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TODAY Calendar FRIDAY Ally training educates on LGBTQ lifestyle

Head over to the Sid Richardson Hall from 8:30-10:30 to learn more about the LGBTQ community. The Harvey Milk Society and the Gender and Sexuality Center are offering ally training in honor of the late Barbara Jordan.

China Care benefit night

A Hollywood-themed talent show will be held in the University Teaching Center room 2.112A from 6-9 p.m. The proceeds benefit the surgeries for orphaned children in China. Tickets are $4 pre-sale and $6 at the door.

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The Senate of College Councils gained a new executive leader Thursday night after electing its former communications director as president. President-elect Michael Morton, a journalism senior, said he would focus his efforts on bridging the gap between the organization’s internal and external affairs, and he wants to improve the culture of Senate by changing the ideology of the organization. “We can’t keep thinking that students will come to us,” Morton said, “We must have a presence at student organization meetings in order to truly represent the students’ voices.”

Senate also elected a new vicepresident and financial director at the Senate’s general assembly meeting. Unlike Student Government, which hosts campus-wide elections, Senate elects its leaders internally. The organization focuses its legislative and executive efforts on improving academic life for students. Senate executive elections were governed by the organization’s first election code, which was passed by Senate on Jan. 26. The election code consists of election committee guidelines and a candidate’s rights and duties. Executive position nominations were announced at the Feb. 9 general meeting, after which candidates met with college council leaders and spoke at council meetings.

Morton said he wants Senate to be far more accessible and, with every decision, wants to question whether or not it is helping students. “What I hope at the end of my term is that we’ll be able to look back and say ‘this is how we helped students’ and more importantly, that we were able to build a trust and relationship that will last far longer than my term,” Morton said. Vice president-elect, Andrew Clark, an international relations junior, said he plans to expand the atlarge application process by opening it up to current students to provide a more diverse and representative sampling of the student population.

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DemTex director Jordan Humphreys speaks at the Senate general SENATE continues on PAGE 2 assembly Thursday evening.

Day of prayer unites Christians By Sylvia Butanda Daily Texan Staff

The Austin Harry Potter Alliance presents “A Very Potter Musical” quote along night held in Calhoun Hall 100. RSVP on Facebook by searching “AVPM Movie Night.”

SATURDAY Pee Wee’s BikeIn Roadshow

Watch the most entertaining man who has ever roamed the earth embark on a crosscountry quest to get his bike, while watching the film on your bike. Meet at the Slaughter lane with your bicycle, where you will ride to the Veloway to view the film. $5 for admission.

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Pamela, who declined to give her last name, joins in prayer with UT students at the National Collegiate Day of Prayer organized by Campus Renewal Ministries, which focuses on transforming the university by uniting communities through prayer and spiritual restoration.

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Student government candidates Madison Gardner and Antonio Guevara listen to Thor Lund and Wills Brown speak at Monday night’s debate. The Gardner campaign appealed to have its disqualification overturned, but the SG Judicial Court chose not to hear their appeal.

the Theatre Royal Drury Lane burned down in London. It was London’s leading theatre and has been rebuilt four times.

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UT Senate elects president, aims to unite councils

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The United States Olympic hockey team defeated Finland and won the gold medal.

West Campus hosts local bands in third annual music festival

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Campus ministries across the nation joined together Thursday as part of a national movement to unite Christian students in a day of prayer. The National Collegiate Day of Prayer effort was organized by Campus Renewal Ministries, an organization focusing on unifying oncampus ministries through prayer and spiritual revival. College campuses celebrated the prayer event nationally from 1823 to 1915, after which the annual tradition has not been officially acknowledged by college campuses, said Ran Liu, business honors senior and Campus House of Prayer member. In recent years there has been an effort revive the movement, Liu said, and more than 200 students participated in this year’s event at UT. Mathematics senior Ann Wu is an intern with the renewal ministries leadership team, which worked to publicize the prayer event and assemble student organizations. Wu said the purpose of Collegiate Day of Prayer is to unite students from all denominations through a vision to seek God for the campus and the city. “We believe that college students

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UT Southwestern partner violates safety protocols By Liz Farmer Daily Texan Staff

Numerous safety issues plague the teaching hospital for UT Southwestern Medical Center, according to a recent safety report. Parkland Hospital serves as a workplace for UT Southwestern faculty and as a clinical learning environment for students. The 270 page report details incidents at Parkland Hospital in Dallas that are broken down into is-

sues regarding quality of patient care, patient safety, infection prevention and supervision of medical residents. The Dallas Morning News published a leaked copy of the report online on Feb. 15, because the hospital has not officially released it. The report is part of the hospital’s improvement plan in resp ons e to concer ns f rom the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services.

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Court denies Gardner, Guevara appeal Truck theft increases linked By Jody Serrano Daily Texan Staff

Madison Gardner and Antonio Guevara will be unable to reenter the Student Government presidential and vice presidential race after the SG Judicial Court declined to hear their appeal of the Election Supervisory Board’s disqualification. The Election Supervisory Board disqualified Gardner and Guevara on Wednesday for including Student Events Center presidential candidate Carissa Kelley in their promotional materials, which in-

clude pictures, fliers and media on their website. Gardner and Guevara appealed the decision Thursday night and claimed Kelley told them she had no intention of running when the media was produced on Jan. 21. With Gardner’s disqualification, along with the disqualification of Yaman Desai and the withdrawal of Ryan Shingledecker, John Lawler and Thor Lund are the only remaining candidates in the SG presidential race. Students had until Feb. 12 to sign up to run in the campuswide elections and could begin campaigning Feb. 15.

Alexander Jones, Gardner and Guevara’s campaign manager, defended the campaign on Wednesday and said the complaint filed did not have genuine intentions, according to the board’s minutes. Jones also said the board had approved the campaign materials before they were distributed, so the Gardner campaign had no reason to believe they were problematic. Jasmine Kyles, who supported former candidates Yaman Desai and Whitney Langston, submitted the complaint on Tuesday.

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to Texas border trafficking By Kayla Jonsson Daily Texan Staff

Austin Police officials are urging large truck owners to take extra safety precautions due to an increase in thefts since Jan. 1. Austin police detective Brent Mullinix said 70 trucks have been stolen in Austin in 2012, compared to 25 thefts at the same time last year. Mullinix said almost all the trucks have been discovered by the U.S. Border Patrol near the

Mexican border. Thieves are targeting trucks to smuggle weapons, drugs and people across the border, he said. “The trucks are found north of the border patrol checkpoints,” Mullinix said. “Immigrants will come across the border and travel through brush and wilderness for a couple of days until they meet a truck that will take them, or whatever they are smuggling, up into Austin or

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Trucks surround Jovan Price as she texts from North Congress Avenue Thursday afternoon. APD advises increased safeguards to avoid vehicle theft. Andreina Velazquez Daily Texan Staff

TRUCKS continues from PAGE1 somewhere north.” Mullinix said there have been no thefts in West Campus because thieves usually target areas with large parking lots, such as malls and hospitals between 2 p.m. and 9 p.m. when many people are running errands. Trucks are particularly at risk in these parking lots because they usually park far from the entrance for parking ease, he said. “Just go to the mall in the afternoon when people are out getting lunch and shopping and you will see trucks everywhere, so the thieves can run rampant,” Mullinix said. “There haven’t been thefts directly by UT, but this definitely affects students because they drive their trucks to the mall and other places around town where the thefts have taken place.” Mullinix said thieves remove all of the seats in the truck except the driver’s seat in order to fit a maximum amount of smuggled material into the vehicle. The truck cannot usually be returned to the owner once found because the interior, exterior and engine are usually destroyed by the time the border patrol retrieves it. “The thieves’ strategy, once found by the border patrol, is to just drive the truck through the

brush until the truck dies, runs out of gas or wrecks,” Mullinix said. “They try to get as close to Mexico as possible and when the truck stops they all jump out and scatter for the border.” Tyrel Hullum, community manager of University Towers apartments located in West Campus, said there have not been any vehicles stolen in their parking garage this school year because management has taken necessary safety precautions. “We always tell our residents to lock their doors, take their keys and take their valuable belongings,” Hullum said. “We are planning to install cameras in our parking garage to ensure even more security.” Some students, like biology senior Michael Wells, said they feel their vehicles are safe enough to not require them to take extra safety measures. Wells said he owns a 1999 Ford pickup truck and does not have a security system because he never felt he needed one. “I just always the lock the doors,” Wells said. “That is my security system. I guess with trucks becoming more of a target I should look into becoming more secure. It’s sad that locks aren’t enough anymore.”

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are pivotal in bringing transformation to the society, whether in forms of spiritual revival or works of justice,” Wu said. “That is why we pray together, because we carry a burden and a desire to see our city and nation transformed through prayer and works.” More than 30 ministry groups on campus were invited to participate in a 7 a.m. prayer group in the West Mall, and later in a 5 p.m. prayer walk around campus. “For non-early birds, we invited students to walk and pray around campus with people from

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their colleges and school departments,” Liu said. Students were also encouraged to fast the night before as part of the national event, said UT alumna Chrissie Harsh, renewal ministries intern and first year participant in Collegiate Day of Prayer. Harsh said businessmen and women from Austin were invited to talk to students about faith in the workplace after the prayer walk, and she said she hoped students were able to grasp the deeper purpose of the national event. “I hope students had an in-

creased desire to pray as followers of Christ and to seek Him together as a body of Christ,” Harsh said. Not all students were inspired, however. Biomedical senior Justin Long, said although he supports people who pray and worship for their beliefs, he is not affected by the prayer movement. “I don’t really have an emotion towards it because I’m not really a religious person,” Long said. “I don’t think I’ve been exposed to a self-journey of some sort so I haven’t had enough self-realization of what I actually believe in.”

Kyles said she had removed herself from the Desai and Langston campaign and she filed the complaint because she found it to be a violation of the code. Kelley said she does not endorse Gardner and Guevara publicly and she had no intent to run at the time of the photos. She said she participated as a friend and the alleged violation was not deliberate. Under the Election Code, only the presidential and vice presidential candidates may campaign together and any association between candidates of any kind will not be tolerated and can result in immediate disqualification. The board stated the complaint had been filed in a reasonable amount of time to justify disqualification. It also said Gardner and Guevara have been in violation since they began campaigning on Feb. 15 and have made no known effort to remove or distort Kelley’s presence in their media. Board chair Eric Nimmer said he was not surprised the SG Judicial Court had chosen not to grant Gardner and Guevara the appeal because the board had already gone through the disqualification procedures correctly.

The Judicial Court can only act in situations when the board acts improperly. They have no authority to reverse decisions or alter sentences based on the content of a case. “Everything [we] did I deemed as reasonable,” Nimmer said. “You do not have grounds for appeal unless there was a procedural error.” Lawler said it was unfortunate that the race had to come down to this point and offered sympathy for those who participated in the Gardner and Guevara campaign. Lawler said he feels the disqualification will have a negative impact on voter turnout and SG’s image for next year. “It’s unfortunate SG had to face these scandals yet another year,” he said. “But we encourage student voters to look past the scandals of today and look forward to what the two remaining campaigns will offer tomorrow.” Lund said the disqualification was unfortunate but he will continue to move forward with his campaign. Lund said he offered his best to Gardner and Guevara.

SAFETY continues from PAGE 1 The report, developed by the Alvarez and Marsal Healthcare Industry Group, said “we believe the current operation of Parkland’s Resident training program is contributing to the Hospital’s deficiencies.” One example in the report describes a resident failing six times to place a catheter in a patient without wearing sterile gloves. The lack of doctor oversight for students is noted in this case and in others. UT Southwestern Office of Communications, Marketing, and Public Affairs vice president Timothy Doke said officials are not able to comment due to the continuing confidentiality of the report. However, Doke said the cases in the report should be put in the context of the overall medical work done by students and faculty. “We do not believe anecdotal exceptions in any way represent the norm,” Doke said. “We are confident that our physicians-in-training receive appropriate supervision and that our faculty physicians are directly involved in the care being provided.” UT Southwestern student Jonny Ahn said he is not worried that the environment of Parkland will affect

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CAMPAIGN continues from PAGE 1 “Since the disqualification, all the Yaman and Whitney media [produced] under Kyles has remained up online,” Jones said, according to the minutes. “This is evidence of her continued loyalty and support of said campaign.” Jones said Desai and Langston continue to publicly oppose the Gardner and Guevara campaign. He said although Gardner and Guevara knew about the violation beforehand, it would have been difficult to completely rectify the damage or remove the materials. “We believe that this complaint is an attack intended to hurt our campaign, not to ensure universal campaigning fairness,” Jones said. “We admit that it was a mistake that Kelley is included in our media.” In a statement, Gardner said the campaign believes the board made the wrong decision and will continue to pursue its goals for the student body. “We believe that the ESB was selfevidently incorrect in their decision,” he said in the statement. “Our team is not satisfied but are so very proud of our effort. We will continue our campaign to Unite Texas.”

his learning and said the hospital offers many clinical opportunities. “We produce really great doctors because there are so many cases,” Ahn said. Ahn also said Parkland is always bustling with patients, many of whom are financially needy and less likely to have practiced preventative health measures. “To serve so many people with so few resources, it’s hard to keep things going,” Ahn said. Parkland has received criticism for not officially releasing the taxpayer-paid report which is expected to cost about $7 million by the end of the review process. Interim CEO of the hospital Thomas Royer said the report has not been released due to confidentiality agreements. He said the confidentiality is not done to hide things from the public, but to allow Parkland officials to candidly discuss the report and how to make improvements. “We’ve made sure we’ve been internally transparent so we can self-report what we think we are not doing correctly,” Royer said. Royer said another concern about releasing the report is that it could lead to lawsuits against the hospital.

“The report can be used for legal actions that we think could be extremely costly and cost our taxpayers,” he said. “We need to be responsible for our taxpayer income.” Royer said the report shows challenges that the hospital will work on, but said that is the nature of the report in order to be constructive. “I would tell you even in light of the findings, which are significant and need to be corrected, we indeed have many, many cases that are performed well,” Royer said. The report is part of the hospital’s plan to improve patient safety conditions, which includes those areas that involve UT Southwestern faculty and students. “We certainly have a strong relationship with UT Southwestern,” Royer said. “We have very complex patients that provide a good foundation for learning.” Royer said Parkland provides UT Southwestern the opportunity for students to get experience beyond the classroom and for faculty to practice research beyond the lab. “That is where UT is affected and hopefully they will continue to see improvements,” Royer said.

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BRUSSELS — The European Union is preparing regulations that will shut out Iran’s banks from a major financial clearinghouse used by virtually every country in the world, a senior official said Thursday. The move is part of an unprecedented escalation of economic pressure by the United States and the EU meant to halt Iran’s suspected drive for nuclear weapons. The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication, or SWIFT, said last week it would comply with EU instructions to cut off the Iranian banks once it has clarity on what new rules will require. SWIFT, which handles crossborder payments for more than 10,000 financial institutions and corporations in 210 countries, must comply with EU regulations. The Brussels-based group is an essential way station for international transactions, electronically converting currencies and processing payments such as those for Iran’s crude oil exports.

Syrian city destroyed ‘inch by inch’ by troops By Brian Murphy and Zeina Karam The Associated Press

BEIRUT — Medics stitch wounds with thread used for clothing. Hungry residents risk Syrian government sniper fire or shelling to hunt for dwindling supplies of bread and canned

food on the streets of the besieged city of Homs. The opposition stronghold was being destroyed “inch by inch,” by government forces, with collapsed walls and scorched buildings, according to accounts Thursday, while Western and Arab leaders hoped to silence the guns long enough to rush in relief aid.

The pressure for “humanitarian corridors” into the central Syrian city of Homs and other places caught in President Bashar Assad’s crushing attacks appeared to be part of shifts toward more aggressive steps against his regime after nearly a year of bloodshed and thousands of deaths in an anti-government uprising.

Wikileaks’ purported source declines to plea his charges FORT MEADE, Md. — Army private Bradley Manning deferred his plea Thursday to charges he made the biggest leak of classified information in U.S. history. Pfc. Bradley Manning also deferred a choice of whether to be tried by a military jury or judge alone. He was arraigned before Col. Denise Lind at Fort Meade near Baltimore. A trial date has not been set. Manning faces 22 counts, including aiding the enemy. That charge carries a maximum penalty of life in prison. The others carry a combined maximum of 150 years. He allegedly gave the anti-secrecy website more than 700,000 documents and video clips.

Arrest shows what happens when one tries to take over a Denny’s MADISON, Wis. — Police say a Wisconsin man took the Denny’s restaurant chain slogan “America’s diner is always open” too far, marching into one of the restaurants, announcing he was the new boss and cooking himself dinner. James Summers walked into a Madison Denny’s on Tuesday dressed in a maroon tie and black trench coat and carrying a briefcase, according to police. He strode into the manager’s office, told her he was the new general manager and then fixed himself a burger, fries and a soda before police arrived. “This is why you don’t dine and dash, kiddies,” Summers yelled out to diners as officers took him away, police said in a release. Police found a stun gun in a hip holster under his coat and crack pipes in his briefcase, a criminal complaint showed. According to the complaint and the police news release, Summers, 52, entered the Denny’s and found restaurant manager Tracy Brant counting out the day’s receipts in a back office. He announced he was her new general manager and would be starting work that evening. —Compiled from Associated Press reports

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This satellite image, taken last Wednesday, shows a pipeline fire in Homs, Syria. The pipeline, which runs through a rebel-held neighborhood, had been shelled by regime troops for the previous 12 days, according to two activist groups. The state news agency, SANA, blamed “armed terrorists” for the attack.

In back-to-back announcements, U.N.-appointed investigators in Geneva said a list for possible crimes against humanity prosecution reaches as high as Assad, and international envoys in London made final touches to an expected demand for Assad to call a cease-fire within days to permit emergency shipments of food and medicine. Washington and European allies remain publicly opposed to direct military intervention. But there have been growing signs that Western leaders could back efforts to open channels for supplies and weapons to the Syrian opposition, which includes breakaway soldiers. Images posted online and accounts from activists and correspondents smuggled in — including two Western journalists killed Wednesday — also have stirred comparisons to sieges such as Misrata during last year’s Arab Spring revolt in Libya. “They are blanketing Baba Amr with shells and snipers. They are destroying it street by street, inch by inch,” said activist Omar Shaker. Residents say 70 percent of the area is now inhabitable in harsh winter weather with temperatures dipping close to freezing some nights. Walls have collapsed; windows are shattered from shells that fall as much as two-a-minute during some of the heaviest barrages. Another Homs activist, Mulham al-Jundi, called the conditions “catastrophic” in parts of the city, spreading over a valley in central

Syria just 18 miles from the Lebanese border. Long lines form at even rumors of bread, cans of food or fuel for heaters, he said. Syria’s state-run media pushed back with its own version: Running photos on the official news agency SANA that claim to show markets full of food in Homs. It called the claims about food shortages “fabricating lies.” Activists give a very different view. Bodies are buried wherever people can find space, they say. The wounded are too scared to try to reach government-controlled hospitals in other parts of the city. Instead, they stagger into makeshift clinics in kitchens and offices, al-Jundi said. Homs — which is mostly Sunni — was an early flashpoint of dissent against Assad’s regime, which is led by the minority Alawite community, which has Shiite power Iran as its main patron. In April, protesters gathered at the central Clock Square in Homs, bringing mattresses, food and water in hopes of emulating Cairo’s Tahrir Square during the Egyptian revolution. Homs had a reputation for tolerance between Syria’s religions and Muslim sects, said Mohammad Saleh, an opposition figure who fled the city, but Sunnis have increasingly felt pushed into an underclass status by Assad. A Western intelligence official said the Syrian military has the ability to “level Homs if it wanted to.” But the risks of backlash from Syria’s majority Sunnis — including many military officers — is far too great.

St. Louis, suburbs clash Baghdad erupts in violence, security worsens over homelessness issue By Lara Jakes The Associated Press

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ST. LOUIS — Sometimes the men emerge from out-of-town police cruisers that stop at homeless shelters and then quickly drive off. Others turn up still wearing gowns from suburban hospitals. Surrounding communities have long been accused of using downtown St. Louis as a dumping ground to dispose of homeless men with nowhere else to go. But as the weak economy and foreclosures push more people onto the streets, overwhelmed city officials say enough is enough. “It’s a big problem,” said the city’s human services director, Bill Siedhoff. “It’s one we’ve talked about for a long time. There’s just been no response from these surrounding areas. ” Experts say the suburban homeless population is rising. Shelters in St. Louis are virtually full all the time. Homeless advocate Larry Rice, a pastor who operates a shelter at his downtown New Life Evangelistic Center, said he typically housed 200 to 225 homeless last year. “Now, it’s not unusual to have 300 to 325, and the difference is

people coming from outside of St. Louis,” Rice said. Last week, Rice went to Belleville, Ill., to call attention to the problem. He picked up Belleville people he said had been dropped off across the Mississippi River in St. Louis and brought them back to Illinois. He called for the community to come up with a better way to address homelessness. Belleville Mayor Mark Eckert said Rice is simply wrong. He said the struggling economy has led to an increase in homelessness. And while some people from Belleville may go to St. Louis seeking shelter, Eckert said his city neither encourages them to leave nor dumps them downtown. Many make their way to St. Louis on their own or with the help of friends, the mayor said. But Rice’s son, Chris, also a pastor at New Life, said he has seen police vans pull up near his center, watched officers remove handcuffs and then leave homeless men in a park across the street. Larry Rice said suburban hospitals and detox centers have also been known to bring homeless people into the city and leave them near shelters — sometimes still wearing hospital gowns.

BAGHDAD — Bombs and deadly shootings relentlessly pounded Iraqis on Thursday, killing at least 55 people and wounding more than 225 in a widespread wave of violence the government called a “frantic attempt” by insurgents to prove the country will never be stable. Cars burned, school desks were bloodied, bandaged victims lay in hospitals and pools of blood were left with the wounded on floors of bombed businesses after the daylong series of attacks in 12 cities across Iraq. The assault demonstrated how vulnerable the country remains two months after the American military left and put the onus for protecting the public solely in the hands of Iraqi forces. “There was no reason for this bomb. A primary school is here, students came to study and people came to work,” Karim Abbas woefully said in the town of Musayyib, where he saw a car bomb parked

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near an elementary school kill three people and wound 73. Most of the injured in the town, 40 miles south of Baghdad, were schoolchildren. Other Iraqis, fed up with the continued violence, furiously blamed security forces for letting it happen. “We want to know: What were the thousands of policemen and soldiers in Baghdad doing today

while the terrorists were roaming the city and spreading violence?” said Ahmed al-Tamimi, who witnessed an explosion that killed nine people. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the latest attacks, but car bombs are a hallmark of alQaida. The Iraqi Interior Ministry blamed al-Qaida.

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Demanding answers about sudden resignation On Feb. 8, then-Texas Student Media director Gary Borders announced his resignation, a move that came as a surprise to TSM board members and student staffers alike. Juan Gonzalez, the outgoing vice president for student affairs, said in a statement that Borders decided to resign “after meeting with my office about employment expectations. Had Mr. Borders not decided to resign, UT employment policies would have continued to be followed by my office in consultation with the Board of Operating Trustees.” However, last week, Borders told The Daily Texan he did not wish to resign but was forced to do so by Gonzalez without warning or reason. Borders — who, in practice, was tasked with reporting to both the TSM Board of Operating Trustees and the vice president of student affairs’ office — did not show any sign that he was planning to leave. Regardless, members of the TSM board, which shares oversight of TSM with the vice president of student affairs’ office, should have been consulted. This resignation comes at a time of tremendous transition for TSM, which currently faces a deficit of $175,000. The board has had two job searches for the director position in the last three years. TSM also needs to find a replacement for the multimedia adviser position, as the previous adviser, who was hired last year, left after only six months. The resignation of Borders, who served as director for only seven months, reflects poorly on both the University and TSM, though TSM had no say in the matter. So far, Borders’ side of the story is the only one to surface. Though releasing specific details about Borders’ resignation could have various repercussions for the University, administrators should at least provide board members with some answers. In the meantime, the board must find an interim director in order to fulfill its duties. Jennifer Hammat, assistant vice president for student affairs, sent an email Feb. 14 to members of the Texas Student Media Board of Operating Trustees scheduling an emergency meeting for Feb. 17 to discuss an interim replacement for the position. But after it became evident that the board would not meet quorum, board members rescheduled the meeting for Monday. As Lindsey Powers, president of the board and a third-year UT law student, said in an email response to Hammat and to the board, “It is not the University’s place to decide when we meet.” The University has been anything but transparent in this process. Obviously, the details of Borders’ resignation still remain unclear, and members of TSM — an organization comprising The Daily Texan, Texas Student Television, student radio station KVRX 91.7 FM, humor publication The Texas Travesty and the Cactus Yearbook — deserve answers. Earlier this week, the University assigned Kevin Hegarty, UT’s vice president and chief financial officer, to address the controversy surrounding Borders’ resignation. However, Hegarty told The Daily Texan shortly after the assignment, “I have recently come into this position and am not familiar with the specifics yet, but I will within the next day or two.” That the University assigned someone who was admittedly unfamiliar with the situation at the time to deal with it is troubling. Hopefully Monday’s meeting will provide board members and others interested with more details about Borders’ resignation so the board can determine how best to move forward. Ultimately, any decision in that regard should be left to the board.

By Rui Shi Daily Texan Columnist

In January of 2011, the University of Chicago Press published a startling account of the state of higher education. The book, “Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses,” by Richard Arum and Josipa Rosksa, concludes that “American higher education is characterized by limited or no learning for a large proportion of students.” Through research that draws from student survey responses, transcript data and the Collegiate Learning Assessment, the pair of sociologists show that the model underlying higher education needs to be rethought. In a period of economic woes, a bachelor’s degree seems a must in the barren job market. Soaring tuition costs, however, have brought into question the value and necessity of a college degree. Through analysis of the Collegiate Learning Assessment, Arum and Rosksa found that 45 percent of students “did not demonstrate any significant improvement in learning” during the first two years of college and 36 percent of students “did not demonstrate any significant improvement in learning” over four years of college . In an environment that supposedly nurtures innovation and creative genius, how is it that college students are just drifting through? The answer to that question seems to be a lack of rigor in classrooms across the nation. Arum and Rosksa make a direct connection between rigor and gains in learning. This finding is not surprising given the current at-

mosphere in higher education. The advent of tools such as MyEdu have sparked a student rush to find courses that provide “easy A’s.” Current restrictions in curricula also contribute to student stagnation. Course catalogues have become an assembly line in which students follow a predetermined path. This trend may be a result of universities’ scrambling to improve enrollment. Decreased funding often means that classroom sizes increase. Professors are spread too thin, forcing professors to cut down on assignments to keep up with grading. Universities have incentives that reward departments for enrollment and retention rather than improvements in education standards, drifting toward a student-as-client model in which institutions chase after students for their potential financial contributions. The university culture must place more value on learning. Except in the liberal arts, college majors are not helping students develop critical thinking, complex reasoning and writing skills. This is not to say that technical fields are inherently bland. Rather, majors in engineering and natural sciences lack the creative flair of their liberal arts counterparts. Students in technical fields are required to learn multitudes of theories and equations, limiting the amount of time they are able to explore other aspects of education. The course model must be transformed to become more interactive. The current system of students looking at

Expanding the dialogue on productivity By Larisa Manescu Daily Texan Columnist

The topic of the productivity of University professors is often a contentious one in the higher education community. Recently, the UT System Board of Regents approved a proposal to tighten evaluations of tenured professors, effective immediately, to provide an incentive for continued productivity. The details of the new rules include adding the categories of “exceeds expectations” and “meets expectations” to the rating nomenclature that currently only includes “satisfactory” and “unsatisfactory.” Additionally, the board’s move calls for strengthened annual reviews, increasingly thorough six-year reviews and a “remediation” process for professors judged to be unsatisfactory. Although the details of the reformed review system, including what “remediation” would involve, have yet to be specified, it may provide a holistic alternative to past aggregated data, which cannot stand alone in representing the range of professor value. In the past six months, different advisers to the University have collected data with the purpose of accurately illustrating professor productivity. At the request of the UT Board of Regents last November, Marc Musick, associate dean for student affairs in the College of Liberal Arts, compiled salary figures, teaching loads and research grants into a 39-page analysis that concluded: “The 1,988 tenured and tenure track professors

at UT work very hard for their students and provide an incredible return on investment for the state.” This conclusion ran counter to earlier claims from an analysis by former UT system adviser Rick O’Donnell. He wrote that the majority of UT and A&M faculty members are “dodgers” and “coasters,” meaning that they carry relatively low teaching loads and bring in little external research funding. According to an Austin American-Statesman article comparing the two reports, “the widely divergent conclusions are due primarily to the different methods the researchers used to cut and count the raw numbers.” Since different investigators may value the data differently or even present the figures to show desirable but not fully representative results, the intensified individual evaluation proposed by the regents may prove to be a revealing and valuable alternative. For example, the concept of aggregating numbers in reports causes “freeloading” professors to be ultimately lost in the averages, whereas individual evaluation would specifically locate and attempt to reform those professors. The proposal seems like a progressive idea, especially since professors generally work without close supervision and bear little public scrutiny. Although the freedom and independence of professors should be respected, it is reasonable to demand transparency within the system. The new review should highlight and reward

the individual efforts of professors that are already pulling their own loads and mean that underachievers could no longer slip through the cracks. However, the proposal troubles Alan Friedman, professor of English and chair of the Faculty Council. “Annual reviews will have to be taken far more seriously” because two successive unsatisfactory ratings can lead to possible termination, Friedman told the Austin American-Statesman earlier this month. “That’s a radical change,” he added. However, Friedman’s anxiety may be misplaced. The fundamental objective of the tightened review is to reward high performance and target low performance. Based on the new rules, a reputable, well-established professor that is consistently productive would not have to be concerned about receiving deficient ratings in the first place. However, the ease with which the regents have used their power and influence to make independent decisions in the past is troubling and undemocratic. That the primary voice of dissent is the chair of the Faculty Council, a representative of the body of professors that this change would affect, stresses the necessity of further discussion between the Faculty Council and the regents before any permanent changes are made. Manescu is a journalism and international relations freshman.

PowerPoint lectures, following lab manuals and looking up homework solutions on Cramster is clearly not effective and will certainly not produce the next Steve Jobs. Students should have more freedom to explore projects and research opportunities that are directly related to their studies. The engineering school’s senior design project requirement is an excellent example of how this can be accomplished. The senior design project allows a group of engineering students to pool their collective creative talents to design and implement a piece of technology that solves a real world problem. This process allows these students to join professors and companies and take part in cuttingedge developments. Additionally, UT’s Intellectual Entrepreneurship program allows undergraduate students to pursue their creative interests. IE connects undergraduates with graduate student mentors and faculty supervisors to explore unique aspects of graduate studies. This program grants students the freedom to conduct research, participate in seminars and publish professional articles. These activities greatly enhance the learning experience. When students reach the “magic number” of credits they need to graduate, they are assumed to know everything that is necessary. But in far too many cases, this is simply not true. Universities must reexamine their purpose to educate and commit to adding real value to a college degree. Shi is an electrical and computer engineering junior.

THE FIRING LINE Perpetuating sexism

I was upset and disappointed by The Daily Texan’s decision to run an image on Wednesday’s front page of a woman being photographed while flashing. The image seems to endorse and perpetuate the sexist treatment of women as sexual objects, especially since there is no accompanying article to provide context. I hope in the future, The Daily Texan will consider only running images and stories that will make all its readers feel respected rather than profiting from women’s sexual exploitation. Elliot Williams Information studies graduate student

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Nutrition junior Eric Carrizales works at the Life Science Library as a work-study student. The number of work-study jobs in the U.S. may double because of President Obama’s new budget.

Obama budget plans to increase work-study job opportunities By Sarah White Daily Texan Staff

President Barack Obama’s new budget may double the number of work-study jobs in the U.S. and has caused excitement among UT officials, said Tom Melecki, director of Student Financial Services. Melecki said 30 percent of UT work-study students’ salaries are provided by UT, while 70 percent is funded by the federal government. The amount of money given to the work-study program by the federal government has decreased over the past three years, said Melecki. In 2009 the federal government gave $2,384,251 to the program, but the amount has been steadily reduced since then. Melecki said the federal government gave $1,885,934 to the program for the 2011-2012 school year and the Office of Student Financial Services hopes funding for the program will increase in the future, as indicated by Obama’s budget,

released Feb. 13. “Students are selected for workstudy awards based on the federal government’s standard of financial neediness,” Melecki said. He said UT officials attempt to give students grant money before offering work-study positions, but work-study allocations often help students limit the amount of loans they take out. “Work-study is a terrific way to keep down the number of dollars a student borrows,” Melecki said. Julianne Kasper, a work-study student and education sophomore, said she feels more connected to the campus community because of her work-study job at the Fine Arts Library. “I’m the youngest person I know who works at the library,” Kasper said. “My co-workers know a lot about the UT campus, classes and professors and have given me a lot of useful advice.” Kasper said that she would much rather have a work-study job than a job off-campus, because she felt her

employer was particularly respectful of her obligations as a student. She said she thinks an off-campus employer might not appreciate her commitment to academics. “If you have a test, they are usually really understanding,” Kasper said. “[My employers are] willing to work with my schedule. They also let me study and do homework at the front desk when I am not helping people in the library.” Sarah Andrews, administrative assistant of the Hire-A-Longhorn Job Bank, said she works to connect work-study students with potential employers, on and off campus. “There are about 300 jobs in the job bank, of which 60 are workstudy jobs,” Andrews said. Andrews said she works with students when there is a problem with their employment, but such situations rarely occur. “Usually employers are very willing to hire work-study students,” she said. “The students themselves are very diligent and we hardly ever experience issues.”

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A student studying in the SAC leaves their computer unattended Thursday afternoon. This act, which happens throughout campus, occasionally leads to theft of students’ belongings.

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Fall break possibility hits obstacle due to regulations By Alexa Ura Daily Texan Staff

Even with faculty and student support, the implementation of a fall break for the University remains uncertain because of scheduling constraints. As s o c i at e re g i s t r a r B re n da Schumann said the feasibility of implementing a fall break depends on University and state guidelines for the academic calendar planning process. The state guidelines are issued by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, and the Office of the Registrar uses both sets of guidelines to create the academic calendar. She said the possibility of a fall break would require a change to these principles, as University regulations do not currently allow time for a fall break. “The calendar is based upon the principles,” she said. “If they are to be changed, the University’s Calendar Committee would have to submit a recommendation to the Faculty Council for consideration and approval.” Student Government passed a resolution in support of a fall break last week. The resolution supports an implementation of a two-day fall break that would extend the academic calendar two more days into December, but this conflicts with the University guidelines used to create the academic calendar. The principles say the last day of classes should fall on a Friday in order to maintain the pattern of final exams. Monday, Wednesday and Friday classes must have 42 meeting days and Tuesdays and Thursdays must have 28. The fall semester should also have a minimum of 70 class days in a semester after accounting for the observance of Labor Day and the three-day Thanksgiving holiday, according to the guidelines. Diane Bailey, chair of the

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Calendar Committee and associate professor of information, said the committee discussed the idea on its own initiative last year and has continued to explore the possibility of fall break this year. Bailey said the number of constraints also include the regulations set by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. The coordinating board sets a date for the start of every semester. The common calendar schedule has been set through the 2020-2021 fiscal year with the first day of class ranging from Aug. 22-28 depending on the year. “There is a limited amount of wiggle room in the calendar depending on the year,” Bailey said. “It appears that some years might prove easier than others to extend the fall schedule by shifting the start date forward.” Bailey said given the support from some members of the University community the implementation of a fall break will be determined by its feasibility. Marc Musick, associate dean of the College of Liberal Arts, said he supported the implementation of a fall break after his time teaching at the University of Michigan. Musick said students and faculty appreciated the break during the 15-week semester. Musick said the University of Michigan is competitive with UT and is among other competitive schools that currently have a fall break. Other schools include Texas Tech University and Baylor University among 12 other universities, according to the SG resolution. “I felt that it was good for students to have those days to rejuvenate and recharge to get them through the end of the semester,” he said. “The fall break is something I’ve supported for many years, but the University has worked without it for so long and will continue to do so without it.”

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While some gain fame as overnight YouTube sensations, a visiting professor said their fame can also be exploited through use of YouTube celebrities in advertising. University of California-Davis professor Darrell Hamamoto spoke Thursday afternoon about the B HERE Campaign’s targeting of Asian Americans for unnecessary health care services. He said corporations are funding the B HERE Campaign, which he said uses false statistics to promote unnecessary hepatitis B testing and treatment for financial gain. This is one of many examples of major epidemics being promoted for profit, Hamamoto said. Other examples cited by Hamamoto include AIDS and global warming. The B HERE campaign is promoted by Asian American YouTube comedy stars, including KevJumba (Kevin Wu), Happy Slip (Christine Gambito) and Nigahiga

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anyone seriously question the existence of AIDS, hepatitis B and even global warming. I wanted to know where he got his information.” Hamamoto said he looks to untraditional sources for his research. “I am going to sources that most of academia doesn’t even know about, let alone acknowledge,” Hamamoto said. “It’s coming from ordinary people. Just because they don’t have degrees does not mean they aren’t intelligent.”

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Meet days are filled with strict routines and preparations during the final moments leading up to the events. Junior hurdler Keiron Stewart’s to-do list is a few items shorter than most competitors. “I never get a pre-meet massage during warm-ups like everyone else on the team,” Stewart said. “And I don’t have to worry about putting on socks before I lace up my spikes.” Most athletes wouldn’t even consider the thought of competing in their first event without a massage or forgetting to put on their socks. But for Stewart, these are two rituals he doesn’t follow. During his junior year of high

school at Kingston College in Kingston, Jamaica, Stewart allowed one of the trainers to give him a rub down to loosen up his muscles before the races began. The Jamaica native was a little hesitant to suddenly alter his pre-meet routine, but for reasons he still isn’t sure of — he gave in and got a massage. “The first time I let a trainer give me a rub down during warm ups was my last,” he said with a smirk. “I lost my race that day so needless to say, I will never do that again.” And he won’t likely forget to take off his socks before putting on his racing spikes. This superstitious act is one he inherited from one of his fellow teammates in high school. As a new member to the track team, the logistics and insider tricks of the

sport were unfamiliar to Stewart at that time. “I’ll never forget the day one of my buddies was talking to me at practice,” Stewart said. “He simply pulled me aside and suggested that I not wear any socks at the next meet, assuring me that I would be able to run a lot faster.” The upcoming meet was the annual Gibson Relays held at National Stadium in Kingston, Jamaica. Once again a sense of hesitancy crept up, but Stewart pushed it aside and decided to give it a try. He even convinced the members of his 4x400 relay team to jump on the bandwagon and run sockless. “That day, we ran like we never had before,” Stewart said. “We broke the previous Gibson relay record,

and set a new one when we crossed the finish line at 3:09.22.” It was a dream come true for the emerging track star, and looking back, it seems all a result of one single spontaneous decision he made as a 14-year-old freshman. To the untrained eye, Stewart looks as if he’s been a track star for most of his life — with his natural speed and graceful hurdling technique. But actually, his track career began almost by accident. “I was about 14 years old when I decided to represent my class in a benefit my school was having,” Stewart said. “It was an open track meet and for some reason, I felt as if I should run in it. The race was very different

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Horns, top teams face off for championship meet Kearney utilizing athletes to maximize point total By Kristin Otto Daily Texan Staff

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I think if we succeed this weekend, it will definitely help us tell the story of how we’re going to become National Champions.

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Texas aims to dethrone No. 3 Aggies

‘Tis the season for Big 12 The No. 5 Longhorns battles. Joining in the feswill prepare to set the track tivities will be the women’s ablaze as they head to the track and field team, schedGilliam Indoor Stadiuled to represent Texas in the um in College Station Big 12 Indoor Championships for the Big 12 Indoor this weekend. Track and Field Be prepared, however, beChampionships cause this conference chamthis weekend. pionship comes with a Texas hasn’t twist that will undoubtwon an indoor Ryan Edwards edly result in tightened, championship Daily Texan file photo cut-throat competition. since 2009, and last This weekend will be the secyear’s victor was enduring rival, Texas ond time for College Station to A&M. Hungry for a title, the men are host the Big 12 Indoor Track looking to start the weekend’s comand Field Championships. petition off to a strong start with Isaac More notably — with Texas Murphy and Petter Olson in the hepA&M’s controversial, impendtathlon on Friday. ing transfer to the SEC — it will The running events will begin with also be the last time. the mile run, and sixth seeded Patrick The meet is uniquely strucMcGregor will put the Longhorns in tured in that individual athletes good shape heading into the remainearn points for their teams. Ulder of the competition. timately, the team with the highJunior hurdler Keiron Stewart est cumulative score is declared won the 60-meter indoor title last the Big 12 conference champiyear with a time of 7.66 seconds and on. The top-placing schools will will likely continue the trend this be honored in an awards cereweekend. Marquise Goodwin and mony following the final race of D.J. Monroe will battle together in the weekend. the 60-meter dash, ranked fifth and In order to earn as many eighth respectively. points as possible, head coach Freshman Sheroid Evans has Beverly Kearney has taken the approved to be a tough competitor in proach of spreading her athletes both the 200-meter and 400-meout across an array of competiter dash, previously finishing among tions in such a fashion that team the top four in the two events at the members have testified that there SPIRE Invitational in Geneva, Ohio. is not an event in which Texas canThe distance events appear to not place in the top 8. be stacked with Longhorn comOn Friday, sophomore Marielle petitors, with ten Texas runners Hall and junior Julie Amthor will spread throughout. Top seeders compete in the first running event of include: Kyle Thompson in the

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As the Longhorns head to College Station this weekend for the Big 12 Championships, the meet is more than just another conference championship. This is the last time the team will face Texas A&M in conference competition. The Longhorns are determined to send the Aggies off to the SEC with a bitter taste in their mouths. “It’s [going to be] hand-tohand combat ... the Big 12 conference belongs to the University of Texas,” head coach Beverly Kearney said. Sporting a record of 19 out of 30 conference UT team titles, Kearney has declared conference war. Armed with some of the nation’s most dangerous athletes, she will lead her team into College Station this weekend to compete in the Big 12 Indoor Championships. In the latest national poll, five Big 12 women’s teams rank in the top 15: No. 5 Texas A&M, No. 7 Kansas, No. 11 Texas, No. 12 Texas Tech and No. 13 Iowa State. However, as the Longhorns have continued to improve in their individual performances throughout the season, Coach “Bev” and the team consider national ranks to be irrelevant going into the Big 12 Championships. “I don’t pay attention to national ranking,” Kearney said. “The main thing I’m focusing on is moving my team forward each week, and every week we’ve gotten better. We can’t control what happens nationally. We’re going in [to College Station] to go after that conference

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Chambers takes a risk with 600-yard run By Kristin Otto Daily Texan Staff

The Daily Texan sat down with senior sprinter Kendra Chambers. Chambers is the 2011 Big 12 indoor 600 yard champion and hopes to lead the Longhorns to a Big 12 Championship this weekend at College Station. Q: What is the team’s collective goal going into the Big 12 Indoor Championship? A: As a team we’re trying to get, of course, national qualifying marks — but not only that. We’re also focusing on coming together as a team, and the Big 12 is going to be the first real challenging test of that. It’s our pre-test before Nationals. So I think if we succeed this weekend, it will definitely help us tell the story of how we’re going to become National Champions. Q: You talk about coming together as a team. Texas has had consistently improving individual performances, but as a team it has also consistently declined in the national rankings. What do you feel that Texas needs to do to reverse this trend and do you think that the Big 12 Championship is the perfect time to do it? A: The Big 12 Championship is

the first time we actually get to be a real team because we need the points to win. As individual athletes, we feel the pressure now. [In a] normal meet we want to qualify for nationals; this meet you get your individual points so we can win as a team. The times will just come. And our rankings will just come. Numbers will come. But I think as soon as we actually decide to get the 10 points, get the eight points, the six points — even the one point for eighth place — I think once we do that and come together, we’ll be successful in the Big 12 Championship. Q: What is your main personal goal for this Conference Championship? A: The Big 12 [Championship] is different for me. Since I’m the returning Big 12 Indoor Champion for the 600-yard, I’m going to compete in the event again. You know for me, I’m a 400-meter runner. I’d rather compete in [the 400-meter dash] but, like I said before, since we’re coming as a team I’m willing to sacrifice so we can get the 10 points, or the eight points, or what have you. Personally, I’m just looking forward to going ahead and winning the 600-yard again and getting the 10 points for the team so we can be the Big 12 Cham-

pions. I’d like to, of course, better my time. I ran 1:19 last year, which won first place, so hopefully I can break Suziann Reid’s [indoor 600-yard] record. Q: So do you consider running the 600-yard and not the 400-meter to be a sacrifice? A: Exactly. And Coach Bev knows that. After this meet [I’m] going to head into the Last Chance meet and qualify [in the 400-meter] there. It’s a little bit of a risk but I’m definitely willing to do it knowing that I can get 10 points and to help the team win the Big 12. Q: Out of all the athletes who are really excelling this season, you are one of the oldest. Being more experienced and after winning a Big 12 Championship title last year, do you feel more individual pressure than you have in the past?

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Heisman trophy winner and former Longhorn running back Ricky Williams will be honored on April 1st with a bronze statue that will be placed next to the statue of Earl Campbell. There will be a ceremony before the Spring Game where the eight-foot tall, 1,000 pound statue will be unveiled. “Words can’t describe how honored I am,” Williams said. “Wow, having a statue at DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium is something I could never have imagined in my wildest dreams when I came here from San Diego. Texas was such a welcoming place, and with its unbelievable history and tradition, it’s extra special to be a part of that. I’m just humbled and grateful to be recognized in such an amazing way by a school and city that has meant so much to me and my family and is a vital part of my life.” Artist David Deming was commissioned in 2010 to create the statue. He taught at the University of Texas for 26 years. Williams will be present at the ceremony which is part of the 2012 Texas Football Spring Jamborree. “I get chills when I think about the day we retired Ricky’s jersey and how excited everyone was,” Brown said. “It will be special to do that again at this year’s spring game.” -Lauren Giudice

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STEWART continues from PAGE 7 from the ones here in the U.S. The track was all grass; the lanes were marked with something that looked like black grease, and one lap around was equal to only 300 meters.” He clocked in a winning time at around 47 seconds, immediately turning the heads of every track coach present. After taking notice, the coaches made a beeline to Stewart and asked him to join the team. Undoubtedly, his acceptance of the offer was life-changing from that moment on. But the birth of a new talent meant letting go of another. His first sport was cricket, and Stewart was one of the best batters of his age. At cricket, he was a natural, but track took an unfamiliar level of effort and hard work. After trying to balance the two and compete in both, Stewart let go of cricket and decided to set his focus on becoming a stronger runner. “I couldn’t take the hits anymore”, Stewart said. “I was constant-

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the meet, the mile, at 3 p.m. Looking for a repeat first place finish, Kendra Chambers will take on the 600-yard race later in the afternoon. A dedicated 400-meter runner during the regular season, she has adopted her coach’s teamcentered mind-set. Chambers will not attempt to qualify for nationals in the 400-me-

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800-meter, Patrick McGregor in the 1000-meter, Ryan Dohner in the 3000-meter and fifth seeded Will Nation in the 5000-meter. In the field events, Goodwin, Maston Wallace and freshman Ryan Crouser are all ranked first

Friday, February 24, 2012 ly getting hurt by the throws, and my teammates had gotten a lot bigger than before.” And it turns out his 5-foot-11inch agile frame was perfect for leaping over hurdles. Stewart grew tired of running sprints apart from all his friends during practice, so he volunteered to give hurdling a try. Eventually, he worked out the kinks and now holds the Jamaican national junior record in the 110-meter hurdles. But the aggressive yet humble competitor is still awestruck when he thinks of the journey that led him to Texas. After a strong season as a freshman, Stewart won the Big 12 Indoor Championship title in the 60-meter hurdles, setting a school record with a time of 7.66 seconds. But it’s his performance at the 2011 NCAA Outdoor Championships that remains most vivid in his mind. “I will never forget how I felt hitting the hurdle,” Stewart said. “I was so confident and ready to win, ready to cross that finish line. But something happened and I hit it hard. Everyone else gained an edge, and I ended up in fifth.” Coming off a personal best and

UT record time in the 110-meter hurdles, Stewart surged ahead into first place before colliding with the eighth hurdle. In a fraction of a second, his season goal fell apart. Stewart didn’t walk away with a gold, but he didn’t allow the twinge from the loss to get into his head. “I was upset after the race, but only for a split second,” Stewart said. “Then the next thought I had was getting back to practice and training hard to achieve a new goal. It made no sense for me to drag that memory around with me when there was nothing I could do to change the outcome.” For Stewart, it’s all about executing the smallest technical mechanics properly, trying his hardest and finishing the race. “There is no room for error in this race, or in this sport,” Stewart said. “Even the favorites fall sometimes.” Next weekend, the all-American will compete in the Big 12 Indoor Championships, eyeing a top finish in the 60-meter hurdles. And you can guarantee his speedy, sockless feet will carry him leaps and bounds above his competitors.

ter this weekend — putting the task off until the Last Chance Meets. Instead, she will compete in the 600yard run because she knows it is the race in which she can most benefit her team. While Kearney maintains that she has all of the bases covered, she is particularly enthusiastic about one particular facet of the meet. “Hall and Sara Sutherland, who is also a sophomore, [have] both given the team confidence in the middle distance area ... [making] us more of a well-rounded and

solid, quality team.” On Saturday af ter no on, Sutherland will join Hall — the reigning Big 12 indoor champion in the 1,000-meter — in the 3-kilometer race. In the last women’s race of the weekend, Texas’ ‘A’ 4x400-meter relay team — which took second in last year’s conference championship, trailing Texas A&M by a mere 0.04 seconds — will aim not only to secure a first place finish in the event, but moreover clench a Big 12 conference victory for the Longhorns.

place in their competitions. Pole vaulter Wallace is entering the meet with a top jump of 17-8.5. Goodwin is the man to beat in the long jump, with a mark of 26’9”. Thrower Ryan Crouser is the current Texas record holder in the shot put with a throw of 66-7. Other top competitors in these events are vaulter Mark Thomas, jumper Mark Jackson and throwers Jacob Thormaehlen and

Hayden Baillio. Saturday’s action begins at 3 p.m. and includes the last three events of the heptathlon, remaining field events and running event finals. The Texas men are looking to earn top finishes in as many events possible in preparation for the Last Chance meets March 2-3 that will ultimately determine competitors for the NCAA Indoor Championships.

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Kearney, a 15-time Conference Coach of the Year at Texas, has mapped out the meet’s roster with a strategy guided by a this-teamcomes-first mentality. Some Longhorn athletes will even sacrifice the opportunity to qualify for the NCAA Championships in certain races this weekend and instead compete in the events in which they are confident they can rack up the most points for the team. Texas’ three returning indoor conference titleholders — 600yard champion Kendra Chambers, 1,000-meter winner Marielle Hall and last year’s Big 12 high jump victor Shanay Briscoe — are prepared to promote the selflessness they know is crucial to securing a win in College Station. “At the end of the day it’s going to be more exciting if we get a team title than if I improve a couple of seconds,” said Hall, a New Jersey native. “I’ve never been to A&M and I’m from out-of-state so the tradition of the rivalry [at the Big 12 Champion-

ships] — especially being at A&M for the last time — will be interesting [to experience].” Chambers, a junior indoors, is looking forward to earning points for her team with a repeat 600-yard victory as well as with a first place in the 4x400-meter relay. However, she is determined to clench more than wins in her events — she wants tangible proof that Texas is the best in the Big 12. “[The Big 12 Championships] is the first time we get to come together as a team and win something collectively,” Chambers said. “It’s a big deal because [we’re competing] at A&M for the last time. It’s for [the] conference and we want to be able to show Texas pride and come back to Austin with something ... like a trophy.” While rivalry inherent to any conference championship always intensifies the competition, the added incentive of defeating A&M at home will be an undeniable performanceenhancing factor for Texas come the Big 12 Indoor Championships.

junior indoor and a sophomore outdoor. I definitely feel the pressure; it would be nice to set an example for the younger [freshmen] and sophomores by getting those 10 points and A: Yes. This year, I’m technically a winning first place. I do feel a pres-

sure because I am returning champion but, nonetheless, more importantly, I look at it as trying to get the points for the team. I’m trying to set an example so we can set off a wildfire in College Station.

championship because we’ve got A&M at their last indoor conference championship at A&M ... it’s going to be a battle.” As a conference-parting gift, Texas is on a mission to buck Texas A&M off its high horse and out of the top of the national ranking. And winning the last Big 12 Championships held in Aggieland would be icing on the farewell cake. Unlike any other meet during the season, the Big 12 Indoor Championships requires individuals to win points for their respective teams by placing in the top 8, with first place earning a team the maximum 10 points, down to eighth place which adds one point to a team’s cumulative score. “Conference is always about the team ... period. [This is] that one meet in the year when it’s not about you,” Kearney said.

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It’s never an easy road for a team to make it to the NCAA Tournament, but the Longhorns have chosen an exceptionally difficult route to make the Big Dance this season. With its 5-10 Big 12 record, Texas sits in eighth place and is in line for a first round matchup with either Texas Tech or Oklahoma State in the Big 12 conference tournament, which starts March 7. But first, the Longhorns have a regular season to finish before they set their sights on Kansas City, Mo. and the conference tournament. The final three games include a home matchup against Oklahoma on Saturday, a trip to Columbia, Mo. to face Missouri and the season finale against Texas A&M in Austin on March 4. Both the Sooners and the Aggies have enjoyed successful seasons and currently sit in a tie for second place in the Big 12 standings. Missouri has been virtually silent in conference play, with its sole win coming on the road last Saturagainst Kansas. day,day month day, 2008

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After four games, the Longhorns are 2-2 against average competition in Duke and UT-Arlington. Now they have to square off with the No. 3 team in the country, Stanford. The Cardinals will present some of the toughest competition Texas will face all year and will provide a test for the Longhorns, who have been plagued early on in the season by mental errors and struggles at the plate. The little mental lapses played a huge part in the team’s 7-5 loss to UT-Arlington on Tuesday. A passed ball in the first inning allowed a UTA runner to score and set the tone for the numerous errors committed the rest of the evening. From there, multiple miscues ensued leading to five of the seven Mavericks’ runs being unearned. It wasn’t just on the defensive side that the Longhorns made mistakes. In the ninth inning catcher Jacob Felts made a decision to go from first to third, with no outs, on a ball hit into shallow right field. After a great throw from the right-fielder, he was tagged out at third, killing the Texas rally. The team works on these fundamental baseball principles daily,

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and when they are not followed, the result isn’t good — as seen in the final score from Tuesday’s game. The team’s struggles at the plate aren’t helping much either. The Longhorns are only hitting .217 as a team thus far. Eric Weiss, the leading returning hitter for the Longhorns, is only hitting .167 through four games, a far cry from his freshman season when he was hitting .818 in the same stretch. Felts is another sophomore that is off to a sluggish start hitting only .167. “You just have to keep playing and take it one pitch at a time,” Felts said. “It’s baseball, if you don’t get a hit you don’t get a hit, ultimately you’re just looking for a quality at bat.” The Longhorns will need these two and the rest of the lineup to step up in order to have a chance against Stanford. “I think after watching our performance Tuesday night, you could definitely say [that we weren’t ready] because we didn’t play the game of baseball that we can play,” said pitcher Nathan Thornhill. “But I know we have the guys to compete against Stanford and I think we’re going to go in there with a little more of a chip on our shoulder than we did against UT-Arlington.”

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Distance can strengthen relationships By Anjli Mehta

It’s 9 p.m. on a Thursday night, but before my high heels hit Sixth Street, I have a date. I carefully check my hair, my makeup and my internet connection. With a couple of clicks, Skype displays my date’s face against a surge of sunshine that briefly disorients me. Even after nearly a year of long-distance Skype dates, the 13-hour time difference catches me by surprise every time. In a 2005 study of long-distance relationships among college-aged individuals, communication professor Laura Stafford of the University of KentuckyLexington showed that long-distance relationships are fairly common, constituting 25 to 50 percent of relationships. Some reasons for this might include the mingling of in-state and out-of-state students during school and prospective post-graduation jobs in new places. Since 2005, technological advances that allow face-to-face interaction and inexpensive cell phone plans make a modern-day long-distance relationship more manageable.

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for granted. But just as absence can make the heart grow fonder, it can also fade the memories you have of being attracted to someone. While regular visits are a key component to any long-distance relationship, it’s even more important to have a consistent communication schedule between in-person visits. Surely Skype foreplay has nothing on the real thing, but the effort you put in while you’re apart will make you forget the distance while you’re together. Additionally, long-distance relationships are largely based on trust. It’s imperative that you build a stable foundation of trust before you begin a longdistance relationship that can easily fall victim to the vicious wrath of jealousy and insecurity. Ideally, a couple should place a tentative timeline on how long they expect to be long-distance, but with an uncertain job market, it’s difficult to predict where your life could lead you. Last May, when the guy I was dating graduated a year before me, he was lucky enough to get to follow his dream of being a photojournalist in Cambodia. As I finish my last semester with only a slight idea of where I’ll end up geographically, I can’t imagine the two of us in the same city, much less the same hemisphere, anytime soon. But as long

show with no idea what its audience wants and an archaic membership with a massive cultural disconnect from today’s cinematic landscape. Let Hollywood celebrate itself and its achievements, but we shouldn’t dignify this bastardization of the adjective “Best” any longer. A better idea? Purge any and all help from your mind and let the movies speak for themselves. Watch “Martha Marcy May Marlene” next to “The Iron Lady” and decide who the real Best Actress is. See if “Drive” or “The Artist” get more from their intentionally sparse dialogue. Or, even better, go back to “The King’s Speech” and tell me if that’s the Best Picture in a year that gave us “Black Swan,” “True Grit” and “The Social Network.” It’s obvious that the Oscars aren’t going anywhere. But we don’t have to listen to their opinions, and the

films they award are often forgotten by the time next year’s crop rolls around. The events of Sunday night won’t make the un-nominated “Shame” or “Take Shelter” worse films, and it certainly won’t make Best Picture nominees “War Horse” or “The Help” better ones, so why bother? It’s much easier to just ignore the entire process then bemoan “Crash’s” 2006 Best Picture win, or the inevitable sweep by “The Artist,” and that’s exactly what I’m going to do. Who wants to join me?

were a failure in terms of hosting, entertainment and any sort of suspense, as “The King’s Speech’s” victories were pre-ordained by months of awards stacked in its favor. And that brings us to this year. The ceremony promises to be even less interesting than last year’s, thanks to a barrage of disasters and disappointments surrounding the show. First, Brett Ratner and EdWHAT: The 84th annual die Murphy departed. Then the academy awards nominees were released to general chagrin. WHERE: aBC channel However, the most damning inWHEN: Sunday, February 26 at formation against the Oscars was 7p.m. released in Monday’s Los Angeles Times. After some keen investigatWEb: www.oscar.com ing, the Times revealed the previously secretive Oscar membership was 94 percent white, 77 percent male and 54 percent older than 60. This actually explains a lot, from the flavorless nominees to the show itself. After Eddie Murphy’s departure, the Academy retreated into familiarity, bringing back host Billy Crystal to host a ninth time thanks to a massive lack of public demand (while also ignoring a quickly-growing Twitter campaign to have the Muppets host this year). Then they did the same thing with the nominees, casting aside younger, hipper and better films in favor of cookie-cutter Oscar bait like “Extremely Loud and Matt Sayles | associated Press Incredibly Close.” And there’s the problem. A bunch Workers roll out the red carpet Wednesday that will be used for the of old, white men making the deci- 84th Academy Awards in Los Angeles. sions for what a Best Picture is, or a Best Original Song, or a Best Supporting Actor. Old, white men already make the decisions in Washington and on Wall Street, but movies are different. Movies are a personal experience above all else, a quest to find something of ourselves or something to relate to in a narrative that takes place far from (or maybe disturbingly close to) reality, and we shouldn’t let the tastes of old, white men dictate what the best film is anymore. But really, what can you do? It’s easy. Do what I’m doing and simply bow out. Don’t watch, don’t play comm e n t a t o r o n Tw i t t e r a n d don’t care. The Oscars is an outdated awards

as we’re happy just seeing each other on a computer screen, we do our best to ignore the 9,200 miles between us. Although I’m unsure of how much longer he’ll tell me goodnight while I tell him good morning, there is no doubt in my mind that our relationship has grown stronger through the distance. For this reason alone — the hope that distance will only test and strengthen a relationship — many college students continue to commit to long-distance love rather than settle for someone in town.

leo said. “The ideas of young and virginal get translated into an understanding of how we think of American culture and identity.” Some Hudson River painters, including John Constable and Joseph Turner, were among the European painters who created the new form of American expression. During the early 1800s, the artists adopted the notion of Manifest Destiny and translated it into a divine form of new aesthetic. The Hudson painters were adapting the European idea of the sublime to American conditions, said professor of art and art histor y Michael Charlesworth. “The sublime is about places that are potentially dangerous, a wild kind of landscape,” he said. “The artists were interested in creating a sort of pleasure for [the viewer] that’s ultimately related to a potential fear.” Charlesworth said that terror is the ruling principal of the sublime. The idea holds that if the viewer looked over the brink of a precipice in a landscape representation, they would feel frightened. However, once the viewer retreats from the brink, they feel more alive than before for having put themselves through the experience. “It’s the attempt to convey a sense of the pleasure to be contemplating the potentially dangerous place from a position of safety,” Charlesworth said.

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With two long-term, long-distance relationships under my dating belt, I can say from experience that long-distance relationships have the tendency to be complicated. In fact, usually the only simple thing about a long-distance relationship is the attraction you feel for that person. These relationships are not nearly as glamorous as Nicholas Sparks and his repertoire of romance novels want you to believe. A long-distance relationship takes more emotional involvement than a standard same-city relationship. In the same weekend, you can go from the happiest you’ve ever been, rushing into your love’s arms at baggage claim, only to hit your deepest low as you bite your lip before that last bittersweet kiss at airport security. There are certain rites of passage that come with every long-distance relationship: the carry-on bag hanging off your door ready to be packed at the unexpected notice of a three-day weekend, spending more time in an airport than with your partner. When it comes to long-distance love, we’re willing to put up a bigger fight against dating hurdles than if we were dating someone who lived just a 15-minute drive away. When someone isn’t within reach, you don’t take them or the little time you spend with them

Kathleen Brady Stimpert, Blanton director of public relations, said that in terms of values, the Hudson River School painters were examining the magnificence of nature and man’s place within it, as were Thoreau and the transcendentalists. “ There was an American fas cination with lands cap e painting,” Stimpert said. The director said viewers can see paintings of a singular landscape depicted in both daytime and evening settings, along with different landscapes throughout the changing seasons. “It’s really unique in its concept in that [the exhibit] offers multiple ways to view a singular landscape,” she said. Stimpert also explained that the exhibit is multi-dimensional in that it reflects the ways information was communicated at that time. “Since there was no Internet, reproduction through prints was the only way people would see many of these landscapes,” Stimpert said. Risa Puleo, assistant curator of contemporary art, explained that the few paintings at the beginning of the exhibit depict Europe as an over-inhabited area with a landscape marked by civilization. Conversely, the American landscape is depicted as wild and untouched. “We have this idea of the ‘old world’ being Europe, and then the United States becoming a kind of ‘new Eden,’” Pu-

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Local bands perform, expose new Austinites to music scene West Campus hosts prelude to South By Southwest with music festival for third year

Guitarist Andrew Weber, bassist Jack Pearl, and drummer Davis Campbell are members of Space Crazies, a band that will be playing this Saturday at West By West Campus Music Festival. WXWC is celebrating its third year and will showcase more than 40 bands performing on five stages.

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Deep in the heart of UT Austin’s West Campus neighborhood, there is a locally-based music festival that hopes to introduce newly-converted Austinites and veterans to the city’s home-grown music scene. Celebrating its third year, the annual West By West Campus Music Festival (WXWC), happening this Saturday, prides itself in showcasing some of Austin’s most talented musicians, featuring more than 40 bands performing on five different stages. “I think it’s awesome that a music festival can happen without being sponsored or taking place in a large venue,” said international relations and global studies sophomore Hunter Tolbert. Tolbert, who contributes to the KVRX radio station, looks forward to seeing many of the bands performing. “I’m most excited for SPEAK, and almost all of the bands

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playing at 21st Street Co-op,” Tolbert says. Created by 21st Street Co-op event coordinator Tessa Hunt and local artist Waldo Wittenmyer, WXWC has become a UT staple since its inception in 2010, featuring a diverse collection of local musicians. From indie rock ensemble SPEAK, who per— Jack Pearl, Space Crazies bassist formed at last year’s Fun Fun Fun Fest, to up-and-coming bluesrock trio Space Crazies, WXWC will have plenty of bands to satisfy everyone in attendance.

Pretty much every band we are playing with at [coop] House of Guys is awesome.

“This is our first time playing WXWC,” said Space Crazies bassist Jack Pearl. “I saw pictures from last year, and it looks pretty magical,” he said. A trio that combines the psychedelic-funk of Jimi Hendrix with the gritty, blues-rock of Jack White, Space Crazies have become known for their powerful and energetic performances. Pearl is excited to be on the festival’s roster and looks forward to seeing some of the other bands performing.

Kathleen Brady Stimpert explains the thematic variations among the landscape paintings in the “American Scenery: Different Views in Hudson River School of Painting” at the Blanton Museum Thursday afternoon.

Do I hate the Oscars? No. Since 1999, the year that “The Iron Giant,” “Toy Story 2” and “The Sixth Sense” cemented my fate as a film fan for life, I’ve been watching them with a fervor that might be described as religious. And every year since 1999 (when those three films won a combined total of zero awards), I have been disappointed with the Academy’s new and creative ways to award generally lifeless exercises in prestige-baiting. Best Picture has become increasingly defined as the film with the most momentum going

WHERE: 21st Street Co-op, House of Guys, Eden House, Marjorie~Daw WHEN: Saturday, Feb. 25, 12:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. WEB: http://www. westbywestcampus.com/ TICKETS: Free

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Edvard Munch’s “The Scream” to go on sale. Sotheby’s is selling the last privately-own copy, estimated to be worth $80 million.

”Community” returns! The Greendale Human Beings return March 15.

ists who were traveling from sea This way of thinking helped to to sea at the time. The exhibit is establish the lore of 19th centucomprised of intimately-scaled ry American values. paintings from the members of WHAT: American Scenery, the first recognized school of Different Views in Hudson American art. River School Painting The Hudson River School WHERE: Blanton Museum of Painting was a loose collective of artists working in upWHEN: Feb. 26-May 13 state New York from 18251875. Members of the collecWEB: blantonmuseum.org tive, including Asher Durand TICKETS: Current UT and Frederic Edwin Church, faculty, students, staff free; abided by Thomas Cole’s theory Adults $9; Youth(13-21) $5 that “if nature were untouched by the hand of man, then man could become more easily acBLANTON continues on PAGE 11 quainted with the hand of God.”

Avoid Oscar disappointment: don’t watch By Alex Williams Daily Texan Staff

WHAT: West By West Campus

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Blanton exhibits Hudson River paintings Art lovers and history buffs alike will have the opportunity to partake in the beauty of 19th century American landscapes through depictions from the Hudson River School of Painting, starting today at The Blanton Museum of Art. “American Scenery: Different Views in Hudson River School Painting,” is the exhibition counterpart to “Go West,” a showcase featured at the Blanton since Jan. 14. Both exhibits overlap in time period and art-

Commons,” Bass said. “I do not remember the band, but their guitarist managed to finish his set even though he took an elbow to the face from a mosher and was bleeding profusely.” WXWC is an appetizer to the Austin’s full-course musical entree, SXSW, happening March 9-18. But rather than putting the focus on national and touring bands, WXWC maintains simplicity, keeping everything local and making something out of the city’s always-growing talent and creativity.

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“Pretty much every band we are playing with at [co-op] House of Guys is awesome. I am looking forward to watching Kinky Machine, Shakey Graves, The Sweet Nuthin and Berkshire Hounds,” he said. WXWC has resulted in many memorable experiences for attendees: Austin resident William Bass, who has gone to each WXWC consecutively, reminisces about one of his favorite festival moments. “It happ ene d at Hous e of

into the ceremony, and the actual content of the film matters less every year. As a lifelong cinephile, it’s frustrating to watch studio politics take over the awards season every year, and my disappointment has finally curdled into surrender. Because even if I don’t hate the Oscars, I hate what Oscar season and all of the surrounding white noise has become. When the New York Film Critics Circle announced their year-end awards way back in November, the Oscar season kicked off, and following the circuit this year, one thing became clear: this is all getting a bit dull. It’s all too easy to

base your entire opinion of a film around the awards that it should (or shouldn’t) win this year. This year, The Weinstein Company threw their campaigning power behind “The Artist,” a charming but slightly silent film and the current favorite for Best Picture, Actor, Director and Original Screenplay (a true feat for a film with almost no dialogue). Last year, the Weinsteins pushed “The King’s Speech” through the precursors and, in a sweep surprising to no one, won the same four awards. It’s no coincidence that last year’s Oscars

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Splitsider’s Stefon illustrations. The imagination of Bill Hader’s “SNL” favorite is vividly realized.

Kyle Chandler cast in Kathryn Bigelow’s Bin Laden film. Coach Taylor hunting terrorists is a movie we want to see.

Esquire’s bananas profile of Jon Hamm. What is “eagle poetry” and what does it have to do with Jon Hamm?

J.K. Rowling is writing new books. For “adults.”

Lindsay Lohan is hosting “Saturday Night Live.” With musical guest Jack White. Hello, 2003!

Student Government craziness. Disqualifications! Twists! Secrets! It’s like a bad version of an Aaron Sorkin drama.

Pythons are overtaking the Everglades. Scientists fear they may disrupt the food chain.

Google reportedly making glasses with tiny computer screens. Skynet. Cylons. Matrix.

John Steinbeck’s will is being sold on eBay. For $14,250. “Condition: very good.”

Rihanna’s collaborations with Chris Brown. What is happening?

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