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Debate fuels gubernatorial race

Peter Franklin | Daily Texan Staff

Gus and Kelly Behr celebrate at the finale of the Republican debate watch party Friday evening at Brave New Books on Guadalupe Street. It was the second and last debate before the March 2 primary for the Republican nomination gubernatorial.

Students weigh in on Republican battle for GOP nomination

Perry leads Hutchison in popular support 43 percent to 33 percent, according to Rasmussen polls. The senator lags despite campaign contributions from Ross PerBy Collin Eaton ot and endorsements from Daily Texan Staff Republican gubernatori- former presidents George al candidates dug in their W. Bush and George H. W. heels and traded blows Fri- Bush. day during the second primary debate in Dallas.

The race between Gov. Rick Perry, Sen. Kay Bailey At the end of the Hutchison and up-and-coming candidate Debra Medina day, the debate is heated up when support for between Coke and Medina rose from 4 percent Pepsi.” to 12 percent in a Rasmussen poll after the Jan. 14 debate.

— Geoffrey UT students of all political Geiger stripes watched and reacted to the debate, offering their College Republicans own analysis. treasurer “A memorable moment was when Perry was asked if he would stay in [office] for four years, and he made Fourteen UT faculty mema big deal about it being in bers, including Nobel Prize God’s hands,” said College winner and physics profesRepublicans treasurer Geof- sor Steven Weinberg, have frey Geiger. donated to Hutchison’s Geiger said he does not campaign while two faculpersonally support any can- ty members have donated to didate yet because he be- Perry’s campaign, according lieves there would be little to a race donations database difference in their styles of compiled from information governing. available on the Texas Ethics “At the end of the day, the Commission. debate is between Coke and University Democrats Pepsi,” Geiger said. spokesman Michael Hur-

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Confusion lingers over SG campaign policies

By Audrey White Daily Texan Staff An absence of the oversight committee, designed to enforce election regulations, has left Student Government candidates and other SG members in a state of limbo about what constitutes ethical pre-campaign activities.

Questions arose last week when external financial director Scott Parks, who has filed as a candidate for SG president, and vicepresidential running mate Muneezeh Kabir held what Parks called a Jan. 28 “supporter rally.”

Parks said there were about 70-80 people in attendance. The event was advertised by sending a bulk e-mail to a list of close friends and established supporters of Parks and Kabir.

Park said the gathering did not qualify as a political event because, according to the election code, campaigning “has the effect of soliciting votes for an elective office.”

“We’re trying to build a support base in private as much as we can,” Parks said. “We are not

By Alex Geiser Daily Texan Staff Because of her conservative appeal and rise in recent polls, Texas gubernatorial candidate Debra Medina may push the already-heated Republican primary race into a runoff between Gov. Rick Perry and Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison.

As it stands, Perry currently leads Hutchison 43 percent to 33 percent, and Medina has a 12-percent hold, according to Jan. 18 Rasmussen polls. If no candidate receives more than 50 percent come the March 2 primary, the two leading candidates will be forced into a runoff on April 13.

“There is a distinct possibility that given these numbers, we will have a runoff. Hutchison and Perry would love not to have a runoff,” said UT lecturer Sherri Greenberg, who served in the Texas House of Representatives for 10 years.

Greenberg said extending the race until April would keep the candidates campaigning, seeking endorsements, spending money and fighting for another five weeks. She said this

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using the word ‘vote.’ Everything is about what we can be doing in preparation for official campaigning season as a team.”

This is the first test of a new election code that was developed last year after controversy arose during the SG elections, when both the Election Supervisory Board co-chairman César Martinez Espinosa and then-SG President Keshav Rajagopalan campaigned for executive alliance Liam O’Rourke and Shara Ma. Rajagopalan used his title in e-mails showing support for O’Rourke, which was a violation of the code.

University-wide Rep. Carly Castetter, one of the authors of the new code, said the code now has more concrete definitions of campaigning and endorsing and also further outlines the roles and rules of the Election Supervisory Board, an elected body that oversees the election and reviews complaints.

In future years, the board will be established by October so questions of pre-campaign

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Medina shakes up GOP race, rise in polls may cause election runoff

ta said Hutchison failed to bring “new ideas to the table.” “[Hutchison] took ideas that Rick Perry had, and Perry hasn’t done that much for us,” Hurta said. “As far as the Republican debate, I think we might just be seeing the Three Stooges again.”

After the debate, aerospace engineering junior Tyler Rosen said he appreciated Medina’s candid “yes” or “no” answers. Rosen said he describes himself as a traditional conservative without a party affiliation.

Throughout the debate, the candidates dodged direct questions.

When asked how many private and government jobs were created in 2009, Perry said, “I can’t tell you how many government jobs [were created]. I can tell you what the percentage is. In Texas, we produce about 5 percent of what the total job market is.”

A moderator asked Hutchison whether or not she believed the number of abortions would increase if Roe v. Wade was overturned.

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Budget cuts force closure of Union cafe

By Ben Wermund Daily Texan Staff The Cactus Cafe, one of Austin’s most revered music halls, will close in August after the Texas Union Board of Directors voted Friday to phase out the venue.

The intimate 150-seat venue in the Union opened 31 years ago this month and has hosted esteemed musical acts such as Townes Van Zandt, Doug Sahm, Richard Thompson and Lyle Lovett.

The board, composed of students and faculty, voted to close the cafe and also to cut the Union’s informal class program, which offers classes on topics ranging from tango to Buddhism for both UT students and the general public.

The planned cuts, expected to save the Union $122,000, were drafted after Gov. Rick Perry instructed all state agencies to turn in budget-reduction plans by Feb. 15. UT plans to cut 5 percent of its overall budget.

Andy Smith, University Union’s executive director, said the Cactus Cafe and the classes were no longer making money and had fallen out of line with the Union’s mission of serving students.

“If the Cactus and the classes were making money, we wouldn’t have had to cut them,” Smith said.

“It’s a double-edged kind of thing.

They don’t serve students, and they don’t break even or return a profit,

so I have nothing to hang my hat on.”

Smith said no layoffs will come from the program cuts. He said backlash from the decision — including the creation of the Facebook group “Save the Cactus Cafe,” which had more than 3,900 members Sunday evening — was not surprising.

“We expected there would be [backlash] because the group of people specifically who come to the Cactus have been loyal customers for a long time,” he said. “But we derive our money from students currently going to school here and we have an obligation to them.”

Theater and dance sophomore Jon Cook, who has attended shows at the Cactus Cafe and has performed at open mic nights, said he has always enjoyed the venue.

“It kind of sucks that they’re closing it because a lot of important acts — at least to me — have played there,” Cook said. “I think it’s one of the coolest places on campus.”

He said the board was probably correct in assuming most patrons of the venue are not students.

“It’s usually an older crowd that goes there,” Cook said. “Most of the acts they book there are just traditional folk acts, that the age bracket is, like, 50 and up.”

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Callie Richmond | Daily Texan Staff

Raina Rose performs a free show at the Cactus Cafe inside the Union in July 2008.

Suspect at large after bank robbery No injuries reported as man uses undisclosed weapon to steal money

By Bobby Longoria Daily Texan Staff Police have not yet apprehended an unidentified man who robbed the Wells Fargo Bank on Guadalupe Street near 21st Street on Friday morning. The suspect used a weapon that remains unidentified by authorities.

The suspect, described by police as a male in his mid30s with a European accent, walked into the bank at 10:12 a.m. wearing gray sweatpants with duct tape covering the logos, a green and black backpack and a black ski mask, said Sgt. Keith Bazzle of the Austin Police Department. An APD flyer describes the man as 5’10” with a thin build.

“The economy is bad,” Bazzle said. “We don’t know why people do it.”

The suspect was seen in surveillance footage walking into the bank shaded by a black umbrella.

Peter Franklin | Daily Texan Staff

An armed robbery occurred at the Wells Fargo located at Guadalupe Street on Friday morning.

Three customers stood in the bank lobby, and a number of employees stood behind the counter. After stealing an undisclosed amount of cash by threatening employees with the weapon, the man fled the bank, going south on Guadalupe. Bazzle said APD units searched the area. No one was injured, but the bank remained closed

for the rest of the day.

“I was just about to get change, but now I’m glad I didn’t go,” said Young McLaughlin, the owner of Alante Salon, which is adjacent to the bank.

McLaughlin said as the robbery occurred, she had a few customers in her store, but she was able to see “a tall man with a big nose” pass in front of her

store’s large windows.

Her salon has a camera that monitors the area 24/7, pointing directly onto the sidewalk.

She said the video will be released to police authorities.

Wells Fargo spokeswoman Helen K. Bow said customer funds are secure at the bank, and despite the robbery, they are not in jeopardy of losing capital.

Bow said the amount of money held at the bank and its security procedures cannot be disclosed because it may compromise the bank’s ability to prevent future robberies.

“Wells Fargo’s top priority in all aspects of its operations is the safety of our customers and team members,” Bow said. “We do not tolerate criminals, and we use the full force of our technology and planning to thwart and catch them.”

APD officials said if any member of the public has information about this incident, they are asked to call the robbery tip line at (512) 974-5092.

This is Austin’s first bank robbery of the year.

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— Texas is a state, and I am a person who reveres life, and I think we need to go the extra mile to protect life, and the unborn baby should be the priority,� Hutchison said.

When asked about her comments at a rally advocating Texas’ secession from the U.S., Medina took a jab at the governor. “I’ve never been a fan of secession,� Medina said. “Those comments were really in response to Gov. Perry’s illadvised comment about secession in the first Tea Party rally.�

Geiger said he would not support Medina because of what he believes to be improbable proposals she made during the debate — such as abolishing property taxes — that he believes the Texas Legislature would reject immediately.

Some students criticized Perry for avoiding questions or shrugging off accusations with a laugh. “[Perry] thinks his grin is like a shield,� said computer science junior Jared Camarata.

According to Jan. 25 reports from the Texas Ethics Commission, Perry and Hutchison have raised $7 million and $6 million, respectively, in campaign funds, while Medina has raised about $200,000.

Friday’s debate can be seen online at wfaa.com/news/politics/debate. Early voting for the primary begins Feb. 16.

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MEDINA : Candidate says ‘no’ to secession From page 1 also leaves the candidates open for criticism and critique, which is why they would opt to avoid a runoff if at all possible.

Cal Jillson, a political science professor at Southern Methodist University, said if Medina maintains her standing at 10 percent in the polls, a runoff is imminent.

Jillson said although Medina continues to take the race for governor seriously, she will not become a top contender because of weaknesses in her argument that are subject to debate and question.

Jillson specifically said her support of interposition and nullification — two subjects touched on in Friday’s debate — would be controversial. Nullification is the assumed right a state has to reject any federal law that the state finds to be unconstitutional, and interposition is the implied duty of a state to stand between the federal government and the people. “I think she forgets that the U.S. Constitution has the Supremacy Clause that says U.S. law is su-

preme over state constitutions,� he said.

When Medina was asked if she supported secession at Friday’s debate, she said no, adding that she would “aggressively� use nullification and interposition as means by which to protect individual and states’ rights from federal intervention.

Jillson said Medina’s plan to eliminate property taxes and increase the sales tax, coupled with her pledge to enforce state sovereignty when it legally cannot be done, should be a red flag for voters. “Many of her policy additions would require dramatic change in Texas,� Jillson said. “Many don’t understand this yet, and when they do, they might be worried.�

Austin defense attorney Betty Blackwell said Medina’s conservative view of states’ rights helps draw in potential voters, but the values she promotes do not hold up under federal law. Blackwell said nullification does not exist now and has not existed since the Civil War.

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Local political activist Paul Davis encourages Debra Medina supporters to volunteer during her campaign for Texas governor. “ E v e n a s g o v e r n o r, s h e wouldn’t have the power to do that,� she said.

Bill McKenzie, an editorial columnist for the Dallas Morning News, said Medina’s ideas have not been challenged, and she has not been answering questions regarding the true meaning of her statements concerning top-

ics such as secession and raising sales taxes. “I think she could get some momentum and make it interesting come March 2,� McKenzie said. “I don’t see how she could take her views and make them appeal to a broader part of the Republican Party. But this is a funny year.�

ETHICS: Board, rules do not exist to interpret code From page 1 fairness can be dealt with as they develop. However, that was impossible this year because the code was not finalized until December. The board members and procedures will be announced by Feb. 9, when the candidacy-filing period ends, Castetter said.

She said students running in the elections are expected to interpret the code and hold themselves to a standard of fairness. “When they file for candidacy, they sign a piece of paper that says they have an understanding of the election code,� Castetter said. “My advice to anyone running is that they should err on the side of caution.�

Parks and Minator Azemi, a University-wide representative who has also filed for presidential

candidacy, have said that because the Election Supervisory Board has not yet been established, it is difficult to interpret the code to determine what is and is not fair. “Just like every other governing document, there is a body that is selected or elected to examine it,� Azemi said. “Unfortunately, we don’t have that yet. If I believe someone is breaking the rules, I have no one to turn to.

Once we get the Election Supervisory Board, it will open the doors for interpretation and we will be able to set precedents.�

Azemi and Justin Stein, vicepresidential running mate and a University-wide representative, are taking what Azemi said was a “stern, better-safe-than-sorry approach� to pre-campaign activities. They have met with leaders of student organizations to gain

perspective on what different types of students expect from the next president, but Azemi said the campaign has had no large meetings and is mainly working with a close group of supporters.

Azemi said he was not certain whether Parks’ campaign broke any rules with their event, based on the reformed election code. “The message Justin and I have had since day one is that this campaign has been about us, and we want students to support us for what we stand for and not as a default option,� he said. “For the sake of respecting the process, especially since it’s new and fragile, I’ll defer to the Election Supervisory Board and see what they have to say.�

University-wide Rep. Jimmy Talarico, who is serving as Parks’ campaign manager, said he sees

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the lack of a formal board as a major roadblock for those who want to run a campaign that is both clean and aggressive. Talarico said this year is a unique case because candidates are operating under the new campaign rules, but without the new form of the Election Supervisory Board. “We went through great lengths to make sure we did not send [e-mails] to people we didn’t know or who weren’t confirmed supporters to avoid breaking the rules,� he said. “But there are so many shades of gray that it’s hard to determine where the line is. It’s frustrating for everyone who wants clear-cut answers.

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serves as home for music-lovers From page 1 Samantha York, a 20-year-old Austin resident, said she just attended her first show at the Cactus. “Honestly, I had never been there until last week when I saw Jonathan Richman, and it was really amazing,� York said. “For me, as a first-timer, it’s sad that it’s not going to be around for much longer.�

Kevin Connor, the vice president of music and artist relations at ME Television, said the Cactus Cafe has earned a national reputation as a venue that is devoted to the music. “It’s where people really come to listen to music,� Connor said. “Some clubs are where you go to be part of a scene. These people sit down and listen. It has a national reputation as a great place to play, and that’s why a really great artist like Richard Thompson is a regular there.�

He said the Cactus Cafe has been like a home for many artists. “Guys like Guy Clark — that’s where they play,� Connor said.

Smith said the decision to close the Cactus Cafe was difficult but necessary. “This is a long-term program of over 30 years. Absolutely, it’s gut-wrenching to do,� Smith said. “It’s a neat thing to run a department that has something like the Cactus Cafe in it — that brings in recording artists and is a place where a number of pretty famous artists got their start. [But neither of the programs] in the recent past have been able to sustain their own weight.�

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Laura Silsby of Boise, Idaho, right, speaks as Nicole Lankford, left, of Middleton, Idaho, and Carla Thompson of Meridian, Idaho, listen during an interview with The Associated Press at police headquarters at the international airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Saturday.

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By Frank Bajak The Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Ten U.S. Baptists were being held in the Haitian capital Sunday after trying to take 33 children out of Haiti at a time of growing fears over possible child trafficking.

The church members, most from Idaho, said they were trying to rescue abandoned and traumatized children. But officials said they lacked the proper documents when they were arrested Friday night in a bus along with earthquake survivors aged from 2 months to 12 years.

The group said its “Haitian Orphan Rescue Mission� was an effort to help abandoned children by taking them to an orphanage across the border in the Dominican Republic. “In this chaos the government is in right now, we were just trying to do the right thing,� the group’s spokeswoman, Laura Silsby, told The Associated Press at the judicial police headquarters

in the capital, where the Americans were being held pending a Monday hearing before a judge.

No charges had been filed.

The children, some of them sick and dehydrated, were taken to an orphanage run by Austria-based SOS Children’s Villages, which was trying to find their parents or close relatives, said spokesman Geogre Willeit. “One child, an 8- or 9-year-old, said she thought she was going to some sort of summer or vacation camp in the Dominican Republic,� Willeit said.

The Baptist group planned to scoop up 100 kids and take them by bus to a 45-room hotel at Cabarete, a beach resort in the Dominican Republic, that they were converting into an orphanage, Silsby told the AP. Whether they realized it or not, these Americans — the first known to be taken into custody since the Jan. 12 quake — put themselves in the middle of a firestorm in Haiti, where gov-

ernment leaders have suspended adoptions amid fears that parentless or lost children are more vulnerable than ever before to child trafficking.

The quake orphaned many children and left others separated from parents, adding to the difficulty of helping children in need while preventing exploitation or mistreatment of them.

While many legitimate adoption agencies and orphanages operate in Haiti, often run by religious groups, the intergovernmental International Organization for Migration reported in 2007 that bogus adoption agencies in Haiti were offering children to rich Haitians and foreigners in return for processing fees reaching $10,000.

Silsby said her group, including members from Texas and Kansas, paid no money for the children, whom she said they obtained from a Haitian pastor named Jean Sanbil of the Sharing Jesus Ministries.

Silsby, 40, of Boise, Idaho, was asked if she didn’t consider it naive to cross the border without adoption papers at a time when Haitians are so concerned about child trafficking. “By no means are we any part of that. That’s exactly what we are trying to combat,� she said.

She said she hadn’t been following news reports while traveling in Haiti.

Social Affairs Minister Yves Cristallin told the AP that the Americans were suspected of taking part in an illegal adoption scheme.

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By Heidi Vogt & Rahim Faiez The Associated Press KABUL — Afghanistan’s president appealed to Taliban fighters Sunday to lay down their weapons and accept laws as the government and its international allies push a program to entice militants away from the insurgency.

President Hamid Karzai spoke three days after he and Western backers agreed at a conference in London to create a more comprehensive program to bring Taliban insurgents over to the government’s side to reduce violence that has raged in recent years.

Incentives have existed for years for the Taliban to stop fighting, but these have generally been ineffective, attracting only the lowest-level fighters with no guarantees they wouldn’t return to the insurgency or that promised aid would come through.

And despite incentives, the insurgency has expanded steadily in the past six years. In 2004, NATO estimated that fewer than 400 Taliban were left in Afghanistan. The latest estimates in early 2010 putting the number of insurgents at close to 30,000.

Karzai stressed he plans to reconcile with Taliban leaders as much as they are willing, but he made clear his offer did not extend to anyone in al-Qaida, saying there was no room in Afghanistan for terrorists.

Karzai has said previously he is willing to talk to Taliban leader Mullah Omar and welcome back any militants who are willing to recognize the Afghan constitution. However, the Taliban has always set the withdrawal of international troops as a precondition for any negotiations. Karzai called that unrealistic, saying the NATO coalition should be expected to stay until they remove al-Qaida and other terrorist threats.

Afghanistan’s international backers agreed in London to provide funding for a renewed effort to woo Taliban away from al-Qaida and the insurgency, given the commitment of the Afghan government to institute a more comprehensive and thorough program, including jobs and education. The details will be worked out in a meeting of elders, clerics and other representatives to be held “very soon,� Karzai said.

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OVERVIEW Board votes to close Cactus Cafe, cut informal classes Seeking to trim its budget, the Texas Union Board of Directors decided Friday to phase out the Cactus Cafe and informal classes by August 2010.

The cafe, nestled in a corner of the Union, is an Austin live-music staple that has been in operation since 1979. Legendary musicians such as Alison Krauss, Lyle Lovett and Ani DiFranco have all played shows in the intimate venue.

Informal classes have been a tradition at UT since 1971. These “community education programs” have allowed students and nonstudents alike to take classes in subjects ranging from the practical (Introduction to HTML) to the enlightening (Introduction to Buddhism) to the hip (FixedGear Bicycling).

Informal classes have afforded students an opportunity to pursue both hobbies and passions in a relaxed setting. But the board members said nonstudents primarily use the services and that they have been unprofitable, requiring extra funds from the University’s budget.

The cuts, effective in August, are predicted to save $120,000 a year.

Fortunately, full-time staff affected by the closures will be offered new positions within the division at their current salaries.

The Union’s main mission is, understandably, to serve students. But these cuts resonate so far beyond the University that we wonder if UT is being too insular. The Cactus preserves something of Austin’s music scene and culture, while informal classes allow thousands of community members to better their lives with education.

The University may be in a financial crunch, but it is a shame that attempting to balance the budget has to come at the expense of student satisfaction — not just by raising tuition, but also by eliminating these unique campus entities.

Budget cuts are about prioritizing, and if saving $120,000 means shutting down cultural and community institutions, then the board members should rethink where to cut costs.

Legal battle looming for Capital Metro Capital Metro and the city of Austin may be headed to court after the transit agency announced it would be halting payments on the $51.1 million it owes the city under a 2003 agreement.

The transportation company stopped paying that portion of the debt and hasn’t budgeted any payments into its 2009-2010 fiscal plans — a problem, considering that money is supposed to fund city projects totaling $12 million in current construction, $13 million under contract and $17 million in the design phase, according to the Austin American-Statesman.

Cap Metro says the contract doesn’t put any particular time requirements on the payments, only that it would pay “as funds are available.”

But Cap Metro board members Chris Riley and Mike Martinez, who also happen to be Austin City Council members, say the money is owed and the city would win if it came to a legal battle. Cap Metro, as usual, says it’s working on a solution.

Given the recent tumultuous dealings of Cap Metro’s finances, the news isn’t particularly surprising. But it’s still disappointing.

The agency’s cost-ridden and only moderately supported foray into a rail system, coupled with sloppy handling of a seemingly overflowing reserve, have led to fare hikes, CEO retirements, canceled contracts and ultimately decreased public confidence in the agency. If the agency isn’t able to work out a fair plan for payments on the debt, it may be the last time the city plans to invest as much into the company.

Cap Metro says it still plans to launch the oft-delayed commuter rail in March. The city needs to hope it’s successful if it plans to make any gains off what has so far been a fumbling investment.

No grand shift for Hutchison after debates Immigration, transportation and the state budget dominated the conversation Friday night as Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, activist Debra Medina and Gov. Rick Perry faced off in their second, and likely last, debate before the March 2 Republican gubernatorial primary.

The night largely mirrored the candidates’ first debate, with Hutchison and Perry trading jabs — this time over the Trans-Texas Corridor and the Texas Enterprise Fund — and Medina scoring small points against both while remaining largely on the periphery.

“Together, they’re a team of economic tricksters intent on destroying our freedoms and selling Texas to the highest bidder,” Medina, who climbed into the low single digits in polling after the first debate, said of her betterfinanced competitors. Forecasters are now predicting that while the onceobscure libertarian candidate won’t win the race, she’ll likely force a runoff between Hutchison and Perry.

For Hutchison, though, who failed to deliver a fatal blow to Perry at either debate, things look bleak. With the governor leading in the polls by a healthy margin, only a knockout performance by Hutchison could have changed the dynamics of the race. But the narrative has instead shifted toward the emergence of Medina as a spoiler.

In Democratic news, former Houston Mayor Bill White and Houston businessman Farouk Shami will square off in a televised debate on Feb. 8. White is favored and the likely candidate, but Shami — whose candidacy has yet to be taken entirely seriously — could provide some entertainment.

THE FIRING LINE Concern for student leadership As a UT undergraduate, when I see issues coming to the table like tuition increases coupled with headlines like Thursday’s “Student leaders fail to be accountable,” I grow increasingly worried about the political climate on campus. Our student leaders are elected to be representative of the issues concerning the student body to the University administration.

When our leaders have failed to convey our concerns to the administration and Legislature, they have failed in their primary mandate to be the voice of the students, and change must occur.

We as the majority student body must act, be it lobbying for more representation and transparency or by circumventing ineffective representation.

If the students want to participate in Tuition Policy Advisory Committee meetings, we should be allowed to. Lip service saying that information is complex simply will not do.

UT has some of the brightest minds on campus growing into the leaders of tomorrow. Am I to believe that the discussions are so complex as to bewilder

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almost all of the thousands of students on campus in various disciplines but that a few student “leaders,” faculty and staff can comprehend it?

The voices of the students — not the personal ideas of our leaders — should be holding weight when it comes to University policy-making. If not, why are they representing us?

— Vladimir Coxall Mathematics senior

Christian athletes the norm?

Blake Hurtik’s article in Thursday’s Sports section titled “Unpopular religious beliefs left out of sports” proposed an interesting idea. According to Hurtik, Christianity is “mainstream,” and this is why Christian athletes like Texas quarterback Colt McCoy and Florida quarterback Tim Tebow steal the spotlight and attract attention while Muslim and atheist athletes stand in the shadows.

But are McCoy and Tebow given attention because their religion is popular, or is it that in the egotistical world of college and pro sports, a few athletes choose to deflect praise and use interviews to talk about somebody greater than them? Which does the

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Challenge science, but do so intelligently discourse, the skeptics and the challenges are not dangerous.

What is worrisome is that so many of us feel compelled to take

By Emily Grubert unyielding sides.

Daily Texan Columnist The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is responsible for what are widely considered authoritative reviews of climate science, vulnerabilities and adaptation strategies as well as climate-change mitigation strategies. In a pair of twin emerging Please, please challenge climate science.

The point of science is to challenge, to question, to poke and controversies, the panel has come under fire in recent months prod at a statement until all its angles have been explored, its for two distinct issues: the integrity of its members and the quality of its research. depths plumbed and its idiosyncrasies catIn an incident involving the theft and alogued. It is only through questioning and release of a body of e-mails from the Uniskeptical examination that scientists can hope versity of East Anglia’s Climate Research to advance fields, increase knowledge and Unit, climate science has been called into push the boundaries of the possible. question as skeptics attempt to determine But please, also recognize that chalThe discourse, the whether scientists intentionally skewed lenging something that hasn’t been chalskeptics and the data. Another incident related to the use of lenged a million times before might elevate a demonstrably false statistic on Himalathe conversation. challenges are not yan glacier melting has been more focused Let’s be honest, there’s a lot concerning clidangerous. What on data quality. mate science to challenge — the accuracy of But neither controversy ultimately has methodologies related to modeling cloud covis worrisome is much bearing on the conclusions on clier, for example. Or why, despite a decade of that so many of mate. That’s the beauty of challenging. global warming from 2000 to 2009, temperaDifferent reports by different people ustures began to show a plateauing trend (a new us feel compelled ing different methods have been produced Nature study suggests it has to do with stratoto take unyielding by generations of challengers — and they spheric water vapor). How, exactly, do comsides. mostly point to very similar conclusions: pounds with short atmospheric lifetimes, such Human activities release materials into the as black carbon (and water vapor, for that matatmosphere that can cause climate change, ter), affect temperatures? which presents a suite of risks, whether as But much about climate science is also fairchanges in temperature, storm intensity, ly well-established. There’s an anthropogenic, biodiversity or water availability. or human-caused, signature on a lot of carbon The science must be challenged, but challenging the science dioxide in the atmosphere. Higher levels of greenhouse gases can contribute to warming. Solar radiation effects don’t account is not the same as polarizing scientists and society to the point for observed warming trends that have been widely identified. where, no matter the evidence, one group feels the need to deny Don’t stop challenging climate science. But challenges should the problem while another feels it must defend any statement respect the field enough to bring real concerns to light. Since that points to risk in acting on climate change.

It is science’s job to estimate and qualify risk, but science can’t most of the arguments commonly presented to argue against man’s role in climate change have been thoroughly investigat- tell us what “should” be done. Recent climate scandals are uned, it’s hard not to think that many aim merely to disrupt rath- fortunate, as they represent another step toward the polarization that obscures our ability to perform good science. er than contribute.

With science this relevant to potentially large shifts in the Grubert is an energy and earth resources graduate student. global economy, it is difficult to de-politicize conclusions. The

reporter seek out: the norm or the noteworthy? Is this about society “lagging” in its outdated assumptions about how “good ol’ Christian boys” fill the football field, about assuming there aren’t any religious symbols other than crosses in the locker room, or is it about Hurtik’s lagging logic?

Christian athletes who attract the spotlight don’t get attention because we believe that there are hundreds just like them; they’re given a closer look because they are unusual.

Christian influence may be overpowering in American sports, as Hurtik asserts, but the result is the white noise of “God, help us win” prayers that echo in every pre-game locker room.

No one cares about this kind of situational theism, precisely because it is mainstream. That’s the norm, and that’s why McCoy’s post-game consistency in praising God is worth media attention, and it’s why people pay attention when Tebow uses his life story to talk about his beliefs.

Other faiths may indeed be overlooked in sports, but it’s not because prominent Christian athletes exemplify the commonplace.

— Daniel Martin Pre-nursing sophomore

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Archaeologist Pamela Owens shows 8-year-old Hannah Bell and 6-year-old Patrick Bloodworth how to identify vertebrae fossils during Identification Day at the Texas Memorial Museum. The day is a biannual event where anyone can bring in potential fossils to be identified by specialists.

Experts answer fossil inquiries

By Vidushi Shrimali Daily Texan Staff Gary Ashworth drove 60 miles Sunday morning to the Texas Memorial Museum’s Identification Day to find someone who would verify that his favorite fossil find was an ancient skull.

“I’m sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but I’m afraid this is just a rock,” archaeologist Chris Lintz from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Fund told him.

Ashworth is one of the many Texans who came to the museum’s semiannual Identification Day where anyone can bring in a rock, fossil or bone that they find and, with the help of archaeologists and paleontologists, find out its age and origin.

Ashworth found the “skull”

and arrowheads in two mounds that he discovered on his brother’s land three years ago.

Since then, he has discovered countless arrowheads, rocks and bones. To supplement his triannual visits to his brother ’s land where he actually conducts his archaelogical digs, Ashworth reads books and does research on his findings.

“I love it,” Ashworth said.

“I’d rather be there [digging] right now than here.”

He visited the museum three weeks ago hoping to identify the piece that he thinks is a skull. An employee told him she thought it was just a rock, but she encouraged him to come back for Identification

Day to speak with an expert.

Even after speaking to two experts Sunday, Ashworth said he would keep looking until someone verified his finding to be a skull.

“That’s my skull,” Ashworth said. “I’m convinced.”

Pam Luttig, a frequent visitor to the museum, brought a bone her father had given her years ago in Michigan. Archaeologist Pamela Owens, the event’s organizer, told her it was the bone of a young mastodon around 9,000 to 10,000 years old. Owens identified the seashell Luttig’s 19-month-old niece had brought as 100 million years old.

“I’m really pleased. I’ve been collecting fossils since I was lit-

tle,” Luttig said. “This museum is fantastic. I’ve spent more time here than anywhere else.”

Yvonne Watson is another Texas resident who drove to Austin to find out how to properly preserve the three mastodon bones her mother gave her 30 years ago. Watson’s grandfather found the bones and fossils in sandbars along the banks of the Mississippi River in the 1920s and divided them among his children, who then passed them on to their children.

“I have three kids, so they’ll each get one. Hopefully, they will just pass them along,” Watson said.

Owens said that the bones were at least 10,000 years old.

By Madeeha Khursheed Daily Texan Staff As the Super Bowl approaches, the Souper Bowl of Caring — a nationwide nonprofit — has already collected more than 198,000 pounds of nonperishable food and $51,000 in donations for its 21st annual food drive. The drive aims at fighting hunger and poverty.

The program kicked off Jan. 13 and will continue through Feb. 7. The organization collects donations and redistributes them to local charities and food banks.

“Comparing it with last year, the funds have nearly doubled, and so has the amount of food,” said Kelly Camunez, a spokeswoman for Capital Area Food Bank.

The food bank received the largest bulk of the donations collected from the drive so far and serves more than 350 hunger relief agencies in 21 Central Texas counties, said spokeswoman Kerri Qunell.

“There are about 600 different events and fundraisers that are held throughout the year to benefit the food bank, and the Souper Bowl of Caring is the largest one,” Camunez said.

Each group that participates in the Souper Bowl of Caring has a choice as to where its donations go, but the main chunk goes to the Capital Area Food Bank because of its partnership with H-E-B and Randalls for the program, Camunez said.

Qunell, however, could not specify how much of the Souper Bowl of Caring’s donations went to the Capital Area Food Bank.

Although demand for food assistance in the country is 60 percent higher than at the same time last year, Julie Falcon, the Souper Bowl of Caring’s Texas director, said there were posi-

tive signs.

“The good news is that [the numbers] have been up in terms of last year,” Falcon said. “[It] seems like people are more understanding that the economy’s bad, and the visibility of what we’re doing has been heightened — also partly due to the Haiti charities.”

Though they are only halfway through the campaign, the Souper Bowl of Caring has already collected enough food and money to provide 333,000 meals.

The food bank’s goal of reaching 750,000 meals this year seems to be in sight, Qunell said.

Many UT organizations and student groups have been regularly involved in holding food drives and volunteering for the food bank in the past, including the Muslim Students Association, Student Engineering Council, Fine Arts Council and the McCombs School of Business. Typically, 10 different groups from UT hold food-related events every year, Camunez said.

“It’s kind of like our responsibility,” said business junior Asif Ansari, spokesman of the Muslim Students Association.

“One thing universities want to project to communities is that they do help out the underprivileged. We not only represent the Muslim community but UT as a whole, and we want to be sure to uphold the standards.”

The Muslim Students Association held a fast-a-thon in October and donated $1 for each registered participant who committed to fasting. All proceeds went to the Capital Area Food Bank.

“Everyone’s been encouraged by efforts in Austin,” Falcon said. “There’s need everywhere in the world these days, and people are stepping up to help.”

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NEWS BRIEFLY Rainy weather puts five-day delay on count of homeless The count of Austin’s homeless population has been rescheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 2, due to rainy weather, five days after the original due date was scheduled last week.

Volunteers, who will work in teams, will search streets, parks, camp sites and other places to count the number of homeless in Austin. The Ending Community Homeless Coalition, a local organization dedicated to ending homelessness, is organizing the count.

Organizations receiving money from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, including the homeless coalition, are required to count their city’s homeless population every two years to receive federal dollars.

Rick Rivera, the leader of the count, said the department gives between $2 million and $4 million in grants every year to fund services for the homeless in Austin.

According to the Web site for the count, the coalition needs more than 300 volunteers. Rivera said he expects one-third, or about 80, of the 250 volunteers scheduled for Thursday to drop out. Monday is the last day to volunteer for the count.

The National Weather Service forecasts a 40-percent chance of rain Tuesday night with a low of 47 degrees.

In the coalition’s 2007 survey, volunteers counted 2,018 homeless people on the streets. That number fell by about 40 percent to 1,223 in the 2009 count. Local organizations estimate that there are at least 4,000 homeless people on the streets of Austin and in its shelters. “I wouldn’t judge this count as being the definition of how many homeless people are in Travis County,� Rivera said. “We’re not going to have enough people to walk every block and street in Austin.�

Those interested in volunteering for the count can visit traviscountyhomelesscount.org for more information. — Michael Moran

City to host public forums on transportation concerns In early February, the city of Austin will host public forums to hear citizens’ public transportation concerns and to narrow future priorities for mobility planning.

The Austin Transportation Department started an outreach program in November to define gaps in present transportation projects, said department spokeswoman

Karla Villalon.

There are more than 1,200 projects that citizens have suggested to the Austin Mobility Program that need to be reduced. The department said it hopes the upcoming forums will help the city match its budget and future bond packages to citizens’ transportation priorities. “Austin is an auto-based city, [and] most travelers tend to think of their auto first,� said Randy Machemehl, professor of civil engineering at the University. “As congestion grows, we’ll see people opting for public transportation.�

European studies senior Jenny Ustynik said she thinks traffic is one of Austin’s biggest transportation problems because the freeways are not big enough for the number of commuters in the city.

The Capital MetroRail, a major public transportation project already underway, is scheduled to open its first route in March. The Red Line route will extend 32 miles through the city with stops downtown and at the new Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard station in East Austin, which will have direct shuttle service to the University campus.

The next meeting will take place Feb. 8, 6 p.m. at Reagan High School. — Laura Kandle

Monday, February 1, 2010

mom works, he plays

Rene Huynh | Daily Texan Staff

Jackson Hillhouse entertains himself while his mother Jennifer Hillhouse, owner of Jenn’s Copy and Binding Center, works Sunday afternoon. When talking about bringing her kids to work with her, Hillhouse said “My dad, who previously owned this place, always used to take me to work with him. I thought I’d start them out early.�

Program brings elementary students to nursing school

By Erin May Daily Texan Staff Students from a low-income Austin elementary school visited UT’s nursing school this weekend as part of a program to spark interest in higher education.

Students from Austin’s Zavala Elementary School visited the School of Nursing on Friday to learn about health and nursing as part of the Longhorn School Bus program, which buses lower-income elementary school children from Austin to campus to participate in learning sessions with the University’s various colleges.

The students took part in activities about germs, exercise and nutrition, and monitored the blood

pressure and heartbeat of a computer-controlled human simulation. Pre-nursing and nursing student volunteers from UT’s Nursing Student Association ran the program.

Nursing senior Saloni Gandhi said the purpose of the event was to show students they can look forward to interesting things in college. “It’s important for these kids from lower-income schools to see things they might not normally be able to see and increase the possibility of them going to college,�

Gandhi said.

Sixth-grade teacher Gabriel Estrada said Zavala Elementary School goes to different UT col-

leges four to five times a year. The school has been participating in the Longhorn School Bus program since it began 10 years ago. “There were collaborations between the colleges to open up to schools in east Austin so the students can see colleges from a different perspective, not just watching a football or basketball game,�

Estrada said.

Christina Stylianou, an officer for the Nursing Student Association, planned the event. She said the purpose of the event was to promote the nursing school. “I feel like people don’t even know UT has a nursing school,�

Stylianou said.

One of the key components of

the degree plan involves simulation, Stylianou said. All nursing students have to pass a class called Synthesis, in which students deal with situations such as bleeding out and cardiac arrest on simulation mannequins since “these dummies can’t die.� “It helps us bridge the gap from student-nursing to real life,�

Stylianou said. “The students seem really impressed by the [simulation] lab.�

Gandhi worked at the simulation lab during the program. “I’ve heard ‘whoa’s’ when they come in,� Gandhi said. “I think [the students] are really surprised that technology can make this thing breathe.�

Besides having a heartbeat and measurable blood pressure, the dummies are programmed with phrases to speak. In the Labor Delivery Room, they said phrases such as, “Oh! I’m having contractions!�

The students were given stethoscopes as they huddled around the dummies, checking their heartbeat, breathing and the sound of bowel movements in their intestines.

Sixth-grade student Sydney Hernandez said the simulation lab was her favorite part of the event. “I like when you use the thing that goes around the person’s finger,� Hernandez said, referring to checking blood pressure.

Another sixth-grader, Emily Ramirez, talked about other activities. “They put gluey stuff on our hands, so you can see the spots where germs go,� Ramirez said. “My hands were clean on the second try.�

Stylianou said the day went smoothly despite having more students than anticipated. The College of Liberal Arts was supposed to host students the same day but cancelled because of the weather, she said. “It’s a wonderful thing, the idea of exposure to different perspectives in life,� Estrada said. “You can’t copy that in the classroom.�

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Longhorns fall to Bears at the buzzer Fouls and free throws cost Texas in overtime loss to Bears Saturday

By Laken Litman Daily Texan Staff With 0.7 seconds left on the overtime clock and No. 6 Texas down by three, forward Gary Johnson passed the ball to freshman Avery Bradley.

Bradley, who had been 2-for7 in 3-pointers, swung around to the left side of the arch and took aim.

Unfortunately for the Longhorns, he missed the tying basket at the buzzer, sending Texas to its first home loss of the season. The 80-77 loss to Baylor ended the Longhorns’ 16game home winning streak and marked the first time Baylor has won a game at the Frank Erwin Center since 1998.

Texas coach Rick Barnes had not lost to the Bears heading into last year’s Big 12 championship, but he has now lost two games straight.

On Saturday, the Longhorns had their chances to continue those streaks.

Ideally, when a game is on the line, you want the ball in the hands of a mature, clutch player. For Texas, that player is Damion James. But with less than a minute left and the Longhorns down 75-73, James

fouled out.

“I saw [Baylor ’s Quincy Acy] trying to shoot the ball, and I had to do what I had to do,” James said about getting his fifth foul. “It’s tough and frustrating, especially for me as a leader. I can’t be doing things like that and missing easy shots and free throws.

Those are the plays I gotta make if I want to be who I am.

It stings.”

Though he could not be the one to make the heroic winning basket at the end, James did contribute another dominating performance with his 49th double-double, scoring 20 points and a careerhigh 19 rebounds. Dexter Pittman also scored 14, his highest point total since Jan. 5, but only grabbed one rebound in 29 minutes.

James only went 8-for-14 on free throws, though, which was one of the biggest factors in the Longhorns’ loss.

In overtime, Texas only made 50 percent of its free-throw attempts while Baylor made 80 percent. The Longhorns did not make free throws when they needed them the most, and despite James’ early exit, those extra points from the line could have won the game for Texas.

The Longhorns actually could have prevented go-

By Dan Hurwitz Daily Texan Staff After having a 22-point lead trimmed to nine, the Longhorns ended a seven-minute field goal drought from a 3-pointer by an unlikely hand.

Forward Earnesia Williams came off two screens and attempted to make a 3 in front of her bench to end a late second-half surge by the Lady Bears and win 61-50.

“I’m just glad it went in,” Williams said. “My teammates set a great screen for me, and I had a really wide open shot.”

Baylor head coach Kim Mulkey did not get the memo that Williams could shoot the ball.

“You don’t view her as a shooter,” Mulkey said.

Williams made both her 3-point attempts and went five of seven from the field in the win.

The Bears fought harder, narrowing the lead to 7, but Longhorns connected the final blow courtesy of Ashleigh Fontenette, who drilled past Baylor’s Terran Condrey and made a layup as she was fouled by Brittney Griner.

A season-high crowd of 9,123 fans wearing pink to spread breast cancer awareness erupted as Fontenette completed the 3-point play.

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Texas guard Avery Bradley, right, collapses in disbelief after his buzzer beating three-pointer missed Saturday afternoon against Baylor, sending Texas to its third loss in four games. ing into overtime if it hadn’t been for missed free throws.

With 16 seconds left and with a 1-point lead, freshman J’Covan Brown, one of the Longhorns’ best from the line, had his only miss of the night, keeping Baylor within 2.

“It was kind of frustrating,” Brown said. “When we were in the huddle, Damion said, ‘Let’s get this win.’ I walked

to the free-throw line with confidence. When I released it, it looked perfect. It was just short. I was mad at myself because usually I don’t miss those in that situation.”

Baylor’s Anthony Jones sent the game into overtime with a game-tying layup at the end of regulation after a desperate 3-pointer was airballed, but no Longhorns were around to

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In overtime, Baylor started with a 5-0 scoring streak.

Ekpe Udoh, who had gone 0-for-11 from the field in regulation, made the Bears’ first three baskets. Brown cut Baylor ’s lead with a 3-pointer but then turned the ball over, which led to an Udoh dunk.

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Dexter Pittman, Center Do you smell that?

It’s a terrible stench, and it’s coming from the big man, who, in case ESPN hasn’t already told you, isn’t as big as he used to be.

I’m talking about Dexter Pittman, whose performance during the tailspin that Texas calls the middle of its season has been atrocious.

If Texas wants to legitimately get out of this slump, Pittman has to wake up and start playing the type of ball that was on display for the first half of the Longhorns’ schedule.

A good deodorant for that smell would be doubledigit rebounds against the Cowboys.

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Oklahoma State Spotlight Marshall Moses, Foward Pittman’s foil for Monday’s game, at least as far as rebounds go, will be Oklahoma State’s Marshall Moses.

While Moses will most likely be on Damion James for the game, Moses is the Cowboy’s leading rebounder.

He’s averaging nearly 10 boards a game as Pittman is looking at only 6.1.

While Pittman is studying film in preparation, he may want to bust out his notebook to take some notes on how to get a rebound. In OSU’s last six games, Moses had totals of 11, 18 and 13, and his lowest total was five. In contrast, Pittamn had only one in nearly 30 minutes of an overtime loss to Baylor on Saturday.

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The Longhorns have dropped three of their last four games. The losses came against tournament-worthy teams, and the win came against struggling Texas Tech.

Texas needs a win in Stillwater to prove it can win big games again. Those memories of glorious wins over North Carolina and Michigan State and the too-short stay at No. 1 are long gone. The Longhorns are in danger of fading into the middle of the pack in a deep Big 12 or, gulp, even getting passed.

Don’t buy into the James hype — yet Damion James’ stat lines always look pretty in the box score — none nicer than his 20-point, 19-rebound effort in the loss to Baylor — but looks can be deceiving. For James to be worthy of the lofty national-player-of-the-year talk that has surrounded him, he’ll need to be the central force in turning Texas’ season around, something the forward couldn’t pull off against Baylor after fouling out. But the fact is, James isn’t a shooter — from the free-throw line or anywhere else.

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Texas coach Rick Barnes has long had a hands-off philosophy.. He trusts his players to get through tough times, often not calling timeouts during opposing teams’ runs. But his choices are beginning to come under scrutiny after three losses. Barnes only played freshman Jordan Hamilton for two minutes against the Bears in a game when Texas needed outside-shooting help. Meanwhile, star freshman Avery Bradley played 40 minutes but scored only 9 points on 3-of-11 shooting. As for the team’s free-throw woes, let’s hope that with such a quick turnaround between games, Barnes has his players shooting them on the plane.

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Texas’ Earnesia Williams, left, drives to the basket against Baylor on Sunday night. Williams hit several big shots down the stretch to protect the Horns’ lead in a 61-50 win at the Frank Erwin Center. Williams scored a team-high 13 points.

WIN: Texas survives Bears surge in win From page 7 The Longhorns, who were unable to hold on to a 14-point lead against Iowa State on Jan. 23, went through another week of “boot camp� hosted by drill sergeant and head coach Gail Goestenkors. “We had a week of pretty intense practices, and we were so disappointed after Iowa State.

And I was so happy it paid off today,� Goestenkors said.

Not wanting a repeat performance from their last time on the court, the Longhorns had no clue that they even had a 20-point lead. “I knew we were up by double digits, but I wasn’t aware it was 20,� said Brittainey Raven. “We were just trying to play every possession as hard as we could, as if it was a close game or we were down.�

The Longhorns took an 8-point the big 3-pointer [by Williams].� lead into the second half but When it seemed as if Baylor quickly soared to what seemed to had stolen all the momentum, be a comfortable Goestenkors reaslead from a 17-4 sured her team. run. “I told them, But the Lady ‘We’re ahead by Bears quickly more than we We were just came back with were at halftime. trying to play every a run of their So act like it,’� own, scoring 13 possession as hard as Goestenkors said. straight points, The Lady Bears we could, as if it was the first six of were able to get a close game or we which came from back into the game Griner, who finby getting the were down.� ished with 21 Longhorns into — Brittainey Raven foul trouble. Ashpoints. “If you cut this Guard ley Gayle had limthing to single ited playing time, digits, we have and Cokie Reed a chance to win,� fouled out with Mulkey told her 8:29 remaining. team when they were down 20 But Griner got into foul troupoints. “And we did, but they got ble, too, as the Longhorns contin-

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ued to attack her from many angles. They took shots around her, over her and into her. “When Brittney [Griner] is in the game, everyone thinks twice about going to attack. But we kept attacking,� Goestenkors said.

Griner was held below her average in rebounds and blocks, managing only seven and two respectively, and to the disappointment of the crowd, she did not dunk.

The Longhorns, who take on Oklahoma on Wednesday, were satisfied with their performance against Griner and the Lady Bears, but they know what’s coming up next. “A win like this is great,� Williams said. “This is going to give us a lot of confidence, but we can’t dwell on it and have to go and be ready to play another team.�

By Ryan Betori Daily Texan Staff After last weekend’s upset over No. 1-ranked Texas A&M, the Longhorns traveled back to College Station on Friday to compete in the Texas A&M Challenge. At a meet that featured the top teams from the Big 12, SEC and Pac-10, the Longhorns kept with their trend of early-season consistency.

The driving force behind the Longhorns’ performance was redshirt junior Betzy Jimenez. After notching two individual wins at the previous A&M meet, Jimenez continued to impress. She took half a second off of her personal-best time on her way to a second-place finish in the 3,000-meter dash. Jimenez’s time of nine minutes, 18.03 seconds is currently the sixth-fastest in the nation. Sophomore Mia Behm was close behind Jimenez, and her time of 9:39.53 was good for ninth place. “It really was a big day for Betzy in the sense that she and others around the country need to recognize that she is legitimate,� said UT assistant coach Steve Sisson.

Sisson believes some of Jimenez’s early season success can be attributed to the injuries she sustained last year. After being side-

Longhorns push Big 12 to dominating win over Pac-10 and SEC teams

By Michael Sherfield Daily Texan Staff The Texas Longhorns did their part in bringing the Big 12 a dominating win against the Pac-10 and the SEC in College Station this weekend. After competing against the Aggies last weekend, the Longhorns teamed up with their traditional rivals and Baylor in the Texas A&M Challenge. UT was the only school in the competition not ranked, but the Long-

lined, Sisson feels Jimenez has a newfound hunger and appreciation for competing.

Also notable was senior Jordyn Brown. In the shot put, Brown threw a season best 53-2 1/4 (16.21 meters), finishing only second to the country’s leader in the event.

Brown also tallied a second-place finish in the weight throw.

Another second-place finish was collected by the 4-by-400 meter relay team. Alicia Peterson, StaceyAnn Smith, Chantel Malone and Angele Cooper led an effort that was just three-tenths of a second behind first-place Oregon. Ironically, at last weekend’s A&M upset, the relay team won by three-tenths of a second in the last event to secure the overall win.

Malone also provisionally qualified in the long jump. Her seasonbest spring of 20-5 1/4 (6.23 meters) was good for a third-place finish. In the high jump, sophomore Victoria Lucas leaped her way to a second place finish.

The Longhorns will have some time to further refine their well-balanced attack over the next few weeks.

The team won’t be competing again until Feb. 13 at the USA-SEC Challenge hosted by Texas A&M. The team should experience few problems in their return to A&M. As the past two meets have shown, the Longhorns have excelled in enemy territory. horns punched above their weight to contribute 93.5 of the 297 points the Big 12 racked up. They came in ahead of the second-place Pac10, represented by Oregon, Stanford and Washington State, which racked up a total of 235 points.

Texas dominated in the shot put competition, sweeping the top three places for the third consecutive event. The Longhorns also got good runs from Keiron Stewart and Marquise Goodwin, winning the 60-meter hurdles and finishing second in the 60-meter, respectively.

Texas returns to action next weekend in New York City in the New Balance Collegiate Invitational.

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Horns fall to Volunteers and Horned Frogs in first test of the season

Berens, Walters wins not enough to keep No. 1 Texas unbeaten

By Alexandra Carreno Daily Texan Staff The Longhorns did not fare well in their weekend trip to Tennessee for the Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s Kick-Off Weekend, falling to Tennessee on Friday and TCU on Saturday.

Texas (1-2) had a difficult time finding its footing against the Volunteers during Friday’s match.

One of Texas’ doubles duos featuring junior Amanda Craddock and sophomore Krista Damico suffered a crushing 8-1 defeat against the nationally top-ranked pairing of Caitlin Whoriskey and Natalie Pluskota. With another doubles win, the Volunteers clinched the doubles point.

In singles play, the Horns’ rough day continued, as only Corovic, at third singles, was victorious against Pluskota, with a 6-2, 6-2 win. Players at positions five day, month day, 2008 and six did not even play their matches because the Volunteers clinched the match victory well before it began.

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TCU immediately commandeered the lengthy 5 1/2-hour match as they secured the doubles point. Meanwhile, in singles play, Ellis gave the Longhorns their first match point as she put away her match against TCU’s Nina Munch-Soegaard. At third singles, Corovic won her match in an exciting tiebreaker 6-1, 7-6, evening the match points at three all.

However, Texas could not pull out the comeback win at the five or six singles spots.

By Manesh Upadhyaya Daily Texan Staff No. 1 Texas went to Tucson, Ariz., with a lot of confidence but left with a loss Saturday evening. The No. 3 Arizona Wildcats beat Texas 181-171 in a dual meet at the Hillenbrand Aquatic Center.

The Longhorns finished Friday’s events trailing the Wildcats 97-89. Seniors Ricky Berens and Hill Taylor, junior diver Matt Cooper and sophomores Jimmy Feigen and Jackson Wilcox brought Texas individual victories.

Berens beat Arizona’s first, fifth and ninth nationally ranked swimmers in the 200 backstroke, timed at 1 minute and 45.55 seconds, an NCAA provisionalqualifying mark.

Saturday saw Wilcox in good form, making up for Texas’ lost ground the previous day.

He won the 1,650 freestyle in 12:34.84, beating Arizona’s Jean Basson, the nation’s leading

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Texas’ No. 1 singles player Dimitar Kutrovsky led the Longhorns to an easy weekend sweep of Middle Tennessee State and California in Austin to secure a spot in the Indoor Championships next month.

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ed their matches first. Andersen, in his first-ever match for the Longhorns, won at the third spot, 6-3, 6-1, over Langley, and Mladenov took down Alex McCann 6-1, 6-2 at No. 4 singles. Ben Chen, a freshman also making his debut for the Horns, posted a 6-1, 7-5 victory at the sixth spot over Waters. “Jean Andersen was a little nervous, but once he settled in, he played well,� Center said. “He’s a tremendous athlete who can do a lot of different things. Jean will be a big contributor. Vasko Mladenov was a little uptight at the start, but he settled in and played an excellent match. Ben Chen played great tennis.

Against California, it was the Texas’ upperclassmen who dominated the Golden Bears.

Texas took the second and third doubles matches to secure the point.

Juniors Kellen Damico and Ed Corrie earned an impressive victory when

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they beat the No. 49 doubles tandem in the country, Nick Andrews and Christoffer Konigsfeldt, 8-3. Andersen and Whitehead grabbed their second doubles victory in as many days with an 8-3 win over Bozhidar Katsarov and Riki McLachlan.

The singles session was more of the same. The top three ranked Texas singles players earned straightset victories.

No. 5 Dimitar Kutrovsky took care of business at the first singles spot, winning 6-3, 6-3 over Pedro Zerbini. No. 9 Corrie had a huge win when he destroyed No. 33 Jonathan Dahan, and No. 38 Josh Zavala comfortably beat No. 98 Katzarov, 6-2, 6-3 at the fourth singles spot.

With the results, Texas qualified for the ITA National Team Indoor Championships starting Feb. 12 in Charlottesville, Va. The Horns next head to Houston for a weekend tournament.

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The No. 8 Texas tennis team passed its first real test of the season with flying colors, beating Middle Tennessee State and California in consecutive days by the same score, 4-0.

In the first match against Middle Tennessee State, Texas rested many starters in the singles session, and head coach Michael Center showed off a few players from his stellar recruiting class.

In the singles, the Horns needed only three matches to wrap up the win.

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By Michael Sherfield Daily Texan Staff Texas wanted a test out of No. 2 Arizona over the weekend.

The Longhorn got that and a little more as the Wildcats swam out to a comfortable 201-152 win in Tucson, Ariz. “I am definitely not thrilled with how we raced overall,� Texas head coach Kim Brackin said. “This meet was an important measuring stick for us. I don’t think it was a lack of want on our part — it just wasn’t there.�

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swimmer in the event.

Senior Dave Walters, quiet in Friday’s competitions, won the 200 freestyle in 1:38.30 and placed second in the event’s 50yard structure Saturday.

Taylor placed first in the 100 backstroke finishing in 48.84, and sophomore teammate Neil Caskey won the 200 butterfly in 1:48.21.

Texas freshman Cole Cragin, ranked eighth nationally and first in the Big 12 Conference in the 100 backstroke, did not live up to his standards. His best performance of the night was his second-place finish in the 200 medley relay, swimming the first leg in 22.83.

It was not all bad for the Texas freshman class as Austin Surhoff placed second in the 200 individual medley in 1:50.93.

The meet in the desert finished with a consolation fingertip finish in favor of the Longhorns. Walters started the 400 freestyle relay in 44.23 with senior Ben Van Roekel splitting the second leg 44.32. Feigen took the third leg in 44.28, and Berens anchored in 44.41. Texas won the relay in 2:57.24.

shining brightest. She won three races total, two coming on Saturday. She claimed the 200 butterfly in 1 minute, 57.98 seconds and the 200 individual medley in 1:59.48.

But that was almost half of Texas’ victory haul. The Longhorns won only five events in the deciding day as Arizona swam away to a 49-point victory.

Karleen Bespo added two wins as well.

But it wasn’t enough for a Texas team that found itself outmatched over the weekend.

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BeyoncĂŠ, Kings of Leon sweep Grammys

By Nekesa Mumbi Moody The Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Beyonce once again tied a record for most wins by a female performer at the Grammys by netting five trophies, including song of the year for “Single Ladies,� but the Kings of Leon’s “Use Somebody� trumped her “Halo� to win record of the year Sunday night.

The southern rock group’s inspirational, romantic ode also beat out Taylor Swift’s “You Belong With Me,� Lady Gaga’s “Poker Face� and the Black Eyed Peas’ “I Gotta Feeling� for the honor of the year’s top record.

The quartet of three brothers and a cousin admitted they were already celebrating when they accepted their trophy, the third of the night. “I’m not going to lie, we’re all

JUGGLING: Skits

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a little drunk. But we’re happy drunks,� said lead singer Caleb Followill.

Beyonce, who in 2004 won five Grammys on the strength of her debut album “Dangerously in Love,� tying the mark held by the likes of Alicia Keys, Norah Jones and Lauryn Hill, reached that milestone again Sunday.

She won the songwriting trophy along with three writers for her omnipresent anthem “Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It).� The superstar also won best R&B contemporary album for “I Am ... Sasha Fierce� among her other awards, and still had the opportunity to win the evening’s remaining top award — album of the year.

Beyonce wasn’t on hand to accept her early trophies: She was preparing for her dramatic onstage rendition of “If I Were A Boy,� one

of several hits from her top-selling third CD. Lady Gaga delivered the early show-stopper with an eye-popping performance with Elton John.

Lady Gaga, who won two Grammys during the pre-telecast ceremony, kicked off the night with a sequined green leotard with massive shoulders as she sang her Grammy-nominated hit “Poker Face� amid an elaborate stage that included dramatic choreography and pyrotechnics.

Moments later, she scaled things down a bit — as much as Lady Gaga can — and brought out Elton John as they melded her song “Speechless� and his classic “Your Song� together in a performance that featured dueling pianos, and glitter-painted faces.

Taylor Swift, who was second to Beyonce in Grammy nomina-

tions with eight nods, won three early awards, including best country album. Though the 20-year-old has won just about every award imaginable over the past year for her best-selling CD “Fearless,� she was wide-eyed when she accepted her trophy for country album. “I just keep thinking back to when you’re in second grade and you sing in the talent show for the first time and people joke around and say, ‘Maybe we’ll see you at the Grammys some day.’ But that just seems like an impossible dream,� she said. “I just feel like I’m standing here accepting an impossible dream.�

The Grammy for best new artist went to the Zac Brown Band, while best rock album went to Green Day for “21st Century Breakdown.�

The Black Eyed Peas also had three trophies from the pre-tele-

cast, and other double winners were Jay-Z, Eminem, and Maxwell.

Maxwell, up for six awards, also won his first Grammys — best R&B male vocal for the ballad “Pretty Wings� and best R&B album for “BLACKsummers’ night.� The album marked the R&B crooner’s return after an absence of eight years from the music business.

While Beyonce has won a caseload of Grammys during her career, she hasn’t won album of the year, but that had the potential to change Sunday. The superstar was nominated for album of the year for “I Am ... Sasha Fierce,� along Swift’s “Fearless,� the most popular album of any genre last year.

Many participants in the program wore red cross buttons in support of Haiti earthquake relief.

ENTERTAINMENT BRIEFLY MTV renews ‘Jersey Shore,’ episodes to air in summer The network’s president of programming Tony DiSanto said Friday that 12 new episodes will air this summer.

According to the network, Pauly D, Mike, Snooki, Jenni, Sammi, Ronnie and Vinny escape the cold northeast and find themselves in a new destination.

The show about tanned twenty-somethings hasn’t been without controversy.

In December, the New Jersey Italian American Legislative Caucus called for MTV to cancel the show, saying it promotes derogatory ethnic stereotypes and is “wildly offensive.�

MTV isn’t revealing how much the cast members are being paid to do the show. — The Associated Press

5am McHenry

From page 12 involved Williams making a bologna sandwich complete with pickle, mustard and mayonnaise simply with his feet and feeding the finished product to an audience member. Another notable skit involved Hunt swallowing an inflated balloon whole.

One of the joys of live theater is the spontaneity of each performance’s audience, and audience participation is a key component of the Idiots’ show. The performers frequently ask audience members to be involved and stand as human targets. Imagine an 8-year-old girl with long steel knives whizzing around her.

Some of the funniest moments during the show came not from the performers but from the actions and reactions of the participating audience members. For example, during the show’s second night, one of the performers called for the participation of a young girl in the audience. “Or an effeminate boy,� he said.

Sure enough, a young boy quickly raised his hand, eager to be involved.

Although the Idiots’ pop-cultural references to current celebrity scandals were awkward and didn’t quite resonate with the audience, the show elicited a very positive response from its audience. The constant narration during the show kept audience members involved, but the many comments about their previous career and the history of their reunion tour got old quickly. That sort of banter was great for old fans but tiring for new ones.

BAND: Guitarist

dishes on local food favorites From page 12

JD: Musictoyz.com.

DT: What is a perfect day for you?

JD: Breakfast tacos, a nap, two hours of guitar-playing, YouTube, shopping for guitar stuff and then catching a buzz.

DT: What’s the best thing about Austin?

JD: That I can say I was born here.

DT: What’s the worst thing about Austin?

JD: The amount of people is annoying.

DT: Describe your perfect sandwich.

JD: Fricano’s turkey Reuben — they’ve already invented and mastered that.

DT: Who is your favorite historical figure?

JD: Pancho Villa. Emiliano Zapata is a close second.

DT: What are you reading right now?

JD: “Breaking Open the Head: A Psychedelic Journey into the Heart of Contemporary Shamanism�.

DT: The usual coffee shop order?

JD: Don’t drink coffee. Blech.

DT: Your favorite breakfast cereal?

JD: Cheerios!

DT: Fill in the blanks: If I weren’t (blank), I would be (blank).

JD: If I weren’t Mexican, I would be African-American.

Suzanne McHenry is no feather in the wind.

Every day, she rises with the sun to run with the homeless.

Every day, she’s feeding her life, her career and her future.

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Life&Arts Editor: Ben Wermund E-mail: lifeandarts@dailytexanonline.com Phone: (512) 232-2209 www.dailytexanonline.com

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Have some dessert in your dinner Psych-inspired

band maintains loyalty to scene

Katie Medlin | Daily Texan Staff

Pasta noodles can be combined with a strawberry-puree and both mozzarella and Parmesan cheese.

Use your imagination to make a fruity change, lighter pasta dish Editor’s note: This is the second in a five-part series offering up out-of-the-ordinary options for every course on the menu.

By Layne Lynch Daily Texan Staff Pasta is a dish that fits the ideal college lifestyle: It’s easy, quick and delicious.

One of pasta’s unique qualities is its versatility — you can create a seemingly endless number of combinations by simply having a little bit of imagination.

Aside from being noted for their taste, traditional pasta dishes such as spaghetti carbonara, fettuccini alfredo and ravioli are known for their tendency to carry a heavy, savory and often meaty flavor. A recipe for strawberry pasta is distinct from these traditional pasta dishes because it defies the customary qualities of being both heavy and savory.

Strawberry pasta won’t leave diners feeling overly stuffed. Instead of using sausage, bacon or chicken, this dish uses fruit as the main ingredient. This

Strawberry Pasta Ingredients 1 pint strawberries (1 frozen bag is okay) 1/4-1/3 cup of apple jui ce 1/2 pound spaghetti 1/4 cup shredded Parm esan cheese 1/4 shredded mozzarel la cheese 2 tablespoons butter 1/3 cup heavy cream Mint or basil (or both) 1/4 cup pine nuts (op tional)

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fits of strawberries, which are high in vitamin C, potassium and fiber.

However, you don’t have to use only strawberries. In

By Francisco Marin Daily Texan Columnist When “Lost in Translation� premiered in 2003, I belonged to the shameful hordes of fans obsessed with its soundtrack. My interest was mostly sparked by its strange inclusion of My Bloody Valentine and The Jesus and Mary Chain, shoegaze and psychedelic bands who had lost their edge or had broken up many years before.

That’s exactly why it’s great to find that some musicians — The Strange Attractors among them — have never left the scene and are still as razor-sharp as ever.

It’s no wonder that the band cites throwback bands such as the 13th Floor Elevators and Spacemen 3 as influences on its MySpace page. But no matter how much The Strange Attractors emulate the cool swagger and unpretentious style of those psychedelic-rock legends, they always end up with a refreshing sound that’s uniquely their own.

The Strange Attractors released Sleep and You Will See in July to critical acclaim, and its hazy, undulating guitar work and fuzzed-out frequencies are the perfect antidote to the faux cock-rock revivalists who plague the airwaves today.

The Daily Texan checked in with The Strange Attractors’ guitarist and vocalist Jeremy Diaz, formerly of Riverboat Gamblers, to find out just how many things can go wrong at a show and who the best taco lady in town is.

The Daily Texan: What are three adjectives that describe your band’s music?

Jeremy Diaz: Sweet, sour,

spicy.

DT: What album have you listened to the most in the last week?

JD: The Cult’s Love.

DT: If you could collaborate with any musician in the world, who would it be?

JD: Bootsy Collins, without a doubt.

DT: What was the best show you’ve ever played?

JD: Way back — when I was in Riverboat Gamblers — maybe in about early 2000, we played a show at Club Clearview in Dallas with Zeke and Murder City Devils. It was utter chaos.

DT: What was the worst show you’ve ever played?

JD: That’s a hard question. I’ve got about 16 years of shows under my belt. There’s been some bad ones. They can’t always be good — poor musicianship, drunk bandmates, bad sound guy, bad attitude, equipment malfunctions — there’s just so many factors working against you that sometimes it’s a wonder we ever have a good show.

DT: What is your favorite song to play live?

JD: I tend to like the more rocking songs. I’d have to say that “Day After Day� is my favorite to play.

DT: Where is your favorite place to eat in Austin?

JD: La Fogata. It’s a really great taco truck on Burnet by the Gas Pipe. Loves me the taco lady.

DT: What is your favorite Web site or blog?

BAND continues on page 11 Australia’s The Strange Attractors emulate the cool swagger and unpretentious style of psychedeclic bands like the 13th Floor Elevators.

this recipe, feel free to replace them with blueberries, blackberries, mixed berries, raspberries or whatever your heart desires.

Contest separates music experts from amateurs

By Victoria Heckenlaible Daily Texan Staff Austin is filled with “music experts� — both those who are legitimate and those who wish they were. Today will separate the former from the latter.

The Austin Chronicle and the Austin-based Grounded in Music, a nonprofit that raises money to provide instruments and music lessons for underprivileged children, have come together to host the first Mind Over Music: Austin’s Underground Music Trivia Smackdown.

Of the 28 teams competing, two groups, composed of students and staff, represent UT: Foggy Uncertain Breakdown from the Texas Performing Arts, and KVRXperts with UT student radio station KVRX. The contest started when Jackie Sorcic and Lisa Hickey, members of Grounded in Music, approached Erin Collier, the marketing director of The Austin Chronicle, a few months ago with an idea for a trivia contest benefiting their organization.

Collier got to work organizing the event and finding a slew of sponsors, including event venue Palm Door, which is hosting the event for free. A majority of the proceeds will go to Grounded in Music. “It’s a great eclectic group of Austinites coming out,� Collier said.

The event will include six rounds of questions hosted by KGSR’s Andy Langer and KLBJ’s Charlie Hodge. The 28 teams, which consist of five people each, will then compete for

Courtesty of The Strange Attractors

WHAT: Mind Over Music: Austin’s Underground Music Trivia Smackdown WHERE: Palm Door, 401 Sabine St. WHEN: 7 p.m.; doors open at 6 p.m.

TICKETS: $10 donation at the door what Collier says are some serious bragging rights. Collier said she can’t give any hints about the trivia questions, which vary in difficulty and constitute the contest’s audio, visual and verbal rounds. “Some of the questions are softball, and then we are going to try to blow them out of the water with hard questions,� she said.

The Foggy Uncertain Breakdown team includes music fan Cameron Smith, assistant director of marketing for Texas Performing Arts, and Zach Ernst, one of Smith’s former students.

Smith doubts his team will win with music experts as their competition. “We really have no prayer of winning,� Smith said. “The Austin Chronicle and SXSW have teams and will be pretty stiff competition.�

Collier denies having a favorite among the competitors. “I’m going to be as neutral as humanly possible,� she said. “Of course, there will be a little part of me that will want The [Austin] Chronicle to do well.�

Collier warned this competition is to be taken seriously. “Cheaters will have to be

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The Flaming Idiots

Juggling comedy troupe rejoin for reunion tour

Courtesy of Grounded in Music

The Mind Over Music trivia contest will benefit music-based education. thrown outside or something Although team registration is dramatic like that,� she said. now closed, individuals can still “No one will be allowed to use attend the event to “watch and their cell phones.� heckle� the competitors.

By Kate Ergenbright Daily Texan Staff Comedic juggling troupe The Flaming Idiots first began their theatrical career as street and festival performers in the early ’80s and performed together until closing their show in 2004 at The New Victory Theater in New York City.

During the heyday of their career, the group performed on “The Tonight Show,� NBC’s “Today Show� and the stage at Comic Strip Live. Five years after closing their show, the comedians, who had since scattered across the country, have come back together for a reunion tour of their favorite venues.

For the majority of their show’s 20-year run, the three members called Austin home and have eagerly returned to the theater that first brought their act off the streets and onto the stage — the Zachary Scott Theatre.

The show involves a medley of short skits that combine juggling, fire, knives and leafblowers, and a lovely funk rendition of “I Will Survive.� The show is structured in true vaudeville fashion, each

WHAT: The Flaming Idiots WHERE: Zachary Scott Theatre Center WHEN: Now through March 7 TICKETS: $20 skit separate from the last without a central plot or storyline.

All three performers — Rob Williams (Gyro), Kevin Hunt (Walter) and Jon O’Connor (Pyro) — crafted different characters and personalities for the show. The charismatic Williams and O’Connor overpowered audiences with their infectious energy, while Hunt’s deadpan expressions and tone delivered hilarious one-liners that stood out from Williams and O’Connor’s high energy.

Overall, the skits were hit or miss. While the juggling skills were incredibly impressive and applaudable, the standout skit

JUGGLING continues on page 11