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TODAY Calendar Gubernatorial inauguration

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Gov. Rick Perry and Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst will be sworn in for Perry’s third term. Begins at 11 a.m. on the south steps of the Texas State Capitol.

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Mike and the Moonpies play an unplugged show at Mohawk, with doors opening at 5 p.m. 21+

‘Wishful makeuping’ Alamo Drafthouse Ritz will show Pretty in Pink. The show begins at 7:45 p.m. Tickets are $8.50.

Potluck The Austin Teapot Party will meet to discuss reforming drug laws. Begins at 7 p.m. at 3109 E. Cesar Chavez St.

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San Antonio Parking Garage Two UT students reported an unknown male ran up behind them and dropped his pants to the ground. The students stated the subject was standing there with his pants on the ground exposing himself to them. As they ran away, the subject yelled, “Honey don’t run” as he lunged at them.

Today in history In 1957 A trio of B-52’s completed the first non-stop, round-the-world flight by jet planes

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Austin Police Department Officer Patti Robinson walks with Taisier and Alaiha Briggs down Chicon Street during a march to commemorate the accomplishments of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday morning. UT’s connection with Dr. King goes beyond his statue on the East Mall. In March 1962, he spoke at the Texas Union to a crowd of 1,200 and spent the night in a guest room on the fourth floor.

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Spoken word poetry, gospel songs and prayers could be heard across the East Mall on Monday morning as students from UT, Austin Community College, St. Edward’s University, Huston-Tillotson University and members of the Austin community gathered at the UT’s statue of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Monday’s celebration marked the 17th annual MLK Community March. Participants marched from the statue to Huston-Tillotson University in honor of King’s legacy and to promote the ideals he fought for.

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Students travel to Israel with Birthright program By Audrey White Daily Texan Staff

Amid thousands of shoppers preparing for their Sabbath dinners, a few dozen UT students took in the sights, smells and sounds of the Machne Yehuda Shuk, Jerusalem’s largest open-air market. Thirty-eight Texas Hillel students, like thousands of others, traveled to Israel over winter break as part of the Taglit-Birthright Israel program. The program began in 2000 and offers 18to 26-year-old Jewish people the opportunity to take an all-expenses paid

Senior Media Support Tech Richard Stimpert makes one last adjustment to equipment in the legislative assembly room before today ‘s opening of the new Student Activity Center.

trip to Israel for 10 days with the financial support of philanthropists and the Israeli government. “The program is a way for young Jewish people to strengthen their Judaism and connect to the land of Israel,” said Texas Hillel Rabbi David Komerofsky, who traveled with the group. In Israel, Hillel students said they experienced a sense of belonging and a familial connection to the people they met there. Broadcast journalism senior Samantha Unell

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“[The new offensive coordinators are] anxious to get started, and we can’t wait to watch what they do.” — Mack Brown Texas head coach

Government freshman Cortney Sanders opened the rally before the march with her original poem, “A Peculiar Man Who Took a Stand.” King traveled, she said, singing, shouting, praying and preaching to give others the freedom to dream. “I find myself asking, ‘What is wrong with daring to dream?’ Allowing my heart to sing, dancing carefree, shouting for glee, believing one day that all will truly be free,” she read.

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UT students Elaine Hirsch and Samantha Unell decorate soldier Idan Porat with artwork created by school children.

The College of Liberal Arts will feel the effects of a retirement incentive program, which offered buyouts to 87 tenured professors that 27 professors accepted. The initiative will save the college about $2.4 million annually, an administrator said. James Southerland, assistant dean for business affairs, said 87 professors in Liberal Arts received buyout offers in the summer of 2010, and 27 accepted the offer. In order to qualify, Southerland said faculty members had to satisfy the rule of 93 — their age plus years of service had to equal at least 93. The college compensated those who agreed to retire at the end of the semester with the equivalent of two-years’ salary. “Our plan over the next few years is to let the number of faculty decline as people leave,” Southerland said. Southerland said the college offered buyouts to prepare for coming cuts in funding from the state legislature. He said the college is preparing for a 10-percent cut on top of last year’s $3.3 million 5-percent cut. He said the buyouts will also help the college pay for its new building. Six faculty members in the College of Fine Arts and three in the College of Communication took similar retirement incentives, spokespersons for the colleges said. Daniela Bini, the French and Italian department chair, said the administration decided on the retirement incentive plan democratically.

The product of years of planning will debut today with the opening of the Student Activity Center. The $68 million building features a black box theater, auditorium, study lounges, meeting rooms, dance halls and new food options, including a Taco Cabana and Zen. Former Student Government Vice President Marcus Cisner-

os, who was in office in 2006-07 when students passed a referendum to add the $65-per-semester tuition increase that will pay for the center, said it was important that the center reflect what students wanted. “We asked ‘What do you want, what do you like, and what do you need?’ And we tried to put that together to make the best building possible,” said Cisneros, who was on the planning committee. The students involved in the planning process worked with the Campus Environmental Center and the Students with Disabilities Agency to make sure the

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CENTER continues from PAGE 1A and efficient energy usage.” The center is held to high environmental standards with flower gardens and the cisterns to collect water and reduce the building’s wasted resources. The University is seeking a silver LEED certification for the building, which would indicate high levels of efficiency and sustainability, said UT sustainability director Jim Walker. Cisneros said perhaps the most important element of the center was making it activitydriven with expanded facilities. “Students who didn’t have a space to conduct certain dance practices, for example, now have a space to do that,” he said. SAC director Crystal King said she hopes students embrace the center as a special place and make it their own. Student Government President Scott Parks said the center’s many new features and convenient location will soon make it a new high traffic area. SG offices are moving from the Student Services Building to the SAC this month. “I think that the Student Activity Center will be a really nice compliment to the Union that we already have,” he said. “It will be a more vibrant, flexible space for all different kinds of student groups to meet and hang out.” In addition to SG, the center is now home to the Office of the Dean of Students, the Multicultural Information Center and the Gender and Sexuality Center, among other organizations’ offices.

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MARCH continues from PAGE 1A “Free to enter as they are, regardless of house, job or car, children will not be discouraged to dream.” State Rep. Dawnna Dukes, who authored the house bill for the MLK statue, spoke about the impact of King’s work at the rally. Several lawmakers, including Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-TX, former Texas State Rep. Wilhelmina Delco and State SenaSKI SPRING BREAK 2011!

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woman for the Division of Diversity and Community Engagement at UT. Today, the Austin Area Heritage Council oversees the planning of Austin’s MLK Day celebrations. A new department is being opened on UT’s campus for African and African Diaspora Studies, said University President William Powers Jr., and more than half of this fall’s entering class is composed of students of color, a first for UT. “MLK’s presence here on our

East Mall, César Chávez on our West Mall and Barbara Jordan under the Battle Oaks — these are stone symbols of diversity and inclusion on our campus, of tolerance and respect,” Powers said. “But they must be more than symbols.” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s dreams are still as relevant to students as ever, given events such as the recent renaming of Creekside Hall dormitory, said student body president Scott Parks during the march’s opening rally. The dorm was previously known as Simkins Hall dormitory in honor of former UT law professor William Stewart Simkins, a member of the Ku Klux Klan. “That’s a very important, symbolic moment for our campus in my mind, and one that Dr. King would be incredibly proud to see happen,” Parks said. “Simkins was a racist, and the renaming of that dormitory brought about a lot of really productive and honest and amazing conversations on this campus, especially among students. It was a really valuable experience for everyone, and today is a fitting day to thank everyone involved in that decision.”

BUYOUTS continues from PAGE 1A She said all faculty members voted from a list of about 20 cost-cutting options, including cutting off professors’ phones and reducing paid travel, and the incentives were the most popular choice. The Academic Planning and Advisory Council, a nine-member panel, created and distributed the faculty survey. Liberal Arts Dean Randy Diehl appointed the committee and charged it with finding ways to cut the budget. Bini said she has already had to cut courses in the face of the state legislature’s reduced allocations, and her department lost three faculty members to the retirement incentives. College of Liberal Arts spokesman Gary Susswein said by shifting teaching loads and allowing fewer unfilled spots in classes, the college can soften the impact on students of the reduced number of professors. The English department lost six of its 76 tenured professors; more than any other department. English department chair Liz Cullingford said the reduction in faculty will primarily impact specialty and graduate courses, some of which have already been cut. She said because she knew the cuts were coming, she and other department chairs had time to adjust before spring registration opened. “My son going to UT has given me a new appreciation of what hell it causes to drop a class after registration,” Cullingford said. “In a way it’s a juggling act, and we have to jug-

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TERESOPOLIS — Brazil’s army on Monday sent 700 soldiers to help throw a lifeline to desperate neighborhoods that have been cut off from food, water or help in recovering bodies since mudslides killed at least 655 people. Troops have already set up at least one bridge in the mountain vacation city of Teresopolis, officials said, but at least 10 main highways remain blocked in the rug-

ged area north of Rio where the slides hit, hampering efforts to move in the heavy machinery needed to begin massive clean up efforts and eventually dig out bodies stuck under tons of mud and debris. Days of heavy rains unleashed tons of earth, rock and raging torrents of water down steep, forested mountainsides Wednesday, directly into towns that are weekend getaways for the Rio area. Rescuers had yet to reach about 20 neighborhoods, though a break in rains and better visibility allowed about 12 helicopters

to begin taking supplies and firefighters in, while shuttling injured survivors out. But pilots said flying was still treacherous in the area full of jagged mountain peaks, where there are few safe landing zones and power lines are draped between peaks through seemingly clear space. All levels of government have come under heavy criticism for not alerting people to the dangers — and of allowing homes to be built in high-risk areas. Local mayors have said they did not receive any warning a storm of that magnitude was about to hit.

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WHIle yOU Were OUT Student Activity Center now open If you’re wondering what $65 in student fees looks like, head to the newly opened Student Activity Center on the East Mall. Here’s a hint: It’s glitzy and could easily be the most brochure-worthy building on the campus. The activity center is decked out with uber-modern Ikea-style furniture and lighting fixtures. There are two fireplace study lounges, an executive conference room with leather chairs, a ballroom with mesquite floors and, of course, a Starbucks.

It’s natural to raise an eyebrow at such sleek decorations amid a recession and budget cuts, but decor aside, the center provides much needed classroom and study space for the rapidly expanding student population. The building provides large meeting rooms, a 474-seat auditorium and it is also the new home to several student organizations. The building is very much geared toward serving students, as it should be. We’re paying for it.

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Hutchison out, Straus still in Texas politics haven’t cooled since November’s midterm elections, which saw a wave of Republican victories across the state. On Thursday, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, the senior Texas senator who has served since 1993, announced she will not seek re-election in 2012. The announcement sparked a litany of speculation about possible candidates from both parties for what are sure to be a hotly contested pair of primaries. High-profile figures such as Railroad Commissioner Michael Williams, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert have all been linked to a possible Senate run. Much of the clamor over winter break revolved around the possible oust-

ing of State Rep. Joe Straus as the state Speaker of the House. In 2008, the state representative from San Antonio led a successful coup against then-speaker and fellow Republican Tom Craddick, a move that angered many of the more conservative members of the party. Prior to the current session, representatives Warren Chisum, R-Pampa, and Ken Paxton, R-McKinney, attempted to channel Tea Party sentiments and the latest Republican upswing to replace Straus with a more conservative speaker. However, both candidates dropped out of the race after the Republican caucus decided to stick with Straus; last week on the session’s first day Straus was reelected by a margin of 132-15.

The current legislative session will have to account for the state’s current $27 billion budget deficit. Today, the House Appropriations Chairman Jim Pitts, R-Waxahachie, is set to introduce a new budget that assumes no new sources of revenue and no use of the state’s “Rainy Day Fund.” Such a budget would certainly entail a decrease in state services as well as even less state funding for UT. Higher education in Texas has already faced several reductions in state funding that have had a measurable impact on the University’s academic operations. We hope that a more “moderate” speaker will be open to other solutions that won’t gut the state’s colleges and universities.

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DREAM Act fails After passing in the House of Representatives, the DREAM Act failed to receive enough votes to advance in the Senate in December. A 55-41 Senate vote to end the debate and take an immediate vote on the act turned up short, as 60 votes were needed for cloture. The act’s failure to advance to a vote in the Senate is disappointing, especially because it essentially — but not formally — killed the legislation. Rather than taking an official vote on the measure, Senators relied on parliamentary procedure to kill the act. The passage of the DREAM Act would have granted conditional permanent residency for qualifying undocumented minors who entered the United States before

age 16 and who either earn a college degree or join the armed services for at least two years. According to the National Immigration Law Center, 12 percent of all potential DREAM Act beneficiaries live in Texas. Supporting the DREAM Act not only supports providing undocumented minors with a path to citizenship but also supports higher education and the state, as it would allow universities to recruit a variety of talented students and would generate billions of dollars in revenue for Texas, according to the center. The Senate’s blockage of the act is disheartening, but we hope legislators and students, among others, continue to push for support and passage of the act. Courtesy of David Tansey

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ing and death by suicide of Colton Tooley, the events in Tuscon are a sad reminder that mental illness is not only a health issue, but a security one as well. Similarly, we also hope state lawmakers remember the importance of mental health services when formulating their own budget cuts. While the multibillion-dollar state budget deficit makes some cuts inevitable,

mental health services protect citizens’ well being and our community’s safety. Lastly, we hope students remember — and use — the mental health resources available on campus. The UT Counseling and Mental Health Center is located on the fifth floor in the Student Services building and exists for the sole purpose of helping the UT community stay safe and healthy.

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yThe 82nd Texas Legislature reconvened once again under the Capitol dome on Jan. 11, and this year’s session is expected to tackle some major issues, including a budget deficit and a concealed carry bill. Lawmakers will face the task of balancing and managing the 2012-13 biennial budget deficit, which is estimated to be anywhere from $15 billion to more than $25 billion, according to the LBJ School of Public Affairs Center for Politics and Governance. “Budget and redistricting will take out all the oxygen this session, the budget has to pass and the congressional redistricting has to be done by the Legislature,” said Sherri Greenberg, former Texas House representative and UT LBJ School lecturer. “By the time you get through the two of those, there’s not going to be much oxygen left. The budget is the gorilla of the session.”

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Lawmakers get second shot in campus firearms debate The Legislature will also address a bill state Sen. Jeff Wentworth, R-San Antonio, filed that could allow students to carry concealed handguns on campus. “It has been a very controversial bill, and previously it did not have the majority support from students and faculty,” Greenberg said. “Particularly with the [Sept. 28] incident, it still will gender discussion.” On Sept. 28 2010, former mathematics sophomore Colton Tooley

fired several rounds of his AK-47 on campus before taking his own life in the Perry-Castañeda Library. Lawmakers filed a similar bill last session but never took a vote on it. “With all the issues of budgets, redistricting and immigration taking up time, there hasn’t been much discussion on it lately,” Greenberg said. “This issue will get attention and be discussed. It did last session, and it will this session. This bill will get its day in the sun this session.”

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While lobbyists asked lawmakers to consider using the Rainy Day Fund — a state emergency fund that can be used during budget shortfalls — some legislators, as well as Gov. Rick Perry, said they do not want to use the fund or increase taxes. Greenberg said with such large numbers looming, the obvious effect will be budget cuts.

“What we’re looking at is massive cuts in public education and health human services, like Medicaid,” she said. “Higher education agencies have been told to look for a 10-percent budget cut in the budgets they submitted for the next biennium.” According to a budget summary published by the Center for Politics and Governance, 95 per-

cent of 163 former office holders, lobbyists and consultants expect cuts to higher education. Larger class sizes, salary freezes and fewer teaching assistants are some results of budget cuts that government professor Bruce Buchanan has noticed during the 2010-11 school year. “There have been activities of various departments in the Col-

lege of Liberal Arts and elsewhere that have offered faculty early retirement as a way of reducing expenses,” he said. “One of the things that has bothered some of my colleagues is that we no longer offer discussion sections in most of our larger classes. This is a rough patch and the University is going to have to do its part along with other state agencies.”

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The Histor y Department launched an all-inclusive website Jan. 10 that will keep former students connected with UT’s history department while bringing technology-based world history resources to everyone interested. Not Even Past is an interactive history website that grants access to book and film recommendations and reviews, history articles from professional archives and collections, interviews and live chats with history professors. History professor Joan Neuberger, chief editor of Not Even Past, said the site is a unique, highly interactive database that works as a compilation of sources. “No other site combines this variety of articles and media,” she said. “Most innovative are our virtual courses where anyone who registers on the website can take part in seminars on books offered by our faculty.” The site’s content is completely generated by UT professors and graduate students and is available to free of charge to anyone who registers on the site. “We want this to be a valuable teaching tool for anyone anywhere,” Neuberger said. “We want to use the resources of our award-winning faculty and graduate students to teach history to anyone cruising around the Internet.” Associate history professor Charters Wynn will conduct one of the three courses offered through the website. Participants will read three assigned books that will be discussed throughout the course. “This site is a way to bring history outside the University for people who would like to have a little bit of history in their lives,” Wynn said. “They can use it to bring 15 minutes of history into their day or they can do something a little more ambitious, like sign up for one of the courses.” History department website consultant Rick Geyer said they worked with various statewide agencies that are in touch with school districts all over Texas to find out how to make the site a tool for social studies teachers. “We are wanting to connect and give them a resource that they’ve never had before in terms of content that their students will be interested in.”

UT-El Paso aims to modernize manufacturing cuit board. op a technology where from the The result of this combination ground up you can make basicalwould be lighter and more dura- ly anything,” Wicker said. The center’s other co-director The UT-El Paso College of En- ble products — such as a football gineering aims to carry the man- helmet that can detect concus- Kenneth Church came to UTEP ufacturing process into the future with a new center that will develop emerging technologies that could impact technology in many areas. The Structural and Printed Emerging Technologies Center’s goal is to marry additive manufacturing processes and printed electronics processes, said Ryan — Ryan Wicker, Structural and Printed Emerging Technologies co-director Wicker, the center’s co-director. In additive manufacturing, a machine adds material layer by layer to create a product, and with sions — because products will be from the private manufacturing printed electronics, separate cir- made of one piece with electronic industry to bring in experience cuit boards are traded for materi- components integrated into their with technology commercialization and printed electronics. He al with electronic properties that physical structure. “Overall, the goal is to devel- said he created a UTEP-based serve the same purpose as a cirBy Matthew Stottlemyre Daily Texan Staff

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company called 3D Monolithics to license technologies developed at the center. The processes they develop have the potential to localize manufacturing by simplifying the procedure, he said. “Imagine walking to a dealership: You walk up to a computer, design your car and push print and make your car,” Church said. The center, which will be completed in March, received a total of $9 million in start-up and operating costs — $3 million each from the state’s Emerging Technology Fund, the UT System and Lockheed Martin, an aerospace company. Lockheed Martin will benefit from the manufacturing processes developed at the center by influencing the specific direction of the research. Church said

at least 30 other companies will work with the center to develop the manufacturing process. UTEP Engineering Dean Richard Schoephoerster said he hired three additional faculty members with expertise in the field to work in the center. “I recognized the opportunity and how important the work they’re doing in this field is,” Schoephoerster said. “They are doing work we believe is really going to transform the manufacturing industry, not just here but also nationally and worldwide.” Schoephoerster said the center will also bring in funds through commercialization and licensing of technologies and will increase the curriculum and create research opportunities for engineering students.

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Co-op makes eBooks available to students for spring semester and the Nook offered by Barnes and Noble and certainly the iPad being the big gift of the The Co-op’s new partnership season, a lot of people bought with CourseSmart, an eBook eBook reading devices,” Stitch provider, offers students more said. “We think they’re going to than 100 popular textbooks used start experimenting with that at this point.“ at UT. CourseSmart CEO Sean DiFor the past nine years, the Co-op has provided digital text- vine said they cover 90 percent books to students with various of textbooks, so students can providers. Chad Stitch, direc- find most of their textbooks in tor of course material, said the digital form. “Saving monCo-op decided ey and anytime to partner with anywhere access CourseSmart beare the principle cause they have things that stulower prices and dents tell us that a wider selection they enjoy,” Diof eB ooks UT vine said. students need. Students and “We think stusociety in generdents want opal are much more tions and we’re mobile and that going to provide p rov i d e s m ore them,” Stitch said. benefits, Divine Lasting for s ai d. C ou rs e S 180 days, eBooks mart provides s av e s tu d e nt s iPad and iPhone about 40 percent applications to off the textbook access eBooks. price, Stitch said. “What a lot of He believes stustudents do is they dents will be ini— Chad Stitch, use their iPhone tially attracted to Director of course material device to look at the price of the their notes in their digital version textbook right beof b o oks, but fore a test,” Divine eBooks will satsaid. “It’s a lot easisfy their needs. “You don’t have to carry it ier to look that up in your iPhone around, and it has some inter- than paging through a book.” Social work freshman Tammy esting features,” Stitch said. “You can highlight, extract the high- Jitnoom said she knew about the lighted text, you can mark the eBook offered at the Co-op but book, stick a note in there and did not purchase any. She said she likes to highlight and copy pull your notes to review later.” Stitch said usually one half of things from her textbooks. “I study better with them,” Jitone percent of the actual enrollment of students in the courses noom said. “We spend so many offered use eBooks, though the hours on the computer with Facebook and other websites alnumber is increasing. “I think the holidays brought ready, so I’d rather have a palots of attention to the Kindle per copy.” By Yvonne Marquez Daily Texan Staff

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Dr. Elliot Tucker-Drob led research for a recent study comparing genetics and poverty in children.

Class a factor in child’s cognitive ability By Melissa Ayala Daily Texan Staff

A UT study published in the journal Psychological Science provides a new take on the nature versus nurture debate — the socioeconomic class of a child might have more to with his or her development than genes. UT psychologists found that children who grow up in wealthier homes are more likely to reach their full cognitive potential than children who grow up in poverty. The study followed data from the U.S. Department of Education that studied 750 families with twins located across the country whose mental ability was tracked from 10 months to 2 years old. Psychology professor Elliot Tuck-

er-Drob, who led the research at UT, examined the Department of Education numbers to find trends that indicate the impact of genetic and environmental elements. “The big paradox in the study of cognitive development is the idea of nature versus nurture,” Tucker-Drob said. “In the past, people have looked at one or the other, but only recently we have started thinking it is not one or the other but how genes and environments go together to produce healthy development with gene and environment interplay.” When researchers observed the data, socioeconomic status did not play a role in the cognitive development of 10-month-olds. But when observed at 2 years old, the children’s socioeconomic statuses

started to become a factor. In contrast, when genes of twins raised in different homes were compared, they maintained similar characteristics regardless of the environment. “If we really want to help people make the most of themselves, we need to get them the best opportunities, because we’re finding these effects happening very early in childhood,” Tucker-Drob said. “It’s a combination of poor families not having enough resources, having less income and being overworked; they don’t have enough time to interact with their children and promote their development.” Psychology professor Aletha Huston said this year-long study puts depth into the simple views of nature versus nurture.

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“We’ve known that for a long time, but it has taken a while for data to show how genetic influences may vary depending on different types of environments,” she said. “The study is especially important because it counteracts the arguments that social class differences in intelligence are due to genetic differences. Instead, it shows that environments make a difference, especially for children from disadvantaged homes.” Tucker-Drob is starting a study similar to the Department of Education’s research this year using Austin twins. “We are starting a twin study at the University of Texas that’s based on children going to public schools in the Austin and Round Rock community,” he said. This is the first study to show gene and environment interaction impacting children at an early age and is gaining attention.

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Car rental program zips to UT Company hopes that initiative alleviates campus congestion, reduces automobile pollution By Allison Kroll Daily Texan Staff

A new car-sharing program that launched this week will help the UT community save money and become more environmentally friendly with vehicles available for anyone to use at any time of the day. Operated from campus through Parking and Transportation Services, Zipcar allows students, faculty and staff to rent vehicles on-demand hourly or daily, reducing the need for students to bring a car to campus. Zipcar aims to help university administrators maximize the use of limited on-campus parking, reduce campus congestion and decrease their carbon footprint, according to the company’s website. Zipcar, founded in Massachusetts in 2000, is the largest car-sharing service in the world, with about 225 universities that participate in the program. UT is the latest addition. “We chose to bring the service to UT to help the University become a little more green and sustainable,” said Blanca Juarez,

PTS Alternative Transportation manager. “It also encourages students not to bring a car to campus because we will provide one for them.” A group of eight cars are now available to the UT community, including various sedans, trucks and sports utility vehicles, Juarez said. The cars are available for personal or business use to all drivers on campus 18 years or older who create an online account for the service. Drivers 21 and older have access to Zipcars in some major cities around the world including Atlanta, Boston, London, New York, Philadelphia and San Francisco. There are 530,000 Zipcar members who have access to thousands of cars around the globe. Cars can be reserved over the phone or online, or even through an iPhone application, according to the Zipcar website. “We created a new category of carsharing that helps us re-think ownership,” said Matt Malloy, Zipcar Vice President of International University Relations. “The majority of students who bring cars to campus use them only a little bit. When you use Zipcars, you’re saving green while being green.” Rates start at $8 per hour and $66 per day, which includes gas, insurance, re-

A fleet of eight Zipcars became available to the UT Austin campus in mid-January for students, faculty and staff to rent by the hour or the day.

served parking spaces around campus, roadside assistance and up to 180 free miles per day before the member would have to start paying for miles, according to the Zipcar website. “Zipcar saves about $500 to $600 compared to personally owned vehicles,” Malloy said. “We often ask our members to do the math on everything else that comes along with owning a car.” For every Zipcar, 15-20 personally owned vehicles are taken off the road, Malloy said. The first step to becoming a Zipcar member is joining online and paying a $35 membership fee per year. Approval comes after a background check on driving history, and then the member is free to reserve a car after receiving a “Zipcard” in the mail, according to the Zipcar website. Cars are located curbside in various locations throughout campus. Zipcar representatives will be on campus Jan. 19 and 20, answering questions about the program and helping students learn more about the membership process, Malloy said. “Just like you download music song-bysong, think about how you can apply that to a car,” Malloy said. “We encourage people to bike and walk and use public transportation, and only use a car when they need it.”

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Birthright participants from South Florida take a quick stroll by camel through the Southern Israeli Desert. Every year thousands of Jews from around the world participate in Birthright, many of whom travel with organizations like the Jewish Community of South Florida or Texas Hillel.

ISRAEL continues from PAGE 1A said she may change her postgraduation plans so that she can travel back to Israel for a longer period. “I’m homesick for a place I never thought I’d feel that way toward,” Unell said. “Making that trip to Israel is the most welcoming feeling I’ve ever felt as a Jew.” Unell said the highlight of the trip for her was meeting eight members of the Israeli Defense Force who stayed with the Hillel group for five days of their trip. In every Birthright trip, Israeli soldiers join the groups to meet Jewish youth from other countries and share what it is like to grow up in Israel, and Komerofsky said it is an important way to meet people directly involved in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. “Many of the students on the trip have only heard negative things about Israel and the army from the media,” he said. “Meeting these young people gives them a way to see that the young Jewish people in the [Israeli Defense Force] are much

like them, even though they are living a very different life.” Government junior Dale Hanson said he decided to go on the trip to learn more about Israel, but that he was disappointed by the lack of balanced information with regard to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which he said is much more complicated than most people believe. Hanson noted that the group attended a Birthright event at which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke and encouraged them to advocate a very specific pro-Israel viewpoint. “It’s definitely a wonderful experience — the trip of a lifetime — but it was filled with Israeli propaganda,” he said. “There was very little mention about the Palestinians and some of the human rights violations and failures of the Israeli Defense Force.” However, Hanson added that the trip opened his eyes to an unbreakable bond between Jews and Israel and said he made strong connections to people he met and places he saw there. A woman he met at a gro-

cery store in Golan Heights, a range of hills on the border between Syria and Israel, felt like a grandmother when she offered her help and showed him ON THE WEB: pictures of For a slideshow of her family, Birthright staff he said. photos visit Unell @dailytexan said she felt online.com that she had a much broader perspective on the conflict after the trip and would encourage any eligible Jewish student to go on a Birthright trip. “There’s no reason at all not to go,” Unell said. “You can be religious, you can be not religious, you can be anti-Israel or pro-Israel. Traveling there gave me a wider view and an experience outside of what the media says. You can take from this experience what you want to and apply it in your own way.” — Additional reporting by Erika Rich

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Allison Rude hugs Israeli soldier Yogev Henig just prior to the soldier’s departure. Henig was one of eight soldiers from the Israeli Defense Force who traveled for five days with the Texas Hillel winter Birthright trip, during its 10-day tour through Israel.

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The Birthright Mega Event brought together thousands of Jewish youth from various groups across the world that participated in the program, which is entering its second decade.

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Participant Jenna Montero leads a South Florida Birthright group in a morning yoga session before a hike through the rocky desert of the Negev in Southern Israel.

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Tour guide Yoni Ben-Tsedef leads a conversation concerning tensions in the Middle East with a South Florida Birthright group at an Israeli memorial overlooking the Gaza Strip.

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The staff that Mack built

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WILL MUSCHAMP

WHERE THEY’RE GOING: Head coach at Florida

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MANNY DIAZ

WHO’S IN

POSITION: Defensive coordinator WHERE THEY CAME FROM: Mississippi State

BRYAN HARSIN POSITION: Co-offensive coordinator WHERE THEY CAME FROM: Boise State

JERRY GRAY POSITION: Defensive backs coach WHERE THEY CAME FROM: Seattle Seahawks

POSITION: Offensive cooridinator WHERE THEY’RE GOING: Retired

DUANE AKINA POSITION: Defensive backs coach WHERE THEY’RE GOING: Arizona

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hile students were gone for the semester break, Texas began the long-expected rebuilding process with a number of high-profile hires, including the courtship of Idaho-native and longtime Boise State coach Bryan Harsin to team up with fan-favorite and former Texas quarterback Major Applewhite as co-offensive coordinators. Head coach Mack Brown also brought on up-and-coming defensive coordinator Manny Diaz from Mississippi State after Will Muschamp gave up his $900,000 salary and head-coach-in-waiting title for the top job at Florida. In Diaz and Harsin, Brown got his men as the two coaches accepted their offers relatively quickly. However, the overhaul is still incomplete with no offensive line coach to speak of after both Auburn’s Jeff Grimes and Oklahoma State’s Joe Wickline decided against joining the program. After the most extensive overhaul in recent history, the staff is finally returning to a semblance of peace, although observers are sure to remain critical until the team gets back on the field against Rice eight long months from now.

WHERE THEY’RE GOING: Colorado

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POSITION: Defensive tackles coach WHERE THEY CAME FROM: Alabama

OFFENSIVE LINE COACH POSITION: Not yet filled

WHO’S OUT Unusual journey brings Diaz to Texas Bill Parcells has quite an impressive coaching tree, full of former assistants now doing bigger and better things in both the professional and collegiate ranks. Texas’ new defensive coordinator Manny Diaz also has Parcells to thank for his current situation, even though he never worked under the two-time NFL champion. Diaz was an ESPN production assistant during an interview with Parcells, then head coach of the New England Patriots, prior to Super Bowl XXXI. It was then, in New Orleans, listening to the coaching legend nicknamed “The Big Tuna” that Diaz decided he wanted to coach.

Forget that he had no coaching experience or that he never played football in college. “At that moment, I didn’t want to coach,” Diaz said. “I had to coach.” He got a job as a graduate assistant at his alma mater of Florida State and made it to the NCAA championship in his first year. In his second season in Tallahassee, the Seminoles won the national title. “I was like, ‘Man, this is easy, this coaching thing. I got this down pat,’” Diaz said. “The great thing is that I was able to learn from a guy like [former FSU defensive coordinator] Mickey Andrews.” Diaz’s lack of experience allowed him to absorb everything Andrews threw his way.

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WHERE THEY’RE GOING: Retired

What team drafted former Longhorn cornerback and new Texas defensive backs coach in the 1985 NFL Draft?

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9 pts, 4 rebounds, 8 assists

POSITION: Wide receivers coach

WHERE THEY’RE GOING: Retired

POSITION: Wide receivers coach

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POSITION: Defensive coordinator

“When I came, I was a clean sheet of paper,” Diaz said. “I had no preconceived notions. No one needed to go into Florida State and tell them how to do anything. They were the industry standard there in the late ’90s as a football program and absolutely on defense.” With the taste already acquired, Diaz has said he’s hungry for another national championship and brings the type of youthful passion last seen when Will Muschamp came over from Auburn. “He’s a very bright young coach,” Mack Brown said. “He will be a great fit to the coaches that we have on campus.”

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OFFENSE continues from PAGE 1B Diaz moved from FSU to North Carolina State before taking over coordinator responsibilities at Middle Tennessee in 2006, where his defenses never finished worse than third in the Sun Belt in sacks and tackles for loss through four seasons. It was with the Blue Raiders that he earned a reputation for coaching aggressive, multiple-look sets. “I am absolutely humbled by the turns my career has taken,” he said. “The fact that for whatever reason that I was chosen to do this is something that I don’t take very lightly.” Now Diaz is tasked with rebuilding a Texas unit that forced the second-fewest turnovers of any Big 12 team in 2010 and generally under-performed, given expectations. Brown selected Diaz because the 36-year-old coach did just that with Mississippi State last season, helping the Bulldogs improve dramatically across the board in his first season as coordinator at a BCS school.

Mississippi State allowed 119.1 rushing yards per game in 2010. Bulldog defenders also recorded 91 tackles for loss and 26 sacks. With the recent addition of Jerry Gray as defensive backs coach, Diaz’s staff is complete and the new coordinator can get to work preparing for next year. He also has Bo Davis, who was brought on from Alabama to work with the interior linemen, and holdover Oscar Giles to coach defensive ends. “The first thing our defense was going to do was be designed to hunt negative plays. We’re always hunting negative plays, and I know that there are a bunch of guys at this school that don’t need a map to get into the backfield,” Diaz said. “I always like to say that we’ll sum it up in two simple terms: we’re going to stop the run and we’re going to hit the quarterback.” Just how Diaz plans to accomplish those two goals is still unknown. He

preaches the importance of showing different fronts to confuse offenses and is known to bring pressure from all over the field. “I always think that schemes are overrated,” he said. “If I had my druthers, I’d like to play a 5-4-5, which you’re not allowed to do, but I want the offense to feel that way. That’s all I want. I want them to look at us and feel like we got about 13 to 14 guys running around. When we got it going the way we want it, we just want to look like we have an u nfair advantage.” Despite Diaz’s unorthodox career path, he’s been well received at every stop since joining the Seminoles 12 years ago. “If I told you it was a good plan, I’d be lying,” he said. “It was a crazy plan.” Crazy might just be what this coaching staff needs after the worst season in Brown’s tenure and a dramatic staff overhaul.

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Bryan Harsin saw firsthand Saturday what Texas fans expect the Longhorn offense to do against Oklahoma next fall. The Longhorns’ new co-offensive coordinator sat courtside with Major Applewhite as the Texas men’s basketball team pummeled the Sooners in the Frank Erwin Center. It will be Harsin and Applewhite’s responsibility to duplicate those results on the football field in 2011. “I know our expectations here,” Harsin said in a press conference last week. “We have a championship program. We have a championship head coach, and it’s my job to help put together a championship offense.” Harsin will also serve as the Longhorns’ quarterbacks coach, replacing Greg Davis, who resigned early last month after 13 seasons at Texas. Harsin and Applewhite, who was promoted to co-offensive coordinator, will work together to develop an offensive game plan, with Harsin handling the play-calling duties. “As a coordinator, there are times when you need help and times when you don’t need help,” Applewhite said before introducing Harsin last week. “I understand that role, and so I want to help Bryan in installing this offense and whatever we need to do to just simply win games and do what is best for us here at Texas.” Harsin arrived in Austin after coaching for 10 years at Boise State. He spent the previous five seasons as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for

the Broncos and was a finalist for the Broyles Award in 2009, which is given to the nation’s top assistant coach. The Broncos had one of the most prolific offenses in the country the past several years, consistently ranking among the best in major statistical categories. Their offense, primarily fueled by the passing game, helped them to BCS bowl wins in 2007 and 2010. Harsin brings a multiple-style offense that’s different from the spread offense Texas has run for

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There’s a lot of knowledge that’s going to be in that room, and we’re going to make this system a Texas system.” — Bryan Harsin, Co-offensive coordinator

nearly the past decade. “[At Boise], we’ve had to try to create matchups in our favor, and I think that was one of the things that pushed into going into this type of system,” Harsin said. “From that it just evolved into kind of a scheme that we felt became ours. We had a formula of how to do it that we felt worked

very well.” To compare, the Longhorns lined up in six formations on offense during their 34-7 win against Wyoming last fall. Boise State lined up in 26 formations and beat the Cowboys 51-6. Harsin and Applewhite will team with newly hired receivers coach Darrell Wyatt to improve an offense that scored just fewer than 24 points per game, ranking 88th in the country. Co-offensive coordinators are unconventional in college football but not unheard of. Justin Fuente and Jarrett Anderson constructed a TCU offense that ranked fourth in the country in scoring offense in 2009. Last month, Oklahoma named Josh Heupel and Jay Norvell co-offensive coordinators, after previous coordinator Kyle Wilson took the head coaching job at Indiana. Co-coordinators have worked out in the past for Texas. Gene Chizik and Duane Akina were co-defensive coordinators in 2005 whewn Texas won the national championship. “It’s an effort that we’re going to do this together,” Harsin said. “We’re going to put our minds together. There’s a lot of knowledge that’s going to be in that room, and we’re going to make this system a Texas system.” Texas still has a vacancy at offensive line coach and the athletics department seems primed to fill that spot as the new co-coordinators begin to rebuild the Longhorn offense. “They’re anxious to get started, and we can’t wait to watch what they do,” said Texas head coach Mack Brown.

FBS SCHOOLS WITH COOFFENSIVE COORDINATOR IN 2010 • TCU (13-0) points for 41.6, passing yards 229, rushing yards 247 • Rutgers (4-8) points for 20.8, passing yards 194, rushing yards 100 • Mississippi (4-8) points for 30.6, passing yards 192, rushing yards 207

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PENN STATE

More to Longhorns, Lions than success on volleyball court By Shabab Siddiqui Daily Texan Staff

A few post-season thoughts: • Before playing Penn State for the second Final Four in a row, Head Coach Jerritt Elliott implied that the two teams look to be headed for a long-term rivalry of sorts. “It’s another opportunity,” Elliott said. “When you look at Penn State’s program and where our program is at and the future recruits that are coming in and the players that we have, this could be a battle that continues for the next couple of years in the Final Four.” It turns out the two teams have far more in common than they could have ever imagined. They are two of only three teams to win a national championship east of California. Both teams were captained by senior outside hitters who were finishing off illustrious careers as the winningest players in their respective program’s history (Juliann Faucette and Blair Brown). Also, both teams played the year without top returning sophomore outside hitters due to ACL injuries (Bailey Webster and Darcy Dorton). Both research universities are their state’s flagship institution with large undergraduate enrollments (about 38,000 at both). Texas is ranked 45th by the U.S. News and World Report National Universities rankings, while Penn State is 47th. Both also have large alumni bases (about 450,000 at Texas and 510,000 at Penn State). Both schools take pride in their football programs and have two well-known coaches (Mack Brown and Joe Paterno), very recognizable brands (Longhorns and Nittany Lions) and two of the six largest stadiums in the country (DKR with a capacity of about 100,100 and Beaver Stadium with a capacity of

about 107,300). They both have also regularly made Princeton Review’s top party school list and usually sit within the top few. • The winner of the “Most Fans Without a Team at the NCAA Final Four” contest goes to Nebraska. The Cornhusker faithful poured into Kansas City, and it is unclear what team they were cheering for. Lincoln is only about three hours away, so some fans probably decided it was a worthy trek. Others may have just been stuck with non-refundable Final Four tickets and hotel bookings that they made before No. 3-ranked Nebraska was upset by Washington during the Regionals, a match which ended with the two coaches having to be separated. • Speaking of Nebraska, how Senior Juliann Faucette attempts to spike the ball against Penn State in December’s national semifinal. The Longhorns were beat in the NCAA good will the Big Ten Conference Tournament by the Nittany Lions for the second year in a row. be next year? By boasting the national champion and thrusting six teams into the Sweet 16, the conference has unofficially wrestled away the Pac-10’s dominance. The addition of the Cornhuskers only takes that a step further. Meanwhile, the Longhorns will need to find a different team to circle their calendars for. Iowa State, Oklahoma and Missouri have all put together solid seasons, but none compete for a national championship on the nearyearly basis that Nebraska did. • With Faucette gone, the team will look toward a new leader. Who that leader will be could be a little bit more challenging. Junior libero Sydney Yogi was the team’s co-captain and will be back, but she was injured most of the season. Junior Rachael Adams celebrates a point during the Final Four in Kansas City. setter Michelle Kocher was an assisAdams will be one of the leaders of next year’s team. tant co-captain, and with the team likely to go with a two-setter rotation next season, she could emerge as one of the leaders. Other possible candidates include freshman setter Hannah Allison, junior middle blocker Rachael Adams or junior outside hitter Amber Roberson.

Jen Doris prepares to serve during Texas’ loss to Penn State in December’s national semifinal. Michelle Kocher and Rachael Adams try to pump each other up during the game.

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Setter Hannah Allison attempts to block a shot from Penn State. The Longhorns managed to make the Final Four despite missing many players because of injuries.

Texas begins to look toward next year By Austin Laymance Daily Texan Staff

Wit h 2 0 1 0 f i r m ly i n t he rearview, it may be too early for the Longhorns to shake off their crushing exit from the Final Four, but one thing is for certain — Texas has plenty to look forward to in 2011. Jerritt Elliott’s young team battled adversity during its run to the Final Four, and his talented squad returns seven players who often started for the Longhorns in 2010. Elliott will rely on middle blocker Rachael Adams and outside hitter Amber Roberson as the two roommates will return to lead the Longhorn team this fall. Both Roberson and Adams will assume the leadership position left by the departing senior class, but the two juniors carefully watched this season’s seniors and are confident they can pick up where veterans Juliann Faucette and Jen Doris left off. “Looking at them, you have to learn how to take control of a team at a certain time when there’s young players and they’re going to be looking up to you,” Roberson said. “You have to be the one to step up to that and be

the one they can count on rather than you counting on them.” Setter Michelle Kocher and libero Sydney Yogi will also be seniors in 2011 and will inherit a rather young but experienced team — one Elliott believes will find it’s way back to the Final Four once again. “We’re going to keep getting back here and we’re close to cracking this,” Elliott said. The Longhorns have been bounced from the Final Four in each of the past three years, coming within a point of the National Championship in 2009. This year’s group was quite younger than the one that made the semifinals in years past, which is something that excites Elliott looking ahead to next season. “These younger kids have got a lot more matches in them with this NCAA tournament,” Elliott said. “They learned a lot from adversity and going through that. It’s something.” Texas was hampered by injuries much of the season, with Yogi, sophomore outside hitter Bailey Webster and freshman outside hitter Ashley Bannister missing significant time. Their return will deepen an already loaded Longhorns’ bench, giving Elliott all

the tools he needs to put together another run deep into the NCAA Tournament. “Our program is very healthy, but again, that being said, we have new players and the culture will change dramatically each year doing that,” Elliott said. “We have to teach them, as a family, what it means to be a Texas Longhorn and represent this University, because there are standards and they all have to live by them in the same way.” The incoming freshman class is one of the top-rated recruiting classes in the nation, and there has been a buzz brewing around the Longhorns for quite some time regarding their chances for a title in 2011. Look for Katherine Bell, Haley Eckerman and Madelyn Hutson — a trio of top-rated prospects — to contribute for the Longhorns from the get-go. With a mix of talent young and old, a well-versed coaching staff and a recently impeccable track record, Texas could be the last team standing in 2011. “They’re going to be very good next year, so I’m excited to watch them, and I’ll be one of those Longhorns texting Jerritt next year as they hopefully get back to the Final Four,” Faucette said.

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Longhorns begin new year on high note By Wes Maulsby Daily Texan Staff

Texas has been pretty busy during the last couple of weeks. Prior to the beginning of the new season, the Longhorns competed in their last tournament of non-team competition. From Jan. 7-9, Texas dominated the Key Biscayne Invitational in Southern Florida. Texas swept the doubles matches on the first and third days, with two more victories coming on day two to give them a 10-2 doubles record for the tournament. Their doubles dominance was only matched by their overwhelming performance in singles competition. Texas registered a 23-3 record in singles play, sweeping all the singles matches in the final two days. Tabbed No. 5 in the 2011 preseason polls, the Longhorns have been defending their ranking since team competition began earlier this month. Texas cruised to a 5-2 victory against California on Jan. 15 thanks to doubles wins by Ed Corrie and Jean Andersen, who are the 5th-ranked doubles pair in the nation, and Vasko Mladenov and Ben Chen in a tie-breaker match. Texas also won four singles matches against the Bears with points from Jean Andersen, Kellen Damico, Ben

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Freshmen contribute as Texas takes first in season opener By Julie Thompson Daily Texan Staff

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Sophomore Ben Chen prepares to serve during November’s Texas Invitational.

Chen and Vasko Mladenov. “This was a great way to start the year,” said Texas assistant coach Ricardo Rubio. The Longhorns followed up with an impressive 6-1 win against Tulsa in Oklahoma. Texas claimed the

doubles point, and won five of the singles matches on Sunday. Texas travels to Michigan this Saturday and still has both topranked Virginia and defending national champions USC on its nonconference schedule. After that, it’s

on to the Big 12, which has four teams in the top 20. “We don’t want to play teams where we know we’re going to win the match,” said Texas head coach Michael Center. “We want to play tough matches every time out.”

The Longhorns took first in five events en route to winning the season-opening Leonard Hilton Memorial meet on Friday night. The team competed against Rice, Houston, UTSan Antonio and Louisiana Tech. The Longhorns finished with 177 points, while Rice had 81.5, Houston 81, UTSA 74 and Louisiana Tech 72. Eight of the Texas women posted personal bests, and freshmen including Christy Udoh, Shanay Briscoe, A’Lexus Brannon and Jessica Harper helped add to the team’s total. “I think the freshmen really made a difference in the overall team,” said Texas head coach Beverly Kearney. “There wasn’t one that stood out; they all did a really good job.” Texas took the top two spots in both the mile relay and the distance medley relay. Sophomore Alicia Peterson, junior Angele Cooper, junior Stacey-Ann Smith and senior Chantel Malone finished in 3:42.21 for first place in the mile. Red-shirt senior Betzy Jimenez, freshman Marielle Hall, junior Julie Amthor and freshman Mia Behm won the distance

medley with a time of 11:49.52. The Longhorns also had podium finishes in the high jump and long jump. Victoria Lucas won the high jump after clearing 5-9.25, and Shanay Briscoe placed third. Senior all-American Chantel Malone finished third in the long jump. In distance events, Jimenez won the mile in 4:47.40, and Behm finished third with 4:51.56. Senior Jenna Cuellar finished the 800-meter in third place with a time of 2:16.29, followed by sophomore Katie Hoaldridge in sixth, junior Anne Jones in seventh and freshman Jessica Harper in ninth. Kearney was pleased with the team’s overall efforts and progress. “I really thought we had a good meet,” she said. “We found some things that we really need to work on and found some things that we did really good on.” This coming weekend, the Longhorns will split up and compete at separate meets. One group will head to the Razorback Invitational in Fayettville, Ark., and the remaining team members will compete at the Houston All-Comer’s meet. “Overall, I think we are moving in a really good direction,” Kearney said.

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Loss to Oklahoma keeps Horns winless in conference play foreshadowing the problems that have kept them at the bottom of the Big 12 standings. While many Texas students spent “I said, ‘When we’re not in tranthe holiday break enjoying time sition, we’re not a very good team,’” away from their daily routines on Goestenkors told her team at halfthe 40 Acres, the Longhorns were time against SMU. “That’s when we still hard at work trying to further turn the ball over. When we’re up boost their status as a national con- tempo and attacking, we’re tougher tender. Despite to defend and we early success, do a better job of their confertaking care of the ence losses enball.” sured that their They won the holiday was not tournament with entirely merry. successive wins After a loss over the Universito Tennessee in ty of Nevada, Las mid-DecemVegas, and Southber, the Longern Florida. horns turned Texas contintheir forued to trounce tunes around — Gail Goestenkors, lesser opponents by sweeping Head coach heading into the the Basketball end of DecemTravelers Invib er wit h wins tational Classic over Cincinnati, in Las Vegas. San Diego and Sam Houston. But The Longhorns (11-6, 0-3) beat as good as 2010 had been to TexSMU in a game won by the contin- as, the new year resolved itself with ued dominance of freshman Chas- a series of crushing defeats against sidy Fussell. Her 14 points marked conference foes. her seventh double-digit scoring efThe Longhorns opened conferfort of the season to go along with a ence play against Missouri with an career-high six assists. 85-80 overtime loss. The loss came Despite the victory, head coach as a surprise to the team as they Gail Goestenkors was unhappy with commanded the game early but the early effort of her team, perhaps blew a 12-point lead in the final By Sameer Bhuchar Daily Texan Staff

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No. 14 Oklahoma Sooners. The Sooners blew an 11-point lead in the second half, shot just 31 percent, went 3 of 21 on 3-pointers and were out-rebounded 5645. However, just as Goestenkors predicted would be their downfall, turnovers and a lack of transition led to the Longhorns’ demise. The Sooners forced 23 Texas turnovers, went 20 of 25 from the freethrow line.

It was another chance blown by the Longhorns who are at a low in their program’s history. Last year, Texas went 10-6 in conference play. With already half as many losses in the Big 12 this year as they had last year, Texas has a lot of kinks to undo if it wants to regain its top-25 status. “I’m just extremely disappointed,” Goestenkors said. “We have to start playing smarter basketball.”

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four minutes. Last season, Missouri earned just two conference victories and sat at the bottom of the conference rankings. “When we were up 12, I thought the game was pretty much over,” Goestenkors said. “We did just about everything you could wrong.” Perhaps it was the collective hangover of the Missouri loss or simply Brittney Griner’s imposing presence, but Texas fell flat in its sec-

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Ryan Lochte edges out Phelps in Austin meet Former, future Olympians gather at swimming center in preparation for 2012 By Sara Beth Purdy Daily Texan Staff

Hundreds of swimmers descended on the University of Texas last weekend for the Austin Grand Prix. This meet, which was hosted by USA Swimming at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center, is one of seven national Grand Prix meets sponsored by the official US swimming organization which sponsors the Olympic team. Each swimmer who competes and places in the top three during the final heat receives points based on their performances. At the end of the series, the swimmer with the highest point total is crowned the Grand Prix Champion. This weekend featured several prominent swimmers including Olympic stars Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte and Eric Shanteau along with Texas alumni Ricky Berens and Dave Walters. The Grand Prix marked an important milestone in the training schedule for all Olympic hopefuls. With the 2012 Olympic Games in London only a year and a half away, these athletes have already begun their preparation training.

Many different races took place featuring outstanding performances across the pool. Olympian Kathryn Hoff was also seen throughout the weekend along with several up-and-coming teenagers hoping for their time in the spotlight. Despite the immense amount of talent on the pool deck, it was evident who the crowd was there to see. The cheers from fans packed into the grandstands drowned out the announcers as Michael Phelps stepped onto the starting block for the 200-meter individual medley. Approximately 10 years ago, a younger Phelps broke his first world record at the same place. He has since broken his own record; however, his time of 1:57.39 still stands as the pool record at the swim center. This race was highly anticipated all weekend because of the impressive line-up that was in attendance. Phelps was joined on the starting block by both Lochte and Shanteau, all Olympians attempting to make it to London. Phelps’ famous arm stretch and flapping preparation drew eyes momentarily away from the shocking hot pink Speedo that Lochte chose to race in. As the buzzer sounded, the crowd followed the progress of these

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Michael Phelps competes in last weekend’s USA Grand Prix. Phelps, the winner of 14 Olympic gold medals, broke his first world record at the Lee and Joe Jamail Swimming Center nearly 10 years ago.

two standouts as they charged through the water — both trying to prove something. Lochte was attempting to show that he has what it takes to stay on top of the swimming nation while Phelps was trying to show he has what it takes to rise again. The event proved to be an exciting one as Lochte took the lead early on closely followed by

Phelps through its entirety. In the end Lochte finished first, edging out Shanteau, who overtook Phelps during the breaststroke portion of the medley. Lochte was positive about his progress throughout the weekend, especially after his performance in the 200-meter IM. “[The meet] is good preparation for what’s coming later on,”

Lochte said. “[It’s] a great stepping stone.” While the weekend produced no surprise records or controversial finishes, the chance to see some of the best swimmers in the sport’s history so close to home was an incredible experience. The times turned in across the board, while a bit slower than eventually desired, were unbelievable.

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Horns start season with losses against Georgia, Auburn The 3rd-ranked women’s swimming and diving team came away from the first two meets of the year with an 0-2 record after falling to Auburn and Georgia l ast week. The Longhorns won four events but lost to No. 12 Auburn by 66 points Thursday. The Tigers established an early lead with wins in the 200-yard medley relay and 1,000 freestyle and never let Texas catch up. Laura Sogar won both backstroke events but couldn’t close the gap by herself. Two days later, the team ran into No. 2 Georgia. This time, the Longhorns won six events and almost made a come back but ultimately fell to the Bulldogs 169.5130.5. Two of the victories came from diver Maren Taylor, winning by slim margins in the one- and three-meter events. Texas actually won the opening 200-yard medley relay but began to slip as Georgia swept the podium in the 1,000 freestyle. “I’m happy with how the team faced a tradionally-tough Georgia squad,” said Texas head coach Kim Brackin. “I thought we started off huge with the one-two result in the medley relay, but they were just a bit tougher through the meet.”

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The most original and dazzling film of the year, “Black Swan” details the mental collapse of Nina Sayers (Natalie Portman), a ballerina cast as the Swan Queen in her company’s production of “Swan Lake.” Her theater director (Vincent Cassel) knows that the fragile and innocent Nina can perfectly embody the White Swan but fears the dual role of the seductive Black Swan is too big a challenge for her. Eventually, the struggle to become the Black Swan takes over Nina’s life and her psyche with terrifying results. “Black Swan” is a movie that shouldn’t work as well as it does. It’s simultaneously an intense backstage drama, a devastating charac-

Probably the year’s most discussed and dissected film, “Inception” is a perfect example of how to exceed expectations. Christopher Nolan’s complex script is all at once a heist film, a James Bond-style thriller and the touching story of a man trying to get back to his children. Nolan’s confident direction is similarly great, providing 2010 with many of its most iconic scenes, including a moment where Paris folds into itself and a zero-gravity hallway fight, all set to Hans Zimmer’s instantly recognizable booming score. Add in a flawless ensem- side of herself) and it’s clear that ble cast (with standout Marion Co- “Inception” is the year’s grandest tillard showing us a terrifying new cinematic experience.

ter study and a haunted-house ride with jump scares galore, yet somehow director Darren Aronofsky blends the three genres together to craft a masterpiece. It’s a film that will be studied for years to come and a new personal standard for the director. “Black Swan” wouldn’t work without Natalie Portman’s fearless performance, its sharply written script and the hallucinogenic fever dream that constitutes the film’s third act. It’s the kind of confident, magnetic work that makes it easily the year’s best film.

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The story of the five days Aron Ralston (James Franco) spent with one arm trapped under a rock before managing to free himself by amputating it with a dull pocketknife shouldn’t be an uplifting story. Somehow, Danny Boyle manages to make it one, bringing his trademark energy to what should be a very static film and transforming a bleak experience into an exhilarating story of rebirth and redemption. Franco couldn’t be better as Ralston, charming and funny, even as the audience literally watches the life seep out of him. Without Franco’s phenomenal performance, the film would be limp and lifeless, but instead it soars, particularly in

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The game industry learned Weekend’smany lessons in 2010. Blizzard nautical,can still make millions by releashe increas-ing PC exclusive titles, such as the ast shore:latest “World of Warcraft” expanery smallsion. Rockstar showed that summer e sea by ablockbusters aren’t strictly films anyealize thatmore. Sony and Microsoft proved tide, highthat motion controls can still be sold ut alive?”by the truck-ton — well, at least Miuitar workcrosoft has. Stories of studio schisms ies, “Mar-and Supreme Court hearings have e no otherleft their stamp on this past year in in its takegaming, but these are the outstandngs of theing titles from 2010.

is consisum. SongsVVVVVV (Mac, PC) “Seafarer” Some games come out of nowing withwhere, make an impression and are oint wherequickly buried by year’s end. This handful ofmakes “VVVVVV” all the more can smellimpressive, considering it was released more than a year ago. But been bet-some games aren’t easily forgotten, date closerand the relentless pace and difficult mpeccablyplatforming of “VVVVVV” hit like rates in itsa punch to the gut. Like many othay, but forer indie platformers released this cape fromyear (“Super Meat Boy,” “Limbo”), eezy tunesthis is another attempt to deconemedy. struct the 2D platformer with a forgiving checkpoint system, hummable soundtrack and Commodore 64-influenced graphics. The difference here is that Terry Cavanagh’s one-man project manages to be stylish and fun without being frustrating and self-important.

Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Wii) Upon the announcement that Nintendo would be making a rare direct sequel to its most successful franchise, there was a confidence in the public that it would be great and an underlying doubt that it would be better than 2007’s planet-hopping classic. At its core, not much has been changed since 2007, but every twist on a familiar trope, mind-bending mechanic and aweinspiring level (sections of levels, really) keep time spent with the game exciting and fresh in a genre that has long laid dormant. Not even the addition of the iconic Kuribo’s Shoe and Toonoki Suit can make this title better: it’s already perfect.

Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (PC, PS3, Xbox360) At first glance, Dice’s latest seems like a cash grab at the console market with yet another dumbed-down rendition of a series that always played best on PC. Anyone who spent considerable time in “Bad Company 2’s” multiplayer

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will know this to be untrue. Some of the things this title brought to the genre: user-friendly vehicles, buildings that crumble around you pieceby-piece, fog and shrubbery that actually conceals players, the ability to alert team members of nearby enemies, an attractive award system and team work motivated by experience points (space permitting, the list would continue).

Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty (Mac, PC) “Starcraft II’s” record-setting release in July, following eight years of off-and-on development, could have been nothing more than another success on the behalf of Blizzard’s marketing team. Rather, it’s the development team that deserves the credit. Korean e-sports leagues and bedroom strategists alike have not been let down. “Starcraft II” is a bold game that dares to elevate its player base through intuitive design and a cinematic single-player component, dividing its competitive player base into tiers and stat tracking that puts Xbox

BOOKS continues from PAGE 10B gaining financial, political and scientific support for cancer research. Perhaps it’s these underpinnings of hope for advances in the struggle against cancer that have made this biography of disease such a critical and commercial success. “The Sherlockian” by Graham Moore is an Arthur Conan Doyle fan’s dream. Moore’s debut novel explores the world of the hundreds of societies and clubs run by Sherlock Holmes fans (or as they call themselves, “Sherlockians”) to discuss Doyle’s classic mystery hero’s adventures. “The Sherlockian” focuses on the grandfather of all Holmes societies: the Baker Street Irregulars. Freelance literary researcher Harold White has just been inducted into the BSI and is contacted by Alex Cale, the world’s most prominent Sherlockian, about the whereabouts of a missing volume of

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Doyle’s journal. But before Cale can divulge the secrets of the journal, he’s found dead and the volume has been stolen. It’s up to Harold White to track it down. Moore pays homage to Doyle’s masterful mysteries by setting his own puzzling story within the real-life world of Sherlockian societies. “Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie” by Lauren Redniss is a “biography in collage” that blends sketches, anecdotes, photographs, newspaper clippings, quotes, gravestone rubbings and lectures to create a portrait of scientific power couple Marie and Pierre Curie. This innovative approach allows the author to create her own artistic interpretation of a nonfictional couple and connect the Curies’ historical findings to current issues. Redniss’ fusion of objective science and subjective art makes “Radioactive” an incredibly unique

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Live to shame. At any given minute, there is a Korean planning for his next nationally televised game and someone on the other side of the world casually enjoying a skirmish with a friend.

God of War III (PS3) To most of the series’ player base, testosterone-fueled teenage daydreams and Greek tragedy are one and the same. This is something critics of the series love to point out, as if the game wasn’t built upon this principle. In an effort to disgust your girlfriend and literature professors, Santa Monica Studio managed to ham-fist more Greek gods into more moments of gruesome death than previously thought possible in this epic finale. All this bastardization of Greek myth is for the sake of the most basic gaming truth: If you senselessly beat things, something awesome will happen.

and fascinating new release. “An Object of Beauty” by Steve Martin marks the third novel from the comedian and actor, which explores New York’s high-end art trade. Young art dealer Lacey Yeager is ambitious, acquisitive and amoral, ready to do anything to get ahead in her entry-level job at Sotheby’s auction house. The novel follows her Machiavellian rise through the art world ranks, including illicit deals and sexual encounters with artists and patrons. Informed by his own art-collecting hobby, Martin withdraws from his usual goofy antics to submit a thoughtful and cutting commentary on ambition and greed. In 2000, Martin proved that he could be a serious writer with his impressive debut “Shopgirl.” “An Object of Beauty” only confirms his talent.

In the past, the month of January has been a dumping ground for major studios trying to get rid of all their clunkers before they start ramping up for the rest of the year. For this reason, many January releases get a bad rap. In the past few years however, January has become something of a haven for genre films, with quality films such as 2009’s gloriously violent “Taken,” or last year’s post-apocalyptic “The Book of Eli.” This January, audiences are treated to Michel Gondry’s hilarious adaptation of “The Green Hornet.” Seth Rogen stars as Britt Reid, a hard-partying brat who inherits his father’s newspaper after the elder Reid dies suddenly. Britt bonds with Kato (Jay Chou), an employee of his father’s, over their mutual dislike for the man, and the two drunkenly decide to vandalize a recently erected statue of him. This quickly escalates into the duo fighting off a group of muggers, and they decide to infiltrate the criminal underworld in an attempt to fight crime. Continuing his move away from the loser roles that made him famous, Rogen brings his usual charm

THE GREEN HORNET Directed by Michel Gondry Runtime: 119 minutes Genre: Action-Comedy For those who like: Spider-Man, Kick-Ass Grade: B and likability to Britt Reid. However, Rogen also handles the film’s action scenes surprisingly well. By the end of the film, he’s believable as an action hero; perhaps the film’s most pleasant surprise. However, Chou easily steals the show. He gets the biggest laughs and the coolest fight scenes, but more important is the complete confidence Chou exudes in every moment of his performance. The friendship Kato builds with Britt gives the film its heart, and the easy chemistry and banter between the actors makes it feel like a real partnership. Following his Oscar-winning role in Quentin Tarantino’s “Inglourious Basterds,” Christoph Waltz creates another disarmingly charming villain with Chudnofsky, a crime lord wracked with insecurity about his ability to inspire fear in his peers. On the other hand, Cameron Diaz is mostly useless in the film, exist-

ing solely to provide obvious exposition and some eye candy for Rogen to ogle. Additionally, Edward James Olmos is wasted in his small role, relegated mostly to standing in the background and looking wise. The mostly impressive cast would be useless if the film wasn’t backed with a strong, funny script from Rogen and Evan Goldberg, along with Gondry’s uncharacteristically restrained direction. Gondry transforms the film into something special, more a loving riff on superhero films than an actual superhero film. He also stages the action scenes with an energetic flair, and the climactic action scene is both memorable and surprisingly violent for PG-13, with both heroes wracking up an impressive body count. While “The Green Hornet” will probably be largely forgotten by the time summer rolls around, it’s an undeniably entertaining start to 2011.

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Holiday bestsellers cover tales of mystery, sickness fiction biography of one of the most devastating diseases of our time: cancer. Oncologist and author Mukherjee traces cancer’s origins using an epic, sweeping voice. He focuses on the struggles and ingenuity of decades of physicians to distinguish what could easily have become dry subject matter. Specific patient histories also create a personal touch that allow for an emotional connection among the otherwise daunting facts and statistics. Finally, Mukherjee offers potential solutions for

By Katherine Ann Stroh Daily Texan Staff

The holidays were the perfect time for catching up on long-neglected leisure reading: School is out, food and drinks are plentiful and the frosty weather is practically begging us to curl up in front of a fire with a hot new bestseller or a well-worn favorite. Unfortunately, it’s impossible to keep up with the deluge of new releases, so here are the literary highlights from this holiday season. “The Emperor of All Maladies” by Siddhartha Mukherjee is a non-

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Above, Kassandra Gonzalez, a server at Snack Bar, takes a break from waiting tables on Monday afternoon. Snack Bar features a diner-style bar, a lounge area, a dining room and an outdoor patio on South Congress. Below, Handley Bonnet, a culinary arts student at Le Cordon Bleu college, eats a chili cheese dog at Frank on Monday afternoon.

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SIP&SAVOR By Madeleine Crum Whether you’re looking for an excuse to bend the rules of your dessert-free New Year’s resolution or simply a good reason to cash that $15 check your grandmother sent you for the holidays demanding that you “buy yourself something nice,” Sip & Savor Austin has you covered. A two-week culinary event benefiting The Wine & Food Foundation of Texas, Sip & Savor will feature a tasty sampling of everything from discounted prix fixe menus to free appetizers. Resembling Austin Restaurant Week, Sip & Savor is arguably more expansive, as events aren’t limited to marginal markdowns on highend cuisine, but will include happy hour deals and limited-time cocktails. The following are among the more notable discounts and opportunities to dig in to Austin’s restaurant scene.

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If $40 is a bit much for any meal — regardless of how many courses are offered — these restaurants may whet your appetite without drying your wallet. Urban An American Grill is serving a $15 three-course lunch menu featuring butternut risotto, tiger shrimp or a New York strip as the main dish options. Though a trip to The Domain can be quite a trek, experiencing its creative flavor pairings, such as tres leches cake with sun-dried tomato creme, might be well worth your time. If you’re not a fan of candlelit dinners or a bustling ambiance, The International Culinary School at The Art Institute of Austin is also offering a $15 prix fixe menu. Serving steak dressed with chili salsa, “street-style quesadillas” and a chipotle brownie with cinnamon ganache, this meal is not for the faint of palate. The reasonably priced Snack Bar, located on South Congress, is amping up its dining

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Tennis, Smith Westerns offer unique indie albums By Francisco Marin Daily Texan Staff

Band: Smith Westerns Album: Dye it Blonde There was no way to tell that both Smith Westerns and the first review of Tennis’ new album would coincide so well together. It’s a testament to the constantly changing aesthetic of indie-pop music — if freak folk was the foremost indie subgenre of the early 2000s, surf pop is the new game in town. But whereas Tennis makes soft saccharine pop appropriate for an indie prom mixtape, Chicago’s Smith Westerns are more on par with the ramshackle indie rock of bands such as Harlem and The Strange Boys (both bands hailing from Austin). This isn’t music for sweethearts anymore, as evidenced by the jaded lyrics in “All Die Young” off their new album Dye it Blonde: “I wanna grow old before I grow up/I wanna die with my chin up/I don’t know if you mean you are the one to love/I don’t know if you mean you are the one to love.” But what really sets Dye it Blonde apart from the rest of Smith Westerns’ small catalog of songs is how

the band has improved since the release of their self-titled debut, which dropped in June 2009. Their first album showed promise and potential, but for a band that emulated artists such as Marc Bolan and No Bunny, there wasn’t much new material to grab a hold of; there were catchy hooks and memorable melodies, but there was no cohesive identity behind the much-buzzed-about band. Dye it Blonde finds Smith Westerns finally coming into their own and feeling comfortable in their own skin with a confidence that bleeds through the album. On the surface of the new album, the music is alluring with its fuzzy guitar riffs, tempo changes and vocalist Cullen Omori’s reverberated vocals filling the negative space, but a closer look at the songs’ annoyingly simple lyrics reveals much more; on album-closer “Dye it Blonde,” Omori speaks-sings “Are you a dream or something in between?/Is this fantasy or am I just lucky?” Like the album that preceded it, Dye it Blonde shows that Smith Westerns have the makings of potential stars of the indie rock scene — much more so now than ever —

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The first nine days of the new year in Austin were filled with revelry and melody. Free Week once again allowed music fiends to check out up-and-comers and heavy hitters alike at venues all around central Austin. At The Parish on Jan. 4, Final Exam’s nouveau take on Television-informed jams was refreshingly earnest and impassioned. Final Exam, composed of members from Battle Bend and Marmalakes, is a recent addition to the Austin music scene (it only formed in September), but if the expertise with which they played The Parish is any testament to their ability, Final Exam may just be the next big thing. Visit finalexam.bandcamp. com for more information. Four days later, at the Mohawk, Mother Falcon played to a sizable audience, commencing with their show right as a cold rain began to pour on the outdoor stage. Rather than flee, the enthusiastic masses stayed to hear the orchestral pop group play a full set — and thankfully were rewarded with an as-of-yetunnamed new song. With only about five weeks left until Mother Falcon releases their full-length album Alhambra at the Central Presbyterian Church, the show was a welcome treat to tide fans over until then. Visit motherfalconmusic.bandcamp.com for more information.

South By Southwest No, you didn’t miss it, but the upcoming Feb. 11 deadline to get your badge at a discount before having to pay for a walk-up rate is fast approaching. Keep in mind that not many students can afford to shell out $400-$1,200 for SXSW badges, but fortunately, there are twice as many free shows, secret house shows, day parties and allnight ragers that the Texan will advise you on in our SXSW guide closer to the date. But for those of you who intend to do South By Southwest one way or another, there is another affordable option: volunteer. There’s a threepart process that allows volunteers to apply and create a work schedule that still leaves enough time to see new films and bands throughout the festival. Volunteer calls will be held at the Hilton Hotel downtown this Sunday and next Wednesday, so apply quickly. Visit volunteer.sxsw.com/apply for more information.

In retrospect So ends the first decade of the new millennium. We saw the rise of headline-worthy hometown heroes Spoon, The Sword, The Octopus Project, Ghostland Observatory and The American Analog Set to new heights. Austin City Limits set the bar higher and higher every year for better headliners with relevance to an emerging young crowd. South By Southwest became the gold standard for mass networking with music

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Christmas specials satirize holiday classics TV TUESDAY By Katherine Ann Stroh

In general, the holidays are never a great time for exciting new television. Like us, networks tend to shift into break mode, mainly airing time-tested holiday specials and marathons of reliable TV and movie favorites. However, a few shows managed to capture the attention of viewers and critics alike this holiday season. Here are some of the holiday TV highlights you might have missed.

Community The “Community” Christmas special both subverted and celebrated classic Rankin/Bass animated specials such as “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.” In keeping with Rankin/Bass tradition, almost the entirety of “Abed’s Uncontrollable Christmas” was rendered in old-fashioned claymation. “Community” is becoming known for these theme episodes and for good reason; creator Dan Harmon and his writers know how to work within the conceit of an action movie or a zombie flick and keep things from becoming gimmicky. It’s the snarky sincerity of the lovable misfits on “Community” that keeps the more ambitious episodes grounded. This year’s Christmas special was no different. While the concept sounds outrageous on paper — pop culture buff Abed comes to school one day to find that his friends are suddenly stop-motion animated and has to undergo hypnotic therapy to understand why — the show’s signature tonal mix of sarcastic, melancholic and sentimental make “Abed’s Uncontrollable Christmas” an episode that deserves to become an enduring Christmas classic.

sode couldn’t be more different from the “Community” special. While “Community” freely embraces the inherent sentimentality of the holiday season, “30 Rock” instinctively shies away from that kind of emotionalism, undercutting any touching moments with a biting punch line (as demonstrated by the episode’s title, “Christmas Attack Zone”). The result is that although the show might not have the emotional resonance or character depth of “Community,” there’s more room to pull off rapid-fire jokes. “30 Rock” essentially exists to make the audience laugh, not to tell a particularly compelling story. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing; the writers have a strong sense of the show’s identity and its strengths, and they use them to their full advantage. “Christmas Attack Zone” finds Liz Lemon visiting the Donaghy family for Christmas in the midst of considerable family dra30 Rock ma. Jack hasn’t told his oppresThe “30 Rock” holiday epi- sive mother Colleen (played to

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perfection by Elaine Stritch) that his fiancee, Avery, is pregnant. When the truth finally comes out and Colleen is predictably livid, Jack invites his formerly estranged father to Christmas dinner. Thus begins a manipulative game of one-upsmanship Jack calls the “Christmas attack zone,” and Jack and Colleen spend the episode trying to play each other, to hilarious effect. The episode isn’t nearly as touching as “Abed’s Uncontrollable Christmas,” but it’s hard to care when Liz is throwing out brilliant one-liners such as this: “As hard as you try, no one can escape the horror of Christmas, so you may as well be with your own family.”

Fringe T h e m i d s e a s on f i n a l e of “Fringe,” titled “Marionette,” injected December TV’s holiday cheer with an undercurrent of creeping horror. Not since the days of “The X-Files” has there been such a chilling episode of television. “Fringe” tends to ex-

cel when it’s spinning ambitious, overarching story lines, but “Marionette” is a perfect example of a tightly written, compelling stand-alone episode. The Fringe Division investigates a series of murders, all involving stolen organs, and deduce that a man called Roland Barrett is trying to piece together the donated organs of his deceased paramour, intending to reanimate the corpse. Meanwhile, our heroine Olivia deals with the fallout of coming home after months of inhabiting a parallel universe and discovering that Peter has slept with her doppelganger, an accidental-yet-wounding betrayal. The episode is rife with unsettling and uncanny images, including a man stumbling around a dark room with his eyes plucked out and Barrett conducting a grisly ballet with his dear departed girlfriend. However, it’s the quietly tense and emotional scenes between Peter and Olivia that propel the episode to greatness and make it one of the best of the winter months.