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TODAY Calendar Faith versus fundamentalism

Join in a discussion of fringe groups in Christianity and Islam in relation to the respective mainstream religions. The discussion will be held in JGB 2.324 at 6 p.m.

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Attend this highly interactive one-hour program that examines how we negotiate sex and consent, boundaries and safety in Burdine Hall from 7-8 p.m. Sponsored by Voices Against Violence.

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For some students, roll call in a classroom is exactly what it sounds like — the reading of a name. However, for transgender students who identify by a different name than the one listed, roll call can open the door to being outed to classmates. The University will promote a new policy this summer to allow transgender students to list their preferred names on University records, a name that may be different from their legal name. Under this policy, a student’s preferred name will appear on class rosters, identification cards,

medical files and other UT records. While transgender students were first allowed to use a preferred name on their official documents beginning last fall, this new policy will also update the preferred name to their medical records. Patrick White, a student member of the LGBT presidential task force, said the task force plans to inform transgender students about the policy through orientation this summer and programs next fall. This policy was initiated by the LGBT presidential task force, a committee of faculty and students who advocate for LGBT rights on campus. Transgender students were first allowed

to change the name appearing on their records in September 2011, but had to personally request the change at the UT Gender and Sexuality Center. Music studies sophomore Joey Ovalle identifies as a trans man and was approved for a preferred name last fall. Ovalle said when he first came out as transgender he asked all his friends to call him “Joey.” Ovalle said while he had never had a professor call him by the wrong first name because of the change, he did have a professor mention his middle name, which was a feminine name, because the preferred name policy

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Shannon Kintner | Daily Texan Staff

Music Studies sophomore Joey Ovalle, who identifies as trans man, changed his name on the UT records to differ from his legal name.

Credit card theft burdens UT students

Attend Omega Delta Phi’s 13th annual Latino Comedy Night, featuring comedians Manny Maldonado and Dillon Garcia. The comedy show will be held at the SAC Auditorium from 7-9 p.m., and admission is free.

By Sarah White Daily Texan Staff

Chairlift concert

Synthpop band Chairlift play at Mohawk with Nite Jewel and Bell opening. Tickets are $10 in advance, $12 day of the show. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

Today in history In 1961

On the web Learn more about the Center for Electromechanic’s Electric Vehicle Program.

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Theatre and dance students Josephine McAdam and Emma Dirks embrace during the Virginia Tech commemoration Monday morning. In honor of the 2007 shooting at the Virgina Tech campus, theatre and dance students performed 27 monologues simultaneously from “What a Stranger May Know.”

Actors remember massacre By Reihaneh Hajibeigi Daily Texan Staff

The UT community remembered the 2007 Virginia Tech massacre Monday with a theatrical memorial that schools around the country also performed. UT commemorated the shooting by having theatre and dance students come together to perform “What a

Stranger May Know,” a dedication to those who died, by Erik Ehn on the South Mall. Each participant represented a victim that lost his or her life. Only 27 monologues were performed out of respect to the families who requested their loved ones not be a part of tribute, journalism and theatre and dance junior Isaac Gomez said. The monologues, which groups

across the U.S. at schools including Brown University, UT-Arlington and Whittier College performed simultaneously, took place between 7:30 and 9:30 a.m. to coincide with the time when the attacks occurred on April 16, 2007.The Virginia Tech massacre was the deadliest attack by a single gunman in the history of the U.S., which ended when perpetrator Seung-Hui Cho died by suicide af-

ter killing 32 people and wounding 25 others. This commemoration piece is an act Ehn wrote to be performed outdoors, Gomez said. Audience members and performers who serve as “witnesses” are able to walk through other performances until the ending moments when the ensemble

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Hospital to be named after former governor By Reihaneh Hajibeigi Daily Texan Staff

WATCH TStv ON CHANNEL 15 9:00 p.m Videogame Hour Live

VGHL has reviews of Journey and Mass Effect 3. After the taped show, we’ll be playing Skullgirls live on tv, so tune in! Don’t forget you can tweet us at @VGHL.

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

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Latino Comedy Night

The Bay of Pigs invasion began. More than 1,000 Cuban exiles, armed and trained by the United States, landed in the Bay of Pigs, where they were almost immediately defeated by Fidel Castro’s army.

Versatile David Snow hoping to hear name called on NFL Draft day

Former Texas Gov. William P. Clements Jr. will be memorialized with a new hospital as part of the UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. With an expected completion in late 2014, the new William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital will replace the existing St. Paul University Hospital. UT Southwestern CEO Dr. John Warner said the hospital will not only be innovative and beautifully constructed, but its focus will be centered on patient care. “This new hospital focuses on the three aspects of UT Southwestern medical care,” Warner said. “It will be there to provide outstanding patient care, an area for education as well as serve as an institution.”

The new facility will be able to take patient care to a new level, and the hospital is excited to have the support of the Clements family, Warner said. “The Clements family has been involved with the efforts of medical care in Dallas for decades,” Warner said. “Having this new hospital named after former Gov. Clements will be an honor.” According to the plans for the hospital, the new facility will have 460 all-private patient rooms and will integrate research and clinical care by providing patients with technology they need in each of the rooms. Gov. Clements donated $100 million to the university in 2009 that will be used to construct the $800 million hospital. “Gov. Clements’ only instruction when he made this

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Information stolen from some students’ credit and debit cards has been used at the same online stores, leading to privacy and safety concerns on campus. Law enforcement officials urge students to report card information theft. Six UT students interviewed by The Daily Texan reported having their credit card information stolen in the past two weeks. Two victims said their cards were used to buy items from Sephora, while others reported charges from Bloomingdales and Fandango. The amounts of the reported fraudulent charges ranged from $200 to $600. All of the victims interviewed by The Daily Texan were able to have the fraudulent charges dismissed, however none of them had filed police reports with UTPD or the Austin Police Department as of Monday. Supply chain management junior Cheyenne McClaren said she thinks her information might have been stolen when she purchased a restaurant gift card from a door-to-door salesperson. “I swiped my card through the reading device that was attached to a [mobile cell] phone,” McClaren said. “I really should not have done it, because I know those devices are not secure.” She said she has not yet reported the incident to the police, but

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Incumbent Mayor Lee Leffingwell, right, and his opponents, Brigid Shea, middle, and Clay Dafoe, left, prepare for more questions during the mayoral debate held Monday afternoon at the LBJ School of Public Affairs.

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Mayoral debate covers possible medical school By Hannah Jane DeCiutiis Daily Texan Staff

Hot topics at Monday afternoon’s mayoral debate included the addition of a medical school to the UT campus and solutions for traffic congestion throughout the city.

Candidates in the debate included former city councilwoman Brigid Shea, who works as an environmental consultant, Clay Dafoe, selfproclaimed citizen activist and recent UT alumnus and incumbent Mayor Lee Leffingwell, who was first elected to City Council in 2005

and elected mayor in 2009. The debate was held at the Bass Lecture Hall in the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, where candidates discussed a range of issues involving making Austin a more

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THEFT continues from PAGE 1 she is planning to file a report as soon as possible. McClaran said having her information stolen led her to monitor her online interactions more carefully. “After I got the charges taken off my card I made a point to change all of my passwords,” McClaren said. “I also created a second bank account as a security measure where I kept less of my savings. I use it when I make purchases that I think are less secure.” UTPD officer Darrell Halstead said he has not seen an increase in reported fraudulent credit and debit card activity or information theft, but this could be explained by the fact that students are often reluctant to report these incidents. “A lot of times people think there is nothing that the police can do about [credit and debit card information thefts] so they do not report these incidents,” Halstead said. “In not reporting crime, they prove themselves right because there is absolutely nothing we can

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do about a crime if we do not know about it.” He said the first step in finding the perpetrators who are stealing credit card information is for victims to report the incident with UTPD or the APD. “What I would like to see is people getting involved in reporting crimes that happen on this campus,” Halstead said. Once officers know that a student’s credit card information has been stolen, they can begin to work with the credit card company to verify that a crime has been committed, Halstead said. Officers can then investigate the locations where the credit and debit card numbers have been used illegally. According to APD’s incident rep or t databas e there were three reported incidences of “credit card abuse by fraud” for each of the past three weeks in the City of Austin. Cpl. Anthony Hipolito with APD said incidences of credit and debit card theft are classified with all other types of theft by the police department. Therefore, he said it would be difficult for APD representatives to know if the number of thefts has been increasing in recent weeks.

DEBATE continues from PAGE 1 affordable and accessible city for everyday citizens. The mayoral election will occur May 12. Both Leffingwell and Shea support the proposal from Senator Kirk Watson to build a medical school near UT. Austin is one of the largest cities in the nation lacking a medical school, Shea said. “I think that a medical school is important for the future of this city,” Shea said. “I have met with hospital officials for briefings on this. They do make a very powerful case that a medical school is a very important way to retain topflight doctors with the best experience with medical specialties.” The positive aspects of building a medical school in Austin may be outweighed by the further debt it would cost the city, Dafoe said. “While having a medical school in Austin sounds like a great idea, I do not believe we [can] afford

a medical school,” Dafoe said. “I think we should focus our energy on providing a better infrastructure for Austin, reigning in the spending, and decreasing the scope and size of city government.” Each candidate had a different approach in dealing with Austin’s heavy traffic congestion. Leffingwell said current initiatives for solving the city’s traffic issues will be beneficial in the future. “We’ve been pursuing innovative solutions,” Leffingwell said. “We just completed recently the flyovers at I-35 and Ben White [Boulevard]. Currently under construction are the fly-overs at Mopac and Ben White [Boulevard]. Those flyovers are going to be completed and they’re going to save Austin drivers 2000 hours of driving time every day, by estimates of our driving department.” Shea said higher efficiency for Capital Metro’s bus system is a critical part of increasing the quality of public transportation in the city. The issue of congestion throughout the city has not been made a

significant priority by current officials, Shea said. “We’re smart enough and creative enough as a community to come up with these solutions,” Shea said. “I don’t think the city has made resolving congestion in general enough of a priority. Either that or we just flat failed miserably at addressing it, because we are still such a congested city.” Sherri Greenberg, lecturer and director for politics and governance at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Affairs, was one of the panelists appointed to pose questions for candidates. Greenberg said student involvement should be an important part of these local elections. “Students live here, and what happens in the city affects students,” Greenberg said. “We have 50,000 students here living all over the city. Turnout has been very low, but students can register to vote here and participate. I encourage students to get involved.”

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KXAN news anchor, Robert Hadlock, moderates the mayoral debate held Monday afternoon. The debate aired live at 12 p.m. on KXAN, who co-sponsored the debate along with The Austin AmericanStatesman, Community Impact Newspaper and the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs.

V-TECH continues from PAGE 1 congregated at the steps of the main mall and stood in silence as they extinguished their candles. “It’s not just important that this performance took place on campus, but all over the world,” Gomez said. “For UT’s rendition, the monologues were performed in various spots around South Mall because the space is inherently performative for this kind of thing, and we cannot forget the shooting that occurred on our very own campus [in 1966]

on that location.” In 1966, UT student Charles Whitman killed 16 people and wounded 32 others in a shooting rampage primarily in and around the UT Tower. He said this was the first year the shooting was honored through this performance and he felt honored to have used Ehn’s work to remember the victims. “Through ‘What a Stranger May Know,’ Ehn challenges the idea of ‘what is civic mourning’ and how we come together as a community to commemorate an event when we are so disconnected by it,” Gomez said. Theater and dance sophomore Marissa Forsyth said she was a last

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minute addition to the cast, and after reading the monologue of one of the victims she immediately felt the meaning behind the text. “The Virginia Tech massacre was an event that I had heard about when it happened and nothing more,” Forsyth said. “Being a part of this performance reminded all of us how valuable life is, and it allowed us to do something great for the victims and their families.” Felicia Fitzpatrick, ethnic studies and theatre and dance sophomore, said she hoped the community remembered the significance of the tragedy. “There are times where we think we have forever, but the kids involved in this tragedy were our age,” Fitzpatrick said. “While this happened far away from us, there is a huge relevance to our generation and we need to appreciate the time we have with our friends and loved ones.”

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Ex-GSA chief pleads fifth on wasting money By Larry Margasak The Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The General Services Administration inspector general said Monday that he’s investigating possible bribery and kickbacks in the agency, as a central figure in a GSA spending scandal asserted his right to remain silent at a congressional hearing. Inspector general Brian Miller, responding to a question at the hearing, said, “We do have other ongoing investigations, including all sorts of improprieties, including bribes, including possible kickbacks.” Jeffrey Neely, who asserted his Fifth Amendment privilege before the committee, has been placed on leave as a regional executive in Western states.

Neely was largely responsible for an $823,000 Las Vegas conference in 2010 that was the focus of Miller’s report. Three other congressional committees also are looking at the conference spending and a culture of waste at the agency in charge of federal buildings and supplies “Mr. Chairman, on advice of counsel I decline to answer based on my constitutional privilege,” Neely said in response to questions from chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif. The conference was the subject of a highly critical report by Miller issued on April 2. Taxpayers picked up the tab for a clown, a mind-reader, bicycles for a teambuilding exercise. Martha Johnson, who resigned as chief of the agency after the inspector general’s report was issued

this month, said the Western Regions Conference “had evolved into a raucous, extravagant, arrogant, self-congratulatory event.” Previously, Neely had told inspector general investigators that a $2,700 party he threw in his Las Vegas hotel suite was an employeeawards event, according to a transcript of the interview. “This is an award recognition ceremony ....” Neely insisted to an internal investigator. “That’s what this was. That’s...not a Neely party right. I actually...it was in a suite that wasn’t even mine.” The investigator then confronted Neely with his email saying that he and his wife “are hosting a party in our loft room. There will be wine and beer and some munchies....” There was no mention of awards.

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Afghan special forces on top of a building previously occupied by militants, in Kabul, Afghanistan on Monday. Insurgents were earlier holed up in the building but were overcome by heavy gunfire.

KABUL, Afghanistan — For Taliban militants and U.S. strategists alike, all roads in this impoverished country of mountain passes, arid deserts and nearly impassable goat tracks lead to this ancient capital of 3 million people nestled in a high and narrow valley. The Taliban made their intentions clear over the weekend, mounting spectacular coordinated attacks that spawned an 18-hour battle with Afghan and NATO forces. And now, the U.S. is gearing up for what may be the last major American-run offensive of the war — a bid to secure the approaches to the city. While bombings and shootings elsewhere in Afghanistan receive relatively little attention, attacks in the capital alarm the general population, undermine the government’s

reputation and frighten foreigners into fleeing the country. That’s why insurgents on Sunday struck locations that were so fortified they could cause little or no damage, including the diplomatic quarter, the parliament and a NATO base. “These are isolated attacks that are done for symbolic purposes, and they have not regained any territory,” Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said. The U.S.-led spring offensive, expected to begin in the coming weeks, may be NATO’s last chance to shore up Kabul’s defenses before a significant withdrawal of combat troops limits its options. The focus will be regions that control the main access routes, roads and highways into Kabul from the desert south and the mountainous east. These routes are used not only by militants but by traders carrying goods from Pakistan and Iran. The strategy involves clearing

militants from provinces such as Ghazni, just south of the capital. The pivotal region links Kabul with the Taliban homeland in the south and provinces bordering Pakistan. Afghan and U.S. officials blamed the Pakistan-based Haqqani network, which is part of the Taliban and has close links with al-Qaida, for the weekend attacks that left 36 insurgents, eight policemen and three civilians dead in Kabul and three eastern provinces. But Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, said officials have not concluded whether the attacks emanated out of Pakistan. Declining numbers of international troops in the coming months are also forcing coalition forces to focus less on remote and thickly populated places such as eastern Nuristan. They hope to move responsibility for those areas to the Afghan security forces.

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Fewer grapes won’t fix gripes As Marvel Studios gets ready to roll out its planet-saving team in The Avengers, President William Powers Jr. triumphantly announced the creation of his own squad of wellfooted business leaders to improve the University’s efficiency. The group of 13 individuals, many of them with ties to the McCombs School of Business, will be charged with examining three primary areas to increase efficiency: the University’s administrative structure, technology commercialization and asset management, according to The Daily Texan. The group is composed of several regarded business leaders, ranging from Hector Ruiz, the former CEO of Advanced Micro Devices, to Charles Tate, an investment banker whose fingerprints are scattered from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas to the Commission of 125. The team plans to examine various aspects of the University’s business processes and issue recommendations at the end of 2012. The frequency and logistics of their meetings, such as who will pay the travel costs and accommodations, are all still being worked out. While the squad is officially dubbed the Committee on Business Productivity, we will take the opportunity to toss out a few potential movie titles — in case the Longhorn Network wants to pick it up. The first possibility is The Defenders, which is likely the University’s first pick for the title. After all, the committee’s involvement brings positive publicity for UT, as many of the individuals are alumni who are able to use their expertise to assist in the state’s higher education goals in an active way, rather than just writing a big check. And while administrators are quick to point to the low administrative costs as a percentage at UT compared to other institutions in the state, there will always be ways to be more efficient and effective in

the depths of a $2.3-billion budget. Powers has also been careful in conveying that the committee will be dealing with the University’s operations and not its academics. This somewhat quells the significant concern of corporate models being blindly applied to higher education, at least in this manner. However, another possible title for the group could be The Cut-Spenders. Kevin Hegarty, executive vice president and chief financial officer, said that while it’s much too early to speculate on layoffs, “It’s hard not to eventually affect the numbers of jobs.” In an era of reduced funding from the state, sacrifices are being shared across campus. Yet staff have been hit hardest by budget cuts. Though the majority of staff reductions have taken the form of not filling open positions rather than layoffs, staff job security and morale continue to be an overlooked and unappreciated aspect in budgetary decisions made at the top. Finally, it’s hard to escape the most probable of potential titles: The Pretenders. Though well-meaning and innovative, a committee digging for cost savings in the operational budgets strays far from answering the fundamental financial questions that hound higher education. For that matter, deploying the committee reinforces the talking points that University critics wield with fervor: that all of higher education’s financial problems can be solved by efficiency tweaks such as reducing the number of grapes in the Jester City Limits parfaits — not the refusal of state leaders to value higher education, or the emerging view of higher education as a private and not a public good. So as the committee members begins meeting in the coming months, we need to see them for what they are: hope but no hero.

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THE FIRING LINE Leave the policing to the police

While I thank Nick Roland for his service to our country, it’s entirely misguided and inappropriate for him to use the fifth anniversary of the Virginia Tech shootings to espouse a pro-guns-on-campus line in his firing line published Monday. His two institutions, Virginia Tech and UT, have been the scenes of some of the most violent mass shootings on college campuses in this country. Proponents of guns on campus think that their ability to “come to the rescue” is valiant, but it disguises the real issue. I think back to the incident of Sept. 28, 2010. Imagine if we had a campus full of armed students trying to take out Colton Tooley. What would have happened when armed police officers, knowing that there was an active shooter, had come across Roland or some other student “taking out” the real gunman? An even greater tragedy. Leave the policing to the police, and keep guns off this campus.

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A breath of fresh air By Melissa Macaya Daily Texan Columnist

Throughout my journalism education at UT and various internships, I have firmly believed that journalism is not dying but rather is changing in new and exciting ways. As I prepare to graduate and enter the professional world in one month, it is comforting to see those changes acknowledged at the School of Journalism. The department is undertaking the biggest change to its curriculum in almost 20 years and moving across the street to the state-of-the-art Belo Center for New Media. Rather than selecting one structured track in topics such as print or broadcast, students will now undertake five levels of coursework where they will learn multiple storytelling techniques, create their own digital portfolio, complete a senior capstone and participate in an internship. Students will also still be instructed in the basics of writing and media ethics. The “new digital-based, state-of-the-art curriculum,” as it is described on the website, is a breath of fresh air for the University and symbolizes the vitality of journalism in both the academic and professional realms. The shift also represents a wave of change toward positive modernization and away from the pessimistic rhetoric that has been plaguing the media environment for the past five years. Multiple journalism schools around the nation, such as Columbia University and the University of Missouri, have also made curriculum changes. Although the new curriculum’s focus on digital skills is essential, it is also instrumental that the department continue to stress the importance of courses that are theme-oriented and provide students with the critical thinking skills they need to navigate complex reporting scenarios. Critical skills, not equipment or video skills, help a journalist report a story in a thorough way. Even more of these courses should be added to the curriculum. During my four years at the School of Journalism, it was the courses that taught me about journalism’s role in historical, international, political and social processes that I found most valuable. Through my certificate in Latino Media Studies, I learned about the press’s role in Hispanic and Latin American communities. These types of academic opportunities help give the contextual knowledge needed to effectively report a multifaceted topic. The department must also expand its study abroad opportunities and internship partnerships across the country. Annual summer internships at local and national news organizations could be set aside for UT students. A journalism career fair organized in partnership with prominent news organizations would also be very beneficial to graduating students. The school currently supports three short study abroad programs in China, the Czech Republic and Austria. In order for students to report about the world and their communities, they must see the world. International experiences, alongside skills acquired in the classroom, will help create even more wellrounded journalists. As I have discovered in my undergraduate career, the traditional lines of print, broadcast and Web are long gone. The path is now the convergence of all of these. This merging has created an industry that is exciting, quick, creative and challenging. This path does not lead to death, as many would like to believe, but opportunity. There are now unparalleled ways to tell stories in even more engaging and powerful mediums. Students at journalism schools are now at the center of this change and can even be creators of new storytelling techniques. Although I will not be able to take advantage of the curriculum changes, I am proud to be part of a department that not only embraces change, but creates it as well. I am looking forward to seeing the results in future generations. Macaya is a journalism and Latin American studies senior.

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1,001 problems and UT ain’t one By Stephen McGarvey Daily Texan Columnist

I have a problem — and a serious one at that. You see, I have quite a lot of trouble making decisions. Just this afternoon I was in my local Walmart for two full hours trying to choose the right type of lightbulb. When I reached the checkout line, I held up the others behind me trying to choose the bag that best fit my needs. And as I got gas on the way home, I saw some tempting Marlboros that left me quite curious about what it would be like to become a smoker. Thankfully, my country, city and most recently University have all got my back, happily ready to remove those pesky decisions from my life. Banning incandescent lightbulbs was a fantastic idea. Their soft, warm light fills me with rage, and the way they immediately turn on at full brightness makes me suspicious of potential black magic. I much prefer these newfangled compact fluorescents, and my government agrees with me. Waiting for the bulb to illuminate in any room I walk into adds a quaint sense of suspense and joyous anticipation. I love when my household appliances can do that. But the federal government really doesn’t do enough. There are still far too many choices I make in the day. For example, President Barack Obama is OK with my choosing what type of bags I use! What nonsense. I have 1,001 decisions to make every day, and I don’t want my type of bag to be one of them.

Thankfully, the ever-benevolent city of Austin has come to the rescue, banning those insidious disposable bags. Hallelujah! Those darn bags were too convenient. And having them right there at the register made me feel like I was being a lazy American. I want to work to buy my groceries, dang it. Reusable bags know how to keep me on my toes. By having to consciously lug them around everywhere from Walmart to the Home Depot, I exert far more time and energy. While some might call that an obnoxious burden, I call it a glorious government-imposed workout, as well as useful mental exercise. Also, I used to reuse those plastic bags as elegant liners to the trash can in my dorm. But with the ban in place, I get to buy specific liners, thus supporting the trash can liner industry and stimulating the economy. Austin really is brilliant. But I still feel like more could be done to really streamline my day and inhibit those pesky choices. Thankfully, I am a proud student of the University of Texas at Austin, where they understand my need for this. Therefore, they recently helped make it almost impossible for me to choose to use tobacco products by banning them everywhere on campus. And I’m not the only one ecstatic about this new authoritarianism. I know a brilliant professor who has also been greatly assisted in his decision making as well. Forced to choose between teaching at UT or Har-

vard, this poor man and casual smoker was plagued for months with the choice. But with the new tobacco ban in effect, the decision was made much easier, and my dear friend Winston Smith is now happily enjoying life in Cambridge. Still, more could be done. We all know that water is better for us than soda, so it would be smart to ban all carbonated beverages. And since electric vehicles are better for the environment than gas vehicles, perhaps UT should make it illegal to park on its campus without an EV. And while we’re at it, we all know PCs are better than Macs, so let’s just ban those, too. Despite the inherent brilliance of all of this, some people disagree for some reason. They are against government intrusion in their lives, and they feel that these governmental and institutional moves are overbearing and infringe on people’s rights. I say pish posh. Those silly anarchists must realize we’re far too dumb to be left to make any decisions ourselves. I am in love with government. In fact, I truly think it is infallible. Every decision it makes about my life is surely for the better, and the less choice it leaves to me as a consumer, the better off I am. I know it has my best interest at heart and could never compromise that for the sake of any corporate, political or financial gains. That would be utterly absurd. McGarvey is a business honors freshman.

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Teen faces murder charges By Christopher Sherman The Associated Press

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Students listen as Kirsten Calloway and Donnesh Amrollah conduct a workshop on the power of language and how it impacts the LGBT community. This workshop is a part of Sexual Awareness Month.

Workshop educates on power of words By Samuel Liebl Daily Texan Staff

of values, it’s a symptom of heteronormativity,” she said. “Words like ‘fag’ are common and harmful like the N-word used to be.” Journalism freshman Kenny Chilton, who works for a dating abuse hotline, said even common words can initiate debilitating flashbacks. “A woman called the hotline because someone said ‘You’re being really bitchy right now,” C h i l t o n s a i d . “ He r a b u s e r used to say that and it brought back memories.” We cannot always know which words will offend or hurt other people, but we should be straightforward and ask others if we suspect we offended them, Chilton said.

Journalism freshman Shannon Price said we should be more aware of how the words around us affect our thoughts. “Media makes society think the way we do,” Price said. “I think I’m relatively aware but I always need to be on guard.” Monday’s event was a new spin on the Panty Line Project, a language awareness event that Voices Against Violence hosted in years past, Callaway said. “A lot of people in Voices Against Violence who identify as LGBT made it known that [the Panty Line Project] was not gender inclusive,” she said. “We’re trying to be more gender inclusive with this event because people from all genders are victims of sexual assault.”

HOSPITAL continues from PAGE 1 remarkable gift more than two years ago was that it be used for something that would have a transformational impact on UT Southwestern,” said UT Southwestern President Dr. Daniel Podolsky. “We were deeply honored by his confidence and are now pleased and proud to name our new hospital in commemoration of a true Texas giant, certain that it will have the transformational effect he envisioned.” Anthony de Bruyn, assistant vice chancellor for public affairs said the Board of Regents’ said members were unanimous in their decision making because of the long-standing relationship between the UT System and the Clements family. “When an institution puts in a name request for the approval of the Board of Regents, we analyze what

it will mean to have a new facility with their namesake,” de Bruyn said. “UT Southwestern submitted the request in to the Board, and we were eager to memorialize the Clements name in the UT System.” Ehssan Faraji, biomedical engineering and pre-med junior said the plans for integrating research in the health care system is an innovative step that he believes will help the overall care of patients in the long run. “Incorporating elements such as in-room monitors to analyze charts and images as well as video conferencing capabilities might seem like minor changes to a room,” Faraji said. “But these are all things t h at c an s i g n i f i c ant ly i m prove the diagnostic process.”

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Words can hurt as much as sticks and stones, as many people identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender can attest. Students gathered Monday to discuss the power of language during “Word! Your Language Matters,” a workshop hosted by the student organizations Voices Against Violence, Queer Student Alliance and the Gender and Sexuality Center Leadership Council. For members of sexual violence or gender discrimination, words can trigger debilitatingly painful memories, said biology senior Kirsten Callaway, who helped organize the event.

“‘Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me’ is a total fallacy,” Callaway said. “We don’t need to walk on eggshells when we speak, but we should be mindful of what we say.” Callaway said the use of the words “rape,” “gay” and “whore” should be removed from casual conversation. “Using the word ‘rape’ as in ‘Dude, I raped that test’ has become so normal that we don’t re a l i z e how h ar m f u l it i s ,” Callaway said. Callaway attributes the inclusion of offensive words in our everyday vernacular to the increasing heteronormativity of our society. “It’s not because of an erosion

PALMVIEW — A 15-year-old South Texas boy charged with nine counts of murder after he crashed a minivan packed with illegal immigrants, killing nine of them, cried and expressed remorse before a judge Monday, police said. The boy, who is not being identified because he is a juvenile, appeared at a probable cause hearing at a juvenile detention facility. He was also charged with 17 counts of smuggling of a person causing serious bodily injury or death, and one count of evading. Border Patrol agents pulled over the van last Tuesday night about 10 miles west of McAllen. As it stopped, one person jumped from the vehicle and ran. When agents pursued him the van sped off. It crashed just a few blocks away scattering a parking lot with bodies, backpacks and water bottles. The driver escaped, but was arrested two days later at his home. Pa l mv i e w Pol i c e wor ke d with agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s

Homeland Security Investigations to arrest six people suspected of involvement in the smuggling operation on charges related to harboring illegal immigrants. At least four of the six crash survivors were detained as material witnesses. Throug h inter vie ws with them they found the teen driver, said Palmview police Chief Chris Barrera. “He wanted to come clean so he came out and gave us a statement,” Barrera said. “He explained to us exactly what had happened, what he had done.” Pa lmv ie w D ete c t ive Sau l Uvalle, who attended the probable cause hearing, said the teen told the judge that if he didn’t drive the van they were going to kill his family. Uvalle said the teen didn’t say who “they” were. “He was very remorseful of what happened,” Uvalle said. State prosecutors can pursue the felony murder charges because the deaths occurred during the commission of a felony, in this case evading Border Patrol. A judge will eventually decide whether the boy will be tried as an adult.

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Siri-like technology may be future of data analytics

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A student sits in the third floor hallway of the Art Building and Museum while taking a break from class Monday afternoon.

By Samuel Liebl Daily Texan Staff

Universities may use voice recognition technology similar to Apple’s Siri to analyze data collected about students, faculty and staff. John Rome, deputy chief information officer at Arizona State University, spoke Monday to a crowd of about 40 business intelligence professionals from colleges and universities around the world. Business intelligence, also known as BI, is the use of data systems to improve decision making. Rome’s talk about voice recognition technology was part of the Higher Education Data Warehousing Conference hosted by UT April 15-17. Rome said the convenience and accuracy of technologies like Siri prove that universities will inevitably apply voice recognition tools to business-oriented tasks. “The future, sooner rather than later, is that we will use something like Siri on top of BI,” he said. “There will come a day when we can use phones for data analytics.” Rome said universities use data analytics to more effectively recruit students, identify struggling students and differentiate between good and bad teaching techniques. As content and businesses become more geared toward smartphones and tablets, so too will data analysis tools, Rome said. “By 2013, 33 percent of BI will be consumed on mobile devices and 80 percent of businesses will support tablets,” he said. “By 2014, there will be more mobile devices than laptops or desktops.” IT professional Carrie Shumaker of the University of Michigan, one of UT’s peer institutions, said students demand more data-driven applications from her university. “Students want to develop apps and to access data to build their apps around,” Shumaker said. “We will develop the app if it’s worth-

By 2014 there will be more mobile devices than laptops or desktops. — John Rome, deputy chief information officer at Arizona State University

while, but if it’s something our university puts out, it needs to follow our standards.” Jeff Stark, a data warehouse manager for Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and an organizer of the conference, said the field of data analytics is trying to find a balance between usability and technical depth. “Many of our tools are too robust for mobile apps because they were developed for researchers and statisticians,” Stark said. Among universities, UT is at the forefront of developing data analysis tools and making those tools more accessible, said Vijay Thiruvengadam, the director and data architect of the University’s Information Quest project. “Our mantra is ‘Crawl, walk, run,” he said. “We take an incremental approach and do smaller things first.” In the opinion of other universities, UT is more than running — it is flying, Thiruvengadam said. But only high-level faculty and staff currently have access to UT’s business intelligence tools, and the Information Quest project has a lot more scaling up to do, he said. “[Information Quest] has 1,800 users who can look at financial, student and faculty data,” Thiruvengadam said. “People want us to be at the fly stage, but we’re at the walk stage now.”

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Brockett Center will honor former professor By Sylvia Butanda Daily Texan Staff

Oscar Brockett, a former UT professor, was one of the world’s leading theater historians, and his leadership will continue to be honored by the development of an academic research center in his area of expertise. The Oscar and Lenyth Brockett Professorship in Theatre History has been established as the first endowment in support of the development of the Oscar G. Brockett Center for Theatre History and Criticism. The professorship will fund faculty and student research in theater history, allowing the plans of the center to move forward, said Brant Pope, chair of the Department of Theatre and Dance. “With the assistance of Brockett’s daughter, Francesca Brockett, and

her husband Jim Pedicano, we’ve achieved stage one of the plans to build the center,” Pope said. Pope said the center will begin as a think tank in order to discuss how it will be structured. “The legacy of Brockett will extend into the 21st century by being a think tank and will allow the discussion of all aspects of theater history and performance,” Pope said. “We will be able to craft what that field of study would be in the 21st century, what kind of things we should be studying in that area, what kind of labs should we build and what the curriculum should be.” During this stage, the center will also be able to fundraise and build toward raising enough money for an endowed chair of the Brockett Center, Pope said. At the core of the center will be

Brockett’s collection of books, papers, journals and artifacts, which will allow scholars to study and use his collection to write theater history, Pope said. “Now that he’s gone, scholars that used to come to talk to him can now come to the center as a place of inspiration where [they] can use his collection and write and study theater history,” he said. Douglas Dempster, dean of the College of Fine Arts, said UT has long been a top center of theater education in Texas and a center of cutting-edge theater scholarships in the country. “Brockett, along with many other former and current faculty members, have been responsible for elevating UT’s theater history program to a top 12 ranking in the National Research Council’s evaluation of

Ph.D. programs in theater,” Dempster said. “The creation of the Brockett Center and the Brockett Professorship is an expression of our and of our supporters’ institutional determination, to remain in this elite company of Ivy League and public flagship research universities.” Heather Barfield, theater and dance graduate student and former student of Brockett, said he was a gentle professor, a thorough historian and an inquisitive thinker. “Our opinions as students were respected and, in fact, requested in order to cultivate an appreciation for both the mysteries and grounded evidence of theater history,” Barfield said. “Having a professorship in his honor is a testament to Brockett’s profound effect upon countless students, scholars and historians, including those inside and outside theater studies.”

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did not apply to middle names at the time. Ovalle said he also faced problems buying football tickets because his preferred name did not match the one on his credit card. Ovalle said he felt outed when people would call him by his birth name instead of his preferred name. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not necessarily being outed by it that bothered me,â&#x20AC;? Ovalle said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the questions and the explanations that people feel entitled to after that which can be difficult to deal with.â&#x20AC;? While only students who request the change through the center will have their name changed on class rosters and other official records, all students will be able to take advantage of the UHS policy and use a preferred name on their medical records. However, preferred names cannot go on an official University diploma or transcript. According to the centerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website, preferred name changes are granted after the student has a conversation with a staff member who determines that the use of the name would facilitate a studentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s success at UT. The preferred name appears on class rosters, the private Texas Enterprise Directory, clips class information pages, Blackboard and official UT

identification cards. Ixchel Rosal, Gender and Sexuality Center director, said about five students have updated their records using the preferred name policy since it launched last fall. Rosal said she does not ask if studens are transgender when she meets with them about their request but that most students who requested it were. Rosal said all the feedback from students who were approved for a preferred was positive. Jeffrey Graves, associate vice president for legal affairs, said UT considered many factors before approving the policy. Graves said preferred names cannot go on diplomas or transcripts without a legal name change. He said one of the legal issues UT faced was putting preferred names on UT ID cards. In cases such as police stops or when asked to surrender an ID card, Graves said, UT officials need to be able to confirm a studentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s official name with the name on record with the University regardless of their preferred name. To address this, a studentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s preferred name goes on the front of the ID card and the official name goes on the back. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The whole point of the policy

is to assist transgender students in transitioning to the University in a way that will correspond with how they live and how they identify,â&#x20AC;? Graves said. White said the task force addresses many policy issues affecting the LGBT community by breaking down barriers and promoting a climate of inclusion and togetherness. White said the committee tries to address big and small things in the UT community that would make a difference. For instance, White said the addition of many family and gender-neutral bathrooms on campus last year

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Snow prepared for pro career Editor’s Note: This is the first in an eight-part series about Longhorns hoping to be drafted into the NFL.

SOPHOMORE (2009):

FRESHMAN (2008):

Games Snow played- 14 Average points per game- 39.3 Average offense per game421.2 yards Average rushing per game147.6 Average passing per game273.6 yards

Games Snow Played- 13 Average points per game- 42.4 Average offense per game- 475.8 yards Average rushing per game- 167.5 yards Average passing per game308.3 yards

JUNIOR (2010):

Games Snow played- 12 Average points per game- 23.8 Average total offensive per game- 382.5 yards Average rushing per game- 150.5 yards Average passing per game- 232.0 yards

SENIOR (2011):

Games Snow played13 Average Points per game-28.7 Average total offense per game- 404.0 yards Average rushing per game210.4 yards Average passing per game- 192.6 yards

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David Snow has always wanted to be an NFL player. But come draft day on April 26, he won’t be sitting around eagerly watching the television. Instead, he will be out fishing with his friends. “I’m going to be really excited,” Snow said. “But I’m not going to be sitting around.” Once he was offered a scholarship to UT, the center from Gilmer knew that his dreams to play professionally could happen. Snow graduated in December and has been training and preparing for the draft ever since. Leaving UT was difficult for Snow, but he is ready to begin the next part of his career. “I really like starting new stages of life and I am really excited about the opportunity of the next level and getting to play some more football,” Snow said. “You’re kind of sad, but at the same time you’re also really happy. It’s a weird combination of the two.” Snow has no preference to what team he goes to, as long as

he can continue playing football. Snow appeared in all 52 games during his four-year career at Texas. Snow prides himself on versatility — he can play center, left guard and right guard. He said he will play wherever he is needed in the NFL. Scouts have told him they like his versatility. “Being able to play multiple positions does ultimately help you a whole bunch in the NFL,” Snow said. “You never know when someone’s going to go down and you’ll need to move over and play a different position.” In his senior year, he started all 13 games at left guard, but in his junior year, he spent most of the season at center. He plans to be ready to step up whenever his potential team needs him. The Longhorns’ practices are set up very similar to NFL practices, so he feels confident that he is ready to play professionally. “Center is a unique position, of course, and you can’t get everyone to play that position,” said Texas head coach Mack Brown. Texas coaches have helped him progress, and the advice and help of Longhorn alumni will also help him. Snow knows he won’t have any problems, but

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One of best at Texas, Garrido deserving of two-year extension By Christian Corona Daily Texan Columnist

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Freshman pitcher Parker French has yet to allow a run in more than 25 innings at home this year. French improved to 4-1 in his last outing, throwing eight scoreless innings Saturday against Oklahoma State.

Texas has its fair share of great coaches. Head football coach Mack Brown brought the Longhorns their first national title in more than three decades and, until a brief hiccup in 2010, made them a perennial powerhouse once again. Men’s swimming coach Eddie Reese, who will lead

the American swimming team in this summer’s Olympics, has made winning conference titles and topfive finishes at the NCAA Championships. Longtime coaches Connie Clark and John Fields have the softball and men’s golf squads ranked No. 5 and No. 1, respectively. But Texas head baseball coach Augie Garrido, the winningest skipper in Division I history, is arguably the best coach on the 40 Acres. He’s

Parker French was an All-State pitcher in high school and a four-year letter winner for Dripping Springs. Despite his All-Star background, he still can’t remember a longer or more impressive outing than his scoreless, eight inning gem against Oklahoma State Saturday. “One time in high school I went eight, but this is the first time I went eight scoreless,” French said.

Coming into the start Texas needTexas vs. Texas State ed French to produce a long outing to help ease the burden that a doubleheader can put on a bullpen if the starters don’t pitch well, and Date:: Today he delivered. Time: 6 p.m. In his eight innings on the rubber, Location: Austin French scattered six hits and only allowed one walk. He kept the Cowboys’ hitters on their toes all after- ground balls. “My sinker was moving late and noon by mixing his hard sinker and working really well, and being able slider with an on-point breaking ball, which caused the Cowboys to make FRENCH continues on PAGE 9 weak contact and hit a lot of soft

WOMEN’S TENNIS

By Matt Warden Daily Texan Staff

Following a pair of impressive conference wins, the Longhorns are ready to face off with an old rival. The team is 6-0 in Big 12 play and ranked No. 13 in the country. Victories over the likes of top 25 teams such as Baylor and Texas Tech proved that these accolades are no fluke. “Texas Tech came in undefeated in conference play this year and has been playing some great tennis with some very scrappy players,”

said head coach Patty Fendick-McCain. “It is just a really good win to get at home.” Sophomore Elizabeth Begley has emerged as of late, becoming a kind of backbone for the women. She currently holds an undefeated conference record and a 12-1 record overall after two wins last weekend. “Elizabeth Begley was terrific out there [against Tech],” FendickMcCain said. Cierra Gaytan-Leach has earned numerous victories in doubles play this year, but her nail-biting victories in the last few matches have

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Head baseball coach Augie Garrido instructs sophomore Mark Payton. Garrido’s two-year contract extension has him signed through 2015.

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earned her attention for her singles play as well. She fought back from a third set deficit to clinch the match point for the team against Baylor and proceeded to do the same

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Senior Krista Damico helped Texas get past Texas Tech by winning her singles match in straight sets. The Longhorns are 6-0 against Big 12 foes and will try to improve to 7-0 when they face Texas A&M Tuesday.

Longhorns look to stay perfect against conference competition

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French fooling hitters in role as starter By Chris Hummer Daily Texan Staff

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against Texas Tech the next day. ing down to me and I have to do it “I went down 3-0 and was kind for Texas,’” Gaytan-Leach said. “I of moping around a little bit and stepped it up and everything went trying to keep my head up, but I told myself, ‘Okay, I know it is comHORNS continues on PAGE 9

SPOTLIGHT Cierra Gaytan-Leach Sport: Tennis Height: 5’ 10” Class: Sophomore Hometown: Corona del Mar, California After delivering a pair of matchclinching victories, sophomore Cierra Gaytan-Leach was named the Big 12 Women’s Tennis Player of the Week for the first time in her career. Gaytan-Leach took down Ema Burgic, 6-2, 5-7, 6-3, to break a 3-3 tie and give the Longhorns a win over Baylor last Saturday. The following day, against Texas Tech, GaytanLeach triumphed over Caroline Starcks, 7-5, 5-7, 6-4, despite trailing, 3-0, in the third set. She becomes the second Longhorn to earn conference player of the week honors. Senior Krista Damico became the first March 19.

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FRENCH continues from PAGE 8 to mix in the slider and the changeup kept them off balance,” French said. “It was around the fifth inning where they just started pounding the ball in the ground, and the defense went to work. It was awesome.” Perhaps the most impressive part of French’s performance is that he’s just a freshman, but he makes up for his lack of experience by displaying a high level of maturity on the mound. He never seems to be rattled and is often able to work out of tough spots, whether it be a 0-2 count or a bases loaded jam. The calm demeanor he has on the mound might also account for the way he’s been able to handle his two distinct roles on the team this season — as a reliever and, about a month into the sea-

AUGIE continues from PAGE 8 won two of his five national championships and 686 of his record 1,837 games since taking over at Texas in 1997. Garrido, the only Divison I baseball coach in history to win 600 games and win national titles at two different schools (Cal State Fullerton and Texas), received a two-year contract extension last Friday through 2015. The 73 year old currently earns a salary of $935,000 and will get an annual raise of $50,000. After his Longhorns dropped their series opener against Oklahoma State, 3-1, in 11 innings at UFCU DischFalk Field on Friday, Garrido claimed to be unaware of the extension. But the way Texas bounced back from that heartbreaking defeat, sweeping the Cowboys in a doubleheader the following day showed why Garrido deserved it. “Last year’s team and this year’s team are the same way. There’s just something inside of us that just lets us battle. We hate to lose,” said sophomore right fielder Mark Payton, who has reached base in all 33 of the Longhorns’ games this season and who hit a go-ahead home run in Texas’ most recent victory Saturday afternoon. “There’s an instinct inside us that just says to pick it up another notch.”

son, a starter. Early on, he was a key member of the Texas bullpen serving as the set-up man to closer Corey Knebel. He performed well in that role, and was effective as a bridge pitcher to Knebel — he even picked up two saves in his time as a reliever. But, after John Curtiss and Hoby Milner struggled in the beginning of the season, French was given the opportunity to start March 18 against Oklahoma. He did not waste the opportunity. In a hostile rival ballpark, he went 6.2 innings and allowed four earned runs, narrowly missing out on a quality start in his first ever collegiate start. French has done nothing but improve since that moment. For the season his record sits at 4-1 with a 3.31 ERA, both bests among starters for the Longhorns. However, French’s best statistic isn’t

seen in a normal box score. His most impressive number comes when he’s on his home mound at UFCU DishFalk Field, where he sports a pristine 0.00 ERA for the season and where the Longhorns will face Texas State Tuesday at 6 p.m. They beat the Bobcats, 6-1, March 13 earlier this season. “It’s a great ballpark to pitch in — you have the fans behind you,” French said of pitching in his home park. “I think we feel comfortable pitching here. There’s definitely a comfort level pitching at home compared to on the road.” French may have taken an odd road into the rotation for Texas, but since he has secured his spot he has made a huge impact for Texas in the win column. He has gotten better almost every time out, and being as young as he is, he will only continue to improve. Heck, maybe next start he can go all nine.

As Garrido is well aware, the bottom line at Texas is simple — get to Omaha. In more than 40 years as a college baseball head coach, Garrido has taken his team to the College World Series 12 times, including seven times in 14 seasons. The five-time National Coach of the Year is also the only Division I coach to win national titles in Omaha in four different decades. He led Cal State Fullerton to national titles in 1979, 1984 and 1995 while bringing championships to Texas in 2002 and 2005. Longhorns head men’s basketball coach Rick Barnes hasn’t quite struggled the past few years, but his squads haven’t excelled, either. Barnes signed the nation’s fourthbest recruiting class, according to ESPN, the fourth straight year he brought in a top-five class. Texas will welcome the likes of ESPNU 100 members Cameron Ridley (No. 8 on the ESPNU100), Prince Ibeh (No. 59), Javan Felix (No. 72) and Connor Lammert (No. 93). But, despite the annual haul of top-notch prospects, the Longhorns have just one NCAA Tournament in the last three years to show for it, not winning multiple postseason contests since a trip to the Elite Eight in 2008. At least Barnes still has his job. Gail Goestenkors became the former Texas head women’s basketball coach after resigning a month ago. Like Barnes,

Augie Garrido Wins: 1,837 CWS Appearances: 12 Conference titles: 25 Conference tournament titles: 4 National Titles: 5 Coach of the Year awards: 6 Goestnekors took the Longhorns to the NCAA Tournament each of the five seasons she was in charge, winning only one game at the Big Dance and ending her tenure with four straight first-round exits. Texas’ chances to return to Omaha aren’t as good as they were when it made a NCAA record 33rd College World Series appearance last season. The Longhorns began this year 2-5, the worst seven-game start in school history since 1944. But they’re 18-8 since then and have won all four of their conference series so far with a threegame set against Kansas on the horizon. Texas has yet to play top-10 teams Baylor and Texas A&M as it saves its best Big 12 opponents for last. But, as long as Garrido is in the dugout, don’t count the Longhorns out. They’ll always have a chance to get to Omaha.

HORNS continues from PAGE 8 my way.” Gaytan-Leach’s resolve did not go unnoticed. “You could see the determination in her eyes when she came back out for the third set,” FendickMcCain said. “I felt good about it. I just kind of sat back and enjoyed the third set because I felt really good about it.” Veterans Krista Damico and Aeriel Ellis have buoyed the team’s charge all season long and not much more can be said about their impact. However, the bottom of the Longhorn’s lineup is filled with newcomers who are performing at a level impossible to miss. “Lina [Padegimaite], Eliza-

beth [Begley] and Cierra [Gaytan-Leach] have been playing so great at four, five and six [singles],” Fendick-McCain said. “I thought those three matches were going to be over with pretty quickly today [against Baylor] because they’ve all been playing well.” Padegimaite, a freshman for the Longhorns, currently holds 12 singles wins this year, putting her near the top on this solid team. But her doubles play may be the most impressive feat of her first season, as she and fellow freshman Noel Scott are ranked No. 42 in the country as a duo. “They’ve worked so hard in the last couple of weeks to re-

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ally get back on form, because they’ve struggled, but I thought it was great to see them clinch the point [against Baylor],” FendickMcCain said. “That couldn’t have been better. It was awesome.” With all of this momentum, the women will head to College Station for a battle with the Aggies.

SNOW continues from PAGE 8 former players like Derrick Johnson and Jamaal Charles have told him to be responsible once he enters the NFL, especially early in his career. “A lot of people when they go to the NFL and they get paid a bunch of money off the top, they want to go spend it,” Snow said. “That can cause you a lot of problems. They told me to get in there and work your tail off.” Although Snow was not invited to the NFL Combine, he feels he performed well enough at Texas’ pro day to convince coaches and scouts that he is ready to play at the next level. But he knows that it’s a combination of four years that teams look at when determining who they will call on April 26. Last year 59 players who were not invited to the combine made it on a pro team. “I put up a lot of solid numbers during my four years at Texas and that helps a lot, so now we just wait,” Snow said. He has filled out questionnaires for all 32 teams and has worked out for coaches from Denver. But if he is not drafted, he will go as a free agent and try out. He hopes he will earn a spot on a team. “Everything in life that I do, I

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David Snow made 32 starts over the last three years, showing his versatility by starting all 13 games this past season at guard after moving over from center, where he started all 12 games in 2010.

always want to be the best at it,” Snow said. “When I started playing football, I always wanted to be the best at it. I’ve always felt like I could always outwork everyone. That was just my mentality about it.” Snow graduated from Texas with a degree in corporate communication and could see a future for himself in commercial real estate. But he will always have his time at UT to look back on.

“I had a great time at UT,” Snow said. “The greatest thing is that a lot of the guys helped me do my spiritual walk and we get to play football together. The combination of the two gave me a great experience.” No matter what the future holds for Snow, he is going to keep pushing and working. “My work ethic is really great,” Snow said. “So I am just going to keep on working no matter what.”

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Houston Rockets forward Patrick Patterson secures a loose ball between a trio of Denver Nuggets defenders. Patterson scored nine points and grabbed seven rebounds in Houston’s 105-102 loss to Denver Monday night, the second time the Nuggets lost to the Rockets in as many nights.

Rockets lose crucial contest to Nuggets By chris duncan The Associated Press

Arron Afflalo scored 26 points, Ty Lawson had 25 and the Denver Nuggets continued their playoff push with a 105-102 victory over the fading Houston Rockets on Monday night. Al Harrington added 15 points and Andre Miller had 13 assists for the Nuggets, who swept back-to-back games with the Rockets, the team directly behind them in the Western Conference standings. Denver began the night holding the No. 7 spot in the Western Conference, one game ahead of the Rockets. Houston was only one game ahead of Phoenix and 1 1/2 games ahead of Utah, day, month day, 2008

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Alternative rock group Neon Trees returns this week with their sophomore album, Picture Show. Vocalist and keyboardist Tyler Glenn spoke with The Daily Texan about the album, among other things.

By Elizabeth Hinojos Daily Texan Staff

For Ramona Gonzalez, composing music and songwriting is second nature. Recording under the moniker Nite Jewel, Gonzalez has approached music-making through a much different method than her contemporaries — that is, until recently. While she usually records on portable 8-track cassette deck, arranging her songs through layered tape edits, she’s transitioned into a cleaner sound with her second full-length album, One Second of Love. Gonzalez, who will return to play in Austin tonight at Mohawk after her last visit during South By Southwest, spoke with The Daily Texan about her new album.

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Hailing from Provo, Utah, alternative rock group Neon Trees’ upbeat, pop-savvy vibe, is complimented by a strong, new-wave rock backbone. It works — their debut album, Habits, peaked at No. 15 on the U.S. Billboard Alternative Albums chart, and today the group releases their follow-up album, Picture Show. Vocalist and keyboardist Tyler Glenn spoke with The Daily Texan about the band name’s origin, being influenced by punk and the Talking Heads and what neon sign he’d like to be. The Daily Texan: The band’s name derives from the In-N-Out Burger neon sign. Have you contacted them for any endorsements, or free food yet? Tyler Glenn: [laughter] What’s funny is that I’m a vegetarian, so I don’t even eat hamburgers anymore. I still go to In-N-Out for their fries, and I’ll order off the menu items sometimes, but I wouldn’t want to push a fast-food band agenda, you know? I think it’s fun and nostalgic that the band kind of derives from our youth and hanging out, but I don’t think the name goes much further than that.

I’ll see it on a billboard, and realize VEVO first started, we [Neon Trees] that it represents the type of music had just started. When we put Habwe create. its out, VEVO did a lot of things to help us promote the album. I feel DT: How was it recording your that they’ve always been in our band debut album, Habits, with produc- life since the beginning. I’m exciters Ian Kirkpatrick and Tim Pag- ed to do a show with VEVO benotta, and what would you say is cause they’re always trying to help the main theme present throughout an artist. out the album? Glenn: With Habits we wanted the DT: If you could be any neon album to have a very upbeat feel to sign in the world, which one would it. With Tim [Pagnotta] being a mu- you be? sician and a singer in a band already, Glenn: [laughter] I would be the he just pushed and helped us to write “Welcome to Las Vegas” sign besome great songs. cause, it’s so prominent, and I think when people think of neon, that DT: What would you say is dif- sign comes to mind. Honestly, the ferent from your upcoming al- McDonald’s sign in Times Square bum, Picture Show, in comparison popped up into my mind first, but to Habits? I would totally choose Las Vegas Glenn: The sound of the album over that. [Picture Show] is definitely fresh. We didn’t flip the script completely — it’s still a pop album, but a rock record at the same time.

DT: One song that I enjoyed in particular from your first album, is “Love and Affection.” It reminds me of the Talking Heads because of the new-wave, funk feel it has. Have groups like that influenced your sound? Glenn: That’s actually one of my favorite songs [off of Habits]. The Talking Heads are a massive influence on us. David Byrne is superb. DT: I also think the name rep- We’re also heavily influenced by the resents the band’s sound very ac- energy and attitude of punk music. curately, considering how upbeat DT: You guys were a part of the and vibrant your music is. Glenn: Yeah. Originally when the VEVO showcase during this year’s name came up, I imagined it would South By Southwest. How did that be for an energetic band. Sometimes come about? Glenn: I remember that when I think it’s a silly name, but then

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The Daily Texan: When you were younger, what was your experience with music? Ramona Gonzalez: I started writing lyrics in journals as a kid and used my mom’s tape recorder at night in my room. Everything on the radio was emblematic of the time, so I would listen to radio shows in my room at night and would mimic an announcement or song that was on popular music radio. DT: How did that evolve into Nite Jewel? Gonzalez: Well, that’s when I was really young, like 6 or 7. I started being in bands in college and started listening to different styles of music across the board. I think at one point I was in a shoegaze band and started

doing really ethereal vocals and stuff like that. When I started doing Nite Jewel, it was this combination of that style of ethereal vocals with all that other music that I had grown up on. I don’t think it was intentional, it just sort of happened naturally.

ti-status quo vibe. It’s for people who are not just eating up whatever the media gives them as regular. It can be somewhat really off-kilter and you relate to it because you feel off-kilter as a person. That’s what I love about music. It speaks to the part of me that feels like I don’t fit in and I want DT: What prompted you to to be able to give that back. incorporate a poppier element on the new album? DT: Are you over using the Gonzalez: The songs them- fuzz and layers that were more selves, except for one or two embedded in the music from of them, are less convention- your past albums? al than the songs on the first alGonzalez: No, no, I don’t think bum. They’re a little bit weirder in so. I would hate to think you can style so I wanted the production just get over anything musicalto be really accessible. I think I ly. Obviously you would want to also just wanted to make a record be better, but I don’t think stylisthat sounded really classic this tic choices should ever be thrown time around. out. In fact, I think this album is about continuing the thread of DT: In what sense are those musical styles that shouldn’t be songs weird? given up. I’m still recording songs Gonzalez: I was really exper- that have various degrees of reimenting with things. Like that verb layers and you decide later track, “She’s Always Watching what you want to keep. You.” I started by making these weird drums. I was listening to Be sure to check dailytexanona lot of Prague and Prince at the line.com for the full interview with time. I just think the song is a Ramona Gonzalez of Nite Jewel. weird mixture of styles and it’s pretty strange. I wanted to make it punchy because I wanted it to be able to be heard under all the stuff that’s happening.

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DT: What do you hope that people get from your music? Has it changed over time? Gonzalez: I guess I’ve never really thought about it that much. I think if they were to see me at a show I would want them to get this anti-industry-capitalist, an-

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Brittany Howard already had her life planned out by the time she hit her 20s, and it didn’t include any of this. The lead singer and force of nature in Alabama Shakes, rock ‘n’ roll’s newest phenomenon, already had a good job delivering mail and hoped to hold onto it. Like many folks reared in the rural South, she didn’t expect much more. Maybe she could carve out a little happiness with a husband and some kids. “Where we’re from, playing music and just playing music is not an avenue to take,” Howard said. “It’s not an option. Because like, where we’re from, most of the people, they’ve tried their best to get the best job they can and then they stay with that job until they can retire. So music was just kind of like our hobby. It was something we would do to like release at the end of the day or still feel like human beings.” In less than a year, all that has changed and her quartet from Athens, Ala., has become a success story so unlikely even the band’s manager calls it “an anomaly.” Maximum buzz has preceded the Shakes’ debut album “Boys & Girls” with sold-out tours of the United States and Europe, fawning media coverage and an endless string of surprises. Howard, 23, sat down for a morning interview early in the band’s overstuffed run through the South By Southwest Music Festival last month. The band rented a house in a tony section of town and was loose and celebrating over breakfast tacos after a successful “Austin City Limits” taping and in anticipation of a heavy schedule of live showcases at the music conference. They’d just learned they’d be joining Jack White for part of his tour and big opportunities seemed to be coming up every day. Howard admitted it all still felt a bit miraculous, even in the age of instantaneous Internet buzz. Until the band started to tour she’d never been farther away from Athens “than somewhere in Tennessee.”

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Warm and open, but a little shy and hesitant to make eye contact, Howard hardly resembled the larger-than-life figure she is on stage. With only an EP, a handful of professionally produced videos and a legion of YouTube fan postings, there’s been little for the curious to go on since the band first started gaining attention last summer. But every time Howard and her bandmates — bassist Zac Cockrell, drummer Steve Johnson and guitarist Heath Fogg — play live, they gain more true believers who turn and pass on the word. The Shakes’ musical approach is laid back — simple riffs that sway and build laid down over fertile grooves. There’s nothing elaborate and no need to be because within a few bars, Howard comes in with a voice that rattles the room and shakes the soul. Already visually arresting — it’s not often you see a bespectacled, full-figured black woman with a red electric guitar strapped over her shoulder fronting a rock ‘n’ roll band — when Howard opens her mouth and sings, it’s like completing a circuit. Patterson Hood, The Drive-By Truckers frontman who spread the gospel as an early adopter and took

the group on the road, compared her ability to mesmerize a crowd to Bruce Springsteen’s audiencewinning ways. He says she has “the undescribable thing — the thing that separates people who are really good from those that have that extra something.” “To me that applies there,” Hood said. “There are people who technically have as good a voice as she does; I’m sure better. She doesn’t do anything fancy. It’s not a new way of doing anything. But it’s the way that she connects with the people in the audience that, so far everywhere I’ve seen them, it’s been pretty amazing. It seems like the bigger the room, the greater the connection seems to be.” Kevin Morris remembers being a part of that connection for the first time as a transcendent experience. The band invited the prospective manager to a show in Tuscaloosa, home of the University of Alabama. Morris boarded a “dilapidated cruise thing” with 150 college kids crammed aboard and found the Shakes jammed into a corner. “And they go into ‘Hold On’ and within 30 seconds I couldn’t believe what I was seeing,” Morris said. “I started texting every single person, ‘Oh, my God! Oh, my God! Oh,

my God!’ And so we sort of started working with them right then.” “Boys & Girls” — a self-funded album of raw, jubilant rock ‘n’ roll that’s very much of the northern Alabama soil it was recorded on — sold 25,000 albums during an iTunes exclusive release last week, good for No. 16 on the Billboard 200 list, and was released wide last week. No one knows what to expect next because everything so far has been, well, unexpected. Morris hasn’t experienced anything like it. “I’ve never seen something spread word of mouth like this,” said Morris, who manages the band with Christine Stauder. “It doesn’t usually happen like this. Usually the record comes out and there’s a build after the record comes out. This, so much of this happened for them pre-record. It’s an anomaly.” One that lets Howard imagine a very different future for herself these days. “I know the thing I want to do is sit in my own studio,” Howard said. “Not something elaborate. Just something where I can sit in the corner and write songs. Because that’s where it all started: I was just sitting in a corner writing songs.

If you’re interested in a club focused on a specific game rather than a free-for-all, Pokemon Club might be the place for you to catch ’em all with a kick of nostalgia. Founded in fall 2010 by radio-television-film senior Lee Caffee, Pokemon Club focuses on everything from the old Game Boy games to the more recent additions to the series. “Once a year we hold a Pokémon Stadium tournament and Pokémon Snap tournament, and we’re currently watching every episode from the first season as well as every movie,” Caffee said. Pokemon Club is also involved with the Intercollegiate Pokemon League (started in 2010 at Pennsylvania State), in which they battle other schools and universities competitively through the card game.

Delta n Delta However, not all gaming organizations require a controller — if tabletop role playing games are more your style, you can roll your dice with Delta n Delta, a Dungeons & Dragons organization at UT. “The club was originally founded to help people who play DnD (or any role-playing game) find other people to play with,” said Andrew Bieber, electrical engineering senior and president of the club. “A

lot of people have groups in high school and when they come off to college, they lose contact with those groups but still want to play. When they come to the meetings they get to meet with a bunch of other players and hopefully find someone to play with.” According to Bieber, many of the people who come to the meetings have never played the game before, and the organization is happy to help teach newcomers the ropes. “Our favorite event is the dice draft,” Bieber said. “We try to hold one or two of those every semester. We buy a few hundred dice, put them into a bunch of giant piles and people take turns pulling out what they want to complete their set.” Although many may associate tabletop games with the cliche of basement dwellers, the sheer amount of activity and diversity in UT’s gaming community has proven that the hobby is inclusive enough for anyone to get involved. Delta n Delta jokingly claims to offer “no preferential treatment towards basements because that would be unfair towards study lounges and other playing environments.” Regardless of specific interests or preferred platform, getting your game on at UT has never been easier. “Our meetings are usually small enough that you can get to know everyone there by name after coming a few times,” Bieber said. “We mostly just like spreading a great game around.”

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By Rainy Schermerhorn Daily Texan Staff

With summer quickly approaching, many video game enthusiasts are eagerly awaiting the new gaming releases and announcements that often come with the heat wave. As gamers wait for summer titles to hit the shelves, student organizations are offering platforms for gamers to keep busy in the meantime, from fighting hoards of zombies to scorching their opponents with a Charizard card.

Longhorn Gaymers Longhorn Gaymers, an LGBTQbased gaming organization, was founded in fall of 2010 by Asian cultures and languages senior Brian Davis. Although LGBTQ gamers may seem like it might be narrow demographic, with a count of 88 members in its Facebook group, Longhorn Gaymers provides a surprisingly active meeting place for students of any sexual orientation — whether they’re into saving the princess or more interested in leveling up with the overall-clad Italian plumber. “The organization is basically a safe place for people of LGBTQ orientation to have fun and play games in an environment that’s extremely warm and friendly,” said Daniel Jenkins, journalism sophomore and vice president of Longhorn Gaymers. “During a typical meeting we play games, make announcements about future plans and pretty much just give the students some time to unwind, which is something we all definitely need.” Longhorn Gaymers recently hosted a fighting game tournament at Caffé Medici Espresso & Coffee House, and all the proceeds went to the Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami Relief Fund. Throughout the se-

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mester, Longhorn Gaymers holds various themed meetings (such as “Horror Night,” focusing on survival horror games) along with special events and tournaments. “Brian [Davis] founded the club to help with his own coming out process,” Jenkins said. “He wasn’t a ‘stereotypical gay guy,’ he was more reserved and not very outspoken, and to these people, is who we want to

open the club up to.” While Longhorn Gaymers was founded as a safe place for LGBTQ gamers to hang out. Students of all sexual orientations and gender identities are welcome to attend, as long as they share a love of gaming and respect the LGBTQ principals from which the organization

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MUSIC REVIEW

Band finds unusual influence in Prince MUSIC REVIEW

Cliches fill Mraz’s latest release Pop heartthrob Jason Mraz returns with his fourth album, Love Is a Four Letter Word.

By Elijah Watson Daily Texan Staff

Since 2002, lover-boy Jason Mraz has become a part of an acoustic beach-rock scene shared by artists like Jack Johnson and, more recently, Eddie Vedder. Mraz relies on simplicity in his music, using straight-tothe-point lyrical content and soothing, soft-rock arrangements, to create multiple radio hits. Having spent some time away from music, Mraz returns with Love Is a Four Letter Word, his follow-up to 2008’s We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things. It’s undeniable that Mraz knows how to write a catchy pop song. His down-by-the-beach acoustic guitar and luscious, ukulele-driven melodies have spawned hits such as “The Remedy,” “I’m Yours” and “Lucky.” But they’ve come with a price: His lyrics are often laughably cliche and akin to high school pickup lines. This seems to be the case as well with the singer-songwriter’s latest release. For example, album-opener “The Freedom Song” would be great if it did not have lines like, “When I feel good, I sing,” or “We’ve got some life to bring / We’ve got some joy in this thing.” It’s just so banal — the listener could imagine such lines being sung in a fast-food commercial or as a corporate slogan. “In Your Hands” further epitomizes Mraz’s songwriting mediocrity. “I love making breakfast for someone, instead of me,” or “It’s like diving into a pool without water and praying for rain.” It’s unintentionally laugh-out-loud material that undermines the moody atmosphere of the arrangements that accompany it. It’s as if Mraz is trying to use every break-up cliche possible in under five minutes, hoping that his lover will fall for his self-proclaimed wittiness. But it’s not clever at all — these are the reasons the girl left. There’s an imbalance between the lyrical content and the music that supports it. Take “Be Honest,” featuring the lovely songstress Inara

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George. The song has the potential to be this generation’s “Girl From Ipanema.” Its tropical, bossa nova feel is pina colada friendly, but when Mraz opens his mouth you can’t help but down as many drinks as you can in the hopes that the singer’s lyrics will fade into incomprehensibility. It’s great that Mraz is all loveydovey, but it comes off as completely artificial. There’s no heart and soul behind the album when there should be, considering the album’s name. At least contemporary Jack Johnson balances out his cliches with introspective beach narratives and Vedder embodies all that is right with his ukulele riffs and insightful lyrical content. Mraz is at the bottom of the totem pole, satisfied in making songs that sacrifice originality for radio appeal. Love Is a Four Letter Word is just bad. If you can find an instrumentalsonly version, go for that, but if lyrics are included, do yourself a favor and skip this one.

Love is a Four Letter Word Jason Mraz Genre: Acoustic rock, pop For fans of: Jack Johnson, Colbie Caillat Web: jasonmraz.com/ four-letter-word/

By Elijah Watson Daily Texan Staff

“We have been listening to a lot of Prince over the years, so it’s definitely an influence on this record,” said Maps and Atlases guitarist Erin Elders of the group’s latest album, Beware and Be Grateful in an interview with The Daily Texan during this year’s South By Southwest. In renovating their sound by following a more newwave, ’80s funk direction, the band takes a new and unpredictable approach on their second full-length album. The influence seems unlikely — Maps and Atlases, who have often been praised by critics and fans alike for their odd time signatures and intricate dueling guitar parts (a genre more commonly known as mathrock), don’t come off as Prince fans upon listening through their discography. Until now, that is. Beware and Be Grateful is Maps and Atlases’ funky road less traveled. Take album-opener “Old and Gray” for example. Reminiscent of Prince’s 1999, “Old and Gray” moves creepily with moody chords that grow with layered vocals from frontman Dave Davidson. Strangely, it works. Davidson imitates Prince’s falsetto-to-low-mumble singing technique precisely, but priIndie rock group Maps and Atlases gets funked-up for their latest release, Beware and Be Grateful. Channeling artists like Prince, the band explores a more electronic sound, while maintaining their definitive sound.

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marily relies on his own mountain-man nasal drawl to retain that definitive Maps and Atlases sound. Songs like “Old and Gray” and “Remote and Dark Years” shine because of Davidson’s funk-laced vocal delivery. On the latter song, the vocalist may be at his best. It’s not necessarily the lyrics that make “Remote and Dark Years” so great, but rather the way he says a certain word. How he repeats “I” in the chorus, which receives the shrill and desperate reply “Don’t want anymore,” paints a tale of absolute sorrow. It’s like Cyndi Lauper’s “Time After Time” — you can’t help but want to slow-dance and cry at the same time. It’s kind of a 1980s dance party with Maps and Atlases on this album, but they still retain what makes them Maps and Atlases. “Be Three Years Old” has that Peter Gabriel tribal guitar that encompassed much of Maps and Atlases 2010 LP, Perch Patchwork, while “Bugs” has the folksy, finger-tapped/picked electric guitar technique that has been a staple of the band’s sound since their inception. Unlike past releases though, the guitar is secondary. The band has incorporated new instruments and other sounds, using the guitar to emphasize a certain melody or progression in the song.

Although you won’t be seeing Maps and Atlases bringing Purple Rain-era neon suits, heels and makeup back (although Davidson’s beard with a touch of neon blue might be great to see), it’s impressive that the band takes inspiration from such unforeseen sources on Beware and Be Grateful, all while maintaining the creativity and energy that has made them so great in the first place.

Beware and Be Grateful Maps and Atlases Genre: Folk/indie rock For fans of: Vampire Weekend, Prince Web: mapsandatlases.org