilermakers entered with just six sacks in six games but put constant pressure on quarterback Nathan Scheelhaase, including four sacks and seven total tackles for loss. “Sometimes it was an offensive lineman getting beat, sometimes the running back getting beat, so it was just different people,” offensive coordinator Paul Petrino said. “We just gotta keep working hard and not let that happen.” And while the offense came to life late, coming within an onside kick recovery of having a chance to tie, the slow start ultimately doomed the Illini. “We just need to come out from the get-go and play better,” safety Supo Sanni said. “We always come out real slow. It’s just gonna be a point of emphasis in practice this week, just coming out and playing hard from the get-go. We don’t wanna fall into these problems.”

“It’s hard to simulate that in practice, we do the best we can, we want to keep it up-tempo,” Maniscalco said. “We simulate that in practice but being out here with the crowd, the refs, the time, things like that it’s a whole different atmosphere with adrenaline.” One of the larger areas of concern, though, was the team’s aggressiveness passing the ball. Through the night the teams combined for 19 assists and 18 turnovers, with junior guard Brandon Paul having a game-high five turnovers. “It’s been our biggest troublesome thing so far is taking care of the basketball and trying to make the homerun pass,” Weber said. Leonard led the way in scoring for the night with 18 points. Leonard added seven rebounds to his stat line while Maniscalco recorded 17 points and four rebounds, three assists and one turnover. Looking to secure more minutes for the coming season were junior forward Tyler Griffey and sophomore guard Joseph Bertrand. Both players found their rhythms as Griffey also had 17 points on 5-for-10 shooting and four rebounds, while Bertrand added 13 points and nine boards. “I knew my time would come sometime, and I’m gonna try to take advantage of it, get in the game and play good,” Bertrand said. While the deep ball may have accounted for much of the scoring, Griffey said finding Leonard and freshman center Nnanna Egwu in the post

was a big focus for the team. Griffey added that by having a better presence down low helps open up looks from the outside. “I had a couple passes where Nnanna (Egwu) kicked it out a couple times and got the look,” Griffey said. “It’s all chemistry. You get used to playing with each other and we’re coming along.”

front of the warning track. Jackson gave up three runs and three hits, striking out three, and threw just 59 of 109 pitches for strikes. He didn’t allow a hit after the second inning. After getting pounded Saturday night, Texas was hoping to become the first team to tie the Series 2-2 since the 2003 Florida Marlins against the New York Yankees. The Rangers had not lost consecutive games since Aug. 23-25 against Boston.

Jackson walked two more with two outs in the fourth, then struck out Mitch Moreland. In a rematch of the opener, won by the Cardinals 3-2, Chris Carpenter starts Game 5 for St. Louis on Monday night and C.J. Wilson goes for Texas. Thirty-six of 42 teams to win Game 4 for a 3-1 Series lead have gone on to win the title. Twenty-two of 40 teams to win Game 4 and tied the Series 2-2 have gone on the championships.

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The latest certificate program, announced Tuesday, should include multiple paths toward degree programs at several SU schools for post9/11 veterans, according to the release. Those schools include the Martin J. Whitman School of Management, School of Information Studies and L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a great idea,â&#x20AC;? said Sean Galloway, president of SUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Student Veterans Club, which has about 80 members. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Any program that can help veterans is a plus.â&#x20AC;? Galloway, a student veteran who fought in Iraq for eight months in 2005, called the program an add-on bonus for post-9/11 veterans. He said itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nice to return from overseas and receive support from the university, politicians and employers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a monkey off your back,â&#x20AC;? said Galloway,

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On Tuesday, JPMorgan Chase & Co. announced a new Technology Education Certificate program for post-9/11 veterans, which furthers the collaboration between SU and JPMorgan Chase. The program should include several paths toward degree paths at several SU schools, including the Martin J. Whitman School of Management, School of Information Studies and the L.C. Smith College of Computer Science and Engineering.

Other details of the Technology Education Certificate program: â&#x20AC;˘ The program is free for all military veterans who have been on active duty since Sept. 11, 2001. â&#x20AC;˘ The program prepares veterans for technology careers. â&#x20AC;˘ The program will be delivered online, allowing students to complete coursework from any location. â&#x20AC;˘ JPMorgan Chase employs 20,000 technology workers in the United States and will recruit graduates of SU to fill roles as they open up. Outside of JPMorgan Chaseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s collaboration with SU, the company plans to form an alliance with other major corporate employers to hire 100,000 veterans and members of the military over the next decade. Source: Tuesday SUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s News Services release; JPMorgan Chase Tuesday release published on Business Wire

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to learn something new thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very demanding,â&#x20AC;? Galloway said. JPMorgan Chase and SU officials were not available for comment. The Technology Education Certificate program is part of a larger announcement by JPMorgan Chase to assist, train and hire military service personnel and veterans. The company plans to create an alliance with corporate employers to hire 100,000 veterans and military members during the next decade, according to a company release published in Business Wire on Tuesday. Locally, employers have contacted Galloway about jobs and internships for student veterans, he said. Galloway e-mailed a job opportunity from Tony Baird Electronics to the SU student veteran listserv. The Syracuse-based government contracting firm is looking for a student veteran engineer, Galloway said. Said Galloway: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a bunch of opportunities out there for these guys.â&#x20AC;? mcboren@syr.edu

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more on discipline, not on safety. Devon Stewart, president of Syracuse University’s chapter of Students for a Sensible Drug Policy, first proposed a medical amnesty policy two years ago that would protect students from punitive judicial action when calling for help in alcohol- or drug-related emergencies. Last spring, Student Association began collaborating with SSDP on the policy. But almost two years later, such a policy still does not exist. The administration recently completed a reflection process that evaluated how a policy would affect different divisions of student affairs. The administration is now forming a task force charged with making a recommendation for a specific proposal, said Thomas Wolfe, senior vice president and dean of student affairs. Under Syracuse University’s current policy, students found violating the Code of Student Conduct could face sanctions for the use or possession of alcohol when they are drinking underage, drinking and driving, or displaying public intoxication, among other prohibited activities. SU’s sanctions for the first violation of those actions include residential probation, disciplinary reprimand or community-involvement referral, according to the student handbook. Although the proposed policy, also known as the Good Samaritan Policy, would protect students against these sanctions, students involved in alcohol- or drug-related situations would still have to attend a risk management meeting, in which they would discuss the incident. The policy would not provide amnesty for other policies violated under the influence of

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alcohol or drugs, such as vandalism. It’s important for a student to sit down and talk about what happened to avoid it in the future, Stewart said. If a student is a repeat offender, the university may take further action. Students are encouraged to seek medical assistance if someone is intoxicated, according to the handbook. But if students are scared that they’re going to be punished by calling for help when they’re in a dangerous situation, they could be discouraged to find assistance, Stewart said. “You want to make people comfortable to get help,” he said. Stewart, a senior film major, took an interest in SSDP during his freshman year, but he was inspired to change SU’s current policy after his own experiences with DPS, he said. A friend called for help when Stewart was intoxicated, but when a DPS officer arrived in his dorm room, he saw materials about SSDP and began questioning Stewart about what drug paraphernalia he had in his room rather than helping him. “I didn’t feel they were really looking for my well-being,” Stewart said. “It kind of got my blood boiling.” Following the incident, Stewart had to attend SU’s Options Program, an alcohol and drug education program. Stewart first introduced the idea of a medical amnesty policy to Chancellor Nancy Cantor via e-mail in June 2009. She responded, saying she was interested and suggested he meet with Thomas Wolfe, senior vice president and dean of student affairs, according to the e-mail obtained by The Daily Orange. Wolfe and Stewart met that summer to discuss the policy. After several attempts to meet with administration members throughout fall 2009, Stewart informed Wolfe and others that he would con-

tact local and national news outlets if they did not respond by the next day. Stewart received a response immediately but mentioned the media multiple times afterwards. “We need action now, and if nothing more is done by February, I can guarantee you there will be articles in the Washington Post and PostStandard,” Stewart wrote in a January 2010 e-mail to Wolfe and others. Last spring, Neal Casey, then the chair of the Student Life Committee and current SA president, approached Stewart about helping, Casey said. On March 1, SA passed a resolution sponsored by SSDP that called upon the university to enact a medical amnesty policy. Nearly a year later, the university has reassured SA that the policy is being looked into, Casey said. The administration is now moving forward with the process. Wolfe said the administration has just completed the reflection process, which took a long time because there were many areas to look into. “We’re now pulling together a task force charged with making a recommendation, a proposal related to responsible action protocols,” Wolfe said. The task force will be made up of various units within the division of student affairs, including representatives from the Options Program, the Office of Residence Life, the Office of Judicial Affairs, the Department of Public Safety, the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs and the Office of Off-Campus and Commuter Services. Wolfe said the task force would take student opinion into consideration, as well as its own expertise, to make a recommendation for the policy. He has also asked SA to create focus groups with students to get their opinion on the proposed policy.

“We’ve given a lot of thought to this,” Wolfe said. “And now it’s time to bring our thoughts together and have a conversation with students.” When SSDP first proposed the medical amnesty policy to Wolfe, Stewart presented studies he had found from other universities with similar policies. At least 92 universities have a medical amnesty policy. Prior to the enactment of Cornell University’s medical amnesty policy, 9.3 percent of students did not call for help in alcohol-related emergencies because they were not sure if the person was sick enough, and 3.8 percent chose not to call because they didn’t want to get in trouble, according to a 2006 study in the International Journal of Drug Policy. Two years after the new policy was enacted, those numbers dropped to 8.2 percent and 1.5 percent, respectively. When the new policy was enacted, the number of EMS calls jumped by 22 percent, according to the study. The Cornell policy is similar to what Stewart would like to see at SU. DPS Capt. John Sardino said he was in favor of the policy, but amnesty should depend on whether or not the student reporting the situation is responsible for it. If the person reporting is found responsible for what happened, he or she shouldn’t be given amnesty for his or her mistake, he said. “Our primary goal is to get there and get the person the medical help that they need,” Sardino said. “Everything else is secondary.” Two years after he originally proposed the policy to the administration, Stewart, now a senior, said he hopes to see the policy enacted by the time he graduates. Said Stewart: “We’re going to keep pressuring them until we get this through.” lgleveil@syr.edu

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I n a not her st atement , Gupta’s lawyer Gary Naftalis countered that characterization. “The facts in this case demonstrate that Mr. Gupta is innocent of any of these charges and that he has always acted with honesty and integrity,” Naftalis said. Gupta could receive a “lot of jail time” if convicted, believes William Brennan, a Philadelphia attorney unaffiliated with the case. “The sentence will be driven by the amount of money involved,” he added. Gupt a w a s n a me d i n a March 22, 2010, government letter f iled in a New York federal court as part of the R aja r at n a m c a s e . Gupt a and Rajaratnam were good friends who met through philanthropic activities, according to The New York Times. Together they started New

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said. “Goopleface” takes a look at corporate America, Lacey explained. The show is set in a time where Facebook, Apple and Google merge together and “have bought out every other company in the world to get richer,” Carney added. The show is comprised of two parts — 12 sketches similar to NBC’s Saturday Night Live segments and a 30-minute medley. The 12 segments are not necessarily about the theme of corporate America but the medley, written by the group’s seniors, revolves around this idea. “We definitely wanted to write a show that reflected the current political and social climate, especially with the current economic crisis,” Carney said, adding that

Silk Route, a private equity firm. Gupta also allegedly invested in Rajaratnam’s hedge fund firm, Galleon Group. “Oftentimes the motives [of insider trading ] are to alert family and friends to a tip, resulting in an unfair advantage over the general public,” Brennan said. Prosecutors believe Gupta leaked tips to Rajaratnam on Goldman Sachs and Proctor & Gamble Co. while Gupta was director at those firms. In a conversation recorded in 2008 played at R ajaratnam’s trial, Rajaratnam confided to a colleague that Goldman’s stock prices might take a hit after the company reports a quarterly loss. In another recording from 2008, Gupta told Rajaratnam that Gold man was consider ing purchasing either Wachovia or A merican International Group. Brennan stated that these

kinds of fraud cases are not common. However, because of the recent economic downturn, the federal government has been cracking down on cor porate investors. Since late 2009, 55 individuals have been charged with insider trading and all but four of them have either been convicted or pleaded guilty, according to The Wall Street Journal. Gupta previously successf ully fought the SEC’s decision to tr y him before an administrative judge, saying it was unconstitutional to deny him a jury trial, which was g ra nted to t he ot her Rajaratnam-related defendants. Bail was set at $10 million, and Gupta was forced to surrender his passport. He will be facing tr ial at the U.S. District Court of the Southern District of New York this April.

the show reflects an “uneasiness with the way our country is going right now.” “It’s nice to take a step back and laugh at yourself,” Lacey said, mentioning that her and society’s addictions to Apple, Google and Facebook products are a focus of the show. Bloomers, founded in 1978 by a group of female students who wanted to add feminine voices to the male-dominated comedy scene at Penn, has two main shows a year. However, they constantly perform in small events around the University and in the tri-state area. “We’re working up to doing some more shows outside of the Penn community,” Lacey said. Bloomers’ members are part of five sections, including cast, business staff, band, tech and costumes. Each section meets separately for at least eight to 15 hours in the weeks leading up to their shows. All members are encouraged to write for the show. “Writing is more inclusive,” explained College senior Molly Armstrong, who works in cos-

tumes. “Some people are more hesitant in the beginning and then they come out with the most amazing bits.” Bloomers boasts a long list of alumni — called “girdles” in their community — including current SNL cast member and 2004 College graduate Vanessa Bayer. The group has alumni across the country in different comedy troupes and schools such as Second City, Upright Citizens Brigade and the Underlings. One founding alumna comes back to watch the performance the Wednesday before opening day and offers critiques. “To me, Bloomers is about female empowerment because comedy is such a male-driven field,” College senior and Fall Director Melissa Cesarano said. College freshman and cast member Olivia Route called rehearsal a fun escape from everything else. “As much rehearsal as we have and as time consuming as it may be, it’s so worth it,” College freshman and cast member Jordyn Feingold said.

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Students balance work and school INTERNSHIPS from page 1 a synchronized world where they are always online,” Rose explained. “Many employers are realizing cur rent students are great at enhancing their social media efforts — it’s something that can be done remotely.” W harton senior Tara V isw a n at ha n t app ed i nt o this social media technology craze by taking on an internship with Hatch Labs — a startup that brainstorms and finances development for mobile apps. Though the startup company did not have an internship program, Viswanathan was contacted by a Penn graduate who saw her resume and welcomed her aboard. V i s w a n at h a n w a s t he n of fered the oppor tunity to continue her summer’s work indefinitely. She now works 10 hours a week and earns the same salar y as she did during the summer. Viswanathan manages her time between her job and her academic career, leaving her Fridays open to travel to New York if necessary. “I think I do my best when I’m busy,” she said. College sophomore Lindsey Lansk y also maintains her summer job in Austin,

Texas, from her current Philadelphia location. A marketing and social media intern for Red Tag Media, Lansky said that she works 15 hours a week because she “would like to have her own income because Penn is so expensive.” Lansky added that she can fully manage her position directly from her computer. Alternatively, Viswanathan said her salary is a secondary to her passion for the work. Though both students ultimately do not see a future in a social media company, R ose bel ieves t hat socia l media as an industr y w ill remain strong. “My guess is that social media is here to stay, though new platforms may emerge,” she wrote in an email. “Companies have only become active [social media] users in the past couple of years … so these jobs should become more plentiful.” However, the practice of cont i nu i ng a n i nt er nsh ip from campus extends far beyond the social media sphere. College sophomore Eileen Mayro has transformed her summer internship with the Monel l C he m ic a l S e n s e s Center on 35th and Market streets doing psychology research. Mayro worked 15 hours per week for a small salary and has continued her research due the center’s close proximity to campus. She also does it for exploratory purposes. “I’m k ind of seeing whether or not I want to do research as a career of if I want to become a doctor,”

she said. To balance her work and her academics, Mayro said she left her afternoons free so she can work for longer periods of time if need be and gave herself an additional two to three hour free block “a couple days a week” to accommodate her research. “I worked out my schedule so that my Monday and Friday afternoons are free so that I wouldn’t stress out,” she added. Mayro also added that she has ga i ned i ncre ased re sponsibility since the summer, which she has enjoyed. Though still unsure where her path will lead, Mayro said that she hopes her psychology research this year will help her get closer to finding out. L a nsk y a lso has m i xed feelings about her position. “It’s not directly lined up with my academic interests,” she said. “It’s kind of frustrating because I could be spending 15 hours a week doing something I’m passionate about.” Viswanathan, though she has a standing of fer f rom Hatch Labs, also does not see an extensive future with her part-time job. Her entrepreneurial spirit will probably lead her to the tech-start up mecca: Silicon Valley. “I loved all of it,” she said. “But I see myself in the California tech industry long-term.” Viswanathan added that she wants to begin a start-up company of her own. “I want to work for my dream, not someone else’s.”

Discussion to showcase critical thinking MBA from page 1 discussed a general-knowledge t opic a nd soug ht t o reach a consensus, he said. Obser vers from the admissions team watched how they interacted and noted their problem-solving skills and ability to persuade. Incorporating discussions into the admissions process will allow the Wharton admissions team to really get to know candidates, he said. 2011 Wharton MBA graduate Rodney Cocks, who took part in a discussion group last spring agreed, adding that “being able to discuss relevant issues in a team setting … is really the cornerstone of the Wharton ex-

perience,” he said. Cocks hopes Wharton MBA admissions will require all students to participate in a discussion in the future, since it enables them to view students with “greater depth.” While Omojola and Cocks were aware that they were being obser ved during the

discussion, both preferred this method to a formal interview. They saw it as an opportunity to discuss current issues with their peers. “ T h i s n e w c o m p o n e nt , which we are testing, should not contribute to any anxiety,” Kumar said, since it is still in its initial stages.

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‘Community’ star discusses his mixed identity Danny Pudi spoke as part of Penn Sangam’s Chai House event BY ALLISON BART Contributing Writer There are three things NBC Community star Danny Pudi wants you to know: Indiana Jones is his favorite movie, he has abnormally large irises so you should feel free to stare deeply into his eyes and he may or may not be left-handed. This was the message that was announced before Pudi ran in yelling and giving highfives to the large group of students last night in the sold-out ARCH auditorium. He took a short amount of time to set up his slide show, taking a break to yell “Pokémon!” to the cheering audience. College freshman Laura Doherty was ecstatic about Pudi’s visit. “When I saw the email, I peed in my pants and knew immediately that this was the event of the semester,” she said. To begin Penn Sangam’s Chai House event, there were performances by Bloomers and Simply Chaos while students chowed down on pad Thai and cups of chai tea.

“Sangam is an organization that raises awareness about Asian-American issues,” Penn Sangam President and College senior Mansi Kothari said. “The reason we brought Danny Pudi is because he has an Asian-American background, so he sort of represents a minority.” After Pudi took to the podium, he imitated his mother’s Polish accent and his father’s Indian accent. “Both of those voices are part of my identity,” he said. From a complex math equation to explaining how rare he is to dancing along to a traditional Polish dance, he was able to describe how he always felt a bit out of place growing up. After his dad left when he was 3 years old, Pudi lacked exposure to his Indian heritage. “I realized when I was older that even though I identified myself as Polish, I was perceived as Indian.” However, Pudi realized that there are a lot of benefits to his unique identity. “I have also been given excellent material for racist jokes,” Pudi said before jumping into a few. Kothari appreciated Pudi’s integration of comedy and his ethnicity. “I guess what’s great about what he did is that we were expecting him to do

comedy, but he made it really personal and he brought in aspects of his mixed heritage into his act,” Kothari said. With such a diverse upbringing, Pudi met many characters throughout his life. As he stuck on a fake mustache, he explained how these characters made him fascinated with impersonations. After imitating Batman to prove his range, he explained how he tries to avoid stereotypes. “But I have played four Sanjays,” Pudi said. “Maybe when people look at me, all they see is Sanjay.” “That’s my show,” Pudi said after screening a video of him asking people to guess his ethnicity. Moving into a question-andanswer session, many people asked Pudi about life on the set of his show. “I just try to get into Abed’s world for a little bit,” Pudi said. “Then Ken Jeong comes in naked and I’m like, ‘This is work?’” One of the highlights of the night, which got the crowd roaring, was his “¿Donde está la biblioteca?” rap, one of his favorite segments as Abed with his best friend on the show, Troy. “I thought it was hilarious, as he usually is,” Engineering freshman Hamza Qaiser

said while waiting in line for the meet-and-greet. “I thought having him here as an intercultural speaker was a good idea because that’s a side you don’t really see of him.” Kothar i was similarly pleased with the turnout and the event as a whole. “Danny Pudi was great,” she said. There was an overwhelmingly positive response from the audience, which resulted in two hours of laughter and interaction with Pudi. Many students identified with his humorous stories of his unusual upbringing. “I’m brown, I sing Polish Alex Neier/DP Senior Photographer Christmas carols and my parents met at a YMCA,” Pudi Danny Pudi, who plays Abed on the NBC show Community, dons a fake moustache as part of a comedy act in the ARCH building Thursday night. said. “That is my identity.”

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At long last, Penn pulls out five-set win Confidence key in comeback victory Team earns weekend VOLLEYBALL split with first fifthHarvard vs. PENN

set victory in seven tries this season BY MITCHELL JOSEPH Contributing Writer

Entering Saturday’s game against Dartmouth, six Penn volleyball matches had gone the distance. Each ended in a five-set loss for the Red and Blue. So the Quakers were facing a worst-case scenario when they let a 2-0 lead slip away and headed to a decisive final set with the Big Green in Hanover, N.H. But the Quakers finally broke through, vanquishing their fifth-set demons in a marathon 25-22, 25-23, 16-25, 20-25, 15-12 victory. The win gave Penn a weekend split after a four-set loss to Harvard on Friday. “We approached the fifth set the right way that we knew we could all along,” coach Kerry Carr said. The victory over Dartmouth (13-8, 5-5) was Penn’s second on the season and lifted the Quakers into sole possession of sixth place in the league. Five Quakers had multiple kills in the first set as the team hit .382 to take a 1-0 lead. The Big Green clawed their way back from a six-point deficit in the second for a 21-21 tie. Two Dartmouth errors, along with a kill each from freshman Emma White and senior K risten Etterbeek — who combined for 15 of the Quakers’ 19 in the set — closed out the set for the Red and Blue. But the Quakers’ offense went cold in the third, allowing the Big Green to extend the

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match with a 25-16 victory. In the fourth, Dartmouth hit .359 and overcame six service errors to win by a score of 2520 and force Penn’s seventh five-set match of the season. On this day, the Quakers saved their best for last. They hit a match-high .400 and used sophomore Susan Stuecheli’s five kills to finally solve the puzzle of the fifth set with a 15-12 victory. Even after the snowstorm forced the team to delay its trip home and stay in New Hampshire overnight , a tired Carr could not hide her pride and excitement. “Everyone that has done well at different times did well all at once,” Carr said of the fifth set, “and that’s definitely the key to success.” Friday night in Cambridge, Mass., Harvard was able to overcome a strong defensive effort by the Quakers in a 2520, 26-24, 22-25, 25-20 victory. The win gave the Crimson (119, 4-6) the season sweep. In both of the first two sets, Harvard jumped out to early leads before Penn rallied back . The Crimson surged ahead late in both sets to take a 2-0 lead. The third set was a strong response from Penn. The Quakers seized an early lead at 11-7 and used four Etter-

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Sophomore outside hitter Kristen Etterbeek (6) led the volleyball team with 21 kills in a win over Dartmouth. beek kills en route to a 25-22 victory. The Crimson hit a matchhigh .235 in the decisive fourth set to seal their win. Defensively, Carr said, “We executed very, very well in keeping Harvard to hitting poorly.” But errors plagued the Quakers on offense, leading

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Carr to express disappointment in “seeing Harvard play so poorly on offense and not being able to capitalize on that.” A win the following day would brighten the coach’s mood. “It was hugely successful from a lot of different standpoints,” she said.

After a midweek 7-1 loss to Ryder, Penn field hockey gained a newfound sense of urgency. “I think the Rider game was a little bit of wake-up call in terms of playing with an aggressive purpose,” coach Colleen Fink said. “I think it made everyone — players and coaches together — realize how much more of a sense of urgency that we need to play with on both sides of the ball.” This mentality played directly into the Penn field hockey team’s win over Brown, 3-2, on Saturday afternoon in Providence, R.I. Despite consistent pressure, the Quakers (4-12, 2-4 Ivy) outshot the Bears, 27-17, and were able to snag a win in a fairly even matchup. That sense of urgency showed, as Penn scored early off a corner. But Brown (4-12, 0-6) came back to score two consecutive goals to gain the lead. With less than 10 minutes left in the first half, senior Kirstin Snyder scored the Quakers’ second goal to tie the game. A little over 15 minutes into the second half, freshman Alex Iqbal scored the go-ahead goal for the team on a shot to left corner. It was her second goal of the day. However, gaining and maintaining a lead was not easy. The Bears demonstrated their

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strong defense — Brown goaltender Shannon McSweeney leads the league in saves — and the Quakers had to defend against six penalty corners in the final eight minutes. “We never got a break from the defense, but I think what we did really well was passing the ball around us and being able to find the open space,” Iqbal said. Snyder, a key component in defending the many penalty corners, recognized the confident attitude that pushed the Red and Blue toward the win. “I think what’s been a huge thing with us is our attitudes going into the game. Today, we went in and it just seemed that everyone knew that we could win,” Snyder said. “Even when we were down, it was like we were still in it and we knew we were going to win.” Maintaining this optimism is a key heading into this Friday’s matchup against Princeton, which is tied with Yale for first place. Princeton is looking to add to its string of six consecutive Ivy titles, and Penn can help play spoiler with an upset. “They believed they were going to win [today],” Fink said of her team . “They believed that they were the better team through watching film and evaluating film, and I think they have to go into the Princeton game believing they can win.” Snyder echoed this tactic for the sixth-place Quakers’ final game of the season. “We have to go into the game just knowing that we can win and that we have a chance.”

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Friday, September 16, 2011 BLOOD DRIVE, from page 1

“By all medical standards, I should be dead,” Bitton said. “The first responders at Baton Rouge General [Medical Center] kept me alive.” Bitton said the paramedics who brought him to the hospital were integral in controlling his blood loss. “Whenever there is an emergency, you can always count on them to be there,” he said. The goals for the drive are to show support and gratitude for Baton Rouge’s first responders and to find as many blood donors as possible. “[Blood] could save a life down the road,” Bitton said. During Bitton’s recovery, LifeShare Blood Centers held a blood drive for him at Chelsea’s Cafe, which is why he decided to use LifeShare and Chelsea’s to host this one. The blood drive will include music by Bryce Cain and Friends and face-painting. The University’s cycling team and Triathalon Club will volunteer at the drive. Courtney Lang, president of the Triathlon Club, said she knows several cyclists who have been hit by vehicles, and first responders deserve recognition for treating them. She said Bitton’s comeback is inspiring. “I’ve been around Mike before, during and after his accident,” she said. “The comeback he made is just incredible.” Bitton called his recovery slow, but said he is progressing more quickly than expected thanks to his physical trainer, Gloria Wall. He is riding bikes again and training for an Ironman triathlon. Contact Andrea Gallo at agallo@lsureveille.com

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news release. “We are looking to build on that same type of success with our first television series.” Producer Garry Brown said filming crews will be busy until the season finishes shooting in mid-February. “We’ll be shooting in the downtown area. We’ll be shooting in the outskirts of Baton Rouge. We’ll be shooting all the way up

MSU, from page 1 into a hostile Southeastern Conference environment for the first time. “There’s pressure, but as a kicker, you have to block that out,” Alleman said. “Just going out there and doing my job for the team is what I’m here to do.” Despite the offense’s inability to find pay dirt, Lee still put on a solid passing display, completing 21 of his 27 pass attempts for 213 yards. That performance marked the first time a LSU quarterback threw for more than 200 yards since Jordan Jefferson threw for 254 yards against Ole Miss last season. Lee’s lone interception came early in the fourth quarter, but the Tigers had already built a 10-point lead. “Over the last few years, I feel like I’ve become a more mature player,” Lee said. “I’m just trying to play smart and play confident.” Lee turned to two familiar targets throughout the game – Randle and freshman wide receiver Odell Beckham, Jr. Randle reeled in six catches for 98 yards and a touchdown, while Beckham had a career-high 61 receiving yards on eight receptions.

to Angola on a regular basis,” Brown said. “The show is based in New York, and we plan to use the city of Baton Rouge in the most efficient ways that we possibly can.” Brown emphasized the diversity of the Baton Rouge landscape, saying it was a major factor in the decision to shoot the second season in the capital city. “What we liked so much about the area is that there’s not

“Hopefully he won’t be happy with what few catches he had,” Miles said. “Hopefully this will be a start. I felt like he comes from the style of family that will enable him to come to college and need and want to make plays as a freshman.” With the focus entering the game on which team’s potent rushing attack would control the game, LSU dominated. The Tigers’ defense held senior quarterback Chris Relf and senior running back Vick Ballard – who combined to run for 458 yards entering Thursday’s game – to just 48 yards on 26 attempts. “I felt like the intensity of the defense was strong, and that ended up being the tale of the day,” Miles said. Sophomore running back Spencer Ware continued to build on the solid start to his season, totaling 107 yards on the ground for an average of almost five yards per carry. Sophomore running back Michael Ford also contributed 50 rushing yards on 13 carries. “It took us a long time, but there was a time there late in the game where we felt like their defense was tired and breathing hard,” Ware said. “We were on the field a lot late in the game, and we used

page 15 only a downtown area, there are layers of rural and suburban areas beyond the downtown, which gives us a wide variety of looks,” Brown said. “One of the big deciding factors in coming here is the versatility of the locations and the aesthetic value that Baton Rouge offers.” Brown said the show employs a full production staff. Mitchell-Smith added that if residents wish to be a part of the crew,

they may submit their résumés. The first season of “Breakout Kings” was filmed in Toronto. The show airs on A&E, channel 39 locally, and the second season will premiere in 2012.

Contact Joey Groner at jgroner@lsureveille.com

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LSU senior quarterback Jarrett Lee calls for the ball Thursday during the Tigers’ 19-6 victory against Mississippi State in Starkville, Miss.

that to just run and run and grind the end of the game out. That’s our goal every week.” Mississippi State trailed by 10 points with about six minutes remaining in the game, hoping for a drive that would bring the Bulldogs within shouting distance. But junior cornerback Morris Claiborne picked off his second pass of the game, guaranteeing the LSU victory.

Claiborne picked off Relf early in the third quarter for his first interception of the season. “Mo has made those plays in front of us for as long as I can tell you,” Miles said. “Nothing surprises me with Mo Claiborne. He’s that kind of player.” Contact Hunter Paniagua at hpaniagua@lsureveille.com

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FUSSELL continues from PAGE 7 score 20-plus points or more in five consecutive games. “I’ve been a little surprised by her consistency, she was unranked when the season began,” Goestenkors said. “Her numbers have all gone up since we’ve hit conference play.” Also recently recognized for their efforts both on and off the court were senior Kathleen Nash and juniors Yvonne Anderson and Ashleigh Fontenette, as all three were named to the Capital One Academic All-District team. Tonight, the Longhorns open a two-game road stretch with a game at Kansas State. The Wildcats (16-5, 6-2 Big 12) have yet to lose a game at home this season. But Texas, which went into hostile Texas Tech territory earlier this season and emerged victorious, knows a thing or two about maintaining its composure. With a defense that ranks 11th in

the nation and second in the Big 12, Kansas State is led by junior Branshea Brown — she leads the squad on the boards with 6.1 rebounds per game. The Wildcats have held their opponents this season to 53 points on average. “They’re really smart. If a kid can’t shoot, they’re not out there guarding them,” Goestenkors said of Kansas State. “They keep you a little bit off balance because they are constantly changing their defenses.” For KSU head coach Deb Patterson, preparing for tonight’s game has included taking a better look at what Texas has to offer. Patterson’s squad will be keeping an eye on Fussell. “She is extremely aggressive and versatile. She can score in a variety of ways and she can score with intensity and aggressiveness,” Patterson said in Tuesday’s Big 12 teleconference. “She plays with a fearlessness that’s very

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practice this Thursday. “We are erring on the side of caution in this particular case,” the coach added.

Paralyzing parity With Missouri’s loss to Kansas on Monday night, there are now six Big 12 teams with a conference record of either 4-4 or 4-5, creating an extensive logjam in the middle of the standings. “It’s all mumble-jumbled right now,” Missouri coach Mike Anderson said on Monday. “I’ll think you’ll start seeing the truer picture in probably the next two weeks.” Texas A&M and Oklahoma each sit at .500 in conference play while Missouri, Oklahoma State, Kansas State and Colorado are 4-5. “Parity sometimes gives the appearance of mediocrity and that’s not the case at all,” Self said. “There’s good teams and certainly winning on the road is a bare.” Only Texas (8-0 Big 12), Kansas (8-1), and Baylor (5-4) have winning league records.

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important in this league. She can hurt you with a great three and she can get to the rim.” But for the Longhorns, remaining focused and tough is the most important factor as they start a new segment of their season in Kansas at 7 p.m. “They’re an outstanding team, especially at home,” Goestenkors said. “So we need to go in there and be both mentally and physically tough because to go on someone’s home court you’ve got to be both of those things to be successful.”

STREAK continues from PAGE 7 also received some of solid individual performances of late. A week ago, junior swimmer Karlee Bispo became just the second Longhorn women’s swimmer to be named “National Swimmer of the Week.” She won seven events in one meet during the team’s victory over Arizona. More recently, freshman Ellen Lobb was able to win both the 50-yard freestyle and the 200 butterfly in the SMU meet. But a change in the format of s ome races could c r e at e p r o b l e m s f o r t h e fourth-ranked Longhorns. The annual Sprint for the Cure event features many events at non-traditional distances,

such as the 300-yard freestyle and the 75-yard breaststroke. The two programs last met on Feb. 10, 2010, in last year’s edition of the tournament. Texas was able to come away with the 18-point win by a score of 80-62. Tonight’s meet is the last of the regular season for Texas and will be the final chance for the UT women to improve their national ranking heading into the Big 12 Championships, which begins on Feb. 23. A win would ensure Texas the highest ranking in the conference and make it the favorite to win the championship. The only other Top 25 program in the conference is Texas A&M.

HOOPS continues from PAGE 7 the Longhorns will be able to breeze through February and into March Madness. “I don’t think you really have a chance to feel good one way or the other until after the season,” head coach Rick Barnes said Monday. “There’s a lot of basketball left to play when you really think about it.” Derek Stout | Daily Texan Staff

Here’s a look at the Long- Texas swingman Jordan Hamilton attacks the basket during the Longhorn’s 76-60 win over visiting Texas Tech on Saturday. horns’ remaining schedule. @ Oklahoma: Tonight at 8 p.m. on ESPN2

The Sooners lost by 20 points when they came to Austin in January. After losing its first three conference games, Oklahoma has won four of its last five games. All of the wins came in Norman. The Sooners have won the last two matchups with Texas in Norman. Vs. Baylor: Saturday

The Bears had high expectations this year, after reaching the Elite Eight in Houston 11 months ago. At 5-4 in conference play, which places them third in the Big 12, the Bears have had the Longhorns’ number recently winning the last four matchups dating back to March 2009. Prior to that, Texas had not fallen to the Bears since 1998. Vs. Oklahoma State: Feb. 16

Texas took care of the Cowboys with ease in January at Stillwater and should have little trouble with them at home. After back-to-back wins over Missouri and Oklahoma, the Cowboys are one of four teams in the Big 12 currently at 4-5 and among the nine teams that are within two games of each other. @ Nebraska: Feb. 19

This is one of those scary games for the Longhorns. Nebraska lost by 40 points to Texas last season and will be looking for revenge in their final regular season Big 12 matchup. The Longhorns have struggled their last two times in Lincoln, losing by four in 2009 and stealing a one-point win in 2007. The Huskers have impressive wins against Texas A&M and Colorado. They also nearly upset Kansas last month. Vs. Iowa State: Feb 22

If there is one game that the Longhorns should have no trouble with, it is Iowa State. The Cyclones have lost their last six games. They will probably be even more beaten up when they come to Austin as it will be their last of four straight games against ranked opponents. @ Colorado: Feb 26

This will be another trap game for the Longhorns. It is never easy to play in the high altitude of Boulder and to make things ever more difficult, the Buffaloes are pretty good this season. Colorado has won three of four home Big 12 games this year with the only loss coming down to the final minute against Kansas. Vs. Kansas State: Feb 28

CHANGES continues from PAGE 7 Eligibility Center. Jackson will enroll in June. Even if Gray decides to leave, the early commitment by Brewer

goes a long way to show that Texas is still a popular commodity, while Jackson’s clearance is a boost to a defense that regressed in 2010.

The Wildcats have had the Longhorns in almost every sport the last couple of years and men’s basketball is no different. Kansas State has won the last two meetings with Texas. The Wildcats have struggled this year though as they have been one of the most disappointing teams in college basketball. @ Baylor: March 5

Senior day in Waco could cause some trouble for the Longhorns.

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...Continued from page 1 “My assistant coaches suggested that we go to zone, and that was the change we made. We needed to get stops,” said Titan Head Coach Marcia Foster. “We were just getting attacked from all over the place, and the zone just changed everything.” The Titans shot 40.6 percent from the field in the first half, including 4-9 from three-point land, while the Tigers shot 41.4 percent from the field, connecting on 3-6 from behind the arc. But the Tigers (7-19, 4-9) didn’t MARK SAMALA / Daily Titan go down without putting up a Titan sophomore forward Lauren fight. Bushong stretches out for the rebound Pacific’s freshman guard Gena against Pacific on Saturday at Titan Gym. Johnson scored a team-high 28 points and 11-11 from the free- free throws to give Pacific a 61-60 throw line. Johnson kept the Ti- lead with 4:36 left in regulation. But Richardson could not be gers close, scoring 19 of her points stopped, scoring the next six in the second half. With 17:43 left in the game, the points for the Titans and giving Tigers’ sophomore guard Kendall them a 66-61 lead with only 2:30 Rodriguez scored on a jumper that to go. “She’s tough and she comes to cut CSUF’s lead to four, 44-40. Then Titan redshirt junior guard play,” Foster said. “She kind of inLauren Chow made a crossover spires her teammates and brings dribble at the top of the key and the best out of them too.” A late steal by Chow, followed connected with a three-pointer by two made free throws, helped that extended the lead to 47-40. CSUF overcome a C h o w Pacific second-half would finsurge. ish with 12 “My assistant coaches Foster said this points, four suggested that we go to win was huge for the rebounds and zone, and that was the team, and they’re five assists, just trying to focus and came up change we made. We on playing better with big plays needed to get stops. ” basketball evdown the - Marcia Foster ery time they stretch for the Titan Head Coach step on the floor. Titans. When asked what the team The battle got a little chippy at the 12:52 mark when Richardson needs to do to get a Big West was fouled hard on a drive to the Tournament bid, Chow remarked, basket by Tiger freshman forward “We just need to keep getting betDanielle Peacon. Richardson con- ter defensively. Offensively we can verted the basket on the play, and bring it, but if we can put the two a minor shoving match broke out together then we will be a fantastic under the rim. Titan freshman team.” The Titans ended the game guard Yvont’e Neal and Peacon were both ejected from the game 25-59 from the field, 6-14 from - just a case of two teams playing three-point land and 18-23 (78.3 percent) from the charity stripe. hard physical basketball. The Titans will next travel to CSUF led nearly the entire second half until Johnson was fouled San Luis Obispo for a rematch on a drive to the basket. She went against Cal Poly on Thursday at 7 to the line and knocked down both p.m.

Cal State Fullerton men’s basketball lost to the Idaho State Bengals Saturday night in Pocatello, Idaho, 84-79. Devon Peltier had a career-high night with 32 points, shooting six of 12 from three-point land. Redshirt Junior Orane Chin played and contributed with 15 points, eight rebounds and three blocked shots. Brief by Jessica Mc Coy

Titans Fall, Three Games Remain MARK SAMALA / Daily Titan Titan senior guard Lyndsey Grove fails to grab the rebound. However, Grove managed a game-high 18 points, including three three-pointers.

Gauchos escape with a win In their fourth straight loss the Titans go down, 73-70, at home to UCSB MICHELLEE COOPER Daily Titan

In a fight to the finish the Cal State Fullerton women’s basketball team took on the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos Thursday, Feb. 17, in a battle to improve its standings for a Big West Conference Tournament berth. UCSB finished the night strong with a final score of 73-70, giving the Titans one last game to secure the eighth spot for the tournament. The Titans got off to a shaky start when the Gauchos were awarded a technical foul before the tip. As the deficit began to increase, the Titans trailed behind UCSB with seven points. The Titans quickly stepped up their game and came back when redshirt junior guard Lauren Chow made the first shot of the night for the Titans. With a few missed shots from the Titans, the Gauchos took advantage and increased their deficit, leading by eight. When the opportunity came, Chow escaped for a fastbreak by

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After starting the season with a seven-game losing streak, the Cal State Fullerton women’s tennis team won back-to-back games defeating visiting Cal State Bakersfield in a non-conference matchup, 6-1, Thursday, Feb. 17. “It feels good to win two straight,” said Tiffany Mai, a sophomore. “Everyone’s working hard and it’s good to finally win. It’s a confidence boost.” Mai helped post a shutout in doubles action alongside fellow sophomore Monica Rodriguez, 8-0, and defeated Roadrunner senior Ashlee Thorneycroft in straight sets in the No. 1 singles match, 6-3, 6-0. Rodriguez also went on to win in the No. 6 singles spot, defeating senior Korina Barefield, 6-1, 6-1. “The doubles win gave us a confidence boost to be more aggressive in singles,” said Rodriguez. In singles play, Rodriguez and Mai were each matched with the opponents faced from their doubles match, and they used it to their advantage. “I knew what to expect when I played (Barefield) in singles,” Rodriguez said. Mai and Rodriguez weren’t the only ones to dominate. As a team, CSUF swept Bakersfield in doubles play and won five of the six matches in straight sets. Titan sophomore Morgan McIntosh defeated sophomore Julian Mannix, 6-1, 6-1, in the No. 2 spot. Sophomore Malorie dela Cruz beat sophomore Gabriela Horton, 6-1, 6-2, and senior Karina Akhmedova defeated junior Veronica Dimas, 6-1, 6-1. Freshman Megan Sandford suffered the only loss with a 10-3 tiebreaker after splitting the first two sets, 1-6, 7-6.

CAMILLE TARAZON / Daily Titan Freshman Morgan McIntosh defeated opponents in her doubles (8-5) and singles match (6-1, 6-1) against Bakersfield on Thursday, Feb. 17.

Titan Head Coach Bill Reynolds knows what this win-streak means to his team. “It’s a big confidence boost after a rough start to the season. Even though we’re playing well against some tough teams, it’s good to get wins,” said Reynolds. “You need confidence, especially in this sport.” They only had one senior in Thursday’s lineup while the rest were sophomores and freshmen. Sophomores like Rodriguez and Mai have to take on the responsibility as leaders of the team.

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Reynolds knows it is a big responsibility, but he knows they’re learning. He also acknowledged that this year is a rebuilding year with all the underclassmen. Rodriguez said, “I try to use my experiences from last year to help the freshmen. There is a big difference in experience from my freshman to sophomore year.” Mai added, “Every team is so different and good. You get better and better with experience.” The win over the Roadrunners improved the Titans (2-7, 0-3) and attempted to extend the streak to three in its third conference match-up of the season against host UC Davis. UC Davis (8-2, 2-0) has made its conference debut. The Aggies came off a win streak of their own and defeated the Titans in a 7-0 sweep. The Titans next face Loyola Marymount University at 2 p.m. at Titan Courts.

stealing the ball and made the layup. UCSB had possession but a traveling violation forced a turnover, and the Titans were able to capitalize on the play. The score was tied at 29-29 until the Gauchos found a hole in the Titan defense and made a wide-open three-pointer. Heading into the half, the Gauchos were up 34-31. In the second half, the Titans started to struggle and trailed behind by as many as 16 points. Titan sophomore forward Lauren Bushong said after the 16-point deficit the team was able to turn things around. “We came together really well,” said Bushong. “Even though we played well and had good defense, we gave up crucial rebounds.” Winding down the last minutes in the game, the Titans turned up the heat and fought to the finish. The Gauchos were up 67-59 when Chow once again broke through the UCSB defense and sunk the shot, putting the Titans up to 61. With less than two minutes on the clock, Titan junior guard Megan Richardson made backto-back three-pointers to help the Titans minimize the Gaucho lead by a

single point. With 11.3 left on the clock, the Titans had no choice but to foul, and the Gauchos converted both shots at the line, leading by three. The Titans had final possession of the night and with a valiant effort by Chow, needed one more shot to tie the game. With an offset takeoff, the shot was missed and the Gauchos took home the victory, 73-70. The Titans put up a good fight until the last seconds but were unable to come out with the victory. “We played excellent together,” said Titan freshman guard Yvont’e Neal. “We had good teamwork and came together.” “We just knew that in order to have a better chance to get into the Big West Tournament then we need to win,” said Titan senior guard Ashley Richie. Neal said there were a lot of good things that happened both offensively and defensively, but felt she could have personally done more to help her team. “I didn’t play as well as I could have,” Neal said. “But I will make up for it in the next game.”

UC Santa Barbara defeated the Cal State Fullerton men’s basketball team 81-71 Wednesday, Feb. 16, at the Thunderdome. The Titans’ next game will be their last at home for the regular season on Saturday at 8:05 p.m. against Cal Poly San Luis Obispo; ESPNU TV is set to broadcast the matchup. Brief by Jessica Mc Coy

Women’s Rugby in Top 25 Rankings At 2-1 for the season, the Cal State Fullerton women’s rugby club entered RugbyMag.com’s top 25 Women’s Division II College rankings at the No. 25 position. Women’s rugby’s next match will be on the road Sunday, Feb. 27, against USC at 1 p.m. Brief by Wesley Ruscher

Baseball Splits Dirtbag Contest

Cal State Fullerton baseball split two games against Long Beach State, losing Sunday 8-5 and holding off a late rally Monday to win 4-3. Ranked in the top 20 in all major polls, the Titans are now 2-2. The Titans will travel to Fort Worth, Texas to face TCU for a three-game set starting Feb. 25. Brief by Brad Salah

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A team that functions as a family Top-notch strength and conditioning program ranks as the best in California

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AMY LEADBETTER

Professor and Director Lee E. Brown of the Center for Sport Performance in the Strength and Conditioning program.

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Nestled on the first floor of the Kinesiology Building is the human performance laboratory - home to elaborate machinery and a group of students who share a same passion and call themselves a family. Their close bond isn’t the only thing notable; Cal State Fullerton has the No. 1 strength program in California and one of the top programs in the country. It is no secret that sports are a huge part of our society. But behind the sport, behind the team and behind the athlete lies technique. That’s where the research going on in the human performance lab comes into play – to help improve and enhance movement. The strength and conditioning program is a two-year graduate program that focuses on a holistic view of sports and all things having to do with human movement. The program encompasses sports science and consists of innovative ways to explore sport performance and awareness. Their mission is to learn how to use one’s body to the fullest extent. They specialize in muscle power and hypertrophy, studying explosive, fast, powerful movements that almost all sports consist of – force, speed, running, kicking, jumping, cycling, swinging a baseball bat, etc. A collage of pictures covers one of the walls in the lab. Professor Lee Brown, director of the Center for Sport Performance and former president of the National Strength and Conditioning Association, proudly displays pictures of all his current students; he calls it his wall of fame.

Award-Winning Physical Rundown Kinesiology Kinesiology provides a broad understanding of human motor performance and health through degree programs and through scholarship and creativity. Emphasis is placed on examination of the entire lifespan from infancy to older adult years. Special attention is paid to understanding human movement and health in context of a diverse and ever-changing society.

AMY LEADBETTER / Daily Titan Above, two students conduct tests on a machine called the Biodex that tests strength toward resistance at a constant speed. It is used for strength training and rehabilitation purposes.

The wall directly across has dozens of articles taped to it, all of which are the works of students that have recently been published in prestigious journals. Vanessa Cazas, a graduate student at CSUF with a bachelor’s in kinesiology and sports management, is working at getting her master’s in sport performance. Once graduated, she ideally hopes to work with athletes. Cazas takes pride in her association with the strength and conditioning program. She said it is gratifying to see her classmates get their theses published. She is even more proud of the recognition she and her colleagues receive off campus. “When we go to

NSCA conferences, our program at Cal State Fullerton is highly recognized,” said Cazas. The NSCA is an international nonprofit educational association. It is comprised of a vast network of members who develop and present the most advanced information regarding strength training and conditioning practices, injury prevention and research findings. It is through the NSCA that CSUF students in the strength and conditioning program gain recognition, grants, funding for research and education and scholarship money. Brown’s pride of his students’ innovative research on sport performance is lavishly displayed, and

his support toward his students, who are striving to be part of the best master’s program in the United States, is abundant. “Other Cal States and UCs send their students to us. I am proud of my students,” said Brown. Jeremy Tan, a CSUF grad student with a bachelor’s in fitness and health promotion, is working on his master’s in sport performance. His ultimate goal is to work with middle-aged or the older adult population to rehabilitate their injuries and help the disabled. “People don’t understand why they workout. They take their body’s movements for granted. This program has created a passion in me. It has inspired me to apply

what I learned and help others,” said Tan. Tan admits that he loves the interaction between the professor and students in the program. “I never had such a tight bond with my classmates and professor in any of my undergrad classes. I recommend people to get in while they can; they will definitely enjoy it.” In his final words on the program, Brown said, “We challenge one another all the time. We are a big family. In sports terms, we are a team. We win together, and we lose together.” After a pause he looked up and corrected himself. “But we don’t lose. We come out on top every time.”

Center for Sport Performance

Sport Performance is a subdiscipline of the Department of Kinesiology and it conducts, presents and publishes research; the department engages in consultations specifically related to improvement of sports performance through application of the sub-disciplines of kinesiology.

Strength and Conditioning

The strength and conditioning program is a part of the Center for Sport Performance and one of eight areas within kinesiology. The program deals with neural and hypertrophic adaptation of muscle, through research and studies, to increase strength and power for improved human performance.

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TITANS: Baseball splits rainy opener ...Continued from page 1 “I thought we responded well, but we still have ways to go,” said Serrano. “We need to find our identity and be able to relax and let our abilities come out.” The day game against visiting North Carolina was a tense situation, which saw a rain delay and 11 innings of play. It didn’t take long for the Tar Heels to get on the board, taking advantage of starting pitcher Tyler Pill’s opening day nervousness. After a groundout to start the game, back-to-back singles in the first got the Tar Heels going. North Carolina’s sophomore second baseman Tommy Coyle capitalized on a wild pitch, giving the Tar Heels the 1-0 lead. The Titans answered back promptly in the bottom half of the inning. Leadoff hitter Pedroza reached on an error and was able to score later when Terry drew a bases-loaded walk. After a semi-shaky first, Pill began to settle down on the mound recording five strikeouts over the next three innings. A leadoff bunt single in the top of the fifth led to the next run of the game for the Tar Heels. After advancing the runner over, Tar Heel freshman designated hitter Tom Zengel’s slow roller up the middle allowed senior center fielder Ben Bunting to score their second run of the game.

The Tar Heels added a third run in the sixth when junior catcher Jacob Stallings roped a line drive just over the top of the left-field fence. Like the first inning, the Titans responded with a run of their own in the bottom of the sixth. Sophomore center fielder Austin Kingsolver got things going by ripping a single past the diving shortstop into left-center. After stealing second, Kingsolver moved to third on a sacrifice and came in to score when Pedroza smacked a shot up the middle. Mother Nature was next to strike, as rain began falling, delaying the start of the ninth inning for 27 minutes. When play resumed, the Titans took advantage of a leadoff walk and tied the game when sophomore designated hitter Carlos Lopez shot a double into the right-center gap, scoring Pedroza. After the Titans gave up two walks in the top of the 11th, the Tar Heels capitalized on the free base runners taking the lead when Bunting drove a single into right, driving in the gamewinning run. “I know today we didn’t play like Titans play, but I have this gut feeling we are going to blossom,” Ramirez said. The Titans head to Long Beach State tonight to end a two-game nonconference set and will hit the road to Fort Worth, Texas for a three-game set against No. 1 Texas Christian University starting Friday.

MARK SAMALA / Daily Titan Sophomore shortstop Richy Pedroza celebrates after scoring the tieing run against the Tar Heels.

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WILLIAM CAMARGO / Daily Titan Titan senior all-around gymnast Alaina Baker took home two titles against Sacramento State on Friday’s meet. Baker placed first on vault and floor with 9.775 and 9.825, respectively. Here she is seen performing her floor exercise routine.

Cal State Fullerton men’s lacrosse club lost both games over the weekend in Henderson, Nev. with a combined score of 32-18. The Titans squared off against Utah Valley Friday, Feb. 18, losing 13-9 and followed it up with a 19-9 loss to Westminster the next day. CSUF started the season by beating USC at home but has now lost three straight games. The Titans start a four-game home stand against divisional opponent and long-time rival Long Beach State on Saturday at 2 p.m. For CSUF, three of their next four games are against teams within their division in the Southwestern Lacrosse Conference. Brief by Brad Salah

Gymnastics conquers vault and floor JESSICA Mc COY Daily Titan

The Cal State Fullerton gymnastics team lost by three points against the Sacramento State Hornets on Friday, Feb. 18 at Titan Gym. The Titans outscored the Hornets on bars with a score of 47.275 to 46.975. The Hornets swept the rest of the events, scoring a 48.025 on vault, 47.900 on bars and 48.475 on beam, while the Titans scored 47.275 on vault, 46.300 on beam and 47.900 on floor. The final score of the night was 191.375 for the Hornets and 188.725 for the Titans. Senior all-arounder Alaina Baker took first place on vault scoring 9.775, first place on floor with a score of 9.825, tied second on bars scoring 9.70 and placed second in all-around scoring, 38.225. Baker felt very confident as an allaround competitor.

“I like it, I competed in all events petitive spot. “I did a watered-down when I was young. It gives more to routine, because I did not know unwork with so I do not have to con- til after (my teammate) Alicia percentrate on just one thing,” said formed that I was up next,” Medina Baker. said. “I was nervous, but I told myBaker took first place on floor, self to stay calm and I had confidence which is her favorite event. “Floor and I told myself that I could do it.” allows me to perform and have the Medina and her teammates were most fun, and it is the most excit- nervous about her knee and if it ing event to me,” she would give her said. any trouble. Another huge sur- “What we need to Medina said, prise for the Titans in work on as a team is “My knee did this competition was consistency. We need give me trouthe return of junior ble, but with Mika Medina after to compete like we all the adrenapractice.” - Vanessa Klass line, I wasn’t having a torn ACL. In her response focused on my Junior all-around gymnast to how she felt knee. Before going into the floor the meet we lineup, “It was exciting because I did warmed up the muscles and did an not know I was going to compete,” ultrasound to make sure that everysaid Medina. thing was okay.” Medina was told by Titan Head Titan junior Vanessa Klass had an Coach Jill Hicks right before the all-around score of 36.525, scoring a fourth event started that she would 9.50 on vault, 8.250 on bars, 9.350 not do the exhibition spot for floor, on the beam and 9.425 on floor. In but would actually perform in a com- order to improve floor scores she re-

flected with, “What we need to work on as a team is consistency. We need to compete like we practice,” said Klass. With different events come different skills and different obstacles. Klass knows how to overcome obstacles in competing on the bars. “I take my time and perform each skill one at time so I don’t rush through,” she said. With two losses in a row, the Titans are still able to motivate themselves. “Each match we try to step it up from our last competition and we try to do our best,” Klass said. Senior all-arounder Shelly Cooper placed third with a final score of 37.875, scoring a 9.075 on vault, 9.650 on bars, 9.450 on the beam and 9.700 on floor. First place for all-around went to the Hornets, with their only allarounder, Amanda Blauvelt, having a final score of 38.350. The Titans will compete against Minnesota for a Faculty Night event on Friday at 7 p.m. at Titan Gym.

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Former BYU student’s work sculpting the soul on display By ANGELA MARLER Roughly cut angels are giving visitors to Covey Center for the Arts a heavenly greeting. Artist J. Kirk Richards’ angels, along with other of his works, are on exhibit at the Covey Center until Feb. 24. The exhibition is in conjunction with the Utah Lyric Opera’s performance of “Madama Butterfly” and the center will hold an exhibit reception on Saturday from 5 to 7 p.m. Richards, who graduated from BYU in 2000, said the exhibition is made up of various paintings and sculptures he made for previous exhibitions. These include winged torso sculptures and winged figure paintings, which Richards said were an attempt to portray the soul. “They’re very earthly and physical and combining those with wings is an expression of the human soul — the dual nature of the human soul,” he said.

Other works in the exhibition, such as his painting “Sisters in the Vineyard” and a series of portraits of Christ, contain religious symbolism, which is common for Richards’ work. “I like the poetry of scripture and also of recounting spiritual experiences,” he said. “It’s something that I respond to; I love religious imagery.” He said his “Sisters in the Vineyard” painting is the most traditional painting in the exhibition, while his portraits of Christ are more experimental. He said he changed his normal painting process to create them. “There’s always this stage at the beginning that I really love, where it’s just kind of abstract, broad shapes of color,” he said. He said he had to force himself to leave the paintings in this abstract stage without developing them more. Deann Morin, the gallery coordinator for the Covey Center, said the pictures of Christ show the broad range of styles Rich-

ards can create. Morin said the center is glad to have an artist of Richards’ caliber exhibiting in its gallery. “He’s a very well-known artist in his own right, so we were just delighted to be able to get him in here,” she said. Richards has had art featured on lds.org and in the Ensign. Morin said visitors are enjoying the art as they come to the center. “It’s very classical, very elegant,” Morin said. “It goes well with the opera.” The opera, called “Madama Butterfly,” is a well-known tragedy about a Japanese woman who is abandoned by her American husband. “It asks us all to be a little more circumspect and careful with the decisions we make,” said Chris Holmes, artistic director of the Utah Lyric Opera. Holmes and Richards went to high school together and share a love of art that inspired them to work together for this exhibition and opera.

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Artist J. Kirk Richards sculpted winged torsos to represent the human soul. Richards is having a solo exhibition at the Covey Center for the Arts.

Opera ‘Madama Butterfly’ aims to leave Utah Valley hearts aflutter By BRISSA PORTER Some people hear the word opera and imagine an extravagant evening only accessible to those who wear monocles and expensive jewelry over long, white gloves. This weekend, Utah Lyric Opera and The Covey Center are opening their doors to monocle and contacts wearers alike with their performance of Puccini’s “Madama Butterf ly.” Rebecca Packard, media contact for Utah Lyric Opera, said with a growing art scene in the valley, this will be an opportunity to showcase the present talent and hopefully expose more people to opera

who would otherwise not have the opportunity. “There is a lot of talent in the valley,” Packard said. “But this is about highlighting the talent that’s already here and bringing in talent from outside.” Christopher Holmes, Utah Lyric Opera artistic director, said he would put this cast up against any in the country. “We’ve gat hered a re markable cast that includes French soprano Paula Goodman Wilder in the title role,” Holmes said. “The supporting cast and chorus are primarily made up of BYU voice majors. I do believe that a youthful approach to opera in the intimate space of the Covey Center will be appealing to all audience members.”

” his is a very simple opera with a tried and true premise: boy wants girl; boy gets girl; boy abandons girl; girl kills herself. ” Elizabeth Hansen Stage director

Holmes said their production of “Madama Butterf ly” will be a more minimalistic take on the opera with piano accompaniment provided by Lawrence Gee, a well-known Salt Lake City pianist.

Elizabeth Hansen, stage director, said audience members should expect amazing music sung by world class singers and a scaled down, more stylized version of the opera with less of a “spectacle.” “I didn’t know the opera before we did it,” Hansen said. “I’m more of a Verdi fan myself, but this opera has converted me to Puccini. It’s absolutely gorgeous even without a full orchestra and the singers are magnificent.” The opera is performed in Italian, but that shouldn’t sca re away non-speakers from attending. Hansen said although she doesn’t speak the language, she is still able to follow the story and understand the intent of the char-

acters based off the popular structure presented in this par ticu lar opera without knowing the language. “This is a very simple opera with a tried and true premise: boy wants girl; boy gets girl; boy abandons girl; girl kills herself,” Hansen said. Holmes said he hopes the audience will show interest and support in this kind of art and entertainment. “Currently, ‘Madama Butterf ly’ is the most performed opera across the U.S., if not the world,” Holmes said. “In choosing this opera I wanted to get the community’s attention and signal the magnitude of what Utah Lyric Opera is capable of achieving.” Packard said having venues like The Covey Center and a

variety of pricing and productions will allow those who love opera and don’t want to travel the opportunity to see a performance and will also introduce more people to the opera. Utah Lyric Opera has two big productions in the spring and again in the fall. They also have a series called “Opera at the Covey” and the downtown gallery stroll, a free event open to the public the first Friday night of every month. ‘Madama Butterf ly’ will run Friday and Saturday. Tickets are $12 for students and seniors, $15 for the general public and may be purchased at coveycenter.org. brissa.porter@gmail.com

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Priebus elected new Program helps juveniles find goals GOP national chair By MICHAL ASH

By HUNTER SCHWARZ The Republican National Committee has chosen a new leader, ousting the incumbent chairman in favor of a former chair of the Wisconsin Republican party. Reince Priebus, 38, was elected chairman of the RNC after seven rounds of voting. Priebus faces the task of paying off $21 million in debt the committee has accumulated as well as rebuilding the trust of donors. “Together we can defeat Barack Obama in 2012 — together, unified as a committee,” Priebus said. “We’re going to start by putting a solid business plan in place to operate effectively and efficiently, to begin to restore the faith of our donors.” Among Priebus’ first orders of business was explaining his name (pronounced ryns PREEbus). “I know it’s a tough name,” Priebus said minutes after election results were finalized. “That’s what happens when you have a Greek and a German for a parent — you get a name like mine.” Party chairman is a position usually held by former governors, senators or senior party officials, so Priebus’ election is unusual. He lost his only bid for elected office — a Senate run in 2004 — and some in the committee worried about his lack of experience. His humility and winning record in Wisconsin were key to winning over voters. While in Wisconsin, Priebus led Republicans to victory, winning two U.S. House seats, the governor’s office and defeating longtime Democratic Sen. Russ Feingold. He points to his good relationship with

Tea Party groups as proof he can work with various groups within the party. Among Priebus’ competition was former party chair Michael Steele. Steele’s two-year term was plagued by mounting debt, gaffes and clashes with fellow conservatives. Reports that some donors refused to continue contributing money to the party if Steele remained chair surfaced prior to voting, highlighting the discontent many had with his leadership. “[Steele] was too much into it for himself,” said Seth Tiernan, a junior from Smithfield, R.I. “He loved the spotlight. He said too many unscripted things that made him look unintelligent and hurt the party.” Signaling the change in leadership, Priebus dismissed staff members chosen by Steele to plan the 2012 Republican National Convention. Replacement staff chosen by Steele is expected. Although the change in staff might restore the confidence of some, Priebus has yet to prove he is more effective than his predecessor. “I’ve heard [Priebus] wasn’t the ideal candidate because people believe he is going to have fundraising issues,” said Aaron Haslam, a senior from Sioux City, Iowa. Haslam also said Priebus should focus on fundraising and bringing people together to help the Republican Party win in 2012. Unifying the party could prove a difficult task considering the moderate and conservative divisions Republicans face. “These days, it’s all about who is the most conservative,” said Adam Welsh, a senior from Provo who interned for the College Republican National Committee. “I think it’s scaring away a lot of people.”

Juvenile probationers in Utah may have a reduced risk of landing in jail for a second time when in control of their own success. RealVictory, a Springville-based organization, is a program consisting of six courses, which encourage delinquents to use introspection to find goals they can set toward having a successful future. After the courses, participants are given free cellular devices, serviced by Cricket, on the condition the kids take daily phone calls as part of the program. Maren Fulbright serves as one of the program directors for RealVictory. “We have a research assistant assigned to each group of kids,” she said in an e-mail. “That person has regular contact with those participants.” The phone calls are usually short and done by an automated system. The participants key in answers to questions that follow up on their goals and progress. If they answer positively, they receive encouraging messages from their parents, friends and case managers. “We become very involved with the participants and try to get to know their situation the best we can,” Fulbright said. The idea for the organization came from a pair of cousins, Bruce Bennett and Jim Bennett. Bruce is the inventor of the Victory Seeker automated cell phone coaching program, initially designed for drug rehabilitants. Together, Jim and Bruce co-authored the RealVictory cognitive behavior training program. In 2005, the cousins presented their program idea to

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RealVictory is a program designed to help juvenile probationers set goals to control their own future.

” he model we use teaches them that everyone has four basic needs — to live, to love and be loved, to seek variety, and to feel appreciated. ” David Cherrington

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David Cherrington, a BYU professor of organizational leadership strategy, and Stephen Bahr, a sociology professor. With the help of Cherrington and Bahr, Bruce and

Jim worked on combining the program ideas with the Victory Seekers phone system to pilot the program, RealVictory. “There are lots of courses like this out there,” Bahr said when asked why he got involved with RealVictory. “I’m interested in identifying programs that work and programs that don’t.” The program encourages participants to use needs-oriented goal setting to reexamine their behavior. Through self-introspection, the delinquents determine what principles and beliefs are driving their behavior, and how they can make changes to those beliefs to match basic needs. “They are encouraged to think about their lives in terms of, ‘This is what’s happening; do I like it? and how do I change?’” Bahr said.

“The model we use teaches them that everyone has four basic needs — to live, to love and be loved, to seek variety, and to feel appreciated,” Cherrington said in an e-mail. “We do not adopt a point of view that their actions are immoral.” To track the progress of the program, a study compared a group of 39 participants to a control group of 31 juveniles who did not go through the program. The study found that 18 of the 39 participants had no accounts of future offenses, while only three of the 31 non-participants had such success. RealVictory continues to help teens throughout Utah and Salt Lake County, and they hope to spread to other jurisdictions as well. michalkash@gmail.com

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Market Locals find small treasures Continued from Page 1 money, but the stuff we use is top-quality, unique and one-ofa-kind,” said Emily Frame, cofounder of the Bijou Market. According to Vendors Inc., a directory of market and craft vendors, Utah County has more than 12 flea markets per year, and the numbers keep climbing. Frame started the Bijou Market with her friends Rashelle Johansson and Nicole Christensen in 2009, and they have had success with vendors selling their own homemade hair accessories, hand-sewn pillows, original cupcakes and many other

artistic products. “I know there are a lot of markets in hip and quirky cities like San Francisco,” Frame said. “Wherever the creative people are, that’s where the markets are going to be.” BYU students like to go to the markets because there are so many different things they can look for. They can buy fresh guacamole, decorative jewelry and a home-spun rug from different vendors, all within 50 yards of each seller. It’s a place they can get original, handcrafted items for fairly cheap prices to enhance their own style and personality. “A lot of trends have been going to homemade-looking things,” said Melissa Broekhuijsen, a junior studying nutrition. “So when a vendor makes 40,000 yarn hats, you have lots of them to choose from.” One element Broekhui-

jsen does not like about the markets is that when so many people get into the trend, everyone starts wearing the same thing. For example, she said she refuses to ever purchase a crocheted headband because she sees too many girls walking around campus in them. A part of the market she does like is the idea of instead of buying the items online and having to pay shipping and handling, all the vendors assemble in the same place, so the items are easier to find and less expensive. “There aren’t a lot of styles that are popular in western culture in general that BYU students can embrace,” Broekhuijsen said. “A trend that encourages stay-at-home businesses and modesty at the same time is a plus for BYU students.” One proponent of stay-athome-businesses, Susan Petersen, designs and manufactures

her own baby moccasins, along with other hand-sewn crafts all in her home, so she can be with her children. Kourtney Kardashian recently showcased her son, Mason, sporting t shoes crafted by Petersen, on the cover of Parenting magazine. Petersen sold her items at the Bijou Market and appreciates the manner in which the founders put together the merchandise. “The hip girls at BYU come to the markets,” Petersen said. “The girls who put on the Bijou tend to look for artists that are current and it draws a hip crowd. I liked the way they had it set up because I have young children, so I didn’t have to be there the whole time.” Petersen likes having all her products exhibited in a place where multiple customers attracted to the homemade goods can meet. “I think you can make mar-

The Young Ambassadors travel across the state and country performing. Photo by Ashley L. Johnson

Fireside Performers’ spiritual side Continued from Page 1 The fireside on Sunday was for the Payson Stake youth and seemed to have positive impact on many audience members. Kendra Lewis, a senior at Payson High, said listening to good music helps her feel closer to the Spirit. “It was really nice listening to them talk about their feelings, and the Spirit I

felt afterward was strong,” Lewis said. Most people may not know the spiritual focus of the Young Ambassadors, and it surprised a member of the technical crew. Nick Perucca is in his first year in the group and studies sound recording. “It’s more spiritual than I thought it was going to be, and it had helped me out in that aspect,” Perucca said. “It’s definitely one of the top priorities of this group. It’s missionary oriented, and I feel like I benefit from it.”

Tour Team finishes local scene Continued from Page 1 and transitions, be executed on stage with flawlessness. “People are just running,” said Melanie Lamb, a junior from Sandy and costume designer. “They run offstage and they’ll have 10 seconds and then have to be back onstage in a completely different costume. Other performers will usually hold their costumes unzipped, completely ready for them so they can go fast.”

The lights, music, video, costumes, dancing and energy are all-consuming for the two-hour performance and many audience members are blown away by the exhibited talent. Julia Arrington, a high school senior from Richfield and Miss Teen Sevier County, said she had been looking forward to the show for weeks after participating in one of their workshops last summer. “It’s really cool to say that I’m friends with people that have so much talent,” she said. “You can’t help but smile when you’re around them because they’re so happy.”

kets work in Provo because people in Provo are really interested in supporting artists,” Petersen said. “You’re not going to find that in a lot of communities, and I think that’s because Provo is interested in promoting their own.” Like most markets, the Bijou’s vendors make items only for that particular market, so clients know the unique items cannot be found anywhere else and will be gone after the market’s hours conclude. Creative vendor of the Provo Farmer’s Market Krista Schmitz sells her decorations and baby accessories from used items like newspapers, fabric inside suitcases and old sweaters. She wishes markets were more popular around Provo. She moved her shop from a permanent flea market in Ohio to Provo last year and has sold her items at the Provo

Cougarette Compete for a chance to win Continued from Page 1 about the activity. “It’s quite possible for me to find my eternal companion there,” Greenburg said. The cougarette will not be revealed until later today, but The Daily Universe found out she enjoys dancing, longboarding and skiing, and she is looking forward to having some fun with her date. The mysterious cougarette also gave some hints that might

Farmer’s Market. “I would like to see it become a bigger thing,” Schmitz said. “Back in Ohio, it’s not just a place to buy junk, it’s a whole culture — making your own stuff and your own business. I think it would be cool if there were more flea markets and farmers markets in Utah, because the laws are a lot less strict around here.” Las Vegas native Jenkins said she plans on attending the upcoming markets and hopes to find more items as rare and exclusive as the salad tongs and beaded watch from the Provo Farmer’s Market last fall. “There’s definitely a lot to choose from,” Jenkins said. “It’s becoming more popular because there are lots of local people. You go out and buy from them and try to support small businesses and it feels good. It’s also something fun to do in a social environment.”

help those interested. She said the perfect guy to date would be “someone smart, with a good sense of humor, able to be personable, real and down to Earth,” and that her perfect date would “probably include Yogurt Land, movie and dinner in a nice place.” She said she loves going to new restaurants. “I like to be taken to places I have never been to,” the cougarette said. Both bachelor and bachelorette are anxious about finding out who will win a date with them. “The fun of it is that it could be anybody,” Greenburg said about his future date. “I’m looking forward to the surprise.” monica.chaves@byu.edu

Rare tortoise missing from zoo COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A rare tortoise has disappeared from the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs and authorities think

he may have been stolen. Zookeepers say they last saw 13-year-old Butti (BOO’-tee) on Monday afternoon in The Loft, a hands-on exhibit where visitors can handle Butti and his brother Tutti.

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Police Beat Hazardous activity

Etiquette dinner to give business students professional dining tips

Feb. 14: Custodians in the CB reported a burning smell. It was a bag of burned popcorn. Feb. 17: A fire was reported in the Blue Line Deli located in the Tanner Building. A food item was caught underneath the conveyor belt in the toaster and it caught fire, smoked and was extinguished. There was no property damage. Suspicious Activity

Feb. 13: A student’s parents reported someone accessing their daughter’s Internet accounts without her permission. The parents said they would call back if problems exist. Feb. 15: A search of campus was conducted after a man threatened a student. A white male in his sixties was banging on a student’s car window near the MOA. No one was found, no one was hurt. Feb. 15: A man in military gear was walking from Helaman Halls toward central campus carrying an exposed assault weapon with a magazine in the weapon. It was someone from ROTC. Feb. 17: Someone reported a male and female in the TNRB, saying they had a “bad feeling” about them. Officers found no one. Theft

Feb. 13: A student called police after discovering someone had broken into their car. The driver’s door was not locked at the time. Feb. 13: An automated external defibrillator belonging to BYU was turned in at Draper Hospital. Its value is estimated at $2 million. Feb. 14: In August 2010, a female student reported her bike stolen from Heritage Halls. She located it last week at the HBLL with her padlock attached. Feb. 16: A female in the HFAC reported her backpack missing. She tried to find it with a cell phone tracker, unsuccessfully. Found Person

Feb. 14: An adult female was wandering inside the press building. All attempts to converse with her were unsuccessful. Eventually her mother was found and picked her up.

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By MONICA CHAVES BYU Student Alumni will unveil the mysteries of forks, knives and plates to students at the Etiquette Dinner tonight. The dinner, hosted by the Student Alumni Association, is at 6 p.m. in the Hinckley Center Assembly Hall. Business attire is required. Anna King, a former member of BYU’s Human Resources Department, will speak at the event. King, who said she has been studying etiquette since high school, will talk about basic etiquette, such as how to use forks and knives for each meal as well as personal etiquette. “I will also teach about the importance of saying thank you, and other nice things, such as how to start a conversation and get to know people,” King said. Nicole Sofe, vice president of communications from the Student Alumni Association, said BYU Student Alumni has been doing etiquette dinners for years. This year, it will be a fourcourse meal. Sofe said each table at the event will have alumni who are now business professionals. “[This] is a neat experience that will help them to

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Students and alumni practice perfect etiquette at last year’s dinner. network with the alumni,” Sofe said. “A lot of business deals are done in that kind of environment, so it is important that students know how to handle themselves in this kind of situation.” Edvaldo Correia, an MPA graduate student, went to the Etiquette Dinner in 2008. He said the dinner was en-

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and meet the health needs of children in the schools,” Malin said. Project goals include providing students with healthy role models, teaching prevention education and services to ensure student participation in school and sports, developing educational strategies focused on prevention and teaching students how to manage chronic health problems.

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“Approximately 30 percent of children today are living with a chronic health condition,” Malin said. The project originally started last fall as a way for undergraduate nursing students to use schools as a primary learning source for pediatrics and public health courses. Although a traditional approach to teaching would be hospital-based, the surrounding area

limited resources of the students in the nursing program. “In the Bloomington-Normal area, there are very few opportunities for students to learn about children while in the hospital,” Malin explained. “Thus, we decided to look at the schools as a learning site,” she added. In the past, the project collected toothbrushes that were given to schools with families in need. Students also taught students about the importance of oral health care to their overall health. “They’ve done some things like working with children on how to brush your teeth, how to

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of the U.S., had never visited the U.S. nor talked with anyone from the U.S., and all you ever saw were news reports and movies depicting the KKK or America’s rampant crime problems,” Garzonio said. “This is what happens on a daily basis with the media’s portrayal of the Middle East,” he

added. Garzonio’s motivation to speak on this topic stems from his belief that some of our most educational experiences as human beings come from our daily interactions with other people. “When I traveled through Israel,” Garzonio said, “the most shocking thing I encountered was the extent to which people got on with their daily lives in the face of extreme circumstances.”

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He explained the lives of most people he met would have been shockingly similar to ours had they not been wrapped up in about on the news. For more information about Arabs in Film, Garzonio’s seminar is free to the public and will be presented in the West Lounge of the Bone Student Center on the

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importance of early oral health care and the importance of baby teeth, which is one of the big issues we battle here on a local front,” Susan Albee, supervisor of Community Health Services at the McLean County Health Department, said.

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oral health makes on your general health and well-being, so if we can start working with children at a young age maybe we can make a difference in oral health as they get older,” Albee said. Anyone interested in helping with the project should call Shelly Malin at (262) 894-2360 or visit americaspromise.org.

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coating with her.” “There is this constellation, the Pleiades, a cluster of stars that are kind of dim in our night sky, so it’s been said that in order to see these stars, you need to look away from the cluster and eventually you’ll see it out of the corner of your eyes,” Marshack said, regarding her teaching style. “I provide lots of information for students, lots of ways of looking around a target,” she said. “Perhaps after a while, they’ll see and create for themselves an even more brilliant center than I could possibly teach them,” Marshack added.

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“For all those auditioning, you need to pick the school that’s if you’re looking for somewhere that really has a welcoming community with a hands-on and helpful feeling to it … ISU is it,” she said. After touring ISU and attending a handful of concerts featuring Concert Choir in collaboration with ISU’s Symphony Orchestra and vocal faculty, current high school senior, Amalia Heiser, is determined to audition for ISU’s School of Music this February. “It’s very nerve-racking because [ISU] is the only school I’m auditioning for, but it feels right; it feels like this is what I’m supposed to do,” Heiser said. She added that she is most impressed with the overall level of experience, talent, knowledge by the School of Music faculty. “Some of them still travel around the world and perform their art and then come back and teach it. That was very comforting to me, and it made me realize this is what I need to do, this is where I need to go and those are the people I need to learn from,” she said. Upon her acceptance into the School of Music, Heiser plans to pursue her passion for musical theater as a musical theater major. Most of all, Heiser said she looks forward to “learning more

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about my art,” and becoming a well-rounded musician and performer. “[Musical theater] is something I’ve done my whole life, and I’m excited about becoming a better actress, singer and dancer … working under those amazing professors and doing the thing that I love to do while learning about it,” she said. Carlson and Tulley both emphasized no matter what area of music a student is auditioning

for, ISU’s School of Music is designed to help each student be as successful as possible. “We’re committed to the success and well-being of our students both while on campus and after they graduate,” Carlson said. “In terms of a musical experience, ISU provides solid individual training along with a variety of quality ensemble experiences,” she added.

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sometimes college professors or professional musicians. The musicians are coming to ISU not only to entertain, but to teach as well. Members of the quintet are doing a master class at 2 p.m. for ISU musicians on the day of their performance, Jan. 23. “[The music series] exposes our students to different styles of playing and different literature,” Rummel said. “It’s a good way to get a different viewpoint from a different teacher,” he added. This event is not only for musicians or jazz lovers, though. There is a $5 admission fee for all audience members and the tickets are only available at the door. Dean reassures students that this is an event that every person should be a part of. “There is a big variety of music. There’s something there for everyone’s taste between the jazz, tango and humor we do. There is something in this concert for everyone,” Dean added.

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though, is something that took Brady by surprise. “When I ran many moons ago, 12 years ago actually, I never thought I would spend … probably somewhere around $90,000,” Brady recalled. He stressed how frustrating the money side of campaigning often is and even labeled raising money as a “necessary evil.” However, there is a good side to running for political ofBrady explained he enjoys “standing up and talking to people,” getting out and shaking hands or speaking to students,

which Brady easy to do. He encouraged students to get involved in campaigns in any way possible. “It’s usually a good résumé builder,” Brady said. Brady was also asked about funding for state schools in Illinois. “As the pie gets smaller, there’s not enough money to go around. At this point, I think Illinois State, if they haven’t surpassed it, raises as much money in private donations as they do in state funding,” Brady said. For more information on Dan Brady and his policies, check out his website at rep-DanBrady.com or voteDanBrady.com.

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Time might be up for Tivoli Taco Bell Lease set to expire; committee invites other parties to apply By Cody Lemon clemon2@mscd.edu The Student Advisory Committee to the Auraria Board has assembled the Food Vendor Committee to possibly replace Taco Bell in the Tivoli and organize more outdoor vendors at Auraria. The committee and the Auraria Higher Education Center are focusing on solidifying a lease agreement for the spots in the Tivoli that Taco Bell and Wok and Roll currently occupy. Taco Bell’s lease is up this summer, and Wok and Roll’s ends the summer of 2012. “For me, the top priority is looking at the two vendors in the food court, (Taco Bell and Wok and Roll) and then exploring new spaces outdoors for new food and drink vendors,” said Jonathan Raabe, University of Colorado at Denver SACAB representative and Food Vendor Committee Chairman. First SACAB has to decide

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accommodate their selection. SACAB will send out a request for proposals to which interested parties and the two existing vendors may apply.

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Cam Newton proves doubters wrong Saul ◄ 9 no-interception performance against the San Diego Chargers. With 2,619 yards and 24 TDs, Rodgers is the first player with at least 2,600 passing yards and 24 passing TDs in the team’s first 8 games of a season. Defensive Player of the Year: Jared Allen, Defensive End, Minnesota Vikings It seems like this guy never stops. On the year, he’s got 12.5 sacks, three forced fumbles and an interception. Despite playing on a terrible team, Allen continues to dominate while pushing to break Michael Strahan’s single-season sack record. Rookie of the Year: Cam Newton, Quarterback, Carolina Panthers Hi haters. Bye Haters. Joke of the Year: The New England Patriots defense As the Patriots continue to seem less and less superhuman and more and more beatable, people will point fingers at Tom Brady. Well, those people will be wrong. The Patriots defense is ranked dead last in the NFL, allowing 416 total yards of offense a game. It’s one thing if your offense can’t get off the field, but the Pats are averaging 437 yards a game on offense (third best in the league). They’d be undefeated if their D could hold it together.

Fantasy Let Down of the Year: Chris Johnson, Running Back, Tennessee Titans CJ has found the end zone once this year and has only gone for 100 yards one time — against the Cleveland Browns. People remain optimistic he will turn it around, but I’ve given up. He was my first-round pick. C’mon man! Surprise of the Year: The San Francisco 49ers After the NFC West Championship hype last year, the 49ers started 0-5 and finished 6-10. The team lost its coach and its staff and kept a franchise running back and a mediocre quarterback. After bringing in Jim Harbaugh to lead the troops, they’re 7-1 for the first time since 1997 and have “Super Bowl contender” written all over them. Free Agent of the Year: Terrell Owens, Wide Receiver, Nobody One of the only players to ever televise a workout, T.O. couldn’t draw a single team scout to his attempt at drawing some interest in his rebuilt knee. He did look good though, and despite his torn ACL and troublesome personality, he did have 983 yards and nine touchdowns last season. If somebody would take the chance, he could be a nice weapon to have.

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MOVIE REVIEW

Scorsese succeeds with imaginative and family-friendly ‘Hugo’ By Brian Dollard STAFF WRITER “Hugo” Starring: Ben Kingsley, Sacha Baron Cohen Directed by Martin Scorsese Grade: AIn the labyrinth of gears and levers that comprise the 1930s Parisian train station where “Hugo” takes place, the stalled ignition of the movie’s first gear is the only malfunction. The movie follows a young orphan named Hugo Cabret (Asa Butterfield) who manually fixes the hundreds of clocks within the train station. Naturally inquisitive, Hugo spends his free time trying to fix the mysterious, human-like machine left to him by his late father (Jude Law), hoping its rebuilding will reveal a secret message from him. Stealing his meals from shopping carts and hunting for spare parts, Hugo carefully avoids the detection of the notorious orphan-catching station inspector (Sacha Baron Cohen) and his menacing mutt. Eventually, Hugo befriends the adventurous, adolescent Isabelle (Chloë Grace Moretz) who strangely possesses the heart-shaped key needed for the ignition of his father’s machine.

The imaginative film serves both as a children’s tale and a reminder for adults that creativity doesn’t necessarily diminish with age. It is a rare breed of family film where both parents and children leave the theater feeling the movie spoke directly to them. The happy, uplifting message throughout the movie makes the viewer suspect an error with the listing of Martin Scorsese as the director — a man famed for his familyunfriendly films like “The Departed” and “Taxi Driver.” But in this movie, strong, universal themes of individual importance do not veer too far into sappy, melodramatic territory. Hugo’s quest, based on his notion that each person has a purpose to serve, is paired nicely with the many parts required for nearly all of the film’s major objects. Scorsese’s exploration into a starkly different genre only augments his legend by avoiding a detraction from prior successes with a late-career blunder. Mixing the fiction with history, Scorsese evenly blends the two in “Hugo” by drawing on the imaginative life of Georges Méliès. The eccentric career of the early filmmaker leads to smooth transition between fantasy and reality. However, the film does suffer from its opening sequence, which fails to capture the audience’s attention after the first few

minutes of intrigue into Hugo’s routine. Too much time is spent navigating the back rooms of the train station and adjusting clocks without building a larger context. Once a plot appears, it remains captivating for the entire film. Although the action primarily involves the two children, Ben Kingsley’s splendid performance as the sour and aged Georges Méliès carries the film. The contrast between the character’s Willy Wonka-like enthusiasm, witnessed in flashbacks, and the reality-eroded, unimaginative present version showcases Kingsley’s talent as an actor. His genuine warmth is portrayed through Georges’ transformation, and his connection with Hugo propels the movie above just an average family film. The film’s true service is the homage it bestows on the innovators and magicians who slowly transformed the motion picture from a novelty to an art form. Scorsese beautifully transposes images and stories from early silent movies with the stunning 3-D technology of the present. The continued enjoyment from these tales despite the near-century gap from their original inception cements the timelessness of the early cinema. “Hugo” preaches that every part has a purpose. This film’s purpose is to inspire the next generation of filmmakers by reminding them that film truly is a magic trick.

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The 2012-2013 football season will mark the Pitt football’s first year incorporating true Todd Graham recruits. While the Panthers continue to battle for a winning season, some fans might find solace in the success of the future Panthers. Here is an update of what’s going on inside the stripes for Panthers-to-be. Marzett Geter — DB — Sto-Rox Geter, rated a two-star defensive back by Rivals.com, had a well-balanced game for Sto-Rox High School Friday night in the opening round of the WPIAL playoﬀs. He scored three touchdowns for the No.

stats as the quarterback for the Upper St. Clair Panthers. His No. 2-ranked Panthers defeated Connellsville 42-0 with a strong throwing performance for Conwell. He completed nine of 11 passes for 159 yards and two touchdowns. Conwell was also instrumental at linebacker for a defense that allowed the Falcons to muster only 165 yards. Devon Porchia — LB — Gilman School (Md.) Porchia is an outside linebacker from Gilman. Packing serious speed, he will be asked to create a pass rush for the Panthers. His Greyhounds defeated McDonogh 31-21 and will be the top seed in the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Con-

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2-ranked Vikings coming on a rush, a reception and a kickoff return. Geter, who was the first commit of the recruiting class of 2012 for Todd Graham, also converted five extra points in the victory. The Vikings won 69-25 and will face Brentwood in the second round of the playoffs. Rushel Shell — RB — Hopewell Pitt’s prized recruit for the class of 2012 carried his team to a 41-13 victory over Indiana. His 256-yard, four-touchdown performance put his name in the history books. It was his 38th consecutive 100-yard rushing game, tying him for the national record set by Billy Sims of Hooks, Texas. Sims went on to win the Heisman Memorial Trophy at the University of Oklahoma. The Vikings will face Franklin Regional High School in the next round of the WPIAL playoffs, and Shell needs just one more 100-yard game to break Sims’ record. He also needs just 240 more yards for the Pennsylvania state rushing title. Dakota Conwell — LB — Upper St. Clair Conwell will be a linebacker when he suits up in the Blue and Gold next year, but for now he is obtaining most of his

ference playoffs. Porchia has 49 tackles, four sacks, and one forced fumble on the season. Trenton Coles — WR — Clairton Coles, a 6-foot-3 receiver who has a 4.4 second 40-yard sprint, is the main offensive weapon for a Clairton team that’s won 41 straight games and is looking for its third consecutive PIAA Class A Championship. Coles scored twice for the Bears in their (54-0) defeat of Cornell, with a 5-yard touchdown run and a 70-yard interception return. Like Geter, he also kicks for his Single A powerhouse, tacking on four PATs for the defending state champs. Alkwan Williams — LB — Johnstown Williams, a two-star recruit on Rivals, turned in one of his best defensive performances of the season. He led his team to a (23-17) victory over Forest Hills (8-1). The Trojans advance to the state playoffs as the top-seeded team after the second seed, Bellefonte, finished 1-9 and will not participate in the playoffs. Williams had 10 tackles, two sacks and a 33-yard interception return for a touchdown. He also caught three balls for 37 yards on offense.

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Leggs earns first team All-Big East honors Volleyball ◄ 9 24 digs, and Arslanbekova contrib- freshmen and sophomores saw significant uted four aces. Wynn’s 19 digs paced playing time during the season. the Panthers defense while freshman Wynn, a freshman, is confident that Delaney Clesen chipped in with 15. the team will take the results of this While the Panthers exited the tournament season and learn from the experience earlier than they of facing high-level had hoped, both competition. players and coaches “At one point were able to see the in the Louisville positive aspects of Next year, we will be that match, we had five the season. freshmen on the team that returns most of its court and only one Leggs earned first team All-Big upperclassman,” starters and has a wealth of Wynn said. “HavEast honors, an award that she ating the experience experience to draw from. tributes to the hard of a tournament work and dedicaberth early in our –Toby Rens tion she put into her careers will only senior season. make us hungrier “I was shocked next year as we at first, especially fight to get back given the level of here.” talent in the conference,” Leggs said. “It For Rens, the team’s ability to earn is nice though, to be recognized for my a spot in the tournament with so many efforts.” young players encourages optimism Rens was not surprised with the distinc- for the future. tion and noted that he has been impressed “We were the youngest team at the with Leggs’ performances this season. tournament this year,” Rens said. “Next “Kiesha has been instrumental to our year, we will be that team that returns team, both in terms of her offensive pro- most of its starters and has a wealth of duction and her leadership on and off the experience to draw from.” court,” Rens said. “She is truly deserving With the end of Big East Conference of this honor and I am certainly proud play, the Panthers will travel to San of her.” Diego State to take part in the Aztec Both Rens and his players also recognize Turkey Time Tournament on Nov. 26. that this year’s experiences will only help Their first match will be against Texas the young Panther team going forward. Christian University of the Mountain With just two seniors on the roster, many West Conference at 7:30 p.m.

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Volleyball team to play in Aztec Turkey Time Invitational Breakdown ◄ 9 squad will look for its fourth straight win when it plays Drexel at the Petersen Events Center on Nov. 26 at 2 p.m. The team (3-1) picked up its ﬁrst win of the season against Saint Francis 78-50 last week. As NCAA’s youngest Division I basketball team, the Panthers are led by redshirt sophomore Ashlee Anderson, who averaged only 5.4 points her freshman year but collected a career-high 29 points against Saint Francis. Also contributing to the Panthers’ early eﬀorts is freshman guard Brianna Kiesel, who had 17 points, nine rebounds and eight assists against Saint Francis. Over the weekend, the team won contests against Loyola University (Md.) and Central Michigan by scores of 65-59 and 77-70, re-

spectively. Women’s Volleyball: Over the Thanksgiving holiday, the women’s volleyball team (18-13, 7-7 Big East) will participate in the Aztec Turkey Time Invitational on Nov. 25 and 26 in San Diego. The team entered the Big East tournament last weekend riding a four game winning streak. Facing the top-seeded Louisville Cardinals (22-7) in the quarterﬁnals, the Panthers lost 3-1. Their Nov. 25 match-up against Texas Christian University will take place at 7:30 p.m., and their contest the next day is against San Diego State at 10 p.m. These contests mark the end of the women’s volleyball season.

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mentors have had on me was something really big in my life,” he said. “I know what I went through, and I know what they are going through, and I just want to help out as much as I can.” The group One Beloved Community meets at 7 p.m. Tuesdays at Major Cheney Elementary School in Haltom City. Uran said the charity works with elementary-age boys in the Haltom City area. The mentors focus on many things, such as how to treat women. “There was a Budweiser ad they saw in a gas station one time with a Budweiser bikini girl,” he said. “The things they did to that poster were not appropriate.” He said reactions like these are not their fault, but without a strong male or parental influence, they just don’t know that it’s wrong. He said that is why mentoring is so important, so the boys in the group can have a positive role model. One boy he has worked closely with for the past four years is Fernando Baldera, of Fort Worth. He said when he first started working with Baldera, he was mischievous and sometimes a troublemaker. He said now he sees Baldera helping his little brother, Hector, the way Uran has helped him, and he knows he has made a positive change in Baldera’s life. “Seeing him tell his brother not to do certain things and helping him just in general — it’s cool to see that,” he said. Fernando Baldera is 10 years old. He said he loves reading and math in school. His favorite days of the week are Tuesday and Saturday, when Uran picks him up and they spend time together. Baldera said one of his best times spent with Uran was a trip they took to Nebraska. He said they saw lots of things, but one was the most exciting. “We saw a football game,” he said. “It was Nebraska against Colorado, I was cheering for Nebraska. Nebraska won.”

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Urban studies senior Ryan Uran and Fernando Baldera pose at a stop on their way to Nebraska. Baldera is one of eight of Uran’s mentees.

Uran said he wants the charity to have this influence on other boys in the community. When he graduates, he wants to make his charity a full-time job. Ryan Murphy, director of the Aspire program at Major Cheney Elementary and cofounder of Advent Urban Youth Development, first met Uran in 2004 when Uran completed and continued his community service. “I had a mentor, mentee relationship with him. He is not a normal 21 year old,” he said. “He donates a lot of time to the people and the kids he helps out.” They merged their ideas for the charity based on the need in the community and the positive results they saw in boys they were already mentoring. Murphy was a mentor for Baldera’s older brother Roberto, who he later adopted. He said he saw an angry kid turn

in to an outstanding young man. “I had a kid who was in fifth grade who threatened to stab me,” he said. “Now, he is in high school, plays on the football team and makes good grades.” He said Roberto stays with him during the week, and on weekends spends time with his family. He said that way they do not take anything away from his parents or their culture. He said the Balderas moved here from Mexico 10 years ago. Murphy said the ultimate goal of the program is to help the boys through the community. He said the Advent House, when it becomes a reality, would be fulfilling their dream. “Our dream is to start a home,” he said. “Some parents just need some extra help. They need the community to gather around them and help them.” EDNA HORTON news-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu

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Thai tea at the food fair. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is something I would drink in my country,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fantastic.â&#x20AC;? History junior Daniel Simpson said International Week allows students to ask questions about the international student organizations and try new treats, such as apfelschorle â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a popular German drink made with sparkling water and apple juice. Satu Birch, international student and Scholar Services interim director, said she makes it a point to attend the food fair every year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I try to sample something different each time,â&#x20AC;? she said. Birch said the fair was great for students because it gave them an opportunity to share their cultures. While the fair had a lot of returning participants, new students managed to find their way to the fair, too. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I just stumbled upon this,â&#x20AC;? public relations junior Stephanie Abarca said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is a lot better than eating a burger from the food court in the UC.â&#x20AC;? Psychology junior Christopher Irvin said he was not a fan of the food, but he came to support a good cause. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I love to see all of these cultures together,â&#x20AC;? he said.

thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s normally found at stop signs and traffic lights to calm traffic, she said. Undeclared sophomore Jeremy Rodriguez, who uses the crossing every day, said he notices motorists driving through the crossing, disregarding pedestrians on the edge waiting to cross each day. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kind of scary going across at times,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The cars are supposed to yield to us, but majority of the time, I have to yield to them.â&#x20AC;? By law, cars are supposed to yield at pedestrian crossings, but Rodriguez said one issue he regularly sees is students standing in one direction of the road waiting for cars on the other half to stop. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re just standing in the road as cars fly by,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very safe.â&#x20AC;? According to the Texas Department of Transportationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s study on safer pedestrian crossings, the current crossing isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the safest design for a street like UTA Boulevard, a road of four or more lanes. Many engineers are incorporating medians or traffic calming designs at pedestrian crossings more frequently because they allow for safer crossing, said Stephen Mattingly, a civil and environmental engineering associate professor. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The students are forced to cross four lanes at one time.

the bill and Democrats voting against it. HB 1 will now move to the Senate where it faces considerable opposition. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Waiting for the Senate to send over a better bill is just bad policy,â&#x20AC;? said Rep. Marc Veasey, D-Fort Worth. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Some of them have already said they canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t live with the House bill.â&#x20AC;? Veasey said the budget will adversely affect Texas students. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll see tuition increase because institutions wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t feel like they have a choice, and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll see enrollment drop,â&#x20AC;? he said. T h e b u d g e t ONLINE re p re s e n ts the low- What do est spend- you think about ing plan for the budget Texas since situation? Let the House us know at passed a theshorthorn. $142.7 bud- com. get in 2005. Spaniolo said the Senate is on a different course. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re still very much in the process of working out their bill,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Obviously, the focus is more on the Senate right now. Ultimately, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be in a conference committee.â&#x20AC;? A conference committee is used to reconcile House and Senate versions of a bill. Student Congress President Aaron Resendez said students shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t worry at this point. â&#x20AC;&#x153;From what Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been told, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the worst-case scenario,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Senate version is not the greatest, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s better than the House bill.â&#x20AC;? Resendez said SC representatives have contacted legislators to voice concern about cuts to higher education. Rep. Diane Patrick, RArlington, Rep. Bill Zedler, R-Arlington, and Sen. Chris Harris, R-Arlington, were all unavailable for comment.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nice, the ambience is good and people seem to be enjoying themselves,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m here to see the butterfly release. I follow butterfly migration and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to release Monarch butterflies, and anything related to butterflies interests me.â&#x20AC;? The butterflies were provided by 13-0 Country Butterflies, company owner Nikki Camp said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We raise them from eggs, to caterpillars, to chrysalis

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The crosswalk does not have stop lights or walking signals, thus raising concern over student safety when crossing all four lanes. Some students have expressed fear, stating that sometimes the cars do not yield.

There isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t an engineer in the world that would say that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s safe,â&#x20AC;? he said. Mattingly said a median is the best option because it provides added protection for pedestrians. A median, or pedestrian refuge island, are raised areas along the centerline of a street. A median provides protection for pedestrians and allows them to cross safely one direction of traffic at a time, Mattingly said. The Engineering Research Building completion has increased foot traffic across UTA Boulevard, promoting the uni-

versity decision to redesign the crossing, Sullivan said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The university never had to worry about that area until now, but our Facilities Management department has done a great job identifying the crossing as a need to be addressed,â&#x20AC;? she said. The university will continue to incorporate safety measures already in place, which includes pedestrian signage with flashing lights and in-roadway flashing lights that flash as pedestrians cross. Facilities Management also plans to repaint the road and

add the word â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pedestrianâ&#x20AC;? to both halves of the street. Interdisciplinary junior Andy Wells said crossing the road is worst in the mornings and late afternoons and that a redesign would be helpful. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sometimes people stop for you and let you cross, but you never want to walk out in the road and assume they see you,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It would be worth adding. It would be better to add it now than wait until someone gets hurt.â&#x20AC;?

and to a butterfly,â&#x20AC;? Camp said. The speeches by President James Spaniolo and Mayor Robert Cluck focused on the importance of partnership between UTA and the city. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think we have a wonderful collaboration, a partnership, a kinship with the city,â&#x20AC;? Spaniolo said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;UTA and the city are one, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one place to live, learn and grow for all of us. If I seem excited itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s because this is a big deal, it transcends all of us.â&#x20AC;? He said the collaboration would transform Arlington into an urban oasis. Cluck said the goal is to develop the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s downtown

district and the park is an important step toward that. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re all thrilled to death that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re opening this park, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be one of the best parks in Arlington, even in Texas,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;UTA is the most important asset that the city of Arlington has and we will do anything we can to help them to further their mission.â&#x20AC;? The green is a partnership between Arlington and UTA and is part of the College Park District. The district is a 20acre urban development project, which will include a special events center, restaurants, a parking garage and housing.

Student Activities director P.K. Kelly said he felt students would like the green space. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really pretty. There are people playing games and playing with Frisbees,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a nice program space, too, for bands and events.â&#x20AC;? Biology senior Jerome Kirby said the park is better than he thought it would be. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pretty cool that thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a place for the students and the community to hang out,â&#x20AC;? he said.

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Lecturer: Hydrogen, fuel cell is way to go General Motors Co. representative discusses fuel efficiency, future. BY EDNA HORTON The Shorthorn staff

With gas prices rising, ways to save money on fuel and reduce greenhouse gasses was the key point of a lecture during Business Week 2011. Craig Eppling, General Motors Co. regional communications manager, outlined in his lecture, â&#x20AC;&#x153;What is the Future of the Automobile and How are we Going to Power It,â&#x20AC;? the advantages and disadvantages of flex fuel, hybrid, electric and hydrogen-powered vehicles. Eppling took a look at the automobileâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s history and how it has progressed with new technology. He said America uses 25 percent of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s oil and only produces 10 percent. He said the reason to make cars more efficient is because the U.S. is not the only country using oil, and the more it is used, the more it will cost. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to happen in the oil market? The prices are going to go up, and worse case scenario is we wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be able to get it,â&#x20AC;? he said. Eppling said GM is looking at ways to improve fuel economy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by making fuelefficient vehicles. One way is with a flex-fuel vehicle, a car that uses ethanol 85 instead of gas. Ethanol is a renewable fuel that can be made from corn, wood waste, grass and municipal waste, he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There will always be landfills,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We will always have a fuel source.â&#x20AC;? He said its advantages are that it costs the same as a regular vehicle, and ethanol burns cleaner than gas. But he said only about 30 gas stations in the Metroplex offer flex fuel. The lecture was part of the Business Week theme of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Corporate and Social Responsibility and Ethical Leadership.â&#x20AC;? David Gray, business associate dean, said the week is for students to see someone in their field discuss how effective business decisions are made.

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to do with spring 2010â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s parttime faculty losing $36,000 of their budget. She said enrollment growth has caused the need to divert part-time faculty dollars to support academic major courses. Kinesiology senior Randy Salinas said a reduction of courses could be both a good and a bad thing. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The good thing is it forces people to take their classes and graduate,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The bad thing is no easy classes offered

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Amy Schultz, communications and community relations associate vice president, said the biggest improvements they were looking to make were a more searchable site and a simple way for students to get the discounts. UTA community members can get discounts by presenting a current Mav ID to local business participants. Discounts are currently separated in categories on the main page of the website, and a search engine was added for users to seek out a specific vendor, she said. Johnson said keeping discounts current in the past was a struggle, because the ven-

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is nothing in that transaction that says they were in town for the Super Bowl,â&#x20AC;? he said. Yelverton said the city estimated the game would bring more than a million dollars in revenue during a 12-month period. He said revenue from hotel tax would not be available until the middle of next month. Yelverton said hotel tax figures for second quarter 2011, January through March, are not yet available, but the city

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Craig Eppling, General Motors Co. regional manager of communications, speaks to business students about the future technologies that could be implemented in automobiles Tuesday in the Business Building.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;They will share events and problems that they are familiar with, and the decisions they made and how they handled them,â&#x20AC;? he said. Eppling said the next step to lowering greenhouse gas emissions is to offer more hybrids. Hybrids switch between an electric battery-powered motor and gas-powered engine, thus using less gas. He said electric cars are another way to create a more sustainable product. The Chevrolet Volt produced by GM has a battery that powers an electric motor but has a gas-powered engine to extend the range. The Volt can drive for about 30 miles on one electric charge, and can be recharged with a household electrical outlet. He said the future of the electric car depends on the advancements in technology and the ability to create efficient energy sources. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Battery technology, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s to help [grade-point averages].â&#x20AC;? Kinesiology adviser Becky Garner said, via email, the situation will be beneficial to students and she will continue to teach exercise classes and other coursework. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The class reductions were not an option for our department,â&#x20AC;? Garner said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rather, they were a necessity due to mandatory budget constraints.â&#x20AC;? She said though it was a difficult decision, the departmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first priority is to support undergraduate and graduate academic majors. CHRIS BATES

your future,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Researches are looking into nanotechnology and electric capacitors that can store more energy,â&#x20AC;? Electric cars are disadvantaged by their cost and because there are no recharging stations, he said. The Volt is priced at about $41,000, but he said you get a $75,000 tax credit for owning one. He said the best solution is hydrogen powered or fuel cell vehicles, but they are still being tested. Undeclared business sophomore Fariya Ahmed, said she studied hydrogen power in school, and Epplingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lecture was informative, giving her insight into a company she knew nothing about before. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think that was the most interesting thing he talked about,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The fact that they are going to use hydrogen in cars.â&#x20AC;? EDNA HORTON news-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu

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dors and their discounts were manually entered. University Communications and the Office of Human Resources teamed up with Student Congress to help create a user-friendly site for all Mavericks. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We figured, if we came out with a better website, we could get more discounts for students,â&#x20AC;? Schultz said. Going forward, Johnson said because of the website, the coupons will stay current because vendors have the ability to log on and set up their own discounts. He said it was hard to keep track of the different vendors and their discounts. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I would like the website to become a regular part of UTA,â&#x20AC;? Johnson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I want everyone to know about the website, and businesses to rapidly join up to give students more discounts.â&#x20AC;?

Linguistics graduate student Stefani Goode said after two semesters at UTA, she did not know what the Maverick Discount Program was. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As a grad student, I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have the money to throw around,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Discounts are good.â&#x20AC;? Schultz said everyone involved with the new website will continue to look for ways to improve the site and increase awareness. With the launch of the new UTA Mobile Application, she also said adding a link to the website was an idea worth looking into. As of right now, she said, their goal is to increase awareness of the program and get the word out on campus.

did see a 19 percent increase, about $220,000, in hotel tax revenue for first quarter 2011, October through December, because of people in town to begin Super Bowl set up. He said according to Smith Travel Research, hotel visitors were up 900 percent from the same weekend in 2010. He said the city has also collected $7.7 million from Super Bowl ticket tax and parking tax. Arlington Mayor Robert Cluck said he was concerned about revenue from the event after a week of winter weather. He said people came in on Feb. 4, 2011, which only gave the city three days or less to

capture the sales opportunity. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We had horrendous weather, ice and snow,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was concerned we would have a negative number.â&#x20AC;? A sold-out Cowboys game earns the city about $80,000, Cluck said. Cluck said the game was a total sellout with parties and activities afterward, which contributed to the increase. He said now he is excited about baseball season. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Now, I expect to see huge numbers in sales tax coming from the Rangers,â&#x20AC;? he said.

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friends. Cities like Hong Kong offer large-scale fireworks shows. The fifteenth day is the Lantern Festival and the end of the New Years celebration. Sometimes candles are lit outside houses as a way to guide spirits home. Tami Sutton, coordinator of the study in China program, shared her experience of celebrating the Chinese New Year.

“They love to party,” Sutton said. “Over there, they blow off fireworks 24/7 and they have food. For three days, they eat mounds and mounds of food. They just constantly eat, and their family comes together. They have such a tight unit.” Much like the American celebration of New Year’s Eve, the Chinese New Year is a holiday meant to be spent enjoying the company of the people around you and collectively looking forward to the new year, something that everyone can appreciate.

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fifth or sixth grade, Saturday mornings — everybody else was asleep at six in the morning, but I’m up jumping rope, running sprints, ball handling, getting jump shots up. I can remember running on a dirt road with cleats. “At the time I might not have been very happy with him, but I knew in the long run things would work out. I’m just really blessed to have him on my side.” Since coming to Missouri State, Weems has not only taken on the task of performing well on the court, but also stepping forward as a true leader. “It’s really important,” Weems said of his leadership role. “I thought I was more of a vocal person my freshman year and maybe even last year, but I really learned how to put my work ethic behind what I’m trying to get over to the rest of the team.” Teammate Will Creekmore said Weems always knows to get the team pumped up when they need it. “He’s always bringing the energy,” Creekmore said. “His energy is something we feed off of, and it’s definitely good to have him on the team.” On Jan. 22, the Bears came from behind to defeat Creighton, a game in which Weems scored 23 points and hauled in 12 rebounds. Weems made several big shots throughout the game, and almost every time he did, he could be seen waving his arms in the air, urging the crowd to get on their feet and cheer. “I’m an emotional person,” Weems said. “I like showing my emotions, and

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women’s teams have made, the bigger picture needs to be discussed, and that is postseason play. Yes, it’s not even March yet, but just like Christmas decorations now seem to be sold in July, March Madness needs to be the topic at hand right now. As a mid-major, Missouri State has much to prove. However, voting members of both the AP Poll and the Coaches Poll have begun to turn their

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TS: Was it exciting to play under former Falcons coach Dan Reeves? DA: Yeah, it was really cool; he knows a lot. They put in a lot of work to help us, and obviously it helped because we won pretty handily. TS: The game was on NFL Network. What was that like to play in front of a national audience? DA: Yeah, it was cool man, getting a little national TV

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Weems put the first and the last points for the Bears up on the board on Sunday. I’m not afraid of that. If I make a big play, I like to get the crowd going, and it kind of fuels us and gets our team going. Anything I can bring, like energy or enthusiasm, to this arena and to this program, I’m going to try to do it each and every day.” Coach Cuonzo Martin said the emotion and fire Weems brings to the court is all about boosting the crowd and his teammates rather than bringing attention to himself.

“I think he brings great energy to the team,” Martin said. “That’s what you want from your players. We talk about having emotion and playing with energy, but also understanding why you’re doing it and representing Missouri State. You don’t ever want anything to be individualized, and he does a great job with that.” When asked what motivates him every time he steps on the court, Weems’ answer was simple. It’s not about hanging his No. 34 in

the rafters; it’ about something much more than that. “A win,” he said. “Just knowing we have a chance to make history this year. My main goal since I’ve been here is to hang a banner in the rafters. If you look up there, there’s not one that says, ‘Missouri Valley Conference Champions.’ If you want to be part of the best and you want to be remembered, you’ve got to win games. That’s just how I want to be remembered.”

experience. I can get some use from that. I haven’t watched the game yet. We don’t have it on cable, but I’ll get it on DVR at home. TS: It looks like you have a good chance of playing in the NFL. How does it feel to be this close to playing professionally? DA: It’s a real surreal experience. It’s something I’ve never really thought about, never really expected to be in. I kind of focused on school and stuff like that. Last year, it kind of became a reality, and now it’s starting to be a couple months away. Hopefully, I’ll be able to achieve

that. TS: Have you talked with (Eagles tight end, MSU alum) Clay Harbor any? DA: Yeah, definitely, we keep in touch and text a little bit. TS: Did he give you any good advice? DA: Yeah, he’s a fountain of knowledge now that he’s been through it. We have the same agent. If I need anything, he’s been real gracious. He’ll let me know and give me the tricks of the trade. TS: What’s the plan between now and the draft? DA: I’m down here working out every day. Its long

days. We run to get ready to run the 40 and all the running events. We jump and lift a lot to get ready for the bench press. We work on position work to get through the position drills. We have media training, mental conditioning; it’s really an all-encompassing process that we’re going through. TS: What’s one really interesting fact about yourself? DA: I like to read. I’m an avid reader. Before I go to bed, I try to get in about 30 minutes. I think it’s a really good way to stay in form and better yourself.

eyes toward Springfield, and why shouldn’t they? Mid-majors have proven themselves as a force in both men’s and women’s basketball over the past decade, especially MVC teams. Remember Northern Iowa’s upset over Kansas last year? The likes of George Mason (2006), Butler (2010) and Davidson (2008) have also spoiled the dreams of power conference teams. Just last season in the NCAA Women’s Basketball Division 1 Championship, 11-seed San Diego State made it all the way to the Sweet 16 before being

knocked out by Duke. These bracket-busting runs by mid-majors could possibly be a reason for the expansion of the men’s bracket from 64 to 68 teams. Projected bracket configurations have been floating around the Internet all season long. As of Jan. 24, ESPN’s Bracketology with Joe Lunardi has the Bears in the Southeast Regional as an 11-seed up against 6-seed Michigan State and legendary coach Tom Izzo. According to Jerry Palm on CBSSports.com, Missouri State will be a 12-seed pinned up against

5-seed West Virginia led by head coach Bob Huggins. For both the Bears and the Lady Bears, a Missouri Valley Conference tournament title would give them an automatic bid to the big dance. Wherever the Bears and Lady Bears land, the NCAA Tournament or the NIT, one thing can be certain: These teams will not go away and deserve the attention. So keep in mind when you fill out your brackets that if you do not plan on picking at least a couple mid-majors to advance past the first round, you can kiss your bracket goodbye.

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Graduate student has competition in the bag By Nick Simpson The Standard

It’s not the sort of thing the average customers of a grocery store think of when they pass through the check out line with their final selections. What really goes through the mind of a grocery bagger as they sort each product in your cart? Is it the work of some mindless automaton or a truly skilled individual? Every year the National Grocers Association (NGA) holds a national competition, inviting winners from various states to test their skills as a grocery bagger. Last year’s winner was Kyle Perry, representing Martin’s Supermarkets in Indiana. He achieved a grand prize of $10,000. This year’s competition will be held Feb. 14 during the NGA Annual Convention and Supermarket Synergy showcase at the Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas. The competitors from each state will spend Valentine’s Day shuffling through paper and plastic, fighting for another $10,000 prize. Representing Missouri this year is Scott Hall, a graduate student in business management at Missouri State. Scott has been bagging groceries for almost seven years. What began as a high school job at Dierbergs in St. Louis became a comfortable existence for Scott, who has spent two and half of his college years bagging groceries at the Price Cutter on the corner of Grand and Kansas Expressway. “What’s funny is that it wasn’t even my idea,” Hall said. “When I was 16, my mom got the application at Dierbergs and made me fill it out because she wanted me to get off my butt and do something. At first, I didn’t want to do it. But, after a while, I realized it’s really not as bad as most jobs come. It just worked out.” But the difference between the average student bagging groceries and a bagging champion are very real, and Hall didn’t realize his affinity for sorting cans and boxes when he first took the job.

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Missouri State graduate student Scott Hall is representing Missouri in this year’s National Grocers Association bagging championship. “Well, it started with a contest in the store to find our best bagger,” Hall said. “We could win $50, and you could get $10 just for trying. So I figured I’d try it. It wasn’t that I just recognized this talent one day. I won the competition and immediately started practicing for competition on a larger scale.” Hall said from there he competed in Price Cutter’s company-wide competition,

and from there was chosen to compete in the Missouri statelevel competition at Chateau on the Lake Resort in Branson in October. Having taken that prize, Hall now looks to the national level as a real playing field. “I’ve been trying to get practice as I work,” he said. “Now that I’m going to nationals, they’ve been scheduling me more shifts. And now that I’m leaving next week,

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I’m getting nervous about it, but they’ve had me bagging pretty much every day.” Hall said in addition to the $10,000 first place grand prize, this year the 25 competitors will be clamoring after another prize: a trip to New York to appear on the “Late Show with David Letterman” where they will be interviewed and have their very own, personal, one-on-one competition with Letterman.

But the glory doesn’t stop there. According to Hall, the grand champion will also receive a gold-plated register bearing the name of the champion and the year they were crowned, valued at around $7,000. Hall leaves for the convention this weekend, which begins on Sunday. He will spend four days in Las Vegas with all expenses paid, including the flight there and back.

As nerves start to settle, Hall is given chances to reflect on his success thus far. “I never really went into the job to have fun,” Hall said. “There have been a lot of incentives to shine, such as this competition. But there’s also this social element of it all. I work at a job where I get to meet and talk with a lot of different people. That’s the part I enjoy.”

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At age 32, Houghton is a comedian for Skinny Improv, a freelance writer for 417 Magazine, an actor in various commercials and a manager of more than 200 accounts for CBCO including Missouri State. He has been a part of Skinny Improv and CBCO since 2004, and he has managed MSU’s blood drives for about five or six years now. This week, he is going to move and leave it all behind. “I am going to Los Angeles to try to make it in Hollywood,” Houghton says, “which is equal parts terrifying and exhilarating.” Houghton sits perfectly at ease in the waiting area while the blood drive busily continues behind him. He has a grin on his face the whole time. “I’ve always had the idea of doing it, but I never pulled the trigger, you know,” he says. “Then my wife talked about having kids, and I thought, ‘Oh my God! I have to do this first.’” He shrugs when asked what he wants to do there: writer, actor, comedian. He said he hopes to do stand-up comedy, get an agent and ultimately make it onto a TV show. “The first week I’ll try to get sun just so I’ll look normal. I won’t even try to be tan,” he says with a smirk. “My biggest goal of this thing — become less pale.” The first few weeks in L.A. he plans to just try to survive, Houghton said. This will be the first time he tries to establish his comedy career before finding a job that includes helping people. “I’ve always wanted to do something that helps people and always wanted to do comedy,” Houghton says. “It’s been a great fit for me to be able to do both things here (in Springfield).” His favorite blood drive by far is the one he manages for MSU every semester, he said. MSU’s public affairs mission lends itself to making the blood drive a big deal. “It’s a pretty remarkable thing,” he says. “Like, if 100 students donate, it saves 300 lives, and they only get a T-shirt from it. It shows they’re really here to help others.” MSU’s blood drives have really grown over the years to something big, he said. When he started they were

lucky to have 300 donations per semester. Last semester the blood drive collected almost 2,000 donations. He says he’s hoping to collect 1,300 donations this blood drive to make it 3,000 so he can go out with a bang. “I’ll miss the community,” Houghton says. “I feel really connected to Springfield and the community. I’ll miss MSU’s students. Can I miss 20,000 people when I don’t even know most of them? It sounds really cheesy.” He says he’s not sure what pushes him to try to do all these different things. He has always had all kinds of ideas that run through his head. “A few years ago I figured out that, if I have an idea, I can do it,” Houghton says. “I used to have lots of ideas but never did them. Now if I think it, I just go do it.” Now, he’s ready to try this idea and “just go do it” in Hollywood. He has been training his replacement for CBCO, and his days in Springfield are coming to a close. “Crystal here is my replacement as the new ‘blood drive guy,’” Houghton says with a chuckle as he motions to a woman sitting quietly across from him. “She’s going through the hormone therapy now. She’ll get there eventually.” He winks. He leans back in his chair with his arm over the back and doesn’t seem to notice the hectic nurses running around him. He also doesn’t flinch when a man comes up behind him to sign a paper. He says it’s easy for him to deal with all the chaos that comes with blood drives and improvisational comedy. “There are a lot of improv principles, like being in the moment and handling what’s given to you, that I incorporate into my life,” he says. “My mind is chaotic, so it fits me.” That may be why he is handling the uncertain road ahead of him so well. Houghton gives a nervous smile and says he doesn’t really feel like he is talking about himself right now. “Nothing has hit me yet about moving,” he says. “Training my replacement, next Tuesday being my last day at work, moving; I feel like on the drive there (L.A.) is when it’ll hit me, and I’ll start weeping.” Houghton stands up and after a handshake, he blends into the chaotic scene with Crystal trailing behind him.

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Students test future equipment By Rachel Bonar The Standard

Equipment demonstrations were held last week to help officials decide what types of exercise equipment students would like to see in the Recreation Center. “We had 12 pieces of equipment available to students during a twoweek period of time to get feedback,” said Susie Mahoney, associate director of campus recreation. “We had students from our Student Recreation Council pick days where they would try to get students to try out our equipment.” After sampling the equipment, the students filled out a survey to help give officials an idea of what the students would like to see in the Recreation Center, Mahoney said. “Basically, students would sign a waiver, and the very next day or soon after, I would send them a survey,” she said. “The survey would have a picture of the equipment, and we would ask

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three annual renewals, said Shelly Duran, Sodexo’s general manager. Sodexo’s current budget is $7 million for its food service operations on campus. Missouri State retained Sodexo as the campus’s food service provider 15 years ago. “We’ve had two contracts,” Duran said. “The first one was five years, and the second one was 10 years.” In the new contract, the university asked for enhancements to the food

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addictions just as they can physical addictions. So this is sort of the standpoint he takes.” Gross started Fireproof Ministries in 1999. According to the ministry’s website, xxxchurch.com, it was launched in 2002 to help people cope with the mental addiction to pornography. Since then, Gross has worked on other projects such as his Strip church ministry in 2008, which reaches out to people working in the sex industry in Nevada. The debate will be produced by Wolfman Productions, a company that brings together opposing figureheads

questions about the equipment. If the equipment didn’t test well, we would really consider not getting that equipment.” According to the survey to date, students are looking for ways to have a more enjoyable workout over other factors, Mahoney said. “The survey has shown that about a third of the participants thought technology was important, but that’s not a lot,” she said. “Students were saying that a more intense workout in less time is more important, and a fun, easy workout is the most important to them.” These surveys help with the thought processes going into the Recreation Center, Mahoney said. “The survey helps with choices about where we spend our money, where we put our effort and what we are looking for when we pick a piece of equipment,” she said. “We have other considerations as well, like if our students are really into technology and how they look for fun in working out.”

Students should look forward to a general survey that will be sent out to a random group of students, Mahoney said. “We are also sending out a general survey that will go to a random sample of students,” she said. “That will go out sometime in February. Student feedback is very important. I want the best product out there based on the feedback.” Along with an efficient and fun workout, students also want more equipment to chose from, Mahoney said. “We are looking for variety in equipment. Variety is good,” she said. “We also want new stuff. I keep hearing people say, ‘We want new stuff’.” New equipment is definitely on some students mind, said Libby Burger, sophomore dietetics major. “I am looking forward to the big indoor track and the big swimming area,” Burger said. “It would be nice if

for debates of various topics, such as the legalization of marijuana and the debate over gay marriage. “I’ve been working closely with an agent from Wolfman,” Current said. “In fact, there were a couple different agencies with a lot of different options. But we’ve worked with Wolfman before, and they’re a great agency to work with. They had different options for speakers, but we decided that Craig and Ron would be a good dynamic. And anywhere these two are there’s usually a big crowd that follows.” Jackson Sutliff, a graduate student in the English department, has caught word of the debate but did not seem very excited for it. “I feel it’s a discussion worth having,” Sutliff said. “But I’m concerned

it might run too closely to the debate previously had at Missouri State, which also featured Ron Jeremy. I just worry they’ll be treading water or that it’s being repetitive. Feeding a vicious cycle.” But as word of the debate ripples throughout campus, there are others with a bit more optimistic outlook toward the debate. “I think it’s cool that everything is open to talk about in college,” said Tyler Schlesselman, a freshman music education major. “Nothing is really taboo I guess.” Current said the debate will run for approximately 20 minutes and will be followed by a question and answer session, with Jeremy and Gross answering any questions students might have on the subject.

service programs, expansion options for Garst Dining Center and new food concepts in the Plaster Student Union, Doman said. “We want to refresh and move forward,” he said. Duran said Garst needs major renovations with bigger seating capacity. “We have not done anything to it aesthetically for 10 years,” she said. The university requested a commitment from the vendor that signs the contract, Stewart said. The Garst project begins in summer 2012 and costs about $2.5 million to $3 million to complete. Stewart said another change is

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what he heard from students. They would like to use part of their meal plan at such places as the convenience store, the food court or Kaldis. Sodexo tried its best to get the contract, Duran said. It shares an excellent partnership with Missouri State, she said. Doman said the university had wonderful meetings with the three food service companies, and he thinks they are all putting their best foot forward. “We are going to try and do our due diligence and figure out what the best option is for our campus community,” he said.

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‘King of Limbs’: Another stunning achievement for Radiohead

What does it feel like to make a Radiohead record? A secNick ond guess must Simpson be commonplace in the stuMusic dio with lead Reviewer vocalist and principal songwriter Thom Yorke. But meticulous composing on his part often results in a tremendous album, as was the case in 2000 with “Kid A,” a sonic masterpiece both terrifying and elegant that captured the fear and paranoia of looking toward an uncertain future. “Kid A” was perhaps one of the few examples of a perfect album, but let us not forget that it was not immediately met with the overwhelming acclaim it eventually received nearly a decade later. But in that decade the Brit-pop-rock mastermind, mostly known to a mainstream audience as “that guy that sings ‘Creep,’” was allowed change and has since affected the world of pop music in more ways than I have words. And so, after a four-year hiatus following the release of “In Rainbows” in 2007, the band has finally released their much-anticipated eighth studio album via digital download titled “The King of Limbs,” a title believed reference a famed old oak tree in Wiltshire’s Savernake Forest, which is believed to be more than 1,000 years old. A relatively short record, at just under 40 minutes and only 8 tracks long, the first realization made by the listener is of Yorke’s time-

effective economics in his approach to songwriting. Each track is hand crafted with finite detail, with producer Nigel Godrich making his presence known just as astutely as each musician. “The King of Limbs” opens with “Bloom,” a glitchy mess with drum loops rising and falling over each other like a chaotic tumble down an old wooden staircase. Yorke’s aching wails draw you in like a siren song, throwing the dirt on the coffin and doing exactly what a Radiohead opener should do: suck the listener in whether they want it or not. “Morning Mr Magpie” is a playfully alarming tune that bounces around the brain and showcases the stuttering guitar work of Ed O’Brien and Johnny Greenwood, catching Yorke in a lie when he sings, “You stole the magic of my melody.” The track segues into “Little By Little,” a spirited little rocker with a

glowing bass line from Colin Greenwood and frantic drumming by Phil Selway. It is here that the album nears it climax with “Feral,” a terrifying instrumental interlude that carries itself forward on a weird and wiry drum loop, synth shimmers, and rather odd chants and moans from Yorke. Though unsettling, it indeed marks a turning point in the album, which veers into a more emotionally constructed soundscape. The first and certainly the only apparent single on “The King of Limbs” is the beautifully constructed “Lotus Flower.” Accessibility is found in the natural melody of Yorke’s falsetto, which ultimately engrosses the track. With a beat by Selway that almost forces you out of your seat, it is a sharp contrast to the ballad-paced pair of tracks that follow. “Codex” plays very reminiscently in comparison to Radiohead swan songs such as “Pyramid Song” and features a tremendously heartbreaking performance by Yorke and his piano. His quavering, tenor sighs lift and pillow the listener; examples are made again of the fatherly touch Godrich brings to the production. This feeling is explored further on “Give Up The Ghost.” The most guitar-oriented track thus far, it is haunted continuously by masterfully woven layers of Yorke’s vocals and a forever looping track of him pleading, “Don’t hurt me. Don’t hurt me.” And in the end, the song explodes in a shower of somber whispers, falsetto cries and hopefully a tear from the listener. The record closes with “Separator,” a track rather unusual to mark the end of a Radiohead album. “Motion Picture Soundtrack,” the closing track to “Kid A,” left you feeling uplifted, both in the idea that you survived the album with

your heart intact in the ethereal arms of an angelic choir, while bathed in rays of blinding light. What’s the word I’m looking for? Unforgettable? And while “Separator” may seem a bit minimalist in comparison to the usual formulae for a proper Radiohead ending, it does seem to carve out the existence of “The King of Limbs” and almost carry itself into its future as Yorke himself notes, “If you think this is over, then you’re wrong / Wake me up, wake me up.” It embodies the idea of the understatement and strangely feels representative of the album in general, which I think ultimately aims to leave everyone scratching their heads. “The King of Limbs” is a challenge in a number of ways. It is a challenge to the idea of a Radiohead record. It is a challenge for any newcomer to Radiohead, a group who seem to welcome alienation with an outstretched hand. But perhaps the greatest challenge is attempting to grasp the concept behind the work, which seems to take varying shapes upon repeated listens. Is it the Radiohead album we all expected? Yes and no. It ultimately weighs in as a conglomeration of the alternative pop elements and bright, seductive songwriting of “In Rainbows” as well as the experimental intrigue and ominous air of “Kid A” and “Amnesiac,” but even more so Yorke’s solo album “The Eraser.” It feels and sounds like a very logical step for the band sitting on top of a mountain of reputation to uphold. Will it resonate with everyone exactly the same? No. Will it experience the longevity and shelf life of their other work? It’s a Radiohead album. Do I absolutely adore it? Yes.

Grammy win boosts indie band’s popularity

Arcade Fire is a band from Quebec, MonAbby treal, who recently surWebster prised and conMusic fused many viewers of the Columnist Grammy’s by taking “Album of the Year” over some more obvious nominees such as Lady Gaga and Black Eyed Peas. Throughout the album, epically instrumented songs speak honest words but never seek to solve a problem. This is why I think indie rock band Arcade Fire deserved to win the award. Arcade Fire’s “The Suburbs” is an album that romanticizes childhood as a means of coping with the present but still carries disdain for the past. With consistent mention of kids and childhood throughout the album, it ends in an almost hopeless note. However, the album is so true and easy to relate to that it becomes beautiful and comforting. The album brings to light some very typ-

ical concerns of average people, yet they’re spoken in such a subjective way that they’re very believable. Within the songs, there is constant mention of growing up, becoming a “modern man,” and emotion leaving you as you look back at the “modern kids,” which shows a disillusionment with both the past and the present. In one song, “Sprawl 2,” the lyrics ring “Living in the Sprawl / dead shopping malls rise like mountains beyond mountains / and there’s no end in sight,” a striking yet easy bit of imagery that captures growing up in suburbia. While the band discusses some of their bad “trapped” memories of living in the suburbs, they also write lines that show that their current state is just as unsatisfying, particularly within the song “Suburban War.” “And my old friends, I can remember when you cut your hair / we never saw you again / Now the cities we live in could be distant stars / and I search for you / in every passing car.” The beautiful instrumentation and nostalgic rhythm within the band’s most recent

album is what won them Album of the Year, but it also says a lot about the direction that the music industry is going. “I guess indie labels can create better music than most people expected. I hadn’t listened to Arcade Fire in a long time, but I read in the paper that they may win, and I really didn’t doubt that they would,” said special education major Brenna Douglas. Douglas recalls her first introduction to the band. “I was in high school and I would drive around listening to that song ‘Haiti,’” Douglas said. “I just haven’t listened to them in a long time I guess. But I think it’s really cool that a little indie band could win such a prestigious award.” Music major Casey McCoy commented on the most recent review of “The Suburbs” from music publication Pitchfork. “I don’t know much about the Arcade Fire, but I really don’t like how their recent album has been compared to Bruce Springsteen” McCoy said. “Their band is also really big.” Their band is indeed very big. They fea-

ture over 16 different instruments and take most of them on tour with them. This is another aspect of the band that makes them stand out. While some people are questioning who Arcade Fire is currently, other previous Arcade Fire fans are feeling semi-ambivalent to their newest accomplishment. “Yeah, they’re alright,” said biology graduate student Nate Light. “It’s better than Black Eyed Peas. I wouldn’t call it much of a change in the music industry. It may be a step in the right direction but I’m not sure what kind of difference it will make. It’s just a new year.” For some it seemed like Arcade Fire had fallen off the face of the earth, so their winning the album of the year was shocking to fans as well as others. Their accomplishment seems well deserved. The album indirectly speaks for a generation by highlighting the common identity struggles amongst human beings, especially young adults. The imagery is only very specific where there is an effort to emphasize the struggling feelings that come with transition.

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Since the inception of the text message, its burgeoning popularity has taken the world of communication by storm. Teenagers, college students and business workers alike now seem to be almost constantly be in tune with the world through their increasingly sophisticated mobile devices. This effective tool for correspondence has also engendered its own kind of shorthand for the English language as a way of making the transmission of messages more convenient and efficient. Along with the advantages of instant communication, however, come some negative repercussions. Students in particular seem to be experiencing a tremendous lapse in developing their writing skills as they have grown up using emoticons and abbreviations on a regular basis. This overtly colloquial style is now permeating their more formal writing assignments, preventing students from mastering the complex dynamics of the English language. Sharon Russell, who has been an English instructor at Pierce College in Washington for 14 years, said in a 2008 interview, “I’ve had students turn in papers where it read, ‘ur’ instead of ‘your’ spelled out. They try to have texting part of formal writing.”

It seems ludicrous that students would not know the difference between an informal shortcut and the original word by the time they were at the collegiate level; more realistically, they probably are at least aware of the distinction but have simply become so accustomed to texting dialect from the time they were teenagers that this vernacular has become

“STUDENTS ARE EXPERIENCING A TREMENDOUS LAPSE IN THEIR WRITING SKILLS.”

firmly engrained. According to the Pew Research Center, approximately 64 percent of teenagers they interviewed admitted to incorporating text language into their writing. These young adults are so habituated to texting while they go about their daily activities that writing is rarely something they focus on by itself. Thus, when they are put in a situation where they have few distractions, they

automatically revert to the type of colloquialisms with which they are comfortable. Furthermore, texting has caused students to write hastily and not consider the best manner in which to communicate their ideas; with their principal concern being to finish hashing out their thoughts as soon as possible, the quality of their ideas also is also diminished. Russell later added, “It causes critical thinking to go away. Texting takes away that thoughtful piece that should be in writing. Students write too fast and don’t think about what they’re writing.” Some might contest that since computers have the capability to automatically correct basic grammar and spelling mistakes, such a societal shortcoming is of no pressing concern. However, the same Pew Research Center study discovered that 65 percent of the interviewed students write their school assignments by hand. For in class assignments, then, students will find themselves essentially trapped by their own habitual jargon. Even with having technology as a resource for fixing errors, such amelioration is artificial and does nothing to truly impart an understanding of the nuances of the English language.

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The Iranian agenda SEAN MCCAULEY | T HE S TATE P RESS |

As the Libyan people desperately try to change their country around them, many international leaders, most recently President Barack Obama, have condemned the violent actions of Libya’s government. According to Reuters, Obama was frustrated with the situation yet refused to directly criticize Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and wouldn’t go as far as saying the U.S. would back sanctions against Libya’s crude oil. “The suffering and bloodshed is outrageous and it is unacceptable,” Obama said. “So are threats and orders to shoot peaceful protesters.” Coming to the support of Obama and the Libyan people is almost the last person anyone could have expected: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. According to CNN, Ahmadinejad encouraged governments of those nations to stop “creating bloodbaths” and instead join the movement of the revolution. He went further, saying the troubling governments should “let their people express their opinions.” Really? Ahmadinejad shouldn’t say another word. Not only is he ruthless to his own country, but he is also overtly hypocritical when it comes to revolts in Iran. Remember the 2009 Iranian protests? Suspected of election fraud, Ahmadinejad

had Iranian police hastily put down protests that he had kept power illegally. He won the presidential election in Iran for the first time in 2005. In 2007, Human Rights Watch reported that basic human rights in Iran have significantly regressed since 2006. Ahmadinejad’s regime not only imprisons journalists and shuts down newspapers but also repress-

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es freedom of expression. Besides beating defenseless men and women who had unified to recognize International Women’s Day, his administration’s treatment of detainees has significantly worsened. After identifying Ahmadinejad’s blatant hypocrisy, one begins to wonder why he would even break his silence about the issue. What could possibly be his agenda behind his remarks? His intention could be to try and re-shape Iran’s interna-

tional image. This wouldn’t be a bad place to start; the only problem with this theory is that Ahmadinejad has done nothing good worthy of mention. He has also shown little interest in the hopes and fears of his global acquaintances as Iran continues to be a safe haven for terrorist groups. He has boldly continued in his quest for nuclear weapons, something that many world leaders have denounced time and time again. It would appear that Ahmadinejad couldn’t care less about what any other country wants, so this theory crumbles. Maybe Ahmadinejad is hoping, if the revolution is successful, that Libya’s new government will be friendlier toward Iran. This is possible, except Libya hasn’t exactly been Iran’s enemy. In fact, after Ahmadinejad’s controversial 2009 electoral victory, Gaddafi sent Ahmadinejad a congratulatory message. They have been economic allies, and Libya has even expressed its refusal to cooperate with international efforts to sanction Iran in its quest to acquire nuclear weapons. To say that Libya is Iran’s enemy would be like saying the world is flat. Obviously, this theory fails as well. Maybe ... just maybe ... the answer is that Ahmadinejad is finally a changed man: after all, anyone can change right? Don’t believe it.

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Big 12 conference to keep championship game ETHAN PADWAY

epadway@kansan.com Athletic directors from the Big 12 schools reaffirmed their commitment to hosting the Big 12 Basketball Championships in Kansas City, Mo., after finishing two days of meetings in New York City on Tuesday. The athletics directors from all eight current members of the Big 12 and the two newest members were in attendance. The timing of the meeting coincided with Tuesday evening’s National Football Hall of Fame Banquet. “Kansas City has a rich college basketball history and remains an attractive destination for our men’s championship,” said Jamie Pollard, Big 12 Conference athletics director chairman and Iowa State University athletics director, in a press release. “It is an integral part of the Big 12 footprint and staging

our championship at Sprint Center reinforces the strong presence of the Conference in the greater Kansas City area.” There was concern the Big 12 would move its basketball championship elsewhere after Missouri left the Big 12 for the Southeastern Conference in November. The athletic directors also discussed football scheduling options, the BCS and other matters at the meetings. The Big 12 Men’s Basketball championship is scheduled to remain in Kansas City, Mo., through 2014. This announcement comes a month after the conference announced the LIVESTRONG Sporting Park in Kansas City, Kan., would hold the 2013 and 2014 Big 12 women’s soccer championship. — Edited by Jason Bennett

CHRIS BRONSON/KANSAN Coach Bonnie Henrickson delivers her speech at the Big 12 Media Day at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo., Wednesday afternoon. Henrickson answered questions following her statement. The Jayhawks hope to improve from their 21-13 record of last year.

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Olympic organizers may exceed budget, cautioned UK auditors ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON — U.K. Olympic organizers run a risk of exceeding their 9.3 billion-pound ($14.6 billion) budget for hosting the 2012 London games and have little room left for unforeseen costs, Britain’s spending watchdog warned Tuesday. The National Audit Office report concluded that while the venues are on time and largely complete, “not everything is rosy.” The report came as British Olympic officials announced that they had doubled the funding for security operations at venues, raising overall security costs for the 2012 Games to more than 1 billion pounds ($1.6 billion). “The government is confident that there is money available to meet

known risks, but, in my view, the likelihood that the games can still be funded within the existing 9.3 billion-pound public sector funding package is so finely balanced that there is a real risk more money will be needed,” said Amyas Morse, the head of the National Audit Office. If that’s the case, Olympic officials would be heading back hat in hand to British taxpapers who are already embroiled in tough economic times. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development expects the U.K. economy to contract in this current quarter and in the first three months of 2012 and grow only 0.5 percent next year. Britain’s National Audit Office, an independent organization, examines public spending on behalf

of Parliament. Just hours before the report, Olympics minister Hugh Robertson told reporters at a news conference that the London Games remained financially on track — and within budget contingency planning despite the increased security costs. But the new security costs will certainly become a sensitive political issue. “We’re confident we can do this and remain on budget,” Robertson said. But the auditors noted that only 500 million pounds ($785 million) remains unallocated for dealing with future costs — a fact that will alarm ministers already trying to stem public anger over cuts in pensions, social services and national programs. Security and transport costs

figured among the question marks in the future. The increase comes after security reviews suggested the initial estimate of 10,000 security guards for the games would not be enough. Thousands of soldiers are now part of the planning, though officials have declined to reveal the exact number. Robertson made clear that security was not a negotiable item and that the British government was obligated to make sure it took every precaution to make the July 27-Aug. 12 event safe. The government said an additional 271 million pounds ($424 million) has been allocated to making venues and other sensitive sites, such as hotels, more secure. That means the total cost of securing the venues has

climbed to over 553 million pounds ($862 million). But the rise announced Monday only deals with security guards and other measures needed to protect the venues and related sites. That money is in addition to the cost of paying police and others services to provide overall security for the games. Although Britain’s Home Office initially budgeted 600 million pounds ($940 million) for that, that number has been trimmed to 475 million pounds ($745 million). Authorities say they could only come up with a figure after complex arrangements to actually stage the games were in place. Robertson said an evolving security picture also played a role, suggesting that planners could not have known about

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the Arab Spring, for example, when first making their plans. He insisted that the British riots last summer, however, did not play a role in the funding increase. But Tony Travers, a government expert at the London School of Economics, said the riots will serve to spook politicians about planning for “the unknown unknown.” “Security and transport are clearly by a long way the remaining unknown elements in the Olympics being delivered,” Travers said. “Security for cost reasons and transport for uncertainty of effectiveness reasons.” Auditors also expressed concern about the failure to finalize transport plans around the venues, pushed back from November to March.

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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN ORDINANCE FROM | 1 Wendland thought the legislation will help Lawrence in a greater way than only protecting individuals, “The city of Lawrence would be saying to potential citizens, students, retirees, and more importantly perhaps businesses, that our community protects its citizens because we want everyone to be productive, and healthy and happy.” The legislation will take effect immediately. There will be a second reading approved to add that gender idenitity must be consistent. Mike Denver, Aron Cromwell, Hugh Carter and Bob Schumm voted in favor of the ordinance. Mike Amyx voted against. — Edited by Adam Strunk

RESIDENCE FROM | 1 said that she likes to take advantage of her “little moments” to connect with the women on her floor. “I might be studying and then take a bathroom break, and during that walk down the hall, I look for open doors and people to chat with,” Bhakta said. “It wasn’t the longest moment, but at least I talked with somebody.” Vickie Blanco, a senior from Overland Park, worked as an residential assistant in Templin Hall for two years. Blanco said that meeting everyone and making a family made life as a residential assistant the most rewarding job she had ever had. “I’m still best friends with a lot of the kids who were on my floor,” Blanco said. “They still make an effort to make me a part of their lives.”

BALANCING ACT

Being a residential assistant goes beyond fostering social interaction. Residential assistants are required to work a weekly threehour shift at the front desk of their hall and in their academic resource centers. They must be on-call during the day for two or three hours every week. They also have night and weekend shifts every month. They have to be in the building for 12- or

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Author gives talk on Google issues Siva Vaidhyanathan took a strong stand for corporate social responsibility on Tuesday in the Digital Media Lecture Series, “Be Evil: Google and the Perils of Corporate Social Responsibility.” Vaidhyanathan, an accomplished media scholar, cultural historian and professor of Media Studies and Law at the University of Virginia, recently published a well-received yet controversial book entitled “The Googlization of Everything.”

48-hour periods to handle any situations that arise. Additionally, residential assistants are required to be full-time students and must maintain a 2.5 grade point average. “We’re still students first, then we’re RAs,” Nobo said. Juggling personal life, school work and floor relationships can, at times, be overwhelming. “If you’re a very stressed person, and you let things get to you, this job will quickly catch up to you,” Nobo said. He said it was important to take advantage of free time and to lean on other residential assistants and professional residence life staff, such as complex directors, for support. Sometimes, however, students find that maintaining a balance isn’t going to work out. Blanco is currently applying to medical school and decided last spring to not return for a third year as a residential asssistant. “I realized last year that I didn’t have the time that I thought I was going to have, and my schedule just keeps getting more and more demanding,” Blanco said. “It really was hard to leave the job, but it was something that needed to be done.” Jocelyn Crist, complex director for McCollum Hall, said that students were often nervous to tell their bosses they wanted to

“What I’m trying to get to is that the hypocrisy doesn’t matter to me,” Vaidhyanathan said. “The hypocrisy is an uninteresting story. The question is how do we relate to the ethics of corporate social responsibility.” Vaidhyanathan talked extensively about the ability of corporations to mistreat their users in a radically growing transparent society. Throughout the lecture, Vaidhyanathan referenced Google and how they relate to this problem. He encouraged people to use a de-mystification process when going through Google and other

leave early or didn’t plan on returning to the position. “But we understand that it’s not for everyone,” Crist said. “Some of it’s school, some of it’s their style, some of it’s just that they want to be with their friends some more. Some just don’t like communal living after a while.”

BAD COP?

Besides being a friend and a student, residential assistants also have to deal with students who are breaking the rules. According to the University’s Clery Act Annual Security Report, there were 899 referrals and nine arrests for alcohol violations in student housing in 2009 and 238 referral and 17 arrests for drug violations. Jennifer Wamelink, associate director for residence life, said that it was a residential assistant’s responsibility to confront a situation, correct it and document everything that happened; not administer punishment. Wamelink said that under the Student Code of Rights and Responsibilities, residential assistants must ask and receive permission to enter a resident’s room if they think someone is violating a rule unless they think someone is being harmed. However, she encouraged students to cooperate with residential assistants.

corporations. “The biggest danger with Google is when we don’t understand it,” Vaidhyanathan said. Vaidhyanathan also outlined that one of the main reasons we are having this discussion is because of “public failure.” “I thought it was interesting and provocative, and I hope it made people think,” professor of communication studies Nancy Baym said. “What we can take away from that is to question what corporations do.” — Ryan McCarthy

“If students are being uncooperative, the next level is to get law enforcement involved,” Wamelink said. While residential assistants receive training on how to handle various situations, they often end up having to think on their feet. “It’s one of those things where you don’t know how you will handle it until you’re put in the situation,” Bhakta said.

SETTING THE TONE

Both Bhakta and Nobo will be back at the University for their fifth year of school next fall. While Bhakta plans to remain a residential assistant, Nobo said he’ll take time focusing on a required practicum for his social welfare major. It’s a job Nobo said he hates to leave, but he had a great experience. Crist said that she thought not every residental adviser was happy with the position, but she said that every student found some value in it. “I think that every single person, whether they’ve loved the job or hated it, will tell me that they’ve learned something,” Crist said. “They walk away learning something about how to deal with people or themselves.” — Edited by C.J. Matson

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MARRIAGE FROM | 1 of the Kansas’ Federalist Society, an event sponsor, agreed with Carpenter’s analysis. “I think by the next generation it’s probably going to be a moot point,” she said. Horner said the case would make its way to the Supreme Court within 10 years. “It will come down to a ‘yes, we’re going to recognize samesex marriage’ or ‘no, we won’t’ throughout all of the states,” Horner said.

Stephen McAllister, professor of law at the University, moderated for the panel. The debate has moved toward “the decency of recognizing human dignity,” McAllister said. “For my kids’ generations, they’ll look back and wonder what the big deal was.” The event was also sponsored by OUTlaws and Allies and KC Legal. — Edited by Jason Bennett

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Former player adjusts to professional play Editor’s note: REED ALL ABOUT IT: DRIVEN TO BE A JAYHAWK is written by former Jayhawk Academic All-American guard Tyrel Reed. REED ALL ABOUT IT: DRIVEN TO BE A JAYHAWK, from Ascend Books of Overland Park is now available at most local book stores as well as select grocery

stores and specialty retailers. This book is also available on all popular e-book platforms including iPad, Kindle and Nook. After starting the season out with a record of 6-2, we have struggled these past few weeks and lost three straight games. Looking back at my time at Kansas, I don’t think I ever lost three

straight games. That’s crazy! It just reminds me of how fortunate I was at Kansas to have such great coaches, teammates and fans supporting me during my time in school. Being a professional, you begin to understand that losing is part of the game, but one you never want to get comfortable with. It seems that as good and satisfied as I may feel after getting a big win, the losses stick with me that

much more. I hate having the feeling that someone or some team outplayed you on that particular occasion, but that’s competition. That’s what keeps you hungry and wanting to improve each and every day. I know that if we stick together as a team and rely on one another we can turn those losses around in a hurry. Being around sports my whole life, I better understand how fine the line is between winning and

losing. Changing just a few minor details, such as how to guard the pick-and-roll or by making an extra pass to get a teammate a wide-open shot, can really change the outcome. It’s not always about making shots or playing great defense because at the professional level those are expected of you. So far my experience in Europe has had its ups and downs, but it has been an awesome experience nonetheless. I would like to finish

this entry by saying thank you to all of the amazing fans that have supported me on and off the court over the course of my time at Kansas and beyond. I am truly blessed and proud to call Kansas my home and look forward to seeing everyone when I’m back for the holidays doing book signings for my new book, “Reed All About It.” Please come out and say hello. It will be good to be home! God Bless!

Excerpt from ‘Reed All About It’ chronicles Tyrel’s fourth-grade free-throw contest In today’s excerpt, Tyrel reminisces about his first freethrow competition — as a fourthgrader. When I was in fourth grade, I entered a free-throw contest at the Elks club in Eureka, where we lived. You know the Elks. It’s like the Knights of Columbus or something. Or maybe it isn’t. I don’t really know much about it, except that it is a club of some kind and they have a building and they host a freethrow shooting competition for fourth graders. Well, I won the local competition. After that was the Kansas State Elks free-throw shooting competition, and I won that, too. This meant I moved on to compete against winners from Colorado, Nebraska and, oddly, Wyoming. This competition was in Denver. Now, at the time, I did not think anything about this was strange. But looking back, this was a pretty bizarre competition. Probably the strangest thing about it was that the Elks free-throw shooting competition was incredibly formal.

Your performance was mea- this way today. But on that day sured by 25 shots, but you did in Denver, I made my first 10 not simply step to the line and shots, sat down for what felt shoot 25 times. That might like forever, then made 15 more have been a little too simple. shots. I made all 25 shots. The Rather, they lined all of us crazy thing was, some other up in chairs arranged at mid- kid had done the same thing. court. Boys shot on one end, The Elks free-throw competiand girls shot on the other (my tion had become a shootout. sister, Lacie, had also made it We each got five more shots. to Denver). You would shoot The other kid made four, and 10 free throws, then go back I made five. to your chair As far as the Elks and watch were con“I can’t imagine that, just c e r n e d , everybody shooting free throws all else shoot 10 I was free throws. day. It must have been so the best Fifteen minfourthboring.” utes later, you g r a d e went back up TYREL REED free-throw in the same Former KU basketball player s h o o t e r order, havthat could ing sat in a be found cold chair in between the Rocky a cold gym, and shot your final Mountains and the Missouri 15 foul shots with no warm-up River. The Elks did not take attempts. Looking back, this this distinction lightly. The is a hilarious way of holding Elks — and I am still amazed a free-throw competition. You at this — flew my family to could not get into a rhythm at Springfield, Mass., to place me all, and as far as I can tell there in the national Elks free-throw is no practical reason to do it shooting competition. I kind this way. And I am not sure I of wonder what happened to could effectively shoot them that poor kid who went 29-

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for-30 and didn’t make it to nationals, but based on what I saw in Springfield, I’m not sure we should assume he went on to play college basketball or anything. This is because what I saw in Springfield astounded me. At some point in the trip, all the kids who made it there played in some kind of scrimmage and, I’m telling you, there were kids at this thing who could not even dribble. I have to conclude there were kids out there who poured their entire basketball aptitude into shooting free throws, perhaps like the kids who compete in spelling bees. I can’t imagine that, just shooting free throws all day. It must have been so boring. The kid who won it made 24. I made 22 and got seventh. I know I did not dream all this up because after a game at KU one time, a little kid came up to me and said he had heard I had done well in the Elks freethrow shooting competition. That little kid had made it to Denver. So I know this still exists.

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In Tyrel Reed’s new book, he talks about his childhood, his decision to attend the University, and his experience at the school. Reed now plays professional basketball in Belgium.