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TODAY Calendar Symposium examines death penalty, lynching This two-day symposium will bring together leading scholars and advocates to explore the historical link between lynching and the death penalty. The symposium will be held from 12:30-5 p.m. in the Connally Center for Justice Eidman Courtroom 2.306.

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FBI investigates alleged illegal activity at clubs

By Sarah White Daily Texan Staff

Ten Austin area residents connected with Yassine Enterprises, operator of several Austin night club venues, were arrested yesterday in a federal investigation related to drug and money laundering charges.

The FBI, Internal Revenue Service, Drug Enforcement Administration, Texas Comptroller’s Office,

Texas Attorney General’s Office, Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission and Austin Police Department were all involved in “official business” at Treasure Island Pirate Bar on Sixth Street near Neches Street, said IRS spokesman Mike Lemoine. FBI agents and other department officials were seen at the bar collecting documents and boxes of potential evidence around 11 a.m. Thursday.

Lemoine said the investigation of Yassine Enterprises involves all venues managed by the company: Treasure Island Pirate Bar, Pure Ultra Lounge, Kiss & Fly, Stack Burger Bar, Malaia World Lounge, Roial, Hyde, Fuel and Spill. Company owner and president Hussein Ali Yassine, also known as Mike Yassine, 40, was among those arrested.

According to a statement by the U.S. Department of Justice, “Au-

thorities believe that [Hussein Ali Yassine, Hadi Ali Yassine, 35, Mohammed Ali Yassine, 38, and Marisse Marthe Ruales, 33] used several business establishments located in downtown Austin to launder over $200,000 in cash, which they believed to be the proceeds of narcotics trafficking.”

According to the statement, the Government is filing criminal charges and seeking monetary

By Rachel Thompson Daily Texan Staff

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SORORITY ROUNDUP EVENTS 1 Alpha Delta Pi Torchy’s Tacos Saturday, 11-1 a.m.

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Today in history

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In 1919

Benito Mussolini, an Italian World War I veteran and publisher of Socialist newspapers, breaks with the Italian Socialists and establishes the nationalist Fasci di Combattimento commonly known as the Fascist Party.

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Firday, 5-8 p.m.

4 Theta Pancake Party

Friday 10 p.m.- 1:30 a.m.

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7 Pizza Pie with Alpha Chi Saturday, 1:30-4 p.m.

Violin Monster shares his experiences traveling around the country during his visit to Austin.

8 Alpha Phi Brunch for Lunch Saturday, 10:30-12:30 p.m.

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“We don’t have an exact number of how many [warblers] are left because they are difficult to count. Their song travels a great distance so when we’re trying to count, we’ll hear one song and then another and not know if that was the same bird or not.”

— Christopher Murray

Baker Sanctuary Land Steward

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Paper sensor may lower disease testing costs

Friday

Tex-Mex lovers can visit Kappa Delta for all-you-can-eat quesadillas at the KD house on Friday for $5 from 4 to 6 p.m. Proceeds will go to Prevent Child Abuse America, which works to

Election Supervisory Board members listen to complaints against the Madison/ Antonio campaign by SG law school representative Austin Carlson on Tuesday.

By Paxton Thomas Daily Texan Staff

As a result of work done by a UT graduate student, the ancient Japanese art of paper folding can now be used to test for such diseases as HIV and malaria.

Chemistry professor Richard Crooks and chemistry graduate student Hong Liu developed an origami Paper Analytical Device, or oPAD, that chemically analyzes human bodily fluids and identifies different biomarkers that signal the presence of disease. The device works with folded paper to run complex tests using less surface area and costs under 10 cents.

Liu said he is focusing his device to recognize AIDS and malaria, but hopes to use it for the diagnosis of other diseases in the future. Although the oPAD is receiving recognition, it is still in its clinical stages, Liu said.

“We are trying to head toward it testing more things,” Liu said. “We are trying to find

Throughout Roundup weekend, UT students can flock to West Campus sorority houses for cheap food supporting philanthropic organizations associated with the Greek community. Free wristbands for Roundup can be picked up from 1 to 10 p.m. on Friday, or on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Freewheeling Bicycles parking lot on 24th and San Gabriel Streets. UT students must show their school ID, and outof-town guests must show a college ID in order to be given a wristband.

If you’re looking for tasty fo o d for a go o d cause, grab your friends, grab a wristband and stroll over to West Campus to check out these events. All UT students and college friends are welcome to attend the following philant hropy e vents, even if you don’t plan to party this weekend.

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Roundup events to support charity

The Austin Cinematheque presents three documentaries about music: “The Target Shoots First” (dir. Chris Wilcha), “The Archive” (dir. Sean Dunne) and “Vitula Arcus” (dir. Benjamin Slamka and Tomasz Werner).

The films will be viewed in CMA 4.122 from 7:45-9:30 p.m.

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judgements against the defendants totaling about $300,000, which they claim represents property involved in the alleged offenses.

All defendants are still in federal custody and face maximum prison sentences anywhere from 20 years to life, according to FBI spokesman Erik Vasys and the statement.

Federal authorities also believe

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Chemistry professor Richard Crooks and graduate student Hong Liu developed the origami Paper Analytical Device (oPAD) that can identify biomarkers which signal the presence of specific diseases.

more profiles that the test can recognize so it can have a more practical application.”

Marc us Sanchez, sp okesman for AIDS Services of Austin, said the test is cost efficient to the point that it would allow for organizations like AIDS Services of Austin to test more patients that are at risk of the dis-

ease because the main constraint when it comes to testing is funding.

“Tests are expensive,” Sanchez said. “Currently we test people that are at the highest risk of the disease, such as people who have unprotected sex

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SG candidates await Board decision regarding appeal

By Jody Serrano Daily Texan Staff

The Student Government Judicial Court will decide on Sunday whether there was procedural error in the Election Supervisory Board’s decision to disqualify former presidential candidate Madison Gardner and running mate Antonio Guevara.

The Board disqualified Gardner and Guevara for a second time Wednesday night after finding the candidates had willingly falsified

their financial documents, displayed negligence for disregarding a fine the Board gave them in February and violating the Election Code as a whole various times. Gardner and Guevara appealed the decision Thursday, claiming the Board committed five procedural errors resulting in an unjustified disqualification.

Alden Harris, Judicial Court chief justice, said Gardner and Guevara deserve to have an appeal because

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provide awareness regarding all forms of child neglect and aims to strengthen communities and families nationwide. Bevo will also be making a special appearance from 4 to 5 p.m.

Those wishing to kick back for a few hours with fun food and country music can check out Kick’n with Chi-O on Friday from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Chi Omega sorority house.

There will be barbecue, popcorn, snow cones, face painting and live country music for $5. Proceeds will go to the Make-a-Wish Foundation, an organization that grants wishes to children with life-threatening medical conditions.

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chair Eric Nimmer filed a complaint against them during the hearing after he asked them if they had believed their financial statement to be accurate. Nimmer asked if they had included their earlier February fine in the statement, which they had not. Gardner charges this as a complaint because the Board failed to inform the affected parties of the complaint beforehand.

According to the Election Code, Board members are prohibited from filing complaints, and complaints must be provided in writing.

This is the second time Gardner and Guevara have claimed Nimmer played a direct role in their disqualification. They previously filed an appeal for their first disqualification, claiming Nimmer was biased, and submitted audio evidence of

conversations with Nimmer.

The Judicial Court ruled Nimmer was not biased in the first Board disqualification decision.

Harris said on Feb. 26 there was no way Nimmer could have influenced the vote of nine Board members, and his comments reflected thoughts on the candidate’s behavior, not their appeal.

Gardner and Guevara also claimed since the complaint was not formally filed, it violates procedure since the Board can only take action against a candidate after a hearing on the particular violation. They also claimed the Board did not consider precedents set by previous cases and delivered an inaccurate punishment based on the actions at hand.

Nimmer said the Board did not err in their decision and the pro-

cedures taken to disqualify the candidates were by the book. He said he did not submit a complaint against the parties because all the information taken into consideration was uncovered during a hearing, where the purpose is to collect information.

“I don’t understand how I could ever set this up in any case that’s rational,” Nimmer said. “I do write [the decisions], but that’s me tailoring what we all have said as a group.”

Nimmer said even if the Court decides there is error, it still would not change Gardner and Guevara’s disqualification because they have affirmed they did commit falsification by turning in the wrong receipt for their website and negligence by failing to cite the fine on their financial documents.

ment sought to hold Yassine and Araf liable for the forfeiture of $13,600, “constituting the proceeds of the above-described offenses,” in the indictment.

All defendants appeared in court yesterday afternoon and are scheduled to have a further hearing on Tuesday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Dennis Green.

Yassine Enterprises is also the

subject of a class action lawsuit filed by former employee Jake Webb, who claims that the company regularly refused to pay wages to tipped employees. That case does not appear at this point to be related to the federal investigation.

APD officers have been assisting the FBI with the investigation and were present for the search, said Lisa Cortinas, spokeswoman for APD.

travels with students to San Marcos two or three times a semester and said litter is more problematic than dealing with inebriated individuals.

“The drunk people you can paddle away from,” Burnett said. “It’s the trash that causes problems.”

Kim Porterfield, San Marcos City Council member, said she was saddened by the need to implement the ordinance, but concerns regarding river safety outweighed her doubts.

“The issue is not having a beer at the river,” she said. “It is the people that abuse and [engage in] behaviors that make our river unsafe and unfriendly.”

Porterfield said she hopes the ordinance will not have adverse effects on tourism and it will instead promote better behavior to benefit both visitors and the river.

“No one likes to be around drunk individuals,” Porterfield said. “The ordinance will benefit families and visitors, including young students, that just want to have fun and not be exposed to untoward behavior.”

Jude Prather, San Marcos City Council member, voted against the proposal, and said it originated from an effort to make the river a safer environment.

“I am baffled as to how we got to this point,” he said. “Last September, we were focusing on litter and doubling fines to reduce them, but we somehow got to this streamlined law.”

Prather said the ordinance might end up promoting illegal activity. Individuals will continue to drink alcohol even if they have to hide it, he said.

“There is nothing more normal

than going to the park and drinking a beer while cooking some barbecue,” Prather said. “That’s what parks are for.”

The council will reconvene April 3 to vote on final approval of the ordinance. Porterfield said the council is considering an amendment to the ordinance that would require an evaluation of the regulations after a trial run this summer.

New Braunfels passed a similar ordinance last year banning disposable containers on the rivers within their city limits. While many river outfitters in New Braunfels are suing the city because of the law, multiple businesses in the San Marcos area support of the ban.

During the council meeting, a representative for the San Marcos Lions Club, where tubers can rent equipment, said the group hoped it would pass.

Duane Te Grotenhuis, owner of TG Canoes & Kayaks, said alcohol negatively impacts the river experience and he is in favor of the ban.

“Everything goes south when alcohol is involved,” he said. “I’ve been in business for 27 years, and never has the river’s culture been affected by litter or concentrated on alcohol consumption until now.”

CLUB continues from PAGE 1 defendants Mohammed Ali Yassine and Nizar Hakiki, 32, transferred a firearm with the knowledge that the weapon would be used to commit a drug trafficking crime.

Mohammed Ali Yassine and Amar Thabet Araf, 29 are accused of distributing large quantities of cocaine between December 2007 and January 11, 2008, according

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of the severity of the ruling.

“We ought to give them a hearing any time there’s this type of nuclear ruling that disqualifies them,” Harris said. “[Gardner] clearly raises some points that are worthy of our consideration and worthy of having a hearing.”

Harris said it is unfortunate the hearing will be held two days before the election, but said Gardner made the decision because he could not get his counsel to a meeting on Thursday. Supply chain management senior Aakash Kumar will represent Gardner before the court.

Gardner is not allowed to campaign until the Court reviews his appeal. Gardner declined to comment prior to the hearing.

Among the complaints, the former candidates claimed Board

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to their official indictment. “[Three of the defendants] unlawfully, knowingly and willfully did combine conspire, confederate and agree with others known and unknown to distribute five hundred grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of cocaine,” the indictment stated.

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Those who have slept in on Saturdays or are just brunch fans can get their fix at Alpha Phi’s Brunch for Lunch on Saturday from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. for $5 per plate. Proceeds will go to the American Heart Association, which works to promote healthier lifestyles in order to prevent heart disease and stroke.

Tasty Texas breakfast tacos can be found at the Alpha Delta Pi house during the Torchy’s Tacos event from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday for a $5 plate of tacos.

Proceeds will benefit the Ronald McDonald House Charities, which provide support and care for sick children and their families. Sorority members are also collecting pop tops from soda cans to raise money for the charity.

When mid-afternoon hunger strikes, Delta Delta Delta and the Texas Cowboys will have plenty of delicious barbecue at the TriDelt house during the courtyard cookout on Saturday from noon to 2 p.m. for $5. Proceeds will go to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, which works to advance medical cures through research and provide treatment for all children who need care.

Students craving pizza can check out Pizza Pie with Alpha Chi featuring Roppolo’s Pizza on Saturday from 1:30 to 4 p.m. The price of entry is $2, and all proceeds will benefit SafePlace, an organization that works to end domestic and sexual violence by providing a haven for those in need of protection.

For $5, feasters can gobble down as many homemade tacos as they wish at the Alpha Xi Delta house during Taco Xi on Saturday from 4 to 6 p.m. Sales will benefit Autism Speaks, which funds research and treatments and increases awareness about autism. The event will also feature the Texas country sounds of the James Delgado Band and raffle prizes.

ORIGAMI San Marcos bans alcohol in city parks continues from PAGE 1

By Alexa Ura Daily Texan Staff

UT students heading to the San Marcos River may have to leave beer and other alcoholic beverages out of their coolers if San Marcos city officials pass a proposal banning alcohol in public parks.

The San Marcos City Council granted preliminary approval for an ordinance proposal that would ban the public display and consumption of alcohol in city parks on Tuesday. If implemented, the ban would include parks that line the San Marcos River, a prominent tubing tourist attraction.

San Marcos spokeswoman Melissa Millecam said the river’s well-being is the city’s primary concern despite the river’s growing popularity and increased attraction of visitors.

While the city does not have any jurisdiction over the actual river, the ordinance will prohibit alcohol consumption along the multiple city-owned parks that serve as popular recreational areas and entry points to the river. The river is lined by Texas State Universityowned parks as well, where alcohol consumption is also prohibited.

The ordinance would also ban Styrofoam-type products including ice coolers, and require the securing of lids and covers on containers in parks and in the river.

The council voted 6-1 during the first reading of the ordinance.

UT RecSports coordinates regular student trips to the San Marcos River as part of their Outdoor Recreation Program. Chris Burnett, outdoor recreation coordinator,

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Because of its simple design and cost efficiency, the oPAD will be used in developing nations where limited access to HIV and malaria testing is difficult to come by, Crooks said.

Andrew Johnson, biology and sociology senior and education coordinator of Face Aids, said the test would be important in developing nations because it could be a widespread preventative health measure that would be readily available in countries where there is no money in public health departments.

“Knowing their status is an important mechanism in AIDS prevention,“ Johnson said. “It allows people to make responsible decisions about their health and how it would affect others.“ Liu said the initial idea for oPAD was inspired from his schooling in China and from an article he read by Harvard professor George Whitesides, who conducted research on similar testing devices.

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A young Indian boy drinks water from a public tap in Agartala, India on Wednesday.

The U.N. estimates that more than one in six people worldwide do not have access to 5-13 gallons of safe freshwater a day to ensure their basic needs.

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U.S. intel: Water a coming cause for war

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WASHINGTON — Drought, floods and a lack of fresh water may cause significant global instability and conflict in the coming decades, as developing countries scramble to meet demand from exploding populations while dealing with the effects of climate change, U.S. intelligence agencies said in a report released Thursday.

An assessment reflecting the joint judgment of federal intelligence agencies says the risk of water issues causing wars in the next 10 years is minimal even as they create tensions within and between states and threaten to disrupt national and global food markets. But beyond 2022, it says the use of water as a weapon of war or a tool of terrorism will become more likely, particularly in South Asia, the Middle East and North Africa.

The report is based on a classified National Intelligence Estimate on water security, which was requested

by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and completed last

fall. It says floods, scarce and poor quality water, combined with poverty, social tension, poor leadership and weak governments will contribute to instability that could lead the failure of numerous states.

Those elements “will likely increase the risk of instability and state failure, exacerbate regional tensions, and distract countries from working with the United States on important policy objectives,” said the report, to be released at a State Department event commemorating World Water Day. At the event Thursday, Clinton is to unveil a new U.S. Water Partnership that aims to share American water management expertise with the rest of the world.

“We assess that a water-related state-on-state conflict is unlikely during the next 10 years,” the report said, noting that in the past countries have tried to resolve water issues through negotiation.

“However, we judge that as water shortages become more acute beyond the next 10 years, water in shared basins will increasingly be used as leverage; the use of water as a weapon or to further terrorist

objectives, also will become more likely beyond 10 years.”

The report predicts that upstream nations will limit access to water for political reasons and that countries will regulate internal supplies to suppress separatist movements and dissident populations.

At the same time, terrorists and rogue states may target or threaten to target water-related infrastructure like dams and reservoirs more frequently. Even if attacks do not occur or are only partially successful, the report said “the fear of massive floods or loss of water resources would alarm the public and cause governments to take costly measures to protect the water infrastructure.”

The unclassified summary of the intelligence estimate does not identify the specific countries most at risk, but does focus on several specific rivers and water basins. Those included the Nile, Sudan and nations further south, the Tigris and Euphrates, the Mekong in China and Southeast Asia, the Jordan, the Indus and the Brahmaputra in India and South Asia as well as the Amu Darya in Central Asia.

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THE FIRING LINE

Editor’s note: From current candidates to observing students, the following firing lines represent the many reactions to the Student Government (SG) election and the role of the Election Supervisory Board (ESB). All executive alliance candidates were asked to contribute.

DQ the ESB Yet again, the ESB unnecessarily disqualified Madison Gardner and Antonio Guevara, candidates for SG president and vice president. The most recent disqualification truly illuminates the ESB’s feelings toward the pair; the ESB completely disregarded any formal procedures.

The ESB is designed to supervise any formal complaints from students during the election process, so the members give up their right to make formal complaints. In violation of the election code, a member of the ESB brought forth a complaint during the Tuesday night hearing. Additionally, complaints that are not dismissed must then be discussed in a hearing as stated in 4.03 of the Election Code. The ESB failed to follow such procedure.

There is an obvious issue with the ESB this year, which reflects poorly on the election, candidates and student government. The ESB needs to think before acting so drastically in an already fragile race that will decide who will lead our student body. Madison and Antonio fought to maintain their spot on the ballot, and for the ESB to be so careless about procedure is ludicrous. Accordingly, the ESB’s actions display blatant hypocrisy, seeing as its complaint focuses on procedure in the first place. If we continue to have students overseeing the election process, then the ESB should be well-versed and precise in its rulings. There is no reason for Madison and Antonio to be disqualified, but the ESB, on the other hand, needs a DQ.

Samantha Smith Middle Eastern studies and Arabic sophomore

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Terrence and I are resolved to continue focusing on the overarching goals of our campaign — raising awareness and advocating for our platform and the communities it aims to represent.

Other candidates’ disqualifications don’t change much for us — our goals haven’t changed, our platform is solid and our list of supporters keeps growing. We’re stepping up our speaker circuiting now more than ever, and we’re deeply appreciative of the many new students who have heard our pitch, expressed their support and spread our message grassroots style.

We believe in students and we believe in the

sleeping potential of SG. If we’re elected, we hope to induce a major perception shift and work to mend the relationship between the two. For now, we soldier on, and we abide in the dream of an empowered student body. This is about igniting a movement and it starts right now.

John Lawler Candidate for SG President

A fresh perspective These past two months have been an experience to say the least. With all that has occurred there is no saying what could happen in the next couple of days; however, we want the students to know that we are still here for them. We have kept their best interests in mind from the very beginning and will continue to do just that.

The election process has brought a lot of exposure to SG and we understand many students have lost trust in the organization.

As SG outsiders, we bring a fresh perspective. We are confident that, if elected, we can restore faith that SG is here to serve the people who matter most — the students.

Thor Lund and Wills Brown Candidates for SG President and Vice President

Managing egos Recent controversies surrounding SG elections have drawn attention away from the real issue — representing the voice of the student body. Every spring, we go through a dog and pony show to elect our new student leaders, and invariably violations occur. Yes, this year’s controversies are several orders in magnitude higher than in years past, but every election’s issues boil down to managing egos.

It’s beyond time for everyone involved in this year’s election — from the individual candidates to the ESB to, yes, The Daily Texan — to put their egos aside and allow the University to move on. No matter the outcome of this election, it’s time for everyone involved to recognize the best interest of the University and settle these disputes in an honest, civilized manner.

This is the only way that SG can get beyond this immediate turmoil and get back to working for students — which is what SG does best.

Michael Redding President-elect of the Graduate Student Assembly

A mockery of the University

SG likes to contend that it represents the student population at UT. Last year, only about 8,000 of those students voted in SG elections, hardly a majority of more than 51,000 total UT students. Toward that end, we propose that if less than a quarter of the student body votes in this year’s SG presidential election, then SG should be considered without a mandate and disband. A university organization cannot represent an entire student body if it does not even represent a quarter of that same body.

Furthermore, this year’s candidates have made a mockery of both this University’s laws, honor and integrity. SG should be about democracy and integrity, not childlike mock heroics. The time has come for the silent majority to stand up and demand that the University end this ridiculous display of idiocy. We cannot continue to allow ourselves to be represented by students who are elected by the few and disgrace the many.

Garrett Hopper and Grant Smith Supply chain management and economics senior and history senior

The human element

I couldn’t have written a script with more twists and turns than those I’ve seen play out over the past five weeks during this election cycle. I have many friends who worked hard on other campaigns for weeks now, and at the end of the day, it hurts to see them struggle through adversity.

I wish we were more attuned to our human element. We all tend to get a little cold during campaign season; it’s easy to lose some of our sensitivity toward others and some of our discernment.

Looking back on the year and a half I spent in SG, I have, at different times, been disingenuous, too headstrong, unwise and just generally imperfect. But the truth that eventually impressed itself onto me is that we can’t let the past dictate our present. We’re all a little imperfect.

My exhortation to all of us SG junkies is this: Don’t hold grudges, don’t take SG personally and don’t be afraid to grow from mistakes. Get back in the fight and do something great. We’re all on the same side. When we truly believe that, our community will be an even better place.

Matt Portillo Music and rhetoric and writing senior John Lawler campaign volunteer

The promise, potential of education start-ups

By Rui Shi Daily Texan Columnist

Hard economic times have meant budget cuts across the board for higher education. But while universities across the nation are facing financial challenges, education-technology start-ups are experiencing a boom.

In recent years, investments in education-technology start-ups exploded from $146 million in 2002 to $429 million in 2011. Even with the rest of the economy in recession, higher education is experiencing its own dot-com moment. In recent years, websites such as MyEdu and Cramster shot up in popularity on the college scene. It is clear that these tools have a noticeable impact on students; however, are these kinds of technologies moving higher education in the right direction?

Millions upon millions of dollars are poured into education start-ups in the name of innovation and in hope of bringing about a higher education renaissance. Investors in these companies hope to provide universities with a digital makeover. But as more and more venture capitalists go into the education business, universities are becoming a battleground of for-profits competing to milk the system. Granted, start-ups have created many genuinely revolutionary tools that changed the way we learn. However, venture capitalists are in the business of making money. Do they have the interests of the students and the integrity of universities in mind?

Websites such as Cramster and Course Hero allow students to view solutions to homework problems for a fee. Sites like these provide students who are stuck on problems with detailed step-by-step instructions. In the short run, these tools give students a quick-fix way of getting an A. In the long run, however, they provide little of value because they do not increase the quality of learning. Rather, they are only selling answers to turn a profit.

These types of companies do not add anything to the classroom experience.

In order for start-ups to make a real impact, they must supplement the college classroom in a way similar to how the Khan Academy supplements the K-12 classroom.

Khan Academy is an online learning medium containing thousands of YouTube video lessons, ranging from instruction in physics to history.

Khan Academy introduced a new classroom model where students watch video lessons at home and do problem sets at school to master concepts.

By “flipping” the classroom, students are able to learn at their pace at home and are still able to get individual attention at school if they get stuck on a problem. This system allows students to completely master a topic before moving on.

Khan Academy might not translate well to the college classroom, since there are many highly technical courses at the university level. But it is one example where technology increases the quality of learning and is a model that must be emulated by future start-ups. Companies need to create technologies that will improve student comprehension. The creation of tools that are tailored to individuals’ learning curves will go a long way in transforming the way students learn.

Though imperfect, education start-ups have the ability to revolutionize higher education, but only if they emphasize the quality of student education first.

Shi is an electrical and computer engineering junior.

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Higher education at a ‘freemium’

By Katherine Taylor Daily Texan Columnist

It’s no surprise to anyone that higher education is facing budget cuts all across the country and that we’re being told to do more with less. What you may find surprising, however, is one of the methods schools are using to achieve that goal.

You’ve probably encountered the “Freemium” model without realizing it. The Freemium model allows multiplayer computer games like World of Warcraft and Farmville to prosper by offering basic services for free and then, once you’re hooked, making you pay for cooler and expanded services.

If you’re not a video gamer, perhaps you’ve noticed that The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal operate in the same way by letting you read a certain number of articles for free before charging you to access more content.

Essentially, the majority of users are able to access the product for free while the minority who pay for it provide the resources needed to offer the product for free to everyone else. No, this is not communism that

I’m describing.

It seems higher education is starting to think about this model as a potential solution to cut costs. At Santa Monica College in California, a 34,000-student community college, students will be forced to pay higher costs for summer versions of the most popular classes.

Santa Monica decided that rather than try and offer more sections of full classes during the regular school year, why not offer the class over the summer for a higher price?

Essentially, if you have the money to pay for it, you get into the class you need. If you don’t, then you can fight amongst the other peons for a coveted spot during the school year. What’s even worse is that since these classes are not federally funded, low-income students may not be able to obtain federal aid to pay for them.

If this model spreads to other institutions, colleges and universities will be further divided into classes of those who can afford more popular classes and those who cannot.

The great equalizer that is higher education will further perpetuate class divisions between upper and lower income families.

Were this model used here at UT, students who can afford their own lawyers to sue the University could use their wealth to jettison ahead, while the rest of us would languish behind.

While there are no plans, to my knowledge, of UT switching to this model, it’s scary to see the direction that higher education is headed. This situation shows the disturbing trend in higher education of prioritizing money over students’ success. Education is meant to provide a public service to the people. Instead, higher education is turning to models borrowed from the business world that prioritizes profit margins. But successful business practices don’t necessarily translate to the university realm. If a university makes more money but graduates fewer educated students that are poorly equipped to enter the business world, everyone loses.

Success in postsecondary education is ultimately measured by the success of the students it serves — something universities should keep in mind when adopting new cost-saving models.

Taylor is a Plan II and rhetoric and writing senior.

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Bold reporting challenges controversial government actions Pulitzer Prize winner Seymour Hersh speaks Thursday evening at the 2012 Julius and Suzan Glickman Lecture. Hersh, well known for his criticism of the U.S. government, spoke about the state of the global war on terrorism.

By Alexa Ura Daily Texan Staff

Today’s war on terrorism originated from an idea pushed by a president that terrified his country, said awardwinning journalist Seymour Hersh.

Hersh, contributor for The New Yorker and Pulitzer Prize winner, visited campus Thursday to give a progress report on the state of the global war on terrorism as this year’s speaker for the 2012 Julius and Suzan Glickman Lecture. He spoke at the AT&T Conference Center.

“When other countries like Spain, England and India were attacked by terrorists, they responded using their justice system instead of military action,” he said. “We should’ve done the same, but we got caught up in Bush’s unjustified idea of what was going on.”

Best known for his investigative journalism, Hersh received the 1970 Pulitzer Prize for international reporting for his exposure of the My Lai Massacre, in which the U.S. government covered up the killing of hundreds of unarmed Vietnamese civilians at the hands of American soldiers during the Vietnam War. Stephen Sonnenberg, adjunct professor for the University’s Humanities Institute, said few individuals have the courage and conscious to expose a government that is acting against its society’s culture.

“It takes a very special person to uncover what Seymour did,” Sonnenberg said. “Optimism is an evolutionary phenomenon, and his work pushed for it.”

Summarizing the United States’ current relationship with the Middle East, Hersh said the Obama administration hopes to get out of

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Afghanistan before being “the last to die,” and Pakistan is under control.

He said Syria is “an ugly picture,” and Iran and the U.S. want to avoid a preemptive Israeli attack against Iran.

“The Israelis have pulled down our pants,” he said. “We are just playing checkers while they are playing poker.”

Hersh is known for criticizing the U.S. government in his books on the war on terrorism. The United States should not be deemed a reflection of presidential decisions that were not fully thought out, Hersh said.

“We are not morally bankrupt,” he said. “We just have lousy leadership.”

Hersh praised today’s youth and said the Arab Spring was proof that younger individuals are learning that the key to bringing down an oppressor is in organizing themselves against it, even if it’s through Facebook and Twitter.

A governmental crackdown on the Mark Mazzetti, the national sercurity correspondent for The New York Times, spoke at an event hosted by the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law Thursday afternoon.

Mazzetti discussed the role of the Central Intelligence Agency in the “shadow wars” used against alQaida militant organizations.

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Times correspondent discusses war coverage, Iraq

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After more than 10 years of war overseas, the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts have calmed down, but the United States is still engaging in secret battlegrounds in addition to these declared war zones.

The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law hosted an event titled “National Security and the War in the Shadows” on Thursday. Strauss Center scholar Robert Chesney and Mark Mazzetti, the national security correspondent for The New York Times, discussed how the nation’s war efforts since the 9/11 attacks have now led to covert “shadow wars” to hunt down the al-Qaida militant organization.

Mazzetti and Chesney discussed the role of the Central Intelligence Agency and the Pentagon in fighting terrorist activities in areas such as Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia.

“Pakistan is the most obvious example of these shadow wars because it’s the center of gravity of where the CIA has been operating,” Mazzetti said. “In the last few years, action in Yemen and Somalia has escalated as the administration has been looking outside of the declared war zones because they are worried about al-Qaida outside of Afghanistan.”

Mazzetti said the Obama administration is much more aggressive with national security leaks in order to retain classified information and prevent another WikiLeaks event, but this does little to cease the attempts to

expose government secrets.

“Even if you successfully prosecute a leaker, you don’t successfully deter leakers from talking to people like me,” Mazzetti said.

Mazzetti said if the government can’t make a case that a reporter’s information will do real harm to a program or to specific individuals, they cannot prosecute just because something is being deemed classified.

“The press has done a very good job on exposing important stories that the public has a right to know about even though the government may not be happy that we reported on them,” Mazzetti said.

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specializing in security, law and diplomacy and enjoyed listening to Mazzetti speak about his job as a correspondent and his analysis on the difference between an information-leaker and a reporter.

“I enjoyed Mazzetti’s insight on who has become in charge of certain covert operations and the White House’s involvement,” Hawley said.

Elliott Nowacky, Russian, East European and Eurasian studies graduate student, said Mazzetti conveyed the idea of how difficult it is to report on sensitive government issues.

“You have to be careful about who you talk to and make sure you don’t put anyone in danger,” Nowacky said.

The press has done a very good job on exposing important stories that the public has a right to know about even though the government may not be happy that we reported on them.

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First Amendment through laws being passed in Congress will leave society on the streets, but the internet’s impact on the industry already has everyone running around, he said.

Hersh’s uncanny ability to find factual information not presented by the government or the press

demonstrated society’s misguidedness, said Julius Glickman, UT alumnus and founder of the lecture series.

“His knowledge is proof that we aren’t getting as many of the facts as we need to make the right decisions,” Glickman said. “We need 10,000 more journalists like him.”

Trails to close for protected songbird’s mating season

By Kayla Jonsonn Daily Texan Staff

Some central Texas trails are closing for the spring to protect an endangered bird species’ mating season.

The golden-cheeked warbler is a small endangered songbird found only in central Texas because it relies on a combination of juniper and oak trees for nesting. To ensure a successful mating season for the birds, San Marcos’ Purgatory Creek Nature Area and Spring Lake Nature Area will partially close trails through May 31, said Brian Calvin, San Marcos Parks and Recreation intern.

“When we bought this land for parks and trails we knew we were going to have to take the golden-cheek warblers into account for part of the year,” Calvin said.

“Only two trails are closing and even those are just partially closing, so people can definitely still come out and enjoy the parks for the spring.”

Calvin said the partial closing of the trails will help the bird’s mating season by reducing stress through peace and quiet.

“In closing the trail, what we’re hoping to do is stop traffic and minimize noise in the warbler’s environment,” he said. “People talk and bring their dogs, and all of that stresses the warblers out and prevents successful mating.”

Christopher Murray, land steward of the Baker Sanctuary which provides a secure woodland for the golden-cheek warblers, said

the Austin and San Marcos areas are the core of the nesting ground for the birds because the necessary trees are abundant.

“The warblers need juniper trees to strip the bark off for their nests because juniper bark is softer and easier to tear for a nest,” Murray said. “Sometimes they’ll nest in that tree but a lot of times they build their nests in oak trees because they like to be up higher.”

Murray said the golden-cheek warblers have been reported in 39 counties in Texas but he believes the number has declined to closer to 25 now because of city development in their habitats. He said there are between 10,000 to 30,000 golden-cheek warblers total.

“We d on’t have an e x a c t number of how many are left because they are difficult to count,” he said. “Their song travels a great distance, so when we’re trying to count, we’ll hear one song and then another and not know if that was the same bird or not.”

Austin Parks and Recreation spokesman Victor Ovalle said there are no planned trail closings in Austin because the warblers were taken into account during construction of the trails.

“There may be a few areas where trails close but usually you might just see a trail that suddenly ends and that’s because it has entered a place where endangered birds are, so construction was stopped,” Ovalle said.

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Win streak has alleviated pressure after slow start

By Chris Hummer Daily Texan Staff

Pressure. It’s such a simple thing, but when it builds up it can make or break a team.

The Longhorns (11-8, 3-0 Big 12) experienced this pressure early in the season. They struggled at the plate, and the team’s difficulties there moved into the rest of the roster, as the players aimed to do too much to pick up their teammates’ slack. This resulted in a terrible 5-8 start that included a three-game sweep by Stanford and losses to historic baseball powers such as UT-Arlington and Loyola Marymount.

“They were trying to get a hit, and you can’t try to get a hit,” said head coach Augie Garrido. “Players do their best when they’re not expected to or don’t have to. If they feel like they have to, they try too hard.”

The offense’s difficulties at the plate carried over to the rest of the team, according to Garrido.

Once the offense struggled, the pitchers put more pressure on themselves to be perfect. Their struggles carried over to the defense and ultimately the coaching staff. This process gave the team a negative attitude that only winning could solve.

The turnaround came in Norman when the Longhorns swept the Sooners in three games, breaking out for 25 runs over 27 innings — more than they had scored in the previous six

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Closer Corey Knebel and the rest of the Longhorns struggled early on in the season but they have won their last six games thanks to improved offense.

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“When you drive into Norman, Ok la. and you’re batting .221 as a team, and you drive out and you hit .360 for the weekend you kind of have

a new respect for baseball and the unexpected,” Garrido said.

“You kind of go, ‘how the hell did that happen?’”

No matter how unexpected the offensive breakout was, it

did wonders for the team and has taken the pressure off. Now the Longhorns are looking to place the pressure squarely on their opponents.

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other team, that’s Coach Garrido’s thing right now,” said sophomore Mark Payton. “If they make the plays, they make the

IMPROVE continues on PAGE 7 MEN’S TRACK & FIELD

Texas to race UCLA, seeks strong start to outdoor year

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Senior Drew Livingston and the rest of the Texas squad is in first place after the first day of the NCAA’s.

of 4:20.11, a full four seconds slowIn the third event of the evening, ished tied for 11th and received 15th er than his preliminary time. Still, Texas sent two swimmers to the respectively, earning a total of 7.5 McBroom’s finish earned 12 team blocks in the 200 IM. Juniors Austin points for the Horns.

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With a successful 2012 indoor season under their belts, members of Texas’ men’s track and field team seek to continue the trend as they duel the UCLA Bruins at Drake Stadium in Los Angeles, Calif. this weekend.

The No. 7 Longhorns will kick off their outdoor season with a select group of athletes. Texas is coming off strong performances in the NCAA Indoor Championships with eight athletes receiving All-American honors.

But they should not take this battle against the Bruins lightly.

In last season’s outdoor tri-meet at Mike A. Meyers Stadium in

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SOFTBALL Vince Young runs downfield in the 2006 BCS National Championship game. Young, a heralded college quarterback, is stuck searching for a team in the NFL.

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Vince Young needs work: Where will he land?

Like 8 percent of the American public, Vince Young now knows what it’s like to be unemployed.

Young was the third overall pick in the 2006 NFL Draft by the Tennessee Titans, NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year and is a twotime Pro Bowler.

But now this Texas legend is looking for a job as an unrestricted free agent. His stock has

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On Thursday, the Texas men’s swimming and diving team began the final push towards claiming an NCAA title, which would be the 11th in school history. The championship is awarded to the team that collects the most team points at the end of the three-day meet. Points are given based on finishing positions in each race.

The Longhorns entered the first event of the evening, the 200-yard freestyle relay, with the first seed.

The relay team of Jimmy Feigen, Tripp Cooper, Charles Moore and Dax Hill posted a blistering time of 1:16.58 in prelims. However, during the finals for the event, the Texas men couldn’t keep a charging squad from California at bay. The Horns came in fourth to the Golden Bears, finishing with a time of 1:16.72 and earning 30 team points.

Up next for the Horns was junior Michael McBroom in the 500 freestyle. The 2011 NCAA Champion in the 1650 freestyle, McBroom finished in seventh place with a time

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seemed to gradually drop since his 2008 season with the Titans.

Backup quarterbacks David Carr, Dan Orlovsky, Chris Redman, Derek Anderson, Josh McCown, Chad Henne and Jason Campbell are all second string quarterbacks that have signed with teams. Still nothing for Young.

Can we still blame the “Madden curse” for his lack of a team? His off-the-field issues are likely a concern for poten-

tial coaches. Let’s face it, there are a lot of solid backup quarterbacks without that.

Saying that the past week in the NFL has been tumultuous is an understatement. Peyton Manning’s arrival in Denver and Tim Tebow’s trade to the Jets could provide an opportunity for Young to go to the Broncos.

According to reports, the Broncos are looking at Caleb Hanie as a

YOUNG continues on PAGE 7

Horns return from Hawaii, go to Ames to play Iowa State

By Garrett Callahan Daily Texan Staff

While they are away from paradise and back on the mainland, the Longhorns are back traveling as they head north to Iowa for their second conference series of the season.

Texas (23-2) faces the Iowa State Cyclones (9-15) in a three game series in Ames. The Longhorns are 164-93 historically in all of their conference play. Against the Cyclones, they have an overall record of 33-1 with a current 13game win streak.

Iowa State will debut in conference play against Texas in this series. It is coming off a California road trip against Loyola Marymount, St. Mary’s and Santa Clara where they went 2-3. Tori Torrescano, one of the Cyclones’ leaders on the mound, is batting .357 with eight home runs and 25 RBI. She is also 6-9 with a 5.65 ERA in the 74 1/3 innings she has pitched.

Texas just recently moved up in the rankings to No. 5 in the country after their Spring Fling Tournament in the Aloha State. The

CYCLONES continues on PAGE 7 Senior first baseman Lexy Bennett has been a key piece of Texas’ 23-2 record. She is hitting .471 with a .539 OBP and a perfect fielding percentage.

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plays, but if they don’t the pressure is all on them.”

This aggressive style of play works well for Texas. The Longhorns have become more aggressive on the field, which has caused havoc for opponents. On Tuesday in a 9-1 win against Stephen F. Austin, the Lumberjacks looked lost defensively when dealing with the Longhorns audacious base running — they committed three errors but it easily could have been more.

The release in pressure is also noticeable in the player’s demeanors. They are looser on the field and at the plate, and look like they have more fun playing the game.

YOUNG continues from PAGE 6 potential backup. Hanie was the backup quarterback for the Chicago Bears for the past three seasons and led the team to four embarrassing losses last season.

Although Young hasn’t lived up to expectations in the pros, the Broncos could use his expertise. He obviously hasn’t been the star that was expected, but he can still play. Hanie had his opportunity last season for the Bears and did not perform.

Unfortunately for Young, a lot of other quarterbacks are in the job hunt. He isn’t the hot commodity he was when he left Texas.

In a tweet on March 19, Young hinted that San Francisco was a possibility for him.

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“You can feel it in the clubhouse,” Payton said. “I know I can see it while we’re stretching. Ever ything is just lose, loud and happy. Everyone is just into the game and ready to get to the f ield and get things going.”

The Longhorns will look to keep the pressure off this weekend as they travel to Manhattan, Kan. for a three game series with Kansas State.

But now that Alex Smith has resigned with the team, Young’s chances of joining San Francisco have decreased drastically.

In that tweet, Young also mentioned the Dolphins. Lacking a solid quarterback, the Miami Dolphins could be a potential team for Young. Their current starter is Matt Moore and the backup is veteran David Garrard, who has been playing in the NFL for 10 years.

Garrard didn’t play at all last season and still has the hope of becoming the team’s starting quarterback. But Young’s experience is stronger than his, so the Dolphins would definitely be a good opportunity for him.

These three teams could find a place for Young. But spots for backup quarterbacks are starting to close and Young still hasn’t found a place, so his unemployment will continue.

CYCLONES continues from PAGE 6 Longhorns went 4-1, with their only loss being to No. 1 California in a 6-3 decision. In the tournament they outscored their oppoday, month day, 2008

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NCAA continues from PAGE 6 points for the team.

Amidst these sub-par showings, Jimmy Feigen returned to the blocks in the 50 freestyle looking to deliver a strong performance for his team. Feigen, a 23-time All-American, earned 20 points for the Longhorns and added an NCAA individual title with a first place finish in the event, posting a time of 19.01.

Not to be outdone by his title-

earning teammate, senior diver Drew Livingston finished the fifth event of the evening, the 1-meter diving competition, with a first place finish. Livingston posted a final score of 448.1, beating his nearest competitor by nearly 40 seconds and on the way to earning 20 team points for Texas. Livingston is a two-time NCAA champion in the event, last earning the title as a freshman in 2009. Fellow Longhorn diver Matt Cooper competed in the event as well, earning a 10th place finish and another seven points for Texas.

In the final race of the night, the

400-yard medley relay, the squad composed of Cole Cragin, Eric Friedland, Neil Caskey and Hill looked to build upon a strong showing in preliminaries where they posted a time of 3:06.68, good enough for a second seed in the finals. In the finals, the Longhorns were able to beat their preliminary time, finishing the race with a respectable 3:05.68. However, this improvement fell short of a first place finish — the Horns wound up with a third place showing behind California and Arizona, but the relay team earned 32 team points for the Horns.

tin. Texas took the two victories starting out their conference play with a pair of wins.

Senior Lexy Bennett, who was just featured on the Big 12 website and described by her teammates as “the rock of the team” is looking to continue her already record-setting season.

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in Hawaii she was named to the alltournament team along with teammates Brejae Washington and Nadia Taylor. Bennett, one of the senior captains, has been a big part of the Longhorns success this season and has already been drafted in the 1 National Pro Fastpitch league.

The contest, which starts this evening with a 4 p.m. first pitch,

lasts until Sunday afternoon.

After this road trip they will have one more stop in Houston for a one-game stand with the University of Houston before coming back to Austin. While it may not be spring break anymore, the Longhorns are ready to get back on the field and continue their success as a team.

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Meet the ad men from AMC’s hit show ‘Mad Men’

By Katie Stroh Peggy Olson (Elisabeth Moss)

Once a timid, naive secretary, Peggy soon bloomed into a copywriting wunderkind, proto-feminist icon and a loyal student of her mentor, Don. Intelligent, creative, and self-assured, Peggy is a career girl ahead of her time. Peggy and Don have one of the most compelling and complex relationships of the series, as they’ve both helped one another through their most grueling respective emotional lows: Peggy when she gave her surprise baby up for adoption, and Don when he mourned the loss of his oldest friend.

Warning: This article includes spoilers for the first four seasons of “Mad Men.” The thing that keeps myself and others so captivated by “Mad Men” isn’t the (admittedly glacial) plot or even the gorgeous period costumes and set design that the notoriously fastidious executive producer Matthew Weiner micromanages to perfection. Instead, it’s the nuanced and indelible ensemble cast of characters that populate the world of Madison Avenue.

Here’s a rundown of the key players, whether you’re diving into the “Mad Men” canon for the first time or need a refresher before Sunday’s premiere.

Lane Pryce (Jared Harris) A delightfully stuffy British founding partner of SCDP and financial wizard, Lane brings a sense of continental dignity to the office.

Roger Sterling (John Slattery) Don Draper (Jon Hamm) Brilliant ad man, creative director at Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce and “Mad Men’s” requisite brooding male antihero in the vein of Tony Soprano and Walter White. Don is a secret war deserter with a stolen identity, a divorced father of three, a philanderer and an alcoholic. He is forever defined by his pronouncement in the pilot episode that he’s “living like there’s no tomorrow ... because there isn’t one,” and typifies Weiner’s version of the perpetually unattainable American Dream. Think Jay Gatsby transplanted 40 years into the future.

Wisecracking vodka-loving SCDP founder, WWII vet and relic of an earlier age of advertising. Having inherited his job from his father, one of the founders of the original Sterling Cooper firm, Roger is complacent in his role as partner and fills his days by drinking, smoking, womanizing and fighting with his twenty-something-yearold trophy wife, Jane.

Pete Campbell (Vincent Kartheiser) Slimy, spoiled, ambitious and manipulative, SCDP account man Pete is somehow still one of the most bafflingly lovable characters on the show. Maybe it’s his penchant for eating cereal on the couch in matching pajama sets or his touchingly respectful relationship with his wife Trudy (Alison Brie), but we just can’t seem to help rooting for weasely Pete.

Bertram “Bert” Cooper (Robert Morse)

Sally Draper (Kiernan Shipka)

The only surviving founding partner of the original Sterling Cooper firm and a founding partner of Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce. An eccentric, avid espouser of Randian Objectivism and a Japanophile, Cooper requires shoelessness in his office and adorns his walls with erotic Japanese art and samurai armor.

The Drapers’ headstrong tween daughter who seems on the verge of a major rebellion against her mother Betty. Due to a combination of “Mad Men”’s stellar writing and Shipka’s startlingly mature acting chops, Sally defies the typical “whiny teenager” trope that brings down so many other shows (I’m looking at you, “Homeland”).

Betty Francis, formerly Draper (January Jones)

Megan Calvet (Jessica Paré)

Don’s icy ex-wife, now remarried to a prominent local politician and possibly even more miserable and emotionally repressed now than she was in her first marriage. Though reviled by some “Mad Men” fans for her bitterness, her childish outbursts and her mothering style which can only be described as neglectful, Betty remains one of the most tragic and fascinating characters on the show.

Don’s beautiful French-Canadian secretary, and, as of the season four finale, his surprise fiancée. Don dumped his high-powered steady girlfriend Dr. Faye Miller after a whirlwind weekend romance in California, during which he fell in love with Megan’s willowy frame and her Maria Von Trapp-like skill with his kids.

Joan Harris, née Holloway (Christina Hendricks) The sexy, savvy and ultra-competent knockout of an office manager uses both her brains and her curves to keep the chaotic Sterling Cooper Draper Price offices in check. Once an unabashedly sexually active single woman on the prowl for a rich husband, Joan is now married to a failed surgeon who, aside from having raped her on at least one occasion, has now enrolled in the army and has deployed to Vietnam. Held back in her job by the misogynistic environment of Madison Avenue, the tragedy underlying Joan’s character is all the more present now that she’s fallen back into an affair with old flame Roger Sterling and is pregnant with, potentially, his child.

Staying overnight may deepen relationships despite odd habits

The cast of “Mad Men” in the season three finale, “Shut the Door.

Have a Seat,” one of the most exciting and essential episodes of the series.

LOVE INTERRUPTED

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For many students, living situations in college offer a respite from living under the reins of parental supervision and are a better place for alone time with your boyfriend or girlfriend than the backseat of your ’97 Honda Civic that’s parked in the park past city curfew. Despite living in a space you can finally call your own, there are parts of you that magically disappear when your partner stays the night.

From nightly acne spot treatment application to a morning alarm that sounds off Rihanna’s “Talk That Talk,” there are some single-life rituals that should remain secret. “Sex and the City’s” Carrie Bradshaw described these often embarrassing and shameful habits best as our “secret single behaviors.” When it comes to staying the night at our partner’s place for the first time, there are parts of us that we prefer to leave behind.

Senior sociology major Georgina Guerrero can’t help but fret over one of her favorite beauty products. As it turns out the price of beauty could also cost her some embarrassment later on.

“Sometimes, I wear false eyelashes on a night when I go out, and I have the worst fear of waking up and finding one laying on the pillow or something,” Guerrero said.

“I can already imagine the reaction my boyfriend would give me if he saw that; he’ll probably pick it up and just be like, ‘What the?’”

As journalism senior Kelli Fuqua looks back at the beginnings of her relationship, she can’t help but shake her head at some of the secret single behaviors that she used to avoid at all costs.

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“I am a nighttime mouth breather, drooler and sleep talker.

It’s not pretty, so at the beginning I made a conscious effort to keep myself awake longer so he didn’t have to witness ‘Sleeping Beastly,’” Fuqua said. “But now, I pass out anywhere and everywhere, slobber be damned.”

Whether it’s the beauty faux pas of wearing your makeup to bed instead of slipping into the sheets makeup-free or forgoing numerous rounds of nightly FIFA on your Xbox, you micro-manage each behavior by judging the risk of appearing unattractive to the person you’re attracted to. While staying the night should be an exciting step in a relationship, the mixture of nerves and hormones places an undeniable pressure to be in “date mode” throughout the night even while you sleep.

As fairly young daters, we often forget that people can still be attracted to us despite our relatively embarrassing antics. Some habits are so gross (like a penchant for blackhead popping), they are better to not discuss; however, most other habits like polar bear pajamas and eating in the show-

er should simply be laughed off.

If you’re willing to progress a relationship by letting your partner spend the night, then you should also be willing to show that person, over time, who you really are.

The more time you spend with your partner, you will realize that not all secret single behavior stays secret. When one of your cringeworthy quirks slips out while spending the night at your boyfriend or girlfriend’s place, don’t pretend like it didn’t happen. Instead, just roll your eyes and laugh it off, because it’s only a matter of time before one of their embarrassing habits slips out too.

The benefits of not taking these potentially shameful habits too seriously range anywhere from sharing overnight pimple cream before bedtime to feeling connected to the person you’re dating in a way that verbal communication can’t achieve. Revealing your secret single behavior doesn’t kill romance, it strengthens it, as you learn to genuinely appreciate your boyfriend or girlfriend for themselves — seemingly unattractive quirks and all.

Warning: This article includes spoilers for the first four seasons of “Mad Men.” With “Mad Men’s” fifth season premiering Sunday, The Daily Texan worked through the first four seasons of AMC’s hit drama and found five essential episodes for catching up.

Season 1, Episode 12 — Nixon Vs. Kennedy — “Mad Men’s” first season gives a lot of screentime over to Don Draper’s secret past, and “Nixon vs. Kennedy” shades in the final details of how Dick Whitman became Don Draper. The episode also gives us a languorous sequence as the office drones watch the results pour in from the titular election that’s filled with the small character details that “Mad Men” does so well. What makes it really memorable is senior partner Bertram Cooper’s (Robert Morse) reaction to an underling’s attempt to blackmail Don with knowledge of his true identity: a terse, characteristically Randian, “Who cares?”

Season 2, Episode 12 — The Mountain King — Season two doesn’t have quite as many striking moments as its peers, but “The Mountain King” is a spectacular episode featuring a transformative performance from Jon Hamm, whose Don Draper has decided to cast away his old life and live out his days as al-

ter ego Dick Whitman. It seems like Hamm is playing an entirely different character here, and it’s startling to see Don so relaxed and friendly. Back in New York, a British company with deep pockets is circling Sterling Cooper, Peggy gets her most triumphant moment to date when she lands her own office, and Joan (Christina Hendricks) is at her most hollow and defeated after a traumatizing encounter with her fiancée in Don’s office.

Season 3, Episode 13 — Shut the Door. Have a Seat. — “Mad Men’s” season finales are unpredictable. The biggest plot developments usually transpire in the penultimate episode, and finales are the denouements, but season three closes with one of the most entertaining episodes “Mad Men” has ever produced. When Sterling, Cooper, Draper and Lane Pryce (Jared Harris) jump ship to start their own agency, Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce, it makes for a gloriously satisfying heist film of a finale. It also gives us one of the sweetest moments in Don and Peggy’s relationship and a sense of excitement and momentum that carries over into season four.

Season 4, Episode 7 — The Suitcase — Up to this point, season four saw Don in a downward spiral as a result of his divorce and his rising star in the advertising world, and all it takes is a long night with protégé Peggy to shake him out of it. “The Suitcase” shrinks the show’s exception-

al ensemble down to just Hamm and Moss for most of its runtime, and the show’s dialogue is at its most crisp and nuanced as they trade barbs and, eventually, Don voluntarily shares part of his past for the first time. “The Suitcase” is probably the finest episode “Mad Men” has ever produced, and it’s because of the painstaking detail that’s gone into creating the Don-Peggy dynamic, the audacity of building an entire episode around the duo and especially Elizabeth Moss’ remarkable performance.

Season 4, Episode 13 — Tomorrowland — Remember how I said “Mad Men” has unpredictable season finales? Well, it’s hard to pick a more shocking plot twist on “Mad Men” than the romance that blossoms between Don and his secretary Megan (Jessica Paré). Throughout the episode, Don is disarmingly happy and honest, even letting his kids in on some of the key Dick Whitman mythology, and audiences get one of his best sales pitches ever when he unexpectedly proposes to Megan one morning. Going into the fifth season, we’re left wondering if this relationship is just Don at his most impulsive or if he’s serious, not to mention the fate of the financially ailing Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce.

Find the Daily Texan’s complete list of essential “Mad Men” episodes at bit.ly/dt_mm_episodes.

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Friday, March 23, 2012 | THE DAILY TEXAN | Katie Stroh, Life&Arts Editor | (512) 232-2209 | dailytexan@gmail.com

MADMEN Premieres Sunday at 8 p.m. on AMC | Created by: Matthew Weiner Starring: Jon Hamm, Christina Hendricks, John Slattery

1960s-based television series to launch fifth season Sunday

Photo courtesy of AMC

Ken Cosgrove (Aaron Staton), Pete Campbell (Vincent Kartheiser) and Trudy Campbell (Alison Brie) in the season 5 premiere of “Mad Men.”

AMC’s exceptional period drama rules prime time television Spoiler alert! The following head before asking, “We’ve been contains spoilers from the “Mad having a grand ol’ time. Where have you been?”

Men” season premiere.

At first, it seems smug and

By Aleksander Chan showy, its acknowledgement of Daily Texan Staff how its world kept living as acIn the wait time between sea- rimonious contract disputes besons of Matthew Weiner’s metic- tween Weiner and AMC kept ulously curated, sumptuous slow the show off the air for more burn “Mad Men,” there has been than a year. And it’s disorienting a profusion of new period dra- at first, to experience the show mas. In the 17 months since we moving up a notch from its usuleft the halls of Sterling Cooper al slow, slow pace; it waltzes Draper Pryce, at least four nota- though rather gracefully.

But this sense of self-assuredble dramas premiered.

None of them, comparatively, ness is a result of a significant demeasure up to “Mad Men” and cision made by its cast of characits strictly high art storytelling. ters: to change. A turning point “The Playboy Club,” “Pan Am” of sorts has been reached in the (the former awful and swiftly show’s series-long mediation and canceled, the latter unremark- negotiation between the characable, inoffensive and stuck in ters’ desires and what is expected network TV renewal limbo) and of them — of who they want to to some extent “Hell on Wheels,” be and who they have to be.

Because of spoiler regulation are too pointed, too obvious and too narrow in their use of our by AMC, those changes can’t be explicitly laid out here, but past as a mirror of our future.

They call too much attention in true Weiner and “Mad Men” to their setting. They are “period style, they are subtle about the dramas;” “Mad Men” is a drama era’s role in motivating those that just so happens to be set in changes. It avoids many peria different time period. The dis- od productions’ pitfall of overtinction is syntactical, a little sil- thinking how big, defining cully (and bracing and pretentious), tural moments affect us; they are rarely direct or specific to but important.

“Downton Abbey” is another the individual.

Instead, “Mad Men” expresses elaborately costumed and painstakingly set designed era drama, developments in 1960 civil rights, but its theater and drama and gender roles and class in slight accents are of the stage. It moves twinges and characters’ incomand breathes, hits its marks and plete understandings. A mundane finds its light like a production conversation about home carpetat the Globe Theatre. There is an ing trends (“Just because you see inherent artfulness to “Downton white carpet in a magazine doesn’t Abbey,” but its art is command- mean you should get it”) and laing and stirring and demands bored canned bean campaigns (“We want beans to appeal to colthat you look at it.

No, “Mad Men” is molded from lege kids — to eat during sit-ins!”) the mind of a maddening savant are the kind of ephemeral details who creates his art as a means of that movements of change actualself-expression, to unearth re- ly render themselves.

So how do we see the perpetupressed pathos and for his own self-amusement; his work is not ally reticent, impatient and quixotic Don Draper change? Instead made for you to like it.

This dialectic manifests it- of downing another Old Fashself with particular zeal in “Mad ioned, lighting another cigarette Men’s” fifth season premiere, a or extolling some impossibly poitwo-hour saunter from frame gnant oratory? He smiles and you to frame that jauntily cocks its believe his happiness.

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Timeless drinks to party like a madman classic drinks is not wearing off,” Brennecke said. “I think they’re actually making a comeback, and From protagonist Don Draper’s it probably has something to do Old Fashioneds to his ex-wife Bet- with ‘Mad Men.’” ty’s Bloody Marys, the retro adulterers on AMC’s “Mad Men” sip on classic cocktails from dusk ‘til dawn. In EASY TIGER’S HEARTY honor of Sunday’s season five pre- BLOODY MARY miere, the Texan met up with staff Aside from its beer specialties, Easy from Haddington’s American Tav- Tiger prides itself on a scotch and ern, The Highball and Easy Ti- whiskey collection. ger to talk timeless drinks and their Amanda Jackson, restaurant manMad Men sensibilities. ager at Easy Tiger, said it is typicalWe’ve included recipes for the ly the knowledgeable customer who classic versions of these retro con- orders these liquors. “They’re expecoctions, but here are some ideas rienced males who are a part of the to update the drinks for your downtown office working group,” modern palate.

Jackson said.

By Elizabeth Hinojos Daily Texan Staff

HADDINGTON’S MODERN MANHATTAN “We try to stay as classic as possible, but we do spin-offs like the Whitfield Porter, which is our version of the Manhattan,” said Haddington’s bartender Bryan McKinney.

The Whitfield Porter is a seasonal drink on the Haddington’s cocktail menu and consists of two parts bourbon for every one part of vermouth and also has different flavored bitters.

The bar changes up the conventional cherry garnish and replaces it with a grapefruit peel.

“Classically, unless a drink has juice in it, you don’t shake it,” McKinney said. “You want to stir the drink until your arm is on fire, that way you don’t bruise the bourbon.”

As for the vermouth, the bar has a specific method for maintenance.

Since the liquor is a wine-based spirit, keeping the bottle fresh requires proper care.

“It’s like drinking a bottle of wine that’s been open for a year and a half: of course it doesn’t taste good,” McKinney said of vermouth that isn’t well cared for.

THE HIGHBALL’S UPDATED OLD FASHIONED “Typically, the classics are a way to cover up the taste of the alcohol,” said Jeff Brennecke, a bartender at The Highball. “People had to make the alcohol during prohibition so they were really not going to wait and taste it.”

That’s why the classic cocktails have simple syrup, different flavors of bitters and mixtures to cover up the strong flavor, Brennecke said.

The Highball does a rendition of Draper’s Old Fashion called the OG. Brennecke said they change up the traditional bourbon with cherry bourbon.

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For a more Betty Draper-themed drink, however, Easy Tiger has recently included a heartier version of a traditional Bloody Mary on their menu.

“We have a house-made Bloody Mary mix made from in-house vegetables,” Jackson said. “We make it with Monopolowa and serve it with a big stick of beef jerky.”

As a garnish, the Bloody Mary is accompanied with a bamboo stick that has pickled vegetables. These range from Brussels sprouts to cauliflower and carrots.

“Mad Men” Classic Cocktails All recipes courtesy of AMC

OLD FASHIONED

INGREDIENTS 2 dashes aromatic bitters ½ tsp sugar dissolved with water and bitters 1½ oz of bourbon 1 cherry 1 orange slice 1 lemon wedge INSTRUCTIONS Fill glass with ice. Add cherry, orange slice and lemon wedge. Pour in bourbon. Serve in a rocks glass over ice.

BLOODY MARY

INGREDIENTS 1½ oz vodka 2 dashes Worcestershire sauce 1 tsp horseradish Tomato or Clamato juice 4 dashes Tabasco sauce Celery salt Fresh ground pepper Salt INSTRUCTIONS Put all ingredients in mixing glass.

Shake briskly. Pour into pint glass over ice. Add a celery branch to garnish.

MANHATTAN

INGREDIENTS 1¾ oz bourbon ¾ oz of sweet vermouth 1 dash of aromatic bitters 1 Maraschino cherry INSTRUCTIONS Pour bitters, liquors over ice in mixing glass. Stir and strain into martini glass. Garnish with a Maraschino cherry.

VODKA GIMLET INGREDIENTS 1½ oz vodka ¾ oz lime juice 3-4 lime slices

INSTRUCTIONS Pour vodka and lime juice into mixing glass. Shake and strain into martini glass. Add 3 to 4 slices of lime.