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progress in our efforts to make APD one of the nation’s finest law enforcement agencies.� Acevedo has been Austin’s police chief for almost three years. “I want to make clear that I am responding to an opportunity that was presented to me,� Acevedo said. “The lifespan of a major city police chief tenure generally tends to be three to five years, which I am quickly approaching.� The other finalists for the position are David Brown, first assistant chief of the Dallas Police Department; Robert Davis, chief of police in San Jose, Calif.; Daniel Garcia, assistant chief for the Dallas police; Floyd Simpson, assistant chief for the Dallas police; and Robert Crump White, police chief for the Louisville Metro Police Department in Kentucky. There is no target date set for hiring the new chief. — Bobby Longoria

Austin’s Acevedo named finalist in search for Dallas Police Chief Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo is one of five finalists to become the Dallas Police Department’s next police chief. One of the five candidates, who come from both Texas and out of state, will replace retiring Dallas Police Chief David Kunkle. Austin Police officials confirmed that Acevedo applied for the position, but did not specify when. “I want to assure the men and women of the Austin Police Department that I very much enjoy my work with this great department,� Acevedo said in a statement released Monday. “Together, we have made extraordinary

Vote in SG runoff Vote in the Student Government presidential runoff election by 5 p.m. today at www.utsg.org. The election is between the executive alliance of Minator Azemi and Justin Stein and the executive alliance of Scott Parks and Muneezeh Kabir. The winners will be announced at 7 p.m. today in Room 212 of the Main Building.

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ELECTION: Perry aims for Tea Party vote From page 1 some aspects of federal policy, he said he is not a blind follower of President Barack Obama. He said that he disagrees with the fiscal management of the country and that the federal administration spends too much money. Perry, too, told his supporters on March 2 that the federal government needs to be more fiscally conservative. As for supporters of Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, who lost a chance at the Republican nomination after conceding to Perry, White said a number of Hutchison followers have joined his campaign in the past week. He said that the 31 percent of the vote Hutchison received in last week’s primary cannot be forgotten. During the primaries, Perry strengthened his appeal to the conservative Tea Party voters in an attempt to draw support away from former Republican candidate Debra Medina. Jeremy Yager, vice president of University Democrats, said in moving to the right, Perry has likely alienated moderate Republicans. As a result, Yager said Medina supporters will likely side with Perry, but Hutchi-

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two years for rates of $4,206 per semester in 2010-11 and $4,396 per semester in 2011-12. “In the past, students at UTSA have shown a considerable desire and a willingness to support student fees and increases in tuition that will benefit them,� Bart said. “We had numerous voices involved in the committee process, so I feel students as a whole are willing to pay for these increases.� But UT-Pan American President Robert Nelsen, whose university serves one of the 25 poorest counties in the country according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, said even with the tuition increases of $140 per semester — or

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son’s moderate conservative voters may latch onto White. In an interview with The Daily Texan, Evan Smith said the state is broken down into thirds — the Democrats, the Republicans and the independents — and that both Perry

and White will secure their respective thirds. The fight will be over the independents. “The success of the Democratic ticket is to win the independents,� Smith said. “It is the only way [White] has a chance of winning.�

about 5 percent — the university could still face a $21.4 million deficit. Students at UT-Pan American, who have the lowest tuition rate among all schools in the system, will pay about $2,904 per semester in 2010-11 and about $3,044 in 2011-12. Raghuveer Puttagunta, UTPan American student body president, said feedback regarding the increases was mixed. The Student Government Association received petitions with more than 400 student signatures against the increases and two of the 18 members on the tuition-setting committee voted against the proposal. Puttagunta said the nominal increase in tuition does not make a dent in the overall budget shortfalls of the university. “The state must assist in high-

er education, [and] the Legislature must hold fast to its responsibilities,� he said. “It is your constant insistence as the Board of Regents to facilitate in the process and we are willing to work with all to remedy the situation.� All the universities’ tuition plans closely mirror guidelines established by a non-binding resolution passed by the Texas House of Representatives in the summer. The bill, which was proposed by Rep. Dan Branch of Dallas and did not pass in the Senate, recommends all universities cap tuition increases at 3.95 percent or at $140 per semester, whichever is greater. The bill states that student referendums, much like the Student Activities Center fee at UT, can be excluded.

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CORRECTION Because of an editing error, The Daily Texan misspelled state Rep. Valinda Bolton’s name in Monday’s front page story about the University Democrats. The Texan regrets the error.

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Georgia case may influence debate on assisted suicide By Greg Bluestein The Associated Press ATLANTA — A grand jury indicted four members of an assisted suicide group Tuesday on charges they helped a 58-yearold man with cancer kill himself, clearing the way for a trial that could not only decide their fate but also help validate — or repudiate — their work. Attorneys representing the Final Exit Network members say they are confident they will be exonerated if their case lands before a jury. And they hope it will bolster this offshoot of the rightto-die movement, which contends it never actively assists with suicide, just guides people through the process. “This is a difficult issue that our society is going to have to face in the years to come,� said Bob Rubin, an attorney for Claire Blehr, a group member who was indicted. “But it’s going to be a huge issue as our population ages, and we have to think.� Blehr and three other members of the network were arrested in February 2009 in connection with John Celmer’s death at his north Georgia home. The arrests came after an eight-month investigation where an undercover agent posing as someone seeking to commit suicide infiltrated the group. The Forsyth County grand jury formally indicted Blehr, former network president Thomas E. Goodwin, ex-medical director Dr. Lawrence D. Egbert and regional coordinator Nicholas Alec Sheridan. Each were indicted on charges of offering assistance in the commission of suicide, tampering with evidence and violating the state’s anti-racketeering laws. Authorities say the network, which was also indicted, has helped dozens of people kill themselves since it was founded in 2004. Some members, including Egbert, also face charges from authorities in Arizona in connection with a suicide there. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation carefully picked its targets after the sting operation. Goodwin and Blehr were with Celmer when he died, each holding one of his hands, according to court records. Afterward, investigators said they removed a helium tank and hood Celmer wore to help him suffocate. Investigators say Egbert and Sheridan, who were arrested in Maryland, evaluated him before his death and gave the OK for his suicide. Network members are instructed to buy two new helium tanks and a hood, or “exit bag,� according to the GBI. In court papers, investigators said the organization recommends helium

because it is undetectable during an autopsy. The case highlighted a rift in the right-to-die movement. Final Exit Network leaders say the group helped not only people with terminal illnesses, but also those who were suffering but not necessarily dying. Critics within the movement, including Dr. Jack Kevorkian, have said people should be able to seek assistance ending their lives, but only from doctors and only if they are terminally ill. Goodwin told The Associated Press in an interview last year that the organization’s leaders believed that people with just months to live aren’t the only ones who should be able to seek help committing suicide. He said the group has helped nearly 200 people across the country die but never actively assisted suicide. Celmer’s case seemed tailormade to heighten the debate. His mother said he had long suffered from throat and mouth cancer, but his doctor told investigators he had made a “remarkable recovery� and was cancerfree when he killed himself in 2008. Authorities said he may have been embarrassed about his appearance after jaw surgery. The network’s attorneys are now readying their defense if the case goes to trial. And they’re preparing to defend not only the four members, but the assisted suicide process. “We’ve been working on this case for a year,� said defense attorney Don Samuel, who represents Egbert and the network. “We’re confident in our defense and we expect a favorable outcome.�

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Mohammad Reza Ali Zamani walks through the revolutionary court in Tehran, Iran. Ali Zamani was hanged on “moharebeh� offenses Thursday, Jan. 28, after he was convicted of trying to topple “the Islamic establishment� and for membership of armed opposition groups.

Iran uses Islam to justify hanging By Brian Murphy The Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A traditional Islamic concept about protecting the faith and its followers has become a judicial weapon for Iran’s rulers: charging opponents as so-called enemies of God with the threat of possible death sentences. Iran’s accusations of “moharebeh� — literally “waging war� in Arabic — have opened deep rifts between ruling clerics and Islamic scholars questioning how an idea about safeguarding Muslims

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can be transformed into a tool to punish political protesters. The outcry increased last week after an appeals court reportedly upheld the death sentence for Mohammad Amin Valian, a 20-year-old student convicted of moharebeh crimes, which Iran’s legal code defines as “defiance of God� — or the state — and punishable by hanging. Valian has only admitted to throwing stones at security forces during anti-government protests in December, according to opposition Web sites.

In January, Iran hanged two men on moharebeh offenses — convicted of plotting to overthrow “the Islamic establishment� and planning assassinations and bombings. Some were sentenced to death, while more than 80 received prison terms ranging from six months to 15 years. The concept has its roots in a Quranic verse that calls for death, maiming or banishment for those who “wage war� against God, the Prophet Muhammad or bring corruption into society. Iranian authorities have pushed

the meaning to cover any challenges to the stability and survival of the Islamic state — built largely around the idea that Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is divinely empowered. Iran has used moharebeh charges several times in past decades, mostly against suspected Kurdish separatists as well as alleged members of armed opposition groups. The opposition says more than 80 protesters were killed in unrest since the re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in June.

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When Judge Kevin Fine, a state judge in Houston, ruled last week that the death penalty in Texas was unconstitutional, the blowback from the state’s conservative brass was swift. Statements from Gov. Rick Perry, Attorney General Greg Abbot and a slew of other high-profile pro-capital punishment activists decried the judge’s ruling as “an act of unabashed judicial activism,” promising that the ruling would fail an appeal in a higher court. In his opinion, Fine cited the vaunted Innocence Project, a nationwide effort out of Yeshiva University in New York that works to exonerate the wrongly convicted. While the project has freed some 251 people so far, perhaps its most important role — especially in Texas — is to bring to light the careless and illegal missteps that have led to years-long miscarriages of justice. “Based on the moratorium [on the death penalty] in Illinois, the Innocence Project and more than 200 people being exonerated nationwide, it can only be concluded that innocent people have been executed,” Fine wrote. “It’s safe to assume we execute innocent people.” For a judge who showed such clarity and backbone last week, we do not recognize the Judge Fine who yesterday rescinded his previous ruling. He now says that he wants more information on whether or not Texas is executing innocent people, which would make, in his eyes, the death penalty unconstitutional. While we must make it clear that no concrete evidence has surfaced to definitely accuse the state of executing an innocent person, Judge Fine needs to look no further than the work of the UT Law students whose work last year exonerated two Dallas men, both convicted of capital murder. The Actual Innocence Clinic at the UT School of Law, in conjunction with the UT Arlington and the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office, proved its case without DNA evidence, making the exoneration that much more extraordinary. Even the Cameron Todd Willingham case, which galvanized the entire nation last year, proves the obvious point that Texas’ criminal justice system is, at times, careless. The state convicted Willingham for the murder of his three children (he was accused of burning his East Texas home with his three children inside) and then executed him in 2004. That kind of carelessness all too often breeds distrust — leading to the numerous questions that continue to surround the Willingham case to this day. Current evidence indicates that Willingham should have been exonerated. We are reminded today of the life and work of Judge William Wayne Justice, who ruled time and again in the 1970s and ‘80s in favor of integrating East Texas schools, educating the children of illegal immigrants and bringing humanity to the state’s prison system. They were controversial issues at the time, and they garnered Wayne a considerable amount of hate mail. But as liberal columnist Molly Ivins said of Wayne, “He brought the United States Constitution to Texas.” That business remains unfinished. We hope Judge Fine is ready to get back to work.

By Cameron Ingram Daily Texan Columnist

Supreme Student Leader — seeing SG leaders play a major role in lowering dorm prices is unlikely. Walther promised to make firearms mandatory while the other candidates were looking to push campus handgun restrictions and campus safety issues. He said he would institute calisthenics while other campaigns said they will work hard on student health issues. The only real difference is that Walther made promises on specific issues, whereas the runoff campaigns are sticking to abstractions, probably to avoid specific benchmarks on which they can later be judged. Obviously, a satirical candidate can make promises he can’t keep, but that does not excuse the vagueness of both runoff candidates’ platforms. Perhaps the lack of specificity indicates that the campaigns recognize the institutional uselessness of their prospective positions as much as students do. Walther’s vice-presidential candidate, Lara Grant, critiqued the lack of female representation in the campaigns. Grant frequently said that she couldn’t be president because she cannot grow a mustache, and that leaders must have mustaches. While not directed at a specific campaign, it draws attention to the fact that only nine of the 24 candidates for campus-wide positions were women, despite the University having a majority of female students. Walther’s campaign resonated with so many students because it was exactly like the other campaigns, only his was more creative and — unlike the other candidates — he knew the whole thing was a joke.

“Tell me and I’ll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I’ll understand.” As this ancient Chinese proverb implies, personal investment is key to learning. At a large public university such as UT, however, the bottom line for many undergraduates prevails: Earn the credits, snatch the diploma and launch headfirst into the workforce. A strict vocational fixation, however, undermines any real relationship to an education. Another more modern saying comes to mind— D’s get degrees. In an increasingly globalized economy, it is necessary to start cultivating one’s career as soon as possible in order to stay competitive, but a lot is sacrificed with this mentality. In an effort to rush through an institution that is meant to serve as an intellectual incubator, certain vital qualities are never developed in students. In addition to this approach is the one of specialization. Are the different schools within a university as mutually exclusive as we assume, or would an integrative framework work better? I discussed these matters with Dr. Richard Cherwitz, director of Intellectual Entrepreneurship, part of the portfolio of the Office of the Vice President for Diversity and Community Engagement. IE is a program, or as Cherwitz defines it, an “intercollegial consortium,” which harnesses the resources of a wide array of schools to “educate ‘citizen-scholars’ — individuals who creatively utilize their intellectual capital as a lever for social good.” Above all, the program is meant to get students to understand the connection between what they are studying and how they can apply it to the world around them in a constructive, civically conscious way. One of the many components of IE is its Pre-Graduate School Internship, which pairs an undergraduate student with a graduate mentor who nurtures and helps sculpt his or her pupil’s education, priming the student for graduate school and beyond. According to Cherwitz, relationships such as this provide students with “greater ownership of education” and help to promote “self-definition.” Similar IE campaigns work to get students to “not equate accountability with measurement to the test.” With looming budget cuts and tuition hikes, maybe interest should be focused more on making students’ dollars go further, and less on turnover. Investigating further, I spoke with senior Alex Au, whose fledgling organization Selfish Teachers innovatively provides students with an outlet to reinforce what they’re learning in classes by letting them teach the content themselves. Au relayed his rationale by saying, “A lot of responsibilities in class follow structures already laid out. [Selfish Teachers] provides personal responsibilities.” To teach something on one’s own helps a student synthesize what they’ve learned while enriching the other participants. The chosen topic doesn’t even have to be curriculum-oriented; it could just be whatever he or she finds interesting and would like to share. In this way, students are given the chance to learn something not to be tested on it, but rather to demonstrate deep understanding of a topic. These endeavours are vitalizing. To know that energy is being spent both at the administrative and student levels to enrich students’ University experience outside the classroom motivates me to crawl out of my apathetic daze and actually work to alter what I feel merits changing.

Luippold is a government junior.

Ingram is a sociology sophomore.

Only the joke candidate gets the joke By Douglas Luippold Daily Texan Columnist Last week, as thousands of students cast votes in the Student Government elections, 630 voters picked Aaron Walther to become their next Supreme Student Ruler. Walther ’s satirical, Texas Travestybacked campaign for SG president, which essentially called for a draconian Soviet dictatorship, included promises to end dorm visiting hours and give AK-47s to all professors. On Election Day, his campaign received almost 7 percent of the vote and failed to qualify for the runoff in which Minator Azemi and Justin Stein will compete against Scott Parks and Muneezeh Kabir. Walther received hundreds of votes and probably more media attention than the other campaigns because his rhetoric and campaign were only a partial caricature of how absurd and deluded the “serious” campaigns are. Walther’s promises are not much more reasonable or realistic than the other candidates’. For example, Walther promised to end dorm visitation hours to prevent coitus, which he deemed inefficient. Similarly, the other campaigns plan to work toward making housing affordable and improving dorm life. Both promises imply the SG executive has significant influence over dorm policies — and are equally unlikely to show any tangible results. While the Azemi-Stein campaign’s bettersorry-than-safe approach to campaign rules showed a propensity for ignoring dorm policy by fliering thousands of dorm rooms — a cunning act that probably pleased the

— Bobby Cervantes for the editorial board

THE FIRING LINE Defending Azemi and Stein In their Tuesday endorsement, “Vote Today for Parks and Kabir,” the editorial board wrote, incorrectly, that Student Government candidates Minator Azemi and Justin Stein have expressed only “tepid support” for domestic partner benefits. I have two moms. One works at George Washington University; she accepted that job because comparable offers did not offer domestic partner benefits. This issue is incredibly important to me, my family and my friends. I wrote a resolution, AR 26, in support of such benefits, which both Azemi and Stein voted for with enthusiasm. Unfortunately, the Texan failed to cover AR 26 — which would lead me to believe that perhaps the newspaper only “tepidly supports” the issue, if not for yesterday’s editorial. Furthermore, when President William Powers Jr. spoke at the Texas Equity Conference several weekends ago, Stein attended to show his support (apparently, neither Scott nor Muneezeh were able to drag themselves in at 9 a.m. on a Saturday, though a campaign manager was present). Parks and Kabir promised lower tuition, completely impossible in a non-tuition-setting year. Their promise to push domestic partner benefits through the Legislature is another unrealistic campaign gimmick — something that is virtually impossible as long as Republicans control both the executive and legislative branches in Texas. Azemi and Stein support GLBT issues and recognize that the way forward must combine administrative changes with

political pressure. The University must find a way to offer these competitive benefits without angering the Legislature, or the Legislature could retaliate. Retaliate how? No conservative lawmaker would support state funding for the Gender and Sexuality Center or programs like “The Vagina Monologues.” The Texan incorrectly interprets a nuanced understanding of state politics as “tepid support” for domestic partner benefits. Indeed, Azemi understands the Legislature better than nearly any student, having worked in the Office of Governmental Relations at UT. Azemi has himself said, “Domestic partner benefits go beyond just changing the law, because it’s a civil right.” I support Azemi and Stein because they understand the process, in terms of both the administration and the Texas Legislature. I believe they know how to get things done, things that actually affect GLBT students — rather than just making shiny promises. This endorsement is personal and does not constitute an endorsement on behalf of Student Government, which does not endorse in any election.

— John Woods Graduate school representative, UTSG Biology graduate student

Why I support Scott Parks Scott Parks has been a quiet leader of reform and improvements to the University and the surrounding community over the last three years. Much of his leadership has been outside the Student Government arena, focusing on leading student representation on issues facing urban qual-

ity of life in the University region. As an urban studies major and member of the West Campus community, I respect this initiative most out of Parks’ long list of achievements: Parks helped organize the “Rail 4 Real” initiative and helped promote the group’s message of making mass rail transit through out the city of Austin a reality. Furthermore, while serving on the Executive Board this past year, Scott spearheaded reforms of the mismanaged committee structure of Student Government. He also made financial sustainability obtainable for Student Government by working alongside the Finance Committee to revamp the student endowment system. And while on the subject of sustainability, I think it is worth mentioning Parks was a key author of the recent Green Fund initiative, always emphasizing he did not want to take any credit for his work. These initiatives alone stand as an example of Parks’ ability to take a vision and implement it in a system that is inherently resistant to change. The kicker to Parks’ actions on campus is his modesty and humble attitude toward the work he has accomplished. Where others take credit or simply look for the most politically advantageous route, Parks instead chooses to selflessly work for the merit of his actions while remaining an advocate for better representation of students. In no way should this letter be misconstrued as an endorsement by Student Government; rather, it is one student’s opinion on who best can serve the student body.

— John Lawler Liberal arts representative, UTSG

Law students get an intellectually stimulating and practical education I take exception to the March 8 guest column, “Law Students Need a Practical Education,” because of the misleading way that the authors characterized their sources. First, the authors misrepresent Professor Harry Edwards’ article. According to the authors, “Edwards charged that this ‘socalled elite’ law school [UT] is primarily dedicated to work that serves ‘no social purpose at all.’” But Edwards’ article put it more broadly: “The law schools should have interdisciplinary scholars, but not scholars whose work serves no social purpose at all.” Notice that “schools” is plural. In fact, nowhere in Edwards’ article does he refer to UT specifically. Thus, Edwards does not, as the authors claim, state that UT is “insufficiently clinical” and suffering from a “lack of good training in legal writing.” Instead, Edwards comments that “[a]nother matter of serious concern in legal education is the lack of good training in legal writing,” and that “[he] agree[s] that law schools are insufficiently clinical.” But even if Edwards’ statements were directed specifically at UT, the authors failed to mention an important fact: Edwards authored his article 18 years ago. So even if Edwards felt that UT law was insufficiently clinical around the time Bill Clinton first took office, that observation would have little bearing on what the school is today. Second, the authors misrepresent the increase of applications to UT this year relative to other schools. To be sure, Cornell, one of UT’s peer schools, has experienced a 52-percent increase in applications. But other peer schools have underperformed UT’s 8-percent increase.

For instance, the University of Chicago was up only 3.7 percent, Georgetown and Berkeley 4 percent, and UCLA 6 percent. These schools are ranked higher than or tied with UT by U.S. News. It seems that UT will improve in the rankings relative to these schools, all other things constant. The only schools in the top 20 that experienced increases greater than UT were Duke (22 percent), Michigan (20 to 25 percent) and Cornell. So what is to be made of the authors’ claim that UT now risks a “substantial drop in the rankings”? Nothing. Like the authors’ misleading citation to Edwards’ article, their claims regarding the rankings are baseless. The lack of honesty and precision the authors display in this column embarrasses me. Although UT does not mandate that students take a brief-writing course, all students take a yearlong course on basic legal research and writing. Either these students did not pay attention in that class, or they decided that making their argument was more important than faithfully and accurately citing their sources. In other words, the authors’ writing displays either dishonesty or laziness — neither of which can be blamed on the law school as an institution. It seems to me that, rather than “institutional indifference,” the true cause of the authors’ angst may be their own indifference. Perhaps if these students took some individual initiative toward enriching their legal education, they would have a fulfilling, enjoyable, intellectually stimulating and yes, practical experience at UT, just as I have.

— David Shank UT Law student

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from students needed, says representative From page 1 needs to be a parking permit plan that applies throughout the area. The neighborhoods most affected by the parking plan would be Shoal Crest, the North University Neighborhood Association and Caswell Heights, he said. Donovan said the city has designed a map, which should be made available this week, to illustrate where parking meters and permits will reside in the University Neighborhood Overlay District. The overlay ordinance, passed in 2004, allowed developers to build past height entitlements if they agreed to redevelop the sidewalks surrounding their project and to not link parkingspace and apartment leasing. Santo Brocato, Student Government external representative to the UAP, said there is still a lot of room to refine the plan. He said at the meeting that it is necessary to have student input in the process since students will be the most affected. He suggested to the group Tuesday that student forums be held sometime between the end of March and the third week of April. Before the plan can be presented, the group agreed that how much revenue the meters could make, who could receive residential parking permits and what areas of West Campus would be affected need to be clarified. The Parking Benefit District plan’s goal is to fund sidewalks and other street improvements for the West Campus area through revenue generated by parking meters installed throughout the area, said Mike McHone, a UAP member and major supporter of the plan. However, the depletion of free parking spots could affect residents of the area who depend on street-level parking. “There is never going to be adequate parking. There isn’t [enough parking] now for everyone that lives here,� McHone said at Tuesday’s meeting. “There has to be some accommodation, but the goal is to give enough parking that it isn’t extreme hardship, and at the same time discourage people from bringing cars here looking for free parking.� The city of Austin first required adequate onsite parking in 1956. Anything built prior to 1956, including many single and multifamily homes, some co-ops and older apartment complexes, will be eligible and will have first priority for residential parking permits in the area. However, some property owners believe the number of permits issued may not be enough. “There will be several hundred parking spaces that will be eliminated that people in older buildings have customarily used over the years, but what guarantee or insurance will there be that private parking garages will lease them space?� asked Maurice Van Emburgh, the resident manager of Holloway Apartments at 25th and Nueces streets. “There could be a couple hundred people that have [the ability to park] in West Campus that will literally have no options to park. Where will they go at that point?�

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Students educate peers on dating violence By Ayesha Dadabhoy Daily Texan Staff “Stand Up, Speak Out� featured a series of student performances Tuesday night to draw attention to the dangers of cyberbullying, stalking and interpersonal violence. For three hours in the East Mall’s Laboratory Theater Building, students acted out scenes depicting various acts of violence and bullying. Audience members were allowed to pause the actions of the performers and manipulate the events onstage to demonstrate how to avoid becoming a victim of domestic violence. “Stand Up, Speak Out� is a collaboration between the Changing Lives Youth Theater Ensemble and Voices Against Violence and is sponsored by the Department of Theatre and Dance.

According to the UT Counseling and Mental Health Center, cases of harassment and stalking on campus manifest themselves in verbal, emotional and physical forms. Jane Bost, associate director of the Counseling and Mental Health Center, said domestic violence is a significant problem among students. “It is definitely a problem on all college campuses. The 16 to 24 age group is a prime [demographic] for relationship violence,� Bost said. A 2006 Texas Council on Family Violence survey found that three out of four 16- to 24-year-old Texans have personally experienced dating violence or know someone who has. Young Texans are much more likely to be scared by or worried about more tangible behav-

iors such as explosive temper or physical harm than early warning signs of relationship abuse, according to the survey.

miss the early signs of danger in relationships, including verbal criticism and possessive behavior. “I’ve realized how much we minimize signs of violence in our culture,� Hoare said. “When we talk about violence, we expect to see something physical I’ve realized how [or verbal], something that has much we minimize reached an extreme situation.� signs of violence in Bost said people tend to deny that the problem exists, blame our culture.� the victim or decide not to get — Lynn Hoare involved. Vo i c e s A g a i n s t Vi o l e n c e Voices Against Violence members are trained to educate, specialist and trainer build awareness and promote interactive dialogue with audiences, according to the group’s Web site. Lynn Hoare, a specialist and Theater and dance senior trainer for Voices Against Vio- Rodney Richardson said that lence, said society tends to dis- through his involvement in

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Voices Against Violence, he has learned violence can be verbal and digital, not just physical. “[I want the audience to have] an enlightened awareness of the things that are normalized but unhealthy for relationships and [know] what to do when they find themselves in unhealthy situations,� Richardson said. “Stand Up, Speak Out� encourages audience members to actively participate in the production, giving the audience more control than they might have in real-life situations, Hoare said. “I want [our audience] to leave with an understanding that if they feel uncomfortable in a relationship there probably is something wrong, and that it is OK to speak up,� she said.

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process garners student interest From page 1 right, and his books and essays have been and continue to be extremely influential,� Schwartzburg said. “There will be a lot of interest in his work and composition process because he’s formally very innovative and has a distinctive voice in contemporary American fiction.� Schwartzburg said she wants to emphasize that students are important to the research community and would like to see at least one student thesis come out of the collection. Elizabeth Wong, a Plan II and textiles and apparel senior who has studied Wallace for years, said she plans on going to the center to view his collection as soon as it available. “His writing is intensely enjoyable and challenging to read,� Wong said. “Once you get through it, you appreciate the genius that wrote it.�

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Luna keeps a poker face on, off field By Matt Hohner Daily Texan Staff Blaire Luna has one hell of a poker face. In the circle, she always looks like she’s in control of the game, and off the field it’s uncommon for her to crack a smile. But just when the Longhorns thinks she’s always holding the winning hand, she’ll pull the joker out unexpectedly. “Typically she’s pretty quiet,” head coach Connie Clark said. “We’re seeing another side of her on the bus, and she’s starting to open up as the year unfolds.” “Supposedly she’s a little bit of a class clown. We just haven’t seen it yet.” UTEP will try to crack Luna’s stern demeanor as the Longhorns will host the Miners tonight at Red and Charline McCombs Field. Most team’s opponents haven’t had much success doing that as Luna has streaked to an 8-2 record and 1.05 ERA.

LUNA continues on page 8 TODAY: No. 14 Texas (17-3) vs. UTEP (15-6) WHERE: McCombs Field WHEN: 5 p.m. and 7 p.m.

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By Laken Litman Daily Texan Staff “Inconsistency” has become synonymous with “Texas basketball” this season. It’s not exactly an attribute any team wants to be characterized by when heading into conference and league championship tournaments, but that’s the way it is this season for the Longhorns. The Horns come into the Big 12 tournament tonight fresh off their eighth loss of the season, which was handed to them last Saturday by Baylor. After the game, the players were stressed and fatigued, a feeling they’ve become familiar with during the second half of the season. Since losing their first game to Kansas State on Jan. 18, Texas’ record is 6-8. But, as senior forward Damion James said after every single loss this year, “the past is the past,” and the Longhorns are looking forward to the climax of the year — the postseason. It’s understandable for teams to block out negativity and lackluster losses to not let them affect future

games, but when a team gets pounded on a weekly basis, how many times can players be rejuvenated? How many more times can life be pumped back into this team’s system? How many more times will Dexter Pittman flex his muscles in the pre-game and really mean it? Ever since that loss in Manhattan, Kan., in the middle of January, the Longhorns have been digging their own grave. Careless and poor performances have plagued this seemingly talented team. If they can truly put “the past in the past” and learn from the regular season’s mistakes instead of repeating them, maybe the Horns will have a decent run in the upcoming tournaments, but that type of resurgence remains to be seen. The Big 12 and NCAA tournaments are considered to be brand new seasons, a time for teams who have been down in the dumps to make comebacks and upset higher ranked teams projected to win. “It’s a new season,” James said after Texas’ win

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Wright State 45 No. 12 Butler 70

No. 25 Middle Tennessee 70 Arkansas-Little Rock 68 F/OT No. 8 West Virginia 32 No. 1 Connecticut 60

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NHL Boston 3 Toronto 4 F/OT Chris Kosho | Daily Texan Staff

Senior forward Damion James looks for the layup in Texas’ 87-76 win over Oklahoma last week. Texas hopes for the same success tonight.

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Practices start to answer questions By Chris Tavarez Daily Texan Staff After Saturday’s scrimmage, Texas head coach Mack Brown and the rest of the staff were able to figure out a few more things about next year’s team. “We had a great scrimmage on Saturday,” Brown said. “It was very physical. We got a whole lot done, and it answered some questions for us.” Today, Texas will have its last scrimmage before spring break, which will serve as the midway point between the first and second halves of the semester. Today’s scrimmage will be a unique one, though, because it will only be open to select faculty. “The guys have invited one of their favorite professors to the scrimmage tomorrow, so they’ll watch the scrimmage and then have dinner with the guys,” Brown said. After this afternoon’s scrimmage, the players will be free for spring break, and they return to practice the Monday after the break. The spring game is scheduled for 4 p.m. Sunday, April 4.

On the road again Earlier this offseason, the NCAA created a new rule that would put the same recruiting restrictions on a designated head coach-in-waiting as a current head coach. That means Texas’ current defensive coordinator and head coach-inwaiting, Will Muschamp, won’t be allowed to make more than one off-campus visit, and it can’t be done during the spring evaluation period. This came as a huge blow

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Running back Vondrell McGee carries the ball during spring practice Tuesday. Texas looks to improve its run game this spring. to Texas because it was Muschamp’s aggressive attitude on the recruiting trail that helped bring in Jordan Hicks and Jackson Jeffcoat, two of the top four recruits in the nation. But Tuesday, the NCAA gave a one-year reprieve from that rule, freeing up Muschamp for the next year. “We still would like to see the rule changed back to like it was, where, in our case, coach Muschamp can do his duties as a defensive coordinator,” Brown said. “We don’t think it’s fair for him and our staff to be hurt because of something in the future.” The NCAA’s rule on designated future head coaches only affects two schools: Texas and Maryland. The other schools who had coaches-in-waiting, such as Oregon, Florida State and Kentucky, all hired their coaches-in-waiting.

“The people that brought it up, I’m sure, don’t understand that it would be a detriment for [Muschamp] will not to be able to go out and recruit,” Brown said. “There’s not an advantage for him going out to recruit. We feel like that, probably, there was a misunderstanding with the people that put it forth.”

Where’s Whaley? Bowling over the defense, that’s where. Chris Whaley signed to Texas as one of the most sought-after running backs in the class of 2009 but struggled with injuries last year and never saw the field. At Tuesday’s open practice, he shared why he drew so much hype. Multiple times he sent the fans

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Kutrovsky finds redemption in impressive win By Rishi Daulat Daily Texan Staff All signs were pointing to a Dimitar Kutrovsky slump. The Bulgarian senior had lost his past two singles matches against Duke and SMU. He also had a poor service game in the doubles session against Virginia when he and Josh Zavala, the ITA No. 4 doubles duo, were down 8-7. They ultimately lost the match and a crucial point to Virginia’s No. 21 doubles team, Michael Shabaz and Drew Courtney. After the doubles loss, Kutrovsky had to face the No. 2-ranked singles player in the country, Shabaz, and came out victorious. “Dimi struggled against the Duke freshman on Friday — his confidence was a little down — and then he didn’t serve well in the doubles against Virginia and got broken to lose the match,” Texas assistant coach Ricardo Rubio said. “Coach Center spoke to him before his singles match against Virginia and told him he didn’t want to see him with his head down. He got the win over the No. 2 player in the country, and the win was great for his confidence and put him back on track. It just shows how close together the

top players are; if someone’s having an off-day, anybody can beat anybody.” On top of the huge win, No. 7 Kutrovsky was also named Big 12 Player of the Week. The Texas coaches hope Kutrovsky’s confidence will carry over to their midweek match at home Wednesday against No. 19 Florida State. The Texas lineup also features No. 10 Ed Corrie at the second singles spot. The Longhorns are stacked at doubles as well; besides No. 4 Kutrovsky and Zavala, Jean Andersen and Daniel Whitehead are the No. 19 duo and juniors Corrie and Kellen Damico team up as the No. 22 doubles tandem. UT is 13-2 this season. Florida State has been on fire recently, winning seven straight matches, including wins over No. 27 Pepperdine, No. 29 Georgia Tech and No. 39 Miami. The Seminoles are led by two Florida natives, No. 35 Jean-Yves Aubone and No. 55 Clint Bowles. “Last year we had a great battle at Florida State,” Rubio said. “We have won the past two against Florida State, but I’m expecting another tough, great match with them.” The two teams will face off at 6 p.m.

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Texas wins despite lack of small ball Horns rally, come from behind in bottom of the eighth to beat Texas State By Austin Ries Daily Texan Staff Tu e s d a y n i g h t ’ s 4 - 3 w i n against Texas State didn’t come from small ball. The Horns tried to bunt twice with runners in scoring position but couldn’t find a hole thanks to excellent timing from the Bobcats’ defense. The first attempt was in the bottom of the seventh when Jordan Etier couldn’t push a

3-1 bunt far enough away from Bobcat first baseman Kyle Livingstone to score Kyle Lusson. The second time, an inning later, Russell Moldenhauer failed to get Brandon Loy to third with two on and nobody out. In the end, Texas didn’t need either one. Instead, the Longhorns got a string of hits in the bottom of the eighth inning, capped off by a two-run single from pinch hitter Paul Montalbano to score Jonathan Walsh and Kevin Lusson and take a one-run lead. “He squares up more balls than anybody in practice, and I

have so much confidence in him because he hits the ball hard to all parts of the field,” head coach Augie Garrido said. It was the second time in less than a week Montalbano came to the plate with an opportunity to give Texas the lead. On Saturday, Montalbano’s 2-1 line drive to Cougar shortstop Blake Kelso was inches away from going into left center field to score Cameron Rupp from second. This time Montalbano came through, and he did it with one thing on his mind.

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Sophomore infielder Kevin Lusson reaches second base against Texas State in the Horns’ 4-3 win Tuesday night.

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SPORTS BRIEFLY Pacquiao could put Cowboys Stadium on the boxing map DALLAS — Take the best fighter going and put him in the fanciest new stadium. There’s no telling what kind of bout it will produce. But having Manny Pacquiao as the headliner for the first fight at the $1.2 billion Cowboys Stadium sure offers the kind of mystique promoters love. “I have never had an experience where the venue has played such a paramount role in the promotion,” said Bob Arum, who is putting on the fight along with Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones. “It’s helped us sell the tickets, helped us get the publicity.” About 41,000 tickets have been sold for the bout between Pacquiao and Joshua Clottey on Saturday night. A sellout would be around 45,000 — which isn’t even half the capacity of this facility. The ring will be on the star logo at the 50-yard line. The world’s largest high-definition television screen will loom above, giving people in the worst seats a closeup look at every bead of sweat and drip of blood. “This is going to be big time,” Jones said Tuesday. “I’m going to over-deliver what it means to [fans] to be involved in this stadium.” Kelly Pavlik, Miguel Cotto and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. are among the boxers Arum is bringing in for a ringside view. He expects them to leave eager to become the next headliners here. Jones hopes to pack the highdollar seats with all sorts of current and former Cowboys greats, including former coach Jimmy Johnson. “It’s no accident there are going to be football players here,” Jones said. “There is a crossover of interest. That really excites me.” — The Associated Press

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SEASON: Big 12 tourney looms From page 7 over Oklahoma last week. But it didn’t look like a new season in Waco on Saturday when Baylor dominated Texas 92-77. Maybe the Longhorns were saving some energy for the tournament. That will be answered tonight as No. 6 seed Texas (23-8, 9-7 Big 12) takes on No. 11 seed Iowa State (15-16, 4-12 Big 12) in Kansas City, Mo., at 8:30 p.m. The last time these teams met, the Longhorns won 9083. That victory occurred during Texas’ 17-0 spurt. But now times have changed, and even though the Cyclones are 4-12 in conference play, they took No. 2 seed Kansas State to overtime last Saturday in Manhattan and won 85-82. If Texas beats Iowa State tonight, they will play Baylor on Thursday at 8:30 p.m., meaning a potential four-game losing streak against Baylor. But if Texas gets past Baylor, they could play Kansas State, who will have a tremendous home-crowd advantage, in the semifinals Friday, assuming the Wildcats beat the winner of Oklahoma versus Oklahoma State. Then, if Texas beats Kansas State, it will most likely get a second chance to play Kansas, who will also have a

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home-crowd advantage, in the finals Saturday. Tournament season provides no rest for the weary, so head coach Rick Barnes can only

hope his his team comes ready to play. “We can’t hang our heads,� freshman guard J’Covan Brown said. “We gotta play.�

HORNS: Running game improving this spring the H-back. We’d like to see what both of them have this spring at in attendance into choruses of tailback. Chris had some good “oohs� and “ahhs,� with big runs. All of our backs are in better stiff-arms and punishing hits to shape right now because we’re would-be tacklers. His perfor- giving them a better chance with mance certainly caught the eyes downhill runs. We just have to of Texas coaches, who are look- see how Chris progresses.� ing to establish a more dominant running game to help take some pressure of first-year starter Gar- Back to the Future Just like Doc Brown, coach rett Gilbert. “Chris [Whaley] is doing a Brown’s focus is on the future. good job,� Brown said. “We’re try- While he’s certainly concerned ing to play him and Cody [John- with the current state of the team, son] at tailback and a little at he also emphasized the impor-

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of frustrating in the beginning.� Lusson was the first to hit Smith hard when he doubled to left field, scoring Kevin Keyes. “It was a big momentum swing,� Lusson said. “I felt a little pressure after my first two at bats, so I just went up there and relaxed. He left a fastball up, and I took advantage of it.� The Bobcats struck first off Longhorn starting pitcher Austin Dicharry when Bret Atwood singled to left and stole second base. Livingstone later drove him in with a single through the left side before Jason Martinson doubled to left center scoring Atwood. Dicharry gave up three runs,

two earned, on five hits in seven innings, and while his stuff was working, he didn’t have much help offensively. “You can’t worry about those things, you just have to battle,� Dicharry said. “Our guys squared up on a lot of balls, they just didn’t fall.� It was Texas’ second comefrom-behind win in a row, something that will help the Horns later in the season. “It gives them a sense of never being out of it,� Garrido said. “The ‘X’ in Texas, no matter the team, is right over the heart, and that’s the bull’s-eye that everyone is aiming at.�

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RALLY: Texas overcomes dominant Bobcat pitching “Not to strike out, that’s what I was thinking about,� Montalbano said. “I just wanted to get a base hit and help the team. I got pretty lucky this time.� It was the one bit of luck the Longhorns had against a dominant performance from Bobcat starter Carson Smith, who threw seven complete innings, giving up one run on five hits while striking out eight Texas batters. “He was slinging it pretty good, about 93, and it was moving a bit,� said third baseman Kevin Lusson, who walked before Montalbano came to the plate in the eighth. “It was kind

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tance of looking at who can contribute two years down the line. Brown especially focused on the future with the offensive line, which will be down three starters next year because of graduation. “Both offensive lines are getting better. They’re doing a good job,� Brown said. “We see some progress, and we would like to play two deep because we’ll lose a lot of the first-team guys next year, and in two years, we need to be ready for guys to step in. We feel like two deep in that position is very critical.�

The season is going according to Luna’s high-standard plan. “I want to be an All-American [this year],� Luna said. “I want to be freshman of the year, too.� Luna has quickly emerged as the Longhorns’ ace of the pitching staff in her first year on the team. The former Bowie High School standout has been a major force for the Longhorns and leads the team with 103 strikeouts in just 13 appearances. However, Luna will be the first to tell you that there is still room for improvement on and off the diamond. “I’m learning a lot,� Luna said. “[College] is more demanding the high school, so I’m learning how to manage my time. I’d like to get better on defense, too.� “Blaire is doing a much a better job of being multidimensional,� Clark said. “With freshman, you have to keep taking the positive things and move forward.� Luna’s laid-back and evenkeel personality may be the key to her pitching success. Whether she’s in the midst of a perfect game or stuck in a jam with the bases loaded, Luna manages to keep her cool despite being just a freshman.

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Freshman Blaire Luna winds up for a pitch in a game earlier this season. Luna’s serious attitude and dedication to the game has propelled her to become the ace on the Longhorns’ pitching staff. “She just goes about her business,� Clark said. “We’ll tease [Luna], asking her if she’s awake or if she’ll be okay for the morning game. She’s pretty even keel all the time.� “I think that’s what helps her stay cool in the circle,� Clark said. Her family also plays a big role in that. Being an Austin native and having played at Bowie High School gives her a personal home-field advantage. “My parents come to a lot of

my games,� Luna said. “It’s my teammates, though, that keep me comfortable here.� Luna will likely see plenty of the circle during Texas’ doubleheader against UTEP. The first game kicks off at 5 p.m. with the second following at 7 p.m. The Miners (15-6) will try to derail the hot Longhorns (17-3), who have climbed to No. 14 in the national rankings. And they have their straightfaced freshman pitcher to thank for that.

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PHOTOS: Professor chronicles history with attention to detail Teaching people to observe often requires Reed to form his He moved from the Record to own unique curriculum. Wheththe Detroit News and then to the er it’s asking his photojournalSan Francisco Examiner, which ism students to do a photo essay enabled him to travel to places on the economy, a poem or Meat such as El Salvador to capture Loaf’s 1977 hit album Bat Out of history on film. Magnum no- Hell, he challenges his students ticed him at one of his photo ex- to think about the conceptual hibits in New York, and he be- aspects of photography rather came a nominee for the cooper- than just the techniques. ative. After his five-year appli“I feel the majority of photogcation process, he became a full raphers take pictures of someMagnum member in 1988. thing,� says Bill Reeves, a forDavid Coleman, the Harry mer student of Reed’s and an Ransom Center ’s photo cura- advertising graduate student. tor, says he first noticed Reed’s “Eli takes photos about somework when he was putting to- thing. The average photograph gether an exhibition on El Salva- is a very descriptive picture, dor about two years ago. but there’s an emotional content “He had this amazing im- that’s lacking. When you look age of families at his work from looking at these Nigeria, it could books of people be about people who had disapinstalling portapeared in El Salble toilets. The v a d o r, � C o l e way Eli takes When he shoots, he’s man says while photos makes it seeing something we about a nation he flips through some of Reed’s don’t see, and then he lifting itself to photos in the tries to duplicate what new heights.� center’s archives. In his class, he sees.� “ I t w a s re a l l y Reed’s evaluaday, month day, 2008 moving just seetions of photos — Jimmy Stewart often turn into ing the expresJazz guitarist full-fledged narsions on their faces. He’s really ratives. What begood with peo- E gins with him RTIS NT ple, andDIVthink grabbing a couE A through DE that U he breaks barri- ple of sheets of paper to crop a T S ! N pho- student’s photo into a more intiOURan Ianonymous er of Y being ZATIO N A tographer ORGand becomes a person mate portrait often evolves into to somebody else. You can relate a series of stories that not only to him, and he can relate to you instruct but allow him to convery easily.� nect with his students. When asked how he managIn the middle of telling a story es to get so close to his subjects, about working on “A Beautiful Reed simply grinned and attrib- Mind� with Russell Crowe or uted it to awareness. meeting Liberian warlord Gen“People in much earlier times, eral Butt Naked after he repentwhen things were a lot more prim- ed for killing thousands of peoitive, had to be super aware,� Reed ple, Reed will suddenly snap says with a chuckle. “Now, there portraits of students’ laughter are some people in certain occu- or rapt attention. pations who have to be aware, too. “With Eli, there’s no monkeyCops have got to be super-aware. ing around in the dark room,� Crooks have got to be aware. You, says Jimmy Stewart, a noted jazz the photographer or journalist, guitarist and friend of Reed’s. have to be aware, you know?� “He’s like a jazz musician of

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photographers. When he shoots, he’s seeing something we don’t see, and then he tries to duplicate what he sees.� No matter what, he always remains true to his vision. It’s just one of the many aspects of his personality that allow him to get close to his subjects for a memorable shot. “Film takes you someplace, but you have to be fearless. Are you going to accept what’s acceptable, or are you going to engage not just [yourself] but the rest of the world?� Reed says. “The thing about photojournalists is, you’re the guy or girl who went out and saw the world and drew those images on the cave about what the hunt was about. We’re all cavemen.�

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Sara Young, a sociology senior, meets with Eli Reed to talk about their ongoing photography projects at Spider House last semester. Young is just one of the many students whom Reed has worked with in his time at UT.

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dard set by Modern Warfare 2, but it makes up for it with nonlinear battlegrounds that reward strategy and experimentation, much like the Halo series. The real saving grace is the dialogue — listening to your hilariously incompetent squad bicker about who stole the sergeant’s hand moisturizer during mortal combat gives these soldiers personality and makes the campaign

a lot more fun. The real draw is the multiplayer, which has the perfect mix of depth, rewards and varied play styles that will give it legs for some time. After the recent layoffs at Modern Warfare 2 developer Infinity Ward, it’s a good thing that Battlefield has stepped up to take the crown.

Grade: A+

WHAT: Waterloo Records InStore Performance WHERE: Waterloo Records WHEN: Saturday, March 20 at 3 p.m. WRISTBAND NEEDED: No a home recording artist and not be at least indirectly influenced by him? There’s a lot of other dudes like Bobb Trimble and Freddy K with a similar M.O., but nobody’s as prolific as Stevie. DT: When can we expect a full-length LP?

PK: Well, we have a 7” probably getting pressed as we speak if all is going as planned. It’s coming out on Big Love, that’s for “Slivers of You” backed with “California Shakedown,” ON THE WEB: and we’ve got an EP For the full Pearl on Art Fag Harbor interview, coming out @dailytexan mid-summeronline.com ish. Full-length will happen soon, maybe before the end of the year. Maybe early next year. We’re not in any rush to flood the market with anything that isn’t totally 100 percent something we back.

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continues quest for sexual hype From page 12 a big part of sex for me.” In the nine years since her debut on the Web, Sonya’s views on sex and the sex industry have gone through numerous transformations. She progressed from her early high school quest to figure out the hype about sex, to a college career dedicated to exploring the radical feminist ideology, all the way to her newfound fascination with submission and domination in sexual practices. Sonya is a recent college graduate with genuinely multifaceted views on sexuality.

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

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Student’s sex life has taken her from Pearl Harbor chills out SXSW webcams to BDSM HUMP DAY By Mary Lingwall Editor’s Note: This is the final part in the series profiling sex lives across campus. All names have been changed to ensure the safety of the subjects.

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Piper Kaplan, left, and her sister Skylar are two of the founding members of the Los Angeles-based band Pearl Harbor, which will perform in Austin at the South by Southwest music festival.

Lo-fi group to travel to Texas for first show outside of California Editor’s Note: This is the first in a three-part series on lo-fi, female-focused groups out of Los Angeles playing at SXSW. By Francisco Marin Daily Texan Staff Pearl Harbor is about as chill as they come. Piper Kaplan and her 16-year-old prodigious sister Skylar make up the core of Pearl Harbor, a Los Angeles band that makes

American Apparel’s flea market offers up cheap, colorful deals By Victoria Heckenlaible Daily Texan Staff Boxes of colorful hot shorts and not-so-basic T-shirts hung on racks will be on sale next week for South by Southwest crowds to take a shopping break. Austin will host the “American Apparel Factory Flea Market: SXSW” for the second year in a row at the Mexican-American Cultural Center. American Apparel will

music somewhere on the spectrum between Ariel Pink and Best Coast. Though the band is relatively young and has released just a smattering of singles, Pearl Harbor has already managed to win the hearts of lo-fi aficionados with Piper’s moody, rich vocals and Skylar ’s shimmery guitar work. The Daily Texan spoke with Piper in anticipation of Pearl Harbor ’s SXSW debut next week about home recordings, half-asleep dreaming and her potential dream date. The Daily Texan: Hi Piper,

how are you doing? Piper Kaplan: I’m good, man, I’m good. How are you, Francisco? DT: I’m good, you can call me Frankie. Where are you speaking from? PK: I am sitting in my room, looking out my window. It’s raining. DT: So you’re coming, along with Skylar, to Austin for South by Southwest. How are you feeling about that? PK: We’re pretty pumped, man. It’s our first venture outside of California with the band — we’ll see how that

be selling its wholesale and over-stocked items with prices starting at $1 — up to 85 percent off factory rummage. “You can find anything you could find at the store here [at the Flea Market],” said Jenni Meissner, manager of the American Apparel store on the Drag. Even though the stock will be replenished throughout the week, Meissner said it’s best to arrive early. “Just be ready to have your arms full of stuff,” she said. Apart from fashion, American Apparel’s Viva Radio will be providing music. Radio personality Tedward will be em-

ceeing the event along with music from disc jockeys CFCF and Glen. Meissner said part of the fun is dancing to music. One blogger, Lucy in the Sky, shares a few more tips to keep your shopping experience from becoming chaotic. “Always, always, always check for holes, stains and defects,” she wrote. During her previous shopping trip, she accidentally bought a pair of twotoned tights with holes in it. Though the flea market accepts cash, credit or debit, she writes, “Bring cash.” The cash-only lines are often quicker and shorter.

Shooters provide gamers with ammo-filled thrills By Allistair Pinsof Daily Texan Staff

Aliens vs. Predator (PC, Xbox 360, PS3) It’s as if 10 years of game design never happened. You run from one empty corridor to the next, only to watch a predictable scenario play out. This wouldn’t be so unforgivable if the same developer, Rebellion, hadn’t executed the same concepts under the same title twice before, both of which were more inspired games in their respective times. It’s not that this latest update is a terrible game; it’s just bad in comparison to everything else that is out there. Oh, but there’s more! You are able to relive those memorable Predator fistfights

against Aliens in the jungle (if a couple of trees and a bunch of rocks make a jungle), where each party continuously blocks until given a key moment to execute a gruesome decapitation animation. The Aliens’ campaign is a bit more original, playing like a stealth game if nausea were the goal rather than tension. Developers also added a multiplayer mode that, more often than not, finds players hitting the instantkill button that launches a long animation, giving everyone else the opportunity to do the same to you. This results in hilarious conga lines of death. If you are a fan of the franchise, AvP won’t be a complete waste of time. It’s

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pans out. DT: How long are you in town for? PK: We get in on the 18th at, like, 1 p.m., and then we’re leaving Sunday 8 a.m. It’ll be a quick weekend, short-lived but good times. The closest I’ve really ever been to doing anything in Texas was a layover in Fort Worth ... pretty jacked. But I’ve heard Austin is cool! DT: Oh, it is. What are your plans while you’re here? PK: Well actually, now that

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WHAT: American Apparel Factory Flea Market WHERE: Mexican-American Cultural Center, 600 River St. WHEN: March 18-20 from noon to 10 p.m. WRISTBAND: Not needed; free admission. RSVP at facebook.com/ event.php?eid=363185902145.

As with many SXSW events, it is best to RSVP online. By joining the Facebook event, you will receive updates, tips and alerts about the arrival of new inventory.

Most people don’t begin their sexual exploration through live video streaming from a Web site. But for Sonya, what most people do is boring. When Sonya was 14, her savvy tech skills quickly led her to the conclusion that one could easily make money by marketing her body via webcam to paying customers on the Internet. “I had a series of Web sites from age 14 to when I started college,” Sonya said. “Initially they were, like, non-nude, teasing type things, but it quickly progressed. It didn’t take long for me to get pressured to keep doing more and taking off more for more money.” Officially under the auspices of an older peer, Sonya’s site soon became financially rewarding. “I charged $50 for 20 minutes of live webcam teasing,” Sonya said. “And $29.95 for a membership, which included pictures, videos and free access to my webcam shows. I’d say I averaged about $30,000 a year, which is ridiculous for a 15-year-old. It’s a wonder that I never went to jail.” Before long, Sonya stumbled upon female-domination niche sites and figured out a way to make her online profits become even more lucrative. “I didn’t even have to get naked anymore,” Sonya said. “At that point it was just about treating men like shit and forcing them to send me money, which is really fun for a while. But then I decided that this just didn’t really make me feel good about myself.” Webcam aside, more palpable sexual exploration was just as significant to Sonya’s coming of age. At 14, Sonya wanted to get her virginity “out of the way,” and after a little strategic planning and a weekend trip for her parents, she did it. “Sex had been hyped up so much for me that I simply had to experience this ‘amazing pleasure’ for myself,” Sonya said. “It seemed so huge [and] I just wanted to see what the big deal was ... Obviously, my first time was pretty anticlimactic. I expected it to be a purely physical experience.”

Intellectual opportunities during her time in college made Sonya reconsider her sex-industry beginnings. She took up an active interest in dissecting the gender power structure and the overwhelming male-dominated interest of the industry that she had been a part of during her early youth. “When I came to college, I took a few women’s and gender studies classes, and that was the first time I had ever heard about feminism in a positive light,” Sonya said. “And I became interested in radical feminism and found more creative ways for me to express myself away from just my body.” But over time, Sonya’s own sexual proclivities had brought her full circle. As she matured sexually, Sonya realized that her own personal desires didn’t quite fit in the mainstream conception of sex. “I’m pretty kinky,” Sonya said. “And I guess by kinky I mean — well, I don’t know exactly what is going on in other people’s bedrooms — that I am very, very submissive. I can play switch for sure, but I don’t want to. And it is very powerful and very cathartic for me, you know, to be in control of my own degradation.” Sonya’s kinkier interests in her own sex life have piqued a renewed interest in the sex industry, especially after learning about nonmainstream representations of female sexual pleasure. “Right now I am pretty obsessed with Kink.com, and I would really love to work with them,” Sonya said. “They are so progressive, [it] blows my mind. What I love about them is that before the video, you see the female porn performer explaining what is about to happen, what her fantasy is, and then after the scene, she tells the camera [how] she feels about what just happened. And that’s awesome to me.” Kink.com is a niche site that acts as a hub for a variety of BDSM pornography providers on the Web. While the imagery and content of the videos are shocking and outright offensive to many people, this alternative lifestyle offers a safe outlet for exploration to a growing number of people, including Sonya. “I think the reason that I am so intrigued by [domination and submission] is because it seems that kind of sex has more integrity, just because it demands such a high level of trust,” Sonya said. “You have to trust someone and know that they care about you enough to be comfortable in this zone where almost anything goes. And trust is

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Swift rides pop success into Austin concert By Layne Lynch Daily Texan Staff One acclaimed 20-year-old woman will command the stage at the Frank Erwin Center tonight with her southern-belle charm, a week before thousands of music lovers and numerous unconventional bands arrive in Austin for the South by Southwest music festival. Since her self-titled debut, Taylor Swift has been riding a train of success and fame. Last year alone proved to be an interesting year for Swift — can anyone say Kanye West and Taylor Lautner? However, Swift is more than a girl who was interrupted on stage and who dated the werewolf from “Twilight.” Talking about Swift means talking about the whole package. Her wavy golden locks, delicately thin frame, bubbly personality and self-proclaimed modesty and innocence have won over fans around the world. And yet, Swift is more than a music artist; she is the embodiment of modern teenage issues. Hearing Swift’s lyrics, listeners reminisce about the days of their first prepubescent love, first traumatic heartbreak and the difficulties of being a teenager. “As odd as it may seem, I like her a lot. I think it’s because all I do is smile when I listen to her,” sophomore English student Zac Carter said. “She is easy to love. Her songs remind me of the easiest and best

parts of love. She delves into why you want to fall in love in the first place, and if she visits a darker topic, it isn’t in a painful way.” Not everyone agrees with Carter’s assessment of Swift. The happy-go-lucky emotions, eternal optimism and the bouts of hopelessness were at first very appealing to journalism sophomore Marco Galvan. Now the propensity of her lyrics to always sound the same has proven nauseating for him. “At first, when I heard her music, I was in high school thinking, ‘This is kind of refreshing,’” Galvan said. “Now it is the same song but with different lyrics. It is the whole ‘I love you, we belong together’ nonsense.” Whether or not people love or hate Swift, there is no argument that she has achieved her share of success as an artist, winning album of the year at the Grammy Awards this year, along with three other Grammys. So before the city is populated with lesser-known bands and their devoted fans next week, Swift, along with John Mayer, will provide this week’s dose of mainstream music. WHAT: Taylor Swift WHERE: Frank Erwin Center WHEN: Wednesday, March 10 TICKETS: SOLD OUT

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Grammy Award-winning songstress Taylor Swift will be in town today to offer a dose of teen-inspired pop music to a sold-out show at the Frank Erwin Center.

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