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US House of Representatives evaluates legislation to protect homeless a confession to police included in an arrest warrant. The shooting spree that injured Clements and the others is among 880 documented cases of violent crime across the U.S. in the last 10 years now motivating a recently proposed bill that would include the homeless as potential targets for hate crimes nationally. The bill, co-authored by U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, DTexas, could make attacks on the homeless equivalent to those dealing with race, religion and sexual orientation. It would require law enforcement to track crimes against the homeless — something few law enforcement agencies in the nation do at this

time, said Michael Stoops, National Coalition for the Homeless executive director. The coalition monitors attacks against the homeless and released their 10th annual report on the issue last weekend. “What’s very compelling is, right now, in state and federal hate crime laws, a lot of groups are already covered — race, religion,” Stoops said. “Both the House and Senate recently added sexual orientation and gender expression.” Stoops said over the last 10 years, there have been 94 deaths in all minority groups combined, compared to 242 deaths of homeless people. “It’s clear that [hate crimes]

have been happening,” he said. “We think by adding homelessness, it will send both a symbolic and practical message that attacks against the homeless will not be tolerated.” Stoops said Texas is among the top five states in the nation for such crimes. Texas Sen. Royce West, D-Dallas, proposed a bill similar to Johnson’s during the last legislative session, but it fell one vote short of passing committee. Cities across the U.S. have passed ordinances aimed at protecting the homeless, Stoops said. In Seattle, attacks on the homeless are considered hate crimes.

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Benson Collection reconsiders aim By Hudson Lockett Daily Texan Staff The Benson Latin American Collection is rethinking the scope of its project to document human rights abuses as part of its campaign to keep the library’s role relevant through increased accessibility and data collection. The library, already involved in a project with Google Books to digitize its catalogue of roughly 1 million documents, is receiving attention from numerous groups interested in documentation of human rights abuses around the globe, said Travis Willman, a UT Libraries spokesman. The Ben-

son collection houses numerous primary documents. “One of the real successes of that original project is that, as it became known, we discovered that there were many other entities about the globe that viewed our work as having great potential for their own interests,” Willman said. Willman said he viewed the projects as an extension of the library’s role in preserving important primary documents, such as the Relaciones Geograficas, a collection of answers to a questionnaire sent to various New World colonies of Spain. The original program’s focus on

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ly focus on undocumented immigrants tend to alienate the Hispanic population. In particular focus are Hispanic and black citizens, as well as the burgeoning youth vote. Polinard said that Republican candidates Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison and Gov. Rick Perry may face difficulty gaining the minority vote when Democratic candidates such as Tom Schieffer will likely receive minority votes in backlash of Republican conservative ideals. “The Republicans gave the Democrats a huge gift by making immigration a key item in their agenda,” Polinard said, referring to around 2003 and 2004. “That, basically over the last six years or so, erased all the Republican gains in terms of outreach to Latino votes.”

Based on his research of historical voting trends, Polinard said two-thirds of Hispanics vote Democrat in Texas. According to the 2008 presidential election statistics, Hispanics remained two-thirds Democrat along the 18- to 20-year-old age group, whereas the black vote was 90 percent Democratic. Cal Jillson, Southern Methodist University political science professor, said minority votes, including the youth vote, are important but may not be a deciding factor in the next election. “I think that in each election cycle since I was [around 20 years old], people wondered what role minority voters would play,” Jillson said. “After 1972, what [role] would young people play? In almost every cycle, the answer is not that much.”

Faculty gender imparity persists By Syeda Hasan Daily Texan Staff UT administrators are implementing a 2008 plan to bridge the gap between the disproportionately higher number of men than women in the faculty. Nearly half of the new hires in the College of Liberal Arts for the upcoming school year are female. UT’s College of Liberal Arts is aiming to even out the higher proportions of male instructors, which are especially prevalent in the number of professors who hold tenure or are on the tenure track. Of the 49 new professors who will be joining the college’s faculty in the fall, 22 are female. Gary Susswein, College of Liberal Arts spokesman, said the college is mindful of the presence of the gender gap when hiring new instructors. “When the dean’s office or department chairs are looking for new faculty to fill spots, they certainly don’t limit their search in regards to women,” Susswein said. “That would be a short-sighted policy.” He said College of Liberal Arts administrators have noted the existence of gender inequity among their higher-ranking professors. “They certainly look to see opportunities where they can [hire female professors] if they know of qualified professionals that we want on our faculty,” Susswein said. “And they do this with a mind toward looking for female faculty in addition to any male faculty.” He said in addition to limiting opportunities for female instructors, the low proportions of women professors can have larger negative effects on the quality of education at UT. “It has an impact on the overall climate of the academy if you have more men than women,” he said. “It can affect students in variant ways, for example, the availability of mentors. Female professors can serve as mentors to female students.” Susswein said UT administrators formed the Gender Equity Task Force in 2007 and enacted a five- to 10-year-long plan to address and eliminate the issue of gender inequity among faculty members. The organization released a report detailing

Board of Regents nears finalization of budget

By Hudson Lockett Daily Texan Staff The UT System Board of Regents may be set to approve the budget for the 2009-2010 school year at next week’s meeting. The finalized budget will be the result of a yearlong process that will affect every student, faculty and staff member at the 15 universities and health institutions under the UT umbrella through its allocation of funding. In oddnumbered years, the budget is typically approved in August, and in July in even numbered years. “It’s almost unheard of that we

He said the reason for this is because young people turn out in relatively low numbers and that Hispanic voters turn out in a little more than half the rate of whites and blacks. Hispanics make up approximately 38 percent of Texas residents, but they tend to cast only about 20 percent of the votes, Jillson said. U.S. Rep. Ruben Hinojosa, D-Texas, said the 2008 presidential election resulted in more Texans becoming registered, especially in the minority bloc. He said the electoral voice of South Texas will significantly increase in the upcoming election. “When it comes to defining Texas as a red state, all bets are off. This election is exciting due to the nature of fully contested primaries on both

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Gubernatorial election could hinge on minority voters By Bobby Longoria Daily Texan Staff As the 2010 Texas gubernatorial election draws near, candidates find themselves torn in attempts to attract minority voters who may prove crucial to the election’s outcome. “The Democrats are hoping for a knock-down, drag-out [Republican] primary fight, so that whoever wins the nomination, the other supporters will be so angry that they will stay home,” said Jerry Polinard, University of Texas-Pan American political science professor. “Many Democrats believe that is their best chance of winning.” Polinard conducts research at UTPA concerning Hispanic voting behavior and rights. He said Republicans who have become hardline on immigration and negative-

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By Ben Wermund Daily Texan Staff Early one summer morning, James Clements sat waiting to catch a bus. Down the street sped a black truck, spraying fire from a pellet gun as it passed, hitting him three times — once in the foot, once in the chest and once fracturing his right index finger. Clements, a hemophiliac on blood thinners, suffered severe blood loss and nearly died. He was one of four homeless shot in an unmotivated, multiple-day downtown spree by three 18-year-olds in June 2003. “I guess I thought it was going to be funny, but after I shot the gun, I felt bad,” Tom Renteria, one of the three teens, said in

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don’t approve the budget next week,” said Matt Flores, UT System spokesman. Flores said he could only give tentative information about the budget prior to the full release of the meeting agenda late today. Flores said the presentation of revisions to bonus payouts at The University of Texas Investment Management Company is “at least temporarily on the agenda.” The company handles the investment of the University’s funds. Members of the board of directors approved a measure

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Gov. Rick Perry talks at the Capitol on June 10 about the decision to hold a special legislative session.

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BUDGET: Faculty gets to touch base with regents From page 1 in June that would recommend changes to the regulations governing bonus payouts to its chief executive officer and senior staff at the August board of regents’ meeting. The move came after former UTIMCO chairman Robert Rowling resigned amid criticism in February. The Senate Finance Committee grilled Rowling and UTIMCO CEO Bruce Zimmerman that month over the $3 million in bonuses paid to the staff, including a $ 1 million bonus for Zimmerman. The full agenda of the meeting is not required to be posted until 72 hours beforehand, though the system typically publishes one roughly a week in advance. One of the few certain things on the budget is the presence of the Faculty Advisory Council. The council typical-

ly uses the time to present on issues dealt with in the past year on a faculty level, said former council member Doug Hale, a computer sciences and mathematics professor at UT Permian Basin. Hale said the leadership alternated each year. “It bounces back and forth between a medical-side person and a university-side person,” Hale said. Dan Formanowicz, chair-elect of the council, was one of the few able to speak about an item on the agenda next week. “What we try to do is sort of educate them on what faculty is and what faculty does,” Formanowicz said. “It also gives us a chance to touch base with the regents.” Since the regents typically have a background in industry, it was important to bring a different perspective to the table, he said.

“We’ll certainly talk about the budget and budgetary constraints,” he said. The budget determines financial plans for every university in the system. Formanowicz said the upcoming meeting was particularly important coming out of the recent state legislative session. He said one of the biggest items for UT faculty during the recent legislative session was a bill to add a faculty representative to the ninemember board. The bill made it out of a house committee but never reached the floor for a vote, Formanowicz said. He said that the bill saw no significant opposition, but was not high priority — much like the long-delayed effort to establish a student regent. “It takes a while to get some of these things passed,” he said.

GENOCIDE: UT project investigates events worldwide From page 1 Rwanda had been expanded to projects across the world. The first of two projects was an effort to document and preserve video of the Free Burma Rangers, while the second is up in the air, Willman said. Tiffany-Kay Sangwand, an archivist for the project, said she had just returned from Rwanda, where she and others from the group are developing a prototype for a national genocide archive. The Human Rights Documentation Initiative began in 2008 with a grant from the Bridgeway Foundation. The initial goal was to digitize and preserve hundreds of video testimonies from both sides of

the 1994 Rwanda genocide. Sangwand said that the group aimed to make the videos available pending cooperation from those that gave the testimonials. “A lot of the testimony-givers could potentially face reprisals if the testimonials go public,” Sangwand said. She said the aim of the project was unique in that it aimed to make the information non-proprietary — accessible to anyone, rather than an exclusive resource for any one institution. “We’re just helping to provide access to them and ensure they’re there for the long term, and I think that’s really important,” Sangwand said, adding that the group hoped

to provide access to the records online by April 2010 or sooner. The Burma project was still young, she said. The materials — six weeks’ worth of video of the Free Burma Rangers testimony — weren’t back yet. Looking forward to the last project, she said nothing was nailed down yet. “We are interested in looking at a project in Latin America,” she said. Margo Gutierrez, a librarian at the center, said the library was opportunely situated for providing primary sources on human rights abuses in the region. “Of course, there’s also all kinds of secondary sources that would provide background on recent history,” Gutierrez said.

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areas where a gender gap exists at the University. According to the 2008 Gender Equity Report, the University lags behind when it comes to hiring women in comparison with other top research universities. UT female professors make up 19 percent of the full professors, 25 percent of tenured faculty and 39 percent of the tenured track faculty. The Gender Equity Task Force also reported that in the last five years, women have earned more than 45 percent of all doctorate degrees awarded in the U.S., which it says indicates that the number of female assistant professors at the University is sig-

nificantly disproportionate to the number of available applicants. The report suggested that based on the group’s findings, UT officials should seek to employ more female professors in fields where they are underrepresented. It said administrators should provide more female professors with tenure or place them on the tenure track, and the University should measure their success against the gender equity rates of other research universities. Chandra Muller, sociology professor and Gender Equity Task Force member, said there are several causes of gender inequity at UT. “Women are typically less likely to try to move away from the Uni-

versity, so they are less likely to get large raises, early promotions, endowed professorships or chair positions,” Muller said. “And, they are also less likely to be asked to serve in administrative positions, which is another way that they might get rewarded.” S h e s a i d a s i d e f ro m t h e number of professors, UT also has gender gaps in salary, promotion rates, administrative positions and overall climate and satisfaction. “A negative climate toward women hampers efforts to attract the very best faculty and students,” Muller said. “Having adequate representation of women also contributes to the diversity of the university, which is also crucial for excellence.”

VOTE: Candidates may have to appeal

to American ‘values that we all share’ From page 1 sides of the aisle, and a robust discussion of the issues facing Texas families,” Hinojosa said. Clay Robison, spokesman for Democratic candidate Tom Schieffer, said Schieffer recognizes the importance of appealing to people who are moderately aligned. “Tom Schieffer is the kind of candidate — a moderate type of candidate — that can appeal to independent people in the middle,” Robison said. “He thinks that [some politicians] have spent far too much time using immigration as something to bash. It detracts from the real issue, which is improving health care, improving education and creating a situation where Texas citizens can find jobs.” Jeff Sadosky, Republican can-

NEWS BRIEFLY Interior design senior receives five-figure award from contest Kimberly Cole, a UT interior design senior in the School of Architecture, was recently awarded the Angelo Donghia Senior Scholarship in Interior Design, a $30,000 award that helps students pay for their senior year of study. The award, the largest interior design scholarship in the U.S., is presented to 10 to 15 students from universities that have accredited interior design programs. Nancy Kwallek, chair for interior design in the School of Architecture, said that to be eligible for the award, students must be in their junior year and submit a residential or commercial project they designed. “[The Donghia Foundation]

didate Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison’s press secretary, said Gov. Perry has debilitated Republicans’ place in the state. “Because of his divisive rhetoric and approach to politics, the Republican Party in Texas has shrunk under Rick Perry to the point that we are at risk of losing the majority in the state,” Sadosky said. “Kay Bailey Hutchison believes we should be reaching out to all Texans in an effort to bring people together in support of lower taxes and economic opportunity.” U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas, said ethnicity does not determine one’s concern with the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. “The key to the 2010 governor race, or any election for that matter, is to appeal to the values that we all share as Amerasks us to select two students from the school to submit their work,” Kwallek said. “From there, it’s judged by editors of design magazines and professional designers in New York in the month of June.” Cole’s design was called “Austin’s Muller Center — an Alternative Energy Consortium” and consisted of an energy efficient assembly of buildings based on solar power, rainwater collection, wind and geothermal considerations. Cole said that the scholarship will help her studies by allowing her to focus solely on school. “I’ve been working since my freshman year to support myself,” Cole said. “I’ve had support from my parents and various scholarships, but it’s going to be awesome to just focus on giving it my all for my senior year.” — Jessica Whitfield

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Typhoon survivors rescued from village By Peter Enav The Associated Press SINFA — Barefoot and helmeted, the frightened survivors of deadly Typhoon Morakot dangled high over jagged rocks and a raging river Thursday as soldiers hauled them to safety one by one along a 100-foot-long cable. On the far side, a few dozen waited near a hand-painted sign on the craggy foundation of a destroyed bridge: “32 people died here SOS.” The perilous rescue was part of a massive military effort to save hundreds of stranded villagers after the worst flooding to hit Taiwan in 50 years. Some 14,000 villagers have been rescued since the typhoon struck five days ago; hundreds more are feared missing or dead. As criticism mounted Thursday over Taiwan’s response to the disaster, the government dispatched another 4,000 troops to work with the 14,000 already deployed. Many of them are working in Kaohsiung County, a mountainous farming region in southern Taiwan. The rugged terrain and widespread devastation played havoc with rescue efforts following the storm, which dumped 80 inches (2 meters) of rain on the island over the weekend. Soldiers in fatigues and heavy gloves resorted to using a makeshift zipline to haul survivors from the village of Sinkai over the Ba Si Lan River where the bridge was wiped out. For hours they labored, rescuing everyone from a young boy in shorts to an elderly woman who brought along a couple of shopping bags worth of belongings. Unbuckled from their harnesses, villagers looked dazed and frightened as they recalled the harrowing night of Aug. 8. “It rained for days,” said Li Wenchuan, a grizzled-looking man of

WORLD BRIEFLY Double suicide bombing kills at least 21 in Iraq, wounds 32 BAGHDAD — A double suicide bombing devastated a cafe packed with young people in northwestern Iraq on Thursday, killing at least 21 people, officials said, in the latest attack against a minority community. The blast capped a deadly week in which nearly 150 people have been killed in bombings concentrated near the volatile northern city of Mosul and Baghdad, heightening fears that Sunni insurgents are stepping up efforts to stoke ethnic and sectarian tensions. The bombers detonated their explosives Thursday inside the Ayoub cafe as the popular sunset destination was packed with people drinking tea and playing dominoes. City officials imposed a curfew and said some of the most seriously wounded were evacuated to hospitals in the nearby semiautonomous Kurdish region. “What has happened this afternoon is a catastrophe that hit our city,” said municipal council member Meiysar Subhi. The attack killed 21 people, including an Egyptian resident, and wounded 32, said the director of Sinjar hospital, Dr. Kifah Mahmoud. — The Associated Press

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NATION BRIEFLY Pa. church’s jam sessions end amid allegations of drug use PITTSBURGH — Church is out, at least temporarily, for a group that claims its jam band concerts are religious services. U.S. District Judge Donetta Ambrose on Thursday found credible evidence of pervasive drug use in violation of a March settlement between the Church of Universal Love and Music and a southwestern Pennsylvania county. The church had agreed to not tolerate any drug law violations as part of the settlement. William Pritts has been feuding for years with Fayette County about the jam band concerts held on his 147-acre tract. Pritts founded the church and in 2006 sued the county claiming officials wrongly refused to give him a religious-use exception. His battle even drew a visit from Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” in 2003 in which he criticized “bogarting” — the refusal to share a marijuana joint.

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Rescuers hold babies before crossing the river to evacuate the flooded village of Liugui following Typhoon Morakot on Thursday in Kaohsiung County, southern Taiwan. The storm unleashed the worst floods the island has seen in 50 years. 68 with sparse salt-and-pepper hair, teeth stained red by years of betel nut chewing. “But the flood came so suddenly and with a tremendous roar. It destroyed everything in the village.” “This is the worst thing that has ever happened to me,” he said, adding that many of the 32 who died in village were friends and family. “My life will never be the same.”

Pan Yi-chang, a 32-year-old mother of two, said that when the rains spawned by Morakot began to fall, she had no inkling that this typhoon would be any different from others. The ravaged villages — most of them scattered in neighboring townships in northern Kaohsiung County — are typically located next to mountains, and they usually have to brace for mudslides

during Taiwan’s annual typhoon season during June to September. But this time was different, residents said. “Everything happened so fast. Flooding just destroyed everything,” said Pan, adding that she was lucky because all of her family survived — her husband, her two children and her mother and father. Scores of villages in the rural

south of Taiwan were devastated by the typhoon. One of the worst affected is Shiao Lin, where hundreds remain missing after a catastrophic mudslide spawned by days of torrential rain. Taiwan’s official death toll from the storm now stands at 108, with another 62 listed as missing. That does not include the toll in Shiao Lin and other remote communities.

NEW YORK — Focused on an economic recovery, investors shook off disappointing news and kept Wall Street’s summer rally going. Investors sent stocks higher for a second day in a row Thursday, giving all the major indexes a moderate boost and adding to the gains that followed upbeat comments from the Federal Reserve a day earlier. Financial, technology and energy companies were among the big winners, while stocks in defensive, or relatively safer, industries like health care fell. Retailers declined after a worse-than-expected report on retail sales. “You’re not seeing people giving up on this economy,” said Keith Springer, president of Capital Financial Advisory Services. Compiled from Associated Press reports

Fla. doctor fired over ‘doughnuts-death’ sign By Melissa Nelson The Associated Press PENSACOLA, Fla. — Dr. Jason Newsom railed against burgers, french fries, fried chicken and sweet tea in his campaign to promote better eating in a part of the country known as the Redneck Riviera. He might still be leading the charge if he had only left the doughnuts alone. A 38-year-old former Army doctor who served in Iraq, Newsom returned home to Panama City a few years ago to run the Bay County Health Department and launched a one-man war on obesity by posting sardonic warnings on an electronic sign outside: “Sweet Tea Liquid Sugar.” “Hamburger Spare Tire.” “French Fries Thunder Thighs.” He also called out KFC by name to make people think twice about fried chicken. Then he parodied “America Runs on Dunkin’,” the dough-

nut chain’s slogan, with: “America Dies on Dunkin’.” Some power players in the Gulf Coast tourist town decided they had had their fill. A county commissioner who owns a doughnut shop and two lawyers who own a new Dunkin’ Donuts on Panama City Beach turned against him, along with some of his own employees, Newsom says. After the lawyers threatened to sue, his bosses at the Florida Health Department made him remove the antifried dough rants and eventually forced him to resign, he says. “I picked on doughnuts because those things are ubiquitous in this county. Everywhere I went, there were two dozen doughnuts on the back table. At church, there were always doughnuts on the back table at Sunday school. It is social expectation thing,” says Newsom, a lean 6-foot, 167-pounder in a county where 39 percent of all adults were overweight in 2007 and one in four was considered obese.

Newsom was hired by the state Health Department to direct the county agency. His $140,000-ayear salary is paid jointly by the state and the county. His job primarily involves educating the public about health issues — swine flu, AIDS and the like — but he also decided to address the dangers of glazed, sprinkled and jelly-filled treats. He angered staff members by barring doughnuts from department meetings and announcing he would throw the fat-laden sweets away if he saw them in the break room. He also banned candy bars in the vending machines, putting in peanuts instead. “I have never been known for my subtlety. I don’t have a knack for it. I speak the truth to people and just assume that that my data and purpose are so real and true that everyone will see the value of what I’m doing,” says Newsom, who now works at a prison, doing exams of inmates.

This June 25 photo shows Dr. Jason Newsom talking about his departure from the Bay County Heath Department at his home in Lynn Haven, Fla.

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Bringing gender equity to UT The College of Liberal Arts is doing its part to bridge the gender gap among faculty. The University reports hiring an “unprecedented number of female faculty” — a projected 49 University-wide, including 22 in the College of Liberal Arts — for the upcoming 20092010 school year. The report comes on the heels of a recommendation by the Gender Equity Task Force that the University “enact a 5-10 year gender equity plan to ‘reduce or eliminate faculty gender inequity — specifically with respect to hiring, promotion, salaries and governance.’” According to the task force’s report, the University ranked 11th out of a survey of its 12 peer institutions in percentage of woman ranked as full professors. All of the hires for the upcoming year are either tenured or tenure-track professors, and several come from other renowned universities such as the University of California at Berkeley and Harvard University. The hires represent a move toward assuring fairness when the University searches for the best and brightest faculty. Though the 22 professors in the College of Liberal Arts only make up 45 percent of the incoming faculty for the college, the significance of that number inflates considerably after realizing only 33 percent of last year’s tenured or tenuretrack professors were female. But while the University’s desire to seek out the most qualified women professors is admirable and progressive, the University has yet to make — or make public — any significant progresses to combat the main issues outlined by the Gender Equity Task Force’s report. The University has pledged to tackle what the report revealed both statistically and subjectively — UT fails to accommodate women faculty in many areas. One in seven women reported being sexually harassed at UT. Faculty benefits are paltry compared to other institutions, especially when it comes to womanbased benefits such as maternity leave. Women faculty openly feel they have suffered discrimination or had to sacrifice opportunities when it comes to promotions and pay increases, according to the report. However, the only perceived action taken to eliminate gender inequity so far has been to hire more women faculty. The real problems come from the dynamics and environment the University provides women faculty — not necessarily the number of women faculty it actively seeks to hire. Many of the women faculty in the report commented on the societal biases still present at the University. For instance, one woman said she felt like she needs to do more than a male counterpart to achieve the same recognition or reward. In every poll, more women felt there was less of an emphasis on teamwork and camaraderie in the workplace than men, and that their input is generally valued less. While hiring more women faculty may increase the feeling of kinship among women, the real goal is increasing the feeling of kinship and mutual respect among women and men. A crucial step would be enlisting a no-tolerance policy when it comes to discrimination and sexual harassment. Current University policy mimics societal procedure, most noticeably an investigation that results in a punishment judged equivalent to the severity of the act. Oftentimes, such punishment consists of “written reprimands, the imposition of conditions, [and] reassignment.” But the University should not hold itself to the same societal standards under which so many women professors feel discriminated against. A no-tolerance policy resulting in suspension or termination would not only ensure a safer environment for all faculty, but also prove to its 12 peer instutions that UT takes these concerns seriously. While hiring more women obviously bridges the gap between the number of men and women faculty, it does nothing to guarantee women and men are judged by the same standards. It also does nothing to ensure that women receive fair compensation at the rate of their male colleagues. All faculty should be encouraged to actively combat perceived discrimination and, at the very least, confront pay discrepancies honestly and immediately. That is not to say the University should employ some sort of affirmative action, since the goal is not to suggest one sex deserves preferential treatment over the other. Rather, there must be a two-part solution. First, the University needs to do its best to emphasize the equality of all faculty. Second, the faculty need to do their parts to bring up any inequality issues to the University. The University is showing it wants to improve its status as a gender-equal institution by hiring more women. But the move is only a tiny step toward fighting the real problems on the 40 Acres.

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An eye-opening trip By Benjamin Miller Daily Texan Columnist D u e t o a s e t o f u n f o r t u n a t e c i rc u m stances, I no longer have access to my car, forcing me to take public transportation to get from place to place. A few nights ago, while riding the 350 airport bus, I traveled among the proletarian bus riders as a bourgeois, sheltered, liberal arts student. When I entered the bus, it was clear they were a motley crew. They ranged in colors and sizes, and genders and levels of hygiene — the last of which became immediately apparent when I sat down and wrapped my nostrils around a smell that strongly suggested fecal matter. I initially and erringly assumed that the smell was coming from the gentleman behind me, especially since he seemed to be finishing a drug-related conversation as I sat down. Tr y i n g d e s p e r a t e l y n o t t o b r e a t h e through my nose, I eavesdropped inconspicuously as the topic of conversation between the gentleman behind me and another passenger shifted to the man’s recent visit to the hoosegow to bail out a lady friend of his. I am, of course, paraphrasing slightly. The bus stopped at the airport with only one passenger left, then arrived at a stop outside of a halfway house, and half of the passengers aboard departed. Included among these persons was the gentleman who I previously thought was the cause of my olfactory distress. However, when he was gone, the smell remained, so I was forced to assume it emanated from the person in front of me: an H-E-B employee reading what appeared to be a book of East Asiatic philosophy. Our next stop was the prison, where, despite my fears, we neither let anyone off nor received any new passengers. However, the driver, for reasons that were no doubt abundantly clear to her, decided to park the bus under the hot sun next

to an empty bus stop and exit the vehicle to converse on her cell phone. As she did not share these reasons with the rest of the bus, significant ire arose among the passengers, which took the form of complaints and expletives. After the bus driver rejoined us, we drove to the airport a mysterious second time, as though the bus driver had forgotten to retrieve her luggage the first t i m e . Tw o p e o p l e b o a rd e d , a n d a s w e pulled away, I half-hoped we might spin around for a third visit. When the driver stopped at a gas station and entered the convenience store, the angry conversation on the bus escalated into suggestions of systemic changes in the public transit system, something about someone taking away jobs from locals, sending a subpoena to Capital Metro management, and God knows what else. It would be inaccurate to convey that even the majority of persons on the bus were involved with this civil and intelligent debate, for it was almost entirely between a Goodwill employee who was a monolingual speaker of gibberish and a 5-o’clock- shadowed, somewhat muscled man with a backpack, who probably owns at least one gun. As the latter man left the bus, he, without knowing who I work for, told me to write down everything I had heard on the bus and publish it, because he had seen me taking notes of the events. I can only hope that this column meets his expectations in full. E v e n t u a l l y, I a r r i v e d a t m y d e s t i n a t i o n a n d b i d t h e b u s a f o n d f a re w e l l . Though I had been hardly more than an observer to the true weirdness that lurks about the Austin public transit system, I feel I’ve become more connected to a city to which our university is inextricably connected and achieved a real understanding of the real people that make this city run. Miller is a women’s and gender studies sophomore

THE FIRING LINE Ads not meant to incite fear I was shocked to read Mary Lingwall, a feminist, railing against the HPV vaccine in “Gardasil ads could mislead.” This is a women’s health issue — a battle fought against conservative claims that it would promote teen promiscuity. Lingwall was wrong on both accusations of “fear mongering.” The commercials don’t overstate the incidence of cervical cancer — unless she thought there are only a few thousand women in the U.S. — and they acknowledge that only four strains are prevented, though a study showed that ten more strains are partially prevented.

She fails to acknowledge that these four strains cause 70 percent of cervical cancer, or that 35 percent of women who get it will die. Also, her anger at the commercial for having hopscotch and nail-painting was ridiculous. It’s a vaccine for 9- to 25-year-old girls for crying out loud. In any case, women should decide for themselves whether a small risk of cancer and death is worth $100 and a few painful injections. Lingwall’s misleading article does not make the choice any easier. — Michael Gabay UT student

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System yields confusion, tickets By Ryan Moore Daily Texan Staff New parking pay stations were put into place around Austin this month with the hopes of making parking more accessible, but confusion about the new system could lead to unwarranted parking tickets for students. Many people returning to their cars on Thursday were surprised to find what appeared to be a tickets on their windshields. The tickets were actually warnings that they hadn’t properly attached their payment receipt and could face a parking violation in the future. Starting in August, the Austin Transportation Department installed new pay stations that are solar-powered and take debit and credit cards in addition to coins. The stations replaced nearly 3,800 outdated single-space parking meters around the city. Karla Villalon, an Austin Transportation Department spokeswoman, said they have had a positive reaction to the new stations from the public. She said people like the ability to use their credit cards and the extended parking length offered for several of the stations around the city. “I like being able to use my credit card and not have to worry

about having coins all the time,” “There are visual directions as said UT accounting junior Nathan well as written ones on the station Sowell. “The old ones used to and the ticket to avoid confusion,” break all the time too, so hopeful- Villalon said. ly these will be more reliable” Villalon said the city is giving The system is different because people about a 10-day grace periinstead of having a different meter od to get used to the new system, for every parking spot, there can but that after that people could be one pay station for upward of start receiving violations if they 11 spots, Villalon don’t attach their said. The station receipts to the prints a receipt windshield in the with the time recorrect location. maining which She said that the driver is ex- I like being able to use the requirements pected to attach for attaching the my credit card and to their passenger receipt are there side window. for the user’s and not have to worry “Its an extra about having coins all the parking attenstep,” she said. dant’s safety. the time.” “People have to go “We don’t want to the machine and people going in — Nathan Sowell the street to put then walk back to UT accounting junior the ticket in the their cars. Some people aren’t used driver’s-side winto this.” dow, and we don’t The problem lies want our parkin where to attach ing attendants to the ticket, which isn’t as intuitive as have to go into the street to check you would expect, she said. them.” she said. The majority of the cars parked They must be attached so that on Guadalupe Street on Thursday the attendants can see them around 3 p.m. had their receipts clearly, so having them on the laying on their dashboards and dashboard makes things diffiseveral were located on the driv- cult, she said. er’s side, in violation of the direc“It’s a problem, especially in the tions printed on the machine. cases of trucks which are very high

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UT Elementary maintains exemplary TAKS ranking By Jessica Whitfield Daily Texan Staff The University of Texas Elementary School, a charter school sponsored by UT, received an exemplary rating on the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills test administered last spring. Along with Blanton and Ortega elementary schools, UT Elementary is one of three East Austin elementary schools to receive this rating. Out of 260 students, 100 percent passed the science portion of the exam and 50 students received commended recognition. In order to receive an exemplary rating, a school needs to attain a score of 90 percent or higher in all grade level assessments. The rating is significant because so few schools receive it, said Leslie Blair, spokeswoman for the UT Division of Diversity and Community Engagement. Melissa Chavez, UT Elementary School principal, said that focusing on what the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills curriculum wanted the students to know and making that a schoolwide initiative helped contribute to the school’s success. “We prepare the students all year by making it calm and keeping it positive,” Chavez said. “One of the things I like to say is that we’re going to take this test and show the state of Texas what we know. We tell students

By Syeda Hasan Daily Texan Staff Academic institutions are emphasizing the importance of providing services for university students with learning disabilities. Stephani Wolfe, UT Services for Students with Disabilities assistant director, said there are 1,262 UT students with disabilities registered with the office, 211 of which have learning disabilities either solely or in conjunction with another diagnosis. The registered UT students have been diagnosed with a variety of disabilities including dyslexia, autism, attention deficit disorder and Asperger’s syndrome. Wolfe said the University reaches out to students with learning disabilities by offering resources such as computers to spell-check writing for students who have difficulty composing essays as well as note packets for students who have trouble taking notes in class. “Oftentimes, retention of the information is actually very high, but having that document to go back and reference when it comes time to prepare for the exam is something that we’re able to approve for many students,” Wolfe said.

CRIME: Police do not record homeless victims From page 1 In Los Angeles, police track crimes against the homeless. Austin has no such ordinances. Senior Police Officer Veneza Aguinaga, Austin Police Department spokeswoman, said APD does not collect data on such crimes. Richard Troxell, House the Homeless president, said his organization tracks crimes like those against Clements in Austin. “We have crimes that are occurring with homeless involved all the time, but when we say hate crime, we try to be very clear that somebody has said,

‘You homeless bum,’ or something that indicates it’s been an act of hate because they’re homeless,” Troxell said. Troxell said his organization is working with the National Coalition for the Homeless to develop a series in Austin in which homeless people will share their experiences with children in area schools. “There’s a lot of fear about homeless people generally, and this is a way to neutralize that fear,” he said. House the Homeless also works toward raising minimum wage, set at $7.25 nationally, which Troxell said is not enough

to cover basic living expenses. “A full week at [minimum wage] and you won’t afford the basics of life in Austin and, without that ability, you’re going to end up homeless,” he said. “If you’re homeless and on the streets, then you’re subject to these atrocities where people conduct these hate crimes.” Tro x e l l s a i d p a r t o f t h e hate crime problem could be solved with less people living on the streets. “It’s the idea that if we got people out of harms way, then it moots [hate crimes] out,” he said. “They’re no longer on the street and no longer a target.”

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Kyler Monagham, Brandon Spigner and Angelina Arrellano play on the monkey bars at the UT Elementary playground on Thursday. that we know they can do it and that it’s just one thing they have to get through.” As a public school, UT Elementary School follows state guidelines of issuing the TAKS test and the TEKS curriculum. The school also incorporates two methods into its curriculum to support its students’ growth and success. The first method is “response to intervention” — a three-tier model that looks at individual learning, strategic planning and diagnostic prescriptive approaches for children. The second method, which complements the first, is ‘social emotional learning’ — a strategy

that teaches students social skills that include communicating dialogue effectively, problem solving and displaying empathy. Ramona Trevino, UT Elementary principal and chief executive officer, said that the school works closely with many colleges and schools at UT to help their students. Some of the colleges include the College of Education, the School of Social Work and the School of Human Ecology. “It’s been an eclectic approach where we become a bridge from research to practice and become a demonstration site for all the good work at the University,” Trevino said.

Schools help disabled students UT and other academic institutions emphasize necessity of assistance

off the ground, and it may not be possible to see something laying on the dashboard,” she said. She said the city sent “parking ambassadors” to many locations to educate people about the new system but that many people are still improperly placing their receipt. Susan Fisher, who was in town to visit an Austin seminary, was surprised to learn that she was violating directions when she parked on the Drag and would have committed a violation if it had happened in the future. “I’d be pretty bummed if I got a ticket for not attaching the ticket, especially since I’m out of state,” she said. She said she had no idea the ticket had to be attached to the curb-side window, despite directions on the pay station, and said she and her daughter just naturally placed it on the dash like many other parking tickets. “I think they should change it so you don’t have to attach it or make it more clear,” she said. The city expects people to quickly adapt to the new system and doesn’t see it being an issue in the future. “We know it’s a new process, Mary Kang | Daily Texan Staff but we hope that with time it will become second nature for peo- Ryan Cox puts a parking sticker on his dashboard on Eighth Street ple,” Villalon said. and Congress Avenue on Thursday afternoon.

She said providing assistance to the students gives them fair opportunities for academic success. “I would say students with learning disabilities face many challenges that are similar to any student on campus.” Wolfe said. “But their disabilities can pose a barrier when their reading or writing skills are not at a level similar to their peers.” She said providing assistance for students with disabilities benefits the University by promoting diversity and allowing more students to succeed. “Many of them, although they may have areas of relative weakness, are incredibly bright and gifted in the areas that they do excel at,” Wolfe said. “I think it really brings a lot to the University when students with learning disabilities are made able to be successful. We would be missing that real strength that’s brought to our campus by these students if they weren’t being granted that equal access.” The College Living Experience, an independent program which assists students with disabilities pursuing higher education, provides resources for students at many campuses nationwide, including UT. “We help students with things like advising, academic planning and registration assistance,” said Admissions Coordinator Martha Dorow. “We also do a lot of

work on organization and monitoring due dates. A lot of our students struggle with time management.” She said the program also assists students outside the classroom with larger issues they encounter as they enter college. “A lot of their issues deal with communication and self-advocacy, like making requests for accommodations,” Dorow said. “Social issues are big in and out of the classroom. For example, a lot of students with ADHD struggle with impulsive behavior, so we work with students on being more aware of appropriate interactions and communication.” She said the program is important because it makes services available to students with learning disabilities that instructors may not be able to provide, such as one-on-one assistance. She said students can apply for the College Living Experience’s services online and will be interviewed for acceptance, but the program does not have set criteria for admission such as test scores and considers each student individually. “We’re dealing with the underlying and broader issues and educating students on the difference between high school and college,” Dorow said. “We’re helping students learn to navigate these systems and find the help they need.”

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Friday, August 14, 2009

EXPOSURE

Photo Editor: Caleb Miller E-mail: photo@dailytexanonline.com Phone: (512) 471-8618 www.dailytexanonline.com

T HE DAILY TEXAN

Right, a street performer dressed as a clown takes a smoke break near a vendor in the Centre Pompidou’s open gathering area. Below, tourists line the upper entrance mezanine of the Louvre Museum’s pyramid in Paris. The sleek glass walls of the pyramid stand in stark contrast to the rest of museum’s architecture, a point of contention with some Parisians.

Left, people walk across a rainsoaked street in Bank, London’s aptly named financial district. Below, the Hightown Crows, a street performance band, plays along the main market thoroughfair in Notting Hill.

A two-hour train ride under the English Channel connects London and Paris, two cities equally rich in cultures that are vastly different from each other. A two-week trip in late June and early July introduced me to the political and financial centers of the United Kingdom and France. Both cities represent countries bearing identity crises entrenched in the tug-of-war between change and continuity. Both cities’ architecture reveals this struggle through skylines that mix history and modernity in striking ways: St. Paul’s Cathedral in London stands in the shadow of looming cranes, and Paris’ Louvre Museum’s pyramid sits glossy and smooth against the detail-rich architecture of the original. As I traveled and shot, the camera hid as much as it revealed, each moment passing with heartbreaking finality. The fast pace of the cities invigorated and drained in equal measure and I couldn’t help but feel I was missing some essential communication in spite of my efforts to capture the present moment as a sort of gift for the future. The ultimate experience is shown here in these discreet scenes, connected only by the everyday reality they share. — Jordan Smothermon

ACROSS THE CHANNEL

Photos by Jordan Smothermon

Above, the crowded streets and buses of London’s Warren Street mix as a double-decker rushes by. Left, women stand for photos in front of the Mona Lisa in the Louvre Museum in Paris. Throngs of people crowd shoulder-to-shoulder into the large viewing room for the chance to view one of the world’s most famous paintings. Right, a man walks by a Niketown ad in Oxford Circus, a major shopping region in London. The ad describes Roger Federer, who won this year’s Wimbledon and whom many consider tennis’ greatest player.

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Sports Editor: Austin Talbert E-mail: sports@dailytexanonline.com Phone: (512) 232-2210 www.dailytexanonline.com

T HE DAILY TEXAN

BASEBALL COLUMN

Baseball, World Series define the summer of 2009 By Austin Talbert Daily Texan Columnist

Photos by May-Ying Lam | Daily Texan Staff

Above, freshman wide receiver Brock Fitzhenry goes up against sophomore Cody Hill during a team scrimmage at yesterday’s practice. Below, Duane Akina, defensive backs coach, inspires the defense during one of Texas’ fall practices open to the public.

Football is back on the 40 Acres By Michael Sherfield Daily Texan Staff Roddrick Muckelroy walked off the field, squeezing the sweat and rainwater out of his uniform after another job well done. The senior linebacker presided over his unit’s impressive effort in seven-on-seven and full team drills, often dominating the offense in the early stages of preseason practice. Over the course of both days of open practice, which saw the Longhorns in only helmets and shoulder pads on day one, and in full pads the second, the defense made things difficult for their high-profile opponents. One big reason was the play of two defensive backs. On day one, cornerback Aaron Williams, who might be as close as Texas can get to a lockdown corner, was all over the field, breaking up passes in the flat and getting in on tackles. Williams was beaten on Thursday however, with receiver James Kirkendoll taking him deep on a post route for a touchdown during red zone drills. Fellow sophomore Earl Thomas picked up the plaudits yesterday, making two spectacular interceptions during one-on-one drills and forcing a fumble in the scrimmage. Meanwhile, the Sergio Kindle experiment seemed to get a good early mark as Kindle, lining up as a defensive end on some plays or as a stand-up rusher on others, got in the backfield to disrupt passing plays on several occasions. The flexibility of Kindle’s talents offer defensive coordinator Will Muschamp the means to line up in several different fronts and personnel packages as they look for a solution to the spread offense. “We’re trying to figure out how to get the best players on the field with the best scheme,” said Texas head coach Mack Brown. “Muschamp’s defense is flexible enough to do that.”

drill, Chiles ran a polished out pattern and tiptoed the sideline expertly to make a crowdpleasing catch. The junior also figured heavily in the scrimmage, catching several underneath routes.

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Backup battle The battle for the backup quarterback spot between Sherrod Harris and true freshman Garrett Gilbert will be one of the camp’s main subplots. Both quarterbacks had their moments, but with Harris’ experience and ability to make plays as a runner, the junior has the upper hand so far. Gilbert struggled early in Thursday’s scrimmage, but teamed up with sophomore Greg Timmons for two big pass plays down the right sideline. “[Harris] and Garrett will be working as second team quarterback, going head-tohead in camp,” Brown said. “The best one will play.” There were also a few John Chiles sightings, with the former backup quarterback making the transition to wide receiver. In one

With no wildcat or special packages in the plans for the season, the Longhorns did give fans a glimpse of their trick play repertoire. After a few trial runs, running back Foswhitt Whittaker, who took the majority of his snaps with the first team offense, found Dan Buckner for a big completion after faking a sweep run. Whittaker headlined a trio of runners that impressed throughout the two days of practice. Bruiser Cody Johnson drew the biggest thumps as he bounced off tacklers, with Vondrell McGee not too far behind. The Longhorns head into the season with question marks circling over the running back spot after a season in which quarterback Colt McCoy was the team’s leading rusher. As announced earlier, Longhorn quarterbacks found themselves under center more than usual. With a bigger emphasis on an efficient running game, the move is designed to help runners hit holes going downhill. The move also helps McCoy run the Horns’ nohuddle offense, which first debuted in the Fiesta Bowl against Ohio State.

Tight end troubles continue And the practices didn’t end without some bad news. After already losing tight end Blaine Irby for the season with a knee injury, freshman tight end D.J. Grant will join him on the sidelines after a left knee injury at the end of Wednesday’s practice. “We’re disappointed for D.J.,” said Brown. “He’s worked really hard and was ready to compete for playing time this season. We’ll miss having him out on the field but we will be there to support him throughout his rehab.”

ON THE WEB: Video highlights from practice and player reactions @ dailytexanonline.com

SPORTS BRIEFLY After three-year break, Vick is back in the NFL, signs with Eagles Michael Vick signed a one year contract with an option for a second year with Philadelphia. The 29-year-old Vick, has been out of action since 2006. The former Atlanta Falcons star was convicted in August 2007 for running a dogfighting ring, and served 18 of a 23-month sentence in federal prison. “I’m a believer that as long as people go through the right process, they deserve a second chance,” Eagles coach Andy Reid said. “He’s got great people on his side; there isn’t a finer person than Tony Dungy. He’s proven he’s on the right track.” The Eagles reached the NFC championship game last season under quarterback Donovan McNabb, but are still looking for their elusive first Super Bowl win. McNabb has led the Eagles to five NFC title games and one Super Bowl appearance in the last eight years, and was rewarded with a $5.3 million raise in the offseason. The Eagles tore up his old contract with two years remaining, and gave him a new deal worth $24.5 million over the next two seasons. Commissioner Roger Goodell conditionally lifted Vick’s suspension on July 27, allowing him to sign with a team, practice and play in the last two preseason games. Once the season begins, Vick can participate in all team activities except games, and Goodell said he would consider Vick for full reinstatement by Week 6 (Oct. 18-19) at the latest. — The Associated Press

To me, the summer is, and always will be, baseball. The summer is sweltering heat, the crack (or ping) of the bat, the rare rain delay — which in Austin this summer seemed to never come — the clutch hit, the walk-off home run, the smell of burning hot dogs and the heartbreaking defeat. The summer is always defined by the baseball in my life. Growing up, it was my own games and tournaments all over the state that dictated the tone of my summer. Once I finished my season, latenight Rangers games on the West Coast filled the remainder. The summer always seemed too short. Baseball faded away as football season returned, and as eager as I always am for the glorious gridiron again, I always feel a bit depressed. This summer, for me, was a summer worth remembering. Because the baseball I witnessed was anything but boring. The images vary. Carlos the inflatable orca sitting patiently on Texas’ bullpen bench waiting for his opportunity to pitch. Two seats down, a Longhorn legend sat. His heroic pitching performance against Boston College in the NCAA regional cemented his place in Longhorn lore. “Do you remember the time Austin Wood threw 13 shutout innings in relief,” they’ll say in the seats of Disch-Falk for decades to come. “Yeah, that ended up being the longest game in the history of college baseball,” another will respond. “Twenty-five long innings long. I stayed the whole game,” they’ll recall as they flick another cracked

peanut shell onto the tobaccostained concrete. Down a bit from Wood — whose hat and glove will be on display in Cooperstown, N.Y. — the lanky freshman pitcher sat quietly. Taylor Jungmann rarely talks. Instead, he pitches. One day, he was atrocious, throwing six pitches — all balls. The very next day, he was nearperfect, shutting down the eventual national champions for a complete game. There was the senior, who struggled with injuries for four years, but caught lightning in his bat and helped power the Longhorns to the national championship series. I can still see his walk-off grand slam flying into the night. There was Connor Rowe’s grin as he skipped past second base at Rosenblatt Stadium, his helmet tossed in the air as he celebrated his walk-off home run in Omaha, Neb. Baseball is America. And this summer, the baseball was good. It is the way the summer is supposed to be. Though I wasn’t in the stands, I was there, witnessing some amazing baseball. I was there, trying to recount, at 2 a.m., the insanity that had transpired, wanting desperately to give the longest game in the history of college baseball the justice it deserved. I was there in Omaha writing frantically, game after game, after game, after game. Each one crazier than the next. It hurts me when people say baseball is too boring to watch. If they saw the baseball I witnessed this summer, they would never say that. Oh, and the Rangers are in the playoff hunt — in August — something that rarely happens. So I’ll pour another tall glass of iced tea, because my summer of baseball isn’t over yet. How sweet it is.

Paul Chouy | Daily Texan file photo

Texas’ incredible College World Series run this summer left an indelible mark in the memories of all Longhorn baseball fans.

SOCCER

Texas starts 2009 season with a goal of making Final Four

Andrew Rogers | Daily Texan file photo

Junior co-captain Erica Campanelli has big expectations for the 2009 season. The soccer team is training in Corpus Christi during the preseason.

By Laken Litman Daily Texan Staff After a disappointing 2008 finish, the Longhorns are turning up the volume, pumping up the jam and kicking up the tempo for the upcoming 2009 season. So far, the high intensity has paid off. In the last week, Texas earned a No. 15 ranking in the National Soccer Coaches Association of America’s preseason poll, junior co-captain Erica Campanelli was awarded a spot on the Preseason All-Big 12 Team and head coach Chris Petrucelli has increased the difficulty level of the team’s three-a-day workouts by training on the beach in Corpus Christi. The team has essentially erased the memories last year and is anxious start anew. “The focus isn’t on last year,” Campanelli said. “Last year is in the past. We don’t really refer to it. It’s over and done with. We have our goals set on this year.” Those goals are typical: Winning games in the regular season, becoming Big 12 champions and advancing to the Final Four. But according to Campanelli, those goals are not far-fetched. “We’ve really upped the tempo this season,” she said. “We are a fresh young team. We graduated a lot of talent, but we’re going to

be a very well-meshed team this year, and I think we’re going to be hard to beat.” The Longhorns’ roster boasts 10 freshmen who have been members of the Olympic Development Program, competed on the national and international levels, and helped former teams win national

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We can definitely achieve much higher this year than last year.” — Erica Campanelli junior co-captain

and regional championships. “The team is looking really good so far,” Campanelli said. “We’ve been working out down in Corpus three times a day, and we’ve been working on a lot of team building activities so the chemistry is off to a good start.” She explained that between their three-a-day workouts, team meetings and meals, camaraderie has been inevitable. “Training in Corpus is awesome,” Campanelli said. “When we are back home in Austin, we’re more likely to go to the

Drag or do stuff around Austin and on campus. But now we are here and forced to be together, and it’s awesome.” Conditioning workouts on the beach have really brought the girls close. And what better tools to use to bond a team together than bungee cords, medicine balls and sand? “Like it or not, we’re getting to utilize the beach and the sand for training,” Campanelli said. “So I think we are going to be much more physically fit than in the past.” Being ranked No. 15 and No. 5 in the national and conference preseason polls, respectively, the Longhorns have some things to prove this season. And they will get the chance starting this weekend when they head to Baton Rouge to play Louisiana State University in an exhibition game. The regular season will kick off next Friday, Aug. 21, when Texas Christian University makes a visit to Mike A. Myers Stadium. “We can definitely achieve much higher this year than last year,” Campanelli said. “Everyone on our team is extremely focused and we are all committed to the same goal. We’re all on the same page and ready to go. It’s going to be a good year.”

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By Alex Regnery Daily Texan Staff It was jarring to see director Nick Jasenovec for the first time: Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a completely different person than you would expect after seeing his film, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Paper Heart.â&#x20AC;? In the film, comedian Charlyne Yi and Jasenovec (played in the film by Jake Johnson) travel across America, talking with people of all walks of life to try and answer the big question: What is love? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Paper Heart,â&#x20AC;? while having documentary footage of couples recounting their love stories to Yi and Jasenovec, also has a narrative storyline about Yi falling in love with Michael Cera and Jasenovecâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s quest to get that story on camera. After spending so much time with Jasenovec, the character, it was interesting to talk with Jasenovec, the person. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m just uncomfortable being on camera,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Paper Heartâ&#x20AC;? is an interesting cinematic experience, closest in nature to the films of Sacha Baron Cohen, where reality blends with fiction. Subsequently, it has more heart and charm than most of todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s strictly narrative romantic comedies. Yi came up with the idea of the film and went

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Nicholas Jasenovec and Charlyne Yi appear in the film â&#x20AC;&#x153;Paper Heart.â&#x20AC;? to Jasnenovec, looking to make a straightforward documentary on the subject. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Charlyne had already started doing audio interviews, and she made it clear that she didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t feel she could fall in love,â&#x20AC;? Jasenovec said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She had the idea for the puppet sequences already. I was intrigued because I was a fan of Charlyne 1 from seeing her perform around Los Angeles, even before becoming her friend. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a unique per-

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ing him over. Like in his previous films, Chan-wook is able to mix silly, weird comedy with twisted, dark drama, making for a film that never loses your interest. That being said, the film is definitely a bit too long and could have easily lost a couple of lesser moments to create an even stronger final product. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thirst,â&#x20AC;? which won the Grand Jury prize at this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cannes Film Festival, is one of the best surprises of the summer with its jarring violence and compelling story. Chanwook has made a vampire film worthy of following in the footsteps of last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s classic â&#x20AC;&#x153;Let the Right One In.â&#x20AC;? Unfortunately, all of the vam-power goes back to the Hot Topic tweeners when â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Twilight Saga: New Moonâ&#x20AC;? premieres.

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love at the end of the film which, after we talked about it, we realized that you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t understand it by just hearing people talk about it. That naturally led to the idea of her meeting someone while making the film and falling in love, which the odds of capturing on film at that moment would be impossible. We werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t intending on doing a narrative from the beginning but once we came upon that idea we figured it was necessary to tell the story.â&#x20AC;? Jasenovec looked to his friend, Michael Cera, to fill the romantic void in the story. Cera and Yi have been romantically linked to one another in real life but the director was slightly ambiguous on their current status, leading to yet another layer of reality-bending that the film is quite adept at. Yiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s quest for love is a humorous, cute, borderline saccharin tale. While Yi may take an entire film to decide whether love is real or not, Jasenovec is of another school of thought. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I believe in it, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to think Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve experienced it,â&#x20AC;? Jasenovec said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I hope I wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t wrong about it.â&#x20AC;? Paper Heart opens Aug. 21 in Austin.

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1905 S. First St., Hours and menu at sugarmamasbakeshop.com By now youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve probably gotten your hands on a cupcake from Hey Cupcake! and made it your definite destination for all cupcake needs. But thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s another bakeshop in town that gives Hey Cupcake! a run for its money: Sugar Mamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bakeshop. Sugar Mamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s offers six flavors that are available daily and 21 other flavors that are only made on certain days, eight of which are vegan. The best among the six daily flavors is the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Marilyn Monroe,â&#x20AC;? which is a vanilla cupcake topped with vanilla buttercream, a must-try for any diehard cupcake fan. As for the rotating flavors, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Peanut Butter Cup (Cake)â&#x20AC;? is, without a doubt, the best cupcake recipe ever created. It is a chocolate cupcake made with peanut butter chips, and finished off with peanut butter buttercream icing and chocolate chips. Sadly, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only available on Thursdays and Saturdays. Aside from cupcakes, Sugar Mamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also offers assorted cookies, cakes and bars â&#x20AC;&#x201D; lemon, cherry pie, Hello Dollies and the highly recommended mint chocolate chip. Beverages include assorted Boylan sodas, coffee, tea and, of course, milk. Even the way Sugar Mamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s does business is sweet. The treats are made from scratch with the best ingredients (including cage-free eggs), and the shop is wind-powered. Overall, the only bad thing that can be said about Sugar Mamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s is its limited hours: It is closed Sunday and Monday, and the rest of the time open from noon to 8 p.m. Also, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best to make your trip early in the day because the shop seems to sell out of popular flavors by mid-afternoon. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; C.S.

Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s never a shortage of local eateries on Austinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s streets â&#x20AC;&#x201D; particularly, one: South First Street. Equipped with an abundance of food choices, South First especially shines when it comes to dessert selection. So after dinner or for an afternoon treat, venture to South First Street to satisfy your sweet tooth.

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Vanilla Butter Cream, Lemon Butter Cream, and Peanut Butter Butter Cream are displayed with three frosting shots.

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Cake Balls at the Holy Cacao on South First Street come in a variety of different flavors.

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WHERE: 2908 Cole St. House WHEN: Saturday at 7 p.m. TICKETS: $5 donation

Austin Ice Cream Festival In the past, the annual Austin Ice Cream Festival has been a mixed bag. On one hand, the festival is outdoors, swelteringly hot and inevitably leaves you covered in melted ice cream all afternoon. On the other, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something so nostalgically wonderful about a day devoted to ice cream. With proceeds benefiting Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Texas, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re willing to brave the heat and head down to Austin Ice Cream Festival. A word to the wise: Get there early. Last year, we arrived mid-afternoon and were heartbroken when we were greeted by empty ice cream trucks.

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John Frank, owner of Treats at the Trailer Park Eateries on South First Street, hands Alex Carpenter the ingredients to make sâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;mores on Thursday afternoon.

1311 S. First St., Hours and menu at austintreat.com Why is Austin so obsessed with trailer food? We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know or care, really, because we love the fact that sâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;mores are now for sale from a trailer. Located in the South Austin Trailer Park & Eatery, Treat is half decadent-dessert stand, half gift shop (the attached store, called La-Dee-Dah, offers gift items like handmade jewelry and home decor.) Unfortunately, the kitsch of the stand is slightly derailed by the fact that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pricey: sâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;mores for two are $9.95, which is a little expensive considering a bag of marshmallows is less than $1. But the $10 price tag includes all the supplies for roasting â&#x20AC;&#x201D; four gourmet marshmallows, graham crackers, a Hersheyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bar, roasting sticks and a conveniently located tiny campfire. Also, the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;mallows come in exotic flavors like vanilla, key lime, whiskey, raspberry, chocomint, lemon lavender and butterscotch. The key lime marshmallow is a surprise hit. Lime and chocolate are an unlikely pair, but they couple well, especially when eaten with the graham cracker. Some of the others are a little hitor-miss â&#x20AC;&#x201D; raspberry was delicious, but chocomint was a little too minty and the whiskey marshmallow was just weird. Along with the sâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;mores, Treat offers shaved-ice bowls made with fresh fruits (apricot, plum, peach and blackberry,) and locally made baked goods. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; L.P.

ON THE WEB: A closer look at Sugar Mamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bakeshop @ dailytexanonline.com

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WHERE: Waterloo Park (14th and Trinity streets) WHEN: Saturday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. TICKETS: $5

1207 S. First St., Hours and menu at theholycacao.com Two words: Cake balls. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nothing better than a little ball of moist cake and icing, covered in a layer of chocolate and put on a Popsicle stick. Nothing. That is why Holy Cacao has made a name for itself in Austin. Holy Cacao is another stop in the South Austin Trailer Park & Eatery. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t drive too fast or you might miss it, unless the cow sign is out with a huge chalk message reading â&#x20AC;&#x153;CAKE BALLS!â&#x20AC;? The trailer sells six flavors of cake balls, some of which are better than others. Skip the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wedding Cake Ball,â&#x20AC;? which is more like cookie dough on a stick covered in icing, rather than moist cake. Also, the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Grasshopper Cake Ballâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; dark chocolate cake with cream mint frosting and dark chocolate â&#x20AC;&#x201D; sounds good but tastes like toothpaste. Stick to â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hollyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Favorite Cake Ballâ&#x20AC;? for any chocolate fix, the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Velvet Cake Ball,â&#x20AC;? (red velvet cake and cream cheese frosting) or the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Brass Ballâ&#x20AC;?, made with Nutter Butters, peanut butter and dark chocolate. Holy Cacaoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cake balls can be eaten on the spot or refrigerated, though theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re better eaten on-site, since the icing tends to harden in the fridge. The trailer also sells other tasty treats like the Cake Shake, which is literally like drinking ice cream and an entire slice of cake blended up. Obviously, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pretty heavy on the stomach, but also on the wallet â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a large is $5. The summer-exclusive frozen Mexican â&#x20AC;&#x153;Drinking Chocolates,â&#x20AC;? dark chocolate infused with ancho chile and cinnamon, makes a delicious sweet and spicy combination that is well worth the $4 it costs. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; C.S.

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Korean director annihilates weak vampirism genre Fresh take on creatures of the night makes teen flicks look like YouTube By Alex Regnery Daily Texan Staff You can barely throw a rock without hitting something that relates to vampires these days. Unfortunately, our culture is still in the clutches of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Twilight,â&#x20AC;? making you choose whether youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re part of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Team Edwardâ&#x20AC;? or â&#x20AC;&#x153;Team Jacob.â&#x20AC;? Every Sunday, â&#x20AC;&#x153;True Bloodâ&#x20AC;? shows more nudity than it does neck bites and the CW even has â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Vampire Diariesâ&#x20AC;? this fall. Thank God for Chan-wook Park, director of the fascinating and bizarre

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thirst.â&#x20AC;? Best known for directing the masterful â&#x20AC;&#x153;Oldboy,â&#x20AC;? Chan-wook has created a vampire tale thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fun, unsettling and undeniably sexy. Sang-hyun (Kang-ho Song) is a Catholic priest who subjects himself to a medical experiment to cure a terrible disease for the greater good. After succumbing to the disease, doctors transfuse blood so Sang-heyon can hang on a little longer. The blood he receives happens to have the vampirism gene in it, instantly curing him. Sang-hyun is now seen by many as a saintly miracle worker who might help their

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Last Hippie: A Western Novelâ&#x20AC;? Titles can be deceiving: Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not a novel, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a play that follows a young Texas teenager trying to find meaning during life in the 1970s. The show has been playing in L.A. for the past few months, but is making its first stop in Austin on a national tour.

WHERE: The Vortex Repertory Company (2307 Manor Rd.) WHEN: Thursday through Sunday at 8 p.m. TICKETS: $10 to $30 MORE INFO: vortexrep.org

Toro y Moi Toro y Moi melds together layers of washed-out samples and sings with an earnestness that places the band right between Ariel Pink and Panda Bear on the musical spectrum. Chaz Bundick, the 23-year-old behind these wobbly, nostalgic jams, evokes the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;80s as only someone who was born halfway through the decade can.

WHERE: Emoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (603 Red River St.) WHEN: Aug. 18, doors open at 9 p.m. TICKETS: $5 to $8 MORE INFO: emosaustin.com

Blondie and Pat Benatar â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hit Me With Your Best Shot?â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;One Way or Another?â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Love Is a Battlefield?â&#x20AC;? Okay, to be honest, we were babies when Blondie and Benatar were at their peaks. However, the hits by these â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;80s legends still manage to resonate in listeners regardless of age, and the fact that the two are touring together makes for an epic show that should not be missed, regardless of the high Austin Music Hall price tag.

WHERE: Austin Music Hall (208 Nueces St.) WHEN: Aug. 20, doors open at 7 p.m. TICKETS: $67 MORE INFO:

austinmusichall.com