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Specialized law school center opens Fewer than 10 students to study global energy and environmental law By Viviana Aldous Daily Texan Staff The School of Law welcomes today its first participants in the Center for Global Energy, International Arbitration and Environmental Law, which aims to cultivate experts on energy and environmental law on an international level. Though there are centers throughout the country that specialize in each field individually, UT’s center is unique because it combines the three disciplines, which, in other institutions, would not normally be discussed in one setting, said the center’s executive director Melinda Taylor. “There is a strong demand for lawyers with expertise in energy, international arbitration and environmental law because of the importance of the issue and the changing political and regulatory environment,” Taylor said. “We are not aware of

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addition, in the world of law, questions of energy and the environment are often resolved these days by arbitration.” The center’s location is a natural place to pursue the issues, Sager said. Texas, for example, is the largest producer of wind energy in the nation and the sixth-largest in the world, according to the American Wind Energy Association. “We’re historically, and currently, the center of fossil fuel energy in the country,” Sager said. “We’re also rapidly Tamir Kalifa | Daily Texan Staff becoming the center of alternative energy concerns. UnMelinda Taylor, executive director of Center for Global Energy, like every other state, Texas is International Arbitration and Environmental Law, runs a program on its own electric grid, and that allows students to study law and the environment. that means that the regulatory structure in which Texas operany that combine the three dis- Magister, an advanced aca- ates is much more nimble and ciplines in the same way that demic degree in law. The cen- much more flexible and close we propose to do.” ter will also hold conferences to home than the regulatory Though it will not offer and sponsor guest speakers for environment that every other courses, it will cross-list cours- its participants. state faces. Austin sort of mires for students who want to “One of the most crucial set rors that in small with its own take classes in other colleges of questions confronting the energy experimentation and its and receive credit in the law U.S. and the world is the dilem- marked grid.” school. The center will have mic connection between energy Sager said he is confident the fewer than 10 participants this and the environment,” said law LAW continues on page 7 year and will offer a Legum school Dean Larry Sager. “In

By Lena Price Daily Texan Staff Although offers of admission to graduate students from outside the United States fell this year for the first time since 2004, enrollment of international students at UT remains steady. The Council of Graduate Schools, an advocacy group meant to advance the interest of graduate schools nationwide, released a report which found overall applications to U.S. graduate schools from international students increased by 4 percent in the 2008-09 school year. But, actual offers of admission declined by 3 percent. The report also found that offers of admission to domestic students increased by 8 percent. More than 500 colleges and universities from around the country were asked to send in their latest admission data to compile the report, and 253 schools responded. “The book is not intended to give any recommendations about admissions policies to graduate schools,” said council spokesman Stuart Heiser. “It is merely a report on the trends, and we hope it will help inform schools on what the graduate admission trends are.” UT generally has the same amount of accepted students each year, said Teri Albrecht, director of International Student and Scholar Services. “Because admission to UT is such a competitive process, we usually have more applicants then we can actually admit,” Albrecht said. The new student demographic information will not be available until the 12th day of class, but last year 9.1 percent of students attending the University were from outside of the U.S., according to the 2008-09 Statistical Handbook. While the survey found a 16-percent decline in admission offers to students from South

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‘My Parking’ offers students Web option By Melissa Garza Daily Texan Staff Parking and Transportation Services will offer more options this semester for drivers on the 40 Acres. Instead of waiting in lines at

the department’s offices on campus, students can purchase limited duration parking passes online via the new My Parking Profile program starting today.

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their windshield. Vehicles can remain parked for up to five hours. “The parking meters are [there] so people can’t just leave their cars there all day or all week, which was a problem before,� Villalon said. “We’re working with the University to create more turnovers.� The new parking system will serve as a pilot program for other potential parking changes, Villalon said. If effective, the department plans on implementing the system in other areas in Austin. “It added a lot more parking,� said nursing junior Ciara Crowe. “I remember hundreds of times in the past when I’d come here and couldn’t park anywhere.� — Priscilla Totiyapungprasert

New angle parking and pay meters on Dean Keeton Street

New reverse angle parking on Dean Keeton Street will provide more spaces for vehicles than the previous parallel parking spaces, said Karla Villalon, an Austin Transportation Department spokeswoman. The department collaborated with the University to implement the parking system this summer. Along with new painted lines, pay meters were also installed. After drivers pay, the machines print stickers for drivers to place on

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By Noor Khan The Associated Press KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Five car bombs detonated in a single simultaneous blast Tuesday in Afghanistan’s largest southern city, flattening buildings and killing at least 41 people, officials said. The force of the explosion just after nightfall shattered windows around the city and sent flames shooting into the sky. So many houses and nearby buildings had collapsed that officials feared the death toll could rise further. At least 66 people were wounded, said Gen. Ghulam Ali Wahabat, a police commander in charge of southern Afghanistan. Afghan officials said the blast appeared to target a Japanese construction company that mostly employs Pakistani engineers. The blast collapsed the company headquarters and destroyed part of a nearby wedding hall, an Associated Press reporter at the scene said. It wasn’t clear why the construction company was targeted. The AP reporter described the blast as the largest he has heard in nearly eight years of living in Kandahar, the site of several large Taliban attacks in recent years. This blast destroyed about 40 shops, the AP reporter estimated. “Once again they’ve killed children, women, innocent Afghans. They are not human. They are animals. You can see for yourself the destruction of this enemy,� said deputy provincial police chief Mohammad Sher Shah. Five vehicles filled with explo-

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BROWNSVILLE — When rail cars idle on side tracks in Mexico to be loaded with legitimate cargo and shipped to the United States, drug smugglers scan for places to hide their own loot — and if no good place is apparent, they make one. Marijuana and cocaine can be concealed above rail car axles or behind false undercarriages made of plywood. Bolder smugglers sometimes weld a false wall into a car or sabotage trains to stop them and quickly stow their contraband on board before the train moves on. Cars are then tagged with graffiti or other markings so the dealer in the U.S. can spot his delivery. Drug smuggling by rail “is something that for years may have gone under the radar,� said Mayor Chad Foster of Eagle Pass, which is expected to become by next year the busiest rail crossing on the U.S.-Mexico border. Creative smugglers, he added, “don’t miss a stroke.� Thousands of pounds of drugs arrive in the U.S. by train every year. Now the federal government says it’s time American rail companies cracked down on their Mexican business partners to keep them from reaching the border.

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NEW YORK — At state prisons around the country, jailed women are routinely shackled during childbirth, often by correctional staff without medical training, according to civil rights organizations and prisoner advocates. The practice has been condemned by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists for unnecessarily risking women’s health, and court challenges are pending in several states. Federal prisons and five states largely ban shackling pregnant women in prison. Gov. David Paterson is expected to sign a law this week that would make New York the sixth state to do so. “A woman giving birth to a child is hardly the first person that is going to be thinking of trying to escape or create any kind of problem,� the governor said last week. Erik Kriss, a spokesman for New York’s Department of Correctional Services, said changes in state law would put staff at risk. The bill awaiting Paterson’s signature would ban restraints on inmates giving birth, except when needed to keep a woman from injuring herself, medical staff or correctional officers. In those cases, women would be cuffed on one wrist while being taken from prison to the hospital. Several lawsuits challenging the practice are pending throughout the country. — The Associated Press

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A policeman stands at the site where five car bombs detonated simultaneously in Afghanistan’s largest southern city of Kandahar on Tuesday. The explosion killed 41 people, destroyed a construction company office and damaged dozens of nearby buildings. sives detonated together, causing the massive blast, said provincial council member Haji Agha Lalai. Taliban militants have carried out several complex attacks in Kandahar the last several years. Kandahar is the spiritual home of the Taliban. A large NATO base sits on Kandahar’s outskirts, but militants control districts immediately to the city’s west. In other violence, a bomb blast

killed four U.S. troops in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday, said military spokeswoman Lt. Cmdr. Christine Sidenstricker. No other information was released pending the notification of family members. The deaths bring to 41 the number of U.S. troops killed in Afghanistan this month, the second deadliest month in the country since the 2001 U.S. invasion. Last month a record 44 U.S. troops died.

This year has been the deadliest of the war for U.S. troops. Including the latest deaths, at least 172 American forces have died in the Afghan war this year, according to an Associated Press count. The number of overall NATO deaths this year is a record as well: at least 292. Last year 286 died, according to the AP count. The U.S. has more than 60,000 troops in the country.

By Christopher S. Rugaber The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Consumer confidence rose more than expected in August and expectations hit the highest level since the recession began, indicating that Americans’ pessimism about the economy may be lifting. The housing sector also showed signs of life as a national measure of home prices posted its first quarterly increase in three years. The New York-based Conference Board said Tuesday its Consumer Confidence index rose to 54.1 from an upwardly revised 47.4 in July. Economists surveyed by Thomson Reuters had expected a slight increase to 47.5. The index is well below 90, the minimum level associated with a healthy economy. Anything above 100 signals strong growth. Economists closely monitor confidence because consumer spending accounts for about 70 percent of U.S. economic activity. Consumer sentiment — fueled by signs the economy is sta-

bilizing — has recovered a bit since hitting a record-low of 25.3 in February. The housing slump and a weak job market have made consumers reluctant to spend. But the outlook for jobs is improving, the Conference Board said, with fewer respondents saying positions are “hard to get,� and more claiming they are “plentiful.� Consumers’ expectations for the economy over the next six months rose to 73.5 from 63.4 in July, the highest level since December 2007, when the recession began. The consumer confidence survey was sent to 5,000 households and had a cutoff date for responses of August 18. President Barack Obama said Tuesday that his administration’s $787 billion stimulus package, as well as other factors, has helped turn the economy around. “Our auto industry is showing signs of life,� Obama said. “Business investment is showing signs of stabilizing. Our housing market and credit markets have been saved from collapse.�

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Editor in Chief: Jillian Sheridan Phone: (512) 232-2212 E-mail: editor@dailytexanonline.com Associate Editors: Jeremy Burchard David Muto Dan Treadway Lauren Winchester

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UT teaches the Bible

Au gu The University hosted a st seminar to teach Texas high school 7 teachers how to teach a Bible course in public schools. The University’s Department of Religious Studies sponsored the training led by Biblical scholars in response to a bill that requires all schools to offer an elective course on the Bible if 15 or more students express interest. The bill fails to require teacher training or set guidelines for curriculum. This means that, despite the University’s efforts to teach high school teachers about the Bible, many teachers will remain under qualified to lead such a controversial course. As the mandate goes into effect this fall, school districts across the state are sure to face threats of lawsuits as the course devolves from a historical course into a taxpayer-funded Bible study.

Political sign ban revoked Ju Last October, in the heat of the ly 2008 presidential race, UT threat27 ened students with expulsion if they did not remove presidential campaign signs from their dorm windows. The students, Blake and Connor Kincaid, violated a Division of Housing and Food Services rule that prohibited the placement of signs in dorm windows. The Kincaids, along with other enraged students, protested the rule and called for a repeal. In November, President Powers formed the Window Policy Review Committee, composed of students and faculty, to reconsider the rule. Eight months later Powers officially revoked the sign ban, in line with the committee’s recommendations. We’re glad to see the rule go. In a time when the nation is in turmoil and youth are increasingly apathetic about politics, the university should encourage students to display their political leanings, not stifle them with an obscure rule.

Top 10 percent modified

Jun The Texas House of e1 9 Representatives has approved legislation limiting the state’s “top 10 percent” public university admission policy. The original rule — implemented 12 years ago in an effort to increase diversity — has crippled the University’s ability to admit students that do not qualify under the rule but still possess talents and attributes not reflected by their GPAs. Last fall, 81 percent of the freshman class was admitted under the rule. The new law mandates only 75 percent of each incoming freshman class at the University of Texas at Austin will be composed of students admitted solely based on their class rank. Increased flexibility in admissions will give the University a chance to raise the bar for incoming students. We hope admissions uses its new power appropriately.

The wrong tract

Jun e 18 Cooper, Robertson & Partners LLP, a New York-based urban planning firm, presented two proposals to the Board of Regents regarding the best use of the Brackenridge Tract, and money, not education, was the primary consideration of both. The consultants envision the tract becoming “a natural extension of downtown,” and Austin’s “new lake front district.” The plans call for extensive housing developments, shopping centers, market squares and a spa-hotel. They also depend on eliminating Lions Municipal Golf Course, reducing or relocating UT’s Brackenridge Field Laboratory and consolidating graduate and married student housing. The tract is not currently being used to its full potential. But the current proposals go too far when they compromise the Brackenridge Field Laboratory. Ironically, while the Regents claim to be looking for ways to further the University’s educational mission, they will seriously damage UT’s education and research if they choose to interfere in the work of the laboratory. While the Regents must reevaluate the use of the Brackenridge Tract to ensure that it is being used to its fullest potential in furthering the academic mission of the University, if they accept either of the proposals from Cooper, Robertson & Partners, they will compromise that mission.

A step toward gender equity

14 The University hired an unprecst u edented number of female faculty — g u A a projected 49 University-wide — for the upcoming 2009-2010 school year. The report comes on the heels of a Gender Equity Task Force report that showed UT ranked 11th out of a survey of its 12 peer institutions in percentage of woman ranked as full professors. The hires represent a move toward assuring fairness when the University searches for faculty. But while the University’s desire to seek out the most qualified women professors is admirable, the University has yet to make any significant progresses to combat many issues outlined by the report, including unequal pay. There must be a two-part solution to gender inequity. The University needs to do its best to emphasize the equality of all faculty, and the faculty must emphasize inequality issues to the University.

Texas Tomorrow goes bankrupt

The Texas Tomorrow Fund will be short $2 billion in 2030, warned Texas Comptroller’s office spokesman Allen Spelce in August. Taxpayers will shoulder the financial burden of the fund, which allowed parents to prepay for their children’s college education without worrying about fluctuating tuition costs. The combination of tuition deregulation in 2003 and the current volatile market produced an inhospitable atmosphere for the fund to flourish. The Texas Legislature deserves blame, too, for legislators choose to leave tuition-setting power solely in the hands of the UT System Board of Regents, which has repeatedly increased the cost of tuition and fees.

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Kindle crashes

4 Sergio Kindle, a starting defensive e2 n Ju end on UT’s football team, drove his car through the side of a Jefferson West apartment at 1:50 a.m. The accident caused $8,700 in damage to the building. Kindle’s lawyer claimed that Kindle was probably text-messaging. Kindle pushed the car out of the complex, abandoned it and went home. Kindle was treated for a concussion the next day, after calling apartment management to tell them he was responsible for the accident. Maybe Kindle’s lawyer was right. Maybe Kindle was just too preoccupied with text messaging to notice his car make a 90-degree pivot and slam into an apartment complex. Maybe it was only his concussion that left him so confused he abandoned the scene of the accident. But this isn’t Kindle’s first transgression. In July of 2007, Kindle was arrested for driving while intoxicated and was suspended for three games. No one made any headway in investigating the latest incident. Apartment management said it was working with police to aid the investigation. But a representative of APD claimed the department had no information about who was responsible. No report was filed. An eyewitness would not go on the record when he confirmed he saw Kindle pull his car out of the wreckage. He did not want Kindle to get in trouble. Of course, football fans don’t want to see a player suspended. But Kindle’s status on UT’s campus should not remove him from scrutiny. Unfortunately, the people who witnessed this incident refused to speak up, and it was covered as quickly as the hole in the side of Jefferson West Apartments.

New tier-one universities

17 The Texas Legislature passed and ne u J Gov. Perry signed House Bill 51, which aims to increase Texas’ number of tier-one universities. Through certain benchmarks, such as offering more Ph.D.s and attracting students with higher SAT scores, certain schools can compete for state funding to reach tier-one status. The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board compiled a list of seven emerging institutions most likely to become Texas’ next top-tier university. They include Texas Tech University, the University of Houston, University of North Texas, and the UT campuses in Arlington, Dallas, El Paso and San Antonio. While the need for a better investment in higher education makes this bill seem proactive, the Legislature’s proven inability to fund its current tier-one universities, such as UT-Austin, leaves us skeptical about funding these additional universities and points to a looming possibility of additional competition for funds by under-funded research institutions.

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By Jeremy Burchard Associate Editor Before The Daily Texan, I wasn’t interested in newspapers. Why would a school newspaper matter to me? It wasn’t until I arrived at UT that I discovered just how important they can be. The Daily Texan is one of the oldest and most recognized student publications in the United States. Through decades of hard work, the paper garnered the respect of students, faculty and other media outlets, leading it to become one of the best sources for both information and opinion. The news staff breaks the story, and the editorial staff reveals why it matters and what we can do about it. Without a paper, a school as diverse and robust as UT loses its ears and its voice, and the Daily Texan has consistently worked to keep students informed and heard. But a sterling past does not guarantee a successful future. This paper thrives when students get involved and offer opinions. The student body is what really makes this paper what it is. We’ll do our best to make this paper worth reading, and with your input and feedback, we will make sure we always have a balanced and informed voice for the student body. Hopefully, it won’t be long before you too discover just how important our paper — your paper — is.

By Dan Treadway Associate Editor First things first, I’m a Libra and I hail from Oakville, Ontario. I’m also a junior majoring in political communication at UT. For the past two years, I’ve worked as a columnist, writing about topics ranging from the use of sweatshop labor in the production of UT apparel to my firm stance that the government must produce more Hannah Montana in order to save the economy. It should be noted that despite my prior work as a Canadian, I still enjoy good fun and despise the band Nickelback. As a writer, I’ve never really liked editors, so I imagine this experience will either change that perspective or merely be an exercise in self-loathing. Regardless, I’m excited at the prospect of contributing to The Daily Texan in a different capacity this coming semester. The Texan serves a crucial role at UT, because when it’s at its best, it functions as a critical eye that opens up a discourse about university affairs. I hope to contribute to this ongoing discourse so that the Texan may live up to its reputation as one of the finest student publications in the country.

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For the past two years I’ve worked at the Texan, my focus has been mainly on commas. As head of the copy editing department, I led a behind-the-scenes staff of grammar sticklers into a quiet, nightly battle against wordiness, dangling modifiers, misplaced apostrophes and hyphen confusion. The battles were hard-fought, but fought quietly, for the anonymous hand of the copy editor receives little love and lots of blame. No one appreciates us, we would say — and yet we didn’t need the recognition. And yet we did. And didn’t. It is with this experience that I transition from one department to another, from a stagehand to an actor of sorts, hoping to draw the curtain both on myself and those issues and arguments that may need a translator to help you care. That’s what we want: for you to care, and discuss — on campus, among friends, on Facebook, briefly with yourself in your head while reading us in class. We’ll take it all. At a time when the field of journalism is at a crossroads, we hope to make the practice something you care a little bit more about, too. If only because our job prospects depend on it, we’ll do our part. Help us out by reading — and caring. Please?

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I consider The Daily Texan my second home. Since freshman year, I’ve immersed myself in the news department — first as a reporter and then as news editor. I’d like to think that my two years writing, editing and assigning articles at the Texan have taught me to discern what’s most important and relevant to UT and Austin. I want to bring that perspective to the opinion page. The opinion page should offer insight into the most important issues and debates that happen on campus and in Austin. We have a diverse and politically active student body, so the dialogue should always be lively. But to produce an intellectually diverse and interesting opinion page, we need contributors. You don’t need to be a Texan veteran or even a journalism student — just a dedicated writer with a well-articulated opinion. Even if you can’t commit to writing a column, you can still participate in the debate by submitting firing lines. Help us keep your interest. We want to be the paper you pick up, read and discuss.

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Proving to be penetrable

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Matt Winters, installer for the Blanton Museum of Art, disassembles “Penetrable,� by Jesus Rafael Soto, the art piece that once suspended thousands of rubber yellow noodles.

Thieves target non-profit during pet adoption fair By Allison Harris Daily Texan Staff At least $400 was stolen in two separate incidents from a non-profit organization aimed at lowering the number of euthanized animals during a pet adoption fair this weekend. Thieves stole money from two donation jars from local non-profit Austin Pets Alive on Sunday. The thieves stole the donations from PetSmart stores at Lakeline Mall in West Austin and Southpark Meadows in South Austin. Austin Police Department spokesman Cpl. Scott Perry said no one has given a physical description of the suspects and that there are no leads in the investigation. The group, which retrieves

animals set to be euthanized at Town Lake Animal Center, is now struggling due to the thefts. Laura Stromberg, spokeswoman for Austin Pets Alive, said that the group suspects that the two robberies are linked. “Donations aren’t exactly rolling in,� Stromberg said. “Economic downturn has affected non-profits more than anyone.� Stromberg said that it costs Austin Pets Alive about $100 to rescue one animal and provide it with necessary medical care and food. The stolen money could have been used to rescue four dogs or cats. PetSmart reimbursed Austin Pets Alive with $175 per stolen jar. “They have been amazing throughout this whole incident,� Stromberg said.

Stromberg said this was the first time the organization has been robbed and that they plan to monitor the donation jars more closely in the future. “It’s very disappointing,� Stromberg said. “You wouldn’t expect this to happen in Austin.� Ryan Clinton of FixAustin, an animal advocacy organization that works with the non-profit, said Austin Pets Alive is cooperating fully with police. “It’s very hard on them,� Clinton said. “Austin Pets Alive relies on donations from the public to save lives.� The non-profit is trying to increase donations to make up for what was stolen Sunday. “We want to get the word out,� Clinton said. “We really need a hero.�

REPORT: Fewer foreign grad students “They bring a way of life and looking at academics that just Korea and China, most of the enriches the overall classroom international students currently experience,� Albrecht said. attending UT come from India, South Korea and Mexico. Kelsey Jiang, a biology graduate student from China, said she applied to UT because of the strength of its evolution and ecolWe always try to ogy research department. During promote a diverse the application process, less of an emphasis was placed on her nacommunity of tionality than on her skills as a graduate students.� potential research assistant. “My advisor doesn’t care — Daniel Spikes where his graduate students Graduate Student came from,� Jiang said. “He Assembly president only cares if we are good researchers, We might have it a little harder than native students, but just because we need to overcome the language Out of the 10 officers on the problem.� Albrecht said internation- Graduate Student Assembly, al students are valuable to the four of them are international University because of the fresh students. “We always try to promote perspective they bring.

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a diverse community of graduate students,� said assembly president Daniel Spikes. “They bring a set of authentic experiences to UT.� The UT graduate school as a whole does not make any efforts to recruit international students, but individual departments have the option to send professors to recruit outstanding international students. “We don’t usually do anything to recruit students; they normally come to us,� said Patricia Schaub, graduate program coordinator of the English Department. Jiang said there is a good balance between native and nonnative students. “I can’t speak for the whole University, but in my department the year I came to UT, there were nine native students and four international students,� Jiang said. “I think that’s a pretty nice percentage.�

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ernment conventions he has attended that the most popular workshops discussed utilizing the Internet and social media. City Manager Marc Ott also posts his thoughts on timely city issues on his blog. “The initiatives were designed for us to be able to reach the broadest audience we possibly could,� Telles said. “We already put out news releases for the media, but this allows us to communicate with an audience that might not typically be interested in [the city] or traditional media sources.� Austin Notes, another part of the initiative, is an e-mail system that allows residents to sign up for electronic updates on a range of issues. Such categories include citywide news and events, library programs and parks and recreation activities, among others. While Twitter gives short updates on city events, the e-mail service provides residents with more detailed accounts of what’s happening in their neighborhoods. “Austin Notes enables us to drill down into specific topics that people are interested in,� Florance said. “We never anticipated a huge number of users, but every time we communicate, we get 50 to 100 more people to sign up.� The system has about 400 users, but the creators of Austin Notes will be significantly expanding it as they add three new user categories that send out bulletins. Florance said 20 different local organizations have signed up for the Special Events page of Austin Notes, which is a resource that alerts Austinites about permitted events and street closures. The resource is one of about three that will be offered in the next three weeks. “The special events notices will definitely be of use to certain neighborhood associations,� Florance said. “It’s a good resource that we’re happy to provide.� The city is also looking into getting a Facebook or a YouTube account. “We want to do it right but it has a lot of different requirements,� Florance said. “We plan on continuing to explore the options that we have with social media.�

No parking ... or driving

Tamir Kalifa | Daily Texan Staff

Three bicyclists weave their way through the construction area at 24th and Speedway, which will soon be closed to cars during business hours. Construction continues on 24th and Speedway streets as the University works on transforming the area into a more pedestrian-friendly site. After completion, the streets will remain closed to vehicles during business hours. Other than a bike lane, gates will only allow access to UT vehicles until after hours and weekends when the area opens back up again for all vehicles.

Jeri Baker, assistant director of Parking and Transportation Services, told The Daily Texan in July that the construction project was first prompted by a traffic study which suggests the University provides limited access for safety reasons. The construction project is the first step toward eventually turning Speedway Street into a com-

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More student seats added to lower level of stadium

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Fans celebrate after a Texas victory last season. The seating arrangement at Darrel K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium has changed for 2009 with 2,000 student seats being moved into the lower level.

By David R. Henry Daily Texan Staff Students will have a better view of this season’s football games now that 2,000 student seats that were previously in the upper deck of Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium have been moved to the lower level. Some visiting fans will now sit in the upper deck. More changes to the stadium include the completion of the south end zone project, new vendors in the north end zone food court and a new student ticket office. The north end zone food court, which opened in 2008, has added Subway and Pizza Hut/WingStreet. The end zone will also house the new student ticket office, where the draw for Longhorn All-Sports Package holders will take place this year. The draw previously took place in Bellmont Hall. “These are great changes for students,� said Chris Plonsky, director of external services for UT athletics. “We have a lot of new and improved things for ‘09 football.� A new permanent structure built in the south end zone will hold 1,000 more students seats than the bleachers that were there in previous years. “We know students prefer to sit in the lower levels, so we wanted to come up with an arrangement that would allow more to sit there,� said Mark Harrison, UT assistant athletics director for ticket operations.

About 1,000 student seats that used to be in the upper deck of the southeast corner of the stadium have been moved to Section 32, where they will be mixed in with opposing fans. Some of the opposing fans that previously were in Section 32 have been moved up to the seats students used to occupy in the upper deck, Harrison said.

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“I think the change of moving students out of the upper deck shows the administration is seeing how important students are to the program,� said Justin Silver, a history junior and football season ticket holder. “UT students probably spend the most on merchandise and are basically a traveling UT public relations campaign, and as such, should be able to obtain better seats.� Harrison said the number of tickets allotted to visiting fans won’t

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can now purchase monthly permits tach the card and use it at the red card readers at the enParking and Transportation trance and exit of each garage, Services Director Bobby Stone Stone said. said the changes were made PTS also introduced the new in response to repeated com- Monthly Garage Parking Proplaints from users about the in- gram, which allows students convenience of the old system. to purchase monthly perThe changes were announced mits for campus garages. The in an e-mail monthly parkfrom parking ing permits services this will range in w e ek , f o c us price from $85 ing on new for daytime online permit parking to $110 purchases and for overnight citation payparking. This will be really ments. This new “We want to system is conhelpful to incoming make transporby an students. I wish I had trolled tation around electronic acbeen able to print a campus as cess card syssafe, reliable temporary permit and t e m r a t h e r and convenient than with paavoid a citation” as possible,” per permits. Stone said. — Quincy Powell The Speedway, Students Trinity, San Jaeconomics junior c i n t o , M a n will have access to the new or, San Antoonline system nio and Con24 hours a day. f e re n c e C e n Since permits ter garages cannot be obare available tained at any through the location on campus, the Web system. Monthly permits will site is also offering printable be issued on a first-come, firsttemporary permits that can be served basis. used until the official docuNighthorn permits, which ments arrive in the mail. allow students access to all “This will be really helpful University garages during to incoming students,” said nights and weekends, were economics junior Quincy Pow- split into two separate perell. “I wish I had been able to mits: the N permit, which alprint a temporary permit and lows parking between 5:45 avoid a citation.” p.m. and 7:45 a.m., and the N+ Permits for parking garag- permit, which allows parkes during the day, includ- ing between 5 p.m. and 4 a.m. ing R and S permits, will now Both allow parking all day on be tags that will hang from weekends. rearview mirrors. With this The permits are not valid change the garage access card during special events, though, is now attached to the permit meaning finding parking on itself, making it more conve- game days will continue to be nient for drivers to simply de- difficult.

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Parks and Recreations Board members Carol Lee and Hill Abell listen to Jane Rivera speak about amendments to Austin’s sound ordinance laws.

Board amends sound ordinance

By Bobby Longoria Daily Texan Staff The city Parks and Recreation Department Board voted unanimously Tuesday in favor of an amendment to the existing sound ordinance, allowing Austin Police Department officers to issue tickets to boaters on the lakes within city limits. APD Sgt. Louis Candoli made the recommendation regarding an amendment to the Noise and Amplified Sound Ordinance. The change is a response to noise complaints from residents who live along Lake Austin, said Chris Yanez, principal planner for the parks and recreation department. Before Tuesday’s decision, APD could not enforce the ordinance for watercraft. The amendment will grant this power affecting the lakes under the city’s jurisdiction: Lake Austin, Lady Bird Lake and Lake

Walter E. Long, Yanez said. Lake Austin resident Jon Jacobs lives across from Steiner Ranch, about a block away from the lake shore. He said he frequently visits the shore level and that the noise is not a problem — even for residents directly on the water. “You can’t even hear the stereos on the lake — you can hear it when you are right behind the boat, but on the shore you can’t even hear it,” Jacobs said. “There is so much noise coming off of 620 you can barely hear the boats, it’s ridiculous people would complain about that.” Sara Marler, a parks and recreation board member and city Navigation Committee member when the amendment was proposed in July, said APD previously had to rely on voluntary compliance. She said input for the amendment was from APD, citizen complaints and

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water and includes a barge, marina or similar floating object,” Candoli said. “A person may not operate sound equipment [on] a watercraft [that is] audible or causing a vibration 100 feet from the equipment.” When questioned by a board member about how APD will gauge the distance and measure the noise, Candoli said that if the watercraft can be seen from 100 feet away and either causes vibrations or is audible, then it would be a violation of the ordinance and the owner would be issued a citation. Claudia Tobias, a River Place resident, said the houses within their community along the lake have not sent any complaints to the association, but that she has experienced some noise disturbances. “I have heard a lot of racket on the lake when I am down there at the Woodlands Park,” Tobias said.

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University ushers in new semester with old tradition

Erik Reyna | Daily Texan Staff

Nritya Sangam performs at “Gone to Texas� at the Main Mall on Tuesday evening. The event began in 1997 to initiate new students on the night before fall classes start.

By Melissa Garza Daily Texan Staff The annual “Gone to Texas� event welcomed a crowd of new students to the University on Tuesday night. Since 1997, the event has initiated new students on the Main Mall the night before fall classes begin and is named for the phrase early settlers marked their doors with — GTT — stating they had gone to Texas. Students beginning their education at the University, including incoming freshman, law and graduate students, were introduced to key faculty members, administrators and several student leaders. New additions to this year ’s ceremony included the “Gone to Texas� video contest that was organized by public relations students for incoming students. “I am really looking forward to seeing fellow classmates in the

videos,� said undeclared freshman Morgan Calhoun before the event. “That will definitely bring the event closer to home for us as new students,� Students were also able to submit their photographs to be displayed. High technology and infrastructure innovations were also showcased with the Tower used as the backdrop for the first time. The preparations for “Gone to Texas� began last fall, as onand off-campus collaborators submitted ideas for the event. “To the University, this is not only an event; it is an important ceremony that marks the beginning of student lives,� said Susan Clagett, associate vice president of public affairs. The event allows new students to “begin their UT careers at a symbolic place and return full circle to end it there four years from now,� she said.

Start of plus/minus grading leaves students, faculty with mixed feelings Approved 2007 iniative allows professors to give larger scale of grades

By Viviana Aldous Daily Texan Staff This fall, students who accustomed to studying just enough to receive their desired grade in the past will be forced to work harder or risk losing one-third of a GPA point. The administration approved a proposal in 2007 to implement the plus/minus grading system this fall. Professors will have the option to assign grades with pluses and minuses. Four GPA points will be awarded for an A, 3.67 for an Aand 3.33 for a B+. The scale continues likewise for lower grades.

Gary Freeman, a professor in the Department of Government, will implement the system in his classes, but he has not changed his lesson plans or course requirements. “I don’t think it requires any adjustment of the syllabus or course content,� Freeman said. “It’s just when you calculate the final grade, you decide when to use the pluses and minuses. You have more flexibility when assigning grades.� Many students expressed disapproval for the system, which does not allow for the assignment of an A+. Both the Senate of College Councils and Student Government fought against its implementation. The Senate also passed a resolution in the fall of 2007 sup-

porting the designation of an A+. pass. Many other institutions, in“The system is used in a lot cluding the University of Califorof other schools nia-Berkeley and so it’s certainly the universities of nothing new,� Virginia and Michsaid Senate Poliigan, have a similar cy Director Drew plus/minus gradFinke. “But it The system is used in ing system. would’ve been Lawla lot of other schoools er,Desmond nice if there had former chair of so it’s certainly been more colthe Faculty Counlaboration becil’s Educationnothing new.� tween the adal Policy Commit— Drew Finke tee, told The Daily ministration offices who are Senate of College Texan when he preimplementing sented the proposal Councils Policy Director that there is an “apthat and the students who will parent disconnect� be affected.� between the value The grading of a C and C-. scale, which mirrors that of UT’s “In the new scale, if we say that graduate schools, requires a D- to a C- is an acceptable grade as a

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prerequisite — and that translates to a value of that class as 1.67 [grade points] — then there’s the possibility that you can be passed on to future classes but still end up with a GPA that will get you on probation and not being able to graduate,� he said. Plan II and political communications senior Natalie Butler said she thinks the system will help some and hurt others, depending on how hard students work. “My concern is that I’m a liberal arts and communications student, and there are lots of writing assignments,� Butler said.� Writing a perfect paper is really hard. Even if you write an A paper, you may not get a 4.0.� But many argue that the scale

will allow for a more accurate assessment of student performance. “I think the students really want it,� Freeman said. “It’s a possibility, and if you don’t implement it, students will want to know why.�

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Texas positioned for two-step Repeat three-way

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By Chris Tavarez Daily Texan Staff The line seemed to stretch on forever. It looked like the line to a roller coaster at an amusement park. It straightened out before it made a sharp left at the corner of 21st and Speedway streets and continued on, nearly reaching the stadium. But the line wasn’t for a ride at an amusement park. People were in line for the Texas Two Step. And while it sounds like it could be a fun ride, it was instead an event that featured two of the best teams in the nation — the No. 2 ranked UT volleyball team holding an open scrimmage and the No. 2 ranked UT football team holding an autograph session. “Neither of us knew that both of us would be ranked No. 2 in the preseason,” said volleyball head coach Jerritt Elliott. Fans came from far and wide — one couple made an overnight drive from Arkansas — to get a chance to shake hands with Texas legends like Mack Brown and Colt McCoy. The fact that Texas’ fans are so dedicated hasn’t gone unnoticed. “We have the best fans in the world,” Brown said. “When you hear a fan that came yesterday at five o’clock in the afternoon, last night at 12:30, spent the night, camped out — just to have a chance to speak to a senior — that’s pretty cool.” While nearly all of the fans were there for the chance to meet the football team, Saturday’s event was also about showcasing the volleyball team and their fresh No. 2 ranking. The volleyball team’s performance in past years has really caught Brown’s attention and was one of the reasons the football team moved the autograph session to be in conjunction with volleyball’s open scrimmage. “By moving it inside, it also gets a chance for us to help showcase one of the top volleyball teams in the country,” Brown said. “Our volleyball staff and team is just doing a wonderful job, and like us, now they have a chance to play

for a national championship every year.” Brown’s support of the volleyball team is something that Elliott appreciates. “I think what people don’t realize is what Mack Brown does for the athletic department,” Elliott said. “They see him as a great football coach, but all the little things he does behind the scenes – he’s been very involved with us in terms of recruiting, meeting with our team at times. He’s very handson with all the programs, and this is just kind of one of those showcases, and it means a lot to us, and he’s a big reason why we’re at number two in the country right now.” But with that ranking comes high expectations from the fans and the media alike. “Going into the season, yeah, expectations are high,” said biology junior Justin Chan. “The students at UT, we expect a lot from the teams, especially football – anything less than a national championship would be a disappointment.” With expectations like that, the line for the Texas Two Step may have in fact been for a ride that could be a roller coaster of emotions as both teams fight to finish this season on top.

tie a likely scenario for Big 12 this year By David R. Henry Daily Texan Columnist

Andrew Rogers Daily Texan Staff

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Players joust for starting spots before openers more than a year ago, the Wolverines have to choose among Nick Sheridan, Tate Forcier and Denard Robinson. Sheridan started eight games last season in Ann Arbor in yet another disappointing 3-9 campaign. And now, Sheridan is feeling some pressure from incoming freshmen Forcier and Robinson. In recent reports, the Wolverines are exploring the option of using all three players in the opener against Western Michigan. “In what order and how many, I couldn’t tell you,” Rodriguez said. “Right now, all three of them look like they’re going to play in the opener. Maybe we’ll have three starting quarterbacks. That would be neat.” After a home loss to Toledo last season, Rodriguez must make a sound decision because no game in this post-Lloyd Carr era can be taken for granted. The Leader: Tate Forcier

By Wes DeVoe Daily Texan Staff There is an old adage in sports: You’re only as good as your last game. That’s exactly the idea behind all of the position battles in college football this offseason. From the programs that don’t draw much attention to the programs that contend for titles, players all over the country are looking for their chance to shine. Here’s a look at the ongoing tryouts:

The Trojan Quarterback Trio Three weeks ago, all eyes were on Aaron Corp, who many expected to be USC’s No. 1 quarterback heading into this season. But a broken bone in his left leg has changed all that, and now all indications are that the No. 1 quarterback from the 2009 high school recruiting class, Matt Barkley, will be under center come Sept. 5. Barkley enrolled at USC in the spring and caught onto the offensive schemes quickly, giving him a leg up on former Arkansas star Mitch Mustain. Head coach Pete Carroll still hasn’t indicated which man he will choose for the home opener against San Jose State. But he did say that in order for Corp to be considered for the starting gig, he needed to be back at practice this week. “It’ll be really difficult if he’s not full speed [this week] to go with him,” Carroll said Friday. “If we had to wait until [later in the week], I don’t know if that works. The idea is to get him to practice full speed.” The Leader: Matt Barkley

The Texas Running Backs Calling Ricky Williams. Calling Cedric Benson. Calling Jamaal Charles. This season’s standout running backs aren’t as easy to identify as those of the past. A close battle has been raging all spring, and all indications are that no one is out front yet. “I don’t think there will be [a standout] other than to a degree,” said head coach Mack Brown. “Vondrell [McGee] and Fozzy [Whittaker] came in and had great summers, and they’ve had really good practice sessions. They look good. Cody [Johnson] can do the short-yardage, goal line stuff.” Then there is heralded re-

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Longhorn running back Vondrell McGee looks to become the team’s feature back, something Texas hasn’t had in quite some time. cruit Chris Whaley weighing in at 6 foot 3 inches and 235 pounds. Unfortunately for him, he injured his left leg playing a pick-up game of basketball, and might miss some time. Right now, it would seem that the running back by committee would be Texas’ choice at the start of the season. The Leader: Vondrell McGee

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The Post-Fulmer Quarterback Era

All the hype surrounding Tennessee this offseason has been solely because of the new man at the helm: Lane Kiffin. But there is more going on than just head coach drama. The quarterback battle between Jonathan Crompton and Nick Stephens will be a huge part of whatever success the Volunteers are able to muster this season. “It’s extremely close,” Kif-

thing, though — Kiffin has insisted that the only person who has solidified a starting job is All-American safety Eric Berry. Crompton has been named the starter for the first game. The Leader: Jonathon Crompton

The Michigan Quarterback Duo Second-year head coach Rich Rodriguez has some big shoes to fill this season. After losing quarterback Ryan Mallet to Arkansas

The Big 12 is going to look mighty foolish for voting to keep the current tiebreaker system, because after looking at the 2009 schedule, it seems likely that the Big 12 South will come down to a three-way tie once again. In 2009, the ménage à trois will be between Texas, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State. There just doesn’t seem to be anyone in the Big 12 this year that can beat any of these teams except each other. The first piece of the puzzle is that Texas beat Oklahoma. Both teams will be playing for revenge, Oklahoma, because they lost to Texas last year, and Texas, because they felt they were denied a chance in the national title game in favor of a team they beat. Oklahoma’s loss of four starters on the offensive line means that Sam Bradford won’t have a million years to throw the ball this year. The game will be a close, heated grudge match once again, but Texas will probably pull it out in the fourth quarter. Then, two weeks later, Texas’ trip to Stillwater, Okla. will be a disaster. The Horns never play well in Stillwater, and the Cowboys will be a formidable force with quarterback Zac Robinson, running back Kendall Hunter and receiver Dez Bryant. Plus, Texas’ offensive strategy is no mystery: they win games by sheer force and talent, not by any special offensive tactics. Since the Longhorns have no threat of a running game, all they have to do is sit back in coverage and send a rusher on a delayed blitz when quarterback Colt McCoy is forced to look for someone else on the field after he sees that his first option, Jordan Shipley, is double-covered. Texas will probably fall behind early in the game, Sergio Kindle will leave with an injury and then McCoy will lead a valiant effort to regain the lead. But on a last second play, two

Longhorn players will miss tackles and Bryant will march into the end zone as the Oklahoma State fans storm the field to celebrate the upset. Sound familiar? Undefeated in Big 12 play, the Cowboys will head to Norman on Nov. 28 looking to claim the division title. But the New England Patriots couldn’t beat Oklahoma in Norman in November, and Mike Gundy couldn’t beat Bob Stoops if Stoops were a skinny kid at recess. The Sooners put a beatdown on their rival on primetime TV. Sound familiar? So then, the regular season ends with three teams nervously awaiting the BCS ratings on a Sunday afternoon. Well, two actually, because Texas’ schedule is easier than a class at Midland Community College. Since the three-way tiebreaker comes down to BCS rankings, which are in part based on strength of schedule, the Longhorns don’t stand a chance. If Oklahoma State loses their season opener to Georgia, which isn’t likely considering the Bulldogs lost their starting quarterback and No. 1 NFL draft pick Matthew Stafford, then the Cowboys are out of the picture. If they win and Georgia has a good season, then they’ll hope Georgia’s strength can outweigh the points Oklahoma will get by playing BYU and Miami. Both have a Division IAA team on their schedule, with Oklahoma State facing Grambling and Oklahoma hosting Idaho State. Basically, the Big 12 title could all come down to how good of a season Miami has. Folks, there is something seriously wrong with that. So if it does all come down to Miami, I don’t know about you, but I wouldn’t trust head coach Randy Shannon to watch my dog. How ironic would it be then, if Oklahoma was done in by the same tiebreaker they praised so strongly and voted to keep? What goes around comes around. Now you have what will happen this year in the Big 12 South all broken down for you on August 26. Don’t say you weren’t warned. Wake me up at the end of November. Quarterback Zac Robinson and running back Kendall Hunter will look to cause the same problems for Texas that Graham Harrell and Michael Crabtree did last season.

The Aggie Battle Stephen McGee’s departure to the Dallas Cowboys has left Texas A&M with yet another problem to deal with this offseason. Only this problem shouldn’t be as big of an issue as the others on the list. Jerrod Johnson and Ryan Tannehill have battled hard over the summer to win the starting gig in Aggieland, and the open competition is bringing out the best in both of them. “We both like getting better and working every day,” Tannehill said. “It’s great competition, and this quarterback battle will be better for us. I don’t wish anything against him, I hope he plays well, but at the same time, I want to beat him out and stay a couple steps ahead.” Johnson echoed the same competitive mindset. “We’re both athletic,” Johnson said. “We both throw the ball really well, and we both want to help make the team better.” Head coach Mike Sherman has a big decision to make if he plans on turning this Aggie team around from pretender to contender. With very low expectations this season, the Aggies have the ability to play around with the men under center. Johnson has been named the starter for Texas A&M’s first game against New Mexico. The Leader: Jerrod Johnson

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Longhorns begin to get comfortable in new roles By Michael Sherfield Daily Texan Staff With preseason camp almost at a close and the grind of two-adays winding down, there’s more than just team chemistry growing. Most of the starters on the Longhorns’ offense have been doing their best to distract from the heat and pain by sprouting their mangiest facial hair. Some of the highlights include freshman Mason Walters’ neck-down disaster and quarterback Colt McCoy’s Ron Jeremy-style mustache. “The offensive line told me I can shave everything but the mustache. Everywhere I walk, people fall to their knees and start laugh-

ing,” McCoy said, adding that he was looking forward to shaving it upon getting home. “I’m just trying to give a shout out to all the running quarterbacks UT has had, I saw the pictures on the wall.” Walters shares another distinction with a fellow offensive lineman. As McCoy was happy to point out, Walters was only 12 years old when left tackle stalwart and the oldest player on the team, Adam Ulatoski, 24, first arrived on the 40 Acres as a freshman. “Those [freshman] were 12 years old. They were still playing Pop Warner,” McCoy said. “They

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shouldn’t be on the same team.� Growing ghastly beards and making fun of each other are all the players can do to change up the monotony of daily practices against all-too-familiar opponents. “As many practices as we’ve had against each other,� said senior defensive end Sergio Kindle, “we’ve figured each other out.� While camp closes down on Thursday, the players get a break from the routine of the last month with the start of fall-semester classes. They don’t necessarily look forward to tests, papers and lectures, but most of the players do find some of the positive in the beginning of classes. “When school’s here, we’re closer to football,� Kindle said. “That’s how I try to look at it.� Kindle has been getting comfortable in his new routine, rushing the passer from the defensive end spot after a career spent as linebacker. “I’ll be whatever they want me to be,� he said. “I’m really comfortable there. As many practices as we’ve had, I’m acclimated to it.� One of the biggest challenges Kindle, who showed his pass rushing pedigree in registering 10 sacks in 2008, will face is stopping the run as an end instead of as a linebacker. It means he will be going up against offensive linemen on a regular basis instead of darting for the ball carrier and bringing him down. But the senior is hard at work making adjustments, working with his offensive linesmen in their spare time. “It’s just about stance now,� Kindle said. “It’s get better or get run over.� Meanwhile, with camp drawing to a close, most of the players are finding their roles as depth charts gain focus, although competition will remain until the opening week and into the season. “Everyone has found their position and found their role,� McCoy said. “We’re excited. We have Peter Franklin | Daily Texan file photo two days to finish camp the right way, but it’s time to play some- Longhorn offensive tackle Adam Ulatoski looks forward to rejoining Texas’ experienced offensive line this coming season. The Longhorns’ line includes three seniors and one junior that will look to protect McCoy. body else.�

The Associated Press Plaxico Burress is planning to return to the NFL after serving a two-year prison sentence on a weapons charge. “When I get out, I’ll be 33, not 43,� Burress said in an ESPN interview broadcast Tuesday night. “I’ll still be able to run and catch. I’ll still have the God-given ability to snag footballs; that’s what I love to do. Of course, I want to play again.� The former Giants receiver pleaded guilty last week to attempted criminal possession of a weapon after accidentally shooting himself in the thigh at a Manhattan nightclub last November. With prison just weeks away, he acknowledged he’s especially anxious about being separated from his family. “I think that will be the toughest thing for me, you know, being away from my family and my son,� said Burress, who broke down in tears talking about his wife and son. “I want to be with my wife. She’s pregnant; she’s due on Thanksgiving Day. I’m having a baby girl. And I won’t even be there for that.� Burress said he wasn’t sure what to expect but has spoken about it with Michael Vick, who served 18 months in federal prison for his role in running a dogfighting operation. “He said: ‘You’ll get through it, I went through it. You’ll get through it, there will be better days,’� Burress recalled. “Who wants to go to prison? Nobody,� Burress said. “Like I said, I got myself into a situation and, you know, I got to deal with the consequences for it.� He said his .40-caliber Glock fired after he missed a step walking up stairs at the Latin Quarter Club in Manhattan. The gun began to slide down his pant leg, and Burress said he accidental-

ly pulled the trigger through his pants when he tried to stop the gun from hitting the ground. “The first thing that went through my mind was I don’t want to bleed to death, and I just want to see my family,â€? Burress said. “My situation could have been a lot worse. It (the gun) could have went off and killed somebody or killed myself. I have to wake up every morning and look at my leg, and I have a hole in my leg. I almost killed my own self, and I got to go to prison for almost killing my own self.â€? He said he did not know New York City law required a mandatory 3½-year prison sentence for carrying an unlicensed gun. “If I did know that, there was no way I would have put myself in that situation,â€? Burress said. That November night Burress said he was concerned for his safety because teammate Steve Smith had been held up at gunpoint earlier in the week. Still, after arriving at the club, Burress said he thought twice about taking the gun inside. “I knew I had that gun on me and I stepped out of the car and I was like, maybe I should leave it in the car,â€? he said. “I secondguessed myself right then, and that decision right then got me to where I am right now.â€? That’s a man headed to prison just 18 months after catching the game-winning touchdown against the previously unbeaten New England Patriots in the final minute of the Super Bowl. “Four or five years from now, down the road, I will look back on it and say I was reckless, I made a very bad decision and I am suffering major consequences from it,â€? Burress said. “I took away what I love to do most, which is play football, and I lost my job. That’s where I am now.â€?

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By Chris Talbott The Associated Press OXFORD, Miss. — This is how Mississippi’s Jevan Snead imagined it would be. He’s the starting quarterback for the No. 8 team, his photo is on the cover of Sports Illustrated and his name is in the conversation for the Heisman Trophy. It may have taken him longer to get here than he expected, but he doesn’t mind. “I wouldn’t want it to be any different,” Snead said. It was clear the 6-foot-4 Texan with the quick-draw right arm found where he belonged when he finally hit the field as a starter. After two lost years waiting it out he led Ole Miss to No. 14, a 9-4 record and a Cotton Bowl win over Texas Tech. “The way it has gone in my life, it definitely didn’t happen the way I pictured it with the whole transfer thing, but it really couldn’t have worked out any better for me,” Snead said. The prep All-American was set to sign with the Florida Gators, then a kid named Tim Tebow entered from the wings. His home state Longhorns seemed like a better option. He enrolled at Texas early, but Colt McCoy had a head start and wouldn’t step aside. Soon after the 2006 season Snead packed his bags. After sitting out 2007, Snead passed for 2,762 yards and 26 touchdowns with 12 interceptions as a sophomore at Ole Miss, getting better with each game. He beat Florida, tossing two touchdowns and rushing for another in a 31-30 win, the game more famously known for Tebow’s postgame speech. He even showed McCoy how it was done with three TD passes against Texas Tech — the team that knocked the Longhorns out of national title contention. The bowl victory capped a six-game winning streak during which Snead had 16 touchdown passes against three interceptions. Many thought Snead would

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Mississippi quarterback Jevan Snead looks to bring the Rebels to the top of the SEC this coming season after last season’s surprise. overtake McCoy in the competition to replace Vince Young as the Longhorns’ starter in 2006. But McCoy won the job and Snead couldn’t get on the field. Snead didn’t want to wait around, though. Then-Rebels coach Ed Orgeron persuaded him to make the Mississippi Hill Country his next stop. Snead’s reputation preceded him. The Grove was filled with “wait till next year” while Snead sat out his transfer season. Orgeron didn’t have the luxury of time, though. Ole Miss won only three games and he was fired. Houston Nutt took over for Orgeron, and the quarterback and coach quickly found they could relate. Like Snead, Nutt had been a college quarterback who transferred from Arkansas to Oklahoma State when it

looked like playing time would be scarce in Fayetteville. When Snead hit a midseason slump and the Rebels were 3-4, Nutt stepped in to pick him up. He told Snead to slow down, to stop trying to make every play. “I love his nature and the fact that he is very cool,” Nutt said. Snead’s coaches and teammates said by the time the season was over he was no longer chasing the quarterback ideal, but had become it. “I go by work ethic,” Nutt said. “I remember last year he took the receivers and really worked hard, and he did the same this summer. That’s what you go by. You go by his attitude and work ethic, and I think you see that when you talk to him. He is a very humble guy.” He showed he had the arm. And the mind. And the cool.

Wide receiver Dexter McCluster calls him “a character.” “He had to earn his stripes, but how he stepped up and led us last year shows his leadership ability,” McCluster said. “And I also feel he has a connection with everybody, from the receivers to the running backs to the defensive line.” How long he’ll have that connection remains to be seen. Some predict Snead would be a high draft pick should he decide to skip his senior season. Snead sidesteps questions about his future like blitzers without ruling it out. “Honestly, I really don’t have a lot of time to think about that sort of stuff right now,” Snead said. “I’m just trying to do everything I can to help my teammates out right now. Whatever happens happens.”

By Ben Walker The Associated Press NEW YORK — Star pitcher Johan Santana needs surgery for bone chips in his left elbow and is out for the season, the latest blow to a New York Mets team battered by injuries. The team said their 30-yearold ace is expected to be ready for spring training next year. Mets general manager Omar Minaya said Santana was evaluated around the All-Star break, adding that the injury worsened in recent weeks, especially after his last start. The GM had said that “nothing major was there” during the previous checkup. “It’s mostly soreness. It’s my understanding from the doctors there are bone chips,” Minaya said on a conference call. “We all want to see Johan Santana pitching in September. But this is a smart move because we want to see him pitching for the long haul,” he said. The Mets had feared a major setback to Santana, who has four seasons left on his $137.5 million, six-year contract. Instead, he will have arthroscopic surgery. Santana was put on the 15-day

disabled list and became the 12th Mets player on the DL, joining David Wright, Carlos Beltran, Jose Reyes, Carlos Delgado, J.J. Putz, John Maine and others. The development with Santana came on the same day that the fourth-place Mets traded reliever Billy Wagner to Boston for two players to be named. Lefty pitcher Pat Misch and first basemanoutfielder Nick Evans were recalled from Triple-A Buffalo. On Monday, the Mets said Santana would be scratched from his next scheduled start because his elbow was bothering him. Strong at the start of the season, his stats have dipped noticeably since June — he was 7-2 with a 1.77 ERA and averaged nearly 12 strikeouts per nine innings before then, but was 6-7 with a 4.02 ERA and averaged 5½ strikeouts after. Santana is 13-9 with a 3.13 ERA in 25 starts in his second season with the Mets. Santana had arthroscopic surgery on torn cartilage in his left knee last October after the season ended. He went 16-7 and led the majors with a 2.53 ERA in his first year with the Mets. New York Mets pitcher Johan Santana joins a long list of injured Mets. New York’s ace will have surgery to repair bone chips in his throwing elbow.

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Recessions have Enrollment jumps at local colleges lifelong impact on poor children

By Audrey White Daily Texan Staff For months, the news has been peppered with dark reports of the domestic and global economic downturn, but this been easy to ignore such headlines unless you are one of the millions of Americans facing unemployment, loss of housing or sudden poverty. For children affected by the recession, the story is even darker. A report released yesterday by child and family advocacy group Texans Care For Children details the effects of the recession on Texas children living in poverty. The report cites a study by First Focus, whose researchers compared studies documenting the socioeconomic consequences on children living through past recessions in the United States and concluded that children who are poor during recessions historically have lifelong financial instability, more health problems and less education than those who avoided poverty. Texas has the highest rate of children without health insurance, and one in 20 Texas children are homeless. Based on the pattern of the 2001 recession, 250,000 children are estimated to be in poverty who were not at risk in 2007, according to the report. “Our report looks at all the research out there about how the recession is affecting kids nationwide, and then we make the prediction about what that means for kids in Texas,� said Texans Care spokeswoman Christine Sinatra. A combination of high rates of poverty, with about 25 percent of Texas kids living under the poverty line, and the inaccessibility of resources from programs like Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), which only

serves about 2 percent of poor children in Texas, reduces children’s access to assistance. But Texans Care hopes that reports like theirs will bring this situation out of the shadows. “We’re using [the report] to keep our stakeholders informed, as well as our friends in the press, but we do hope that state leaders will pay attention to what’s in this report,� Sinatra said. “There are real opportunities, especially with the federal stimulus dollars, to keep kids out of poverty who are on that edge.� Texans Care partnered with another organization, RAISE Texas, to establish an initiative to target financial security, seeking solutions to some of the most harrowing poverty issues Texans face. About 40 people attended the first session of the initiative Tuesday, and the monthly meetings are expected to last well into 2010, if not beyond. “We decided it would be good to bring together those who are trying to help people deal with basic needs and finance and income, and those who work trying to move people ahead and build assets like buying a home or starting a business or going to college,� said RAISE Texas Executive Director Woody Widrow. But, Sinatra notes, this issue is too big to be handled by such groups on their own. It is up to citizens to stand up for the rights and needs of Texas’ poor children, she said. “I would encourage [UT students] to get politically involved on behalf of the kids who don’t have a vote, because most [students] do,� Sinatra said. “It can make an enormous difference in terms of family financial issues when every day people make their voice heard.� To view the report, visit texanscareforchildren.org

By Priscilla Totiyapungprasert Daily Texan Staff Financial struggles, employment instability and community college recruitment efforts are most likely the main reasons why enrollment, especially this year, has “overwhelmingly� risen, say some college officials. “Family savings accounts are just not like what they used to be,� said Kathleen Christensen, the vice president of student support and success systems at Austin Community College. Christensen said that ACC, which has seven campuses in Austin and 38,000 enrolled students, has been anticipating an increase in admissions, but not as sharp of one as the 4,000 students seen this year. ACC has progressively hired more staff members to deal with the increase, she said. Christensen attributes the enrollment increase to multiple factors. Along with campus accessibility and affordability, the school has been actively seeking disadvantaged students and those who might be the first in their families to go to college, she said. “Families are understanding the way to move into the middle class is through education,� she said. The community college remains appealing during recent economic struggles, since ACC has kept tuition at the same price for the past few years, she said. “High school graduates realize if they spend their first two years at a community college, their dollars will stretch further,� she said. Steve Johnson, a spokesman for the Texas Association of Community Colleges, said the price difference between community colleges and universities has also made community colleges appealing. “Public colleges are sensitive to cycles of the economy,� Johnson said. “If you look at the past 40 years and at times of recession, as the economy goes down, college enrollment goes up.� Tuition for a full-time student at ACC living within the Austin Community College district is $468. The cost of full-time enrollment at UT is roughly $4,500. Mark Barrow, a third-year stu-

Melissa Richter studies for her dual credit classes at Austin Community College on Monday. There has been an increase in enrollment at ACC due to the economic slump.

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dent at ACC, said while he might transfer out to take specialty classes at UT, he prefers saving money by going to ACC. “My friends and I have taken our core classes at ACC,� Barrow said. “The teachers are knowledgeable, and it’s the same class for cheaper.� Students like Barrow and highschool graduates are not the only ones filling the classrooms. People who have been out of school

for decades are also starting to go back. “There are definitely a lot more old people than when I started going to school three years ago,� Barrow said. “My mom’s 55, and she’s going to ACC this fall.� Johnson said unemployed adults are returning to school to train themselves for better work opportunities. Even those who are employed find themselves worrying as they watch their neighbors

lose their jobs, he said. ACC also saw a rise in minority students. About 500 more African-American students and nearly 1,100 more Hispanic students enrolled this year than last year. About 78 percent of all minority freshmen enrolled in higher education attend community colleges, Johnson said. The changing demographics of the state also reflect the change in enrollment demographics, he added.

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Cantina’s flavors blend perfectly, if sporadically By Gerald Rich Daily Texan Staff Tex-Mex: people either swear by it or flee from the globs of cheese. Despite that stereotype, Santa Rita Cantina has managed to make a name for itself in a town saturated with Tex-Mex by winning praises and a feature on Rachel Ray’s television show “Tasty Travels.� Now, Santa Rita hopes to channel that goodness into a second location by Slaughter Lane and Mopac. Skeptical foodies may be inclined to think that opening a second restaurant is sheer hubris. Operating a successful restaurant is hard enough; maintaining two or more is usually suicidal. But the south location offers enough refined flavors to bring in both the skeptics and enthusiasts. For example, take their tacos al pastor ($8.95), which would make connoisseurs of this familiar Mexican food proud. The dish doesn’t

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Earlier this month, The New York Times ran an article declaring that, in Brooklyn, it is now “hip to be round.� In the article, writer Guy Trebay argues that the ubiquitous bellies are “too pronounced to be blamed on the slouchy cut of a T-shirt, too modest in size to be termed a proper beer gut [and] developed too young to come under the heading of a paunch.� Barry Brummett, the Charles Sapp Centennial professor in communication at UT, who specializes in popular culture and social style, says such trends are usually a way for people to declare some kind of group identity. “I don’t know how the Brooklyn potbelly started, but it probably is a way for people to say, ‘This is what we do in Brooklyn or this neighborhood or club,’� Brummet says. Fascinated by the Brooklyn development, I set out to find the Austin equivalent. “There’s a conflict within

people wanting to be individualistic but still wanting to fit in,� Brummett says. “People strive to be individuals within their group.� There was no shortage of individuals at Beauty Bar — there was the guy who chose to wear only boxers, the dude who donned a banana suit and chugged a beer while thrusting his hips violently against the door frame and the master dancer with snow leopard jogging shorts layered over silver spandex. It was a veritable freak-out of individualism led by Jesus/W.K. himself. “People do this stuff as kind of a way to mark themselves out, to be a group and so forth,� Brummett says. But much to my dismay, there was not a potbelly in sight among this Austin group. Clearly, the Brooklyn trend had yet to make its way south — in fact, it seems the opposite has grabbed hold of local hipsters. There could not have been a healthy BMI at Beauty Bar. It was like Ziggy Stardust had landed his spaceship at this very spot and unleashed a gen-

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stray from its roots and offers a sweet and savory combination of spit-grilled pork, onions, cilantro and pineapple. Accompanying it is an equally flavorful side of charro beans enriched with bacon and a spicy taste. While not a shockingly inventive food, it is a classic done perfectly. Unfortunately, this isn’t the case for all of the dishes. Their recommended rotisserie chicken ($11.95) offers an inconsistent mix

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eration of skin-tight, pants-sporting Spiders from Mars. Even the “individuals� were withering away — the boy in the boxers was skeletal at best; the banana suit wilted around its wearer like a peel without fruit; the master dancer’s snow leopard jogging shorts and spandex were surely intended for a middle school girl. “We get cues from others, either very local others — a particular club or bar, or in high school, everybody sits at this lunch table,� Brummett says. “On a national level, from ads or TV shows — a star will start wearing something or doing something in a particular way and everybody will start doing that.� It seemed the crowd at Beauty Bar was up on their cues. Each one seemed to be dressing to be a stand-in for their favorite band should the bass player fall ill. These were individuals blending completely into their fellows. A group striving, collectively, to not be collective. And every one of them was skinny as a rail.

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While not all of the dishes are on target, Santa Rita definitely knows its Tex-Mex.

of moist and dry meat; the parts that are moist are deliciously savory, but the parts that are dry aren’t even palatable. The restaurant’s popular shrimp flameado ($9.50) is deliciously creamy but barely has any shrimp in it, with diced-up bits of shrimp buried beneath a mound of cheese, bell and poblano peppers. Nevertheless, when you do get a bite of shrimp, all the flavors of a perfected classic are present. While not all of the dishes are on target, Santa Rita definitely knows its Tex-Mex. When it’s good, the dishes have rich dimensions of flavor that contrast other humdrum versions. The location may not quite have the consistency of perfection yet, but the potential for all-around great food is definitely there. More information about Santa Rita Cantina, including hours and menu, is available at http://santaritacantina.com.

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Dear I don’t need his spit, I have a feeling that guys who do this picked it up from mainstream porn. In the porn industry, adding spit to a woman’s vagina via finger licking or straight-up spitting is a courtesy action to prevent tearing and general discomfort during a take. However, since you seem confident in and comfortable with your level of natural lubrication, I can understand why you think this “courtesy� is unnecessary. The easiest way to deal with the subject might be through action, i.e., when you and your partner begin sex, you could try grabbing his hand before he gets a chance to lick his fingers. That way, he can feel how lubricated it already is and he can learn from experience that you don’t need his spit. But that may not work, in which case you may need to opt for a real discussion. You could beat around the bush and just bring up the disgust you seem to have with spit in general, and maybe he will catch on that way. But the likelihood that he will put A and B together is very low. But before you venture to alter his sexual habits, maybe you should try thinking about why this is such a turn off for you. On one hand, it sounds like

you are just offended by the suggestion that you aren’t naturally wet enough. And I know a few girls who have the same stubborn pride in their ability to get and stay wet. So, go you. But I think you should understand that your partner is not trying to offend you by adding some spit to the mix. And if anything, a little spit is only going to improve the smooth slickness of your natural lubrication. On the other hand, you said that you found licked fingers to be “gross and unsanitary.� But to be honest, spit should be the least of your concerns with regards to sanitary sex. Kissing has already exposed you to every single gross thing in your partner’s mouth, and your vagina already has plenty ofwonderfully natural “grossness� in it that can’t really be disturbed by a little of someone’s spit. So as long as he’s just spitting saliva and not virally infected blood or something similar, I think your aversion to licked fingers is a needless anxiety. This semester, let’s talk about the sex and sexuality topics that interest you. Hump Day is officially open to questions and comments, and each article this fall will address a reader’s question. To send a question or concern, please send an e-mail to dailytexan@gmail.com, and look for a reply in the following week’s Hump Day.

beating of Rihanna and ordered the R&B singer to stay away from his former girlfriend for the next five years. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Patricia Schnegg told Brown that he could be sent to state prison if he violated any terms of his sentence, including an order to stay 100 yards away from Rihanna unless they’re attending music industry events.

Brown will serve his sentence in his home state — Virginia — and his community labor will be overseen by the police chief in Richmond. The judge said she wanted to ensure that Brown, 20, performs physical labor instead of community service, such as mentoring young people. He will also undergo a year of domestic violence counseling. — The Associated Press

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DORM: Students adjust to new surroundings From page 20 not to get lost on campus. “At orientation, I thought I had everything down,” she said. “Now, I feel like I’m having to relearn everything.” On the opposite side of the same dorm, RAs sit at the front desk, direct residents to the dining hall and explain how to set up Internet connections. “When an incoming freshman comes in, you can just see it in their face they’re a little confused,” said Ruchita Parikh, a Kinsolving RA. “We reassure them that, ‘Hey, this will be fun.’” At the FAC, Miles Tabibian, a third-year transfer student from San Jacinto College in Houston, studies a campus map. “It’s kind of overwhelming,” he said. “If I were living in a dorm, I would be with all these other people who are in the same position, [but] I’m [living] off campus, kind of far away, so...I feel kind of singled out a little bit.” Tabibian, 20, transferred to UT mostly for the opportunity to live in Austin. “The town drew me here,” he said. And now, after officially being a Travis County resident for one week, he’s visiting his new Ben Briones | Daily Texan Staff school for the first time. “I’m a little confused, but not in Juston George, a philosophy sophomore, moves into a new apartment the day before classes begin. George is one of many students returning from a summer spent in their hometowns. a scared way,” he said.

Making Sure You Feel at Home From the perspective of faculty, staff and student organizations designed to make transitions easy for both new and older students, the days leading up to new semesters are a mixed blessing. “It’s actually kind of stressful trying to ensure that other students aren’t stressed out,” said Emily Benigno, a finance and business honors senior and vice president of the Undergraduate Business Council, who spent much of her first week back at UT planning events for incoming freshmen to the business school. “[But] I think it’s a valuable experience, because otherwise the freshmen are just kind of thrown into a situation that they might not be com-

fortable with. This way, they get to know Austin a little bit and get to know the business school.” On Monday, Benigno and the rest of the UBC bussed 300 incoming freshmen to Zilker Metropolitan Park and Barton Springs. Other campus locations are trying to ease the transition, as well. If you’ve shopped, eaten or passed through Kin’s Market during a school day, you probably know Shelton Smith. Planted at his cash register post, he’s arguably one of the friendliest employees on campus. “Hey, how you doing?” Smith said to a girl browsing the chip selection. “Is there anything you’re not finding?” While he queries customers and points to displays with one hand,

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he rings up sales with the other, a big grin on his face the whole time. “At night, you mostly cater to students,” he said. “During the summer, you mostly get a lot of faculty. But during the year, you see everyone — students, faculty, staff — everyone passes through here.” Smith works at other campus convenience stores during the summer, but calls his long semester day shift at Kin’s Market home, where he’s been for the last five years. And since the store opened after the beginning of move-in last Thursday, Smith has been back at Kin’s Market in full force. “My job is to make people feel welcome,” he says. “Especially right now, at the beginning of the year. Regardless of who they are,

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Been There, Done That “It’s sad, but I don’t have the excitement I used to feel when I first thought about starting a new year,” says Sorah Kim, a marketing and journalism junior. “Your GPA carries with you, so it can never be a totally fresh start.” For many upperclassmen, starting a new school year at UT isn’t as new as it once was, and understandably so; the university itself is familiar, the paths to classes mapped out and wandered down semesters before. Now, the start of the fall semester represents different things. “This is my first time off-campus,” says Libby Cravens, a com-

munication studies junior. “It definitely feels like a new experience living on my own. It’s very different. When you live in a dorm, you don’t think about how much gas and water are going to cost. It’s different, but in all, it’s easier.” This sense of increased responsibility applies to more than just living situations; with more experience comes higher academic expectations. “Mostly, the beginning of the semester is just making me think about all the things I’m going to have to do this year,” says Stephenie Baston, theatre and dance senior. “It’s making it so much more real that I only have one more year left of college. It makes you really appreciate what you have as a student.”

ENTERTAINMENT BRIEFLY Billboard names Beyonce its third ‘Woman of the Year’ NEW YORK — The year’s not even over, but Billboard already knows who its woman of the year is — Beyonce. The superstar will be honored by the industry publication at its annual Women in Music event. Past “Woman of the Year” honorees were Ciara and Reba McEntire. Beyonce will be on hand to accept her award at the Oct. 2 event in New York City. It’s been yet another big year for the entertainer. She had the smash hit “Single Ladies,” sang at President Obama’s inauguration, had a No. 1 movie with “Obsessed” and embarked on an arena tour.

After three Hollywood movies, Jet Li returns to Chinese film HONG KONG — Jet Li is returning to Chinese film with a reportedly non-kung fu movie after three Hollywood productions, a publicist said Tuesday. Li is due to start shooting the movie — tentatively called “Ocean Paradise” in Chinese — Edko Film publicist Zhang Hongyan told The Associated Press in a phone interview Tuesday. The film, due to be released next year, will be directed by a newcomer, Zhang said, declining to give further detail before the official announcement at a news conference in Beijing on Wednesday. Hong Kong-based Edko Film is the Chinese distributor for the movie. The Chengdu Shangbao newspaper reported Tuesday that Li will not fight in the movie, but Zhang declined to confirm the report, only saying, “It’s a movie that’s very different from his previous movies.” Li’s last three films were all American productions. His two most recent releases are “The Forbidden Kingdom” — which marked his first on-screen collaboration with Jackie Chan — and “The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor.” The 46-year-old action star just finished shooting the action thriller “The Expendables.” Compiled from Associated Press reports

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Going undercover among Austin’s hipster subculture By Ben Wermund Daily Texan Columnist A tumult of beeps, buzzes and bass fills the low-lit Beauty Bar as a huddle of svelte bodies bounce up and down, lost entirely to the beat. I lean against the bar Sunday night, soaking it in. I had feared I would have to ask questions here, or at least take notes. I soon see there will be no need for that. The performing band’s lead

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Sophomore Sana Sabharwal pushes a luggage cart as she moves into her new dorm room in Beauford H. Jester Center. Dorm life can be the biggest change and challenge that incoming freshmen face.

Students prepare for ‘the storm’ By Leigh Patterson Daily Texan Staff In many ways, the days leading up to the start of the fall semester are the calm before the storm: parking spots that were empty all summer are filled with moving trucks unloading box springs and bookcases, campus convenience store employees re-stock refrigerator shelves with new bottles of Dr. Pepper and Gatorade and incoming freshmen nervously pace the Six Pack in anticipation, maps in hand. For returning students, the beginning of the school year feels very familiar — the same rou-

tine of moving in, braving the Co-op lines and reuniting with college friends — yet still somewhat new. Fall semester, much more so than spring, comes with a feeling of starting fresh: surely, this will be the year you cook all your meals from scratch, go to the gym every day during your afternoon lull and get a 4.0 (all obligatory cursing of the new plus/minus grading system aside). Encapsulating the mood of the new year is difficult to pinpoint by a single person. It means different things to everyone in the UT system. From the outside

Eren will share her dorm room looking in, here is an homage to with a potluck roommate. how it all feels. “She seems all right, we talked Welcome to Austin online, and it seemed like we were “It hasn’t really hit me. I think pretty compatible,” Eren says. by the time my first class starts, She’s made a handful of friends then it will hit me. Right now, from summer orientation. it feels like I’m at camp,” says “They all live in Jester, though, Yasemin Eren, a freshman from so I have to make that trek.” Weatherford, a small city 30 miles She’s enrolled in a FIG with one west of Fort Worth. of her friends from high school. She’s carrying a cardboard box Aa a kinesiology major, Eren’s containing a new printer to her introductory classes are mostdorm room in the north side of ly huge and dauntingly broad. Kinsolving Dormitory, where she Though she’s “super stoked,” moved on Saturday. she’s spent the afternoon trying “My computer is supposed to DORM continues on page 19 get here on Wednesday,” she says.

singer — long, soaking, curly locks falling over his shoulders, a sarong with peace signs wrapped around his waist — leaves the stage. He begins to circle the room, riding a white stick-unicorn and shouting nonsense into his microphone. Like the indie love child of Jesus and Andrew W.K., he commands his audience to follow, and behind him, every thin young dude in the bar forms a line.

INDIE continues on page 16 Hipsters like this one constitute a sizeable part of the Austin community. Note the form-fitting shirt, the almost-tooskinny stature and the blase expression.

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