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Wild weather causes tornado in northeast Austin By Jillian Bliss Daily Texan Staff

While thunderstorms pounded through the neighborhoods s u r rou n d i ng U T, a tor n a d o touched down in northeast Austin early Wednesday morning. Me m b e r s o f t h e Na t i o n al Weather Service investigated the strength of the tornado Wednesday, which tore through

a street called Happy Trail at approximately 3 a.m. in the Walnut Place neighborhood near Highway 290. No injuries were reported, according to Reuters. Destruction in the neighborhood ranged from foliage displacement to structural damage to homes. The northeast Austin tornado maintained an estimated width of 50 yards, although the size of a tornado is not fac-

tored into fujita scale rankings, which rate tornados from F0 to F6 based on the strength of wind involved in the storm and damage left behind. Me t e o r o l o g i s t Tr o y K i m mel, senior lecturer in the Dep ar t ment of G e og raphy and the Environment, said he does not think the National Weather Service will rate the storm high on the fujita scale. Kimmel said

although January is not known as tor nado s e as on in Texas, the possibility of one touching down during severe storms is not impossible. “This isn’t the normal time of year, but that doesn’t mean it can’t happen,” Kimmel said. “This was a pretty dynamic system.” Kimmel said the conditions cre ate d by t he re cent stor m contained a lot of cloud lift

and wind shear, which allows for cloud rotation and the possibility of funnel clouds. It is p ossible for tor nado es grow out of such conditions, Kimmel said. Kimmel said the system that passed through Austin mostly created heavy rain, and Austin residents can expect less cloudy conditions during the course of the weekend.

Rule helps students gain legal status By Jody Serrano Daily Texan Staff

Editors Note: This is the third in a three part series about how immigration law impacts higher education and the UT system. A new rule from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board will establish a consistent procedure to make sure undocumented students apply for legal status after graduation beginning fall 2012. THECB officials said recent national scr utiny from Gov. Rick Perry’s presidential campaign caused board members to address the issue at their board meeting this past December. Under the new rule, which is expected to be approved at THECB’s board meeting today, 19 educational intuitions across the state will require undocumented students who meet Texas residency requirements to sign an affidavit promising they will apply for legal residency. It will also advise them on how to obtain legal status by instructing them to contact an appropriate federal agency upon graduation. Institutions will have also have to remind students to seek legal status upon initial entry to the institution, every subsequent year after and upon graduation, according to the new rule. Texas had a total 16,476 students signing affidavits in the 2010 fiscal year and UT accounted for 612. Of those students, 12,028 attended com-

Elisabeth Dillon | Daily Texan Staff

UT students, left to right, Irving Reyma, Daniel Candelaria and Deborah Alemu are undocumented immigrants who will be affected by a new rule by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. The statute requires universities to check that undocumented students who meet Texas residency requirements apply for legal status while enrolled.

munity and technical colleges, 4,403 attended public universities and 45 attended public health related intuitions, according to THECB officials. Deana Williams, assistant di-

rector of admissions, said UT determines who meets Texas residency requirements based on whether they have resided in Texas for 36 months prior to high school graduation, grad-

uated from a Texas high school ously require additional effort and resided in the state for 12 on our part to make these notimonths prior to enrollment. fications,” Williams said. “We have yet to put into place Dominic Chavez, director of the the procedures to [comply with the new rule] but it will obviRULE continues on PAGE 2

UT buildings will open next academic year By Sarah White Daily Texan Staff

New facilities for the College of Communication, the Department of Computer Science and the College of Liberal Arts will provide advanced technology resources as well as department-unified locations for students and faculty by the end of the next academic year. Each of the new buildings is currently on schedule for their targeted completion dates, according to their corresponding websites. The Belo Center for New Media, located on the corner of Dean Keeton and Guadalupe streets, is scheduled to open March 2013. The Bill & Melinda Gates Computer Science Complex and Dell Computer Science Hall, located on Speedway and 24th Street, are both scheduled to open December. The Liberal Arts Building, located in the East Mall next to the Student Activity Center, is scheduled for completion during the spring 2013 semester. The addition of the new buildings on campus will provide the Department of Computer Science and the College of Liberal Arts with a headquarters where faculty and students can share a unified building. Previously the colleges were spread out among several buildings on campus. Nancy Hatchett, associate director of communications for the Department of Computer Science, said the new computer science complex will offer

APD lab faces allegations of poor analysis By Alexandra Klima Daily Texan Staff

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City of Austin construction workers continue their remodeling on the Liberal Arts Building located in the East Mall of campus on Wednesday morning. The project is expected to complete in the 2013 Spring semester.

a complete range of services for computer science majors. “Classroom space, labs, office space for faculty, staff and student organizations as well as visitor space and open collaborative spaces for both undergraduate and graduate students [will be in the new building],” Hatchett said. “There will also be educational, research, outreach and social activities, a coffee bar and locker room.”

The new computer science complex is named after its two major benefactors, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation. The two namesakes of the philanthropic foundations may make an appearance at the University once construction has finished, Hatchett said. “An opening celebration inviting both Gates and Dell will be held at a

yet to be specified time after computer science moves into the new building,” Hatchett said. Computer sciences senior Ross Gayler said the students and faculty in his major will benefit from having their department unified into one building. “Right now we are very spread out around campus,” Gayler said. “Now all of our labs and

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Allegations of improper analysis of evidence have been made against the Austin Police Department crime laboratory by Debra Stephens, a former forensic scientist and employee of APD. The Texas Department of Public Safety is currently investigating these allegations. In 2005, the Texas Legislature approved a law requiring crime laboratories analyzing evidence for court to be inspected for accreditation. In a Dec. 27 letter to Travis County district attorney Rosemary Lehmberg, Stephens wrote that the inspection and accreditation first conducted on the APD lab were invalid due to unqualified lab employees and mishandling of evidence. The letter was not released to the media until January. Buddy Meyer, Travis County assistant district attorney, said representatives of the Texas Department of Public Safety are still investigating the allegations and have not yet reported a final conclusion to

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EVIDENCE continues from PAGE 1 the DA’s office. He also said Lehmberg has released reports detailing the complaint to defense attorneys in Austin, whose cases might be affected by the allegations. “From [2005] forward, the accredited laboratory was managed by non-scientists and unqualified personnel,” Stephens wrote. She attached, along with her letter to Lehmberg, evidence in the form of three exhibits which she claimed indicated the crime lab had rushed to report results before sufficient analysis was conducted. “I would estimate that there are hundreds of other cases that

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were analyzed without regard to laboratory protocols in ‘rush’ case requests that I was unable to identif y,” Stephens wrote. “Part of my decision in releasing these documents to your office came from my belief that this information could be uncovered by the defense community and brought into the courtroom to discredit these individuals and the whole Austin Police Department crime laboratory.” Pat Johnson, spokesman for the Department of Public Safety, wrote in a letter to the district attorney’s office that there could

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have been insufficient testing before the APD crime laboratory issued a preliminary report. “From my review of these cases, appropriate chemical analysis was preformed prior to issuance of the final laboratory report,” Johnson wrote. “The documents provided on two of the cases, however, do not show any testing before the ‘Preliminary Report’ was emailed. I suspect there may be more records ... and those should be re— Debra Stephens, former ADP employee viewed before deciding whether this is a problem.” Johnson also wrote that he recommends the APD crime labora-

From [2005] forward, the accredited laboratory was managed by nonscientists and unqualified personnel.

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tory not refer to “preliminary reports” as reports, but as “preliminary findings” to help distinguish them from authentic lab reports. Bill Gibbens, spokesman for the Forensics Science Division of the Austin Police Department, said Stephens allegations were unrelated to a previous complaint made by another APD employee, Cecily Hamilton, about faulty work in the crime lab in 2010. “Ms. Hamilton’s complaint had to do with a DNA related issue and Ms. Stephen’s allegations are a chemistry related issue,” Gibbens said.

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After two days of pouring rain, Austin was left with large puddles of water all over the city. Zilker Park was one of the areas flooded with the much needed rain on Wednesday, where puddles give off a great reflection of the skyline.

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cer’s job to sit down and advise students each year to do this. The statewide debate over who should monitor undocumented students receiving in-state tuition dates back to 2001 when the Legislature passed HB 1403. The bill allowed undocumented students to receive the in-state tuition discount as long as they met the state’s residency requirements mentioned previously. Barbara Hines, clinical law professor and UT Immigration Clinic co-director, said students under HB 1403 are very aware of the obligation to seek legal status at the earliest time possible. Hines said the new rule instructing students to contact a federal agency was a cause for concern. “Und o c u me nte d stu d e nt s should not contact Immigration and Customs Enforcement without competent legal counsel because they run the risk of being arrested,” Hines said. “As

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RAMALLAH, West Bank — A low-level dialogue between Israelis and Palestinians about a future border has ended without any breakthrough, the Palestinian president said Wednesday, reflecting the impasse plaguing the negotiations for at least three years. President Mahmoud Abbas said he would consult with Arab allies next week to figure out how to proceed now. While frustrated with the lack of progress, Abbas is under pressure to extend the Jordanian-mediated exploratory talks, which the international community hopes will lead to a resumption of long-stalled for-

mal negotiations on establishing a Palestinian state. Israel said Wednesday it’s willing to continue the dialogue. Abbas didn’t close the door to continued meetings, saying he’ll decide after consultations with the Arab League on Feb. 4. A Palestinian walkout could cost Abbas international sympathy at a time when he seeks global recognition of a state of Palestine in the West Bank, Gaza and east Jerusalem, the territories Israel captured in the 1967 Mideast war. Though there have been talks off and on, the last substantive round was in late 2008, when Israel informally proposed a deal and the Palestinians did not respond. When Ne-

tanyahu took office the next year, he took the proposal, including a state in most of the territories the Palestinians claim, off the table. A round started in late 2010 by President Barack Obama quickly sputtered over the settlement issue. Visiting EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton is scheduled to meet separately over the next two days with Abbas and Netanyahu to try to salvage the exploratory talks. Two officials involved in the contacts said she is trying to put together a package of Israeli incentives that would keep the Palestinians from walking away. “We need to keep talks going and increase the potential of these talks to become genuine negotiations,”

Ashton said. Palestinian officials said they submitted their proposals, but that Israel did not. Abbas suggested that exploratory talks could continue if Israel presented a detailed border plan. In the exploratory talks, Israel submitted a list of 21 issues that would need to be discussed, but didn’t present positions. The Palestinians have accused Netanyahu — a reluctant latecomer to the idea of Palestinian statehood — of seeking negotiations as a diplomatic shield, with no real intention of reaching an agreement.

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MOGADISHU, Somalia — Held captive since last fall, an ailing American woman and a Danish man are safely on their way home after a bold, dark-ofnight rescue by U.S. Navy SEALs. The commandos slipped into a Somali encampment, shot and killed nine captors and whisked the hostages to freedom. The raid’s success was welcome news for the hostages and their families, for the military and for President Barack Obama, who was delivering his State of the Union speech as the mission was wrapping up Tuesday night. He did not mention it in his address but dropped a hint upon arriving in the House chamber by telling Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, “Good job tonight.” It was the second splashy SEAL Team 6 success in less than a year, following last May’s killing of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan. The SEALs apparently encountered some degree of resistance from the kidnappers at the encampment. One U.S. official said Wednesday that there was a firefight but the length and extent of the battle were unclear. Pentagon spokesmen said they could not confirm a gun battle, although one defense official said it was likely that the SEALs killed the kidnappers rather than capture them because they encountered armed resistance or the threat of resistance. Special operations forces, trained for clandestine, smallteam missions, have become a more prominent tool in the mili-

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tary’s kit since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. The Obama administration is expected to announce on Thursday that it will invest even more heavily in that capability in coming years. After planning and rehearsal, the Somalia rescue was carried out by SEAL Team 6, officially known as the Naval Special Warfare Development Group, according to two U.S. officials who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss a secret mission. The same outfit did the bin Laden mission, the biggest counter-terror success of Obama’s presidency. It was not clear whether any team members participated in both operations. One official said the SEALs parachuted from U.S. Air Force aircraft before moving on foot, apparently undetected, to the outdoor encampment where they found American Jessica Buchanan, 32, and Poul Hagen Thisted, a 60-year-old Dane, who had been kidnapped in Somalia last fall. The raid happened near the town of Adado.

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Impeding fair representation After months of debate, the city of Austin’s 2012 Charter Revision Committee is poised to hold a final vote on a proposal that has the potential to create single-member districts for city council elections. Presently, all seats on the city council are at-large; city council members represent the entire city. This citywide election system makes historically progressive Austin a striking exception to the national rule: It is the only city of its size in the nation without geographic representation. For students, single-member districts — regions designed to give specific areas of the city specialized representation — are particularly desirable because they would allow the UT community to have a stronger voice on the council. Thankfully, the idea of single-member districts is no longer the point of contention in the question of representation. Instead, the newest debate addresses what specific plan will be presented for council approval next month and subsequently, voter approval in November. One plan, championed by local organization Austinites for Geographic Representation, offers a 10-1 map in which all council members represent a single-member district and only the mayor serves at-large. Mayor Lee Leffingwell submitted his own map outlining a 6-2-1 plan with six geographic districts, two at-large council members and an at-large mayor. Yet another, more confusing proposal offers a 8-4-1 plan with eight single-member districts, four “super districts” — which would have a combination of at-large and geographic representation — and an at-large mayor. The efforts of the committee represent the seventh time an attempt has been made to switch council elections to the more appropriate single-member district model. And it doesn’t seem the seventh attempt has made the committee any wiser. Dominated by Austinites for Geographic Representation and city insiders, the committee meetings have steadfastly avoided a compromise proposal. While one side of the committee single-mindedly pursues an entirely single-member district plan, the other side is set on a hybrid model. Unwillingness to compromise leaves the door open for two different proposals. Instead of uniting voters in support of a single plan, the committee’s inaction would effectively split the vote for a single-member district charter amendment in November, ensuring failure for a seventh time. Unfortunately, that leaves Austin right where it started: reunited with its archaic election system. Preserving the status quo of citywide council seats would be worse than simply keeping an antiquated system of representation. It would continue to deprive students of a dedicated voice on the council. As has become increasingly obvious in recent months, UT students lack an advocate on the city council. In recent months, the city council opposed a measure that would move city elections from May to November, a change that would have allowed more students to vote. The council is currently considering a proposal by Austin Energy that would raise electric rates disproportionately on renters. The potential impact of both measures on students was relegated to the back burner and almost entirely ignored — a reaction that is representative of pervasive disregard for the UT community. With single-member districts, students would finally have a voice on the city council, which controls services that impact them every day, such as bus routes, sidewalks and urban development. A palatable solution is within reach, but insider politics as usual on the committee threatens to preserve the inequitable status quo. While Austinites cheered the consensus of a plan that involved single-member districts earlier this year, it is clear that the celebration was premature. As Leffingwell remarked at a meeting earlier this month, the committee itself, along with many of its participants, have gotten “lost in the weeds” of conflicting proposals. If the committee ignores the pressing need for single-member districts, it will lose a compelling opportunity to further fair council representation in the process.

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After a series of tumultuous events and heated debates, UT students can rest assured that measures to allow students to carry guns on campus will not be permitted. Last week, Sam Cummings, a conservative federal judge in Lubbock, Texas, dismissed the National Rifle Association’s challenge to a Texas law prohibiting teenagers and adults ages 18 to 20 from carrying concealed weapons in the case Jennings v. McCraw. Partnering with UT’s Student Government, the Brady Center’s Legal Action Project fought to defend the law that will help ensure our safety on campus. Citing the Second Amendment’s right to bear arms, the NRA urged that this law be altered to give teens as young as 13 access to concealed weapons in public. The judge disagreed with this extreme interpretation of the Second Amendment. Instead he opted to follow the wisdom of other courts around the country that have prohibited weapon concealment around parks and playgrounds, and he noted that this right does not “extend beyond the home.” The Brady Center fought against the NRA’s challenge, declaring in a brief that studies demonstrate that persons under 21 may

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lack the same insights and judgment that adults possess. Furthermore, persons aged 18 to 20 fall within the range of the highest rates of homicide and criminal gun possession. Their brief effectively demonstrated the dangers of underage gun possession, helping to close this irrational case. The issue of gun control is close to the University’s heart because of the incident involving an armed individual our campus faced in 2010. But even prior to this event, the issue of guns on campus was highly contentious, with many viewing the number of college shootings in recent years as clear evidence that guns should be prohibited on campus. As school becomes increasingly competitive around the country and mental health issues are becoming more common, allowing young adults to carry concealed weapons on campus would create a dangerous environment, threatening not just other students, faculty and staff but the weapon wielders themselves. With the responsibility and potential dangers that come with concealed weapon privileges, the utmost precaution must be taken. The Lubbock judge was able to distinguish this fact without constructing constitutional rights. Critics of the Texas law argue that

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18-year-olds may enlist in the army and are responsible for carrying weapons at this age and that, consequently, all 18-yearolds should be afforded this privilege. This irrelevant argument attempts to equate a situation in which 18-year-olds are highly trained and supervised with a situation of an untrained 18-year-old interacting in normal settings with only a permit. According to an analysis by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , there were 1,547 gun-caused deaths in the United States among people between 18 and 19 years old during 2007, which illustrates the danger of gun use in this age group. With recent assaults in West Campus calling for the need of a safer campus environment, permitting concealed weapons for young adults is not the answer. Increasing safety education and the use of programs such as UT’s SURE Walk will better ensure students’ safety. Moreover, working to raise awareness of stress and mental illness and removing the stigma surrounding seeking medical help in these cases will further improve the well-being of students. Fortunately, the federal court judge made the right call on this issue and thereby helped to increase our safety. Waliany is a Plan II and government senior.

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One of the oldest pieces of restored architecture in Austin’s history, which served various duties during the 1800s, will soon undergo a major revival with the help of local historians. Through a $43,000 heritage grant from the Austin Convention and Visitors Bureau, Austin Parks and Recreation will foster the restoration project of a cabin located at Zilker Botanical Gardens, which will begin in 2012 with an expected duration of one year. Because the cabin is one of the oldest buildings in Austin, visitors can enjoy a taste of Swedish culture amidst the multiple historical buildings present at Zilker Park, said Margaret Russell, the culture and arts program manager at Zilker Botanical Gardens. “The proposed work with the grant funds will redirect the draining waters, will reinforce the bottom logs and will redo the chinking,” Russell said. “There will also be work done on repairing the headers, threshold and windows and doors to contribute to the longevity. Age more than anything is what created the need of repairs on this historical 174-year-old cabin.” She said the city has maintained the outside of the cabin, while the Texas Swedish Pioneers Association and restoration advocate Barbara Pate take care of the furnishings inside. Both will continue to work together to maintain the cabin, Russell said. In 1965 the cabin was moved to its present location by the TSPA, who also collected the authentic pioneer furnishings on view inside the

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This Swedish log cabin built in 1638 will soon undergo restoration to preserve the historical site. The restorations on the cabin, which is currently located in Zilker Botanical Gardens, will begin this year and are expected to last until 2013.

structure, she said. Before the cabin was in Zilker Botanical Gardens, the cabin was located in Nelson Park in Round Rock, a location where the Swedish immigrants gathered for celebrations and meetings during the 1800s. Randy Lewis, associate professor of American Studies, said he visited Zilker Botanical Gardens a few weeks ago and saw that the log cabin restoration was a valuable effort that could be appreciated by future generations. “Would you rather read a book about the woods or go walking in them?” he said. “Going back to Thoreau and Whitman, Americans have celebrated direct experience. Because we live in a superficial mass culture in which so much seems fake, Americans often hunger for authenticity and the greater depth of meaning history can provide.” Visiting historical sites like the Swedish pioneer cabin allows one to take the time to breath and take in the big picture that goes far beyond dollars and cents, he said. “It also gives one the time to wrestle with the real questions

of society: What have we lost and what have we achieved as a culture?” Lewis said. “Our society needs to think before paving over its inheritance, whether in the natural world or the built environment. Every act of preservation defines us as a culture: We are what we preserve.” Pate, whose great-grandmother was born in the cabin, told Russell the history of the home. The house represents the Swedish log cabin structure, but was built by a Scotsman named J.J. Grumbles in 1638. It was then purchased by Swedish immigrant S.M. Swenson who was responsible for an influx of Swedish immigration in Texas. Swenson at one time owned 128,000 acres in Travis County, with twelve blocks of real estate concentrated along Congress Avenue, and started the SMS Cattle Company, which still operates today, Russell said.

During Swenson’s ownership, the cabin was located near Highway 183 and Interstate Highway 35 along t h e C ol or a d o R ive r, Ru s sell said. The log cabin was

t he n o c c upi e d by a c ous in of Swenson’s, a member of the Gustaf Palm family, from 1853 through the Civil War, she said. They transp or te d t he c abi n to t he i r new home at the intersection of 14th Street and San Jacinto B ou le vard to b e used as a wash house, she said. When the property was sold, the house was dismantled by Swenson’s nephew Louis Palm, who moved it to a farm where it was reassembled and was later relocated to Nelson Park. Ad v e r t i s i n g s o p h om ore B enjamin Rothenberg said h e h a s v i s ite d Z i l ke r B o tanical Gardens in the past and that seeing histor y in person is almost humbling and gives one an appreciation of the amenities modern technolog y supplies us with today. “Projects like these help capture little pieces of histor y, that together, paint a picture of what life was like in the past and help instill a sense of pride in o u r c o m mu n it y,” h e s ai d .

Video gamers gathered at UT’s Applied Computational Engineering and Sciences Building on Wednesday evening to discuss every player’s dream — infinite resolution and zero latency. The conference, called “The Future of Video Games in Austin,” showcased innovations made by the University, local video game companies and big-name hardware makers including AMD, Dell and Microsoft, said Rob Turknett of the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC), which hosted the event. UT began offering classes this year aimed at preparing students for the video game industry, said Turknett. Turknett said the event fit into that curriculum by “bringing the gaming industry together with UT.” The event opened with industry figures speaking about their visions for the future of video games, said TACC spokesperson Faith SingerVillalobos. Jon Jones of the development firm Smartist LLC, said that the future of gaming would be more flexible and nimble. Jones said the future of video games lies in “mercenary agencies of developers that would move nimbly from one project to another.” Radio-televisionfilm professor Bruce Pennycook said

he saw a shift from PC and console games to more “rapid turn-around casual games” on mobile devices. Similarly, Mike McShaffry, director of product development of Red Fly Studio said the next generation of Microsoft’s Xbox would fail. “I think people will be playing on these,” McShaffry said, waving his smartphone. Computer science and radiotelevision-film sophomore Wilson Villegas said he hoped to use the event to network. He said he transferred to UT because of Austin’s video game industry. He and computer science sophomore Andrew Sharp said they were certain they and other UT graduates would find jobs in video game development if they remained agile and independent. “My friends are graduating without jobs and they’re not even worried about jobs,” Sharp said. “They’re confident they can start their own startups.” Industr y veterans said t hos e interested in video game development should be able to find careers. “Things have really started to tilt in favor of small independent game developers,” said Dan Magaha, the executive producer of Seamless Entertainment.

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Members of the UT chapter of the Young Conservatives of Texas are still driving local politics in Austin and around the state, despite the ongoing deadlock in the national Republican primary race. The Young Conservatives of Texas-UT chapter is currently campaigning in local elections using block walking, phone banking and other campaign activities to support their endorsed candidates, said Jenna White, Young Conservatives of Texas chapter chairwoman. The organization has not endorsed a national candidate and is individually divided regarding which Republican candidate should receive the presidential nomination. Newt Gingrich recently surged to headlines across the country after winning in the South Carolina primary, keeping the GOP nomination process in the air as Gingrich, Mitt Romney, Ron Paul and Rick Santorum continue to fight for the national prize. “I think personal attacks between the candidates are taking away from a message that’s directed at Obama’s record,” White said. “On the other hand, we could look at this as sim-

ply vetting the candidates. I have a feeling there won’t be any skeletons left for the Obama campaign to find in the Republican nominee’s closet.” White said the most important relation between the primaries and November is that Republicans get behind the eventual nominee as someone who can contrast himself with President Obama’s failed policies. Along with other political groups, YCT is fighting the recent redistricting that has pushed the Texas primary into students’ final exam time. White said that the district shift is hurting the student vote and diminishing the larger youth vote. “YCT supports Attorney General [Greg] Abbott in fighting for the redistricting maps that were drawn by our elected officials rather than by judges,” White said. “What it’s really done to us is make it harder to know exactly where the districts will be, making it harder for candidates to know exactly where they are running. We have to wait to issue our endorsements and work for the candidates.”

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While the nation is fixated on the Republican primaries, University Democrats are busy preparing for November 2012 as they support their candidates in local elections, said Huey Fischer, University Democrats president. The University Democrats are working to make students aware of the issues that affect them by bringing guest speakers to campus and leading voter registration drives, helping the Democratic vote that has already been put in a good position by competition between the Republican candidates, Fischer said. “We’re pretty confident that President [Barack] Obama has reelection in the bag after watching the Republican debates,” Fischer said. “It’s pretty clear from the campaign trail that no matter who the candidate is, they aren’t going to get the support of the entire Republican party. President Obama has accom-

plished a lot in the last few years, and the debates are making us think that we aren’t going to have as much difficulty in 2012 as we initially thought we would.” The Democrats and other political organizations on campus are still concerned that a recent redistricting battle will take away the student vote this spring. A January circuit court ruling has now pushed the primary into the middle of exam week or possibly the summer, said Andre Treiber, spokesman for the University Democrats. “For the University Democrats, this is a nightmare,” Treiber said. “As an organization that has participated in voter registration drives such as Hook the Vote, it will be unfortunate to see very low voter turnout among college-aged students in the event of a summer primary. Since many students leave Austin over the summer, they would have

to jump through some amount of hoops to vote in Travis County, and it is already hard enough to get people to simply vote in the [Flawn Academic Center].” University Democrats will still be meeting with the Central Austin Democrats on Feb. 18 to decide whether or not local candidates will receive their Austin Progressive Coalition Endorsement, an award that places 30,000 yellow door hangers in central Austin and guarantees the support of the two organizations, said Rick Cofer, president of the Central Austin Democrats. “Going back for 30 years, the University Democrats have held an endorsement forum in conjunction with the Central Austin Democrats and folks who participate in that program,” Cofer said. “They are a pretty influential group in the local democratic ecosystem, and they are able to draw a lot of big names because of it.”

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Libertarian Ron Paul supporters within the Libertarian Longhorns are endorsing and supporting local candidates, but they do not identify themselves as traditional conservatives and their issues focus more on ending military growth and the Federal Reserve, said Libertarian Longhorns historian Molly Reynolds. Reynolds said Ron Paul is the “13th floor of politics,” in other terms, a topic that no one wants to talk about, and libertarians are concerned about his lack of coverage by the media. Libertarian Longhorns has currently endorsed David Simpson for state representative, district seven, and Dr. Laura Pressley for Austin City Council. The libertarians will also be participating in a peace rally on April 13, two days before

tax day, to raise awareness about the recent passage of the National Defense Authorization Act, legislation enacted in December that set the budget for the Department of Defense. The NDAA “infringes on the liberties of Americans, continuing a trend of decreasing freedom that has been ongoing since 2001,” Reynolds said. “Austin was rated the most libertarian city in the United States,” said Caitlyn Bates, president of the UT chapter of Young Americans for Liberty. “I think that the last time Ron Paul came here, around 2000 people showed up to hear him speak. I think that while the city is traditionally very vocal in being liberal, there are some definite libertarian undertones.”

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More often than not, the most a walk-on achieves is a position on the practice squad, helping the more highly recruited, more visible scholarship athletes put in the work to become stars on game day. However, for Nick Zajicek, a spot on the scout team meant something more. It was an opportunity to continue playing the game he loved at the school he always dreamed of going to. “I applied to Texas, Rice and SMU. If I got into Texas, I was going to go to Texas,” said Zajicek, an exercise science senior from Cameron, Texas. Coming out of Yoe High School, Zajicek had planned to become involved with the athletic training department. However, a spot on the sideline left this athlete, a former three-sport letterman in high school, yearning for a more active role. Zajicek recalls the time he spent watching football practice as a training staff member as the point when the decision to tryout for the team finally crossed his mind. “I was at the practices for two weeks and I was like ‘I think I’m as good or better than a lot of these walk-ons,” Zajicek said. With this winning mentality, Zajicek began preparations for a return to the game of football. There wasn’t much time to ponder the decision, as Nick points out. “I decided I was going to try out in October, and tryouts were in late January,” he said. Zajicek ended up earning a walk-on spot. Happy for making the team, Zajicek quickly found out just what kind of strength he’d need if he wanted to stick around. “My first day of offseason, I threw up all over the place,” he said.

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On a typical Saturday afternoon, as Texas takes the field, you can see the dedication of the orange and white clad Longhorns who battle through pain, intense heat and long practices day in and day out just to play a sport. What many don’t realize is that the dedication shown by the boys without helmets and pads is just as valuable and just as respectful. The underappreciated walk-ons who sit on the

sidelines, many of whom realize they may never see the field, go through the same pain, the same intense heat and the same long practices as the rest of the team. However, the coaches do not like the term walk-on — they believe that it is degrading to an athlete who is so dedicated to the program, and instead these hard working individuals are known simply as non-scholarship athletes. Prior to their selection to the team, these non-scholarship athletes go through a very difficult and extremely exhausting tryout pro-

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son. The Longhorns will lose two players over 6-foot-7 at the conclusion of this year as Clint Chapman and Alexis Wangmene will both have graduated. That leaves a big developmental gap at the four and five position for the Longhorns. Assuming freshmen Jaylen Bond and Jonathan Holmes stick around, that leaves Texas with two,

and only two, players over 6-foot4 for 2012. Neither Bond nor Holmes have been spectacular, but then again, they’ve only been playing collegiate basketball for two months. Holmes has the potential to become a reliable post option, but Bond’s game lends itself to

cess that is not meant for the weak-hearted or feebleminded. Shawn Izadi, a junior from Coppell, Texas, has been through the tryout process three times and hopes that this year is the year that he finally makes the team. The biochemistry junior, who hopes to one day go to medical school, signed up to try out for safety. While in high school, Izadi played safety during his freshman and sophomore

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Just a few weeks ago, rumors were that head coach Mack Brown was going to step down or even be fired from his position. After two sub-par seasons, it wouldn’t have been a complete surprise. Apparently, just the opposite is true. According to the Austin American-Statesman, Brown’s contract is expected to be extended through the 2020 season and he will continue to receive an annual raise of $100,000. Brown makes approximately $5.2 million a season, which puts him ahead of Nick Saban, Bob Stoops and Urban Meyer. Saban, the next highest paid coach,

has won two national championships in the past three seasons. Saban currently earns less than $5 million per season. With this new contract extension, Brown will eventually earn $6 million per season. There is no doubt that Brown has had a positive impact on Texas football over the past 14 seasons, becoming the second-winningest coach in Texas football history. But with that comes Texas-sized expectations. The past two seasons Brown has led the Longhorns to a 13-12 record. Under the heading of “what have you done for me lately,” a raise of this magnitude does not seem to be in order. Brown has shown the courage to shake things up. At the end of

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Alabama’s Marquis Maze returns a punt 49 yards during the BCS National Championship game against LSU. The rematch between the two teams in the championship game called to question the BCS system.

BCS is questioned, playoffs considered By Elijah Perez Daily Texan Staff

Analysis of the 2012 BCS National Championship game go beyond Xs and Os. The all-SEC affair, which saw Alabama shutout LSU, brought to light bigger picture issues than can be answered

by box scores. Replacing discussions of game plans and play calling are questions of worthiness, fairness and alternatives to a system that has been surrounded by controversy since its inception in 1998. Though this is hardly the first time the BCS has been called into

question. Not even 15 years old, the BCS has created more headaches for football fans than a teenager does for his parents as he learns to drive. If only navigating the college football landscape was as easy

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Mack Brown has coached the Longhorns for 14 years. But Texas’ performance over the past two seasons does not warrant a raise.

After guiding the season through one of its most tumultous periods, — a four month labor lock-out— NFL commissioner Roger Goodell was offered a contract extension through the 2018 season. “It is the only place I have ever wanted to work,” Goodell said after the league’s compensation committee approved the extension.” Goodell, 52, took over the league in 2006. He earned about $10 million under his original contract, including bonuses, but during the lockout, he had a $1 salary. Terms about the new contract have yet to be disclosed. — Sameer Bhuchar

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After struggling to find their rhythm in Norman, the Longhorn guards were not about to be outplayed at home on Wednesday night. The Texas backcourt combined to score 54 of the team’s 75 points while committing only seven turnovers en route to a 75-58 victory over the Missouri Tigers. “I thought our guards were very determined,” said head coach Gail Goestenkors. “That’s what you want to see from your team and your guards in particular. They have the ball in their hands a lot of the time and they set the tone. When they play with that kind of focus, we’re going to have a good game.” Sophomore standout Chassidy Fussell led all scorers with 22 points on eight of 12 shooting. It was Fussell’s 17th double-digit showing in 19 games this year and the seventh time this season that the second-year guard has scored more than 20 points. “I thought Chassidy put the nail in the coffin for us,” Goestenkors said. “Her back-to-back buckets down the stretch sealed the win for us.” Senior point guard Yvonne Anderson, who is averaging 15.7 points per game in the team’s last three outings, continued to show great poise while running the offense.

Anderson tied her season high with six rebounds to go with 18 points and six assists in the contest. “Yvonne knows that when other people are hitting she has to get them the ball,” Goestenkors said. “But she also understands that there are times when she needs to be one of our top scorers. She’s done a great job of accepting and understanding her role on this team.” Leading by only five after a rough first half, Goestenkors lit up her team’s locker room with a fiery half-time speech that proved to be just what the Longhorns needed as motivation for a strong second half. “It was a mix of coach G’s pep talk and us not wanting to give them much help,” Anderson said. “We’ve had games where we’ve struggled to put away teams and the result hasn’t been what we wanted. Tonight we wanted to put it away and give ourselves a chance to have fun out there.” Missouri’s second year head coach Robin Pingeton knew how dominant the Texas guards could be, but found them to be better than advertised. “We’ve never question their ability,” Pingeton said. “They’ve got some tremendous perimeter players with high basketball IQ, discipline, poise and the ability to attack off the dribble.”

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Texas surges to victory in second half By Nick Cremona Daily Texan Staff

At last Texas was able to enforce its will on an opponent, defeating the Missouri Tigers 75-58 Wednesday night. Stout defense and timely shooting allowed the Longhorns to defeat the Tigers, who now sit at 0-7 in conference play. With the win, Texas moves to 12-0 against Missouri in games played in the Frank Erwin Center. “I was really pleased with the way we came out,” said head coach Gail Goestenkors. “I thought we were very aggressive attacking the basket both offensively and defensively. Our hard work and the lessons we’re learning are starting to pay off. It was a huge win.” After jumping to a quick 11-0 lead, the Longhorns controlled the tempo of the first half. At two different times in the opening half Texas lead by as many as

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hours a day, but when you switch him to a raw food diet, he sleeps nine hours a day.â&#x20AC;? But Dr. Richard Reinap II of Bee Cave Veterinary Clinic does not recommend raw food diets to his patients. Though he believes it is ultimately the customerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s prerogative as to which pet diet he or she chooses, Reinap is wary of raw food diets because of their increased risk of foodborne illnesses.

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his patients that as long as their petâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s diet is a good, nutritionally-sound diet, it does not matter whether the food is organic or purchased locally. But Griffiths says she will never go back to buying grainbased food. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Scout is like a child to me,â&#x20AC;? Griffiths said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Now that I know more about ingredients and what they really mean, I would never feed him some foods.â&#x20AC;?

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LIFE&ARTS

Thursday, January 26, 2012 | THE DAILY TEXAN | Katie Stroh, Life&Arts Editor | (512) 232-2209 | dailytexan@gmail.com

Former painter develops durable, Texas-weather makeup By Anjli Mehta Daily Texan Staff

Rochelle Rae is an artist of many mediums. With a degree in fine arts and experience as a painter and graphic designer, she ventured into a new world of art when she launched her Austin business Rae Cosmetics in August of 2006. After meeting a friend who worked as a makeup artist, Rae’s interest in cosmetics ultimately led her to the prestigious Makeup Designor y in Hollywood. There, Rae swapped her paintbrushes for makeup brushes and embraced a new canvas: a human one. When she moved from Hollywood to Austin, Rae began thinning down the makeup she applied to her clients to deal with Austin’s hot and humid climate. Rae took heavy, full-coverage foundations and mixed in moisturizers and water to keep the makeup from melting off her clients when they stepped out under the relentless Texas sun. “Austin is an active city but it’s also social, and I wanted makeup that could last through the day and stay on in 105 degree weather,” Rae said. With the idea of launching a makeup line that could stand up to Austin’s heat, Rae used the Internet to research how to launch a cosmetics line by studying the histories of how other makeup lines launched. After researching, Rae decided to create heat-resistant and mineral-based makeup to allow the skin to breathe while providing airbrushed coverage to hide skin’s imperfections. “In lots of makeup there’s some pretty bad stuff like the oils and talc that clog pores, and when you sweat, the sweat stays trapped under the makeup,” Rae said. “But when you make the products mineral and water-based, the skin can breathe.” The sun protection ingredients in Rae Cosmetics include titanium dioxide and zinc oxide. According to CosmeticsInfo.org, both ingredients are FDA-approved to work as sunscreen agents by reflecting and diffusing the UV rays that can cause sun damage and skin cancer. “I have some sun damage and other stuff I’d like to cover up; that’s why I use makeup. So, I wanted to create a product that would hide all that,” Rae said. R ae also uses antioxidants and vitamins A, C, E and D in

Thomas Allison | Daily Texan Staff

Cosmetologist Lauren Lumsden provides a customer with a makeover Tuesday afternoon at Rae Cosmetics near 38th Street and North Lamar Boulevard.

her products. Rae wanted to put her clients and future customers in makeup that she hoped would be beneficial to skin in preventing acne, dr yness and sun damage. For Rae Cosmetics, it all started with one product — a threein-one moisturizer, sunscreen and foundation called the Climate Control Mineral Tint. Rae wanted to cut down the time it usually takes to apply three separate products she considered essential and instead replace it with one product that takes less than a minute to apply. Rae launched the line with the Climate Control Mineral Tint makeup because she wanted to create a go-to product for her customers that would be quick to apply. She also wanted to give her customers the quality finish of leading high-end makeup brands such as Laura Mercier and Bobbi Brown, but with ingredients that she could

feel good about putting on their skin. Local fashion blogger Joanna Wilkinson of keepaustinstylish.blogspot.com uses Rae Cosmetics. Wilkinson uses the three-in-one Climate Control Mineral Tint to protect her fair skin from sun damage. “As a blogger, I admire Rae for making the jump from being a makeup artist to creating a makeup line. It takes guts, but more importantly, business savvy,” Wilkinson said. On the Rae Cosmetics’ website, champion triathlete Desiree Ficker and the World Bodybuilding & Fitness Federation’s 2010 Figure Pro champion, Monica Brant, are featured under the “testimonials” section. “We have a lot of athletes as faces of the line because the makeup was made for women who pride themselves in their active lives,” Rae said. “But here in Austin, you

Thomas Allison | Daily Texan Staff

Many of Rae’s cosmetic products are designed with the Texas climate and active lifestyles in mind, withMAKEUP continues on PAGE 11 standing sweat and blocking harmful UV rays.

Pets require more protein-rich, raw diet By Jessica Lee Daily Texan Staff

g e v i t y a n d t e m p e r a m e n t ,” Schultz said. According to Schultz, the first item listed on the dog or cat food should be a named meat meal, such as rabbit, chicken or lamb. Meal refers to meat in which the moisture is removed. “If you just see ‘meat meal’ on the ingredient list, that is the lowest grade protein you can buy,” Schultz said. “But if it says ‘lamb meal,’ it is actually specifying which animal it came from, which means it’s higher grade.” Schultz said that pet owners should analyze the protein and fat levels in the pet food they

are buying. She said the protein level should be 22 percent or higher for dogs and 34 percent or higher for cats. But Schultz warns customers to be wary of proteins that come from plants. “Animals don’t handle proteins from plants as well as meats,” Schultz said. “Eating these proteins tends to cause upset stomachs for pets.” Advertising and theater junior Kate Griffiths recently decided to feed her Australian shepherd, Scout, a more protein and fatrich diet because he was experiencing stomach problems.

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Physicist finds dark matter galaxy

It is easy to run into the supermarket and grab a bag of dog food—filling a bowl with kibble every morning becomes a mindless act. But Bark ‘n Purr manager Sandy Schultz urges pet owners to take a closer look at the nutrition label of the pet food they are buying. Schultz said pet owners may be unknowingly feeding their pets food laden with ingredients such as recycled transfat grease and old grains covered in mold. “What you feed your pet directly affects their health, lon-

Editor’s note: This is a semesterlong column recapping some of the exciting new scientific developments of the week. Robert Starr is a Ph.D. student studying physics.

‘Vampire Diaries’ brings fresh spin on fantasy genre

Illustration by Caitlin Zellers | Daily Texan Staff

SCIENCE SCENE By Robert Starr

Scientist Sees Dark Galaxy Simona Vegetti, an MIT physicist, has discovered an entire galaxy that seems to be composed of “dark matter,” a mysterious and invisible substance that makes up an estimated 95 percent of the matter in our universe. Not much is known about dark matter other than it has mass and doesn’t reflect light, but scien-

tists have other methods of detecting it. For instance, highly massive objects can noticeably bend light just like a lens does. By studying these bends in light, Vegetti managed to infer that a galaxy-sized object made of dark matter existed outside of our own galaxy. Comet Disintegrates into Sun Fortunately, in our own galaxy, many things do reflect light, including comets crashing into the sun. A study published in “Science” has verified that video taken last summer is of a comet vaporizing in the sun’s atmosphere, something that hadn’t been filmed before. The video is a result of a new satellite specifically designed to study the sun and reveals a big ball of ice about the size of a small aircraft carrier

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By ChinLin Pan Daily Texan Staff

Forget glittery Edward Cullen and your traditional bat-turning, cape-wearing and victim-stalking vampire fiction. The CW’s drama-fantasy “The Vampire Diaries” offers an incredibly addictive improvement to the genre, which is currently bombarded with corny, romantic supernatural fantasies that can cause more laughter than thrills. Set in the fictional Virginian town of Mystic Falls, “Vampire Diaries” centers around El-

ena Gilbert (Nina Dobrev), who becomes involved with vampire brothers Damon (Ian Somerhalder) and Stefan Salvatore (Paul Wesley). She quickly gets sucked into the underlying supernatural world that exists in her very hometown. With the return of the Salvatores (who lived in Mystic Falls in their human days, back in the 1860s) comes life-changing experiences for Elena. Elena and Stefan fall in love, and by season two, werewolves and werewolf/vampire hybrids are introduced and Elena finds herself in danger. In season two, she’s want-

Feeding him food enriched with grains is like if I eat fast food: I feel gross and tired. But if I eat healthily and cook for myself, I have energy. — Kate Griffiths, Advertising and theater junior

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ed by Klaus (Joseph Morgan), an original vampire who can be considered an ancestor to presentday vampires. A trueborn hybrid, Klaus must drink Elena’s blood to the point of death to break the curse placed on him that nullified his werewolf side. Currently, in season three, Elena has survived the ritual and Stefan is forced to become Klaus’s comrade, and Elena, Damon and their friends now must face the tyranny of Klaus and his hybrids. Despite the eye candy provided by the show’s gorgeous cast, only a handful of the actors deliver con-

vincing performances. Dobrev’s portrayal of Elena is good — not spectacular — but much better than Kristen Stewart’s emotionless Bella Swan in the “Twilight” franchise. However, Dobrev shines as Elena’s doppelganger, the ruthless vampire Katherine Pierce. Viewers will find Katherine’s threats more believable and convincing than Elena’s cries for help. For two seasons, Wesley delivered a mediocre performance as the “good vampire.” But in the current season, it’s clear that Wesley does a

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