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UTPD program to target laptop thefts By Jody Serrano Daily Texan Staff
Chances of recovering len laptops may increase year with the launch of a UT program designed to
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campus law enforcement to the perpetrator. Larry Bloom, a UT System police inspector, said he first noticed laptops were among the highest number of reported stolen items across the nine UT af-
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filiated schools last October. At the moment, Bloom said he Bloom said he is working on a is working on finding the right plan in which UT students can software company for this serinstall tracking software on their vice at the most affordable level. computers as an extra precaution More than 200 laptop thefts against theft and hopes to unveil it this fall. LAPTOPS continues on PAGE 2
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Improving job market brings hope for grads on the hunt By Andrew Messamore Daily Texan Staff
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A steadily recovering Central Texas labor market may mean improved job opportunities for this year’s graduating class. According to a report issued last week by the Texas Workforce Commission, more than 20,000 jobs have been created in the Austin area since this time last year. Unemployment
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rates have also continued to fall from 6.8 percent last February to 6.1 percent, well below the national un-
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Enjoy original film and photography by University of Texas graduate students, along with free food and beverages. Cash prizes awarded for best entries, based on audience vote. The event will be held at the 29th Street Ballroom at Spider House and is open to everyone.
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employment rate of 8.3 percent. Except for shrinking government jobs, growth occurred in all 11 sectors of the local economy identified by the report. The largest job creation occurred in leisure and hospitality, and education and health services, which together account for almost 52 percent of the growth in the report. In terms of employing the local population, the largest sectors of the Austin area economy are still information technology at 21 percent, utilities and transportation at 17 percent and professional business services at 15 percent. Mark Lavergne, spokesman for the Texas Workforce Commission, said these were encouraging signs for people looking into the job market, and growth could open positions for students with college degrees. “Just about all of the major indus-
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Nathan Ochoa plays Wednesday afternoon along Airport Boulevard while his mother and other members of The Light of the World church sell Easter eggs and piñatas to raise funds for the church.
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Students give input on Math professor earns Friar Fellowship cycling conflict areas
Iconic Rock singer Kurt Cobain was found dead in his Seattle, Wash. home. Cobain left a suicide note quoting Neil Young’s lyric that its “better to burn out than to fade away.”
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How to Play Werewolf The Madrigal Dinner Committee proudly presents the student-created and produced “Werewolves: A New Musical.” This production tells the story of a small town with a big secret. The production is based off of the card game, Werewolf.
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In order to avoid the sometimes inevitable collision between bikers and pedestrians, a group is working to make UT-Austin a more pedestrian and cyclist friendly campus. UT students gave their input on cyclist and pedestrian interactions yesterday at an interactive mapping event called Mapping Conflicts Areas on Campus, which attempted to identify campus areas of conflict between different modes of transportation, said community and regional planning graduate student Jared Genova. The event was hosted by the UT Safe Cycling Campaign, whose current focus is gathering input and opinions from students in order to make the University more accessible to both pedestrians and cyclists.
Community and regional planning graduate student Beth Rosenbarger led the event and said she, as a researcher in infrastructure and design, along with the UT Safe Cycling Campaign, is hoping to improve campus for cyclists and pedestrians and create a more environmentally sustainable campus. “The University has an opportunity to be known as one of the most excellent cyclist and environmentally friendly campuses in the nation,” Rosenbarger said. “With a campus redesign currently in progress, now is the perfect time to reach our potential.” The event provided multiple ways to gauge University opinion on the good and bad areas for commuting around campus. A large campus map
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A professor’s 9 a.m. calculus class was interrupted when the Longhorn Band playing UT fight songs barged in yesterday to honor the professor and his achievements. A large group of mathematics professor James W. Vick’s friends, coworkers students and members of the Longhorn band gathered outside of Vick’s classroom to present the Friar Centennial Teaching Fellowship, while Vick taught his class, unaware of the coming award reveal. The Longhorn band played “The Eyes of Texas,” and Vick was presented with a handful of orange and white, UT-themed balloons and an oversized cardboard check in the amount of $25,000 to use at his discretion. The Friar Centennial Teaching Fellowship is one of the most prestigious teaching awards on campus. The UT Friar Society presents this award annually to one under-
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Former student government president Natalie Butler congratulates mathematics Professor James Vick for receiving the Friar Centennial Teaching Fellowship Wednesday morning.
graduate professor who demonstrates and an annual award of $25,000, excellence in teaching undergradu- making it the largest faculty award at ates and who contributes to the Uni- the University. versity community. The FCTF has an endowment of more than $500,000 VICK continues on PAGE 2
Blogger, government professor exemplifies foreign policy savvy By Rachel Thompson Daily Texan Staff
Associate government professor Terri Givens teaches two government classes, updates two weekly blogs, runs marathons and insists on holding a family dinner every night. For Givens, interest in foreign policy with a focus on Europe was ingrained in her early on, she said. Givens said she began learning French in middle school and went on to study abroad in France during her undergraduate years at Stanford University. Upon enrolling in graduate school at UCLA, Givens switched her focus from international relations to
domestic politics and began taking German. She now focuses mainly on immigration issues in addition to European domestic politics. Givens was one of 14 professors to attend the Brussels Forum on March 2325, amidst approximately 200 invited House of Representatives members, senators, ambassadors, university professors from around the world and members of the European Union. A focus on Europe was a natural choice for her, Givens said. “Europe has always been fascinating to me,” she said. “I’m continually fascinated by European politics. And the Europeans are equally fascinated
Associate government professor Terri Givens was one of only 14 professors chosen to attend the annual Brussels Forum last month. The attendees of the conference — which numbered approximately 200 — included several policy makers and academics from around the world. Raveena Bhalara Daily Texan Staff
by us, so it’s a two-way street.” Givens, who has attended the forum several times, said the diversity of attendees this year made the event an enriching experience. “It was just this amazing array of people from the EU and the U.S.,” she said. “It’s truly transatlantic in
that they get high-level officials from Congress and business leaders and ambassadors. It was just this amazing experience.” Forum attendees discussed current environmental, economic and political issues, including recent activity in Syria and Afghanistan, as
well as discussions concerning energy issues. Givens said the topics discussed encompassed many of her direct interests as well as other areas of foreign policy. Givens said other leaders from Europe have mixed
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was on display where passersby placed various colored stickers on streets that were either good or bad examples of pedestrian/cyclist interaction. Many participants also took a cyclist survey and wrote their opinions on a comment board. The information gathered will be aggregated and presented at a panel discussion on April 13 in order to plan, design and create bicycle and pedestrian friendly spaces around campus. Music junior Ammon Taylor participated in the interactive mapping and survey and said he cycles to stay healthy, enjoy himself and for many other ethical reasons. “I have a passion for urban design and have come to the realiza-
GIVENS continues from PAGE 1 feelings about the United States but demonstrated major interest in the recent primary elections. “I’d say the most questions I got asked were about the Republican primary situation,” she said. “We had a good congressional delegation there with people from both sides.” The fiscal crisis in Europe was also a major topic of the forum, and Givens said European students are facing a bleaker job market than college students in the U.S., with unemployment rates higher than 40 percent
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Biology senior and Friar Society member Shannon Allport said The Friar Society, established in 1911, is one of the oldest and most prestigious UT honor societies. Allport said Vick was the perfect candidate for the FCTF because he deserves to be recognized for all of his achievements. Vick currently teaches math to undergraduates and is the former vice president of student affairs.
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were reported to campus police at UT System schools between January and November last year, Bloom said, and the UT Police Department received 68 reports of stolen laptops last year. Bloom said he has a background in surveillance and used to track suspect vehicles before he came to work for UT last year.
tion that cars make cities really shitty,” Taylor said. Having commuted exclusively by bicycle for six years, Taylor said he thinks the most dangerous place on campus for pedestrians and cyclists is on 24th Street near Speedway and the Tower. “I have seen bikes hit pedestrians in this area numerous times,” he said. “Pedestrians, especially those who text while crossing the street, need to be more aware and watch where they are going, and bicyclists should slow down and take better notice of their surroundings.” Advertising junior John Aquino said he mainly walks to class and there are times when he crosses the street and cyclists do not stop at all. “They sometimes even ride on the actual sidewalks,” Aquino said. “Don’t get me wrong, there are good cyclists out there, but many need to read up on the laws and rules concerning bike usin Spain. “I tell my students they’re lucky they’re not in Europe,” she said. “It’s horrible for young people there because unemployment rates are really high. If you want to stay in your home country, it’s really hard right now.” To keep up with current foreign policy issues during the year, Givens keeps two blogs and uses them in class to generate straightforward information for her students. “I try to condense things down to a readable format,” she said. “Since I’m actively engaged in these issues, it’s easy for me to see the interconnectedness, but I want to be able to write that out in a way that is understandable for the average person.”
“The decision was not hard at all,” Allport said. “Dr. Vick has always been and always will be an outstanding member of the UT community.” Math and economics senior Mariana Fanous nominated Vick for the award and said she first met him as a freshman in M 408D, a calculus sequence that Vick teaches. At first, Vick was just Fanous’s calculus professor, but as she began to visit him in office hours and listen to his speeches at various events, she began to have a deeper respect for Vick. Fanous said Vick has spoken at Tejas Coffee and Spirit and Tra-
Should the program be offered, UTPD will work with the company tracking the device to recover it. He said he did an impromptu survey on campus last year and asked about 20 students if they felt laptop theft was a problem and if they would be interested in a tracking software. According to his survey many students said their laptops had cost between $200 and $1,500 and affirmed they would be interested in purchasing the software. “No matter how good I think a
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age on campus.” Civil engineering senior Aloysha King said he chooses to ride bikes to and from campus because it is a fun, efficient way of commuting that allows him to be more environmentally conscious and reduce his carbon footprint. King said Speedway is a major conflict area for cyclists and pedestrians, especially on weekdays during the hours of 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. “People are walking down Speedway in both directions, and cyclists don’t seem to have a designated path,” King said. “That confusion added with the construction going on makes it a lot harder to commute for both parties.” Rosenbarger said cycling can sometimes be intimidating for newcomers who have never cycled in urban areas. The best way to get accustomed to cycling is by riding in groups and with In the classroom, Givens said, curiosity is the one thing she strives to instill in her students. “I tell them at the beginning of the semester, ‘I don’t care what your perspective is, I just want to show you how interesting things are out there,’” she said. “I want students to be able to go to a cocktail reception and have an intelligent conversation about these issues.” European studies senior Abigail Rakkar said she chose professor Givens to help her with a research paper for her major because of Givens’ extensive knowledge in the area. “Dr. Givens is really personal,” Rakkar said. “She’s really smart and open-minded without
ditions Council meetings on topics such as how the University came together after the 1966 Tower shooting and the need for a freshman seminar class, which ultimately led to Vick founding freshman signature courses. Vick was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2008, a disorder of the brain that leads to shaking and difficulty with walking, movement and coordination. He was honored at last years Pancakes for Parkinson’s, an annual event that promotes awareness of Parkinson’s disease, she said. Vick has participated in multiple campus
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The UT Safe Cycling Campaign hosted an event Wednesday afternoon to gather input from students to better bicycle safety on campus.
people who know how cycling around campus works, she said. The UT Safe Cycling Campaign is in the process of implementing a cyclist/pedestrian edbeing intimidating.” Givens also mentors both undergraduates and graduate students because she said her own personal mentors helped push her to success at the beginning of her career and hopes to offer her own students that push in the right direction. “I was a first generation college student, so I didn’t have any role models in my family,” she said. “But I’ve been lucky to have great mentors along the way, so I want to turn around and pay it forward to others.” Outside of her life at UT, Givens has two young sons and said she plays many roles during the day. “I come in and teach, do some writing in the afternoon and im-
plan initiatives, which help advance the University’s culture and community engagement. “Dr. Vick’s participation in Pancakes for Parkinson’s resonated with me the most because the experiences he shared about the disease and event were so heartfelt and genuine,” Fanous said. “I was impressed and inspired by all of his fabulous achievements.” As he accepted his cardboard check, Vick said The Friar Society has done many great things. “This is terrific and means more to me than I can say,” Vick said. “UT
program could be, if the students don’t think it has value it’s not any good,” Bloom said. Individuals caught stealing can face anything from a Class C misdemeanor, which results from stealing an item valued at less than $20, to a Class A misdemeanor for stealing an item valued at $500 or more. Class A charges will result in a fine and one year jail time. Bloom said one of the challenges with this service is figuring out how to promote it to students and parents. In addition, the plan would involve a service contract between the student and the company.
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Austin is a great university because of things that happen here with many people around you who are intelligent, excited and willing to give.” Looking out to the crowd of students, friends and faculty, Vick said, “You’re the reason why I’m here.” Vick sent out many thanks to all who support him and those who attended his surprise award reveal. “The last time someone barged into my classroom like this was for my 40th birthday,” Vick said as laughter filled the classroom. “He was holding a clarinet and wearing a turkey suit.”
UTPD officer Roberto Gonzalez said the most commonly reported stolen items on campus include laptops, bikes, cell phones and wallets. He said most of these incidents occur because students leave the items unattended in places like Gregory Gym. UTPD implemented an ongoing program to track and catch bike thieves last year with “bait bikes.” With this program, UTPD placed bikes with a GPS tracker in many areas on campus and receive an alert if the bike has been moved. The bait bike program is different from Bloom’s proposed program because UTPD dispatch
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longings no matter where they were stolen. Williams said he would be very interested in a program that would track his belongings. He also said although it is a tracking software, he does not consider it an invasion of privacy. “It wouldn’t be an invasion of privacy if it was an optional fee or something students could opt in to,” Williams said. “You’re giving the option and you take the option if you want.”
of the highest number of graduates each year, said Jamie Brown, spokesperson for the Office of Student Financial Services. Almost 90 percent of those students will want to find a job or attend graduate school shortly after graduation, said Michael Powell, director of the Engineering Career Assistance Center. “A number of our students will wind up finding employment in Austin, roughly a quarter of them,” Powell said. “Certainly last year and this year the market improved for jobs.” Due to job shortages following the onset of the 2008 recession, offers for graduating engineering students suffered to their lowest level during the 2009-2010 school year, Powell said. “The job market has improved quite a bit since then,” Powell said. “Recruiting for engineering students went up about 20 percent last year, and we are continuing to see increases from last fall.” Moore said companies that come to Austin usually have very large pools of possible employees, and have the option of hiring candidates aside from students. “The best way to open up jobs for technology students is for companies to see internships as learning experiences and for opening up networking,” Moore said. “Knowing people who can put a good word in for you goes a long way.”
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CANBERRA, Australia — The first detachment of 200 U.S. Marines has arrived in northern Australia, where a permanent joint training hub is taking shape as part of a U.S. shift of military strength in the Asia-Pacific region. In November, the United States and Australia announced plans to send more U.S. military aircraft to Australia and to rotate up to 2,500 Marines through the northern city of Darwin to better protect American interests across Asia. Prime Minister Julia Gillard said the rotation will not include heavy equipment, vehicles or aircraft. Defense Minister Stephen Smith rejected analysis that the closer military ties between Australia and the United States, Australia’s most important security ally, are a response to the growing military assertiveness of China, Australia’s most important trading partner.
NEW ORLEANS — Five former New Orleans police officers were sentenced Wednesday to prison terms for their roles in deadly shootings of unarmed residents in the chaotic days after Hurricane Katrina, with the judge lashing out at prosecutors for two hours on their handling of the case. Police shot six people at the Danzinger Bridge on Sept. 4, 2005, killing two, less than a week after Katrina made landfall. To make the shootings appear justified, officers conspired to plant a gun, fabricate witnesses and falsify reports. The case became the centerpiece of the Justice Department’s push to clean up the troubled New Orleans Police Department. Kenneth Bowen, Robert Gisevius, Anthony Villavaso and Robert Faulcon were convicted of federal firearms charges that carried mandatory minimum prison sentences of at least 35 years. Retired Sgt. Arthur “Archie” Kaufman, who was assigned to investigate the shootings, was convicted of helping orchestrate the cover-up. Faulcon, who was convicted on charges in both fatal shootings, faces the stiffest sentence of 65 years. Bo-
Judge’s convictions investigated after drug addiction discovered KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A finding that a Tennessee judge was high on prescription pills during the last two years of his career is calling into question convictions in many of the criminal cases he handled. The outcome could overwhelm the court system in Knox County with cases that must be retried. An investigative file on former Knox County Judge Richard Baumgartner says he bought pills during courtroom breaks and traded pills for sex in his chambers. Another judge has already overturned several convictions based on the investigation, ordering new trials in one of the city’s most notorious killings. Prosecutors say Baumgartner presided over more than 1,000, cases his last two years on the bench. He pleaded guilty to one count of official misconduct last year.
Susan Bartholemew, whose arm was shot off by New Orleans police, listens as prosecutors speak outside Federal Court after sentences were handed down in the case in New Orleans, on Wednesday. Five former New Orleans police officers were sentenced Wednesday to prison terms ranging from six to 65 years for their roles in deadly shootings of unarmed residents in the chaotic days after Hurricane Katrina.
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wen and Gisevius each face 40 years, while Villavaso was sentenced to 38. Kaufman received a sentence of six years. Afterward, U.S. District Judge Kurt Engelhardt accused prosecutors of cutting overly lenient plea deals
CAIRO — The head of Egypt’s constitutional assembly said Wednesday the committee will forge ahead with its work despite appeals from liberals, Christians and others who walked out in protest against the Islamist domination of the panel. The walkouts are angry that the Islamist majority parliament appointed a panel that they say is not representative of minorities and other political factions. The makeup of the 100-member
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entitled to dominate the process. Critics said that the constitution’s legitimacy could be threatened if the views of those who are boycotting the process — representatives of minorities, women, religious institutions and political factions — are left out. — The Associated Press
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A lack of coordination The state’s critiquer-in-chief, the Sunset Advisory Commission, issued its verdict on the state’s chief higher education overseer — and the results weren’t pretty. Late last month, the commission issued a report that skewered the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board for its institutionalized mismanagement and isolated approach to policy decisions. In one key example of the board’s lack of transparency, non-members may not speak at a meeting without first formally requesting permission before the meeting itself — thereby relying on the “savvy” of the general public to navigate the board’s bureaucracy simply to voice their opinions. Even worse, the commission found that “fear of retaliation” prevented many of the board’s naysayers from bothering to engage in the cumbersome process. In his response to the report, board commissioner Raymund Paredes, writing on behalf of the entire board, agreed with the characterization that the board’s limited input “hinder[s] its ability” to successfully promote Texas higher education. The inclusion of the public in the board’s meetings will, according to Paredes, begin this month — though there are lingering questions as to why a government report was necessary to change the policy at all. The commission’s review also scrutinized the board’s near-obsessive focus on Closing the Gaps — a board program that aims to bring Texas universities to parity with those in other large states — as a paradoxical commitment that “impedes … strategic management of its own operations.” By adopting Closing the Gaps as its defining mantra, the board was able to simultaneously pontificate about the value of a college degree while leaving college students out to dry. The board came under scrutiny in December for making a jarring miscalculation in TEXAS Grant allocations, leaving UT students who rely on the scholarship $3.2 million short, collectively. Now, the board is under renewed scrutiny for the deficiencies of its BOn-Time loan program. The program, which provides a forgivable loan for qualifying students who graduate within four years, has a 22-percent default rate, which is twice that of the federal student loan default rate in Texas. One of the implicit goals of B-On-Time, along with one of the goals of Closing the Gaps, is to increase the four-year graduation rate of the state’s universities. The focus on pushing students in and out of the college pipeline has found support in key leaders from state legislators to UT itself. Organizations such as the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board exist because of an overarching goal to unite differing groups under the banner of advancing higher education and, as the commission concluded, should be preserved. But one of the fundamental problems of the board is its worrisome abdication of that mission. Texas legislators rely on the board for leadership; universities rely on the board for its guidelines; and, most importantly, students rely on the board for guardianship of their education.
Prescribing a healthy debate By Kayla Oliver Daily Texan Columnist
March 28 marked the end of oral arguments at the Supreme Court over the constitutionality of the 2010 Affordable Care Act. The lawsuit filed by Texas and 25 other states questions the legality of several of the act’s provisions, including the individual mandate — a stipulation that would require most Americans to purchase health insurance — and the expansion of the Medicaid system. Although deliberation has already begun behind closed doors, the court is not expected to release its decisions until this summer. The case’s outcome holds serious consequences. Though neither attorneys nor judges mentioned President Barack Obama’s name during the oral arguments, it is tacitly acknowledged that the outcome of November’s presidential election rests in part on the court’s ruling. Obama has built much of his political clout on the Affordable Care Act, and the degree to which his ideas are implemented is sure to color his legacy as president. The court’s decision will also affect college students, who, under the Affordable Care Act, would be allowed to stay on their parents’ insurance plan until age 26. This would allow them to defer worries about health insurance until a few years after college and would free them from the pressure to accept their first job offer out of a need for medical coverage. In addition, the government-sponsored insurance plans would cover preventive care such as cancer screenings and checkups and
would not discriminate against those with preexisting conditions. Still, the provision of quality health care for all Americans should not come at the expense of our Constitution. The court’s task — and the task that all politically responsible Americans should attempt — is to separate ideology from legality. First, and almost comically, the court must decide whether to honor the Anti-Injunction Act of 1876, a rather obscure rule that blocks lawsuits against a tax before that tax has been paid. If the court upholds the act, the lawsuit will be thrown out altogether since the tax in question — the penalty for Americans who do not purchase health insurance — will not be levied until 2014. However, it appears that in this case the justices will ignore or skirt around the Anti-Injunction Act. The court must also address the Affordable Care Act’s most contentious tenet, the individual mandate to purchase health insurance. The act’s defenders claim that the mandate falls within the scope of federal power under the commerce clause, which gives Congress the power to regulate interstate trade. Since health insurance interactions frequently cross state boundaries, it seems reasonable to cite health care as an instance of interstate commerce governable under the Constitution. Critics, on the other hand, find the mandate an unconstitutional extension of federal power. Judging by the amount of time the court devoted to arguments over the mandate, there is a real chance that several of the justices — particularly the court’s five conservatives — will deem
it unconstitutional. Finally, the states that filed the suit claim that the act’s threat that states must accept a Medicaid expansion program or lose all of their Medicaid funding amounts to coercion. However, those states have conveniently ignored the fact that “the federal government ... expanded Medicaid several times in the past 30 years under the same exact terms with no constitutional objections from the states,” an argument the liberal justices made many times, according to Forbes. This recent conservative anxiety over the alleged aggression of the federal government may help explain the vehement opposition to the individual mandate as well. Considering this precedent, it is unlikely that the court will rule against the Medicaid expansion. However, if it finds the individual mandate unconstitutional, the justices must then decide if the act can stand without the mandate. This question of “severability” has met with various responses among the justices, but it is clear that an act aiming to provide universal health care would be crippled without the provision that mandates the universal purchase of that care. The justices are sure to reach differing decisions that will be complex and contradictory, but the ultimate fate of the Affordable Care Act has financial and medical implications for all Americans. Now that the health care debate has reached the nation’s highest court, it is time for us all to temporarily shelve ideological arguments in favor of a rational discussion of the act’s constitutionality. Oliver is an English and sociology freshman.
A long way from Chicago By Melissa Suran Daily Texan Guest Columnist
If you travel about 1,000 miles north, you’ll find yourself in Obamaville, more commonly known as The Windy City or Chicago, my hometown. It’s not a secret that many Northerners are a tad bit skeptical of anything south of I-80. Nevertheless, I decided to take a chance and move to Texas to attend one of the best universities in the country with the best weather — a Chicago winter makes Anchorage, Alaska, look like a tropical paradise. Luckily, Austin turned out to be everything that I had hoped for and more, especially when it came to the weather. But even on the sunniest of days, after taking frantic notes during lectures, teaching labs and working on publishable research and theories that are probably anything but ground-breaking, many of us graduate students enjoy relaxing at home and indulging in the little pleasures of life. As per usual, I came home late one night and turned on the TV before going to bed. “King of the Hill” was on, and in this episode, the main character, Hank Hill, made a deal to sell propane to a Renaissance Faire in Texas. Hank’s wife, Peggy, becomes involved with the Faire as well, but is forced into “female-appropriate” jobs, all of which have titles ending in “wench.” At the end of the episode, Peggy leads a suffragette movement more than 300 years before its time. As a female pursuing a Ph.D. in journalism, I reflected on the fact that even 100 years ago, I would not have had this amazing opportunity.
Reuters features a census from 1911 that indicates only 70 women — nationally — were regarded as reporters, journalists or editors at the time. Journalism was traditionally a man’s job and female journalists like Nellie Bly, one of the first female investigative-reporters, had to go great lengths to prove she was just as capable as any man of writing hard news. And according to a reComparison. com article, women only accounted for 30 percent of college graduates with journalism degrees as late as in the 1970s. Moreover, as most moviebuffs can tell you, if you watch Will Ferrell’s “Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy,” you can see a satirized glimpse into the world of broadcast news back in the 1970s, which was not the easiest time for a woman to break into the field. UT, which opened its doors in 1883, graduated its first female doctorate-recipient in 1916. Now, in 2011, five out of the eight doctoral students in my cohort are women. And out of those five women, one is African-American, one is Taiwanese and another is Chinese. The diversity embraced not only here on campus but also in American society is a beautiful thing. None of this is uncommon knowledge. But sometimes we forget how fortunate we are, not only to pursue our passions no matter our sex, skin color or religious creed, but we are also lucky that cities like Chicago and Austin exist. As the late Congresswoman Barbara Jordan once stated, “Do not call for black power or green power. Call for brain power.” Suran is a journalism graduate student.
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Thursday, April 5, 2012 Luis Soberon performs in front of Gregory Gym Wednesday evening as part of the Jamnesty event hosted by Amnesty International. The event focused on raising awareness for those in poverty who live in areas contaminated by oil companies.
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Throug h music and public speaking, students petitioned Wednesday night for the removal of a 2012 Olympic sponsor responsible for a 1984 tragedy. UT’s first Jamnesty featured two speakers as well as two musical acts. The event, held on Gregory Plaza from 6 to 10 p.m. on Wednesday, was hosted by UT’s chapter of Amnesty International, which is a global organization dedicated to enforcing a standard for human rights worldwide. Jamnesty emphasized Amnesty International’s Demand Dignity Campaign, which focuses on giving voice to those in poverty who are at a higher risk of having food and water contaminated by oil companies, according to the Amnesty International website. Petitions available at Jamnesty allowed students to support the removal of Dow Chemical as a 2012 Olympic sponsor because of their direct in-
volvement in the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy, which resulted in more than 20,000 deaths and more than 200,000 affected by chemical leaks in Bhopal, India. Additional petitions moved to have Shell compensate victims of the 2008 oil spill in the Niger Delta. French senior and Amnesty International president Anne Kuhnen said the event provided a call to action for students to become educated about issues affecting human rights. “Demand Dignity is about social, economic and cultural rights, which are access to food, education, health care and housing,” Kuhnen said. “Jamnesty deals with those issues, specifically regarding adequate housing and the right to a clean water source.” Amnesty International is the largest human rights organization in the world, with millions of supporters from around the globe, said sociology junior and Amnesty International treasurer Ian Bratcher.
“It started on behalf of what we call prisoners of conscience, which are people who are arrested and detained for their beliefs,” Bratcher said. “It’s spread through the years to address human rights issues throughout the world. We’re trying to be advocates for people who are kind of left behind by the system at large, and get them empowered so they can fight their own battles.” The event featured musical performances by Robot Williams, Luis Soberon and Wise Child. Bratcher said the concert atmosphere allowed Amnesty International to reach more students in order to spread awareness even further. “It’s mainly an awareness event,” Bratcher said. “I figured having a concert would be a good way to get people gathered around to hear about these issues. The more people we get mobilized and educated, the more we can do to change things.” Journalism professor Robert Jensen was one of the speakers at
Jamnesty, and gave a talk about the importance of corporate accountability in fighting these human right issues. “The focus on the routine human rights abuses and environmental degradation that results from the modern corporation is crucial to understanding contemporary politics and economics,” Jensen said. “Students are right to follow that, and they’re doing it in the context of a worldwide human rights organization. It’s exactly what we should be doing at a university, and I’m happy to be a part of it.” Students who were initially attracted by the musical performances were able to become interested in Amnesty International’s causes, said government freshman Nicholas Vasquez. “You can always use music to get a point across, and now [these issues] are something definitely worth looking at for me,” Vasquez said. “I’d like to get more educated.”
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Rangers reloading, seeking first title By Ryan Haddox Daily Texan Staff
Spring training has come to a close and the Texas Rangers are taking aim at finishing a job they came within inches of finishing last October. In 2011, the Rangers roared through the regular season, posting a franchise best 96 wins and winning the American League West by a monstrous 10 games. After a bumpy start to the American League Division Series against the Tampa Bay Rays, the Rangers turned it around, taking the series in four games. They rolled through the Tigers in the American League Championship Series and returned to the World Series for a second consecutive season. After a titillating series with the Cardinals in the Fall Classic, the Rangers found themselves a single strike away from taking the throne on two separate occasions, before conceding the series in the seventh game in heart-wrenching fashion. Now, the Rangers open 2012 hoping to finish the job once and for all. It’s mostly familiar faces returning for the Rangers, but a busy winter has lead to a few changes heading into the new campaign. Texas returns everyone from the most potent lineup in all of baseball a season ago, but there is a new face in the rotation. 2011 opening day starter and All-Star pitcher C.J. Wilson went Benedict Arnold on the Rangers in the offseason, inking a five-year deal with the rival Angels and leaving a big void in the pitching staff. In his place steps Japanese phenom Yu Darvish, who at the ripe age of 25 has more accolades to his name than most American pitchers will see in a career.
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Darvish did not come cheap, as the Rangers had to post $51 million just for the right to negotiate with the 6-foot-5 righthander. After a month of negotiating, the Rangers finally signed Darvish to a six-year, $60 million deal in hopes of his past success translating abroad. Darvish was not the only impactful pitcher the Rangers signed in the offseason. After blowing the save in game six of the World Series, the Rangers decided it was time for closer Neftali Feliz to try his hand in the starting rotation. His replacement is former Twins closer Joe Nathan, who comes to Arlington with a career 89 percent save percentage, good for second all-time in the history of baseball. Nathan was robbed of his 2010 season with Tommy John surgery, and had a lackluster return in the first half of 2011. The second half was more telling as Nathan returned to form, and the Rangers are hoping he can reclaim his perch atop the closing elite. The Rangers enter the new season as a favorite to return to the World Series again, but the path to the top got a bit murkier since baseball last convened. The Tigers added slugger Prince Fielder to their deep lineup. The Angels added arguably the best hitter in the game in Albert Pujols, along with the aforementioned Wilson to a rotation that was already considered one of the best in baseball. Everyone in baseball knows the Rangers are going to slug with the best of ’em. If Darvish can fill the void left by Wilson and Derek Holland can continue his emergence as a frontline Paul Sancya (top) Jim Cowsert (bottom) | Associated Press starter, the Rangers will be in The Rangers’ newly-acquired pitcher Yu Darvish (top) carried a hefty price tag for teams wanting to sign fine shape to make another deep him this offseason. Astros catcher Jason Castro (bottom) is finally healthy and ready to contribute in Houston. postseason run.
Pennant race wide open in 2012 By Chris Hummer Daily Texan Columnist
Opening day: It’s a special time of year. Hot dog vendors are open for business, employees everywhere are calling in sick to work and fathers and sons are making lifelong memories watching their favorite team begin the season anew.
All 30 teams start with a clean slate, and ever y fan believes their team has a shot to be competing in October — yes, even Cubs fans. That dream of reaching the postseason became even more real this season, as the MLB added an extra wild card slot, meaning that five teams from each league make the playoffs instead of four. But realistically, there are
only a few teams from the National League and the American League that have a shot at a ring each fall. The American League is wide open, with up to six teams with real pennant aspirations. Offseason moves have altered the landscape of the league, and the balance of power has shifted to the AL with the moves of a pair of su-
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Opening weekend pitching matchups Red Sox @ Tigers
Friday no game
Saturday Beckett vs. Fisher
Sunday Buchholz vs. Scherzer
Yankees @ Rays
Sabathia vs. Shields
Kuroda vs. Price
Hughes vs. Hellickson
Royals @ Angels
Chen vs. Weaver
Hochevar vs. Haren
Sanchez vs. Wilson
Cardinals @ Brewers
Gallardo vs. Garcia
Greinke vs. Wainwright
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Sophomore pitcher Nathan Thornhill (36) throws a pitch in a recent game. Thornhill has take over for Taylor Jungmann as the Longhorns’ ace pitcher.
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Astros undergo overhaul, still among league’s worst By Sarah Beth Purdy Daily Texan Staff
Opening day is upon us and the Houston Astros will be celebrating their 50th anniversary when they take on the Colorado Rockies on April 6 at Minute Maid Park. Last season the Astros went 56-106 and finished last in the National League. The Astros have named five pitchers to the opening rotation. Left handers Wandy Rodriguez and J.A. Happ, along with right hander Bud Norris, return from last season’s main rotation. Rodriguez and Norris will serve as the backbone of the pitching staff.
Last season Rodriguez turned in a season ERA of 3.49 with 7.82 strikes and 3.25 walks per nine innings pitched. He also pitched an impressive 191 innings last season which should help keep the bullpen fresh. Rodriguez is also the only player or coach who remains from the Astro’s 2005 World Series squad. Norris’s fastball has helped keep him in the starting position, and while it has slowed to around 93 mph, his control in the past two seasons has kept it effective. He turned in a 3.77 ERA last season. Happ did not have an impressive 2011 season. Late in the
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Thornhill settles into role as ace By Christian Corona Daily Texan Staff
Four years ago yesterday, Taylor Jungmann and Nathan Thornhill squared off in an epic pitcher’s duel. Jungmann, a senior at Georgetown High School, and Thornhill, a sophomore at Cedar Park, each threw three-hitters in a District 16-5A clash in 2008. Neither pitcher surrendered a run in the first six innings but Jungmann came through with the game’s only RBI, getting the decisive hit off of Thornhill in the top of the seventh inning as Georgetown triumphed, 1-0. Both Jungmann and Thornhill would go on to become aces of the Longhorns pitching staff — Jungmann a year ago and Thorn-
hill this season. “He definitely gave me a lot of grief for that when he was here,” Thornhill said. “That game and the second time around he got game-winning hits.” The 12th overall pick in last year’s MLB draft, Jungmann was given a $2.525 million signing bonus by the Milwaukee Brewers. Jungmann went 13-3 with a 1.60 ERA as a junior last year en route to winning the Dick Howser Award for being college baseball’s best player and helping Texas reach the College World Series. He left big shoes to fill for Thornhill, who is 3-2 with a 3.52 ERA this year. Thornhill will take the mound when Texas takes on Texas Tech Thursday evening in Lubbock. “I have just as much confi-
dence in Nathan as I did in Taylor,” said sophomore catcher Jacob Felts, who has extensive experience with both Thornhill and Jungmann. “He can throw all of his pitches in any counts that he wants to. He’s got command with all his pitches.” Last year, Thornhill was primarily used as a middle reliever with Jungmann, Cole Green and Sam Stafford making up the Longhorns’ rotation, and freshman Corey Knebel establishing himself as the team’s closer. In 22 appearances and 38 innings, Thornhill went 3-0 with a 1.89 ERA while striking out 38 and walking only six. However, this season Thornhill was thrust into the role of ace pitcher and
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SPORTS BRIEFLY Florida Relays full of Longhorns, outdoor season officially begins
The Florida Relays will commence April 6-7 at Percy Beard Track with high school events this morning, but the first Texas athlete will take the field at noon. After placing in the middle of the pack last weekend, sophomore Bertha Sencherey will try to set the standards high from the get-go in the discus throw. Freshman Morgan Snow will be the sole runner for UT in the 100-meter hurdles — the first University event of the meet. Snow, the only Longhorn to compete in the event so far this season, finished 14th at the Texas Relays with the fastest time by any female freshman. In the 400-meter dash, sophomore Briana Nelson — who ran anchor in Saturday’s victorious 4x400-meter relay team—will look to continue her reign as Texas’ fastest 400-meter runner, a title she earned in last year’s outdoor season with a time of 23.69. Joining Nelson will be senior Stacey-Ann Smith and junior Alicia Peterson who, despite competing last weekend in the 400-meter hurdles and the high jump, has yet to run the race outdoors this year. At 3:00 p.m., Texas’ participation in the meet will shift focus to field events, starting with the polevault. While Natasha Masterson will attempt to raise herself high enough to trump her freshman-year personal best of 4.20-meters, just two inches short of the all-time school record, senior Jessica Doyle will need to focus on recovering from her last-place performance at the Texas Relays. The last running event of the Florida Relays for UT will be the 200-meter Invite at 5:35 p.m. on Friday. Christy Udoh, Allison Peter and Chalonda Goodman — the Longhorns who are scheduled to compete in the event — also ran legs for the Texas team in Saturday’s 4x200-meter relay finals, a race in which UT was held to second place due to a botched baton exchange.
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perstar first basemen to the AL — Prince Fielder to the Tigers and Albert Pujols to the Angels. The usual subjects in the AL East will be in contention: New York, Boston and Tampa Bay, each of which has loaded pitching staffs and dangerous lineups. The AL Central on the other hand should be clear-cut, as the Tigers have the reigning AL MVP Justin Verlander and a scary onetwo combination of Fielder and Miguel Cabrera in their lineup. The AL West is top-heavy this season with the two-time AL defending champs, the Texas Rangers, returning the most potent lineup in baseball while adding Japanese import Yu Darvish to lead the rotation. The Angels also made a splash, inching closer to the Rangers with the signing of the best player in the game, Pujols, and adding former Ranger C.J. Wilson to an already stacked rotation. In the National League, the picture is just as murky. Perennial powers like the Phillies and World Series champions the Cardinals each lost key pieces this offseason, and each have questions about
their ability to score runs. The other two playoff teams from last season, the Brewers and the Diamondbacks, aren’t exactly sure things, either. The Brewers lost their hefty star slugger in the offseason, and they will have to contend with the hard charging Cardinals and Reds for the NL Central crown. Arizona, a young squad, has questions whether it can repeat its success of last season while continuing to improve. The Diamondbacks will also have to deal with a talented San Francisco team that returns stud catcher Buster Posey from injury. That’s without even mentioning the Miami Marlins or the Atlanta Braves, two very improved teams that will be players in the race for the postseason. While it’s tough to predict what will happen 162 games down the road, that’s part of the beauty of opening day. Everyone is even in the standings, and the broad picture is still fuzzy. So, baseball fans sit back and enjoy the American classic that is opening day. Besides, how many Nam Y. Huh | Associated Press other days of the year can Cubs Wrigley Field, home to the Chicago Cubs since 1916, will host yet another Opening Day game this afternoon when the Cubs take on the fans say they were in first? Washington Nationals. Stephen Strasburg returns from surgery to pitch for the Nationals, while the Cubs will give Ryan Dempster the nod.
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Friday starter just his second season at Texas. “He has [become a leader], not only vocally but from a performance standpoint, too,” Felts said. “Whenever we were struggling there for a little bit, he was out there on the mound battling his butt off and a lot guys picked up on that and stepped up behind him.” Thornhill has made seven starts this season, with the first and the last arguably being the best. In the Longhorns’ first contest of the year, the sophomore hurler tossed five scoreless innings against Duke and highlyregarded pro pitching prospect Marcus Stroman in a 4-0, seveninning win. Thornhill was sharp again last Friday in a 13-3 victory over Cal at the Dell Diamond in Round Rock, allowing five hits and two earned runs over seven innings while striking out five and walking none. The outing marked the second time this year that Thornhill had given up less day, month day, 2008
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the anchor of the Astro’s struggling line up. Lee finished with a .275 batting average, a teamhigh 18 home runs, and a teamhigh 94 RBIs. Right fielder Brian Bogusevic is also expected to help Lee out at the plate. The former pitcher hit .287 in 2011, but Bogusevic is inconsistent at best against left-handed pitchers. In addition to trading their top hitters, the Astros also traded their fastest base runners. In 105 games, Bourn stole 39 bases and, after being traded to Atlanta, went on to finish the league with the highest number of stolen bases. Outfielder Jason Bourgeois, who was second on the team in stolen bases, was traded to the Royals in the offseason. They are expected to finish about the same in 2012 as they did in 2011 due to the lack of incoming talent. The 2011 season was the first in franchise history where a squad lost more than 100 games, a statistic that most want to forget. Hopefully the offseason was enough to start the rebuilding process for the Astros as they play their last year in the National League.
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Last season’s pitching staff ranked 15th in walks given up and 14th in hits given up and owned a team ERA of 4.55, lowest in the National League. The two most productive hitters on the roster last season, outfielders Hunter Pence and Michael Bourn, both were traded at the end of the season. Jason Bourgeois returns to the 2012 Astros with the highest batting average from 2011 which was .294. The offense as a whole scored 615 runs, less than the major league average of 694, and was the second straight season under 700. Only four teams had less production at the plate. Despite this dismal statistic, the 2011 Astros looked pretty good on paper. They ranked first in the NL in doubles, fourth in batting average, and third in total hits. However, they also ranked 15th (out of 16) in home runs and 13th in runs scored. The lack of runs is what hurt last season’s squad. In the offseason, the Astros only traded out and not in, as far as hitters go. First baseman Carlos Lee will return to the plate as
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Thursday, April 5, 2012 started crowd surfing towards the front,” said Mayanja. “Those of us at the front would throw them right into the security guards.”
Senior nursing major Vanessa Ma- Tech N9ne yanja hopes that Childish GambiDebuting back in 1999 with no’s show will be as wild as his Fun Fun Fun Fest performance. “Dur- his first full-length album, The ing his set, the crowd went crazy and Calm Before the Storm, rapper
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SOUL continues from PAGE 10 “I wanted to put together a band with a classic soul sound,” Keith said. “I already had a few original songs written to start with that were rooted in soul music from the ’60s. Eventually, we blended our different influences together and created a more modern edge to our sound.” Shortly after meeting guitarist Jonathon Zemek, Keith took to Craigslist to assemble Soul Track Mind’s current lineup: Michael Mancuso (bass), Sammy P (keys), Zach Buie (trumpet), Douglas Leveton (drums) and Benjamin George (saxophone). With the band intact, Soul Track Mind released their first full-length
debut, Ghost of Soul, back in August of 2010. The album received praise from Austin 360 and Texas Music Magazine for its nostalgic ’60s and ’70s R&B sound. For example, “I Get My Groove From You,” evokes Motown pop sound with its luscious melodies, while “Little Red Heart” is reminiscent of lonely soulman Smokey Robinson. The group truly struts their stuff live — Keith becomes a dancing machine, moving his hips and snapping his fingers to Leveton’s rocking drums. George and Buie toot their horns with punchy bravado, bobbing their heads with such devotion you can’t help but do the same. It’s easy to get overcome by their upbeat, dance-friendly energy, clapping, hollering and knee-slapping until the very end of their set. “We continue to get better and
Tech N9ne has released 11 studio albums since then, picking up a devoted fan base and multiple collaborations with artists like Lil’ Wayne and Andre 3000 along the way. Slaying his contemporaries with speedy and powerful verses, Tech N9ne, whose real name is Aaron Yates, received his stage name from fellow rapper Black Walt due to his fast rhyming style. Opening up for the rapping heavyweight will be several artists, including Krizz Kaliko, Prozak and up-and-comer Machine Gun Kelly (Richard Colson Baker), who won the Breaking Woodie Award at MTV’s Woodie Awards last month, beating out Cloud Nothings, A$AP Rocky and Azealia Banks. “I was definitely surprised because “MGK” is a very on-the-edge type name,” Baker said. “People either love me or hate me. Fortunately, my fans are relentless.” Similar to Tech N9ne, MGK has also been praised for his fast rhyming deliver. His major label debut, Half Naked & Almost Famous, showcases the artist’s ferocious rapping technique and in-your-face attitude. MGK’s punkrock energy derives from being influenced by groups such as Red Hot Chili Peppers and Anti-Flag. “I love Anti-Flag,” Baker said. “I’m excited to see them perform during this year’s Vans Warped Tour, which I’ll also be a part of.” better at capturing our ‘live’ sound,” said Leveton. During this year’s South By Southwest, the group had a memorable performance at the “Austin High” film screening party. “This was our first show where we had a video projector, smoke, lights and lasers,” Leveton said. “We did 100 minutes straight, before encoring with ‘Shout,’ and everybody went wild.” The group’s SXSW festivities were kept at a minimum, however — the band was busy recording new material at the Converse Rubber Tracks pop-up recording studio. Based out of Brooklyn, the recording studio offered Soul Track Mind and four other Texas-based bands the opportunity to record material, free of charge, allowing the artists retaining all rights to their work. “We decided to bring a Converse
Tech N9ne and MGK are sure to be spitting lyrical fire throughout the night, warming up Austinites for the weekend performances that await them.
Rapper Childish Gambino, whose real name is Donald Glover, performs at last year’s Fun Fun Fun Fest. He will be making another stop in Austin at Stubb’s BBQ tonight with Danny Brown.
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Childish Gambino with Danny Brown When: Thursday April 5, doors open at 7 p.m. Where: Stubb’s BBQ Web: childishgambino.com Rubber Tracks pop-up recording studio here to Austin because there’s no place that celebrates music and the diversity of music like Austin,” said Converse chief marketing officer Geoff Cottrill. “We just wanted to give something back to Texas and help out those bands that do not have the access to get into a good recording studio.” The recording session was an enjoyable experience for Soul Track Mind. Using the studio’s equipment, the group was able to record new songs, tracking everything live to capture a more organic sound. “It’s not often that a company comes along and provides an all-expenses paid, no-strings attached studio session,” Leveton said. “All in all, it was a great opportunity for us.” Having taken some time to re-
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Tech N9ne with others When: Thursday, April 5, Doors open at 7 p.m. Where: Emo’s East Cost: $25-28 Web: emosaustin.com cord new material, Soul Track Mind is preparing to tour around the country. The band will be performing their first major festival debut at this year’s Wakarusa Music Festival, at Ozark, Arkansas’ Mulberry Mountain. They’ll be playing alongside such popular artists as Girl Talk and Matisyahu. Now the group is competing to play an even larger stage at the music festival: Through the use of a Facebook voting system, the band hopes to get bumped up to a bigger stage. However, they are still excited to see other bands performing. “I know I’d personally like to see Fitz and the Tantrums, G. Love & Special Sauce, and our fellow Austinite, Gary Clark Jr.,” Keith said. Soul Track Mind is taking their funk-filled journey one day at a
SCIENCE continues from PAGE 10 ing down in price, and it may be affordable in the near future for everybody to have a copy of their own genome, a new study suggests that the
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time. The band will record new songs in some of the towns they stop in, and will be giving energized, enthralling performance. “We look forward to seeing our old fans again as we travel, as well as saving many new souls,” Keith said.
person tests negative for a particular disease, it doesn’t mean they’re safe from it. In other words, even for things that we think of as being “purely genetic,” there are other factors that are still at work and having a complete printout of somebody’s DNA won’t tell everything about them.
you can bring your dogs to the event and not dress them up. Austin is a very dog-friendly place.” Austin Pets Alive! will have pets ready for adoption at the conclusion of the parade. “It’s our job to provide resources and eventually homes for pets,” Jakstas said. “It’s really cool to see pets that were once at-risk find good, loving homes.” Austin Pets Alive! will be offering pets for adoption on Saturday. To qualify, potential new pet owners must undergo an interview process and a background check. “It’s a really good cause; it’s true to how Austin really is,” Jakstas said. “It brings the people of Austin together and we’re helping to save the lives of animals.” The event also features booths by local animal rescue and petrelated organizations, as well as a bounce castle and the Easter bunny for children. The event coordinators encourage all animal lovers to attend, even if they don’t own a pet. “You just need to bring your love of animals to have a good time,” Jakstas said. “It’s a very weird Austin event, but that’s what makes it so fitting.”
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On Saturday, April 7, Hotel San Jose and Jo’s Hot Coffee will host their 13th Annual Easter Pet Parade, in which pets will be dressed in drag theme in honor of local cross-dressing homeless icon Leslie Cochran, who died in March, to benefit Austin Pets Alive!. Tina Rose, stage manager for
the parade and owner of three dogs, one cat and one hamster, has participated in the parade every year. Rose said she has seen the event grow exponentially over the last 12 years. “It started out real neighborhood-y; just folks from around Jo’s Coffee,” Rose said. “Then South Congress grew to be super hipster, and as long as it doesn’t rain, lots of people have been showing up
even if it’s just to show support.” Rose said that every year, the parade is a memorial with South Austin-style that benefits a local animal charity. This year, all proceeds will go towards Austin Pets Alive!, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting and providing the resources, education and programs needed to eliminate the killing of companion animals. In addition, Cochran will be re-
membered at the parade as one of Austin’s greatest citizens, a memorable figure both for the homeless in Austin, and for the entire city. Rose noted that Cochran could occasionally be spotted around Jo’s Coffee, and that he was always a great conversationalist. “He was one of those great Austin people, one of those ‘Keep Austin Weird’ guys,” Rose said. “He was sometimes controversial, but
it’s always sad whenever you lose someone that’s been part of the fabric [of Austin].” Pet owners are encouraged to dress their pets up in drag attire in Cochran’s memory. “We usually see everything from Easter baskets to Tina Turner look-alikes,” Rose said of past parades. “People have even entered their chickens in the contest.” The costume judging will begin
at the conclusion of the parade, and judges will determine which of the pets have the most charisma and are most uniquely dressed. “I’m interested to see the extremes of costumes we’ll get this year,” said Kristina Jakstas, outreach coordinator for Austin Pets Alive!. “The drag theme is funny because lots of times you can’t
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Funk-rock Soul Track Mind is life of party with layered sound By Elijah Watson Daily Texan Staff
Local group Soul Track Mind have no qualms about bringing the funk. From their melodic, powerful horn section to frontman Donovan Keith’s pleasing falsetto reminiscent of soul crooner Al Green’s, Soul Track Mind is all about one thing: being the life of the party. The seven-piece funk-rock ensemble will be performing tonight at the Continental Club. The brainchild of Keith, Soul Track Mind came together when the vocalist moved to Austin in January Photo courtesy of Soul Track Mind of 2008. Austin-based funk-rock ensemble Soul Track Mind will be perform-
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ing at the Continental Club before heading out on the road for a national tour.
Hip-hop icons to heat up weekend, draw fans By Elijah Watson Daily Texan Staff
Hip-hop heads rejoice: Thursday will feature two shows sure to appeal to both hardcore rap fans and music-savvy hipsters. Comedian and witty wordsmith Donald Glover, commonly known as Childish Gambino, will be bringing his punch-line raps and charismatic stage persona to a sold-out crowd. Glover first gained attention with his hit song “Freaks and Geeks.” In early April of last year, the artist
embarked on his first tour with a full-fledged band, the “I Am Donald Tour.” In fact, Glover has come through Austin on many occasions, including last year’s Fun Fun Fun Fest. Opening for Childish Gambino will be the eccentric Danny Brown, whose unkempt hair and gap-toothed smile has become a favorite of Austin alternative rap lovers. Starting out as a graduate from New York University, Glover landed a role as a writer for the TV show “30 Rock” back in 2006. Balancing between jobs as
a writer, comedian and musician, Glover found time to make new music. He released his latest album, Camp, in November of last year. Whereas his earlier releases showed him relying on gimmicks (2008’s Sick Boi), Camp shows the artist tackling more personal subject matter. He goes from talking about a relationship that will never happen (“Heartbeat”), to addressing all of his opposers (“Backpackers”), without losing a beat.
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3-D map shows brain ‘has a lot of nerve’ SCIENCE SCENE
By Robert Starr By looking at the way that water flows through the brain, several researchers have been able to put together a clear and beautiful picture of the nerves in the human brain. Though these nerves have been seen and studied before, they haven’t been looked at as comprehensively and systematically as in this paper, published in Science. The paper noted the three-dimensional grid-like structure of the axons, which are organized in such a way as to allow constant rewiring. While the specific reasoning for why the structure is the way it is may be a question currently up for debate,
study author Van Wedeen says he simple explanation for the cause of the finds it “hard to believe that it doesn’t decline in the bee populations. have an answer.” Autism still on the rise
Pesticide is the bees’ disease? Two studies this week, both published in Science, have linked the recent demise in bee populations to pesticides, though these reports aren’t without their flaws. The first paper suggested that low levels of pesticides can affect honeybee brains, causing the bees to have difficulty finding their way home. The second showed that the chemicals prevent bumblebees from keeping enough food in their hives to produce new queens. Still, the reduction in bees is a complicated issue that’s likely a result of many factors, including fewer flowers and more pathogens, in addition to the pesticides studied by these papers. It’s unlikely that there’s going to be one
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have released a new report suggesting that 1 in 88 children has a form of autism — up from 1 in 150 from a decade ago — and rising to 1 in 54 for male children. Though this rising trend has been observed for quite a while, during which time we’ve studied the disease and developed a better understanding, we still don’t fully understand the reasons behind it. According to Mark Roithmayr, president of Autism Speaks, the higher rate of diagnosis is a result of “better diagnosis, broader diagnosis, better awareness and roughly 50 percent of ‘We don’t know.’”
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