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Supreme Court to review Fisher By Liz Farmer Daily Texan Staff

T h e U. S . S u p r e m e C o u r t announced that it will hear a c as e i nvolv i ng t he Un ive rs i ty’s use of race in undergraduate admissions decisions. T h e c a s e , F i s h e r v. Te x a s , was filed against UT when

t wo w h ite stud e nt s were de n i e d a d m i s s i o n t o t h e Un i versity in 2008. It claims that t h e Un i v e r s i t y ’s a d m i s s i o n s policies, which take race into consideration, violated the plaintiff ’s right to equal protection of the laws under the 14th Amendment. The Supreme Court will hear the

c a s e i n it s ne x t te r m , w h i ch b e g i n s i n O c t o b e r. It c o u l d potentially reverse the use of race as a factor in admissions at public higher education institutions. U T w on t h e l aw s u it i n a n Aust in fe dera l dist r ic t c ou r t a n d t h e F i f t h C i rc u it C ou r t of Appeals. The Fifth Circuit

ju d ge s d e n i e d an app e a l for rehearing of the case in a 9-7 vote. The Supreme Court will l o ok at Gr utte r v. B ol l i nge r, a decision the Court made in 2 0 0 3 w h i c h e s t a b l i s h e d t h at r a c e c an b e us e d as a d e te rminant in college admissions decisions.

FLASHING LIGHTS

Poetry on the Plaza presents “Translation” and TILTS presents their spring symposium, “Pets 7 Scholars: Creative, Cultural and Critical Crossing.” Visiting poets will read their favorite poems in translation. The readings last from 12-1 p.m at the HRC plaza and there will be refreshments.

By Kayla Jonsson Daily Texan Staff

Exhibit Opening

Artist Muriel Hasbun’s exhibit, “Archive and Memory”, opens tonight. This photo exhibit features the relationship between past and present, assimilation, genocide and cultural identity. The exhibit will be in the SRH unit 1, third floor, 5-7 p.m. Admission is free.

Thomas Allison | Daily Texan Staff

In 1732 Today in 1732 the “father or our nation”, George Washington, was born in Virginia. His birthday is what gave rise to the celebration of Presidents Day on the third Monday of February; however, this holiday also honors Abraham Lincoln, who was born on Feb. 12, 1809.

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Texas Student Television and KV R X - F M 9 1 .7 st af f members past and present are united in their opposition to a proposal to sell the stations’ licenses in an effort to combat budget problems at Texas Student Media. Former TSM director Gary B orders, who abruptly resigned on Feb. 8, offered the unofficial proposal in November. Borders said his resignation was forced upon him by Vice President of Student Affairs Juan Gonzalez — possibly as a result of Gonzalez’s strong opposition to the plan. TSTV and KVRX station managers said Tuesday they were not notified about the proposal at the time. “The option to get rid of or sell KVRX is not an option now and never will be,”

A group of men gather around a woman as she flashes her breasts in exchange for beads on Sixth Street Tuesday night. Flashing is not historically part of the Mardi Gras celebration but has gained popularity in recent decades.

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Openly gay lawyer inspires law students in face of adversity By Alexa Ura Daily Texan Staff

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Officials say TSTV, KVRX not in danger of being sold

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Today in history

Vi c e pre s i d e nt of l e g a l af fairs Patr icia Oh lendor f s aid the University will work with UT System attorneys, the Off i c e of t he S ol i c itor G e ne r a l and out si d e c ou ns el. Oh l en dor f s aid t his g roup wi l l ask t h e U. S . S u p r e m e C o u r t t o

Acceptance of homosexuals in the law profession is a growing trend, but challenges remain for openly gay attorneys, said a UT Law alumnus in a lecture Tuesday. United States Attorney Robert Pitman, law alumnus and the first openly gay man appointed to his position, said today’s generation of homosexuals attending college is in a much better place than his generation was when he entered the law profession. The lecture was sponsored by GLBT law group OUTLaw, the American Constitution Society and the UT Law Career Services Office. “We stand on the shoulders of the preceding generation,” Pitman said. “But there is a steep upward trend in terms of treatment and acceptance of LGBT individuals in the legal field.” Pitman was appointed as U.S. attorney for the Western District of Texas after President Barack Obama nominated him, and he and was sworn in last October. Not many in the legal profession or any work environment will directly say they have a problem with homosexuals, but there are individuals who do not accept the lifestyle and can possibly impact homosexuals in ways that can’t be avoided, he said. “I chose to not take a headon, assertive road and instead accept that you can’t change anyone’s

mind,” Pitman said. “I can change how I am perceived, though.” Pitman said the time he spent hiding his sexuality took a greater toll on him than it was worth, so he decided to simply become the hardest working employee wherever he was. He said he did this to put his employers in a position that would oust them as “bigots” if they discriminated against him. “I understand the anger behind responses to discrimination, but you can show others that they are wrong by living your life with integrity and fearlessness,” he said. “It’s a hard line to walk, but I have benefited from it and I have never been publicly dismayed in the sexist, homophobic culture that is law enforcement.” Although Pitman is the first openly gay man serving as U.S. attorney, three homosexual women have earned the post in California, Washington and North Carolina before him. Law student Cassandra McCrae said she was particularly thrilled to hear of Pitman’s success as she is a homosexual student. “There are plenty of homosexual students in law school and a lot of us have career anxiety because of our sexuality,” she said. “It’s important for us to hear from individuals like Mr. Pitman.” Daniel Collins, law student and OUTLaw officer, said the group did not ask Pitman to talk to

ATTORNEY continues on PAGE 6

Psychology junior Wills Brown and mechanical engineering senior Thor Lund are among the four executive alliances running for SG president and vice president.

Elisabeth Dillon Daily Texan Staff

Lund and Brown offer specific ideas Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of profiles on the four executive alliances running for student body president and vice president.

By Jody Serrano Daily Texan Staff

When the time came to choose a vice presidential running mate, Student Government presidential candidate Thor Lund never doubted he would ask William Brown. The pair met in the third grade and have been best friends ever since. Lund and Brown have never been involved in SG and are running against presidential candidates Madison Gardner and John Lawler, who have both been involved in SG for three years. Mechanical engineering senior Lund and psychology junior

Brown said they want to focus on students and give them what they want. If elected, they said they will work on providing 24-hour access to the Perry-Castañeda Library, offering healthier food sources after hours and increasing the presence of police call boxes on campus, among other goals. Lund said he and Brown decided to run because they wanted to redefine the traditional meaning of SG and expand the organization’s reach. Both said they have never met the representatives from the Cockrell School of Engineering or College of Liberal Arts. Lawler held the latter position for the past three years. “We noticed year after year it was the same candidate,” Lund said. “We heard them campaigning, but once they got elected we never heard from them again.” Lund said his administration will hold a monthly YouTube address to inform students about SG

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Thor and Wills Platform

Top 5 Goals

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Provide 24 hour access to the PCL.

Create a Student Entrepreneurship Agency within SG. Increase presence of police call boxes off campus.

Implement GPS tracking on UT buses. Improve the Freshman Leadership Organization (FLO) by implementing service/ social oriented sugroups

NEWS

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Key dates in Fisher Case

The Daily Texan Volume 112, Number 122

April 7, 2008

August 17, 2009

January 18, 2011

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December 7, 2011

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sion in Grutter v. Bollinger.

RACE continues from PAGE 1

affirm the Fifth Circuit C ourt’s decision and Grutter v. Bollinger. F i f t h C i rc u it Ju d g e E m i l i o G ar z a’s r u l e d i n f avor of UT because of the precedent f r o m G r u t t e r v. B o l l i n g e r, but he do es not b elie ve race should b e a factor in admiss i o n s d e c i s i o n s . I n G a r z a’s written opinion, he said “the Supreme Court has chosen this erroneous path, and only the C ourt can rectif y the error.”

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A Texas law allows UT-Austin to only accept 75 percent of incoming freshmen under the top 10 percent r ule, said Augustine Garza, deputy dir e c t o r o f t h e O f f i c e o f Ad m i ss i ons , w h e n h e sp oke to The D ai ly Texan in S eptemb er. The f reshman class that entere d in fa l l 2011 was t he f irst class to b e s elected under this admissions policy. “ There are s ome exc el lent s t u d e nt s o u t t h e r e w h o a r e n o t i n t h e t o p 1 0 p e r c e nt ,”

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said KVRX station manager Travis Bubenik. “It would be an incomprehensible loss for both the community and the UT population.” He added that working at the radio station is an experience that cannot be duplicated in a classroom. Kevin Hegarty, UT vice president and chief financial officer, was appointed Monday by UT President William Powers Jr. to take Gonzalez’s place in the oversight of the issues surrounding Borders’ resignation. Hegarty said Tuesday that there are no plans for another proposal suggesting sale of any TSM entities, which also include The Daily Texan, The Cactus Yearbook and the Texas Travesty. Details of Border’s propos-

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issues, work to move SG activities out of the Student Activities Center and make sure students know their faces. Lund said if elected he plans to utilize creative solutions to implement the changes he wants to see at UT. For instance, Lund said he would petition the University of Texas Libraries for increased hours of the PCL by only opening certain floors for study and having limited staff at hand during those hours. Lund said other system schools like UT-Arlington have a 24-hour library. SG internal financial director Ilse Quijano said the organization currently operates on a budget of about $112,000 per year. Of that amount,

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al will be discussed at a TSM board meeting Feb. 27. “Doing things that bring in a one-time source of money is just pushing the problem away,” Hegarty said. “It doesn’t necessarily solve the deficit.” Dan Knight, radio-television-film lecturer and TSTV and KVRX program coordinator, said the monetary value of the stations’ Federal Communications Commission licenses is hard to predict because they are local stations with low-frequency power. “The FCC grants a station the right to use a frequency spectrum,” Knight said. “For KVRX that frequency is 91.7. It can be sold, but it’s not as simple as just selling a car or buying a pair of shoes.”

about $24,000 is used to appropriate funds to registered student organizations and the rest goes to SG programming, events and internal operations. When asked if he was familiar with a December recommendation from UT President William Powers Jr. to raise tuition, Lund said he had no comment. Lund said if elected he would look to improve how things are done in SG and explore new territory in terms of SG’s capabilities. Brown said he feels their goals are tangible and within the scope of what SG can do. He said a lot of candidates have broad topics as their campaign goals and it is questionable as to what that really means. “Our goals are what the students want,” Brown said. “If they say ‘we don’t like what you’re doing,’ we’ll change it.” SKI SPRING BREAK 2012! breckenridge

In his proposal, Borders said the possible sale was an option for balancing the $175,000 TSM deficit. However, he said he dropped the proposal without ever making it official when he learned the vice president’s office opposed it. According to the proposal, the two stations do not have the capital to expand or properly operate because of a shortage in advertisement sales. “In terms of money, [selling TSTV] might be a short-term solution for the problem,” said TSTV station manager Steven Zurita. “We need to hold on to our license so we can continue to generate ads.” Bubenik said although it is true that KVRX does not sell many advertisements, the station generates revenue through

Matthew King, the social media director for Lund and Brown’s campaign, said he first joined the campaign because he knew Brown from class and wanted to support him. King said he was a bit hesitant in getting involved when he met Lund because he felt Lund did not have the right “swagger” to be SG president. King said as the campaign went on his hesitation vanished because he saw the personal growth Lund and Brown went through reaching out to students. “They’re just like you in the terms of being on the same page about Student Government,” King said. “Unless you’re involved in another Student Government affiliated organization, you don’t know [what’s going on].” King said something that sets Lund and Brown apart from the other campaigns is that they have specific goals instead of vague ones. Eric Lund, Thor’s father, said he was not surprised when Thor told him he was running for SG president. Lund said Thor ran for student council in the fourth grade with the slogan “Take a liking to a Viking” and wrote it

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hosting monthly concerts and online donations. “We have shown we can generate our own revenue,” Bubenik said. “There are different ways to make the station viable.” TSTV alumnus Zach Anner, who is now an Austin filmmaker and has a show on the Oprah Winfrey Network, said Tuesday he made a $33,000 donation to TSTV in January because the station had such a positive influence on his life. “The experiences I had at TSTV are directly responsible for me having my own TV show now,” Anner said. “Not only the experience, but also the friends and contacts I made were invaluable to me.”

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on a poster to present at school. Lund said although Thor does not have the experience Gardner and Lawler have, it would be useful to have a perspective from a person outside of SG. “It’s just like on the national political scene,” Eric Lund said. “Maybe somebody who comes in from the outside looking in with some fresh ideas, who does not have the limitations regarding how things are done, someone like that might be an advantage.”

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Austin resident Scott Henson accused Austin police officers of being overzealous and unduly rough while questioning him about a reported kidnapping on Friday, Feb. 10 in a story that drew national and international attention. Police chief Art Acevedo cleared the air in a press conference Tuesday. In his blog “Grits for Breakfast,” Henson claimed that he was walking home from the Millennium Youth Entertainment Complex with his 5-year-old granddaughter when officers apprehended him because he is white and she is black. He wrote that six police cars and nine officers wielding tasers surrounded him and his granddaughter and cuffed Henson, jerking his arms behind his back. He wrote that he had already identified himself to a female officer who later released him. Acevedo said police were responding to a 9-1-1 call from a frantic woman, reporting that an older white man had disappeared into the woods near the Millenium Youth Entertainment Complex with a 3to 5- year-old black girl. “Henson claimed that our response was motivated by race, when our response was solely motivated by a desire to keep a little girl safe,” Acevedo said in an interview with The Daily Texan. Acevedo said Henson did not cooperate with the first officer and attempted to walk away. Acevedo also said only three officers in total responded to the call at first and no tasers were drawn. “Most abductions are conducted by members of the victim’s family,” Acevedo said. “This situation is just as traumatic as abduction by a nonfamily member.” Acevedo said it was necessary to detain Henson until police could reach the girl’s mother and confirm that Henson was her grandfather. Representatives of APD also released two video tapes of Henson’s interactions with officers and a recording of the original 9-1-1 call at the press conference Tuesday. — Sarah White

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fend our holy Quran, religion and faith until the last drop of blood has left in our body.â&#x20AC;? Zahed said five Afghans working at the pit told him that the religious books were in the garbage that two soldiers with the U.S.-led coalition transported to the pit in a truck Monday night. When they realized the books were in the trash, the laborers quickly worked to recover them, he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The laborers there showed me how their fingers were burned when they took the books out of the fire,â&#x20AC;? he said.Afghan Army Gen. Abdul Jalil Rahimi, the commander of a military coordination office in the province, said he and other officials met with protesters, tribal elders and clerics to try to calm their emotional response. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The protesters

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Wednesday, February 22, 2012 | THE DAILY TEXAN | Viviana Aldous, Editor-in-Chief | (512) 232-2212 | editor@dailytexanonline.com

OVERVIEW Reexamining race in admissions policies

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Concrete proposals define campaign Editor’s note: On Friday, The Daily Texan Editorial Board interviewed each team of candidates running for Student Government president and vice president. The following quotes are from our interview with executive alliance candidates Thor Lund and Wills Brown.

“They’re trying to do this to further their political careers. We’re not trying to be senators someday; we’re just trying to be here for the students.” — Lund on how he and Brown differ from their opponents. “We just want to be approachable; that’s the main thing. I know, like [Lund] said, for two weeks, you hear about [candidates] and they’re slammin’ it, slammin’ it, slammin’ it, and then after that they fall off the deep end.” — Brown criticizing the status quo of SG election season. “We want those call boxes that are on campus off campus. ... West Campus is [one of] the top 15 most dangerous places in the nation for property crimes.” — Lund on how he would improve safety for students. “Ideally, you would like the money to come from other sources, but you know, if worst comes to worst, you could say to the students, ‘Hey, would you mind paying an extra $10 this semester to help keep the library open 24 hours?’ I’m sure students would have an opinion on that. They would probably say yes.” — Lund on the steps he would take to fund increased student services, including keeping the library open 24 hours and providing more late-night food options.

“We started a company last semester selling T-shirts, so we’re no strangers to how things have to work ... So lobbying for the students and being in front of state legislators, not a problem.” — Lund on how he would approach the upcoming legislative session. ON THE WEB: The full interview with Lund and Brown @bit.ly/ dt_sg-2

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The Supreme Court announced Tuesday that it will hear the case of Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin during its next term, which begins in October. Four years ago, Abigail Fisher filed suit against the University claiming that she was discriminated against because she was white. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals barred UT from explicitly using race as a factor in admissions in the 1996 case of Hopwood v. University of Texas. To avoid a drastic reduction in minority enrollment at top Texas universities, the state created the so-called Top 10 Percent Rule, which guaranteed automatic admission to students graduating at the top of Texas high school classes. The University began to reconsider race in its admissions decisions after the 2003 case of Grutter v. Bollinger, in which the Supreme Court ruled that universities could use race as a factor in admissions as part of a holistic review process to ensure that students would receive the benefits of a diverse class and, consequently, a better learning experience. Currently, UT uses race as one of a number of factors when considering which students to admit beyond those who are automatically admitted. It is this policy, not automatic admissions, that the Fisher case is challenging. The last time the Supreme Court addressed the legality of affirmative action in university admissions was in 2003. To the extent that this new case reconsiders the debate in light of almost a decade of recent studies and research, it will be a welcome update. But with almost 62 percent of the entering class of 2011 comprising automatically admitted students, according to University data, any decision will hopefully allow the University the freedom it needs to assemble a diverse student body in the future. — The Daily Texan Editorial Board

Altering the perception of drug use on campus By Heba Dafashy Daily Texan Columnist

A six-month drug bust operation that occurred last Wednesday at Texas Christian University resulted in the arrest of 17 students. Four of those students were highprofile football players. Fox News reported that the students arrested were caught making “hand-to-hand” sales of marijuana, cocaine, ecstasy and prescription drugs to undercover officers. After a team drug test, an undercover cop asked linebacker Tanner Brock if he was worried about the results. Brock allegedly answered saying that it wouldn’t be a problem since there “would be about 60 people screwed,” according to Fox News. This statement sparked rumors that the majority of the football team was involved in drug usage. However, TCU claims that this figure is unverified and that such statements cannot be trusted since they are in the context of a drug buy. This case raises some interesting questions regarding college drug use. Does Brock’s perception that the majority of the

football team is involved in drugs influence his level of involvement? Perhaps if Brock’s perception reflected that he would be one of the few who would fail the drug test, he would not have been involved in the deal to start with. In a 2010 National Collegiate Health Assessment study conducted at UT, students were asked how much they believed other students were using drugs such as cocaine, methamphetamine, sedatives, hallucinogens, opiates and other club drugs. The study found that students believed that 75 percent of UT students had used drugs in the previous 30 days, but the reality was that only 8 percent of the students at UT reported using such drugs. These numbers definitely raise some eyebrows, but what is most interesting is that the typical student perception is almost 10 times more than the actual reported figure. What this means is that UT students have created an idea of certain characteristics that the average student at the University possesses. According to the study, most UT students believe the typical college student uses drugs. The falsity of this statement reflects the

skewed norms that are created for the average college experience. Students are highly influenced by “college norms.” These norms are often reflected in fashion choices such as the brand of shorts students may choose to wear or the brand of backpack students may choose to purchase. Although there are many people who fall outside a “norm,” the norm is the most comfortable standard to follow. The belief that three out of four students at the University use drugs makes students think drug use is more acceptable and thereby may increase the likelihood that students will try them. Creating this “college norm” is dangerous because it can increase drug use. UT students should change this perception and create new norms that reflect the truth and integrity of the University. If the students at TCU perceived that the norm on campus was not the usage of drugs, then the bust may not have occurred on this same level. With college norms that encourage others, perhaps following a norm would not be that bad of a thing after all. Dafashy is a Plan II senior.

Targeting drunk drivers By Ayesha Akbar Daily Texan Columnist

Earlier this month, celebrated UT soccer player Kylie Doniak was crossing a street near campus when she fell victim to a brutal hit-and-run. According to a recent Austin American-Statesman article, Doniak suffered severe injuries, leaving her in critical condition at Brackenridge Hospital. Family and friends poured out to address this tragedy as Doniak, an active 22-year-old, lay still on paralytics. Nicholas Colunga, the 22 year old driver, was arrested. He was drunk. Although Colunga does not attend UT, a large number of intoxicated drivers today are college-aged students. According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, an annual 3.3 million people between the ages of 18 and 24 drive under the influence. In addition, the UT Police Department has recorded an astounding 250 drunken driving incidents in its jurisdiction over the past three years. As students in a city renowned for its nightlife and sizeable university, we need to be concerned. Every time an intoxicated driver takes hold of the wheel, potential for death and injury loom around the corner. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 30 people in the United States die every day because of drunk driving. In 2009, one-third of all deaths on the road involved alcohol and, in that same year, Texas led the nation in road fatalities caused by drunk driving. As alcohol increasingly becomes a norm of college culture, it is imperative that proper communication exist between University Health Services, UTPD and UT students to increase

student access to reliable transportation. Many have seen scores of intoxicated students attempt to clamor onto a single E-Bus on Sixth Street when reliable taxi service is nonexistent at worst and overcrowded at best. Although the University enforces educational training through resources such as AlcoholEdu, more practical means must be enacted. Such measures could include increased accessibility to E-Buses, especially on high profile days such as New Year’s Eve and Halloween, and advocacy for small, nonprofit groups such as Austin Sober Ride. We must accept responsibility for both the advantages and concerns that arrive with hosting a thriving student population and ensure that safe and reliable methods of transportation are within easy reach. It would be naive to assume that easier access to safe transportation can single-handedly eradicate the most habitual drunk drivers. The city of Austin should look into enforcing stricter laws concerning drunk driving and relay harsher penalties for those found guilty of repeat offenses. In 2010, Austin police chief Art Acevedo pushed for DWI charges for a blood alcohol level of 0.05 to 0.07. Measures such as these would help deter even light drinking before getting behind the wheel and may stress the importance of maintaining a designated driver. As Acevedo put it, “A person may be intoxicated at 0.05, and you don’t want them out driving.” It is easy to read textbook cases illustrating the consequences of drunk driving. UT and the Austin community need to step up to the challenges posed by being in a young and vibrant city and ensure that effective transportation and strict implementation of law is readily available. Akbar is a psychology, Arabic and humanities sophomore.

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Dining halls celebrate Black History Month By Bobby Blanchard Daily Texan Staff

An African American Cultural Dinner featuring items such as fried chicken and cornbread was held at Kinsolving and Jester dining halls on Tuesday in celebration of Black History Month. Jazz and blues music played at the events. The dinner, which was hosted by the Division of Housing and Food Service, has been held for over 10 years during Black History Month to emphasize the culinary aspect of the AfricanAmerican culture, said Scott Meyer, director of food service for the University. The menu was crafted with a reliance on menus used in past years as well as African-American staff members who helped contribute ideas, he said. About 1,200 students attended the meal at J2 and 1,300 attended at Kinsolving.

Meyer said some students may have ne ver b e en ex posed to certain food, and the DHFS hosts different culturethemed dining meals to help make students more multiculturally aware. “Food is a centerpiece of all cultures,” Meyer said. “All cultures have different foods that we may identif y with them or they may identify with themselves.” Meyer said the University hosts these themed dinners about once a month, and each one costs approximately $3,000 to cover the two dining facilities. “In the scope of an entire year this is a relatively small amount when compared to the impact the dinner will provide,” Meyer said. Meyer said he has never had anyone complain because they were offended by the use of the culture in a themed dinner.

“O c c a s i o n a l l y I ’ l l h a v e somebody that will complain about ‘I wanted to get my pizza tonight, and all you had that was normal was hamburgers and chicken breast,’” Meyer said. English freshman Ariana Brown said celebrating Black History Month by having a special dinner is unproductive and doesn’t serve a purpose in celebrating black history. “I feel like when people think ‘black history’ they need to know it’s more than fried chicken and jazz music,” Brown said. “I don’t see how eating fried chicken celebrates my black history.” Brown said celebrating Black History Month as though the issue of race equality is a thing of the past is offensive. “We have made some progress, but I don’t feel like we’re done yet,” Brown said. “We can

Kinsolving dining hall employee Dina Bricker serves food to a student during the annual African American Cultural Dinner Tuesday evening. The dinner, which featured foods such as fried chicken, cornbread and jumbalaya, was held during Black History Month in order to celebrate AfricanAmerican cuisine.

When people think ‘black history’ they need to know it’s more than fried chicken and jazz.” — Ariana Brown, English student

celebrate when we’re done.” Plan II freshman Chelsea O’Hara went to the dinner and said she enjoyed the food. “We really appreciate the time Kinsolving puts into in creating the environment and meal,” O’Hara said. “To me, it’s not so much the cultural experience food-wise but the dining experience they create.”

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Group explores changes in media By Bobby Blanchard Daily Texan Staff

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Jasmine-Rose Henderson greets students at the Student Veterans Services office Tuesday morning for an information session about obtaining class credit for military service. The event is part of UT’s first Veteran Week.

Program helps student veterans adjust By Sylvia Butanda Daily Texan Staff

After ending his military service in 2009, sociology senior Donald Davis returned to the classroom for the first time in over a decade, but had trouble assimilating to civilian life at the University after receiving little proper guidance from University resources because of his status as a non-traditional student. This week, the Student Veteran Center is hosting the first Veteran Welcome Week to help the approximately 640 student veterans on campus who may be in similar situations.

STUDENT VETS All events will be held in the Student Veteran Center (SSB 4.472) • Lunch on Wednesday, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. • Buffet on Thursday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. • Texas Veterans Commission Thursday, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Ben Armstrong, former aviation electrician for the Marine Corps and current coordinator for the center, said the mission of the week and of the center itself is to connect, integrate and develop student veterans, especially individuals who leave the military and come to the University and are not sure how to fully access the resources available to them. “We try to act as that pipeline to help them better understand the conversion,” Armstrong said. Armstrong said the events are being held to clear up certain questions and concerns student veterans have had in the past. Davis, a former Army medic, said he had to discover what military benefits he had as a student alone because he didn’t get the help he needed from the University. He said he struggled to decipher the process disabled veterans go through to attend the University and acquire benefits through the GI Bill. “I didn’t have peer-to-peer connection or any student advocacy that helped me go through that,” Davis said. “It took me a few semesters to get acclimated to the experience and it was extra pressure to

keep up because I hadn’t been in an actual classroom in over 10 years.” The UT Student Veteran’s Association collaborated with Veteran Welcome Week by hosting a lecture Monday by the organization’s president. Steven Denman, history senior and former Army combat medic, transferred to the University in 2010 and is now the events coordinator for SVA. Denman said the purpose of the organization is to maintain the unity that student veterans had while in the military. “Most veterans miss that sense of brotherhood and belonging that the military provided, so we try to replicate that at SVA,” Denman said. “A lot of what we try to do is help military students get out of their personal bubble by helping them meet new people and get involved because it’s such a large institution that it’s easy to get lost in the system.” Denman said the Veteran Center provides useful resources that have helped him work out his plans to go to law school and it could help others looking for guidance.

Internet-based news technologies, including social media such as Twitter and Facebook, are the focus of a new student organization on campus which seeks to explore the changing face of journalism. Texas New Media aims to help students interested in journalism gain more access to information about multimedia that might be otherwise unavailable in traditional classrooms, said the organization’s president and multimedia journalism junior Jessica Huff. New media is defined as constant news updates through the Web and multimedia. “Unfortunately, probably most of the platforms that journalists will work with haven’t even been created yet,” Huff said. “The social media tools — the ways journalists are going to be going about reporting — they haven’t even been done yet. There is really no way our professors can keep up with the way the industry is moving.” Vice president and multimedia journalism junior Brianna Collins said their first upcoming guest speaker is Martin Martinez, who works for Google and previously worked for Facebook. Collins said Martinez will visit the organization at a to-be-determined date in March.

“[Martinez] was really in-theknow with new media and multimedia, and it got him some really good jobs,” Collins said. “He is going to help us learn how to be on the right path.” Collins said the organization will host guest speakers who have insight into the real-world application of new media. Huff said new media and old media can work together and are not at odds with each other. “Old media is not going to completely go out the window,” Huff said. “But I think if we don’t pick up on the new media, then old media will die on its own.” Radio-television-film sophomore McKensie Wallesen said she is joining the club because she wants to be

prepared for a wider range of jobs. “They’re actually teaching us very specific skills that I feel like are useful,” Wallensen said. “They are talking about HTML, and that is something I don’t know and I would probably never learn in my major.” Texas New Media will meet every Tuesday night in Mezes Hall 1.216. Huff said Texas New Media will address the topic of social media next week. “It’s a buzzword right now, and it’s easy to catch on to,” Huff said. “I think we’re going to take apart some current publications such as The Daily Texan, the [Texas] Tribune and The Horn and talk about how these publications can improve their social media.”

ATTORNEY continues from PAGE 1 students specifically because of his sexuality, but instead because of his success. “A t t i t u d e s a r e c h a n g ing, but it’s still helpful to he ar f rom s ome one on t he o t h e r s i d e o f a l l o f t h i s ,” he said. Pitman and the three other openly gay U.S. attorneys’ appointments show advancement in the legal profession, said assistant law professor Jennifer Laurin. “The fact that his nomination was supported by Republi-

can Texas senators [Kay Bailey] Hutchison and [John] Cornyn is a powerful signal that an exemplar y record of experience and deep professional respect will trump prejudice,” she said. “The legal profession as a whole has liberalized such that top law firms that often feed to these posts are no longer as hostile toward gay lawyers as they were a generation ago.” She said there are still challenges for homosexuals in law professions, as shown by the opposition to Pitman’s nomina-

tion from conservative groups. Pitman said the “It Gets Better” program is important and should be spread with the understanding and acceptance that life can be very difficult for homosexuals at times. “If you told me 20 years ago that I’d be standing in front of you today as a U.S. attorney supported by two Republican senators and that my religious and conservative family would all be at my swearing in, I would not have believed it,” he said. “It can happen.”

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Each year the J. J. “Jake” Pickle Citizenship Award is presented to a student whose cumulative, notable contributions to campus life over a period of time exemplify the commitment to public service and the high standard of leadership that were the hallmarks of the life and career of U. S. Congressman J. J. “Jake” Pickle. The 2012 recipient of the J. J. “Jake” Pickle Citizenship Award will receive a certiﬁcate, a copy of Congressman Pickle’s autobiography, Jake, and a $4000 check at a luncheon on Friday, April 20, 2012.

The Pal—Make A Difference Award annually recognizes a student whose single initiative “made a difference” to the University or broader community. The award was created in 2006 by University Unions Advisory Council member Jaspreet Singh Pal (BBA ’95) to inspire students to engage in a lifelong commitment to public service. The 2012 Pal—Make A Difference Award recipient will receive a certiﬁcate and a $1000 check at a luncheon on Friday, April 20, 2012.

Candidates must be in good academic standing, be currently enrolled full-time, and must complete an application comprising:

One-page personal statement, highlighting UT campus involvement and leadership activities and describing organization and club memberships Résumé

Candidates must be currently enrolled at The University of Texas at Austin and complete an application comprising: Biographical Information Form Personal statement describing a single program or initiative that beneﬁted the campus or broader community

750-word essay on a speciﬁed topic Two letters of recommendation supporting campus leadership and involvement (Note: The J. J. “Jake” Pickle Citizenship Award application period runs concurrent with the Pal—Make A Difference Award. Eligible students may apply for both awards.)

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Junior Nick D’Innocenzo serves as a team leader for the Longhorns in and out of the pool. He is one of the team’s most accomplished swimmers winning multiple Big 12 titles in his time on the 40 Acres. He also will have an opportunity later this year to qualify for the Olympics at the U.S. National Trials, but first he would like to lead his team to another Big 12 title.

D’Innocenzo’s cerebral approach yields medals By Elijah Perez Daily Texan Staff

Nick D’Innocenzo walked to the starting blocks in College Station three weekends ago with one thing on his mind: winning. As he broke down every stroke of the event, the race playing out in his mind like scenes from a movie. With the outcome already seen in his head, he dove in to realize the goal. “Right before, when I’m on

the blocks, I’ll just sit there and think of nothing but ‘Ok—IM: fly, back, breast, free. 50 of each.’ It’s nothing but the race that flashes through my head.” Repeat this scene two more times, change around a few of the strokes, and you’re left with D’Innocenzo’s stellar performance against A&M. The dual saw the junior swimmer from Andover, Mass. win two individual events and contribute to a winning relay squad. Nick had a hand in a third

of UT’s victories that day, the final dual of the swimming season and the last event ever against Texas A&M. Despite this superb individual effort, D’Innocenzo remains a humble, team-oriented athlete. Determination to help his team earn a victory and the willingness to work for everything he wants guide D’Innocenzo’s actions before every race. “I gotta get in a lot,” D’Innocenzo said. “Some of these guys splash

some water on their face and they’re ready to race. But I’m quite the opposite … I gotta do a little bit more than most to get ready for a swim. From there, I just get in the zone.” Texas head coach Eddie Reese has noticed the cerebral approach D’Innocenzo takes into his races, commenting on his effort and dedication to helping the team. “Nick is a high-level, consistent worker. Everyday. It doesn’t

matter what stroke. He’s swimming, works hard, and competes with everybody.” D’Innocenzo says this mentality was something he grew up with developing a winning attitude early on in his career. “My coach in high school would enter me into as many meets as possible,” D’Innocenzo said. “I’ve kind of grown up with that kind of training and

MEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING

Rival A&M stands in way of title hopes for Horns

Team heads to Missouri seeking 16th Big 12 title

By Rachel Thompson Daily Texan Staff

Eighteen members of the women’s swimming and diving team will grab their swim bags and head to Columbia, Mo. for the Big 12 Championships on Wednesday with thoughts of rivalry tucked beneath their caps. A four-day meet with preliminaries and finals will bring together the best of the Big 12, including long-standing swimming rival Texas A&M. “It’s highly contested, usually be-

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The women’s swimming and diving team competes in the Big 12 Championship in Columbia, Mo. today.

tween A&M and us,” said head coach Kim Brackin. “Missouri brings a lot of good swimmers and there are swimmers from other teams that will show up in the top eight. It’s a pretty good battle between us and A&M and we’re excited to go head-to-head with them.”

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Longhorns squashed by top ranked Lady Bears By Stefan Scrafield Daily Texan Staff

In need of a signature win to boost their tournament resume, the Longhorns came out flat and found themselves on the wrong end of a milestone performance from Brittney Griner and the No. 1 Baylor Bears (28-0, 15-0 Big 12) on Tuesday night. The Lady Bears held Texas (15-12, 5-10 Big 12) to a miserable 34 percent shooting, while outscoring the Longhorns 40-26 in the paint, en route to an 80-59 romp at the Ferrell Center in Waco. Griner, playing in her 100th game as a Lady Bear, had 18 points and 10 rebounds to earn her 40th career double-double as Baylor claimed the outright Big 12 regular season title with the victory. “Baylor proved once again why they’re the No. 1-ranked team in the country,” said head coach Gail Goestenkors.

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Key Longhorns to watch include Karlee Bispo in freestyle, Lily Moldenhauer in butterfly, backstroke and freestyle and Samantha Tucker in freestyle. Brackin also said All-American

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The Big 12 Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships will be held this week in Columbia, Mo. Participants include the three schools that sponsor men’s swimming and diving in the Big 12: Texas, Texas A&M and the event’s host, Missouri. Coming into the four-day event, the Longhorns are the favorites in the competition. The Longhorns have won every Big 12 swimming and diving championship in conference history and have an opportunity to extend their streak to 16 straight. However, the teams standing in the way of this goal present stiff competition. Each of

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the three schools are ranked nationally with Texas at No. 2, Texas A&M at No. 18 and Mizzou coming in at No. 25. The Longhorns will be looking to repeat their dominant performance from 2011, in which Texas claimed victories in 20 of the 21 individual championship events. The lone loss standing in the way of a clean sweep came in the 1-meter diving event, which saw current Texas A&M senior Grant Nel earn the victory. However, Texas senior and National record holder in the platform diving event, Drew Livingston will be gunning for the opportunity to reclaim the

REPEAT continues on PAGE 9 Brittney Griner goes up for a rebound in a 80-59 thrashing of the Longhorns. Griner, the country’s best center, had another huge game recording 18 points and 10 rebounds in her 100th career game.

SPORTS BRIEFLY Darvish arrives, Rangers open spring training in Surprise, Ariz.

Yu Darvish arrived at the Texas Rangers’ spring training complex Tuesday and had his first bull pen session with his new team. Darvish got to camp in Surprise, Ariz., a day before the reporting date for Texas pitchers and catchers. Rangers manager Ron Washington said Darvish threw about 35 pitches. “He kept the ball down and hit his spots,” Washington said. “He can sink it, he can run it. He’s definitely got a good feel for the baseball, he’s a power pitcher with finesse stuff.” The AL champion Rangers committed more than $107 million to acquire Japan’s top pitcher. The 25-year-old Darvish got a six-year contract guaranteeing him $56 million, and Texas had to pay a record $51,703,411 posting bid to his former team, the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters. —The Associated Press

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Nick D’Innocenzo and the rest of the Longhorns swimmers and divers will head to Missouri this week to compete in the Big 12 championships. They have never lost in the event and will be attempting to win for the 16th time.

title he earned as a sophomore in 2010. He’ll have his shot Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. in the first event of the competition. The swimming events will be anchored by a strong field of Texas swimmers who will be looking to repeat the titles that they won last year. Among these are juniors Nick D’Innocenzo, who won the 200-yard breaststroke and the 400-yard individual medley and Austin Surhoff

who claimed the 200-yard backstroke and the 200-yard individual medley in 2011. S eniors Jacks on Wi lcox, a two-time Big 12 individual champion and Jimmy Feigen, a 13-time Big 12 individual champion, will look to continue the winning ways for the team. This will be the final competition for the Longhorns before the NCAA National Championships held March 22-24.

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D’INNOCENZO continues from PAGE 8 outlook. Getting in and doing three events, I’m no stranger to that. It’s tough, no doubt about that.” The desire to see the team get back to the top nationally supplies D’Innocenzo with all the motivation he needs to keep the hard work up. As a freshman on the 2010 national championship squad, D’Innocenzo knows what it takes for the team to reclaim the top spot. He feels that this year’s team has an excellent opportunity to win it all again. “We’ve got really good leadership with Jackson [Wilcox] and Hayes

[Johnson], we’ve got big guys like Dax [Hill],” he said. “We’re just a lot closer this year. It’s awesome. It’s way, way cool to feel that way.” Still, it’s the soft-spoken leadership D’Innocenzo provides for the team that Reese admires in the junior. “He’s quiet. He doesn’t say much.” Reese added with a wry smile. “There are more of them I wish that were quiet and didn’t say much.” This calmness follows D’Innocenzo away from the pool as

well. The junior says that in his free time, he enjoys a round of the video game “Call of Duty” with some of his teammates or playing his guitar. But the love of swimming always comes first. When asked what his future plans in the sport are, D’Innocenzo chuckled and said “I can’t say anything about that, I’ll jinx it.” With an opportunity to qualify for the Olympic national team coming up later in the semester, D’Innocenzo acknowledges that it would be a huge personal accom-

plishment. But it’s the immediate goal of helping the team capture another national championship that D’Innocenzo is setting his sights on. Calling back on memories of the 2010 run, D’Innocenzo remarked, “It’s something that I want to relive. Hopefully I can help my team do that this year and then next year.” The team will have an opportunity to be finish the season on a high note. Nick D’Innocenzo has already seen how he wants the ending to pan out. Now he’s ready to make it happen.

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Brackin said. “They’re just eager, they’re excited and they’re wanting to get to this meet and contribute. They are really excited about contributing for a Texas win,” she said. Several members of the team have already qualified for the upcoming NCAA Championships, while others hope to qualify with times earned at this meet.

“I’m really excited about it,” senior swimmer Bispo said. “I think since it’s getting closer, it’s getting more real, and watching other conferences have their conference meets is getting me more and more excited to race and watch my teammates race. This is what we prepare for all year.” Brackin said the team as a whole feels solid heading into this meet.

“They’re energetic about it and I think they feel united about this particular meet,” she said. “They have so much pride in the University of Texas and what the history of the program is, and they want to continue a winning tradition for Texas.” Preliminaries begin on Wednesday and run through Saturday with finals set for Sunday.

breaststroker Laura Sogar will face one of the top breaststroke swimmers in the country hailing from Texas A&M. The freshmen competitors will be particularly exciting to watch,

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“We did some things defensively that bothered them initially, but they did what they always do and they adjusted and went on a run. They found a way, and that’s what great teams do.” Griner, who was recognized in a pre-game ceremony after becoming the fourth Lady Bear to reach the 2000 career point threshold, opened the scoring with a layup at 19:31 in the first half and the Lady Bears held onto the lead the rest of the way. The 6’8” junior made her presence felt on the defensive end all night, blocking four shots while altering several others. “[Griner] definitely makes you want to shoot more outside shots,” said senior Texas guard Yvonne Anderson. “As a guard, she intimidates you to the point where you want to shoot outside. Our posts don’t really look to score versus her. It’s just an intimidation factor.” Texas’ starting post combination of Anne Marie Hartung and Ashley Gayle failed to record a point, missing all six of their field goals, and pulled down a measly nine total rebounds. The other two bigs for the Longhorns, Cokie Reed and Nneka Enemkpali combined to score just five points off the bench. With Griner causing so many problems inside, Texas’ guards were forced to take a lot of outside shots and struggled to find their stroke.

Senior guard Ashleigh Fontenette had 10 points on 4-16 shooting for the Longhorns. Chassidy Fussell also failed to get it going, shooting a mere 5-21 from the field and just 3-10 from behind the arc. “They play excellent team defense,” Goestenkors said. “Brittney [Griner] gets a lot of credit for blocking and changing shots inside, but it’s their perimeter defense that sets the tone.” Defensively, Texas struggled to rebound the ball. The Lady Bears used the mismatch in size and strength to their advantage on the offensive glass, tallying 21 second-chance points on 19 offensive rebounds. “Even when their shots weren’t falling early, they found a way to get the offensive rebounds,” Goestenkors said. “We weren’t finishing the shot with a rebound.” The Longhorns now have their work cut out for them if they hope to make the “Big Dance.” Texas is going to have to win each of its last three games against Oklahoma, Missouri and Texas A&M, and have a couple bubble teams lose, to have any chance at being in this year’s NCAA tournament field. “We have to let this one go and get ready for Oklahoma,” Anderson said. “There’s nothing we can change now. We can just learn from the little things that we haven’t been doing the whole season and commit to doing them against Oklahoma.”

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Texas sophomore Jacob Felts is tagged out at third in the ninth inning trying to advance from second base. This error took away a key out in the ninth inning and was one of many mental errors made by the Longhorns on Tuesday that contributed to the team’s loss.

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lefty. But the decision backfired, and the Mavericks brought in a righty to face Silver, who ended up striking out. “Silver has been one of best hitters in the batting practice environment, so we do feel like he is a good hitter,” Garrido said. “But there was a left-handed pitcher in when I put Silver in, then we didn’t really have a left-handed hitter to put in when they moved to the righty ... so we got trapped there.” Weiss had an opportunity to be the hero in the next at bat, but it wasn’t to be, as he grounded out to second to end the rally as well as the game. It wasn’t all about the ninth though — numerous defensive miscues and a combined six runs 1 scored by the Mavericks in the third and fourth put Texas in a hole that they just weren’t able to dig out of.

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It started in the eighth when sophomore Mark Payton worked a leadoff walk, and two batters later, fellow second year Erich Weiss knocked him in on a triple down the left field line to cut the deficit to three. Closer Corey Knebel came in to begin the ninth and shut the Mavericks down to keep his team within striking distance. That’s when things got interesting for both UT schools. Jacob Felts let off the final frame and grounded the ball in the gap between the shortstop and the third baseman to get the rally started. Freshman left-fielder Collin Shaw came up next and drove a ball down the right field line, which unfortunately for Texas, dropped right in front of the right fielder. Felts attempted to go from first to third on the play, but UTA’s right field-

For the second consecutive game, uncharacteristic defensive miscues kept Texas from winning. The Longhorns committed errors in the third and fifth innings that each led to multiple runs as No. 12 Texas (2-2) lost to UT-Arlington (3-1), 7-5, Tuesday night at UFCU Disch-Falk Field. The defeat also marks the first time since 2008 that the Longhorns have lost consecutive home games. Sophomore third baseman Erich Weiss threw the ball past first baseman Kevin Lusson after fielding a slow ground ball in the third inning, which was followed by a sacrifice bunt. The next three Mavericks batters pounded out extra-base hits, including a two-run home run by right fielder Preston Beck, the first hitter freshman pitcher Dillon Peters faced Tuesday. The blast gave UTA a 5-3 lead that it would not give up. “It was a poor performance,” said Texas head coach Augie Garrido. “We gave them lots of extra outs within the framework of an inning. We gave them a lot of extra bases, which leads to runs. And we didn’t have any timely hitting at all.” After a double steal by the Mavericks in the fifth inning, they extended their advantage when another Weiss throw went off Lusson’s glove, allowing both baserunners to score, giving UTA a commanding 7-3 lead. A furious ninth-inning rally cut that lead to 7-5 but had the Longhorns played better defense in the early stages of the contest, a comeback would not have been necessary. In two wins this season, Texas hasn’t committed any errors, while it has racked up four errors in its two losses, a pair for each defeat. “You’re going to make errors every now and then, but you’ve got to keep them to a minimum,” said sophomore right fielder Mark Payton, who went 2-for-2 and reached base in all five of his plate appearances. “We can’t give other teams

free outs because they’ll capitalize, especially teams like [UT-Arlington] that came out and hit the ball really well.” On Sunday, Texas suffered from a string of defensive mishaps in its 5-3 loss to Duke. Pitcher Kirby Bellow fielded a sacrifice bunt and fired it to third base despite the runner arriving well before the throw. Then, shortstop Christian Summers made a poor throw home and Lusson made a throwing error trying to gun a Blue Devils baserunner at third as Duke lengthened its lead to 5-2 an inning after Lusson hit a tworun home run. “I think we played much poorer tonight than we did on Sunday,” Garrido said. “What is surprising to me is that we spent a lot of time knowing that there was a possibility of not being focused for this.” Senior Austin Dicharry, who made his first start of the season, and freshman Peters each gave up multiple unearned runs. Dicharry struck out the side in the second inning while freshman John Curtiss repeated the feat in the sixth inning and Peters faced the minimum number of batters in the fifth inning after inducing a double play. But the innings in between those frames is what caused the Longhorns to lose. Texas also fell in its first weekday game last season, dropping a 8-7 decision to Texas A&M-Corpus Christi following its seasonopening series against Maryland but went on to triumph in the remainder of their mid-week games. Now the Longhorns set their sights on a three-game series in Palo Alto, Calif. against No. 2 Stanford, who swept No. 17 Vanderbilt in its first series of the year. Freshman outfielder Collin Shaw made a sensational leaping grab during Sunday’s loss to Duke, which checked in at No. 8 in SportsCenter’s Top 10 plays of this past weekend. But that catch was nowhere near to representative of how the Longhorns have played defense in their last two games, particularly in Tuesday’s loss to UT-Arlington.

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ANTHROPOS continues from PAGE 14 UT Professor studies Skype therapy among elderly enjoy what they’re doing.” Pena said his lessons give students the opportunity to challenge themselves through music when the classroom moves too slowly. After two to three months, he usually sees some amount of improvement in his students. “My band teacher complimented me the other day on my playing,” said Analissia Montalvo, freshman at KIPP Austin Collegiate, alto saxophone player and participant in Anthropos Arts for the last two years. “I play with more confidence, my embouchure is better and my parents think it’s good for me.” In addition to these private lessons, Anthropos Arts also holds school-based workshops in Austin to bring each school closer together. The workshops expose the students to a wide variety of music from jazz to rock, while also providing the inspiration they need to stay in school and find a connection to music, Jones said. “There’s fights, gangs and truancy. And when we do these workshops it’s such a ‘come together’ moment,” Jones said. “It’s like a campus-wide dance party, and everyone is on the same page.” This semester, the students will have the opportunity to perform in 10 gigs before May, including at South By Southwest and their

annual showcase at Stubb’s BBQ. For each performance, students from middle and high schools are combined, and their mentors play alongside them. Additionally, Jones requires each student play an improvisational solo. “The solos are like storytelling,” Montalvo said. “You get to be yourself in that minute. It gives you freedom.” The benefits for these students have already reached beyond the allotted practice time. Mentors have seen students increase their grades, decide to apply to college and even say that their mentors provide stability in their lives. “In all honesty, it feels like they’re role models,” Montalvo said. “I had Mr. Brad Houser as my mentor last year, but I still want to be like him when I grow up. He’s a great musician.” The mentors agree with Jones that if they can reach just one student, the program is worthwhile. All students need is the opportunity to have the same musical success that any school in the country can provide. Jones reminds his mentors regularly that musical education isn’t a luxury — it should be provided for everyone. “It’s a place for people to be t hems elves,” Mont alvo s aid. “It’s empowering.”

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Editor’s note: This is part of a bi-weekly series showcasing some of the many fascinating projects undertaken by UT faculty. The story behind School of Social Work professor Namkee Choi’s passion for helping older adults is a common one among students of gerontology, she says. Growing up in Korea, Choi had a wonderful relationship with her grandparents, particularly her grandmother. “It’s a natural affinity,” Choi said. “I feel much more comfortable talking to older adults than young kids. So when I got into the School of Social Work, it just seemed so natural to work with them.” When Choi began volunteering with Meals On Wheels in Buffalo, N.Y. in 1994, she saw that depression was very common among the homebound elderly she met. Eighteen years later, she is researching the effectiveness of tele-PST, an Internet therapy method that may make it easier for depressed older adults who use services such as Meals On Wheels to get treatment. In late 2009, Choi began conducting a study on whether Internet therapy is a feasible treatment option for depressed, older adults. Choi worked with Meals On Wheels and More in Austin to recruit participants with moderate to severe depression for the study. Fifty-four participants received Dell computers equipped with Skype and used them to connect with therapists from the School of Social Work for weekly, 30-minute problem solving treatment (PST) sessions. PST is a short-term therapy technique that focuses on equipping clients with the problem-solving techniques that empower them to overcome difficulties. Choi divided the rest of the participants in the study into two control groups: one that received inperson PST therapy and another that had weekly phone conversations with social workers not trained in PST. Going into the study, Choi was unsure if tele-PST would be

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Founder and director of Anthropos Arts Dylan Jones conducts a group of students at Sound Check Studios Monday evening. Anthropos Arts is a local nonprofit that provides music education to students from low income schools.

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Graduate professor at the School of Social Work Namkee Choi is researching the treatment of depression in older homebound adults through internet therapy. The research consists of meeting with clients in short problem solving treatment (PST) sessions through Skype which has shown a positive response.

effective. Some critics told her older adults would snub Skype therapy in favor of more traditional, inperson sessions, she said. However, participants in the study took well to the medium. “I don’t think we had anyone who really disliked tele-PST,” she said. Mary Lynn Marinucci, a project coordinator for the School of Social Work, was one of the therapists that participated in Choi’s study. She said some participants, wary of Internet therapy at first, were pleasantly surprised by the face-to-face interaction that Skype allowed. “They did surprisingly well,” Marinucci said. “We had clients who had never used a computer before. None had ever used Skype.” Internet therapy is not a new concept. The military has been using the Internet as a means for medical psychiatric treatment for years. Using Skype therapy to treat depression in older adults is something new, however. Tele-therapy is a good option for older adults because many of them who need help the most are not well

positioned to seek it out, Choi said. Depression is less prevalent among older adults than among adults ages 18-60. Depression is high among homebound older adults and nursing home residents who often feel isolated and lose their sense of independence, including many of the disabled or chronically ill older adults in Meals On Wheels. “It’s been really meaningful to impact the lives of people who otherwise wouldn’t get treatment because they’re homebound or in a low income group,” Marinucci said. “To watch them really engage with the treatment and benefit from it has been remarkable. It’s been humbling as well, seeing people rally their resources and use them to feel better.” Getting treatment to some older adults is a challenge because they are not very mobile. In-home therapy is costly and can be inefficient. Skype therapy has the potential to make therapy cheaper and eliminate the travel time required or in-home sessions. “Many services out in the community require you to go get them,” said Linda Perez, assistant vice

president of client services at Meals On Wheels and More. “For our homebound clients, getting out of the house is difficult. They lack the financial resources, transportation and social support systems that are critical in enabling them to access mental health treatment.” Choi’s study does not end until May, but in the preliminary results, the positive impact of telePST therapy has been comparable to that of in-person therapy. Choi says the number of participants is too small to draw definitive conclusions about the benefits of tele-PST, but the study shows the therapy has potential. Already, some success stories have emerged. Choi said that, after therapy, two participants improved enough to go out and get part-time jobs. One man who received the tele-PST now has a job driving a van and transports nursing home residents back and forth from their daily activities. “From the study, [tele-PST] appears to be successful,” Choi said. “It’s feasible. Older adults are quite receptive to this kind of therapy.”

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PHO continues from PAGE 14

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Popular Vietnamese restaurant Pho Saigon prepares its pho with rare eyeround steak, lean brisket, flank steak, basil, lime, jalapeno, sprouts and a rice noodle called banh pho.

a chain from Houston, but don’t let the word “chain” fool you. Natives as well as first-timers can agree that the flavorful broth, endless amount of condiments like bean sprouts, cilantro, basil and limes and superquick service are all bonuses to dining outside of the boundaries of downtown Austin. One great aspect of the dining experience at Pho Saigon is the economical price: You can get a huge bowl of soup and leave a tip for under $10. “The food cost has challenged us as business is concerned, but we’ve maintained a price point. We’re doing OK because of the volumes we produce but it becomes a challenge every day because we want a good product for a really good price,” said Pat Lee, owner of Pho Saigon. Lee has just opened up another Vietnamese restaurant, PhoNatic Vietnamese Cuisine, on Anderson Lane that has a more “fastfood” style where you order at the counter and take a number to your

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PHO RECIPE INGREDIENTS For the broth: -2 onions, one halved and one sliced thin for the bowl -Nub of ginger, halved lengthwise -4-5 good beef leg or knuckle bone (the more marrow the better) -1 lb of beef meat: chuck, brisket or rump cut into large slices for flavor (can be substituted with oxtail) -2 leg quarters (optional, you can use more than one or none at all) -water -1 or 2 packages of pho spices -Salt -Fish sauce -Yellow rock sugar or regular sugar

For the bowl: -2 lbs rice noodles (M) -1 lb of flank steak or eye round -Limes -Handful of mint, cilantro, basil -Bean Sprouts -Hoisin sauce -Sriracha hot sauce

DIRECTIONS Photo Illustration by Thomas Allison | Daily Texan Staff

Pho Saigon is a popular destination for the traditional Vietnamese soup known as pho. In recent decades, the dish has become a staple of Vietnamese cuisine worldwide.

WHAT: Pho Saigon WHERE: 10901 North Lamar #108 HOURS: Monday - Sunday, 10 a.m. - 9 p.m. WEBSITE: phosaigonnoodlehouse.com

WHAT: Elizabeth St. Cafe WHERE: 1501 South First Street HOURS: Monday - Sunday, 8 a.m. - 10:30 p.m. WEBSITE: elizabethstreetcafe.com

WHAT: Pho Thaison WHERE: 1908 Guadalupe Street HOURS: Monday- Sunday, 11 a.m. - 10 p.m. WEBSITE: phothaison.com

Vietnamese restaurants offer authentic treat By Karin Samelson Daily Texan Staff

When it comes to comfort food, pho has it down. The Vietnamese soup (pronounced “fuh”) is rich with flavor and will satisfy any hunger pains with huge bowls that are overflowing with broth that can be flavored with beef, seafood, pork, vegetable or chicken, noodles and vegetables. The authentic full-flavored soup is not a simple thing to achieve because of the approximately four hours it takes to allow for simmering and prep-

aration, and some restaurants in Austin excel over others. The first pho restaurant opened up in Hanoi, Vietnam in the 1920s. It is said that the soup was first invented when cooks searched for ways to incorporate both Vietnamese and French cuisine. A French aspect of the dish that is different from other Vietnamese recipes is that the onions are charred for flavor. Vietnamese features of the dish include the type of meats and various garnishes that are used. “Charring or roasting the onions and ginger gives you a won-

derfully mellow and naturally sweet flavor,” Jaden Hair, a professional recipe developer, explains on her blog Steamy Kitchen. Even though some of us are less inclined to pick up a pair of tongs and char onions over an open flame, which is only one small step in the cooking process, there are plenty of restaurants around town that boast authentic Vietnamese pho. The taste of a deep beef broth made from hours of simmering bones is something that can’t be substituted when trying to find an exceptional bowl of soup: It tastes salty,

sweet and hearty. The bowl consists of crunchy vegetables on top of slices of flank steak, brisket or whatever meat you desire on top of rice noodles all swimming in a pool of succulent broth. Just talking about it doesn’t do it justice; it’s in your best interest to save pho for an empty stomach and a cold day to try it yourself. Hands down, the best pho in Austin is from Pho Saigon Noodle House on North Lamar Boulevard. The restaurant is part of

Step one: Rub olive oil on the halved onion and ginger and put on a baking sheet. Turn broiler on and char ginger and onions for about 10 minutes, or until they turn darker. Step two: Fill a 12-quart capacity pot with water, boil and add beef bones. Boil for about 10 minutes and then drain and rinse the bones and pot. Return the bones and a full pot of water. Bring to a boil and remove any scum that may rise to the top. Step three: Add ginger, onion, pho spice packet, beef/oxtail and/or chicken (not the flank steak or eye round), 1½ tablespoon of salt, 1 oz of sugar, ¼ cup fish sauce and simmer uncovered. Remove the chicken after 30 minutes and peel the meat off the bone and into pieces and set aside. After 1½ hours remove the beef meat (chuck, brisket or rump) and set aside. You will be eating the beef later in the bowls. Continue simmering the broth for another 1½ hours.

Strain broth and return it to the pot. If flavor is lacking, add a few more pinches of salt and sugar and half a ladle more of fish sauce until it tastes right. Step four: Slice your eye round or flank steak. Remember to put them in the freezer a few minutes prior so it slices thinly. Follow the directions on your package of noodles; when they are done, put them in a strainer and run cold water to stop the cooking process. Step five: Bring the broth back up to a boil. Fill bowls with noodles, the shredded meat of your choice and then broth. If you chose to have the eye round or flank steak, put it in the bowl raw, as the broth will cook it after you pour it on top. Then add a handful of mind, cilantro, basil and bean sprouts or whatever suits you. Squeeze a wedge of lime on top and add a squirt of hoisin and hot sauce to taste. Put the two sauces in a dish on the side to dip your meat in if you wish. Freeze or refrigerate leftovers.

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Trust, communication key in swing culture Group helps students gain music mentorships By Lindsey Cherner Daily Texan Staff

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E d i t o r ’s n o t e : Hu m p D ay i s T h e D ai ly Te x an’s w e ek ly sex and sexuality column. A Craigslist search for “swingers” in the Austin area yields results that range from “soft swinging,” “house parties,” “first Aleks told time swingers” and a variety of me this was by Ely! types of couples looking to have some fun. S ome listings are more explicit than others, but one thing is common in all of them — the couples are all looking to add other people to their sexual encounters. Not t o b e c on f u s e d w it h polyamory, which is when a person practices both sexual and emotional relationships with multiple people, swingers are ning as they advertised. A more usually couples looking to have personal and natural way of exsexual relations with other cou- ploring swinging choices is to ples or with other single parties. go to either a swingers club or Some couples will keep swing- a house party. ing with their same partners Clubs tend to be more open multiple times, while other cou- to ne w memb ers, but hous e ples will choose different part- parties require an invitation. ners each time they swing for There are also membership fees different experiences. for clubs and the atmosphere The methods that couples use i n c lu b s a n d h ou s e p a r t i e s to find their other partners dif- tend to differ. fers within swinging culture. “House parties [and clubs] Craigslist, although very direct, are two different things altocan be fruitless when people re- gether,” said Mark, manager of plying to listings may not may not be as be physically stunSWINGERS continues on PAGE 13

Illustration by Carlos Pagan

Swing etiquette is almost identical to regular sexual etiquette in that partners value good hygiene, respect and the use of protection.

Dylan Jones considered himself to be a standard, angsty teenager, but after taking bass lessons in his hometown of Dallas during high school, he believed he finally had the tools to express himself. His music teacher, he said, was the first person to tell him he was great at something when he was still unsure of who he was. However, it wasn’t until he began playing small gigs in Austin in the ’90s and volunteering his time at Austin schools that he noticed the void in schools for advancing lower-income students interested in music. “I was volunteering with kids that didn’t have this same music connection,” said Jones, the founder and director of Anthropos Arts, a local nonprofit that provides underprivileged children music education. “Kids without money don’t go to [the Austin City Limits Festival]. There was this 16-year-old kid that said, ‘What’s that thing?’ It was a bass. That’s when I knew there was a need.” Anthropos Arts has, for the last decade, been providing low-income middle- and highschoolers at Title One schools — schools consistently identified as low achieving by federal regulations — in the East Austin community, the opportunity to take free music lessons, workshops and master classes. Anthropos Arts, a name derived from the root “anthro,” meaning humanity, ensures that

children from low-income families receive high quality music education in Austin schools and play alongside local professional musicians that serve as mentors. Currently, the program has mentors with backgrounds in most band instruments as well as a vocal program. “I don’t care about the level of talent; I care about the kid that wants to take advantage of this opportunity,” Jones said. “I’m more worried about [kids] showing up than being talented.” A study conducted last June by the American Psychological Association found that taking music lessons as a child is a significant predictor of a higher IQ in young adulthood. For children, the study found a positive association between music lessons and higher school grades and higher scores on achievement testing in mathematics, spelling and reading. In a district with a graduation rate of 60 percent, students in the Anthropos program have maintained near 100 percent graduation rates with approximately 80 percent of those students continuing on to college, most on full or partial scholarships, according to the organization’s website. “The arts are often a huge cut, despite being such a great release of expression,” Jones said. “The focus is normally on test scores, but we live in one of the most unique, talented cities with musicians willing to give back.” In the nine East Austin campuses Anthropos is serving this year,

students must go through a qualification process to receive music lessons. Prospective students must also come from an economically disadvantaged family that could not otherwise afford private music lessons. Within the first few weeks of class each semester, band directors at participating schools identify students who have a great deal of musical potential but are struggling because of classroom lessons moving too slowly for them or because they don’t have the resources to advance their musical talents. “Band directors [at most schools] have to teach trumpet, clarinet and everything in between all at once,” Jones said. “You wind up having to teach down. You only get [the students] for 40 minutes a couple of times a week, but they are expected to play and march while they play.” Anthropos Arts chooses approximately 10 students at each campus after an interview process, and each student receives as many as 12 private lessons from a professional mentor over the course of the semester during their regular band class period. “I try to instill confidence. I try to be patient. I try to get them to achieve more,” said Isaac Pena, a trumpet mentor with Anthropos for the last five years. “A lot of times it’s to get them to focus on their energy. Often they don’t realize the power in the their lungs. I try to find ways to get them to

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