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Students rally support for Haiti

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Organization spearheads campus effort to collect funds, supplies By Collin Eaton Daily Texan Staff University students and Austinites have not forgotten Haiti after an earthquake devastated the country Jan. 12. Throughout Austin and on campus, student groups and other organizations are raising money and awareness for disaster relief efforts. FACE AIDS Austin, a UT stu-

dent organization that usually promotes educational efforts about AIDS in Africa, plans to raise at least $50,000 for Partners in Health, a seven-clinic organization in Haiti. A frequent FACE AIDS donor, whose name was not released by the group, agreed to match $50,000 of student-raised money to donate to Partners in

Health, said Naveen Pattisapu, a liberal arts senior and the external finance coordinator of FACE AIDS. “[Partners in Health] has revolutionized real health care access in Haiti,” Pattisapu said. The student-led contributions are supported by local donations. Pattisapu hopes to recruit oth-

UHS recommends H1N1 vaccine By Radhika Sakalkale Daily Texan Staff As the start of a new semester provides an incentive to stay healthy, University Health Services urges students, faculty and staff to get vaccinated against the H1N1 flu. Vaccinations will be offered Friday from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. or while supplies last in room G1.310 in the Student Services Building. The vaccinations will cost $5, and patients should bring their UT identification cards. H1N1 first appeared on campus last spring, said Sherry Bell, UHS senior program coordinator. The number of cases fell during the summer but peaked in the late summer and early fall. UHS officials confirmed just two cases of flu-like illnesses that were reported between Sunday and Saturday, compared to more than 100 cases reported between Aug. 23 and Aug. 29 during the height of the flu’s spread on campus. H1N1 constitutes the majority of flu-like illnesses throughout the nation, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Bell said some health officials believe that a third wave of the virus is possible between now and May. Both Bell and Kerry Williams, a spokeswoman for the

ment of State Health Services’ cumulative case summary of H1N1, there have been 2,052 hospitalizations, 474 intensive-care-unit cases and 203 deaths related to the virus as of early January. “What we’re concerned about is that people are becoming complacent now that the holidays are over and the weather is warming To date, the symptoms up,” Williams said. “The flu is uncaused by H1N1 and predictable, and we don’t know what may be around the corner.” the flu are in many People are still being hospitalways the same, but ized for H1N1, but it is not too H1N1 is affecting late to get vaccinated because there are plenty of doses to go more young adults.” around, Williams said. — Sherry Bell Bell recommended that students take preventative measures UHS to stop the spread of the flu. “Wash your hands,” Bell said. “Keep hands away from your Texas Department of State Health face. Cover your coughs and Services, said getting the vac- sneezes, and stay home if you are cine is the best way to reduce the sick.” chance of contracting H1N1. For more information about “To date, the symptoms caused whether or not to get vaccinated by H1N1 and the flu are in many and general information about ways the same, but H1N1 is affectthe vaccination, go to healthying more young adults,” Bell said. horns.utexas.edu/flushots09.html. According to the Texas Depart-

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er student groups, fraternities and sororities to join the competition by asking local businesses to help provide a prize to the group with the largest contribution. “We’re on the West Mall every day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.,” Pattisapu said. “We’re going to

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UT’s public affairs school names dean

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By Shabab Siddiqui Daily Texan Staff The LBJ School of Public Affairs has named Robert L. Hutchings, former chairman of the U.S. National Intelligence Council, as its new dean. Hutchings, currently a lecturer and diplomat-in-residence at Princeton University, will step in for James Steinberg, who left in 2009 to serve as the U.S. Deputy Secretary of State. Steinberg served as dean of the school from 2006 until January 2009. As deputy secretary of state, Steinberg is the chief assistant to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in policy issues and would step in for her if she were to resign. “We are fortunate to have Bob Hutchings as our new dean of the LBJ School of Public Affairs,” said University Provost Steven Leslie in a statement. “His personal role in shaping world affairs has established him as a prominent international leader of global policy.” Hutchings’ appointment begins March 22. Admiral Bobby Ray Inman, centennial chair in national policy at the school, will continue as interim director until that time. Hutchings will start in March due to obligations to Princeton and to accommodate

moving time, said Robert Wilson, associate dean and professor of urban policy. “Robert Hutchings brings powerful credentials with his vast experience in key leadership positions in government and higher education that will help our students in the LBJ School of Public Affairs be ready for that global future,” Powers said in a statement. Each candidate was checked for his or her record as a scholar, an administrator and an academic instructor and was evaluated based on his or her fundraising abilities and interpersonal skills, said Wilson, who headed the search committee. “We’re looking at a range of skills, and ideally, we want a candidate who has the whole range,” he said. “Ambassador Hutchings had the strengths in all the areas as well as experience in the public sector and excellence in public service.” Wilson said the committee received more than 200 nominations for the position, 65 of which were accepted for consideration. The committee then interviewed 17 candidates before making recommendations to Powers with its choice of candidate shortly before Thanksgiving. Wilson said Hutchings’ appointment comes as the school moves toward developing

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Esteemed former dean dies, leaves lasting legacy behind Jack Otis was leader of School of Social Work, focused on social policy By Priscilla Totiyapungprasert Daily Texan Staff Jack Otis, a former dean of the School of Social Work, who established the University’s undergraduate and doctoral program in social work, died Jan. 5 at the age of 86 in Nevada City, Calif. After serving as dean from 1968 to 1977, he was a professor at the University until his retirement in 1993. During his 25-year tenure, he integrated more focus on social policy in the master’s degree program. He published several of his writings, including his definition of child labor, in the Encyclopedia of Social Work. “He was a strong proponent of social justice issues,” said current

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Jack Otis, former dean of the School of Social Work, dies at the age of 86. He was a leader in integrating more focus on social policy into the master’s program.

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UN says current rescue aid in Haiti ‘sufficient’ Texas response team asked to stand by; country seeking improved traveling conditions

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‘Powerful credentials,’ government experience key to his appointment

Terri Ewton, left, and Annie Carr, right, carry supplies into Antone’s for a medical-supplies drive. This is an example of one of the many local initiatives aimed to help earthquake victims in Haiti.

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By Bobby Longoria Daily Texan Staff A Texas disaster response team was stopped Monday from deploying to Haiti after the United Nations declared that the number of search and rescue teams currently in place is sufficient. The task force, activated Wednesday by Gov. Rick Perry at FEMA’s request, was among eight teams on standby in the U.S. ready to aid earthquake victims in Haiti. “Haiti was one of the most impoverished countries even before this disaster occurred — they didn’t have a lot of resources to deal with something like this,” said Marty McKellips, spokes-

woman for the American Red Cross of Central Texas. “They are looking to us for assistance. As America, it’s important to do what we can,” The task force was on standby at Ellington Airport in Houston with emergency response personnel, including two Travis County Emergency Medical Services paramedics, collected from as far south as Corpus Christi. Members are sponsored by a city, county or business that can offer personnel up to four times a year. The last major deployment by the task force was during Hurricane Ike in 2008, to which the force’s urban search and rescue team responded. In 2009, the task force responded to flooding in parts of Texas from Oct. 28 to Oct. 30. Task force spokesman Brian Smith said the force, composed of 450 total members, is set to mobilize and deploy

at any time within four hours of activation. Approximately 50,000 pounds of equipment that can sustain the force for two weeks was set to ship to Haiti via military transport. Smith said this is the 76th time the force has been mobilized. According to a U.S. Agency for International Development’s fact sheet, 65,000 people are estimated dead in Haiti, while 200,000 have been displaced and approximately 3 million people have been otherwise affected by the Jan. 12 earthquake. As of Tuesday, U.S. urban search and rescue teams have rescued approximately 90 individuals throughout Port-au-Prince. Total humanitarian funding provided by the agency totaled $130,864,571 as of Tuesday afternoon.

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Donelson attended the concert and said she was impressed start talking to people who real- most by Aaron Ivey, who perly want to start to support [our formed at the event. Ivey and cause].” his wife adopted two children Music for the City, a chari- from Haiti. table organization in Austin, raised over $12,000 in proceeds Monday for survivors of the Haitian wreckage with a Hope for Haiti benefit concert. Music for the City planned the beneWe didn’t think it was fit in four days and advertised going to be possible the event through Facebook [to plan the event and Twitter updates. The concert filled to capacity within an so quickly]. All the hour. proceeds are going to “We didn’t think it was goReal Hope for Haiti..” ing to be possible [to plan the event so quickly],” said Kristin — Kristin Vasquez Vasquez, the group’s director of development. “All the proMusic for the City ceeds are going to Real Hope for director of development Haiti.” Real Hope for Haiti is an evangelical, nonprofit organization that works in Haiti to provide school sponsorships, a res“They showed a video clip [of cue center, a clinic and commu- children in Haiti], and that was nity projects, according to the definitely the most moving part group’s Web site. for me,” Donelson said. Human relations senior Ali Economics senior Devin

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expand the service as the cost of transportation rises, Whited said. “Transportation costs have risen dramatically, but our fares have not,” Whited said. Despite the fare increase, University students and staff will continue to ride for free under a contract between UT and the city that covers the cost of the rides. — Collin Eaton

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Voelter is selling fake mustaches to raise money and awareness for Haitian survivors. Voelter said he and his friends came up with the mustache idea as a different approach to reach out to students. By Tuesday night, a Facebook group dedicated to the cause had 574 members. “It gives people that might not necessarily get involved a fun thing to do to help Haiti,” Voelter said. “People might think, It’s kind of hip. I’m going to wear a fake mustache one day and help Haiti.” Voelter said he plans to donate the proceeds through his church, The Austin Stone. Student Government, the Volunteer and Service Learning Center and the Student Volunteer Board began a tabling campaign Tuesday morning in the West Mall and Gregory Gym Plaza. Today and Thursday, students are passing out information about how to donate to relief efforts. The organizations are hosting a Moment of Solidarity from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday on the West Mall.

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through which he selected experienced professionals to speak School of Social Work Dean Bar- about different topics, including bara White. “He was opinionat- drug legalization in 2007 and ed and not afraid of taking sides hate crimes in 2008. His daughon controversial issues.” ter will assume his position in Otis also established the Dean selecting lecturers for the series. Jack Otis Social Problem and Social work professor Diana Social Policy Lecture Series, Dinitto, who worked with Otis, described him as committed to making progress in social policy in the United States. During his time in the National Association of Social Workers, he created a “whistle-blower” award in the ear-

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ly 1990s that recognized individuals who took great risks to expose fraud and negative activity on the job. The award is no longer in existence. Before working at the University, Otis served as a consultant to the President’s Committee on Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Crime from 1961 to 1965 under U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy. The School of Social Work will hold a memorial service at 4 p.m. Saturday in the UTOPIA Theater.

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leaves post for University From page 1 programs that allow students to apply their public policy skills at a global level through a new master’s program. “Hutchings has some experiences that will be extremely helpful in terms of impact on public policy, especially in international arenas,” Wilson said. “His references also commended his successes at running academic programs at Princeton.” Hutchings joined Princeton as a faculty member at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs in 1993. He was appointed assistant dean in 1997 and served for five years before taking a public-service leave to chair the National Intelligence

Council, which works to provide intelligence information and analysis to policymakers through publishing intelligence estimates. As a faculty member at Princeton, Hutchings covered the areas of international relations, European policy, U.S. Foreign Policy, international security and globalization. Before joining Princeton, Hutchings was the director of international studies at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, a nonpartisan research institute in Washington, D.C. He also served as a special adviser to the U.S. Secretary of State with the rank of ambassador, and he was a participant in the creation of strategies that led to the end of the Cold War.

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in Haiti are primary concern From page 1 So far, 43 international urban search and rescue teams composed of 1,739 rescue workers and 161 dogs are working in Haiti. The U.S. government deployed six teams totaling 506 members from Fairfax County, Los Angeles County, Miami, Miami-Dade County, Virginia Beach and several New York fire departments. The U.S. also administered relief in the form of amnesty Tuesday by allowing illegal Haitian immigrants who live in the United States to work and send money home over the next 18 months. The decision, which takes affect Thursday, could ultimately impact hundreds of thousands of Haitian immigrants currently residing in the U.S. However the immediate need in the country involves security and poor traveling conditions. According to the fact sheet, humanitarian organizations are encountering difficulties transporting supplies and reaching distribution sites as a result of poor road conditions. The U.N. Security Council on Tuesday approved a resolution proposed by Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon to increase the number of U.N. soldiers and po-

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lice personnel responding to the disaster. The U.N. will send an additional 2,000 soldiers and 1,500 police officers to Haiti. “We must do all we can to get these extra forces on the ground as soon as possible so that they can help maintain order and deliver humanitarian assistance,” Ban told reporters in New York on Tuesday. Ban said he spoke with President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday regarding Port-auPrince’s airport capacity and the reopening of harbor facilities in the city. Ban said water supplies and temporary shelters are increasing and that badly damaged hospitals are beginning to function again with the aid of international medical teams. On Monday, food rations were distributed to 200,000 people, and the U.N. expects that number to reach approximately 1 million within a week. More than 200 distribution centers will be functioning shortly, Ban said. “For those who have lost everything, of course, help cannot come soon enough,” Ban said. “The good news is that we are making rapid progress, despite the extremely difficult logistical challenges.”

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Unknown visitor to Poe’s grave fails to show in 2010 By Ben Nuckols & Joseph White The Associated Press BALTIMORE — It is what Edgar Allan Poe might have called “a mystery all insoluble”: Every year for the past six decades, a shadowy visitor would leave roses and a half-empty bottle of cognac on Poe’s grave on the anniversary of the writer’s birth. This year, no one showed. “I’m confused, befuddled,” said Jeff Jerome, curator of the Poe House and Museum. “I don’t know what’s going on.” The visitor’s absence this year only deepened the mystery surrounding his identity. One name mentioned as a possibility was that of a Baltimore poet and known prankster who died in his ‘60s last week. But there is little or no evidence to suggest he was the man. Poe was the American literary master of the macabre, known for poems such as “The Raven” and

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An Afghan checks out a shopping mall destroyed in Monday’s fighting in Central Kabul, Afghanistan on Tuesday, a day after Taliban militants wearing explosive vests launched a brazen daylight assault on the center of Kabul, with suicide bombings and gunbattles near the presidential palace and other government buildings that paralyzed the city for hours.

Afghan forces tighten security

By Amir Shah The Associated Press KABUL — Two U.S. service members were killed by a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday, a day after a brazen Taliban attack on the capital showed militants are stepping up their fight against the U.S. and its allies. The southern Taliban heartland has seen intense fighting and is expected to be the destination for most of the 30,000 U.S. reinforcements being sent by President Barack Obama. A NATO statement gave no other details about the latest U.S. deaths.

Also Tuesday, Afghan forces increased the number of checkpoints and patrols in the capital amid public anger over security lapses that enabled a small group of militants to mount a series of suicide explosions and gunbattles the day before. President Hamid Karzai ordered a review of security measures in the capital but said Afghan troops should be praised for their performance in preventing an even bigger disaster as the non-militant death toll stood at five — three security forces and two civilians, including a child.

Troops searched vehicles entering the capital as well as on the main streets in the city center, verifying documents and pulling suspicious cars aside with an increased number of checkpoints, foot patrols and vehicle patrols. Analysts said the attack didn’t reflect a stronger Taliban but did expose deficiencies in the security apparatus. “The Taliban have only one possibility and that is to blow themselves up. But unfortunately the Taliban can infiltrate Kabul or other major cities for terrorist attacks because of the

weak state of the police,” said Taj Mohammad Wardak, a former interior minister. He said police need more training and higher salaries, adding that Monday’s casualty toll could have been worse if the Afghan army hadn’t stepped in to help. On Monday, seven attackers either blew themselves up with suicide vests or died in fierce gunbattles. The civilian casualty toll, meanwhile, was relatively low. Most of the 71 people wounded suffered light injuries, according to hospital officials.

grisly short stories such as “The Tell-Tale Heart” and “The Pit and the Pendulum.” He is also credited with writing the first modern detective story, “The Murders in the Rue Morgue.” He died in 1849 in Baltimore at age 40 after collapsing in a tavern. The annual tribute began in 1949 — unless it started earlier, or later. The first printed reference to the tribute can be found that year in The Evening Sun of Baltimore. The newspaper mentioned “an anonymous citizen who creeps in annually to place an empty bottle (of excellent label)” against the gravestone. Jerome said that perhaps the visitor considered last year’s elaborate 200th anniversary celebration of Poe’s birth an appropriate stopping point. “People will be asking me, ‘Why do you think he stopped?’” Jerome said. “Or did he stop? We don’t know if he stopped. He just didn’t come this year.”

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Cynthia Pelayo of Chicago leaves roses and cognac at the burial site of Edgar Allen Poe on Tuesday in Baltimore.

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Editor in Chief: Jillian Sheridan Phone: (512) 232-2212 E-mail: editor@dailytexanonline.com Associate Editors: Jeremy Burchard David Muto Roberto Cervantes Dan Treadway Lauren Winchester

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Poll gives Medina a voice

Debra Medina’s bid for governor has been an unusual one, and we suspect her supporters would proudly agree. Never mind her political views; the once excluded and little-known libertarian Republican is showing herself to be a competitor more than worthy of facing Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison and Gov. Rick Perry in the March GOP gubernatorial primary. So it came as no surprise when we learned that Medina had been excluded from the second Republican gubernatorial debate, to be held Jan. 29 in Dallas. Medina, who had consistently been polling in the single digits among likely Republican voters, did not meet the criteria articulated by the debate sponsors, The Dallas Morning News and Belo Corp. Those media titans own a slew of television and radio stations in the state’s most populated — and prized — media markets. But a new poll released Sunday has turned all of that on its head. Medina’s supporters have for the first time elevated her out of the single digits, according to polling firm Rasmussen Reports. With 12 percent of likely Republican primary voters now saying they would vote for Medina, The Dallas Morning News and Belo decided on Monday to allow Medina a seat in the second debate. The criteria state that candidates must hold a 15-percent standing in independent public opinion polls, have garnered substantial campaign contributions from varied sources, have previously held significant public office, gained a substantial number of votes in prior elections for public office, will be included in election-night returns reported by news agencies and have received significant news coverage from a wide range of media outlets. This type of wrangling is nothing new for the Medina campaign, which also had to lobby aggressively to be included in the Jan. 14 debate. Her supporters have taken to online petitions, flooded Belo TV stations and The Dallas Morning News with calls and protested outside TV and newspaper offices in downtown Dallas. We think it is more than fair to say that Medina’s exposure in the first debate laid the groundwork for her improvement in the Rasmussen poll, which in turn secured her a spot in the second debate, not to mention more exposure to Texas voters. It is much too early to say if Medina’s debate performance later this month will have the same effect on poll numbers. But the relationship between news coverage and changing poll numbers — whether positive or not — is hard to ignore, especially in Medina’s case. One poll is not going to determine the outcome of this race, but it may alter many voters’ perceptions of Medina. She has become increasingly popular among the state’s GOP base, and responsible news judgment would dictate that she be included in the second debate. While some Texans, according to the poll, have given her another breath of life in this race, it is now her responsibility not to let them down. — Roberto Cervantes for the editorial board

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We must manage resources to maximize rights By Emily Grubert Daily Texan Columnist A new decade brings new goals and opportunities for benchmarking. This particular new decade also brings a reminder that the 2015 deadline for meeting the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals is fast approaching. The eight Millennium Development Goals largely focus on improving people’s lives by extending opportunities we may characterize as rights: the right to life, the right to health, the right to a future. Incidentally, the right to a future here includes an environmentally sustainable global society and a level of affluence. The two must go together. Without environmental sustainability, society is at an unstable equilibrium and must either change or disappear with time. Without a certain level of affluence for everyone, it is extraordinarily difficult to convince people that conservation and attentive environmental management are indispensable. As a student of energy and climate, I spend a lot of time talking about exhaustible resources and resources we do not have in sufficient quantity. Supplying the world with traditional energy sources involves a lot of searching, researching, innovating and investing. Without a constant effort to find and extract hydrocarbons — oil, coal, natural gas — we would run out of resources quickly. So part of what makes energy available is that it is economically available — there’s a motive to spend time and effort looking for it, getting it and selling it, because someone will

‘Avatar’: A misdirected analogy By Calvin Sloan Daily Texan Columnist As of Monday, the Hollywood epic “Avatar” has grossed $1.12 billion internationally and $505 million domestically, and is expected to easily surpass the 1997-98 record sales of “Titanic” that for so long appeared to be untouchable. Unquestionably, I was just one of many UT students who saw the movie during winter break and pondered its meaning. When any form of entertainment attains this level of success, its cultural impact is bound to be significant. Before I express my opinion of the film, I should state for the record that I have a pacifist ideology and an insatiable interest for all things geopolitical and ecologically conscious. The plot of “Avatar,” with its shameless environmental and political agenda, could not have been viewed by a more sympathetic observer. When the film alluded to hypothetical military interventions in Nigeria and Venezuela, I could not help but smirk. The resource wars that the U.S. has embarked upon this century are critiqued quite openly, and audiences across the country and the world would have to face and contemplate the criticism. Yet hours later, once I recovered from the cinematic awe of it all — if you have

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not seen the film, it is worth viewing for the visual effects alone — I could not help but feel a bit irked by aspects of the movie. No, it was not the Hollywood cliches that bothered me. Instead, quite surprisingly, it was the demonization of private military contractors. Never in my wildest dreams would I have imagined that I would be defending the likes of Dyncorp and Xe Services. These war-profiteering companies exert unmerited power over American politics and exemplify the excesses and afflictions that result from our military-industrial complex. However, these companies have a human element — as does war — that “Avatar” fails to recognize. The privatization of war promotes nepotism and open-ended conflict. War, which yields plentiful profits, has shifted from being perceived as a means to an end into being an end in itself. Although this shift warrants criticism, the individuals on the ground who serve private companies should not, without proper cause, be the target of such condemnation. It is true that contractors from companies like Xe Services have committed atrocities abroad and have been granted legal immunity from the proper prosecution they deserve, and that is wrong. However, to extrapolate from such inci-

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dents that all of the employees of such companies are inherently evil is unjust. We do not blame our soldiers for executing immoral foreign policy, and the same rationale should apply to the private sector. For many, applying to private military companies is an economic decision: They pay better. Unfortunately, “Avatar” forfeits much of its meaning by blaming individuals. By the end of the film, one cannot help but cheer for the destruction of the invading army in the climactic final battle scene. If the film is a symbolic critique of U.S. foreign policy, could one not equate such cheering into a celebration of the deaths of American contractors in Iraq? Perhaps I’m overthinking it all. In the end, “Avatar” is a riveting movie. Given the setting — another galaxy in the year 2154 — I’m probably being foolish in taking the political undertones so seriously. People are flocking to 3-D screens to see a visually remarkable film. They aren’t going to engage in roundtable discussions about political theory. So maybe I — and conservative film critics like John Nolte and John Podhoretz, whom I shockingly find myself agreeing with — should relax and realize that entertainment is just entertainment. Sloan is a government senior.

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pay you an acceptable price at the end. Not all resources are economically available. The other piece of the exhaustible resource story is whether the resource is physically available. This tends to be less constraining than the economic limitations, but it is interesting to think about what does exist that might eventually be accessible. The reason I bring this model of economic and physical resource availability (known in graphical form as the McKelvey Diagram) into a discussion of the Millennium Development Goals is simple: In a lot of ways, human rights can be thought of as a scarce resource. And as with the energy resources, it’s the economic limitation that poses a greater challenge than the limits to existence. There are some interesting issues that arise related to the existence of rights — the physical availability of rights — as the world changes and as we add more people. What is a right? Are the things we thought of as rights when there were 3 billion people still rights when there are 10 billion people? Many people might consider it their right to live where they want. In the past, it was pretty easy to spread out if you had to. If your neighbor’s household was polluting a stream, there were other streams to use. But with more people, the same level of use by an individual may be contributing to illness or other societally undesirable impacts for hundreds who are unable to deal with the problem in an acceptable way. The definition of a right also comes up when we consider what the future holds. In 1600, no one would have thought to provide for universal access to electricity or the Internet while drafting a list of rights.

The right to bear arms meant something much different when arms could only fire one shot 20 yards every minute. The actual existence and extent of human rights, then, is not a trivial concern. But it is the economic limitations that pose more tangible questions. I was at the climate conference in Copenhagen in December, and these economic limitations stood stark and cruel before groups making compelling cases for rights protection. Rights to existence, rights to access and rights to a voice often conflicted with equally valid claims of rights to property, rights to heritage and rights to fair wages. Some claims directly conflict with each other, but even those that do not must compete for economic viability. The sad truth of the matter is that more so-called rights can be honored (or even considered) when there is more economic flexibility. Universal health care may be considered a right by some; universal access to food and water by others. Both require resources. As with energy resources, our access to rights varies with our ability to pay for them. Whether that ability to pay comes from making rights provision cheaper in some way or by redirecting resources from something we choose to give lower priority, it must come from somewhere. With five years left to achieve Millennium Development Goals and with a new decade upon us, the task is clear: finding and defining rights, then innovating and allocating so as to maximize the rights we can honor. Grubert is an energy and earth resources graduate student.

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Frank, an Austin resident and shoe shiner, stands in front of the mural on his apartment building Tuesday afternoon. The mural, inspired by Frank, was done by his former neighbor Tonya Engel in 2005 and has statewide received recognition.

NEWS BRIEFLY Gov. Perry rebukes president’s plans for state school districts SAN ANTONIO — Gov. Rick Perry lashed out Tuesday at a plan by President Barack Obama that would effectively let local Texas school districts circumvent the state’s decision to not compete for millions in education reform dollars. Obama singled out Texas on Tuesday while outlining a proposed $1.35 billion expansion of the “Race to the Top” education grant program, which Perry has denounced as a federal takeover of public schools. The program is currently only available to states, but Obama’s proposal would let local school districts compete directly for funding down the road. “If you need any evidence that the federal government is bound and determined to intrude even farther into state affairs, look no farther than today’s news,” he said. Perry went on to call the proposal “further interfering in state and local affairs” and said it shows the Obama administration’s “clear disdain for our rights.” Texas has been among the most visible opponents of “Race to the Top” since Perry made his decision last week to not compete for up to $700 million in grants. Texas Democrats have criticized the move, and some school districts have expressed regret over Perry passing up the money. — Associated Press

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City officials request more volunteers for complete count of homeless population Councilwoman brings concern to ‘critical issue,’ says tally will help needy

provide for those in need. “Homelessness is one of the most critical issues facing our community,” Morrison said. “Doing the count helps us understand By Nehal Patel the size and needs of the homeless Daily Texan Staff population based on the informaOn any given day, there are tion collected by volunteers.” thousands of homeless people livThe annual Homeless Count is ing on the streets of Austin, but conducted by the Ending Comcity officials are requesting a more munity Homelessness Coalition accurate head count. and will take place Jan. 28 from 4 On Tuesday city councilwom- to 10 p.m. an Laura Morrison called upon There are two parts to the count, community members and the me- both of which must be completed dia to help count the number of in a single day, said coalition vice homeless people in Travis County chairman Rick Rivera. in order for city officials to better The first part is the sheltered

count, in which the homeless who are already receiving aid are counted and surveyed. The second is the unsheltered count, which is completely based on volunteers who count and survey homeless people in parks, campsites, under bridges, on the streets and other spaces not meant for human habitation. “There are approximately 4,000 homeless people on any given day in Travis County, including those who may temporarily be living with friends or in motels,” Rivera said. “We want to show the community and council members the scope of this problem, and we

need to conduct a census to do that.” All cities and counties receiving funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development are required to survey their unsheltered populations every two years, according to Homeless Count’s Web site. In 2007, the first year of a largescale count in Travis County, volunteers counted 2,018 unsheltered individuals. In 2009, the unsheltered count was 1,326. The number of sheltered individuals is usually around 1,300, Rivera said. Approximately 120 volunteers have already registered to help

conduct the survey, and an additional 180 are needed, said volunteer coordinator Elliot Brown. All volunteers will receive training before the count begins and will work in teams, which will be assigned to survey different areas of the county in order to avoid any overlap. A person will be considered homeless based on a set of guidelines determined by the coalition. Volunteers with the count are asked to classify homeless people as those who are “walking or standing with no purpose,” panhandling, walking with blankets and big bags, pushing a shop-

ping cart with personal belongings in it or those who are “drunk or has passed out on a sidewalk,” according an online training manual on Homeless Count’s Web site. Volunteers are also asked to make sure they do not automatically count those waiting for buses, those engaged in illegal activities or those leaving bars. “The first rule for volunteers is safety,” Brown said. “Volunteers don’t have to approach or talk to anyone if they feel unsafe.” Volunteers must be at least 18 years old, or 16 years old if they are accompanied by a parent or guardian.

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Hector Rosa breakdances in front of the UT Tower for his friend, who is shooting a documentary Tuesday afternoon. A Facebook group encouraged people to wear burnt orange on the first day of school to show support for the UT sports.

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Facebook event unites campus Priscilla Totiyapungprasert Daily Texan Staff Feeling the need to raise school spirit and showcase Longhorn pride following the football team’s national championship loss, Matt Portillo decided to create a Facebook event asking fellow UT students to wear burnt orange on the first day of classes. Portillo, a music and rhetoric junior, invited about 30 of his closest friends when he first created the event a few days after the football game. By Tuesday, Facebook listed the number of attendants at almost 11,000 — more than a fifth of the entire student body. “While I would love to take credit for [the event’s] seemingly exponential growth the first few days or so, it really belongs to all the students who latched onto the idea,” Portillo said. Michael Wham, a Plan II and computational science freshman, heard about the school-spirit campaign from his roommate. “Everyone else was doing it, and it seemed like a fun thing

to do,” Wham said. “It’s a nice change from wearing black all the time, too.” However, some students who planned on representing their school colors forgot about the

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thought about how embarrassing it would be for Alabama if we won, but it didn’t happen,” Shie said, commenting on the national championship game. “After hearing Alabama’s post-game talk, I thought

Whether you’re a sports person or not, we’re all proud of something. The growth of the event is indicative of the pride we have in our school.”

— Matt Portillo, music and rhetoric junior

event. Standing beside his friend, who remembered to sport a burnt orange shirt, biology and Plan II sophomore Jonathan Shie dolefully said that his only burnt orange shirt was still in the laundry. Despite that, Shie said he was still proud of the way the Longhorn athletes played. “When we were three down, I

we showed more grace in losing than Alabama did in winning.” Portillo got the idea for the event after seeing a similar, less far-reaching, event after the football team’s loss to Texas Tech University last year. He also wanted students to express pride in the school’s other athletic teams, men’s baseball and

women’s volleyball in particular, that saw second-place finishes on the national stage. “Whether you’re a sports person or not, we’re all proud of something,” Portillo said. “The growth of the event is indicative of the pride we have in our school.” The rapid spread also spoke volumes for the effectiveness of social media and its appeal to college students, Portillo said. Online mediums like Facebook not only serve as a way to keep in touch with friends, but also as a way to organize events for a large population. Portillo admitted it would have been more difficult for news to spread so quickly without the Internet, but the inclusion of wordof-mouth still worked best. It is easy to forget about a Facebook event without someone to remind you verbally, he said. Although Portillo described the event as “fleeting and insignificant in the long run,” he said he hopes it sets an example for how much potential students have through strength in numbers. “If one person can eventually lead to 5,000 people wearing burnt orange, think about the kind of changes we could make from 10 passionate people about bigger things, like lower tuition or a greener campus,” Portillo said.

By Lisa Leff The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders opposed gay marriage until he learned his daughter was a lesbian in a committed relationship. He testified Tuesday during a trial on California’s same-sex marriage ban that the change was a defining moment in his personal life and in his career. The mayor of California’s second-largest city took the witness stand on behalf of two same-sex couples suing to overturn Proposition 8, the state’s voter-approved ban. Sanders, a Republican, said he lost support within his party and had to work hard to be re-elected after he opposed the 2008 ballot measure. GOP leaders in San Diego were considering withdrawing their endorsement, he said. “The kickoff for the campaign, a lot of people weren’t there,” Sanders testified. The trial, in its sixth day, is the first in a federal court to examine whether denying gays and lesbians the right to wed violates their constitutional rights. Throughout the trial, backers of the ban have tried to show the ballot measure was not motivated by deep-seated bias toward gays. Such “animus” would make it more difficult for the measure to pass constitutional muster. Brian Raum, a lawyer for Proposition 8 sponsors, cross-examined the mayor about his onetime opposition to gay marriage. “You don’t believe that you communicated hatred to the gay and lesbian community, did you?” Raum asked. “I feel like my thoughts were grounded in prejudice, but I don’t feel like I communicated hatred,” Sanders said. Raum also played a commercial produced by the Proposition 8 campaign claiming supporters were subjected to vandalism, slurs and physical violence during the 2008 election. “You would agree that it’s wrong for people to suffer violence as a result of their political views, would you not?” Raum asked.

“I would,” Sanders agreed, adding he could not verify that supporters of the ban in San Diego experienced widespread harassment or if the ad was a campaign tactic. Raum also pressed Sanders to acknowledge that people could oppose same-sex marriage because they think it’s in the best interests of children to be raised by their biological parents. Sanders replied that such an ideal vision of heterosexual marriage is misinformed. “I was a cop for 26 years, and I know there were a lot of children who did not benefit from child abuse and they were being raise by their biological parents,” he said. In other testimony, University of Massachusetts at Amherst economist Lee Badgett, who also directs research for a gay-related think tank at the University of California, Los Angeles, said research showed gay couples preferred marriage to taking advantage of domestic partnership. “Marriage is an institution that is recognized by many other people outside the couple, so it has that social validation,” Badgett said. “Do you believe these California same-sex couples chose domestic partnership over marriage because they felt these California domestic partnerships were second-rate?” Cooper asked Badgett. “I don’t know that these samesex couples who got married also registered as domestic partners to hedge their bets against the election,” Badgett replied. Cooper spent several hours with Badgett trying to demonstrate that traditional male-female marriages suffered after same-sex marriages became legal in the Netherlands in 2001. He introduced a number of charts showing divorce and single parenthood rates increased while marriage rates fell in the that country. Badgett rejected the comparison, noting those trends were firmly established long before gay couples won the right to wed in the Netherlands and were unrelated to same-sex marriage.

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A Colt McCoy update... The ring McCoy proposed to longtime girlfriend Rachel Glandorf shortly after the championship game on the turf at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium, the field he owned for four years as a Longhorn.

Good to go After an inspection from the most trusted doctor in the sports industry, James Andrews — who happens to practice in Alabama — McCoy has been given the green light to work out and get his arm back in playing shape.

The future Now, McCoy turns his focus to the future. The NFL looms, and he will spend the coming months preparing for the draft, where he is expected to be picked in the top three rounds, and removing any doubts over the fragility of his throwing shoulder.

NCAA Men’s Top 25 No. 16 Clemson 64 No. 18 Georgia Tech 66

By Michael Sherfield Daily Texan Staff A new part of Colt McCoy’s life is starting up pretty much right where the old one left off. The former Texas quarterback — he officially graduated in December with a degree in sports management — is back in California, right around the corner from the team hotel for the national championship game. But he isn’t living in the past. While the location is the same, there have been plenty of changes for college football’s all-time-wins leader since that night in the Rose Bowl. For starters, he can feel his right arm again, a steady and frustrating ascent from numbness to near-normalcy. After an inspection from James Andrews, the most trusted doctor in the sports industry — who happens to practice in Alabama — McCoy has been given the green light to work out and get his arm back in playing shape. “I’ve seen Dr. Andrews, the best doctor out there, and he basically told me I would be perfectly fine with two weeks of rehab. I’ll be back to 100 percent, and I’m not vulnerable to that hit any more than anyone else is that plays the game,” McCoy said. “It was just one of those things that happened at the right time in the game, and it was tough for that to happen to me at that point.” So with his future in football safe, McCoy hired an agent, David Dunn of Athletes First, and went back to California to work out. Dunn has represented NFL quarterbacks Matt Hasselbeck, Kerry Collins and Drew Bledsoe. And there was also the little matter of a ring. While McCoy didn’t get the one he wanted on Jan. 7, he had a hand in creating the perfect one for his new fiancee. McCoy proposed to longtime girlfriend Rachel Glandorf shortly after the championship game on the turf at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium, the field he owned for four years as a Longhorn. “As I was going off to train, going off to rehab, going off to get ready for the next phase of my life, I knew that I wanted her to be a part of it. It was pretty neat,” he said. “She kind of walked right into my whole plan of going out on the field. I didn’t even have to

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Northwestern 56 No. 25 Ohio State 76 No. 8 Tennessee 63 Alabama 56 No. 15 Purdue 84 Illinois 78 No. 22 Northern Iowa 51 Wichita State 60

NBA Toronto 100 Cleveland 108 Indiana 83 Miami 113

SPORTS BRIEFLY Damion James racks up three awards in the past two weeks On Jan. 4, Damion James was named among the top 30 midseason candidates for this year’s John R. Wooden Award, which is the most prestigious award in college basketball. He recently became the Big 12’s all-time leading rebounder with 1,166, and is tied for the conference’s most double-doubles with 47. The senior forward has averaged 17.8 points per game and 11.2 rebounds per game. Last week, James was honored as the Phillips 66 Big 12 Conference Player of the Week. He previously received the honor Nov. 30 and once during his sophomore season. James averaged 25.5 points, 13.0 rebounds and 2.5 blocks per game last week as he led the Longhorns to victories over Iowa State and Texas A&M. Because of his recent efforts, James was named the Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week. Each recipient of this weekly honor is placed on a list that will be released midseason of potential Oscar Robertson Trophy winners. — Laken Litman

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No. 12 OKLAHOMA STATE at No. 20 TEXAS

By Dan Hurwitz Daily Texan Staff Oklahoma State brings its 11-game winning streak to Austin on Wednesday, trying to remain at the top of the Big 12 standings. The Cowgirls (15-2, 3-0 Big 12) feature a team with 10 newcomers, but that has not stopped them from climbing up to No. 12 in the Associated Press Poll. Senior Andrea Riley, who is already the all-time leading scorer in Cowgirl history, is 16 points shy of becoming Oklahoma State’s scoring leader among both men and women. “She’s just a phenomenal athlete,” said UT head coach Gail Goestenkors of Riley, who averages 25.6 points per game, which is second best in the nation. Goestenkors sees the Oklahoma State superstar not just as a basketball player, but also as a potential football star. “She can be going 60 mph and change direction and stop and pop quicker and better than any female athlete I’ve ever

to seeing superstars this season, and Riley will not be the last. Texas faced a UConn team in November that is full of future WNBA players. Most notable is Maya Moore, last year ’s player of the year, who is expected to repeat. Goestenkors, however, is not satisfied with the way her team has played against some of the best players in the nation. Texas A&M’s Tanisha Smith scored 28 points against the Longhorns earlier this season. Texas allowed four Nebraska players at least 15 points earlier this month and 29 points apiece Curt Youngblood | Daily Texan Staff to Texas Tech’s Ashlee Roberson Yvonne Anderson (left) and Earnesia Williams (right) provide a solid and Jordan Murphree. defense against North Texas earlier this season. The Longhorns will “Every team in this league have to give a similar performance as they face No. 12 OSU. has a superstar on their team,” Goestenkors said. “A seen. It’s really amazing,” Goes“She’s so deadly whether it’s lot of the best players that are tenkors said. “If she was a guy, with her deep, deep range and going to be drafted early [in she would be up for the Heis- she also can take it to the bas- the WNBA Draft] are people man because she has that kind ket,” said Goestenkors, who from the Big 12.” The Longhorns are aware that of impact on the game.” said she believes Riley has the The strategy against Riley best mid-range jump shot that players such as Riley are going to is simple: Keep the ball out of she has ever seen. her hands. But the Longhorns are used DEFENSE continues on page 8

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Texas’ loss provides numerous teaching points Blake Hurtik Daily Texan Columnist

As soon-to-be-not-No. 1 Texas recovers from a humbling road loss to Kansas State, one thing is clear: It’s time to pump the brakes. The Longhorns’ loss to the ninthranked Wildcats 71-62 on Monday doesn’t merit a demand for head coach Rick Barnes’ head or replacing Dexter Pittman with Matt Hill. Drastic measures aren’t in order when you’re at the top. And, if your head is still suffering from a

college-football hangover, remember: This is college basketball. You can lose once — even a dozen times — and still take home a national title because basketball uses this wild system called a tournament to determine its champion. So check all those knee-jerk reactions at the door. Tweaking and, most importantly, learning, are needed for the Longhorns to maintain their stance as one of the top teams in the country. And Barnes will have plenty of teaching points to go over this week before the Longhorns travel to Storrs, Conn., to take on a suddenly Jim Calhoun-less Connecticut. No. 1 on Barnes’ dry-erase board

should be free throws. This team, for all its apparent boundless talent, cannot consistently make the simplest shot in the sport. The Longhorns shot just 40 percent from the line against K-State, making nine of 22 free throws. But what hurt them most were misses down the stretch. Texas made five of 14 in the second half, including a pair of misses from Justin Mason that could have pulled the Longhorns within six with 28 seconds left. While those numbers are terrible, they aren’t unprecedented. The Longhorns’ free-throw percentage usually hovers around 60 percent, and they are ranked 313 of 334 teams in the NCAA. That’s a num-

ber that a No. 1 team simply can’t keep up. Barnes’ second pressing matter has to be finding who will step up and take over the game when Texas needs it the most. It appeared that Damion James and Dexter Pittman would form a two-headed post monster capable of taking over a game at will, but that hasn’t been the case over the past few games. Pittman has been MIA since Jan. 5, the last time he scored in double digits. Since then, he’s been mired in foul trouble and inconsistency. He’s also scored only 20 points over the last four games.

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By Stephen Hawkins The Associated Press ARLINGTON, Texas — Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is giving every indication that he is picking up coach Wade Phillips’ contract option for the 2010 season, even without saying so. “We don’t have any funny business here, guys. There’s nothing funny going on here, at all,” said Jones on Tuesday. “We just want to do this when we both can do it and both get it stated the way we want to state it.” Standing on the field where next season’s Super Bowl will take place, after a spectacular news conference announcing a March 13 boxing match between Manny Pacquiao and Joshua Clottey at Cowboys Stadium, Jones said that he had a “good visit” with Phillips on Monday. As for Phillips’ coming back for his fourth season, Jones said he would answer all the questions at a season-wrapup news conference later in the week with “both him and me there.” The Cowboys have not

yet scheduled that news conference. Jones has indicated in the last few weeks that everything pointed to Phillips returning. Asked if that was still the case, Jones responded “yes” without elaborating. The Cowboys clinched their second NFC East title in three seasons under Phillips and won a playoff game for the first time since the 1996 season. They beat Philadelphia 34-14 at home in the wildcard playoffs a week after a 24-0 victory over the Eagles in the regular season finale to win the division. Dallas’ season ended with a 34-3 loss at Minnesota last weekend. Dallas is 34-17 under Phillips, playoffs included. Only three NFL teams have won more games in that span. It also gives him the highest winning percentage of all coaches in team history. This past season, Phillips also became the team’s defensive coordinator, and the unit was among the league’s best. The playoff victory was his first as a head coach. Senior center Dexter Pittman slams a dunk earlier this season. However, Pittman has not put up doubledigit points in five games and has been in a lot of foul trouble.

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So much for “beast mode.” James did put the team on his back to grab an overtime victory against Texas A&M on Saturday with seven of his 26 points coming in overtime, but he had only nine points of 3-of-12 shooting against K-State. When Texas did have opportunities to close the gap late, it was freshman J’Covan Brown and nonshooters Dogus Balbay and Justin Mason with the ball. No matter how bad of a game he’s had, that’s James’ time to step up as a leader. The third thing Barnes needs to stress to his team is that they are still heavily dependent on freshmen. While they have plenty of veteran leadership, what has separated this team from last season’s middle-of-the-road squad are its talented freshman. For the Long-

horns to succeed, Avery Bradley, Jordan Hamilton and Brown will

But for all of the flashes they’ve shown, they’re still just freshmen. They’re going to make mistakes. That places even more pressure on James and Pittman to perform consistently to make the freshmen’s growing pains hurt less. This is college As for the loss to K-State, Texbasketball. You can lose as shouldn’t feel too bad. The once — even a dozen Wildcats are a legitimate Sweet 16 times — and still take team, at least. What should motivate the Longhorns is the fact that home a national title they gave the game away with because basketball uses poor shooting and 18 turnovers this wild system called after holding Denis Clemente to a tournament five points — in case you forgot, he scored a Big 12-record-tying 44 to determine points against Texas last season in its champion. another Wildcat win. And moving forward, at least Texas knows it doesn’t have to face Kansas State again (save for a poshave to play a large part because sible Big 12 tourney match up). they are the only true shooters on That’s something Longhorns in the team. every sport can take solace in.

mccoy: Completely focused on future From page 7 ask her to go, that’s what she wanted to do that night. We were out there, and I had it all set up and it was pretty special.” McCoy designed the ring himself over Christmas break under intense secrecy. “I did pick it out, I designed it myself. Nobody else has that ring, so I wanted it to be unique to her and special to her, and that’s what I did,” he said. “Rachel and I had been dating for

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both physically and mentally prepared to play in the NFL and getting mentally and physically prepared to have a long and successful career. That’s my focus right now,” he said. “I know the quarterback that I am, I know how hard I’m going to work, I know how hard I’m going to prepare and I know what I’ve done the last four years. That’s very special to me, and I absolutely expect my shoulder to be 100 percent and ready to go and I’ll be fine.”

defense: Backcourt will be protected by trio From page 7 score, but they are just trying to slow them down and not allow them to do whatever they want. The Cowgirls will have an opposing group of stars to look out for in the likes of Brittainey Raven, Kat Nash and Ashleigh Fontenette. The trio of guards is comprised of the three leading scorers for the Longhorns, who have been excelling from

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safety as primary concern From page 12 when I decided to see for myself what BDSM culture was like, I was more than a little bit nervous about the possible naivete of my plan. A quick Google query of “Austin, BDSM” took me to CentralTexasKink.org, a clearinghouse Web site where I was able to find a few local groups aimed at beginners in the BDSM lifestyle, including The Next Generation and Austin Voyagers. After a few screening e-mails from the groups’ mediators, I was officially welcomed into the virtual Austin BDSM community. Within days, my inbox was filled with invites to “munches,” or small, informal meet-andgreets at local coffee shops. So I packed my roommate’s mace in my purse, put on a leather jacket and went to Spider House Cafe for my first taste of the BDSM experience. When I reached the patio, I expected to find the BDSM group table with ease. I searched for men in leather vests and women decked out in black. After 45 minutes of staring at strangers and looking pathetically lost, I figured I had just misread the invitation. I was heading toward the back parking lot when I caught inquisitive nods coming from two older ladies sitting at a table with a few other people (none of whom were wearing an inch of leather, and hardly any black for that matter). When I introduced myself as new to the community, I was a little offended by the lack of enthusiasm. Although the majority of the people sitting with me were male, no one seemed excited at the sight of “fresh meat.” Instead, the entire table started telling me how to be safe as I began my journey into BDSM activities. I started to regret bringing mace instead of a ruled notebook. “Always try go to a play party with someone you know, or at

least make sure you know someone beforehand. It will help you relax and feel more comfortable around all of the new people,” said Zach, a UT graduate student who was also relatively new to the scene. Elyse, a UT undergraduate student, was sitting across from me. The 20-year-old appeared reserved, but each sentence she contributed to the conversation had layers of experience. I soon gathered that Elyse was only considered a beginner because she was new to the group itself. She knew that she didn’t like choking, and she knew what

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I’ve always thought that [BDSM] was completely natural and healthy — not a symptom. Nothing is wrong.”

— Elyse UT undergraduate student kind of floggers she wanted used on her. Curious to figure out how such a young woman could so candidly and confidently express sexual desires beyond mainstream acceptability, I asked Elyse if there were any particular formative experiences that she believes led her to prefer edgy sex. “I really cannot remember a specific point at which I said to myself, ‘Well, I’m really interested in X,’” Elyse said. “I’ve always thought of [bondage and domination] as very appealing to me. I feel like I had a perfectly healthy childhood with no trauma whatsoever. And I’ve always thought that it was completely natural and healthy — not a symptom. Nothing is wrong.” Elyse and I decided to meet again so that we would each

have a buddy for the next weekend’s play party. The more I got to know Elyse, the more curious I became about her style of sexual encounter. The next day I met with Forbidden Fruit founder Lynn Raridon for some expert advice on how one might introduce BDSM play into their own sexual repertoire. “I try to tell people about gateways that are real innocuous — where people don’t even realize that they are initiating exercises in the realm of BDSM,” Raridon said. “Really, it’s [all] experimenting with an exchange of trust. But first and foremost, you’ve got to know yourself and be able to be really upfront about what you want.” Raridon also suggested using films with pseudo-BDSM sex scenes, sharing specifically hot passages from erotica or romance novels and starting with simple toys, such as a blindfold, first. On my way to my boyfriend’s house to “innocuously” get myself tied up, my phone buzzed with an e-mail alert. Oddly enough, it was a message from someone attending the upcoming weekend’s play party. Apparently, Bill just couldn’t wait to introduce himself. “I’ve been very active in the leather scene,” Bill wrote. “I think [it’s] fair to say that I’m extremely well-skilled with an extensive range of toys, up to and including a 6-foot bull whip.” At that point, I wasn’t even sure what a bull whip was, and I definitely did not consider a 6-foot-long object to be a sex “toy.” It was only a few days later that I would see many things that had yet to show up on my sexual radar. From polyamorous relationship groupings to slaveand-master relationships to collared people on the end of leather leashes, I was about to experience a lifestyle that made a 6-foot bull whip seem like an everyday accessory.

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BDSM gatherings alter perspective on whips, chains HUMP DAY By Mary Lingwall

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Editor’s Note: This is the first in a two-part series exploring the BDSM lifestyle. In order to ensure the privacy and safety of all persons, groups and property encountered and interviewed, all names have been changed. “This is a very sex-positive space,” said Jade to the room full of eager BDSM play partygoers. “We have a lube and condom jar in the kitchen, and most edge play is encouraged. But please remember, absolutely no aerated blood.” My jaw dropped. “How exactly did I get here?” I

asked myself. Bondage and discipline, domination and submission, sadism and masochism — these are the many faces of the loaded BDSM acronym. But as multifaceted and large as the BDSM community is, the majority of us never actually encounter it in real life. I think my earliest introduction to the BDSM lifestyle came from the gimp in “Pulp Fiction” and the dominatrix in “Shortbus,” and neither character made me think very highly of the subculture. Not to mention the years of “Law and Order: Special Victims Unit” marathons, which taught me that BDSM is sexual perversion wherein selfish, deranged men torture women. So

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Fashion designer and former model Jesse Kamm has settled in Austin with her husband to raise her newborn son. Kamm’s work has appeared in Vogue, Elle, and Nylon magazines.

Designer finds local inspiration By Gerald Rich Daily Texan Staff Through the bamboo growth, past the Nubian goats and at the top of the steep rocky drive of the Montopolis compound rests the quiet and meditative home of Jesse Kamm — fashion designer of a limited clothing collection found in New York, Los Angeles, Paris and Tokyo boutiques, and featured in Vogue, Elle and Nylon magazines. An Austin resident for less than six months, Kamm and her husband, Lucas Brower, left the hectic Los Angeles lifestyle to raise their newborn son Julian and pursue fashion and gardening. Kamm’s latest collection will be available later in the spring at Austin’s Kick Pleat. Kamm is already finding inspiration to assemble what she calls her “Texas Story.” With the branches and boughs of trees from the surrounding forest, natural light illuminates and further softens the look of her draping fabrics. Individually made screen-printed patterns ranging from the stacked brick design on the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul to the concentric rings of trees in Australia cover her highly personalized garments. Each one

speaks not only to the beauty of the human figure, but also to the beauty of her experiences traveling the world. But after living in Los Angeles on and off for the past 10 years, Kamm and Brower wanted a major change of scenery for their new life. “I grew up in Illinois, though, and my husband grew up in Seattle,” Kamm said. “So we knew that when we started a family, we wanted to live somewhere that reminded of us home but was also warm and temperate, like California.” Kamm originally came to Austin four years ago for a friend’s wedding and was enchanted by the city’s sense of community and the enthusiasm for the outdoors. “It felt incredible to be around everyone running and biking, because in Los Angeles, you rarely see that,” Kamm says. “I would ride my bicycle everywhere, and people would honk and scream at me to get off the road.” After receiving her degree in therapeutic recreation, Kamm says she moved to Los Angeles where she “fell into a modeling career” and was inspired by fashion. “But [modeling] never really felt right to me,” she recalls.

“I was always like, ‘Oh yeah! Shouldn’t this dress go with this scarf?’ or ‘Shouldn’t we set up the shot so the sun is facing this way?’” This disconnect pushed her to start drawing, take sewing classes and eventually produce clothes for herself. It wasn’t long after that her alluring pieces were noticed and featured in Nylon magazine. “It’s so strange how I came into all this,” Kamm said. “I let it do its thing and take its course. Just give whatever you take pleasure in as much energy as you can while you hit the grindstone during the day. It ultimately will come from a deep place of passion and want.” In addition to following her passion for design, Kamm and Brower are pursuing their other joy — gardening — with Home Grown Micro Farms, a business that allows those with green thumbs or curious individuals to rent pre-planted, self-watering vegetable garden boxes for dorms, apartments and homes. Brower’s Home Grown Micro Farms are now available on their Web site, HomeGrownMicroFarms.com. One of their biggest difficulties after their move, though, was saving their crops from what’s been

an unusually cold Texas winter. “We were really worried when everything froze over, but thankfully, we managed to save most of the plants. The only thing that sadly didn’t make it was my pot of succulents from my friends,” Kamm said. Although they initially planned on living in Austin for a year, Kamm is already talking about staying longer and even raising some chickens in the backyard along with the various vegetables. “I love the quiet, pondersome way I feel while driving through Texas,” Kamm said with a smile. “My husband and I like to sort of think we’re almost in some part of Africa while we’re driving through the country. There are these beautiful trees, birds and creatures milling about the barren land.” Even though she said she’s used to the dry landscape of California, she finds a more organic brilliance in Texas. “I was in the desert before in California, but it felt like there were only simulated green spaces since they needed constant watering,” Kamm said. “So to see that greenery here, it’s so much more natural and puts me at peace.”

Caleb Bryant Miller | Daily Texan photo illustration

Bondage is one form of experimentation between individuals in the BDSM commnunity.

Tips make losing weight an attainable New Year’s resolution Eating hearty breakfast, self-monitoring hunger are ways to slim down

swarm of college students’ bodies, and many students have already started dieting. Losing weight is tough and takes a lot of patience, but to get through By Layne Lynch the process, it is always helpful to Daily Texan Staff have some tips at your disposAfter a semester of weekend al. While working toward your boozing, fatty late-night study weight-loss goals this semester, it snacks and one too many calls is important to understand that it to Tiff’s Treats, the pounds have is not necessary to starve yourself. surely found their way onto a If anything, weight loss is about

changing the way you think about food and making healthier food choices. For those out there trying to lose some weight, our health experts have shared some tips on how to shed the pounds so come spring break, baring your body won’t be quite so nerve-racking.

Eat breakfast It may be tedious enough to

have to wake up early for classes, but eating breakfast is proven to boost metabolism and curb hunger throughout the day, especially if the breakfast contains protein. Austin psychotherapist Gary Avignon said compulsive eating has a physiological component and that it is driven by a diet too high in starchy foods. A breakfast such as whole-grain cereal with a cup of skim milk,

oatmeal, whole-wheat toast with two tablespoons of peanut butter or fruit and granola is a great start to the morning and will get you through class — as well as help diminish hunger throughout the day.

Ask yourself why you are hungry Amanda Buller, a University

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BOOK REVIEW AMiGoLAND

Storied life makes for interesting literature Author takes mundane events, makes them enjoyable to readers By Andrew Kreighbaum Daily Texan Staff After the runaway success of his short story collection “Brownsville,” UT assistant professor Oscar Casares said getting published has become easier. But, he admits the act of writing itself certainly hasn’t. “It’s the same sort of headpounding grind, you know, that it was 13 years ago [when I started],” he said. “And I suppose it will be 13 years from now.” Casares, a regular contributor to Texas Monthly who was born and raised along the border in Brownsville, Texas, had his second book, “Amigoland,” published last fall. He said he still operates under the assumption that no one is dying to read his work. “I have to earn my time [at Texas Monthly], and that’s regardless of where I’ve been published or how many books I’ve published or whatever,” he said. The subject matter in “Amigoland” may be just as challenging

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