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Students protest gun bill with walkout 200 rally against concealed carry 2 years after Virginia Tech shooting By Amy Bingham Daily Texan Staff “Hey hey, ho ho, guns in school have got to go!” chanted about 200 UT students as they ascended the state Capitol’s south steps Thursday afternoon. With cardboard signs reading “More Guns = More Blood,” “No Need” and “Books not Berettas,” the crowd encircled a wooden podium where Virginia Tech alumnus John Woods, a UT graduate student, spoke of his terrifying experience with guns on college campuses. On the second anniversary of the Virginia Tech massacre — America’s deadliest school shooting — state representatives, activists and the county constable urged protesters to speak out to their legislators against a bill that would allow concealed-carry license holders to bring handguns onto public university campuses. Student Government and University Democrats organized the protest. The concealed-carry bill, authored by state Rep. Joe Driver, R-Garland, has 77 cosponsors. It passed though committee April 8 with a 5-to-3 vote and may soon be scheduled for debate on the House floor. The Senate’s version of the bill is pending in committee.

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Andrew Solomon, a UT law student and former SG president, listens to protests against the concealed carrying of guns on campus. About 200 students protested at the Capitol on Thursday morning against House Bill 1893, which would allow concealed-handgun license holders to carry on UT’s campus.

Senate passes bill to raise age for tobacco purchase to 19

UT performances take stage on Main Mall for Texas Revue Talent show draws 250 to Tower to watch annual competition

Proponents say long-term benefits will outweigh initial loss of tax revenue

By Hudson Lockett Daily Texan Staff The state Senate approved a bill Wednesday raising the age limit for buying tobacco products to 19, clearing the legislation for entry to the House as early as next week. The Senate passed a similar bill in 2007 that was drowned amid other issues as the legislative session drew to a close. State Sen. Carlos Uresti, D-San Antonio, a proponent of the bill, said conditions were more favorable for this legislative session. “We kicked it out of the Senate a lot earlier, and there’s a lot more momentum,” Uresti said. “I think there’s a good chance that it’s going to get into House committee early next week.” Uresti said the bill’s focus was on keeping tobacco out of the hands of high school seniors who reach 18 before graduation. He said he thought a potential 20-percent reduction in the number of new smokers over the next two years would save much more than the taxes lost from cigarette sales due to decreased health care costs. “I’d want to be able to show, down the road, that it had a significant impact,” Uresti said.

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Engineering junior Nick Bender voiced disapproval of a bill raising the age limit to buy cigarettes, saying that people old enough to fight in the military should be able to smoke or drink.

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The Filipino Student Association performs a routine at the University’s Texas Revue talent show, an annual event honoring the best in UT music and performance.

By Priscilla Totiyapungprasert Daily Texan Staff On a windy and rain-threatening Thursday night came the beatboxing and Bollywood dancing, the sassy salsa and symphony pop, the lavish vocals and love story between an engineer and a business major. These were just some of the highlights at the Texas Revue talent show, where a crowd of about 250 people filled the Main Mall to watch UT’s most talented students perform. “I’m seriously stunned,” said business freshman and attendee Sia Mahajan. “It blows me away that there’s so much tal-

ent at UT.” Longhorn Singers revved the crowd up as the first performers with a flirtatious rendition of “Feeling Good,” followed by a breakout into “Footloose.” Solo singer/guitarists James Magown and Michael Hung each soothed the audience with their acoustic numbers. Hung wrote “Amy’s Song” in honor of a friend who had passed away. Violins and other orchestral instruments made frequent appearances. The miniature symphony Mother Falcon performed a creative blend of classical music and modern sounds. Singer Nick Gregg said the group had originally started as an electric band, but it moved toward a more acoustic and classical sound after writing a cello part.

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UTMB vows to stay open after House gives early OK to bill for ravaged campus By Erin Mulvaney Daily Texan Staff In September 1900, after a historic hurricane devastated Galveston Island, the chairman of the UT System Board of Regents sent a telegram to the campus saying the doors would re-open and classes would start again, simply stating, “The University of Texas stops for no storm.” History echoed through the House chamber Thursday when the members tentatively approved a supplemental appropriations bill that will fund restorations for the hurricane-ravaged University of Texas Medical Branch. Final approval is expected today, along with debate over the state’s $400 billion 2010-11 biennial budget. Hurricane Ike’s descent on the island almost 100 years after the first storm left the island’s health care in a shaky state. The more than 200 resi-

“People have wanted to do something to help since the storm, and this is their opportunity.” — Craig Eiland, state representative Jacqueline Gilles | Daily Texan Staff

dents from Galveston and the surrounding areas who visited Austin to support the bill applauded, and their cheers reverberated through the Texas Capitol. On their chests, supporters donned pins that read, “We Stop for No Storm.” UTMB alumna Emily Jean Lucid, who was born on the island, said there would be no Galveston without UTMB. “If UTMB ceases to exist, it’s just a matter of who turns off the lights,” Lucid

Supporters of funding increases for the UT Medical Branch gathered at the Capitol on Thursday afternoon to lobby in support of a bill that would keep the university in operation. The House tentatively approved the bill, and final approval is expected today. said. “It’s essential.” State Rep. Craig Eiland, DGalveston, said there will be serious consequences for the entire region of Galveston if UTMB, the island’s largest employer, is not rebuilt. He said the support of the residents at the Capitol was important. “People have wanted to do something to help since the storm, and this is their

opportunity,” Eiland said. “There is now hope for recovery. If it were not restored, it would throw a lot of cold water on efforts to rebuild.” The bill, which called for $700 million in restoration funds for hurricanes Ike, Gustav and Dolly, was included in the supplemental appropriations bill for the 2009-2010 year. Because

the money was included in the bill, it required only 76 votes, as opposed to the 100 votes it would have needed on its own. The bill now waits for approval from the Senate and Gov. Rick Perry’s signature. “I feel partly relieved, but I will feel really relieved when the governor signs it,” Eiland

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By Molly Triece Daily Texan Staff With Austin municipal elections coming up on May 9, the Ethics Review Commission hosted a forum for the mayoral and City Council candidates Thursday evening. Austin’s League of Women Voters, an organization promoting citizen involvement in government, moderated the forum, which focused on budget issues as well as the local economy and social needs of the community. “I’m most protective of our emergency services,” said candidate Josiah James Ingalls. “Peoples’ lives depend on these services. If we try to make cutbacks on that, we are putting citizens at risk needlessly.” Since city budget cutbacks are likely, the candidates responded to questions about what areas of spending they would reduce first. “I would actually waive my salary,” candidate David Buttross said. “I would not take one dime to be the mayor of Austin.” Buttross said he favors reducing the salaries of public officials, in particular those that are exces-

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“There is a weapons race in this country,” said state Rep. Lon Burnam, D-Fort Worth, who voted against the bill in the House Committee of Public Safety. “Tell them to stop, to get off your campus. This is your Capitol. Take it back.” At 11:30 a.m., students across campus rose from their lecture halls, walked out of class and marched to the Capitol to rally against the proposed legislation. Communication studies sophomore Carinne Deeds and about five of her classmates walked out of their American history class, where lecturer Megan Sea-

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sive or in the range of $100,000 per year. Candidate Carole Keeton Strayhorn agreed with Buttross, responding that her City Council would cut spending from the top down. “The best approach to take is that everyone should share in wage freezes,” said Mayor Pro Tem Brewster McCracken, who is also running for mayor. After explaining where funding would be cut, candidates responded to questions addressing what sectors of the economy and community life would receive an increase in spending. “We have to work on fixing the causes of homelessness,” Ingalls said. “I was homeless at age 18. I know what it takes to get off those streets.” Many of the candidates highlighted the importance of the Austin community. Buttross, Strayhorn, McCracken and Lee Leffingwell, the fifth mayoral candidate, promised to promote a tighter community by directing funds to public parks and libraries. The candidates also tended to agree when asked what new businesses Austin should view as a priority. “We need to attract industries that are our future,” Leffingwell said. “Our main focus, though, should be on diversity. We need

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holm was discussing the Vietnam War. Deeds said she participated in the walkout because she feels handguns are a threat to the safety of students on campus. “More guns would lead to more violence,” she said. Seaholm said she was aware of the walkout and was not disrupted by it. “I support the peaceful demonstration of free speech among our students,” Seaholm said. “It always cheers me when students are paying attention to larger political events and making decisions on their own.” Government sophomore Philip Kleiman observed the ral-

TOBACCO: Bill aims to stop smoking in high school From page 1A UT law professor Lino Graglia said the bill faced no major legal hurdles but walked a fine line between prevention and intrusion. “You have to make the judgment as to whether the harms you’re preventing to other people are justifiable, and

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Frances McIntyre, president of the Austin League of Women Voters, holds a sign indicating that City Council Place 1 candidate Chris Riley has 30 seconds remaining. The Ethics Review Commission sponsored a candidate forum Thursday that covered topics ranging from taxes to city planning. other kinds of businesses to counteract the cyclical economy.” McCracken, Ingalls and Leffingwell focused their answers on promising to bring more green businesses to Austin. Strayhorn and Buttross agreed but presented additional methods, saying they

would look beyond green jobs in order to be more profitable. “People don’t care what color their jobs are,” Buttross said. “When you’re hungry, you just want a job. We need to keep people employed.” Strayhorn outlined build-

ing a state-of-the-art medical center to tackle Austin’s unemployment and health-care issues. “It’s a great economic boom as well as a safety net [for our healthcare system] at the same time,” Strayhorn said.

GUNS: Proposed legislation sparks strong, mixed reactions among students

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maybe it is in this case,” Graglia said. Physics freshman Mark Thurston said he didn’t care if the bill passed. “It doesn’t really matter to me,” Thurston said, finishing a cigarette. Courtney Barnett, a radiotelevison-film junior, said she hadn’t heard anything about

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the bill. “You don’t think about these things when you can just do them,” Barnett said. She said she wasn’t sure it would be effective, likening cigarettes’ availability to that of alcohol. “You can still get it from other classmates,” she said. “Kids are still going to find a way.”

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“I support the peaceful demonstration of free speech among our students.” — Megan Seaholm, UT lecturer ly and said he supports the legislation to allow license holders to carry handguns on campus. To acquire a license, individuals must be 21 years old, or 18 for military personnel, pass a background check, be of sound mind and take a safety training course. Kleiman said he was annoyed that protesters compared the Vir-

ginia Tech shooting to a scenario that could occur at UT if students were allowed to carry concealed weapons. “If you want to talk about the Virginia Tech thing, it’s more who can own a gun and who can buy a gun, not where they can take that gun,” Kleiman said. Travis County Constable Bruce Elfant said most law en-

forcement personnel do not support the right of students to carry weapons on campus. He said the state should focus on funding mental-health facilities and decreasing violence outside of college campuses instead. Government senior Andy Jones, an SG liberal arts representative, said he attended the rally to show legislators that SG is adamantly opposed to the bill. Jones said UT would be drastically different if guns were allowed. “The fear would be palpable,” Jones said. “This is not about me; it’s not about John Woods. It’s about [students] not being afraid to go to class.”

UTMB: Money will clean up, repair damage

caused by Hurricane Ike at island campus From page 1A said. “We have a long way to go, but we’re on the right path.” The appropriations bill commits $150 million from the state general revenue fund toward matching federal money for the medical branch. The original bill called for dipping into the Rainy Day Fund, which holds the state’s reserve money. The funds will be used to clean up and repair damage from Hurricane Ike and to strengthen

its buildings against future flood damage. Eiland said the medical branch will need an additional $50 million from another source. Before last month, the UT System Board of Regents considered moving the medical branch from the island to the mainland but recently decided against the proposal. “It’s been a 180-degree change from where UT was in October,” Eiland said. “We were fighting with the Board of Regents, and

now they are working hand in hand with us.” Three other Texas Gulf institutions received funding in the bill: Texas A&M University at Galveston was granted $10.7 million, the College of the Mainland received $704,945, and Galveston College was given $491,844. Victor Pierson, mayor of Jamaica Beach, a community on Galveston Island, said the restoration of Galveston is on track and is already closer to where it needs to be. “We’re going to come back better than the way it was,” Pierson said.

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Source of huge scholarship donations remains secret

World’s largest democracy begins month of elections

DES MOINES, Iowa — A mystery is unfolding in the world of college fundraising: During the past few weeks, at least eight universities have received gifts totaling nearly $45 million, and the schools had to promise not to try to find out the giver’s identity. One school went so far as to check with the IRS and the Department of Homeland Security just to make sure a $1.5 million gift didn’t come from illegal sources. The gifts ranged from $8 million at Purdue to $1.5 million donated to the University of North Carolina at Asheville. The University of Iowa received $7 million; the University of Southern Mississippi, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and the University of Maryland at College Park got $6 million each; the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs was given $5.5 million.

NEW DELHI — It takes a month to elect a new leader in the world’s largest democracy. In remote farming villages and sprawling concrete cities, tens of millions of Indians voted Thursday amid a deeply fractured political scene largely empty of national issues. The election won’t wrap up until mid-May — and there may not be a new government selected until early June. Early estimates indicated a fairly heavy turnout, with most states reporting more than 60 percent of eligible voters casting their ballots, Deputy Election Commissioner R. Balakrishnan told reporters. More than 140 million people were eligible to vote Thursday. The vote was the first of five phases in which a total of some 714 million people — more than 30 times the entire population of Texas — will be eligible to go to the polls.

Military policy toward gays under review, Gates says

CARLISLE, Pa. — Changing the U.S. military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy for gay troops is “very difficult,” Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday, indicating that doing so could take years. Speaking at the Army War College, Gates said he and President Barack Obama were discussing the policy and whether to change it. Gates said he was not yet taking a position about whether gay troops should be open about their sexuality, which could lead to their discharge under the current rules.

Perry’s Tax Day secession comment draws criticism

A group of Texas Democrats says Republican Gov. Rick Perry was reckless when he suggested at an anti-tax rally that fed-up Americans may one day want to secede from the United States. Perry’s office did not immediately respond Thursday. Answering a question from The Associated Press at an antitax rally Wednesday, Perry said he doesn’t think Texas should secede. But he said the federal government was thumbing its nose at the American people and added, “who knows what might come out of that.” Compiled from Associated Press reports

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The owners of ground zero have proposed indefinitely putting off building two of three skyscrapers planned by developer Larry Silverstein. Silverstein and the Port Authority have been talking on and off for months about rewriting a 3-year-old agreement that gives the developer rights to build three out of five towers planned at the site of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Ground zero plan lacks financing One of five towers to be built at WTC site could be delayed until 2030 By Amy Westfeldt The Associated Press NEW YORK — Construction of several ground zero office towers could be put off for decades because of the failing real estate market, the site’s owners said Thursday, citing an analysis that projected one skyscraper might not be built and occupied until 35 years after Sept. 11. Developer Larry Silverstein and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey have been talking on and off for months about rewriting a 3-year-old agreement that gives the developer rights to build three out of five towers planned at the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attack site. Silverstein, unable to obtain financing for all the towers and with only about $1 billion left in insurance money to pay for them, asked the Port Authority last fall to guarantee financing for two of his towers, officials familiar with the negotiations say.

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The Port Authority agreed to back one tower already under construction, where the government agency has agreed to move once it’s built. Executive Director Chris Ward on Thursday cited the exodus of major financial firms like Merrill Lynch and AIG from downtown Manhattan as a reason to not flood the market with 10 million square feet of office space at the same time — about 2013. Ward also said that Silverstein was free to build his three towers on his own. “Mr. Silverstein is asking the public sector to finance, in fact, his buildings,” Ward said. Silverstein “is seeking the Port Authority’s capacity to finance office space downtown.” Janno Lieber, who oversees the trade center site for Silverstein, said Thursday that guaranteeing financing for Silverstein’s towers would help generate commercial rents the Port Authority could collect for the 90 years remaining on Silverstein’s lease. “Most important, from a public standpoint, this allows the Port Authority to honor its com-

mitment to rebuild lower Manhattan,” he added. The Port Authority is building a 1,776-foot skyscraper, commonly known as the Freedom Tower, that is set to open in 2013. It has no beginning or completion date for a second tower it is responsible for building. Silverstein’s other towers should be built whenever the market improves, Ward said. But an analysis prepared for the Port Authority by the Cushman & Wakefield real estate brokerage projected that while two of Silverstein’s towers could be built by 2013, a third wouldn’t be built until 2030 and fully leased until 2036. A second tower that hasn’t been built yet wouldn’t be fully leased until 2025, the analysis said. Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who has committed city office space to the one tower the Port Authority agreed to back, said Thursday the 2036 date is “just a number out of the blue.” “My hope is that things will get done a lot quicker. ... The problem is that you sort of have to do everything or at least part of everything because if you

don’t, then nothing works. Bloomberg mentioned the Sept. 11 memorial, which the Port Authority has promised to open in part by the 10th anniversary of the attacks. But the mayor, who chairs the memorial foundation, said “the museum will not be done and there will be parts that will, for years afterwards, be going in and out of accessibility.” The Port Authority and Silverstein have said they need a new lease deal to ensure completion dates for the memorial, an underground parking lot and a multibillion-dollar transit hub. The lease is also costing Silverstein hundreds of millions of dollars in rent for undeveloped space, while the Port Authority has paid over $100 million in late fees for not excavating all the land Silverstein needs to build on. The lease requires Silverstein to build his three towers by 2013 or forfeit rights to them. Kathryn Wylde, chief executive of the Partnership for New York business group, said the real estate market would likely drive the decision how fast to build back office space.

Russia ends anti-terrorist campaign in Chechnya GROZNY, Russia — Chechens danced in the streets and waved flags to celebrate Russia’s decision Thursday to end its decadelong counterterrorism operation in the war-weary southern region. The order by President Dmitry Medvedev paves the way for the withdrawal of tens of thousands of federal troops, whose presence has been hugely unpopular amid allegations of widespread abuses against civilians.

Wild Slovenian bear enjoys sunny day in busy city park

LJUBLJANA, Slovenia — Slovenia is home to about 430 brown bears, but residents of Ljubljana, the capital, rarely see any but the two who live in the local zoo. So, when a wild bear wandered into Tivoli park early Thursday, the joggers, kids and nature lovers who usually pack the city’s central park arrived to find that police had closed it. The plan was for wildlife experts to catch the animal. But they didn’t have much luck. Before they could track it down, the bear had wandered off into the wooded area of Dobova, south of Ljubljana, where it presumably lives, the state-run news agency STA reported. Compiled from Associated Press reports

OPINION

4A Friday, April 17, 2009

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Partying like hell

HORNS UP, HORNS DOWN

By Daniel Earnest Daily Texan Columnist

Faculty representation on Board of Regents Like so many bills before it, HB 330 will die not with a bang but with a whimper, caught in the flypaper that is the average House committee. The bill, which was left pending after testimony was heard last week, would replace one of the UT System Board of Regents’ positions with a faculty member. Though the appointee would not have voting powers, we feel that there is an intrinsic — and obvious — benefit to having a formally trained educator present at every board decision. Students, whose stay at the University is hopefully only temporary, already have a non-voting position on the board, so it seems natural to extend this privilege to faculty members, who make their careers on the 40 Acres. But with only 45 days left to get out of committee, see a vote in the House and repeat the process in the Senate — all without seeing any additional amendments, we can only remain optimistic about the bills chance’s next session.

Oversight for UTIMCO bonuses Under a new proposal, the University of Texas Investment Management Company would need approval from the governor, the attorney general and a legislative body before awarding bonuses. We applaud the move for stricter oversight on the private investment arm of UT, especially in light of the excessive $3 million in bonuses former UTIMCO Chairman Robert Rowling dished out to employees this February amid a 27-percent budget shortfall. Filed by State Sen. Steve Ogden, R-Bryan, the measure would also change the size, makeup and appointment process for the board of directors. The stipulations of this bill promote a board that has the potential to be less entrenched in a corporate background, and by dividing appointment selections, the board composition will hopefully be more representative rather than inwardly interested. Although, granting Gov. Rick Perry the three appointments surely detracts from the bill’s integrity.

Smoking age raised to 19? Because they care about us young’uns enough to seriously consider legislation that would allow guns on campus, the Legislature is also considering a bill to raise the smoking age to 19. According to the Austin American-Statesman, the bill’s proponents argue that the proposed law would be a boon to public health and decrease the number of high school kids who smoke. We don’t see how raising the legal age to purchase tabacco products by one year will drastically change anything, especially because most ardent smokers we know have found ways to puff away since junior high. But we appreciate the government micromanaging our lungs over the sanctity of our campus.

Rick Perry While our governor might not know good policy when he sees it, he can smell a good PR opportunity like a shark does blood. Earlier this week, Perry launched a national media blitzkrieg, holding quasisecessionist press conferences at the Capitol, attending several “TEA” parties and making appearances on national conservative talk shows like those of Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity. What his confrontational, divisive message lacks in inspiration, his sheer stamina more than makes up for. For a party that took such a beating in 2008, making such narrow appeals to its political “base” (aka the Sarah Palin strategy) seems to be a death wish. While our country’s history proves that dissent can be patriotic, Perry’s antics seem more like those of a fringe group simply fighting for attention and relevance. Kinky for governor in ’10? Looking at the semi-established competition, why the hell not!

THE FIRING LINE Tea for everyone On April 16, you reported about an anti-tax “Tea Party” in Austin (“On Tax Day, calls for independence”). Similar events happened in various states. None are inspired by citizens from the bottom up, but instead are organized centrally from the top down by Newt Gingrich and others in the interest of the very wealthy. Unlike the patriots of the American Revolution, these modernday protesters are being played for suckers. The federal economic stimulus bill provides most working families with tax cuts. But the protesters have been manipulated into not only complaining about the stimulus bill but pushing the goals of Gingrich’s organization: 1) cutting tax rates for the rich, 2) cutting the corporate tax rate, 3) abolishing the capital gains tax and 4) abolishing the estate tax. Most Americans realize that our current problems stem from not investing enough in critical public structures like health care, education and technology. Most Americans understand that meeting our obligations and cutting our deficit requires responsible taxation. True patriots pay their taxes to support the country they love. Lonny Stern Outreach Director, Center for Public Policy Priorities

Facts first, safety second To advocates of the upcoming concealed carry on campuses bill and their vocal opposition: I understand your basic ar-

guments: Advocates want the opportunity to protect themselves with handguns and exercise their Second Amendment right to bear arms. Opponents would feel more secure without guns at UT. Now please back up your arguments with facts, studies and statistics in your articles and on your Web sites. Show whether the changes of gun laws in comparable communities significantly increased or decreased gun violence. Explain the merits of your argument with ample citations and without superfluous rhetoric. Hypothetical scenarios and quotes from notable leaders are interesting but are also uniquely biased toward the author ’s perspective. For example, the April 16 viewpoint “An antigun rally cry” did not cite any increased gun violence elsewhere to support its claim of future problems on our campus. At least the advocates are using facts instead of emotion. If I am in danger one way or another, I would very much appreciate a comprehensive perspective that acknowledges the pros and cons of each position. So please write to sway my mind instead of my emotions. Grant Rauscher Business honors and government junior

Protesters helped Horowitz I don’t know if Bryan McCann and International Socialist Organization think that their protest at the David Horowitz event last week was productive, but I certainly don’t (“Seeking a fight, making a point,” The Firing Line, April 13). I was there not as a supporter or protester but as part of a small group of

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liberal students casually observing. What I witnessed was not a peaceful protest or expression of freedom of speech but loud and disruptive chanting to try to shout Horowitz down and prevent him from speaking. A major point of Horowitz’s lecture was to present an image of campuses as centers of indoctrination that don’t tolerate free thought. Unfortunately, the protesters, by trying to shout him down, unwittingly played right into that narrative and provided much undeserved legitimacy to Horowitz’s argument. It’s really too bad, because the protesters are not representative of the student body or even leftleaning students on campus, but they were the face of the student body that was presented to those in attendance. I’ve been to several events in the past featuring conservative speakers, and Horowitz was the least thought-provoking and intelligent one I’ve listened to: Many of his statements were very poorly constructed with many glaring errors in reasoning. If he had been confronted by reasoned arguments — or even just silence rather than shouts — he likely would have come out of it poorly. Students, like associate communication studies professor Dana Cloud said, are not so easily indoctrinated, and his arguments were not likely to appeal to anyone not already in agreement with him. Unfortunately, the protests gave him an easy out to play the victim and played right into his hand by making him look like the reasonable one in comparison. Timothy Bray Government and history senior

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On Wednesday, in more than 300 locations and in every state in the Union, ordinary people assembled at city halls and state capitals to protest higher taxes and unrestrained government spending at TEA (“taxed enough already”) parties. At these gatherings, people held up signs saying that they were “mad as hell” and that they were “partying like it was 1774.” When I first heard the idea, I wrote it off as something that was barely significant. But the more I learned about the protests, the keener I became on their idea and purpose. Most of the tea parties were not organized by a political party or by politicians but by normal citizens who mobilized their own communities. In fact, Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele was respectfully turned down when he requested to be a part of the proceedings at the tea party in Chicago. The organizers of the event declined Steele’s request to speak by saying that “this is an opportunity for Americans to speak and elected officials to listen, not the other way around.” In a time where politicians from both parties are attempting to be the heroic firemen who can extinguish the current economic blaze, this is the exact extinguisher that America needs. Americans need to gather together, regardless of party, color or religion and hold our elected officials accountable for the things that they do. Also, for the Republican Party, the tea parties may serve as a highly effective wake-up call. Regardless of what CNN reporter Susan Roesgen said, the tea parties were not a part of the vast right-wing conspiracy or part of Fox News’s Republican agenda. Sure, conservatives definitely favor small government and low taxation, but a lot of people who value these things have been ostracized by the GOP in the last eight years. Republicans have been just as guilty as Democrats in the recent past for increasing the size of government — and this is where Republicans have gone astray on their overall message. It is time that Republicans start touting their smallgovernment principals, and I think that these initial tea parties (yes, there will be more) are just the catalyst that is needed to shake the dust off of the old, white-headed GOP. But what does this mean for us as college stu-

dents? While some youths attended the tea parties, the number of college students in attendance was not formidable enough to justify it being called a youth movement. Most of the protestors were middle-aged and older American citizens. However, with the way things are going, there definitely should be overwhelming youth involvement in protesting the “pass the buck” economic policies of the Obama administration because, well, it directly affects every single one of us. President Barack Obama promised during his campaign to not pass our current problems to future generations. But his eagerness to tax and spend since he has been in office suggests that this may have been just a part of the rest of his empty campaign rhetoric. When he exited office, former President G e o r g e W. Bush left a $5.8 trillion national debt. But if Obama were to serve eight years as president, The Heritage Foundation estiIllustration by Pavel Nitchovski mates that the national debt would increase to something along the lines of $12.5 trillion by 2019. Now, even if you have faith that all the spending and taxing that Obama is doing is going to solve the current problem, it is worth noticing that his economic policies are also going to create new problems in terms of the aforementioned national debt. And, theoretically speaking, this gargantuan debt must be paid off by someone, someday. Enter you — the college-aged American citizen who will be working for at least the next 3540 years. It is us, our generation, who will foot this incredibly exorbitant bill. So while college students remain relatively unaffected by the current economic crisis, we should begin thinking about our futures and the futures that our elected officials are paving for us, regardless of our volition. If you are like me and you are truly mad as hell at the politicians in Washington for passing their problems to us, then you should join the masses that are standing up and speaking out. This does not mean that you need to join the Republican Party or even necessarily vote for Republicans. It does require that you hold public officials accountable for their actions and vote for the ones that have your best interests — not their burning political aspirations — at the forefront of their minds. Earnest is a business junior.

Detroit, Texas By Merrit Martin Daily Texan Columnist According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 694,000 Americans lost their jobs in March. The national unemployment rate has now reached 8.5 percent, and while Texas’ unemployment rate is about 2 percentage points below the nation’s, a March 26 Texas Workforce Commission press release revealed that the state is still shedding jobs. But that does not mean that new workers aren’t needed. A report by the National Commission on Teaching and America’s Future released earlier this month warned that more than one third of the teachers in the U.S. could retire over the next four years. Last spring, the Association of Schools of Public Health released a report estimating that 250,000 new workers will be needed to replenish the public health care workforce by 2020. And the Bureau of Labor Statistic’s biannual employment predictions, last released in 2006, noted that computer design, local government and employment services would, in addition to health and education, be major areas of job growth. In the same report, the bureau listed the top 10 areas of job and salary reductions, which included farming, wired telecommunication and several retail and manufacturing areas. Not surprisingly, “motor vehicle parts manufacturing” was the sector expected to experience the third-largest employment reductions, with 21.1 percent of workers predicted to lose their jobs. While many sectors of the economy are growing and in need of new workers, auto manufacturing is clearly not one of them. So why are we pouring money into failing automakers? These companies proved, even in 2006 before the advent of the current economic meltdown, that they were not a source of economic progress and could not provide jobs. Instead of propping up these failures of car companies with multi-billion-dollar bailouts, we should be using that money to retrain and reeducate workers whose skills are now obsolete

for these new high-demand professions. The collapse of these companies does not have to mean job loss. With a serious investment in training programs, this situation could indeed signal the creation of hundreds of thousands of new jobs. And these would be jobs that actually need doing. The bureau has indicated that the U.S. economy does not, in fact, need people to work in automobile factories but rather in home health care, doctors’ offices and schools. There are some disadvantages to allowing the automakers to collapse, mainly that the government would then have to take over providing health care and pension benefits for retired employees. As a result, thousands of retirees’ livelihoods would be precariously dependent on government bureaucracy and could be subject to delays for the first few months, if not years, that their benefits were federally funded. Others undoubtedly will decry the cost — about $6 billion a year for GM retirees alone — that these new people would add to already overextended Social Security and Medicare systems. But these pensions are but one sunk cost that this overhaul would require. If, on the other hand, the newly available workers are given new skills for jobs that are actually useful, their contributions to the economy will far outweigh the retirees’ pension costs. This is not only Detroit’s problem. Texas is home to 9,800 workers in auto manufacturing, as well as 25,200 in auto wholesale supply and more than 163,000 in dealerships. The sustainability of these jobs must be addressed immediately before the economy atrophies any further. With so many newly unemployed in the auto industry and other sectors, this is a difficult time for millions of Americans. The quick short-term solution of showering failing companies with cash will not be viable for long. Instead of relying on huge, old-fashioned companies to sustain economic growth, we should rely on the hard work of the American people, and to do that, we must give displaced workers new skills and opportunities. Martin is a Spanish and religious studies sophomore.

UNIVERSITY

Friday, April 17, 2009

Appointee to tread familiar territory as â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;border czarâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

By Priscilla Totiyapungprasert Daily Texan Staff Alan Bersin will return to a familiar job by cracking down on illegal immigration and the drug trade across the U.S.Mexico border with a new title: â&#x20AC;&#x153;border czar.â&#x20AC;? Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano named Bersin, the former prosecutor under the Clinton administration, to the position on Wednesday, granting him authority to oversee the borders of California, Arizona and Texas. Just after Bersin was announced as border czar, President Barack Obama made a brief visit to Mexico City on Thursday to address drug violence and immigration with Mexican President Felipe Calderon. Brownsville Mayor Pat Ahumada said he does not think the creation of such a position is necessary. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What works in California or Arizona will not work in Texas because we have different problems,â&#x20AC;? he said. Ahumada said that although Bersin appeared to be a â&#x20AC;&#x153;competent and qualifiedâ&#x20AC;? man for his position, the government should instead appoint state directors in California, Arizona and Texas who will oversee each stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s individual needs while working with the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s law enforcement and elected officials. He added that he hopes Bersin will â&#x20AC;&#x153;surround himself with Texas peopleâ&#x20AC;? before making decisions regarding the state. The mayor said the current border wall is ineffective at keeping immigrants and drugs out due to the high market demand in the United States. Texas, however, should utilize its natural boundary â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the Rio Grande River â&#x20AC;&#x201D; to create a different kind of border wall, Ahumada said. His plan entails building a dam to raise the water level between 12 to 26 feet and widening it by 300 feet. Highspeed patrol boats and new technology would be able to detect those trying to cross over as well, he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Using the river is more effective and less costly,â&#x20AC;? Ahumada said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Those who attempt to cross will have to combat strong currents and

risk drowning.â&#x20AC;? Jane Maxwell, a research scientist for the UT School of Social Work, said the state government should provide drugtreatment programs on both sides of the border to lessen the narcotics demand. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Because of U.S. consumption, drugs that come from Central America get stockpiled on the Mexican side before entering the U.S.,â&#x20AC;? Maxwell said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The drugs spill, making them very accessible to Mexicans along the border.â&#x20AC;? She said the border czarâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office has recognized the need for treatment facilities and resources. Even if â&#x20AC;&#x153;mile-high fencesâ&#x20AC;? were built, suppliers would continue to find a way to move back and forth across the border, Maxwell said. Ahumada agreed on the importance of reducing demand and said locking up apprehended drug users would only cost taxpayers money without solving the root cause. Concerning the U.S. demand for inexpensive labor, Ahumada said the government needs to make legislative reforms, including giving immigrants work permits, a road to legalization and way to pay taxes so â&#x20AC;&#x153;everyone shares the burden.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are the ones who allow a subclass of people to work underground and drive without licenses, to get exploited and not pay taxes,â&#x20AC;? Ahumada said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As long as thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a demand for [labor] â&#x20AC;&#x201D; in the drug market, the slaughterhouses, agriculture â&#x20AC;&#x201D; no fence is going to stop them from coming.â&#x20AC;? Business freshman Nicholas Navarro, who is from Brownsville, said corruption within the local police department, groups of federal agents and border patrol has also contributed to the difficulties in stopping drug trade and illegal immigration. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve seen deputies and sheriffs get cracked down on for money laundering and working with drug cartels,â&#x20AC;? Navarro said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There needs to be more FBI investigations.â&#x20AC;? Navarro added that increasing border security had merits as a short-term solution but that Bersin should work with the Obama administration on a longer-term solution.

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Members of Texas Raas showcase a cultural dance during their performance Thursday night on the Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Main Mall as part of the Texas Revueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first evening of acts. Texas Revue continues Saturday night at 7:30 p.m. in Hogg Memorial Auditorium.

REVUE: Acts display student wit, ingenuity From page 1A â&#x20AC;&#x153;It started with three of us when we were in high school orchestra, and during our free time, we wrote music in the practice rooms,â&#x20AC;? Gregg said. The Undergraduate Business Council and Student Engineering Council drew laughs with their skit â&#x20AC;&#x153;West Campus Story,â&#x20AC;? a spin on â&#x20AC;&#x153;West Side Story.â&#x20AC;? The comedic romance between an engineering major and her rival lover, a business major, poked fun at both colleges and even a student portray-

â&#x20AC;&#x153;We hope people really enjoy it and open up their minds to the culture.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; CJ Hong, guitarist for band B tsk ing UT President William Powers appeared, singing in the spirit of T.I. that they â&#x20AC;&#x153;can date whoever they like.â&#x20AC;? The four-man band B tsk, with the help of Korean percus-

Banking head addresses state of J.P. Morgan, economy

By Hudson Lockett Daily Texan Staff Todd Maclin, head of commercial banking at J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., spoke Thursday on the essentials of business leadership during financial crisis, giving insight into the practices that have kept the company afloat. Maclinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lecture detailed the current crisisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s causes, effects and what measures J.P. Morgan is taking to remain profitable. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I guess the highly technical question we could ask ourselves is, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;What the hell happened?â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? he said. Maclin said a lack of investment diversity, excessive leverage, dramatic growth in structural risk and an uneven application of regulations were the biggest factors and that he was wary of excessive regulation. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really not the regulatorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s job to keep us from doing things

that are stupid,â&#x20AC;? he said. Maclin said J.P. Morgan expected the governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stimulus package to bolster the economy, though he said the issue of commercial real estate values still looms. References to the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ability to repay the government for bailout funds without raising extra capital peppered the lecture. He stressed J.P. Morganâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s low-risk policies as one reason the company has fared better than most. The companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s earning reports for the first quarter, released Thursday, indicated a net income of $2.1 billion â&#x20AC;&#x201D; down from $2.4 billion last year, but well above most in the industry. Maclin listed four leadership essentials at the event: creating a great team, managing risk for the long term, building excellent operating systems and cul-

sion group Da-ool, fused traditional Korean music with Western songs, such as Justin Timberlakeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;My Loveâ&#x20AC;? and Franz Ferdinandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Take Me Out.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our singer, Don, was really

inspired by Sigur Ros,â&#x20AC;? said guitarist CJ Hong. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We hope people really enjoy it and open up their minds to the culture.â&#x20AC;? Students have until Friday night to vote online. The performer with the most votes will win Student Favorite, which will be announced at the second talent show Saturday at Hogg Memorial Auditorium. Judges will vote on the Best Overall and Best Technical at Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s show. Texas Revue is hosted by the Student Events Center and sponsored by the University Co-op.

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Todd Maclin addressed leadership amid economic crisis on Thursday. tivating a great culture in the company. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to be honest,â&#x20AC;? he said. Business senior Christopher Williams said he was impressed

with Maclinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s emphasis on honesty in the workplace. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was good to see that he owns up and is willing to admit people make mistakes,â&#x20AC;? Williams said.

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Susan Rieff, executive director of the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, and Max Sherman, former dean of the LBJ School of Public Affairs, recount personal memories they shared with Barbara Jordan.

By Matt Stephens Daily Texan Staff Barbara Jordan was a lot of things: the first black female in the Texas House of Representatives, one of the first black females to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives and a political icon. Yet if you visit her grave site in the Texas State Cemetery, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll find only one word etched on the back of the headstone: â&#x20AC;&#x153;teacher.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Her most challenging role was to be a teacher,â&#x20AC;? said Max Sherman, former dean of the LBJ School of Public Affairs and friend of Jordan. On Thursday, a panel of Jordanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s friends discussed the woman who will be immortalized by a statue â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the first statue of a female on campus â&#x20AC;&#x201D; to be placed at 24th Street and Whitis Avenue on April 24. They spoke of her importance as a politician and her personality as a friend and colleague.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;People remember all the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;firstsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; that she was, but her personality was different, remarkable and memorable,â&#x20AC;? said Susan Rieff, the executive director of the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Barbara Jordan was a hell of a lot of fun. She was a joyful person who loved to tell a story and loved to hear a good joke.â&#x20AC;? In addition to working with Jordan under former Gov. Ann Richards, Rieff was a student of Jordanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s while she taught at the LBJ School of Public Affairs from 1979 to 1982. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The education of that class was about being in her presence,â&#x20AC;? Rieff said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think anyone who took it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t moved by it, wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t changed by it.â&#x20AC;? The panel also discussed Jordanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s skill as a public speaker. In 1999, the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Texas A&M University determined the top 100 American speeches of the 21st century. Jordanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s keynote speech at the 1976 Democratic National Convention was ranked fifth, and her statement on the impeachment of Nixon in 1974 was 13th. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re remembering the power of her personality and

her role during the Watergate hearings,â&#x20AC;? Rieff said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll always be associated in peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s minds for that.â&#x20AC;? The 8-foot-tall bronze statue commemorating Jordan cost roughly $274,000, though the entire program costs nearly $700,000, according to the projectâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Web site. The money for the statue came from independent donations and from a former student service fee of $1. The student fee paid for nearly 70 percent of the overall cost. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is an honor to be a part of a project thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s this important and this overdue,â&#x20AC;? said Oliver Franklin, the curator of public programs for the Harry Ransom Center and one of the initiators of the panel. Canis Scot Millican, a surgical assistant and Texas native, said he returned to Austin from a trip Wednesday and was lucky enough to see an advertisement for the panel. Millican said he thinks Jordan is a crucial figure to the city of Austin. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot of statues when you come into the Austin airport,â&#x20AC;? Millican said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Willie. Stevie Ray. But it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t until I saw Barbara Jordan that I felt that I was home.â&#x20AC;?

Speakers analyze top 10 percent law Symposium promotes student consideration of civil rights impacts

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By Jonathan Babin Daily Texan Staff More than 30 students filled Mary E. Gearing Hall for a roundtable discussion about the top 10 percent rule as part of the 23rd annual Heman Sweatt Symposium on Civil Rights. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think civil rights is still very much an issue today,â&#x20AC;? said Choquette M. Peterson, the interim director of the Multicultural Information Center. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The problem is, people are complacent and have become content with how life is. We have the illusion that everyone has access to the University.â&#x20AC;? The discussion, sponsored by the Sweatt Symposium, combined with a town hall meeting sponsored by Student Government in an attempt to bring as many students together as possible. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The state of Texas, under the guidance of the attorney general, adopted a very progressive stance suggesting that the entire state had to do away with any consideration of race in any realm of public policy,â&#x20AC;? said Victor Saenz, an assistant educational administration professor. Saenz, who gave background on the history of the top 10 percent law, was one of two speakers featured at the event.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;The explicit intent of that law was to preserve access to elite higher education regardless of geographic or socioeconomic background,â&#x20AC;? he said. Saenz, who attended UT, talked about his experience as a student in the political climate of the 1990s. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You can imagine in the mid-â&#x20AC;&#x2122;90s the climate here was charged,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We had Jesse Jackson coming into town rallying everybody up. Ultimately, it helped us be better consumers of information.â&#x20AC;? Former SG President Keshav Rajagopalan concluded the discussion with statistics on the effects of the law on the University. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Eighty-one percent is this current freshman classâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s demographic in terms of admittance under the top 10 percent law,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If the current law stands, that could one day reach 100 percent.â&#x20AC;? The symposium, which is sponsored by the Division of Diversity and Community Engagement, ends today. It will conclude with keynote speaker Jerry LeVias, a former football player at Southern Methodist University who was the first black athlete to receive an athletic scholarship in the former Southwest Conference. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The symposium looks at modern-day civil rights issues,â&#x20AC;? Peterson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We want people to be motivated and want to work for change so that they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t fall through the cracks.â&#x20AC;?

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Hewlett-Packard beats out Dell for most PC shipments Austin-based computer company Dell Inc. was recently surpassed by Hewlett-Packard for the No. 1 spot in domestic PC shipments, according to a Gartner Inc. report released Wednesday. Dell relies heavily on sales in the professional market, which is currently suffering in the U.S. and around the world, according to the report. Mikako Kitagawa, a principal analyst at Gartner, said in the report that HPâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s strength in lowpriced consumer mobile PCs helped the company gain the top spot in the market for the first time in eight years.

Dell is currently in the midst of its first fiscal quarter and will be releasing more detailed information on its sales performance and outlook once the quarter is over, said Jess Blackburn, a Dell spokesman. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re managing Dell for long-term profitable growth, especially in the context of the current challenging economic and demand environment,â&#x20AC;? Blackburn said. Domestic PC shipments have fallen worldwide as a result of the economic downturn, and other companies are experiencing similar declining sales, according to the report. The market analysis from Gartner, Inc. calculated an overall drop in sales of 6.5 percent for this quarter when compared to the first quarter of 2008. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Molly Triece

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MEN’S TRACK

Texas Twilight

Contested 800-meter to highlight Twilight Sara Young | Daily Texan Staff

Junior Tevas Everett runs during the 4x800-meter relay at the Texas Relays. Everett will be aiming for a record in the event with Jacob Hernandez , Mike Carmody and his brother Tevan.

MEN’S GOLF

U.S. Intercollegiate

Roster changes probable as Horns travel to California

By Jordan Godwin Daily Texan Staff Sandwiched between the mammoth Texas Relays and Penn Relays, this weekend’s Texas Twilight may not be as glamorous, but in the Longhorn track team’s eyes it is a chance to improve. “It’s an invitational meet that we need in the worst of ways,” said head coach Bubba Thornton. “With the big relays, you lose vision of what track and field is all about: competing.”

Two weeks after a solid showing at the Texas Relays, the Longhorns are again ready to compete on the home turf. While this meet will not draw in the thousands of spectators that the Relays did, several races promise to be exciting. The Longhorns already boast three of the fastest times in the nation in the 800-meters with indoor National Champion Jacob Hernandez, as well as Tevan and Tevas Everett. But this weekend’s race will still be competitive.

SATURDAY: Texas Twilight WHERE: Mike A. Myers Stadium WHEN: Field events, 1:30 p.m.; track events, 4:15 p.m.

“It will probably be the best 800-meter race in the country so far,” Tevas Everett said. “Several guys with some pretty impressive times are coming in, and we look

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Top 2 Big 12 teams battle for conference

Struggling Holland could lose spot to freshman Wennerstrom

By Matthew Searcy Daily Texan Staff The Longhorns are heading west to find success — or at least that is what they are hoping for. This weekend the team travels to sunny Palo Alto, Calif., to participate in the U.S. Intercollegiate. The two-day event, hosted by No. 4 Stanford, consists of 17 teams and is headlined by six Top 25 schools, including No. 15 Texas. “It is the first time I have played out west since winning the Callaway Junior World Golf Championship at Torrey Pines a few years ago,” said freshman Dylan Frittelli. “I am anxious to see how we compete on the West Coast, and the team is excited about traveling to Stanford.” The Longhorns arrived in California last night and will be participating in practice rounds today in preparation for Saturday’s tournament start. This weekend’s team consists of Frittelli, junior Lance Lopez, sophomore Donald Constable, sophomore Bobby Hudson, junior Charlie Holland and freshman Adam Wennerstrom. Both Wennerstrom and Holland will compete for the fifth and final spot on the team in today’s practice rounds, and the others will compete as individuals for the weekend. Wennerstrom has come into his own lately and has an opportunity to make an impact this weekend due to unexplainable struggles Holland has experienced this season. The possible lineup change is a result of head coach John Fields trying to do all he can to find the right combination of players in preparation for the upcoming tournaments. On the horizon are the Big 12 championships,

CALI continues on page 2B WEEKEND: U.S. Invitational WHERE: Stanford Golf Course (Palo Alto, Calif.) WHEN: Saturday, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday, 9:30 a.m.

Jeffrey McWhorter | Daily Texan Staff

Freshman Brandon Loy slides into second base against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Tuesday. Texas will host fellow Big 12 contender Oklahoma this weekend in a three-game series.

Texas not considering matchup a rivalry; Oklahoma atop league standings By Laken Litman Daily Texan Staff No matter what sport is in season, Texas fans are always looking forward to the much anticipated Texas-OU showdown. Not only is this weekend’s series a clash of ancient rivals, but according to the latest Big 12 poll, it’s No. 1 Oklahoma against No. 2 Texas. Nationally, the two teams are breathing down each other’s necks, as well. Baseball America has Texas sitting at No. 9 and Oklahoma directly behind at No. 10. But even though there will always be an excessive amount of hype surrounding this Red River Rivalry, head coach Augie Gar-

rido sees this series just like any other. “It isn’t a showdown,” Garrido said. “It’s just another weekend, and after that there will be three more. And after that’s over there will be regionals, and after that’s over there will be the super regionals, and after that’s over there will be the bracketing for the College World Series. Then after that’s over is the national championship series. So this is like going to Six Flags, man. We got a ticket and we just hope to get on all the rides before the park closes.” Nevertheless, this series does have some exciting implications. A series sweep, or at least a series win, would be huge for the

Longhorns (26-8, 9-6 Big 12) and place them atop the Big 12 standings and in the good graces of voters. The Sooners (29-8, 8-4) have won all four of their Big 12 weekend series but have yet to sweep one. Luckily for the Longhorns, they have home-field advantage in this weekend’s series and have not lost a Big 12 series at home this season. As the team has been saying all year, winning at home is crucial. “You gotta win at home,” said second baseman Travis Tucker. “You don’t necessarily have to sweep, but if you win the series at home, it’s a good deal. Especially against the No. 1 team in the

WEEKEND: No. 10 Oklahoma (29-8, 8-4 Big 12) at No. 9 Texas (26-8, 9-) WHERE: UFCU Disch-Falk Field WHEN: Friday, 6 p.m.; Saturday, 2 p.m.; Sunday, 1 p.m. ON AIR: AM 1300 The Zone Big 12.” Like his coach, Tucker will treat this weekend’s games just like any other. “You got to know what fires you up, and if you don’t get fired up playing baseball, then you shouldn’t play,” Tucker said. “A

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SOFTBALL

Kansas at No. 24 Texas

Longhorns’ explosive offense absent in recent outings Texas coaches’ preaching patience in batters box results in more walks

By Dan Hurwitz Daily Texan Staff Leading the Big 12 in home runs with 44, Texas welcomes Kansas to town in a two-game series beginning Saturday. The Longhorns have hit plenty of long balls this year, with almost every player in the lineup capable of hitting one out of the ballpark. But the team has not shied away from playing small ball. While leading the team with 10

home runs, Desiree Williams has combined the best both worlds with a whopping 40 walks and 14 stolen bases — both team highs. Head coach Connie Clark enjoys seeing the balls fly over the fence but wants to see runners on base and eventually coming home. “Whether we choose to bunt them over or if we choose to swing, we need to have productive outs,” Clark said. “When we do that we really get our offense flowing and we are tough to beat.” In recent games, every run has been important, and the Longhorns have had to do whatever it

takes to produce runs. Early in the season, the Longhorns were scoring by the dozen. But with the last 10 games decided by four runs or fewer, Texas has had to work hard for each run, making sacrifice bunts and running on the base paths. “We are very patient at the plate, we are getting some good looks and our on-base percentage is good,” Clark said. “So when we get runners on base we just need to have productive outs.” The coaching staff has focused on getting the right pitch, and the team’s patience has shown on the stat sheet. The Longhorns have walked 23 more times than

WEEKEND: Kansas (16-23, 4-6 Big 12) at No. 24 Texas (32-14, 8-4)

Texas pitcher Brittany Barnhill has been consistent from the mound while the Longhorn bats have struggled to find the long ball.

WHERE: Red and Charlene McCombs Field WHEN: Saturday, 1 p.m.; Sunday, noon ONLINE: TexasSports.tv their opponents. With much of that dealing with the offense, it also has to do with the pitching performance by the Texas staff featuring Brittany Barnhill. “We also need to continue to get

SOFTBALL continues on page 2B

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SPORTS

OU: Texas

peaking as it hosts Oklahoma From page 1B

game is a game, and this just happens to be a rivalry game. Everyone wants to get out there and play hard and battle for each other, and that’s what we are going to try to do.” That may be, but Tucker and the team also realize that this weekend will really test their mettle. “This is going to be the weekend that shows our season, and who we can be and who we can really play for,” Tucker said.

“It isn’t a showdown. It’s just another weekend.” — Augie Garrido, Texas head coach

At this point in the season, it is safe to say that the Longhorns are hitting their stride. Texas’ dominant pitching staff has led the team through the season and has earned the lowest ERA (2.12) in the Big 12 conference. It has also only given up 231 hits, which ranks as the lowest in the Big 12. The Sooners’ pitching staff has landed a 4.49 ERA on the season, and has given up 353 hits. However, Oklahoma leads the conference offensively. The team has gathered a .336 batting average, and recorded 343 runs, which is more than any other Big 12 team. “OU has a really good and explosive offensive team,” Tucker said. “But they haven’t faced our pitching yet.”

Friday, April 17, 2009

WOMEN’S TRACK

SPORTS BRIEFLY

Trio of freshmen leading Longhorns

Freshman Warren to stay a Sooner for another year

Texas Twilight

By Chris Tavarez Daily Texan Staff It may not be football season, but there will still be competition under the Saturday night lights — for the women’s track team, that is. The Longhorns will be competing Saturday in their only nighttime meet of the season as they host the Texas Twilight Meet at the Mike A. Myers Track and Soccer Stadium. Texas Twilight gets its name from its unusual starting time, as the majority of the races run as the sun sets on the Texas Hill Country. Because of the race’s late starting time, the meet provides a welcome change for the team. “It’ll be cooler, just ’cause the sun is down — it’ll still probably be hot,” said senior sprinter Alex Anderson. “It’s cool to just be under the stars.” Anderson, who currently has the fastest time in the nation in the 100-meter dash, won’t have to worry about defending hertitle this meet. Instead, she’ll be running her first 200 meters of the season with hopes of posting another NCAA regional qualifying mark. Anderson will also be competing alongside freshmen Angele Cooper, LaKeidra Stewart and Stacey-Ann Smith in the 4x100 relay as they try to improve on their ninth-fastest time

Hill changes mind, chooses Ohio State over Texas

Sara Young | Daily Texan Staff

Texas sprinter Stacey-Ann Smith is one of three freshmen in the 4x100-meter relay for the Longhorns. The relay team currently holds the ninth-fastest time in the nation. in the nation. The trio is part of a freshman group that has earned half of the No. 12 Longhorns’ 16 regional qualifying marks. Included in that stellar freshman class is sprinter and Austin native Judy Nwosu, who will be competing in her first meet under the bright lights since high school. “It doesn’t matter to me, running in day or night. I just like

to run,” Nwosu said. “I like the glare of the lights, especially during the 4-by-4 time. The setting — you know it’s time for the 4-by-4 when you see the lights come on.” The meet will be Texas’ first since its last home meet, the Texas Relays. “We have teams that still come here, and they’ll give you a run for your money, so you still have to go out there and com-

SATURDAY: Texas Twilight WHERE: Mike A. Myers Stadium WHEN: Field events, 1:30 p.m.; track events, 4:15 p.m. pete,” Anderson said. “You’re not performing for the media. With the media there [or] without the media there, I feel like a person should always give it a 110 percent.”

TRACK: 800-meter relay set to be Twilight’s main event From page 1B forward to the challenge.” Thornton also anticipates the race to be one for the ages. “It’s definitely going to be a big-time race,” Thornton said. “It’s a good chance for our guys

Freshman guard Willie Warren will return to Oklahoma for a sophomore season, according to The Oklahoman. Warren confirmed the decision to the newspaper in a text message Thursday, ending speculation of him leaving for the NBA. Mock NBA Drafts projected Warren as a lottery pick despite him telling The Norman Transcript twice during the NCAA Tournament he would not leave for the NBA. Warren was Oklahoma’s second-leading scorer last season behind National Player of the Year Blake Griffin, who chose to enter the NBA Draft after two seasons in Norman, Okla. — Colby White

to be pushed to get that regional qualifier in the 800.” Two weeks ago, Thornton held his stellar squad of 800 runners from running in the individual race with hopes that a team of Jacob Hernandez, Tevas Everett, Tevan Everett and

Patrick Todd could break the school record in the 4x800 relay. Heavy winds prevented that record from being broken at the Texas Relays, but this weekend they will get another shot at it. “We need to race and get back

into the tactics of how to win a race,” Thornton said. “Lately it’s been a lot of racing ourselves, but it’s time to compete. I really like where this team is at right now, but we’re not even close to the team that we’re going to be in June.”

ROWING

Lake Natoma Invitational

Natoma’s inaugural invite features tough competition By Austin Ries Daily Texan Staff Before christening the newly named varsity boat, honoree Jody Conradt addressed the crowd and referred to Texas Rowing as the “ultimate team.” This weekend, the team will have a chance to prove it. Rowing against eight other programs from around the country, five of which are nationally ranked, the Longhorns will travel to Sacramento, Calif., to compete in the Lake Natoma Invitational. Along with Texas, the invitational will feature No. 2 Stanford, No. 3 California, No. 16 Wisconsin, No. 19 UCLA, No. 20 Minnesota, Sacramento State, Tennessee and Central Florida. A first-year race, the Natoma Invitational was created based on NCAA regulations, where each school competes as a team instead of in individual boats. Teams will generate points with each boat except those in the the novice events. “The boats win the races but the teams win the contest,” said head coach Carrie Grave. The Longhorns will enter a first-team varsity eight, second-team varsity eight, one varsity four and a novice eight this weekend. The boats will race heats Saturday morning with semifinals Saturday afternoon and finals Sunday morning. The nine teams were seeded, and this determined the racing for the two Saturday sessions.

WEEKEND: Lake Natoma Invitational WHERE: Lake Natoma (Gold River, Calif.) WHEN: Sat., 8:20 a.m.; Sun., TBA RESULTS: JamcoTimes.com “The points are weighted for the different boats based on the NCAA point structure,” Graves said. “The first varsity eight is worth the most points, second varsity eights are next and varsity fours are worth the lowest amount of points.” Since winning four of six races against Kansas two weeks ago in Kansas City, Kan., the Longhorns have continued to focus on improving their speed and teamwork for this coming weekend. “We had a solid performance against Kansas, but we need to generate more speed,” Graves said. “We are competing against some big-time schools with some top teams, so we just have to step it up.” As well as a chance to compete together, the team is looking forward to this weekend in sunny California as a chance to escape its hectic schedules and end-of-semester stresses. “There is a lot going on academically around this time of the semester, so it will be good for them to get out of town,” Graves said. “They are definitely looking forward to the trip.”

SOFTBALL: Barnhill solid for Texas From page 1B solid outings from Barnhill,” Clark said. “She can keep us in games when she keeps the ball in the park and lets us play defense.” Barnhill’s victory against Texas Tech on Wednesday

boosted her record to 20-9 and lowered her ERA to 2.73 with the shutout against the Red Raiders. Kansas has had an inconsistent season this year but brings a three-game win streak into Austin as it attempts to rise in the Big 12 standings.

Minneapolis South girls basketball recruit Taylor Hill, ranked by many among the Top 20 in the country, decided to play for Ohio State, according to Thursday’s report in the Star Tribune. Hill picked Ohio State over four other schools: Texas, Duke, Marquette and Minnesota. The decision comes as a surprise. Hill’s father said Tuesday that Hill had chosen Texas. In the end, Hill’s family ties to Ohio State, where her brother P.J. will be a senior next season, proved to be the deciding factor, according to the StarTribune. Hill, a 5-foot-10 guard who made her way onto the high school varsity team as an eighth grader, holds the state record for scoring and her 47 points in the Class 5A Championship game tied a statetournament record The decision ended a long recruiting process for Hill, who began receiving scholarship offers before she was in high school. — CW

Junior-college transfer Dendy chooses Iowa State

AMES, Iowa — Iowa State has signed junior college forward LaRon Dendy to a national letter of intent. Dendy, who is 6-foot-9, played at Indian Hills Community College in southeast Iowa the past two seasons after originally committing to Clemson. He averaged 8.1 points a game last season while battling through a stress fracture. Dendy has two years of eligibility left. He joins small forward Marquis Gilstrap, also a junior college transfer, and freshman point guard Chris Colvin in Iowa State’s 2009-10 recruiting class. Dendy could play a much larger role in the Cyclones frontcourt next season if sophomore forward Craig Brackins declares for the NBA Draft. Brackins has yet to announce his intentions. — The Associated Press

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NCAA Central Regional Championships and the NCAA championships, all of which take place in the next two months. The tournaments will define the season for the Horns. The team will be doing all it can this weekend to get ready for next weekend’s Big 12 championships in Hutchinson, Kan. “This is an important time for us start playing our best golf because we know we can compete if we all play up to our potential” Frittelli said. The top contenders this w e e k e n d w i l l b e We s t Coast natives No. 4 Stanford and No. 3 Southern California. Stanford will have the home-course advantage over the field, but so did the Longhorns two weeks ago when Oklahoma State took the Morris Williams Intercollegiate in Austin. The Horns will be looking to avenge last tournament’s defeat and will try to play spoiler to Stanford’s tournament.

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barrier, but it also poses an opportunity to get more in tune with language,â&#x20AC;? Gomez said. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not just reciting lines in a different language thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard â&#x20AC;&#x201D; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s thinking in that language simultaneously. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re processing things in one language, and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re trying to spit them out in different language, and no pun intended, but things do get lost in translation,â&#x20AC;? Jones said. Can â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fruhlings Erwachenâ&#x20AC;? be understood and appreciated in modern times? Broadbent argues that it can, using the recent controversy of creationism in Texas schools as a parallel. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Creationism is an attempt to deny other aspects of whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s happening in the world,â&#x20AC;? he said â&#x20AC;&#x153;You can think of for example Texas, [which has] the highest teenage pregnancy rate in the United States, and yet itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so remarkable how little sex education there is in the state school system.â&#x20AC;? Broadbent is also putting on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fruhlings Erwachenâ&#x20AC;? as an outreach activity for high school students to get interested in German. To combat the language barrier, a student acting as a director will interrupt the play three times and give a summary of what has happened so far in English. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going out of our way to invite high school students and teachers to come to the performance, and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why we made it free,â&#x20AC;? he said.

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â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;State of Playâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; entertains despite cliched plot By Mary Lingwall Daily Texan Staff â&#x20AC;&#x153;State of Playâ&#x20AC;? has all the ingredients of an awful movie. The combination of whodunnit murder mystery and war-profiteering conspiracy thriller, with a pedagogical plot about new media versus old media tensions in new journalism, can only end in an overworked, cliched mess, right? Wrong. Somehow, despite doing everything possible to drop yet another predictable crime thriller flop on theaters nationwide, the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Last King of Scotlandâ&#x20AC;? director Kevin MacDonald delivers a surprisingly entertaining film. Consistently believable acting from almost every actor who

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By Michael Thompson Daily Texan Staff Zac Efron must have been caught shoplifting or gotten several girls pregnant. That might explain why heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s starring in â&#x20AC;&#x153;17 Again,â&#x20AC;? a film that comes off as a 90-minute public service announcement about abstinence. After good olâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; American boy Mike Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Donnell, played by Efron, finds out he has gotten his girlfriend pregnant, he gives up his dreams of becoming a basketball star. Flash forward 20 years, and Mike has become a tired and worn-out Matthew Perry who wants a second chance, a la â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a Wonderful Life,â&#x20AC;? and gets to correct the mistakes of the past by going back to high school as his former 17-year-old self. The film digresses at the start, becoming what my friend called a â&#x20AC;&#x153;love letter to Efron fans.â&#x20AC;? She rolled her eyes when the camera panned over his abs as he played basketball glistening with sweat, and she laughed when he started dancing with the cheerleading squad as if he had never left â&#x20AC;&#x153;High School Musical.â&#x20AC;? This satisfies the tween girl crowd but does not exactly make for a good movie. The comedy falls flat when Mikeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nerd friend Ned, played by Thomas Lennon, comes onscreen. Best known as Lt. Dangle from â&#x20AC;&#x153;Reno 911,â&#x20AC;? Lennon proves that even the funniest actors canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t save mediocre jokes. His bizarre Dungeons & Dragons dating

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From page 6B The vocals were outstanding, but I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t realize it until the end of the first act because I was distracted by the lyrics. Anika Larsen, singing in a particularly convincing Muppet-like voice, was a stand out. When the show opened, I laughed only when the audience laughed, and never too loudly or obviously. (Who wants to be seen laughing at a racist joke?) But as the show progressed and the songs touched on more sensitive topics, my inhibitions were cast aside. In the middle of any given scene, I found myself cracking up, finding the lines and scenarios so true to life. And I wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t alone. The audience seemed to have warmed up nicely to the raunchy style of humor long before the end of the first act. Unlike the average musical, this show doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t paint super-human virtuous characters. They have big flaws, ones with which I completely identified: I, too, have had roommate problems, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve known several closeted guys and, hell, sometimes I think, as the song goes, â&#x20AC;&#x153;It Sucks to Be Me.â&#x20AC;? I was kicking myself for laughing at some of the more outrageous jokes, but thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the beauty of the show â&#x20AC;&#x201D; it allows for the audience to laugh at things that canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be laughed about in the real world. I was in stitches when Christmas Eve sang her ballad â&#x20AC;&#x153;The More You Ruv Someone,â&#x20AC;? in which she describes wanting to hit her fiance over the head with a baseball bat because he drives her crazy. And by the second act, I was rooting for the characters. The show isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just a comedy. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a love story about triumph over personal obstacles â&#x20AC;&#x201D; even if those obstacles concern dealing with the morning after a one-night stand.

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ecuted better. Tom Hanks earned an Oscar nomination for his performance as a 30-something manchild in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Big,â&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Back to the Futureâ&#x20AC;? had fun playing with time travel.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;17 Againâ&#x20AC;? borrows too heavily from these films (and others) to stand on its own. But if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re just looking for eye candy, Efron delivers.

The company Skullcandy, which makes high-end headphones, features Del sporting its product on its blog. Del said he met the company at this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s SXSW festival. This marketing strategy has worked for Skullcandy before, when it created custom ear buds for NBA stars like Deron Williams, Chris Bosh and LeBron James. A recent Sports Illustrated issue featured photos of each playerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s headphones. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is stuff I actually move with, though,â&#x20AC;? Del said, referring to the headphones. But the sponsorship doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stop there for Del. He said heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s open to making music for anything from commercials to video games. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I can produce for real,â&#x20AC;? Del said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Whatever kind of music it happens to be, I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t care as long as Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m working on music.â&#x20AC;? The crux of Delâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new plan is whether fans will accept Del, a star on the underground hiphop scene, receiving endorsement deals. So far, Delâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s YouTube announcement has received largely positive responses. Most havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even mentioned the Red Bull podium, and one fan even said he loved Delâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Skullcandys. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been getting a response before I even officially let [the album] out,â&#x20AC;? Del said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People was already downloading and talking about it. It seems like itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s doing pretty good.â&#x20AC;? It seems that people will ignore a Red Bull sign if it has the funk.

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Rapper places entire album online for free downloading

Racy German theater strikes UT stage Story of boy’s early sexual prowess meant to jolt audience ‘out of complacency’

Del The Funky Homosapien to rely on sponsorships, concert profits to compensate for gift to fans

By Colby White Daily Texan Staff Del The Funky Homosapien thinks he has a plan to overcome a music industry struggling to sell records. Don’t sell them. Just give them away. The plan may seem contradictory, but it’s the idea surrounding Del’s seventh album titled Funk Man (the stimulus package). Del, who doubles as the Gorillaz’s rapper, made the album available for download on a new Web site (delthefunkyhomosapien.bandcamp.com) earlier this month. The site allows fans to stream the album along with Del’s previous releases. “I pretty much knew that nobody was going to buy the record [because they’ll download instead],” Del said. “So I said, ‘I got to get money a different way.’” So how do you cut a check when you’re giving the product away for free? More live shows and sponsors. Del hopes that staying on the road longer can make up part of the difference. His current tour, titled Funkman Tour 09, will take Del to Emo’s on Saturday, giving Austin hip-hop fans a taste of what made Del unique in a copycat industry.

“If I want 50 [Cent]’s album right now, I can go get it in a second. It’s nothing. I’m just being real with it. ... I’m doing music 24-7 every day anyway, whether I get paid for it or not.” — Del The Funky Homosapien, rapper Mary Kang | Daily Texan Staff

“No longer can you profit only from record sales because it’s too easy to download,” Del said. “But they can’t download you.” Combating fans who download but don’t buy afterward has been the aim of the industry for years. From RIAA suits to DVD editions of albums, all the attempts have been geared to force fans to make the obsolete trip to the record store. None have worked. “I be on the Internet. I know,” Del said. “If I want 50 [Cent]’s album right now, I can go get it in a second. It’s nothing. I’m just being real with it. It’s like, ‘Here man, you going to download it anyway. I’m just going to give it to you, and you can tell me what you think about it.’ I’m doing music 24-7 every day anyway, whether I get paid for it or not.” But live shows to recoup the money lost at the store aren’t revolutionary. Del has been performing since 1991 and has already carved out a reputation for his high-energy performances. The solution: Ride the tricky slope of sponsorship. Del first announced his plan to release the album online via a YouTube video featuring him atop a podium with the words “Red Bull” on it. In the background, the company’s logo is seen as Del comically lectures about the lack of funk in the game.

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By Andy O’Connor Daily Texan Staff Frank Wedekind’s “Fruhlings Erwachen” (“Spring Awakening”) has a history of provocation. Its first English-language performance in 1917 was almost shut down due to claims that the play was pornographic. A production in 1964 in England was forced to tone down its content. The point is, the play pushed buttons, and that inspired UT assistant Germanic studies professor Philip Broadbent to direct a new production. “It’s a fine example of a theater piece that wants to jolt its audience — it wants to jolt it out of complacency,” he said. The play centers around 14-yearold Melchior Gabor, played by kinesiology junior Bishan Jones, who feels isolated because he is much more knowledgeable about the world — especially about sex — than his peers. Another central conflict revolves around Gabor’s friend, Moritz Stiefel, played by German senior Chris Gomez, because he has difficulty coming to terms with puberty and new sexual knowledge. Wedekind wrote the play as a critique of conservative German society and its desire to keep children innocent. According to Broadbent, the play is filled with Freudian elements. “What it does is it uses Freud as a foil to show how society is deliberately manipulating its youth,” he said. Jones said his early teenage experiences allow him to empathize with and understand his character. “When I was about this age, 14, I felt like that because I was so curious about stuff,” Jones said. “I looked into it, and I felt like I didn’t really have people to talk about it with because they weren’t necessarily at the same level I was at.” The play will be entirely performed in German. For the actors, this posed a great challenge, as not all of them are fluent in German. “The language itself does pose a

German and biology sophomore Angie Hamouie and religious studies sophomore Nikki Kordzik rehearse for “Fruhlings Erwachen.”

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THE BROWN NOTE

Flamboyant ‘Idol’ contestant’s crooning a bit too self-indulgent Despite vocal talent, Lambert’s bizarre renditions and strange style don’t quite seem to click By Robert Rich Daily Texan Staff I won’t lie to you: I’ve been watching this season of “American Idol.” I watched the first season because of the novelty and intrigue that created around the concept, and then I stopped. I picked it up again during whatever season Chris Daughtry was a contestant because I kind of liked the guy. He turned out to be a gigantic tool, but that doesn’t mean I didn’t go see him in concert at Stubb’s (which sucked) or that I don’t have his album

in my iTunes (I kind of like it — get off me). I started watching again this season mainly out of boredom but got drawn in by the dynamic variety of performers — not that many of them are great, or even good for that matter, but they’re interesting. I’m personally a fan of Kris Allen, a young singer/songwriter who would remind me of Jason Mraz if he wasn’t one of the most boring people on the planet. But that’s not what this column is about. No, this column is about another contestant this season: Adam Lambert. The judges loved Lambert from the start and have praised him week in and week out for being “a true rock star” and a “natural” because of his

performances. I don’t exactly agree. The guy has got some singing chops, there’s absolutely no doubt about that, but there’s also no doubt that he is overly flamboyant and, to use one of Simon Cowell’s oft-repeated phrases, “self-indulgent.” Every week, he chooses a song that gives him a chance to wail like an absolute lunatic, be it this week’s “Born to be Wild,” which featured a disturbing bloodcurdling scream at its conclusion, or the version of “Mad World” from “Donnie Darko,” a song Lambert sang entirely in a falsetto that nearly made my brain explode. At first, I gave Lambert the benefit of the doubt because there have undoubtedly been some great showmen

throughout rock history, like Freddy Mercury, who were just as flamboyant and over-the-top. But when it comes to Lambert, something about his style just doesn’t click. Maybe it’s because I see less of Mercury’s showboating and more of My Chemical Romance’s emo dramatics. Either way, every time I hear Cowell praise Lambert, a little piece of me dies. I’m just waiting for the producers to decide on a ridiculous theme like hiphop week and listen as the judges faint because of his rendition of Eminem’s “Lose Yourself.” One thing’s for sure — when Lambert lets out his signature scream that we’ve all come to know and (not) love, he hits the brown note.

PLAY REVIEW

Not-safe-for-children A ‘ venue Q’ titillates with puppets

Show may permanently affect the way audiences look at the Muppets

Courtesy of Carol Rosegg

Robert McClure with puppet Princeton and Anika Larson with puppet Kate Monster star in “Avenue Q,” a raunchy yet hilarious portrayal of life as a 20-something in New York City.

By Emily Macrander Daily Texan Staff As the first act closed, the audience continued laughing through the end of the last song into intermission. When the lights came up, the packed house of Bass Concert Hall exploded in conversation. Everyone, it seemed, had something to say about the adult-themed “Avenue Q.” The musical, a hit on Broadway that has spawned a number of national and international productions, follows a group of Muppetstyle characters without steady jobs maneuvering their way through the ups and downs of New York life. In the show, heralded for its off-

WHAT: “Avenue Q” WHERE: Bass Concert Hall WHEN: April 17 at 8 p.m., April 18 at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m., April 19 at 1 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. TICKETS: Prices start at $19.50 beat and original staging, actors operate puppets on-stage in plain view, incorporating their own singing and acting into the show. And the content, from dirty song lyrics to onstage puppet intercourse, is largely sex-based. While the dirty humor is quite funny, if my parents knew I understood the jokes, they’d sit me down for a stern talking-to. But this is one of the few shows that I’d recommend bringing a boyfriend to. The first half is filled with songs with such titles as “If You Were Gay,” “Everyone’s a Lit-

tle Bit Racist” and “The Internet is for Porn,” whose content is sure to titillate even the most theater-resistant man. And if nothing else, he’ll smirk at a “Girls Gone Wild” reference. The high school teacher behind me was frustrated that all of the songs included expletives. He said he knew his students would love to sing about what it’s like being gay, sex on a first date and porn. But he was relieved that he had avoided angry parent e-mails by not making the show a school outing. Good call on his part. Initially unable to decide if I wanted to watch the actors’ moving mouths or the puppets themselves. I eventually overcame the distraction after watching a few scenes of the puppets’ hilarious movements and mannerisms.

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