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Fire ruins Riverside apartment complex Cigarette sparks three-alarm inferno; uninhabitable building displaces dozens By Avi Selk Daily Texan Staff Nearly 100 firefighters and other emergency workers battled a three-alarm fire that displaced dozens of people early Saturday morning from an apartment complex near Town Lake. The blaze began in a third-story unit at the Riverside Square Apartment complex at about 2 a.m., spreading from the tip of a discarded cigarette across the top floor of the building, according to the Austin Fire Department. Officials estimated the damage at $2.5 million, $500,000 of which was in residents’ property. More than a dozen fire trucks responded, assembling in a line that stretched out the gates of the complex and a block down East Riverside Drive. Encircled by police tape and camera crews, dozens of firefighters periodically emerged from the smoke and mist around the building to gulp water from coolers and change their equipment. The building was safely evacuated, and the blaze was contained in less than an hour, but firefighters continued to work until dawn, smashing walls and hosing down smoldering wreckage, said AFD Battalion Chief Robert Ebert, who was on scene the next day. By sunrise, not a single apartment in the 30-unit building was habitable. What was not burned by the fire had been flooded or knocked apart by the firefighters. The roof was gone from a section on the top floor. Door frames were blackened and beams exposed. An overturned air conditioner rested on the balcony atop a staircase blanketed in ash. About 14 hours after he lost his home, jewelry designer Ray Henderson stood in an empty parking space in front of the burned building, giving interviews next to the small pile of belongings he had salvaged. He showed camera crews his soot-covered golf clubs and jewelry-making tools, explaining that much more had been destroyed. He held up some

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Above, Eleanor Thompson, African-American outreach director for mayoral candidate Lee Leffingwell, voices outrage to Nelson Linder, president of the Austin branch of the NAACP, outside Highland Mall on Saturday. Right, Eric Tang and his daughter Xue-li Rajas-Tang participate in the protest, which condemned the mall for closing early during Texas Relays weekend, an event that draws a large black population.

NAACP-led protest slams center for closing early on weekend that attracted thousands of blacks

By Andrew Martinez Daily Texan Staff Hundreds of protesters lined Airport Boulevard in front of Highland Mall on Saturday morning to speak out against the mall’s controversial April 4 decision to close its doors seven hours ahead of schedule during the Texas Relays, an annual track and field competition that brings thousands of black youths to Austin. Nelson Linder, president of the Austin branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, organized the protest and stood alongside the curb urging passing cars to honk in protest of the mall’s actions. Linder, who held a sign reading “Jim Crow Still Exists,” described the early closure during the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays as a violation of

black civil rights. “We’re not going to stay here in this city and tolerate second-class citizenship,” Linder said. Linder said he thought the entire situation could have been avoided had the mall committed to hiring more security instead of closing its doors. The Austin American-Statesman reported Friday that the Austin Police Department declined the mall’s request for more than 80 police officers during the relays, citing costs. The mall pointed to fighting and a decrease in overall sales during last year’s relays as rationale for its early 2 p.m. closure. Mall officials could not be reached for a response to Saturday’s protest.

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Views of HIV losing urgency, some say To younger generations, AIDS ‘not a death sentence,’ prevention specialist says

By Pierre Bertrand Daily Texan Staff As the number of HIV/AIDS cases among certain age groups continues to climb, younger generations’ ambivalence toward the virus shows a stark contrast to popular opinion almost 30 years ago. Since its discovery in the early 1980s, AIDS has affected millions of lives around the world. When AIDS was first discovered, a diagnosis with the virus meant almost certain death. Brian Dumas, 31, said he contracted HIV at a young age during an eightyear monogamous relationship. His partner at the time failed to get him test-

ed and infected Dumas with the virus. “I was 23 and naive at the time,” Dumas said. “At that age, you think that you’ll beat all the odds.” Dumas said he does not have AIDS. He takes medication to keep the virus at bay, and he says he tries to take care of himself. As an older member of the Austin community who lived through the early years of the epidemic, Dumas has noticed behavior among today’s youth that could put them at a greater risk of becoming infected. He said when some younger men propose sexual relations with him, they overlook his infection. “It surprises me,” Dumas said. “I don’t understand why you would be that careless. The younger generation has condom fatigue.” In 2007, The Texas Department of State Health Services counted 3,601 liv-

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“I don’t understand why you would be that careless. The younger generation has condom fatigue.” — Bryan Dumas, HIV positive ing with HIV in Travis County. Arianna Robnett, a prevention program specialist for AIDS Services of Austin, a nonprofit organization that helps those infected with HIV or who suffer from AIDS, said the change in perception comes in two parts: advances in modern medicine and

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Vismaya Kondapalli waits backstage before her performance begins at a celebration of the Bengali New Year in Zilker Park. See page 8B for full story on the Bengali festival.

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From page 1A muddy bags full of partially melted necklaces he had made himself. “I guess we’re going to have a fire sale, in the literal sense,� he said. Then, tired of interviews, Henderson sent the media away and smoked a cigarette next to his modest heap, exchanging quiet words with neighbors as they trudged in and out of the building, assembling piles of their own. “It’s pretty gut-wrenching,� said Paige Gutieriez, a regional director for CWS Apartment Homes, as she watched the residents load what was left of their homes into their car trunks. The company placed some of the hardest-hit residents in vacant units, but there wasn’t room for all of the evacuees. Jennifer Kvistad, who is studying English at Austin Community College, said the Red Cross had put her up in a hotel for three nights but that

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“I guess we’re going to have a fire sale, in the literal sense.� —Ray Henderson, resident she desperately needed a new home — as well as her rent and security deposit back. Kvistad and two friends raced Saturday afternoon to retrieve her possessions from her waterlogged first-floor apartment before workers finished building a security fence around the building. She didn’t get much. “A lot of my stuff was just destroyed,� she said. “We only went in for a minute. Then management came and kicked us out.� Nearby, hotel banquet worker Fatima Burns was staring up at the charred ruins that used to be her home. Unlike many of her neigh-

bors, Burns had nothing to salvage. Her apartment had been one of the first to burn. She said residents on the lower floors who had been spared the worst of the fire damage were “the lucky ones.� She fought back tears as she recalled watching the flames devour her roof. Firefighters managed to retrieve her purse the next day. It was full of ash. The property manager put her in one of the empty apartments, and the Red Cross had given her some basic necessities, but these were small comforts, she said. “Everything is gone,� she said. “Everything.�

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sign. One inquired whether the sign means the bale is for sale.

Network’s viewers say good morning to ‘Girls Gone Wild’ PHILADELPHIA — A Philadelphia cable network’s early morning broadcast of a Good Friday service at the Vatican abruptly changed to something wildly different — a 30-second “Girls Gone Wild� ad. Comcast spokesman Jeff Alexander says the 2 a.m. Friday programming glitch was due to a required test of the Emergency Alert System. He says such tests are usually done in the overnight hours. The test automatically tunes viewers to a preselected channel that would provide information in the event of an emergency. But during tests, the channel airs regular programming, which in this case included a paid advertisement for the racy videos.

For some Amish in Missouri, talk of bailout befuddling KIRKSVILLE, Mo. — A northeast Missouri farming couple knows the government won’t be giving them a bailout like so many big companies are getting, so they issued their own. Dennis and Janet Garlock of rural Adair County have placed a large hay bale at the end of their driveway with a sign proclaiming: “I got my bale out!� The stunt has their neighbors talking and a lot of heads turning. Some of the Amish in the area apparently are confused by the

Apologetic burglar eludes police, friendly small talk PELHAM, N.H. — Police in southern New Hampshire are searching for a burglar who says he’s sorry. Pelham police say a resident who pulled into his driveway Friday afternoon caught a burglar coming out of the house with jewelry boxes and electronic items. The homeowner told police that when he approached the burglar, the man apologized, then put the stolen goods back. Police say the homeowner tried to detain the burglar by engaging him in conversation, but the suspect fled before officers arrived.

Unemployed woman turns to the streets to find a job BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — An unemployed Connecticut woman has taken her job search to the side of a highway. Pasha Stocking of East Hampton, has rented a billboard along Interstate 95 in Bridgeport. The sign includes her photo and the message, “Hire Me!� It directs people to her Web site, www.hirepasha.com. Stocking, a 37-year-old single mother, was laid off in June. The billboard company says on its Web site that a similar sign costs about $7,000 a month. Compiled from Associated Press reports

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As protests continue, Thailand announces state of emergency

Chinese-made drywall sparks worry about fumes, sickness

BANGKOK — Thailand’s embattled government, humiliated by demonstrators who shut down a 16-nation Asian summit, declared a state of emergency in the capital Sunday and ordered armored vehicles into the streets to stem a tide of protests across the country. Bands of anti-government protesters roamed areas of Bangkok as the emergency decree was announced, with some smashing a car they believed was carrying Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, and others beating up motorists who hurled insults at them. The emergency decree bans gatherings of more than five people, forbids news reports considered threatening to public order and allows the government to call up military troops to quell unrest. Associated Press reporters saw red-shirted demonstrators swarm over two of three armored personnel carriers outside a shopping mall in downtown Bangkok, while police stood by as a furious crowd beat a car in which they thought Abhisit was riding with poles, rocks and even flower pots.

PARKLAND, Fla. — At the height of the U.S. housing boom, when building materials were in short supply, American construction companies used millions of pounds of Chinese-made drywall because it was abundant and cheap. Now that decision is haunting hundreds of homeowners and apartment dwellers who are concerned that the wallboard gives off fumes that can corrode copper pipes, blacken jewelry and silverware and possibly make people sick. Shipping records indicate that imports of potentially tainted Chinese building materials exceeded 500 million pounds during a four-year period of soaring home prices. The drywall may have been used in more than 100,000 homes including houses rebuilt after Hurricane Katrina. “This is a traumatic problem of extraordinary proportions,� said U.S. Rep. Robert Wexler, a Florida Democrat who introduced a bill in the House calling for a temporary ban on the Chinese-made imports until more is known about their chemical makeup. The drywall apparently causes a chemical reaction that gives off a rotten-egg stench, which grows worse with heat and humidity.

Conservation group locates new orangutan population

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Maersk-Alabama Capt. Richard Phillips, right, stands alongside Cmdr. Frank Castellano, commanding officer of the USS Bainbridge, after being rescued by U.S. Naval Forces off the coast of Somalia on Sunday.

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Conservationists have discovered a new population of orangutans — perhaps as many as 2,000 — in a remote, mountainous corner of Indonesia, giving a rare boost to one of the world’s most critically endangered great apes. A team surveying forests nestled between jagged, limestone cliffs on the eastern edge of Borneo island counted 219 orangutan nests, indicating a “substantial� number of the animals, said Erik Meijaard, a senior ecologist at the U.S.-based Nature Conservancy. “We can’t say for sure how many,� he said, but even the most cautious estimate would indicate “several hundred at least, maybe 1,000 or 2,000 even.� The team also encountered an adult male, which angrily threw branches as they tried to take photos, and a mother and child.

Snipers kill pirates, rescue captain By Elizabeth A. Kennedy The Associated Press MOMBASA, Kenya — U.S. Navy snipers opened fire and killed three pirates holding an American captain at gunpoint, delivering the skipper unharmed and ending a fiveday high-seas hostage drama on Easter Sunday. Capt. Richard Phillips was in “imminent danger� of being killed before snipers shot the pirates in an operation authorized by President Barack Obama, Vice Adm. Bill Gortney said. He said the pirates were armed with AK-47s and smallcaliber pistols and were point-

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ing the rifles at the captain when the commander of the nearby USS Bainbridge gave the order to open fire. Phillips’ crew, who said they had escaped after he offered himself as a hostage, erupted in cheers aboard their ship docked in Mombasa, Kenya. Phillips, 53, of Underhill, Vt, was not hurt in several minutes of gunfire and the U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet said he was resting comfortably on a U.S. warship after receiving a medical exam. The Navy said Phillips was freed at 7:19 p.m. local time. He was taken aboard the Norfolk, Va.-

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based Bainbridge and then flown to the San Diego-based USS Boxer for the medical exam, 5th Fleet spokesman Lt. Nathan Christensen said. Talks to free Phillips began Thursday with the captain of the USS Bainbridge talking to the pirates under instruction from FBI hostage negotiators on board the U.S. destroyer. Three U.S. warships were within easy reach of the lifeboat on Saturday. The U.S. Navy had assumed the pirates would try to get their

hostage to shore, where they could have hidden him on Somalia’s lawless soil and been in a stronger position to negotiate a ransom. Early Saturday, the pirates holding Phillips in the lifeboat fired a few shots at a small U.S. Navy vessel that had approached, a U.S. military official said. The U.S. sailors did not return fire, the Navy vessel turned away and no one was hurt. He said the vessel had not been attempting a rescue.

Virus invades personal, hospital computers at University of Utah SALT LAKE CITY — University of Utah officials say a computer virus has infected more than 700 campus computers, including those at the school’s three hospitals. University health sciences spokesman Chris Nelson said the outbreak of the Conficker worm, which can slow computers and steal personal information, was first detected Thursday. By Friday, the virus had infiltrated computers at the hospitals, medical school and colleges of nursing, pharmacy and health. Nelson said the virus is mainly attacking personal computers and could be siphoning login and password data, credit card numbers and banking information. Compiled from Associated Press reports

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Editor in Chief: Leah Finnegan Phone: (512) 232-2212 E-mail: editor@dailytexanonline.com Associate Editors: Audrey Campbell Josh Haney Jillian Sheridan Abby Terrell Mary Tuma

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Replacing democracy with bureaucracy The Texas State Board of Education has been criticized by everyone from Nobel laureates to prominent Texas politicians for the textbook standards they approved this March regarding the teaching of evolution and global warming. Those criticisms have now manifested themselves in the form of Senate Bill 2275, which would strip the board of its power to select and edit Texas’ textbooks. Given the board’s repeated inability to make decisions that would ensure academic integrity in the high school curriculum, many individuals and organizations critical of the board are gearing up for the bill’s hearing in the Senate Education Committee tomorrow. While the motivations behind their attempted coup are understandable — even laudable — this bill is not the best solution, as it would take power from the clearly incompetent, though democratically elected, board of education and transfer it to the state’s education commissioner, who is appointed by the governor. As frustrating as the system may be currently, there is at least a voting minority that regularly opposes board Chairman Don McLeroy and like-minded board members when it comes to evolution’s place in textbooks. Under the proposed bill, one appointed official would make decisions that will impact every school district across the state. And with Gov. Rick Perry doing everything short of digging trenches to defend the Governor’s Mansion against other gubernatorial candidates in 2010, leaving this appointment up to him doesn’t hold any promise for positive change. UT, under the thumb of a Perry-appointed board of regents that delights in raising tuition, knows the consequences of having an appointed, rather than elected leadership all too well. Politicians who do not rely on voters for job security are even less likely to cater to public and scientific consensus when writing policy. We feel that taking partisan politics out of the education board elections would be a better way to address the disconnect between the public will and the board’s policies. Oftentimes, downballot races such as these are decided only by straight-ticket voters. Eliminating this option would prevent a candidate from winning based solely on his or her purported political philosophy, not an ability to make rational decisions or experience and skill in education administration. Nothing illustrates the consequences of this better than Texas’ current school board, which is chaired by a dentist and includes real estate brokers, an investment banker and a newspaper publisher. In times of political controversy, the wrong approach is consolidating power and effectively stifling the public’s voice in its government. Though our elected officials on the board of education have made serious blunders as of late, they should simply be held accountable for those decisions come election time. Democracy isn’t foolproof, but we shouldn’t scrap the entire idea quite yet. — Josh Haney for the editorial board

Help! I’ve been indoctrinated “The radical academic project at the University of Texas is not confined to just one professor or even one academic department. It spreads across multiple departments, tarnishing the academic mission of a prestigious university,” claim David Horowitz and Jacob Laksin in their new book, “One-Party Classroom.” It’s an ominous claim, and Horowitz reiterated the sentiment in his speech on campus Thursday. In the book, Horowitz targets associate communication studies professor Dana Cloud and associate journalism professor Robert Jensen as radical Marxists who push their agendas on students. While on campus last week for a talk, Horowitz called Cloud and and a group of people protesting his appearance hysterics and fascists before their jeers cut his talk short. In a strange turn of events I did not purposely arrange, I am taking both Cloud’s and Jensen’s classes this semester. Despite Horowitz’s accusations, I am not scared of them, and I do not quake at the thought of their alleged powers of mind control. The first is that I see little to no evidence of their personal political views in the classroom. For the last 11 weeks, I have not once felt intimidated into conforming to a specific ideology by either professor. I was aware of Cloud’s political views and personal activism before enrolling in Speechwriting and Criticism but have not found her to be the terrifying radical Horowitz describes in his book. Instead, I’ve found that she is an involved professor who encourages thought and discussion in class. When it comes to Jensen, well — I’ve been trying to determine his political beliefs since I started taking his Media Law and Ethics class. Before last week, I was coming to the conclusion that he just might be conservative. Thus, I was shocked to see Jensen even mentioned in Horowitz’s book. Like most students, I don’t take everything I hear as fact, which is why Horowitz’s book is about as useful as a paperweight to me. Despite being a student of Cloud and Jensen, I am not afraid of losing my intellectual autonomy. I’m confident in my own intelligence and critical reasoning ability. For instance, I was able to read the chapter of “One-Party Classroom” lambasting UT and, clearly, I’ve retained my ability to disagree. In general, college students are capable of thinking independently. They do not need to be protected from controversial ideas. In fact, students want to hear the opinions of their professors in their areas of expertise. Listening to the opinions of others, processing them independently and coming to one’s own conclusions may be the most essential aspect of an education. Discussion and expression of controversial opinions do not oppress critical thought but encourage it. Students would find it hard to think critically if there was nothing for them to think critically about. — Jillian Sheridan

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Rally for a gun-free UT By Jeremy Burchard Daily Texan Columnist This Thursday at 11:30 a.m., you’ll have one of the most legitimate reasons ever to leave class. UT students will be staging a walkout and gathering on the south steps of the Capitol for a rally at noon to alert the Texas Legislature of the grave mistake it will make if it allows concealed carry on campus. Students need to show the Legislature how important a concealed-handgun ban is to the people it affects most — us. Concealed carry on campuses has long been a distant dream of the gun-rights lobby, but it is now in danger of becoming a reality. The Texas House Committee on Public Safety recently voted a bill out of committee that would allow any resident with a concealed handgun license to carry on campus. The bill has 77 co-sponsors, meaning there is a good chance it will pass when it reaches the House. The Texas Senate has already passed a similar bill. Though many licensed gun carriers are responsible people, a university is a place of action and emotion, and crimes of passion should be of primary concern for law enforcement. Being allowed to carry a gun on campus is dangerous not just because it would increase the prevalence of weapons on campus, but because it would change the overall atmosphere of the school. A professor in the UT System, speaking on the basis of anonymity because of her state employee status, said this bill would directly affect her grading policy (UT faculty and staff, as state employees, are prohibited from speaking out for or against any bill). In knowing that her students would be permitted to be armed, the professor said she would be scared to grade fairly. And outside the classroom, though the bill would attempt to limit handguns at sporting events, it would not limit them from areas right outside the events, where the sinister combination of alcohol consumption and heated fan interaction can spark violence. The bodies of government at the University have spoken over-

THE FIRING LINE Protesters baited Horowitz I don’t know if conservative firebrand David Horowitz said anything idiotic or not at his talk last Thursday night. I didn’t attend. However, I do know that the folks handing out flyers organizing a protest against him Wednesday left no doubt that they are idiots (“Clashes dominate conservative author’s visit,” April 13). They urge us to “defend academic freedom” by telling Horowitz that he “is not welcome here.” Let me get this straight. The organizers want to defend academic freedom (presumably including freedom of speech and freedom to debate) by silencing a critic? Wouldn’t it be smarter to welcome him here, let him make his case and engage him in rational argument, thereby demonstrating that he is the fool the protest organizers think he is? I guess not. They’d rather organize a loud, passion-filled mob to protest the man they call a “demagogue.” Such hypocrisy only helps Horowitz make his case against them.

Curt Nichols Government graduate student

Rush in context I felt compelled to respond to Abby Terrell’s April 13 editorial

“Welcome, Rush?” Obviously, she and the editorial board disagree with the beliefs and opinions of the talk-radio titan. Such is any American’s right. However, many of the quotes and statements attributed to Limbaugh by others are often taken out of context or are simply incorrect. This is a common problem when liberals and non-conservatives talk about Limbaugh. They get all their information from other people instead of actually listening to his show. Terrell, true to this form, quotes another news source when attributing statements to Limbaugh. I challenge any person to, at least once, take the time to listen to Limbaugh’s show in its entirety, instead of basing your opinion of him on what other people say. You will expand your horizons beyond the narrow points of view that dominate this and most every campus in America. In addition, you might realize that Limbaugh is not nearly as bad as people like Terrell make him out to be. In fact, you might — God forbid — agree with him.

Scott Muehlberger UT law student

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whelmingly against the bill. Because state employees aren’t allowed to comment on proposed legislation, the issue is strictly in students’ hands. Representatives from Student Government have presented the Legislature with plenty of testimony and statistical evidence against allowing handguns on campus. The Legislature has heard all of this and now needs a visual representation of students against this bill. UT graduate student John Woods, the author of a resolution against the bill, was an undergraduate at Virginia Tech during the 2007 shooting. He says opponents of concealed carry must not only present evidence for their case, but also get people out to the Capitol to show legislators how many students oppose the myth that allowing guns on campus would create a safer school environment. Even convincing a few co-sponsors to remove their names from the bill will make it less likely to pass. The goal of Thursday’s rally, which will include a speech by Travis County Constable Bruce Elfant, is to encourage the Legislature to realize it needs to represent the people the bill affects most. Citing the Second Amendment as a reason to refute our right to a gun-free campus is not enough. The Constitution was written to protect all people, not just gun carriers. Discretion and intelligence are necessary in debating and considering all potential legislation, and as this bill has gained momentum, both of those qualities have been left in the dark. This legislation matters to every single student, faculty and staff member and guest who walks on public university grounds statewide. Now is the time to be active while this issue is urgent and real. Take a minute to remind your representative that should the concealed-carry bill pass, the Legislature will not have fairly represented those it claims to serve. And on Thursday, interrupt your regularly scheduled class to march directly to the Capitol, the place where your voice needs to be heard the most.

Burchard is a Liberal Arts Honors, rhetoric and writing and radio-television-film sophomore.

SEX ED WITH GULI FAGER Dear Guli,

Over spring break I hooked up with this guy in my hotel. We didn’t have sex, but we both did oral. I’m not sexually active but should I get tested anyway? Megan

Dear Megan,

While oral sex is less risky than vaginal or anal sex, several STIs can be transmitted from the mouth to the genitals (and vice versa), so getting tested is definitely a good idea. Herpes, gonorrhea and chlamydia are easily transmitted through oral sex. HIV, HPV and syphilis can also be transmitted, but the risk is lower. Oral herpes causes cold sores on or around the mouth. People who have never had vaginal sex — and therefore do not consider themselves at risk for STIs — can have herpes and spread it to others through oral sex. If you or your partner has cold sores, avoid kissing and oral sex until the sores are gone. Herpes is not curable, but it is treatable. Gonorrhea and chlamydia are both bacterial infections that can infect the throat and may cause itching and soreness similar to strep throat. Genital symptoms of gonorrhea and chlamydia are similar and usually include a burning sensation during urination. But you can be infected and experience no symptoms at all, so testing is the only way to find out. Both gonorrhea and chlamydia are curable with antibiotics. Even though you haven’t had vaginal sex yet, getting tested is a good idea so that you can get treatment as soon as possible or know for sure that you are not infected. If and when you do choose to start having sex, knowing your STI status is a powerful negotiating tool to persuade your partner to get tested, too. University Health Services offers testing and treatment for STIs. Call 475-4955 to make an appointment. Got a burning question (or a burning sensation)? E-mail Guli Fager, healthy sexuality education coordinator for University Health Services, at g.fager@uhs.utexas.edu.

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Gunman kills classmate, himself, causing Michigan community college lockdown By David Runk The Associated Press DEARBORN, Mich. — A student fatally shot a female classmate before turning the gun on himself Friday in an apparent murder-suicide that prompted a

lockdown at a community college west of Detroit, police said. The bodies of Asia McGowan, 20, of Ecorse, and Anthony Powell, 28, of Detroit, were discovered inside a classroom at a Henry Ford Community College building after

police responded to an emergency call of an assault and shortly afterward reports of a shot being fired on campus, said Dearborn Deputy Police Chief Gregg Brighton. As officers entered the MacKenzie Fine Arts Center, they heard

another gunshot, Brighton said. Powell apparently used a shotgun to kill McGowan and himself, police said. They took at least one class together — a theater course that had met earlier in the day, Brighton

said. Police did not believe anyone else was in the room at the time of the shooting. The 17,000-student commuter school sent alerts through an email and cell-phone system and locked down the campus, said

Marjorie Swan, Henry Ford’s vice president/controller. “Nothing like this has ever occurred on campus,� Swan said. The lockdown later was lifted, but classes for the rest of the day and Saturday were canceled.

PROTEST: Students

decry mall’s closure From page 1A “For Austin, the relay is one of the few events we have,� said Anthony Caldwell, a Huston-Tillotson University senior who has attended the past two relays. “It’s part of the black community.� Caldwell and his friend Allen Davenport, a Huston-Tillotson graduate, said the mall’s actions showed a lack of proper planning and preparation, and that the early closure made Austin look inhospitable toward African-Americans. “I went to South by South-

“Shame on Austin.� — protester Carol Coleman’s sign west, and the mall didn’t shut down then,� said protester Carol Coleman, who described the mall’s closure as racist as she held a sign reading “Shame on Austin.� “I don’t care how you try to flip it,� she said. “Austin is better than that.�

AIDS: Stigma discourages

discussions about safe sex From page 1A the negative stigma associated with having the virus. “To the younger generation, it’s not a death sentence anymore. It’s like herpes,� Robnett said. “‘I’m going to have a breakout every now and then, but I can take a pill and it will go away.’ It’s just sad what people don’t realize.� Robnett said perceptions have also changed because most people infected with the virus have few people to consult. The stig-

ma associated with having the virus prevents some from even discussing safe-sex precautions with their partners. “I think the younger generation is very much less educated,� said Robert, a 28-yearold patron of Rain on 4th — a downtown gay bar — who asked to not give his full name for privacy reasons. “They don’t see the consequences. They haven’t had to see an entire generation die. To them, the consequences are you take a whole lot of pills.�

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NEWS BRIEFLY Week spotlights independent research options for undergrads

Undergraduates can learn about opportunities to perform independent research at more than 40 events and workshops starting Monday. Lynda Gonzales, a UT undergraduate research coordinator, said the idea to group research events together in an Undergraduate Research Week originated two years ago in the Senate of College Councils. One of the week’s biggest events, the Longhorn Research Bazaar, will take place Wednesday at Gregory Plaza and feature more than 30 groups looking for students interested in participating in research projects. “We wanted to get the message out, and we figured a big flashy party was a good way,� Gonzales said. The College of Natural Sciences Undergraduate Research Forum will feature more than 120 students’ independent research projects Friday. Sarah Simmons, program director for the college, said faculty and representatives from about 30 companies will evaluate the projects and give out 15 awards. Simmons said the forum was a good opportunity for students not yet involved in research who might want to consider graduate school. “It really gives them an understanding of what is out there,� she said. — Hudson Lockett Karina Jacques | Daily Texan Staff

C. Michael Ming, a spokesman for Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America, discusses energy sources at the Jackson School of Geosciences on Friday morning. Ming talked about the benefits of natural gas as an energy source.

Speaker touts advantages of natural gas By Laura Ceglio Daily Texan Staff Natural gas is a clean, efficient and abundant source of energy, said C. Michael Ming, a spokesman for Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America, at a presentation on campus Friday. The Center for International Energy and Environmental Policy, part of the Jackson School of Geosciences, hosted the event, called “Energy — An Unconventional Future.� Ming discussed the efficiency of current

energy sources and made a case for natural gas. “Natural gas is incredibly diverse,� Ming said. “However, one problem is we still have to drill for it, but we’ve had a 1,000-fold increase in how much resources we can access.� Ming said the United States’ heavy dependence on oil as an energy source remains a problem. About 96 percent of the energy used for transportation is dervied from oil, and twothirds of it is imported, he said.

“A stockbroker wouldn’t tell you to put all your eggs in one basket,� Ming said. “That’s what we’ve done with oil, and that’s why it’s a problem.� Ming said that, unlike oil, natural gas supplies are plentiful. “Naysayers of natural gas say we only have 10 years left,� he said. “And the reality is we’ve had 10 years left for 40 years — and it keeps going up.� Use of renewable energy, such as wind power, is also a viable alternative, but would require a significant increase in use to

make an impact, Ming said. “During the Bush administration, they doubled the amount of wind power used, and Obama claims he will double it again,� Ming said. “We would have to double it five times before we could bring it to scale. It would be a huge task.� Heidi Penix, program coordinator for the center, said they seek to influence the Legislature through their expertise in science, engineering and public policy.“We thought Mike Ming

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Ex-advisers to meet with Bush to discuss SMU policy institute DALLAS — Ex-White House advisers plan to meet with former President George W. Bush next week to go over plans for the policy institute that will be part of the presidential library at Southern Methodist University. The Dallas Morning News reported Friday that former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and media advisers Karen Hughes and Dan Bartlett are expected to attend the strategy session. The group will have dinner at the Bush home in the exclusive Dallas neighborhood of Preston Hollow on Monday, followed by a series of strategy meetings on Tuesday. Former Vice President Dick Cheney will not attend, and it was unclear whether Karl Rove will be there. — The Associated Press

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Advocates preparing for gay-rights action in post-‘don’t ask’ era

Emily Kinsolving | Daily Texan Staff

Faegheh Shirazi, an associate Middle Eastern studies professor, discusses the history and current state of sex-change operations in Iran.

Talk examines sex changes in Iran

By Hudson Lockett Daily Texan Staff Iran is second only to Thailand in the number of sex-change operations performed each year, though the fact might not be common knowledge in the U.S. Faegheh Shirazi, an associate professor in the department of Middle Eastern studies, delivered a lecture called “Transexuality: Sex Change Operations and its Legalization by the Islamic Republic of Iran� on Friday in Garrison Hall. The lecture detailed the history of a procedure rarely associated with Iran. The Iranian government views the operation as a cure for people “trapped� in the body of the wrong sex. In 1980, Ayatollah Khomeini, then-ruler of Iran, issued a fatwa, or religious opinion, allowing sexchange operations in the country.

In the absence of any mention of the sex-change operations in the Quran, the ruling established government policy from a religious perspective. “During the time of the Prophet, we didn’t have this operation,� Shirazi said. Many details about the procedure’s status within Iranian society remain vague because of restrictions on academic studies by the Iranian government, Shirazi said. Before carrying out a study, researchers must obtain official permission by submitting plans detailing their intended area of inquiry along with the questions they will ask. “We need anthropological studies that really go deeper than the medical information they provide,� Shirazi said. Such studies are needed to

find out if citizens seeking to avoid punishment for being homosexual are contributing to Iran’s high number of sex-change operations. Sodomy is punishable by death in Iran, and repeat offenders of lesbian sex are subject to 70 lashes, Shirazi said. “Approval of sex change is not approval of homosexuality, and you have to make that very clear,� Shirazi said. There are three steps to getting approval for a sex change in Iran. First, applicants must provide medical proof that they require an operation. Next, psychologists and psychiatrists evaluate the application, and a facility authorized to perform the operation will issue a medical document stating their assessment. The government often pays for

operations partially or in full, a policy Shirazi said is attributable to the government’s religious perspective on the issue. “Confused gender is too much to handle,� Shirazi said. “You’ve got to fix the gender of a person to his or her preference.� Students in attendance said the talk shed light on a complicated issue. “It’s an interesting subject, especially how it operates under religious sanctions,� said Julienne Bautista, an architecture graduate student. Mahyar Entezari, a Middle Eastern studies graduate student, said the lecture highlighted an issue rarely discussed. “They can see that these issues are deeper and more complex than what they perceive,� Enezari said.

By David Crary The Associated Press NEW YORK — As a cadet at the U.S. Military Academy, Dan Choi faced an ethical dilemma. The academy’s honor code was clear, beginning “A cadet will not lie.� Yet as a gay man, Choi felt bound by the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell� policy to be untruthful about who he was. Last month, six years after his graduation and two years after serving in Iraq, Choi came out — even though he remains an infantry officer in the Army National Guard. His announcement in midMarch was part of the launch of Knights Out, the first association representing gay and lesbian alumni of West Point. Already, it has at least 50 members who’ve publicly identified themselves on the group’s Web site. Its stated mission is to advocate for repeal of “don’t ask, don’t tell� so that gays can serve openly in the military, and to help prepare the West Point community to be effective leaders after that policy change occurs. Under the policy, which President Barack Obama says he wants to repeal after consultation with the Pentagon, the military does not ask recruits about their sexual orientation, while service members are banned from saying they are gay or engaging in homosexual activity. “Forcing people to lie — it’s absolutely a morally bankrupt idea,� Choi said in a telephone interview from his home in Orange County, California. The chair of Knights Out’s board, Becky Kanis, has bitter memories of being investigated while at West Point on

suspicion that she was a lesbian. She graduated in 1991 and served contentedly for nine years in the Signal Corps, but said she eventually grew tired of the need to deceive. “I started to feel immature — I was too grown up to be lying about where I spent the weekend,� she said. Sue Fulton, Knights Out’s communications director, said the organization is starting to prepare initiatives that could be implemented only when “don’t ask, don’t tell� is repealed — for example, helping to form a gay/straight alliance at the academy or dispatching some of its members to talk with commanding officers about their experiences. Among Knights Out’s “out� members, Choi is the only one still serving in the military — as an infantry platoon leader with New York State’s Army National Guard. After he came out in midMarch, and discussed that decision on MSNBC’s “The Rachel Maddow Show,� he was unsure how things would go at his guard unit’s next training session. “No one talked about it for three or four days, and I thought ‘No one knows,’� Choi said. “But at the end, a lot of the soldiers said they knew and they support me 100 percent. ... No one was uncomfortable.� Choi said he hopes to continue as platoon leader and thus far has received no warnings from any superiors for his decision to speak out about being gay. At home, however, there are challenges. “My dad is a Baptist minister — he’s not had an easy time with this.� Choi said.

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Music, dance celebrate Indian heritage at talent show For the second year in a row, the Aaja Nachle dance troupe won first prize in the dance category, which showcased troupes performing both traditional and Bollywood-influenced dances. Aaja Nachle performed a non-traditional dance that told a love story through choreography. The troupe took home the grand prize despite a technical mishap that caused the music to shut off and start again in the wrong place. One member of the group, Kovid Gupta, said the dancers were shaken but did not show it. The dancers continued to freestyle with the music. But when the dance ended, the group members left the stage thinking they didn’t stand a chance. “We’re very excited because we’ve been working for the last six months,� said Gupta, a radio-television-film senior. “We started practicing in November, and our team came much closer tonight because of what happened.� Dhoom, a three-person percussion act, won the miscellaneous category, and Mohini, an all-female Bollywood dance troupe, took the trophy for exhibition. This category was composed of established “These dances were groups that tour the country and originally done often perform at charity benefits. in the temple for Many of the participants in the talent show were born and raised Gods, and now it’s a in the United States, but they didn’t form of worship. It’s let that stop them from keeping something you feel their Indian heritage alive through traditional dance. proud of, true to your Natasha Mayekar, a finance seheritage, true to your nior from the U.S., participated as culture. a dancer in the Nritya Sangam exhibition troupe, which showcases — Natasha Mayekar, the classical bharatanatyam form of finance senior dance. Prior to coming to UT, she studied the dance form for eight years. “These dances were original“The whole show is like a story connected together through the vid- ly done in the temple for Gods, eos, beyond just the performances, and now it’s a form of worship,� so there’s this little thing happening Mayekar said. “It’s something you in the background which might keep feel proud of, true to your heritage, the audience interested,� said Anish true to your culture. It feels so good Malpani, vice president of communi- to be here in the United States and be able to keep up with it and just cations for the association. The show was divided into three like participate in something that categories: dance, miscellaneous dates back to your roots.� Gargi Patel, an anthropology and exhibition.

By Raquel Villarreal Daily Texan Staff The lights dimmed at the Palmer Events Center on Saturday night as the Taal Indian Students Association Talent Show got underway. The show, an annual dance and performance competition, allows Indian students to meet and celebrate the heritage they share, regardless of whether they were born in India or the U.S. The hall felt cold and stuffy, but the audience brimmed with excitement as attendees scurried to their seats. Some 1,000 people came from across the state to celebrate Indian culture and support their families and friends at the annual Taal, or “rhythm,� Talent Show. As the show began, a video projection of Foram Mehta, a pre-journalism sophomore, appeared before the audience as a virtual emcee for the event. Though the show in past years was hosted by a live emcee, this year, the association decided to alternate between live acts and recorded video vignettes to introduce and provide background for the acts.

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Student performers from the group Aaja Nachle celebrate after finishing first place in the dance division of the Taal Indian Students Association Talent Show on Saturday night. The group performed a nontraditional dance whose choreography told a love story. sophomore born in India, choreographed bhangra, a popular Punjabi dance from North India, for Texas Bhangra. To develop the choreography, Patel spent hours in front of a computer watching videos on YouTube. “You watch videos of other teams, and you can make up moves,� she said. “As creative as you can get is as good your choreography can be.� As the evening came to a close, it was clear that, regardless of the performers’ backgrounds, they all felt the same desire to keep their traditions alive. “It’s a nice way to get in touch with our culture, especially in college,� Patel said. “It shows how we are diverse. It’s nice to represent a very cultural part of our campus.�

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Texas Bhangra, which performs bhangra, a popular North Indian dance, struts onstage at the Palmer Events Center. Anthropology sophomore Gargi Patel helped choreograph the dance for the group.

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Longhorns christen boat for Texas legend

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Legendary basketball coach Jody Conradt earned more than 900 wins during her coaching career. Over the weekend, a new boat for Texas’ rowing program was named after her for her help in growing the Longhorns’ women’s athletic program.

By Austin Ries Daily Texan Staff Jody Conradt was all smiles as she greeted friends, family, fans and former basketball players Saturday morning at UT’s Rowing Center. That is, until she left the safety of the dock and joined the Longhorn varsity-eight on the water. “It was kind of scary out there,” Conradt said. “Those boats are really deceiving. I didn’t realize how much power they had.” Although she did not drop her oar into the water, Conradt got to feel the power of the moment inside the newly christened “Jody Conradt” varsity racing boat that will be in competition the rest of the year. Away from the atmosphere of the basketball court, where she recorded more than 900 wins over

31 years for the Longhorns, Conradt received recognition for her work as a former women’s athletic director. Along with rowing, Conradt added softball and soccer to women’s sports during her years as director, doubling the size of the women’s program. “I consider the rowing team as our throwback team,” Conradt said. “They are retro in their approach, and they remind all of us when we got involved in women’s athletics.” Conradt addressed the crowd before the ceremony and spoke about the importance of women’s sports and how much the rowing team epitomizes teamwork, passion and school pride. “These guys standing beside me are the ultimate team,” Con-

radt said. “They compete because they are passionate and because they love to wear their school name across their chest.” The carbon-fiber, 210-pound Jody Conradt racing boat will be housed in the Texas Rowing Center along with seven other boats named after prominent figures in Texas history — Don Lipiano, Barbara Jordan, Dr. Sheila Rice, Dr. Lorene Rogers, Dr. Edwin Sharpe, Ilrey lthea Parks and Ann Richards. As part of a learning process, coach Carrie Graves began naming boats to educate her rowers about people who have impacted Texas greatly over the years. “Not many people know about how much she [Conradt] influenced the sport and the lives of so many people,” Graves said. “She has been an amazing role mod-

el for so many, not just in Texas, but across the country. She was an easy choice.” Conradt administered the addition of rowing as a UT varsity sport in 1997. She said rowing was an obvious choice because it allowed many women to be involved, and because Austin has great resources to accommodate such a team. “The history of UT and UT athletics could not have been written without the loyal leadership and groundbreaking efforts of Jody Conradt,” said Chris Plonsky, Texas’ current women’s athletic director. Although Conradt herself probably will not be making many more appearances in the varsity boat, her name will be there forever. Just like her legacy.

WOMEN’S TENNIS

No. 3 Baylor easily hands Texas first Big 12 loss

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By Rishi Daulat Daily Texan Staff It had been the same story for the past three years. Texas faces Baylor in a hypedup setting for the Big 12 title, but the Longhorns come up short. Make that four years. History was not rewritten in Waco as, once again, the No. 3 Bears put on a dominating display against the No. 31 Longhorns and took a 6-1 victory. The sole win for Texas came from — no surprise — Sarah Lancaster. The junior from San Antonio put in her usual consistent performance, defeating Karolina Filipiak, 6-3, 6-4 at the sixth singles spot. In the doubles session, the anticipated match between ITA No. 16 duo of Lenka Broosova and Csilla Borsanyi, of Baylor, and Texas’ No. 25 tandem of Marija Milic and Vanja Corovic ended as a flop. Baylor’s doubles pair cruised through the pro set, 8-4, with no real resistance from Texas’ top doubles team. Though Baylor had already clinched the doubles point with its wins at the first and

TENNIS continues on page 2B Maxx Scholten | Daily Texan Staff

Texas pitcher Cole Green slings a pitch to the plate in a game earlier this season at UFCU Disch-Falk Field. After struggling in his start against Oklahoma State last week, Green rebounded Saturday, pitching a complete game for the Longhorns in a win over Nebraska. Green allowed only four hits and a single run.

Texas pitching closes down Huskers After a weak start last week, sophomore’s strong pitching pushes Horns to series sweep

Paul Chouy | Daily Texan Staff

Texas sophomore Maggie Mello fell to Baylor’s Jelena Stanivuk 6-2, 6-0 as the Bears ran over Texas 6-1.

road in March. The Longhorns secured their first road sweep of the season in a dominating fashion led by sophomore Cole Green’s dominant performance on the road. By Austin Talbert Green struggled in his last start, failing Daily Texan Staff to pitch out of the third inning against A month after their first Big 12 road Oklahoma State, allowing three runs on trip, the Longhorns were a part of an- five hits in his shortened start. On Satother series sweep. urday, Green (3-0) not only made it out The road was much kinder to the of the third inning, but he capped off the Longhorns this time in Nebraska after Texas sweep of Nebraska (16-18-1, 4-11 Texas (24-8, 9-6 Big 12) dropped three Big 12) by pitching a complete game. consecutive games to Kansas on the “Last week, I let things get to me that

normally don’t get to me, and I don’t think I was myself on the mound,” Green said. “Today, I just tried to be myself and have fun out here, and I think you could see I was more comfortable pitching today.” In his nine innings of strong work, Green allowed just one earned run on four hits. “It was good to pitch a complete game,” Green said. “The bullpen was used a lot this weekend and it was nice to have their back today. They’ve had my back a lot the last few weeks, so I

wanted to return the favor.” In the first game of Friday’s doubleheader, Chance Ruffin failed to pitch through the fifth inning after allowing four runs — only one of which was earned — falling victim to one of Texas’ three errors in the game. The Longhorns had already captured the lead in the game, with catcher Cameron Rupp and left fielder Tant Shepherd both hitting their first home runs of the season. Rupp’s solo shot and

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Nebraska cruises past struggling Texas

By Dan Hurwitz Daily Texan Staff After reaching the season-high, eight-game winning streak that put the Longhorns atop the Big 12 standings a week ago, Texas finished up a sloppy series and left Nebraska with a three-game losing streak. Two losses in Lincoln, Neb., removed the Longhorns from the top of the Big 12 standings and likely from the Top 25. Friday’s series opener, which was expected to be a high-scoring

en through nine spots in the lineup going hitless in the 2-1 loss. Senior Desiree Williams highlighted the offense, getting two The 5-2 loss dropped the Longhorns to their hits and scoring the lone run for season-high three-game skid. the Longhorns. Saturday’s game was similar, as both pitchers, Barnhill and Nebraska’s Molly Hill, who slugfest, turned out to be a pitching advanced the runners in scoring started the day before, returned Jacqueline Gilles | Daily Texan Staff duel won by a game of small ball. position, Nebraska attempted a to the circle. The Huskers led off the fifth suicide-squeeze play bringing in The Huskers were able to jump Texas first baseman Desiree Williams watches on base for a chance inning with a walk followed by the game-winning run. ahead of Barnhill early due to to advance in a recent game. Williams scored the lone run for Texas a single against Texas’ Brittany The Longhorns left eight runners in Friday’s loss to Nebraska. Texas struggled to cash in offensively, STREAK continues on page 2B leaving 17 runners on base in the two losses this weekend. Barnhill. After a sacrifice bunt on base, in large part due to the sev-

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second singles spots, Longhorns Krista Damico and Maggie Mello picked up a confidence-building win, 8-5. The singles session was equally disappointing. The best match of the day was at the first singles spot where ITA No. 118 Corovic faced No. 44 Taylor Ormond. Ormond took a tight first set, 7-5, but Corovic battled back and won the second, 6-4. The women played a 10-point tiebreaker for the third set, since Baylor had already picked up the necessary four points to earn a team victory, and Ormond prevailed in an anti-climactic finish, 10-5. The Horns’ last Big 12 regular season title came in 2005. Texas seeks revenge in the conference tournament starting April 23. Texas’ conference record dropped to 8-1, and the team’s overall record is 12-6. Barring an epic collapse in their last two matches, the Longhorns will earn the second seed in the conference tournament. Texas finishes off its regular season next weekend when the Horns go on the road to take on Kansas and Kansas State on Saturday and Sunday.

SPORTS BRIEFLY Oklahoma splits doubleheader with Texas Tech after shutout

NORMAN, Okla. — Oklahoma recorded its third-straight shutout by beating Texas Tech 4-0 on Saturday, but the Red Raiders rebounded with a 5-1 win in the second game of the doubleheader. In the opener, Oklahoma’s Stephen Porlier (1-0) completed his comeback from a torn shoulder labrum, marking his first start since May 25, 2007. Porlier struck out five and allowed two hits in five innings. Matt Harughty hit a two-run home run in the third inning for Oklahoma (28-8, 8-4 Big 12 Conference) and Bryant Hernandez delivered a tworun triple in the fifth. A.J. Ramos (3-3) pitched a complete game but took the loss for Texas Tech (16-22, 7-8). Chad Bettis (4-0) pitched another complete game for the Red Raiders in the nightcap, allowing four hits and striking out nine. Texas Tech ended the Sooners’ 36-inning scoreless streak with two runs in the third. Antwonie Hubbard (1-2) took the loss for Oklahoma.

Kansas State takes down A&M at home with 9th-inning rally

MANHATTAN, Kan. — Rob Vaughn homered and Kansas State scored two runs in the bottom of the ninth inning to beat Texas A&M 4-3 on Saturday. Vaughn finished 2-for-4, including his second homer of the season, and Thomas Rooke (4-0) allowed one hit over the final 2 1/3 innings to pick up the win for Kansas State (26-9, 7-5 Big 12). Brodie Greene and Dylan Petrich each homered for Texas A&M (2114, 8-7). Nick Fleece (3-1) took the loss, allowing two runs on four hits in 2 1/3 innings.

Chris Paul too much for Dallas as Hornets upend Mavericks

NEW ORLEANS — Often the smallest player on the court, Chris Paul might have looked silly flexing both arms beside his head if his allaround game wasn’t so big. Paul narrowly missed his seventh triple-double this season with 31 points, 17 assists and nine rebounds, and the New Orleans Hornets defeated the Dallas Mavericks 102-92 on Sunday to earn a split in a key late-season home-and-home series. Afterward, Dallas coach Rick Carlisle said his club could do little to slow Paul. “We tried everything. We were trapping him ... pretty much the whole fourth quarter,” Carlisle said. “He just found ways to either draw fouls or get the ball to other people. That’s what great players do. He was great down the stretch.” Paul had 20 of his points in the second half. For the game, he shot 11-of-15 from the field — making both 3-pointers he attempted — and 7-of-7 from the foul line. “Paul was setting everybody up and he was scoring, so that’s why he’s one of the best point guards in the league,” said Dallas’ Dirk Nowitzk, who had 29 points. Compiled from Associated Press reports

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CRUISE: Horns earn first series sweep on the road Texas catcher Cameron Rupp greets Brandon Loy after scoring a run during an earlier game this season. Rupp was huge offensively for Texas, hitting two home runs in the two wins Saturday.

From page 1B Shepherd’s two-run dinger gave Texas a quick 3-0 lead, and while Texas would give Nebraska three unearned runs, the Longhorns’ bullpen would come through in a big way. Senior side-arm reliever Keith Shinaberry earned the first win on Friday, and Taylor Jungmann and Austin Wood combined to close out the Huskers, only allowing one run in the final four innings. Fresh off the 7-5 win, Texas continued its offensive dominance, scoring 11 runs, the team’s highest total in a game this season, to take the second game Friday, 11-7. In each of the first four innings Texas plated multiple runs, taking a quick 10-0 lead while Rupp added his second solo homer of the day.

“Winning a series is nice, but if you want to make strides in the standings, you have to sweep teams.” — Travis Tucker, second baseman

“I would say in game one yesterday and in today’s game, I was more comfortable than I’ve been all year,” Rupp said. “I started over-swinging in game two yesterday, but I feel I did a good job of getting back to playing within myself today.” Nebraska would cut the Texas lead to 10-7, but the bullpen would pull through again. In the second game on Friday, after starter Brandon Workman failed to work through four innings, Texas used the services of five relievers to secure the win. On Sunday, Texas needed Green to be dominant. Luckily for the Longhorn pitching staff, which used 10 pitchers in the two games Friday, Green never had to be yanked, and Texas cruised to the sweep with a 9-2 win. “The sweep was huge,” said Texas second baseman Travis Tucker. “That’s what we came down here for. Winning a series is nice, but if you want to make strides in the standings, you have to sweep teams. It’s really nice to do it on the road.”

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Super-pairing of Woods and Mickleson steals the show early in AugusBy Tim Dahlberg The Associated Press AUGUSTA, Ga. — They battled each other as though no one else was playing, and for many of those lucky enough to be at Augusta National on Easter Sunday, no one else was. Every shot seemed to spark a new roar that echoed through the Georgia pines, and every birdie brought new hope that this might be the most magical Masters of them all. Phil Mickelson started it, but Tiger Woods wasn’t about to let him finish it by himself. Not with the green jacket still up for grabs. Not with Augusta National just begging to be taken. Not with what this, the most personal of duels, meant to both men. The record will reflect that Angel Cabrera won this Masters and the coveted green jacket that goes along with it. But anyone watching will tell

you that Tiger and Phil stole the show. The fans who streamed out of Augusta National by the hundreds even as the leaders played the back nine certainly thought so. They could have stuck around for what eventually became the first three-way playoff in 22 years, but there didn’t seem much point after the thrills Woods and Mickelson provided. They were the dream pairing, and they delivered more than anyone could have imagined. For the best part of four hours they gave us the kind of moments that Chad Campbell and Kenny Perry can’t deliver in their entire career. The patrons, as they call them here, responded by screaming in joy, high-fiving one another, and acting in very unpatronlike ways. They all wanted in on this action, and who could blame them? Mickelson stoked

their fire by making birdies from everywhere imaginable on the front nine, and by the time Woods rolled in an eagle putt on No. 8, the game was really on. Behind them somewhere, Cabrera and Perry were playing in the final group and their nerves were beginning to show. Ahead of them was a back nine filled with tantalizing possibilities of birdies, eagles, and even more. How good was this? Just ask one of the men on the inside. “It was the most fun I ever had on a golf course,” said Jim “Bones” Mackay, Mickelson’s longtime caddie. The fact that there is an undercurrent of bad blood between the two men simply added to the intrigue on this gorgeous spring day. Woods’ caddie, Steve Williams, said a few months earlier that he hated Mickelson, and the two players aren’t exactly dinner

companions. But this was a day for spectacular golf, not pettiness. And while they weren’t trading jokes inside the ropes, there was some back and forth. “Great shot,” Woods kept saying to Mickelson. “Back to you,” Mickelson said to Woods. Mickelson set the bar high with six birdies in a sevenhole stretch on the front nine, including a miraculous shot through the trees on No. 7 that finished in kick-in range. He tied the front nine record with a 30 and stood on the 12th tee with a 9-iron in his hand, suddenly just a stroke off the lead. Being Mickelson, of course, he promptly hit it in the water. Most players would have collapsed right there. But Mickelson has been in a few jams in his time, and soon the game was back on. Both players were closing in

on the lead but still desperate for more birdies. And both had great chances for eagles on the two par-5’s on the back nine, only to miss. “I just didn’t trust the read and made a very tentative stroke,” Mickelson said. “If I had eagled 15 I’m right back in the tournament.” The finish was anti-climatic because by then the two seemed spent. Woods bogeyed the last two holes, and Mickelson missed a short birdie on the 17th and made bogey on the final hole himself. They would have needed 64s to get in the playoff, and Mickelson ended with a 67 and Woods a 68. But what a blast it was while it lasted. They came to win, and they came up short. Someone else would wear the green jacket. But as a warmup act they couldn’t be beat.

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Texas third-straight loss From page 1B

Paul Chouy | Daily Texan Staff

Texas pitcher Brittany Barnhill winds up for a pitch. Barnhill has taken three losses in five days.

two errors on consecutive plays by the Texas defense, making way for Nebraska to plate two runners home. Texas quickly responded, tying the game in the second with a sacrifice fly from Kelly Melone scoring Crystal Saenz followed by a fielder’s choice by Williams bringing in Nadia Taylor — ending the scoring for the Longhorns for the day. Nebraska regained its lead in the third and extended it to three runs in the sixth. Three walks by Williams,

Lexy Bennett and Loryn Johnson loaded the bases, putting the go-ahead run at the plate in the seventh inning, but sophomore Amy Hooks lined into a double play to end the rally and the game. Barnhill, who recorded five wins in the previous week, saw her record drop to 19-9 after taking responsibility for three losses in five days. The 5-2 loss dropped the Longhorns to their season-high, three-game skid, which they will try to end when they travel to Lubbock to face Texas Tech on Wednesday.

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PGA

Cabrera captures Masters with playoff win

By Doug Ferguson The Associated Press AUGUSTA, Ga. — The Masters delivered a show everyone wanted and a champion no one expected. Angel Cabrera became the first Argentine to win the green jacket at the Augusta National on Sunday by surviving a wild final round that began with a supercharged duel between Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson and ended with a stunning collapse by Kenny Perry. Indeed, this Masters had it all. Two shots behind with two holes to play, Cabrera fought his way into a three-way playoff when the 48-year-old Perry, on the verge of becoming golf’s oldest major champion, bogeyed the final two holes. Even in a playoff, Cabrera looked like the odd man out. He drove into the trees, hit another shot off a Georgia pine, but still scrambled for par with an 8-foot putt. He won with a routine par on the 10th hole when Perry missed the green badly and made yet another bogey, this one the most costly of them all. “I may never get this opportunity ever again, but I had a lot of fun being in there,� Perry said. “I had the tournament to win. I lost the tournament. But Angel hung in there. I was proud of him.� Cabrera, who won the U.S. Open at Oakmont two years ago, finally earned a green jacket for Argentina. He closed with a one-under 71 to get into the first three-man playoff at the Masters in 22 years. Chad Campbell closed with a 69 and was eliminated on the first playoff hole when he found a bunMorry Gash | Associated Press ker from the middle of the 18th Angel Cabrera of Argentina celebrates after winning the Masters in a second hole of a sudden-death playoff Sunday at the Augusta fairway, then watched his 6-foot National Golf Club in Augusta, Ga. Cabrera capitalized on a late collapse from Kenny Perry and battled back to take his second major. par putt lip out of the hole.

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Astros held to 3 hits, swept by Cardinals

By R.B. Fallstrom The Associated Press ST. LOUIS — Kyle Lohse threw a career-best three-hitter, retiring 24 in a row after giving up a single on his first pitch, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Houston Astros 3-0 Sunday to complete a three-game sweep. Khalil Greene had three hits and an RBI, and Ryan Ludwick extended his hitting streak to 16 games with an RBI single for the Cardinals, who went 5-2 on their opening homestand and limited the opposition to two or fewer runs in three of the last four. St. Louis outscored the Astros 19-5 in the three games. Kaz Matsui lined an oppositefield single to start the game for the Astros, who didn’t get another baserunner until Michael Bourn singled leading off the ninth. Hunter Pence added a two-out hit for Houston before Lohse got Lance Berkman to fly out.

Houston has lost four in a row and has scuffled to a 1-5 start while totaling 16 runs. Lohse (2-0) threw his fifth career shutout, and the first since May 28, 2007, against Pittsburgh while he was with the Cincinnati Reds. The complete game was his seventh, and first since July 6, 2007, against Arizona. His previous low-hit game had been a pair of four-hitters, the last also against the Diamondbacks. Lohse, who struck out four and walked none, helped himself with an outstanding fielding play to rob Miguel Tejada of a bunt single leading off the fifth. Second baseman Skip Schumaker nearly topped that the next at-bat, making a leaping grab of Geoff Blum’s liner. Lohse is 4-0 with a 1.91 ERA against the Astros in five starts over the last two years. Ludwick had an RBI single off Wandy Rodriguez (0-1) and Chris Duncan had a run-scoring

SPORTS BRIEFLY Rangers’ bullpen blows strong shutout start from Millwood

DETROIT — Brandon Inge was sure glad when Kevin Millwood left the game Sunday. Inge homered and hit a tworun single in a six-run eighth inning, helping the Detroit Tigers rally for a 6-4 victory over the Texas Rangers. Millwood threw seven shutout innings before handing a 4-0 lead over to C.J. Wilson, who failed to make it out of the eighth. “Millwood was doing a great job of shutting us down, so we were glad to get to their bullpen,� Inge said. “Our pitchers kept us in the game against some massive hitters, which is the key, because we’ve got a great offense.� Carlos Guillen also had a tworun double for Detroit, which swept the three-game series. Placido Polanco went 3-for-4 with an RBI and Miguel Cabrera had two hits. Brandon Lyon (1-1) threw two perfect innings and Fernando Rodney got three outs for his second save in as many days. Detroit relievers have pitched seven innings in the last two games without allowing a baserunner. “We’ve still got some bridging to do with our bullpen, but they have been tremendous in the last two days when we’ve needed them,� manager Jim Leyland said. “That’s their job — don’t let teams add on runs, so our offense has a chance at the end.� Josh Hamilton and Ian Kinsler hit two-run homers for Texas, which began the season by sweeping a three-game series at home against Cleveland. Millwood allowed just four hits and struck out six. “I was able to get guys out when I needed them, but I threw too many pitches,� Millwood said. “This is frustrating, because we start with a sweep at home and then get swept here.� Wilson (0-1) entered to pitch the eighth and Inge greeted him with his 100th career homer. — The Associated Press

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St. Louis Cardinals’ Kyle Lohse, right, celebrates with battery mate Yadier Molina after completing his complete-game, three-hit shutout against the Houston Astros. Lohse led the Cardinals to a 3-0 win Sunday as St. Louis swept the three-game series.

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Ambassador: Guns from US fueling drug war in Mexico

By Douglass K. Daniel The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Stopping the flow of money and weapons from the United States into Mexico is critical to dealing with the violent drug cartels creating havoc on the border, the Mexican ambassador to the U.S. said Sunday. Mexican officials believe that 90 percent of the weapons seized there can be traced to the U.S., said Ambassador Arturo Sarukhan. “The key issue right now is how can the United States help to shut down those guns and shut down that bulk cash that is providing the drug syndicates in Mexico with the wherewithal to corrupt, to bribe, to kill,� Sarukhan said on CBS’s “Face the Nation.� Mexican President Felipe Calderon began a national crackdown on organized crime in 2006. Since then, violence among the drug cartels, their rivals and soldiers have led to nearly 9,000 deaths and crime that has spilled across the border into the U.S. Although Sarukhan contended that the cartels’ use of assault weapons rose dramatically after the U.S. ended its ban on the firearms in 2004, he stopped short of advocating that Congress reinstate the ban. “What we will say is ... by reinstating the ban, that could have a profound impact on the number and the caliber of weapons going down to Mexico,� he said. The Obama administration said it was taking several steps to provide more assistance to Mexico in its fight against drug violence, including providing more federal agents to try to stop gun smuggling. Tightening border security through fencing and similar means has not had an impact on guns and drugs, Sarukhan said.

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A student is arrested after taking part in a protest occupying a building at the New School University on Friday in New York. The protesters, citing management and budget issues, and a desire for more study space, called for the removal of the university’s president, Bob Kerrey.

Protesters occupy campus building at New School Student activists arrested after calling for removal of university’s president By The Associated Press NEW YORK — New School University president Bob Kerrey has told the New York Post that the occupation of a campus building by a band of activists was “illegal� and “not a legitimate protest.� Kerrey told the New York Post on Saturday that the ragtag bunch of protesters who broke into the campus building and

occupied it for about five hours deserved to be arrested. He said he called the New York Police Department and demanded that the occupiers be removed from the Union Square building. Police arrested 19 people inside. Three other protesters were arrested outside. The protesters broke into a campus building Friday and demanded the removal of Kerrey as president of the school. They occupied the building for about five hours before the arrests were made. The protesters kicked out a

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eo shows officers peacefully arresting the 19 people inside. Negotiations took about 20 minutes, Browne said. “There was great cooperation on both sides,� Browne said. The ragtag bunch had sleeping bags and bags of food as though they planned to stay a while. “Guys, just open the door and step back,� one officer is heard on the video, calmly speaking through a bullhorn. “Thanks,� he says, as people line up to be arrested. The scene outside was more

chaotic, as protesters clashed with officers and broke through metal barriers. Three people were arrested outside the building. Rumors flew around the Internet that police had used tear gas and were attacking students inside, but police said the claims were false. Amateur video shows two officers spraying pepper spray into a side door of the building as someone is pushing it out from the inside, but it’s not clear whether anyone was hit. The same video also shows an officer elbowing a man who falls to the ground and is arrested.

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LIFE&ARTS

Monday, April 13, 2009

NEW YEAR: Festival participants reminded of their roots, heritage From page 8B

“I started doing this four years ago, and it has made me closer to my culture. It instills a pride in my heritage, and knowing more about it gives me a better appreciation.�

have grown up learning traditional dancing since they were children. “[Dancing] gives me something new every time,� said group member and choreographer Sumana Mandala. “It’s been there forever, and it’s amazing what you can create with the building blocks that have been given.� Throughout the day, performers also entertained the audience with Bollywood dance numbers and sang a mix of classical and modern Bengali songs. Hungry attendants wandered among booths where they had a choice of beef shish kebabs, samosas, shingara (potato wraps), Indian rice and chot poti (lentils). Dancer Amy Razzaque said the performers’ colorful clothing celebrates the coming of spring, the growth of crops and the return of color. She and her sister, Hasnin Syed, performed a dance originating from Southeast Bangladesh to a Bengali springtime song. “What I enjoy the most about being a part of this is that it has brought me back to my roots,� Razzaque said. “I started doing this four years

— Amy Razzaque, dancer ago, and it has made me closer to my culture. It instills a pride in my heritage, and knowing more about it gives me a better appreciation.� Nandini Chari, who came to the festival to watch her husband perform with Stage Sanchaar, also said she enjoyed returning to her roots in what she called an event that “shows how much culture there is in Austin.� “It’s nice to have the opportunity to see the whole South Asian community,� Chari said.

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DOG: Walk benefits those in need, showcases true Texas spirit From page 8B

in the attempts at beating the world record. “One of the beauties of the dog walk is everybody comes in first place,� said Sheri Soltes, founder and president of Texas Hearing and Service Dogs. “Everybody is as essential for a victory as everybody else, and I don’t know any other event that does that.�

“Beating the world record will mean two things. It will make Austin that much weirder, and we had the world record before England took it away.� — Linda Thompson, Texas Hearing and Service Dogs volunteer

Emily Kinsolving | Daily Texan Staff

A local Weimaraner and his owner participate in the 11th annual Mighty Texas Dog Walk on Saturday morning. Austinites tried to beat the Guinness World Record for the world’s largest dog walk and benefited the Texas Hearing and Service Dogs organization in the process.

MOVIE REVIEW

Main character Miley is mediocre in new Disney flick By Brian Losoya Daily Texan Staff You have to give Disney credit for doing the seemingly impossible — “Hannah Montana: The Movie� was the No. 1 movie this weekend, despite its unlikable and mediocre main character. The premise for the movie, which earned $34 million over the weekend, is simple enough. It’s sad to say, you probably already know the story. Miley Stewart, a girl from Tennessee, goes by the stage name Hannah Montana and is the biggest pop star in the world. In order to maintain the semblance of a normal life, Miley keeps her celebrity a secret, in effect living a double life. After years of doing so, it’s becoming increasingly difficult for Miley/Hannah to mesh her two lives together, and it’s her friends and family who suffer. Her father (played by real-life dad Billy Ray Cyrus) decides it’s best for Miley to revisit her roots after she gets into a fight with Tyra Banks over a pair of shoes. The movie itself is not completely unentertaining. The humor is pretty spot-on, and many cast members do a great job presenting believable characters whom you begin to feel sympathy for. Unfortunately, Miley Cyrus is not one of them. From the very beginning, her character is utterly concerned with herself, disregarding her best friend and grandmother because of a trip to New York City. When Miley goes back to Tennessee, she is even brattier, making viewers wonder why they should feel sorry for a multi-millionaire who doesn’t seem to care about the people who support her most. In addition, Cyrus, a decent singer, was outshone by other celebrity performers in the movie, including Taylor Swift and Rascal Flatts. Vanessa Williams is fun as Miley’s publicist, and Margo Martindale plays the role of Miley’s grandmother expertly. The story, too, is entertaining and could possibly be very good if the main character wasn’t so self-absorbed throughout the first two-thirds of the movie. But Disney has nothing to worry about. Fans of the TV show will more than likely enjoy this movie and hand in even more dough for the company. Full of country cliches, emotional teenage girls and bubblegum pop music, “Hannah Montana: The Movie� is fine enough for its core audience, but it’s probably not the best choice for the college crowd.

The total head count for the walk will be tallied and released later this week. Though it is not yet known if the record was broken, participants said the event was a success. Thousands of attendees and their pets demonstrated true Texas spirit by showing their support to triumph both in numbers and for a cause. “Texas is supposed to be bigger than anything else,� Soltes said. “It’s not just the land. It’s people’s hearts.�

ENTERTAINMENT BRIEFLY

Co-creator of popular board game dies of cancer at 61

MINNEAPOLIS — Dave Arneson, one of the co-creators of the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy game and a pioneer of roleplaying entertainment, died after a two-year battle with cancer, his family said Thursday. He was 61. Arneson’s daughter, Malia Weinhagen of Maplewood, said her father died peacefully Tuesday in hospice care in St. Paul. Arneson and Gary Gygax developed Dungeons & Dragons in 1974 using medieval characters and mythical creatures. The game known for its oddly shaped dice became a hit, particularly among teenage boys. It eventually was turned into video games, books

and movies. “The biggest thing about my dad’s world is he wanted people to have fun in life,� Weinhagen said. “I think we get distracted by the everyday things you have to do in life and we forget to enjoy life and have fun. “But my dad never did,� she said. “He just wanted people to have fun.� Dungeons & Dragons players create fictional characters and carry out their adventures with the help of complicated rules. The quintessential geek pastime, it spawned copycat games and later inspired a whole genre of computer games that’s still growing in popularity. Areneson inducted into the Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts and Design Hall of Fame in 1984. He is survived by Weinhagen and two grandchildren. — The Associated Press

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Miley Cyrus greets fans while leaving a premiere of “Hannah Montana: The Movie� in South Jordan, Utah, on Friday. The movie topped the weekend box office with $34 million in ticket sales. !

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Life&Arts Editor: Ana McKenzie E-mail: lifeandarts@dailytexanonline.com Phone: (512) 232-2209 www.dailytexanonline.com

T HE DAILY T EXAN

Bengalis celebrate culture, coming of spring

Canine walk raises funds, attempts to break record Service-dogs group hosts 3-mile event, looks to take back title

Photos by Sara Young | Daily Texan Staff

Niki Nallapati prepares backstage for a duet dance routine at the South Asian New Year Festival on Saturday. The event featured performances that celebrated Bengali culture and heritage.

Dance performances, food stalls attract South Asian community to new-year festivities By Priscilla Totiyapungprasert Daily Texan Staff Ethnic dancing, vegetarian samosas and colorful saris were on display at the Bengali and South Asian New Year Festival on Saturday. The Texas Bengali Cultural Alliance hosted the event to celebrate Pohela Boishakh, the first day of the first month in the Bengali calendar. Festivities began at noon at Beverly S. Sheffield Zilker Hillside Theater and, through rainy drizzles, lasted until 9 p.m. “We like to have a mixed crowd,” said Zia Syed, the alliance’s general secretary. “We want to integrate American society to our culture.” Dressed in brightly colored salvar kameez, a type of traditional Indian clothing, and with flowers adorning their hair, 15-year-olds Deepika Mannem and Niki Nallapati performed a South Indian dance called bharatanatyam. With rhythmic footsteps and graceful hand motions, the duo’s body movements painted fluid, sharp angles. In its fourth performance, the group Stage Sanchaar performed a fusion of Bengali folk dancing along with southern- and easternstyle Indian dancing. The group’s members

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Sruthi Mohan performs with a small group of women against a scenic background at the Beverly S. Sheffield Zilker Hillside Theater on Saturday.

By Amber Genuske Daily Texan Staff Not even the largest dog park in Austin could accommodate the thousands of canines that crowded streets downtown over the weekend. Dalmatians, Schnoodles and golden retrievers, among a plethora of other dogs, large and small, met for a good cause and an attempt to win back a world record Saturday morning. Texas Hearing and Service Dogs hosted its 11th annual Mighty Texas Dog Walk to raise funds and attempt to regain the Guinness World Record for hosting the largest dog walk. Though Austin secured the title in 1999 and 2002, England currently holds it with a 10,272-dog record. Linda Thompson, a Texas Hearing and Service Dogs volunteer of seven years, brought her 175-pound Great Dane, Axle, out for the walk. She said it is time for Texas to win back its bragging rights. “Beating the world record will mean two things,” Thompson said. “It will make Austin that much weirder, and we had the world record before England took it away.” Proceeds from the walk went to the organization, which trains service dogs free of charge for people in need, footing the bill of up to $18,000 per dog. The 3-mile stroll started at the Ann W. Richards Congress Avenue Bridge and looped west on Cesar Chavez Street and back. Despite the brisk 9 a.m. air, the organization was equipped with wading pools at multiple water stops in which pups could cool their tired paws — or lie in, as one old Labrador retriever did. Running gear — a pink sweater for one toy Chihuahua — also adorned some dogs. Racing numbers were also strapped to their backs as if they were genuine triathlon contestants. Though all participants won dog-tag-shaped gold medals at the finish line, the true competition was seen

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