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National Merit aid canceled next fall

By Andrew Kreighbaum Daily Texan Staff UT officials confirmed Friday that the University will end its National Merit Scholarship program next fall.

The decision was based on budget pressures and concerns that UT should prioritize need-based financial aid.

High school students enter the National Merit Scholarship competition by taking the Preliminary SAT during their junior year of high school. About 16,000 of the about 1.5 million test-takers qualify as National Merit Scholars.

Under the old program, National Merit Scholars at UT received a $13,000 scholarship over the course of four years. Tom Melecki, director of student financial services, said UT administrators felt the money was best used if awarded based on a student’s ability to pay tuition and fees.

“We are awarding everything we’ve got out of our office based mostly on need,” he said.

An estimated 244 National Merit Scholars are in the incoming freshman class. A final count will not be known until the twelfth class day.

UT enrolled the second-highest number of National Merit Scholars in the 2008 class with 281, just four behind top-ranked Harvard, according to the annual report from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. Those students already at UT will receive the full amount of their scholarship and will not be affected by the program closure.

Harvard does not offer scholarships based solely on designation as a National Merit Scholar. Neither do peer institutions such as the University of California, Los Angeles and the University of Michigan.

The decision to end the program was made late in the summer by the University Budget Council, which consists of President William Powers Jr. and six executive advisors. The council meets on an irregular basis to deal with issues impacting the budget.

Kevin Hegarty, the University’s chief financial officer and a member of the council, said the scholarship program was operating with a huge deficit.

But he said the decision to stop automatically offering scholarships for national merit designation would not harm UT’s ability to recruit top students.

“It’s more prevalent in emerging institutions than in institutions that have already attained a certain stature,” Hegarty said.

National Merit Scholars will still have plenty of other merit-based scholarships to apply for at the

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Body art aplenty at tattoo festival

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Above: Spartacus Durant tattoos Chris Vanderver at the Immersed In Ink Tattoo and Arts Festival at the Downtown Hilton on Sunday evening. Durant is a tattoo artist for Aztlan Arts Tattoo, a Dallas-based tattoo studio. Below: Adam Love is lifted by two metal hooks pierced into his back on Saturday.

Human Suspension was a main event at the festival.

Convention attracts the experts of inking, piercings, hook suspension

By Audrey White Daily Texan Staff The Downtown Hilton got a splash of color this weekend as hundreds of tattooed people graced the Governor’s Ballroom for the Immersed In Ink Tattoo and Arts Festival.

The convention, which ran Friday through Sunday, hosted dozens of the most acclaimed tattooing, piercing and human suspension artists in the industry. From tribal art to portraits and everything in between, artists and patrons alike showed their skin with pride. Many artists who attended had been tattooing for much of their lives, including Deakon, a tattoo artist for 22 years who owns the shop Screamin’ Ink in Abilene.

“I was always meant to do this.

When I was a little kid, I’d see my uncles come back from the service with tattoos,” Deakon said. “And I could draw anything from the time I could write. I was the kid sitting in 3rd and 4th grade drawing caricatures of my teachers and stuff.”

This level of experience and the variety of tattooing options at the event made it a prime choice for someone looking for their first or hundredth tattoo.

“It’s easier to get tattooed here.

Doing it one-on-one in a shop is a lot more painful than doing it in front of a group of people. It’s the tough factor,” said Susan Green, who graduated from UT in 2008

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Faculty, graduate students receive three-year grants

By Molly Triece Daily Texan Staff The Donald D. Harrington Fellows Program awarded 12 threeyear grants to graduate students and faculty from UT and other universities Friday.

Sybil B. Harrington established the Fellows Program eight years ago in honor of her late husband, Donald D. Harrington. Recipients of the award use the program’s resources to conduct research in their particular field of interest.

Each student can receive up to $46,000 over the three-year period.

“They’re all highly qualified,” said Julie Ewald, coordinator for the president’s office. “These are some of the very brightest young scholars and researchers.”

The fellows play no part in applying for the grant but are nominated by department heads and chosen by the Harrington Fellows Program board. Students and faculty from any university worldwide are eligible for the grant.

“We try to build up a community among the fellows,” Ewald said. “It has a very international feel.”

Steven Parker, an awarded UT doctoral fellow, researched and studied the relationship between

math and music at Oberlin College, Rice University and as a Fulbright Scholar in Germany. Parker then taught music at an innercity school in Philadelphia as part of the Teacher Artist Partnership Programme.

“It was an amazing experience for me, I really transformed,” Parker said. “It’s when I realized I want teaching as part of my career along with performing [music], so I started looking for doctorals, which brought me here.”

Parker said the program gives him enough flexibility to combine his three areas of interest — music performance, teaching and the interaction between music and math.

“I’m really interested in a university teaching job in performance and academics. This is preparing me well for that,” Parker said. “There are a lot of areas I need to work on before I start warping minds.”

Some UT graduate students also received the grant, including sociology fellow Danielle Dirks.

“It was very much a surprise and very much welcome,” Dirks said.

She plans to use the grant for research toward her dissertation

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Danielle Dirks, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Sociology, is one of two University of Texas at Austin students who has joined the 2009 Donald D. Harrington Fellows Program. on the death penalty.

Dirks said the grant relieved her of the stress and time that is typically required to find a job. She said it provides her with all the re-

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H1N1 vaccine to come in October

By Viviana Aldous Daily Texan Staff Despite an abnormally high number of cases of flu-like symptoms during the first week of class this semester, flu vaccines will not be available to students, faculty and staff until October.

University Health Services will begin distribution of the seasonal flu vaccine Oct. 6, but it is unknown when the H1N1 vaccine will be available. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, responsible for distributing the vaccine, expects it to be available in mid-October.

A University-wide e-mail alert from UHS said it is un-

known how much of the vaccine will be available. But the CDC does not expect a shortage of the vaccine, said CDC spokeswoman Candice Burns.

“Flu vaccine availability and demand can be unpredictable, and there is some possibility that, initially, the vaccine will be available in limited quantities,” Burns said.

Compared to the seasonal flu, H1N1 has been affecting a younger range of people.

Doug McBride, spokesman for the Texas Department of State Health Services, said the H1N1 strain was affecting more people 24 years and younger than people 65 and older, another

contrast with the seasonal flu.

Burns said that a CDC committee recommends that highpriority populations including pregnant women and children under eighteen years old receive vaccinations first. She cautioned that influenza can be unpredictable and that people should take necessary steps to avoid getting sick.

“While most people who have been sick have recovered without needing medical treatment, hospitalizations and deaths from infection with this virus have occurred,” Burns said.

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Study: 30 percent report depression

By Israel Perez Daily Texan Staff Lifestyle changes, classes and homework are just some of the reasons why 30 percent of students reported feeling depressed to the point of having trouble managing day-today activities, according to the recently released 2008 American College Health Association survey.

“College students experience

significant levels of anxiety, depression and stress,” said Jane Bost, associate director for UT Counseling, Learning & Career Services. “That’s something that can be very much a part of a college student’s life.”

About half of the polled students reported feeling extreme anxiety.

Though any college student can experience high levels of stress, Bost said, new and trans-

fer students experience the most anxiety because they’re adjusting to a whole new experience.

“Change is stressful,” Bost said. “There are lots of different areas in a person’s life that are impacted by coming to college.”

There are a number of reasons why many college

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From page 1 University, Melecki said. “ We ’ r e m a k i n g s u r e we get the word out to National Merit Semifinalists that we have a number of scholarships at the University based in part or in whole on merit,� he said. “They’ll continue to have the opportunity to compete for those scholarships.�

Harvey Powers, a Plan II and business honors sophomore, said he likely would have come to UT even without a National Merit Scholarship. Powers was named a National Merit Finalist in 2008 and was attracted to the University‘s Plan II Honors program. “We still would have been OK, but it obviously helps quite a bit,� he said.

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University Parking and Transportation Services announced last week that the construction of the Norman Hackerman Building on 24th Street is coming to a close.

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CORRECTIONS Friday’s article “City Council bans texting while driving� should have stated that City Council passed a proposed ban. The city will now draft an ordinance that bans drivers from texting while driving. The written ordinance must then be voted on by City Council before taking effect. —The Texan regrets the error.

relish extra time used for studies From page 1 sources she needs from new software to reliable interns and coworkers. “It frees up time so you can devote more time to your research,� she said. “Not everybody in my department works with undergraduates, but I find it really rewarding,� Dirks said. “I worked with students who were really gung-ho.�

The program organizes social gatherings, and many of the fellows have already met and discussed their grant plans. “Meeting with the people I’ve met with, I can tell they’re going to do great things,� Dirks said.

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The construction company on the site notified PTS and University officials that the last concrete pour for the building will be completed today, causing the necessary closure of 24th Street and Inner Campus Drive. Due to this closing, no vehicular traffic will be allowed through the area.

The closing will begin Tuesday between the hours of 7:30 a.m.

and 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, restricting entrance into the Welch and Painter buildings on the side entrances.

Biology senior Jacobo Santolaya was one of the many university students notified about the closure. “This closing will certainly affect students,� Santolaya said. “Others, including myself, have

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available to improve mental health From page 1 students report feeling stressed, including trying to figure out who they are and career choices, said Victor Schwartz, psychiatrist and dean of students at New York’s Yeshiva University.

But to him, depression has more severe consequences. “Depression is a disorder where people feel sustained unhappiness often connected to feelings of anxiety and feeling overwhelmed and hopeless,�

Schwartz said. “It can also have a lot of physical manifestations, like feelings of low energy.�

Schwartz said depressed students also have trouble sleeping and enjoying the simple things that once made them happy, including time with friends. But he emphasized that stress affects all young adults. “College is a difficult period, but it’s not clear if college students experience more stress than people in the same age who

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Undeclared sophomore Christopher Fisher said he felt the same stress last year but is determined to make things different this year. “Last year wasn’t a very good time for me academically, but this year, I’m determined to do great and not repeat the same mistakes I made during my freshman year,� Fisher said.

Bost said there are a number of resources available to UT students who are feeling

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The recent threat of H1N1 has raised concern across the country, but Spalding said the symptoms and recovery time from the strain are not much different than other influenzas. “H1N1 is not more virulent than other seasonal influenzas,� she said. “The infections we’ve seen are much milder. It’s just a new strain to most of us, and that’s why it’s more prevalent.�

Spalding said UHS will continue to follow H1N1 in terms of hospitalization and effects across the country. “[H1N1] is, of course, serious for people with other underlying health conditions such as diabetes or severe obesity,� Spalding said. “But the flu can cause anyone to be out for five days. That’s lots of income lost, so really, it’s more of an inconvenience.�

According to the CDC, symptoms of H1N1 include fever, coughing, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, body aches, headache, chills, fatigue, diarrhea and vomiting. Both the seasonal and H1N1 strains spread from person to person and have symptoms lasting about five days, though the cough may persist for longer for H1N1, Spalding said.

The department urges all Texans to get vaccinated for both the seasonal and H1N1 influenzas. “Some people may wait until the H1N1 vaccination is available so they can get both vaccinations at once, but we are not encouraging that because you need to be protected from the seasonal flu, as well,� McBride said. “It should be a heavier flu season, and we’ve never had the seasonal flu and H1N1 together, so we really don’t know how extensive the illnesses will be.�

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‘Today’ show hires Bush’s daughter as correspondent

By David Bauder The Associated Press NEW YORK — NBC’s “Today� show has hired someone with White House experience as a new correspondent — former first daughter Jenna Hager.

The daughter of former President George W. Bush will contribute stories about once a month on issues like education to television’s top-rated morning news show, said Jim Bell, its executive producer.

Hager, a 27-year-old teacher in Baltimore, said she has always wanted to be a teacher and a writer, and has already authored two books. But she was intrigued by the idea of getting into television when Bell contacted her. “It wasn’t something I’d always dreamed to do,� she said. “But I think one of the most important things in life is to be openminded and to be open-minded for change.�

She’ll essentially work two parttime jobs as a correspondent and in her school, where she will be a reading coordinator this year.

Bell said he got the idea after seeing Hager in two “Today� appearances. She was on the program two years ago to promote her book about an HIV-infected single mother, “Ana’s Story: A Journey of Hope,� and it went so well that a short interview was stretched to nearly a half hour. She and her mother, Laura Bush, also co-hosted an hour of “Today� around the time their picture book came out.

She “just sort of popped to us

as a natural presence, comfortable� on the air, Bell said. Hager will work out of NBC’s Washington bureau. “I think she can handle it,� he said. “I think she knows something about pressure and being under some scrutiny. When she came here for a handful of appearances, she knocked it out of the park.�

He expects her first story, most likely concerning education, to be on sometime next month.

A first television job on “Today� is, in her father’s world, sort of like a run for president as a first attempt at elective office. Hager said that people on the show “have always made me, whenever I’ve been there, feel very comfortable.�

Bell said Hager won’t be covering politics. He said he didn’t consider the job as a down payment for a future interview with her father, who has been living quietly in Texas since leaving office earlier this year. Attacks on NBC News by conservatives for the liberal bent of MSNBC also had nothing to do with it, he said. “I hope to focus on what I’m passionate about because I think I’d do them best job on them — education, urban education, women and children’s issues and literacy,� said Hager.

Married to Henry Hager in May 2008 at her family’s ranch in Texas, she doesn’t plan to talk about her experiences as the daughter of a president. “I don’t think it’s that interesting,� she said. “I’m pretty normal.�

Jeff Christensen | Associated Press

In this July 23, 2009 photo, Jenna Bush Hager poses for a portrait in New York. NBC’s “Today� show has hired Hager as a correspondent.

WORLD BRIEFLY Rebel clashes de-escalate along China-Myanmar border MENG PENG, China — Fighting appeared to have subsided Sunday along China’s southern border after days of clashes between Myanmar government troops and ethnic rebels sent thousands of refugees streaming into China.

At least one person was killed Saturday and dozens injured when a bomb was tossed into China, a report said.

The clashes pose a major concern to Communist China and its goal of stability ahead of the sensitive Oct. 1 celebration of its 60th anniversary. Beijing has told Myanmar to end the fighting to “safeguard the regional stability.�

The fighting also threatens to strain China’s close relationship with Myanmar’s military junta,

which has been trying to consolidate control over several armed ethnic groups along its borders to ensure next year’s national elections, the first in nearly 20 years, go smoothly.

An official with the Public Security Bureau in China’s Zhengkang county, which oversees the border area, said Sunday there had been no reports of fighting since late Saturday. Like many Chinese officials, he refused to give his name.

In the Chinese border town of Meng Peng, several men who said they were rebels told The Associated Press they had turned in their weapons to Chinese officials. Dozens of men wearing blue overalls, issued to them when they surrendered, were seen in the town shopping for civilian clothes. “We surrendered our guns. ... Besides, there was no way we would win,� Ri Chenchuan, a former rebel militia soldier, said, laughing. — The Associated Press

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In this photo released by Saudi Press Agency, King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia meets Prince Muhammad bin Nayef, at Jiddah, Saudi Arabia on Friday. A suicide bomber lightly wounded bin Nayef, a senior prince largely credited for Saudi Arabia’s anti-terrorism campaign.

Al-Qaida takes blame for attack

By Maamoun Youssef The Associated Press CAIRO — Al-Qaida claimed responsibility Sunday for a suicide attack that injured a Saudi prince and said the bomber — a wanted militant who had fled to Yemen — arrived on a royal jet after convincing the ruling family he wanted to surrender.

Despite the attack on Deputy Interior Minister Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, his father, Interior Minister Prince Nayef, said the kingdom would not change its offer for militants to repent. Saudi Arabia has been praised for having one of the world’s best terrorist rehabilitation programs in the world.

Saudi officials have said the prince was lightly wounded in the bombing at his home in Jiddah Thursday night while he was receiving well-wishers for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. If al-Qaida’s claim proves to

be true, it would be an embarrassment for the prince and his father, two of the kingdom’s top anti-terrorism officials. Prince Nayef is a half brother of Saudi King Abdullah and one of the most powerful members of the royal family. “You tyrants ... your bastions and fortifications will not prevent us from reaching you. We will come to you soon,� al-Qaida warned in an Internet statement.

The authenticity of the message could not be independently verified, but it was posted on militant Web sites often used by al-Qaida.

In one version of the events, Al-Arabiya, a Saudi-owned television network, said the attacker concealed the explosives in his anus, allowing him to evade detection. The network also quoted an expert as saying that the method of concealment aimed the blast away from the target, while blowing the bomber to bits.

Saudi officials could not im-

mediately be reached for comment on the al-Qaida claim. They have refused to say exactly how the bomber arrived at Prince Mohammed’s home, disclosing only that he was a wanted militant who convinced authorities he wanted to turn himself in.

Prince Nayef said Saturday the attack on his son “will not change the policy of keeping the door open for those who repent,� the official Saudi Press Agency reported. At the same time, he warned that future attacks could be more sophisticated, and therefore more dangerous.

Prince Mohammed has already admitted he ordered guards not to search the attacker when he arrived at his home to surrender, even though the man was wanted by authorities. Saudi officials have said the prince wanted to treat the militant with respect and trust to encourage other wanted militants to come forward.

Al-Qaida identified the bomber as Abdullah Hassan Tali Assiri, a Saudi citizen. Yemen’s foreign minister and al-Qaida both said he crossed the border from Yemen into Saudi Arabia.

Al-Qaida and a Saudi newspaper have said the attacker, who also goes by the alias Abu alKheir, was on Saudi’s list of 85 wanted militants, most of them Saudi. Al-Arabiya said Assiri is 23 and has a 27-year-old brother Ibrahim who is also on the wanted list.

Yemen’s foreign minister, AbuBakr al-Qirbi, told The Associated Press on Saturday that the attacker came from an area neighboring Saudi Arabia known to be an alQaida sanctuary.

Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula claimed the bomber passed through security checkpoints at the Saudi airports in Najran and Jiddah before he arrived at Prince Mohammed’s home.

NATION BRIEFLY

ters have laid off workers. Some preschool programs are scrapping plans to reopen in September. And tens of thousands of state employees had to wait to be paid for several weeks.

While most states have already passed their budgets, Connecticut and Pennsylvania remain the only two in the nation still at odds over how to balance the books this fiscal year amid plummeting state revenues. Connecticut’s revenue flow has dropped by $2 billion from last year while Pennsylvania’s came in

$3.3 billion less than expected. “It’s a symptom of a very severe recession that’s caused some really difficult political choices to be made,� said Scott Pattison, executive director of the National Association of State Budget Officers in Washington, D.C. “You happen to have two states that haven’t happened to get it together.�

While the fallout of not having a budget is similar, the political dynamics at play in the two states represent opposite sides of the

same coin.

In Connecticut, Republican governor M. Jodi Rell has insisted more spending cuts are needed and a Democratic-controlled General Assembly wants higher income taxes on the wealthy to help cover the deficit.

In Pennsylvania, Democratic Gov. Ed Rendell insists that he and his Democratic allies have already put bone-deep cuts on the table and want to bridge the remaining deficit with additional taxes. — The Associated Press

Conn., Pa. face budget issues after decrease in revenue flow HARTFORD, Conn. — A program that helps thousands of Connecticut welfare recipients find work has been in limbo for two months. Family resource centers, which provide child care, adult education, and other services, have shut their doors.

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Money for merit

Merit-based financial aid is quickly becoming a rarity. Opportunities for meritbased scholarships will hit a new low at the University next fall, when UT ends its National Merit Scholarship program.

UT is home to the second-highest number of National Merit Scholars in the country, after Harvard University. UT achieved that status while offering a fairly meager scholarship package of $13,000 over four years to each scholar.

Many other universities offer full scholarships to National Merit Scholars. The University of Oklahoma, which has the highest per capita enrollment of National Merit students of any public university in the country, offers full tuition waivers for state residents and partial tuition waivers for out-of-state students, as well as free laptop computers, study abroad stipends and early registration to scholars, according to The Dallas Morning News.

Oklahoma has also launched an initiative to aggressively recruit scholars from Texas. Scholarship offers for these Texas students run as high as $87,000.

UT deputy admissions director Augustine Garza told The Dallas Morning News, “Oklahoma is one of those very aggressive schools that does a lot to get students to enroll. We’re not necessarily offering the kind of money they’re getting there. But we offer something else — this university, its diversity, the city of Austin.”

UT does have a lot to offer students, but cutting its National Merit Scholarship program will hurt its academics.

UT is passionate about beating OU on the football field. To that end, its athletics department actively recruits talented athletes, offering them full compensation for tuition and fees and endless perks.

The University must also aggressively recruit academic superstars if it wants to maintain a high academic standing.

If UT stopped offering the money and benefits it offers to football players, the University’s prestige and environment would not sustain its football team. In the same way, UT can not expect smart, academically-motivated students to continue choosing UT over other attractive options when UT gives them no reason to do so.

In 2006, the six University of California campuses that provided funding for National Merit Scholarships stopped offering them. Rather than cancelling the scholarships altogether, however, they redirected that funding to other merit-based scholarships.

UT would be wise to follow their lead and simply divert the funds from its National Merit Scholarship program into a general merit-based scholarship fund. The University would still be able to recruit top student scholars and have the flexibility to vary its offers based on other factors such as GPA and student involvement.

With all of President William Powers’ and UT administrations’ talk about improving the school’s academic standing, it is surprising to see them slight students this way. UT is investing heavily in recruiting distinguished faculty, but good teachers and researchers alone will not improve the academic status of the University. To do that, UT must recruit the best and brightest students. Virtually ending merit-based financial aid is a step in the wrong direction.

— Jillian Sheridan for the editorial board

GOOD DEEDS ON CAMPUS

A good Samaritan

By Shelley Harse Daily Texan Guest Columnist

Editor’s note: If you notice a good deed on campus or would like to publicly thank someone for a particularly kind act, send your story in to editor@dailytexanonline.com.

While at The Texas Union Thursday afternoon around 1 p.m., I blacked out and had a seizure. The last thing I remember was buying lunch at Chick-Fil-A and walking to the Campus Store to buy a drink. When I came to consciousness, I was on the floor, and a male student was standing right behind me calling for help and making sure I hadn’t hit my head. When I was capable of speaking, I yelled out, “I have Type 1 diabetes!”

For the past 14 years, I have dealt with and been treated for Type 1 diabetes. Generally, the public does not know much about the disease, as the mainstream media typically gives more attention to Type 2 diabetes, which hits adults who are overweight or those genetically predisposed to the disease.

With Type 2 diabetes, the body produces insulin, but either does not produce enough to sustain the body or doesn’t properly use it. On the other hand, Type 1 diabetes is usually present at childhood or adolescence and does not have any direct cause.

With Type 1 diabetes, the body stops producing insulin altogether. This requires rigorous treatment: testing blood sugar five to eight times a day, taking insulin injections and ensuring that blood-sugar levels do not go too high or too low. It is a constant balancing act.

Luckily for me, the student who happened to be there when I fell and started seizing was a nursing student. I told him my blood sugar was low, triggering the seizure, and that I just needed a form of sugar — juice, candy, etc. Fortunately for me, I had a severe low blood-sugar episode where I was surrounded by sodas, juices, candy and chips, and by that time, the paramedics were already walking into the Campus Store.

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Coming back to my mental alertness and realizing what was going on, I started crying — crying because I knew what had happened, and because I was angry at myself for not preventing it. I felt fine when I was at Chick-Fil-A; how had my bloodsugar dropped so quickly? What a great way to start my first day of graduate classes. It was the first time I have had a severe blood sugar reaction in public when no one around me knew I was diabetic.

The male student who helped me stayed with me as the paramedics did their required routines (taking my blood pressure, checking my blood sugar and pulse and making sure I ate food). As he left, he asked me for my name so he could friend me on Facebook. I only vaguely remembered this, as it was a stressful scene. I went on to my second class at 2 p.m., still red-faced and teary-eyed.

Later that afternoon, I logged on to Facebook, and there was the friend request — Will Davis. I accepted, and now I would like to express how grateful I am that he was there at the Union at the time of my incident. Had he not been there, I am not sure how long it would have been before someone yelled for help, as I was in the back of the store between an aisle and the refrigerators. Not many people can stay as poised as he was during a situation like that, and he was extremely helpful.

I would also like to thank the woman who works at the Campus Store. I did not get her name, but she called 911 and didn’t charge me for the orange juice, cranberries and soda I consumed there.

I am very lucky. I’m not sore today, I don’t have any bruises and I didn’t hit my head — things that typically follow a seizure. It took a rough day like Thursday to make me realize how often others are kind and willing to help. I may not have been in an immediate life-or-death situation, but the day could have been a lot worse had it not been for Will Davis.

Will, you are my good samaritan, and I thank you.

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Bad formula for best colleges

By Douglas Luippold Daily Texan Columnist U.S. News and World Report recently released high-profile findings comparing American collegiate powerhouses. The results were predictable, and the University of Florida was ranked one spot higher than UT. While some say the rankings do not reflect real achievement and should be ignored, the well-regarded nevertheless claim bragging rights over other colleges.

Since its inception, the U.S. News rankings have had a tremendous influence on public opinion regarding perceptions of American universities. This should change. U.S. News’ rankings are inherently subjective and should not be presented as news by a magazine that claims to be objective.

Any ranking system demands a standard by which to judge its subjects, and U.S. News’ criteria for ranking universities are fallacious. To judge schools, the news organization uses a system that weighs university acceptance rates, average alumni-giving rates, average freshman retention rates, average graduation rates, class size, expenditures per student, faculty compensation, the number of faculty with doctorates, graduation rate performance, students’ high-school class standing, peer assessment, proportion of full-time faculty, SAT/ACT scores and student-to-faculty ratio.

In the U.S. News system, a lower acceptance rate scores higher in the ranking model. It seems odd to reward exclusivity and punish inclusiveness, especially in education. I would argue that a good college educates more people, not fewer.

Not surprisingly, the top 10 colleges on the list are rated “most selective” and have an average rejection rate of 87.2 percent.

The top 10 universities — including Harvard, Princeton and Yale — are exceptional institutions, and it would be absurd to suggest otherwise. But claiming the “best colleges” are those that deny an education to the vast majority of applicants is certainly debatable.

While preferable to using the amount of money received in donations as a barometer, using alumni giving rates as a standard is also flawed. The theory is that if a university prepares its students well, they will want to give back and will earn enough money to do so. This system puts colleges that educate lower-income students at a disadvantage. Many schools, especially state colleges such as UT, have a large number of financially disadvantaged students. Even with a quality education and a good job, many will accumulate tremendous debt from student loans that can last for decades and prevent alumni from donating.

Conversely, colleges that educate wealthier students will likely graduate a generous alumni base regardless of the quality of education students receive.

Alumni donations have little to do with students’ satisfaction with their education or a college’s ability to prepare its students for the workforce, but rather solely reflect the financial background of students to whom a college caters.

Judging based on incoming class’s high-school graduation ranks and SAT/ACT scores is also problematic. Using high school performance to judge the quality of a university is like using a recruiting class to rank a football team.

Additionally, high-school achievement does nothing to indicate the pedagogical quality of a college.

Many students grow up in areas without quality public schools and receive low standardized test scores due to cultural and class biases, only to thrive once they are at a quality academic institution. If colleges are ranked by SAT/ACT scores, those students essentially become a liability for acceptance and may not have the opportunity to reach their full potential.

High-school class ranks should also not be a factor. The arguments against using graduation percentages that disadvantage students from competitive high schools are familiar to those interested in the top 10-percent debate. It takes an especially flawed system to simultaneously disadvantage students from competitive and underprivileged high schools.

U.S. News is a supposedly objective news magazine.

Presenting an inherently subjective study, with the absolute title “America’s Best,” leads readers to believe the findings are completely accepted by academia, yet they have long been incredibly controversial.

A college ranking list is also no longer necessary.

The magazine first began publishing the rankings in the early 1980s. At that time, a student’s resources for college information were restricted to pamphlets, high school counselors and campus visits. That is obviously not the case today. Today, a wealth of knowledge online and in bookstores analyzes the minutia about nearly every institution of higher learning in America.

Most problematic is that the study essentially tries to quantify the college experience. U.S. News tries to qualify this complaint by claiming that the college experience consists of a host of intangibles that cannot be reduced to mere numbers — and then does just that.

Devoting time to ranking football teams, for instance, is fun and harmless. An influential magazine treating something as important as college the same way is tacky and negligent.

Luippold is a government senior

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University opens research facility in Guatemala Department welcomes design proposals from scholars worldwide

By Viviana Aldous Daily Texan Staff Academics hoping to conduct research in Central America can begin applying in September to use the Casa Herrera, the Department of Art and Art History’s new research and academic facility located in Antigua, Guatemala.

The application process is open to students, scholars and researchers from around the world who hope to use the facility for almost any academic or research purpose, said David Stuart, director of the Casa Herrera program and the Mesoamerica Center. “We encourage multi-disciplinary uses for the space,� Stuart said. “It’s a center where a lot of people will come. It will be a magnet for a lot of other folks from a lot of other institutions, not just UT.�

The facility opened its doors June 1, but this will be the first time the department has accepted applications allowing researchers to use the facility. It will also be used to host conferences, speakers and other events. “The Casa Herrera is set to host a number of educational and scholarly activities and events,� said Carolyn Porter, the department’s director of external relations. “This is the first opportunity for UT to have a con-

crete footprint in Latin America in which to host all of these activities and events.�

Porter said the facility will p ro v i d e s t u d e n t s w i t h t h e chance to be in a close-knit working environment with internationally recognized scholars, artists and researchers. “The opportunity to do original research in-country with objects, with library materials and within the original culture is of primary research importance,�

Porter said. “It’s an exciting opportunity to make connections between and among disciplines that one could never look up in a book or search on the Internet or put together in a conference setting here in the states.�

The Casa Herrera is a 17th-century mansion that was restored last year. FundaciĂłn PantaleĂłn, a private nonprofit which owns the house, has granted use of the facility to UT. “The office of legal affairs was

able to facilitate a groundbreaking use agreement for us to work with the nonprofit foundation,� Porter said. “No other university has been able to figure out how to put together something this sophisticated legally.�

Stuart said Antigua is a major learning center and that the facility will have many uses. “There are endless possibilities, really,� he said. “We’re just beginning to consider many of its possible uses.�

Symposium unites research, speakers for sustainability Community members attend forum to evaluate eco-friendly designs

By Priscilla Pelli Daily Texan Staff Several University professors evaluated the designs of environmentally friendly communities at the School of Architecture on Friday.

The School of Architecture’s Center for Sustainable Development hosted the Zero Carbon Communities Symposium in Goldsmith Hall.

The symposium brought together different members of the Austin community to collaborate on research aimed at building communities with virtually zero impact on the environment.

Barbara Wilson, assistant director for the Center for Sustainable Development, spoke about the importance of hosting the collaborative symposium for the Austin community. “One thing that the center really wants to do is integrate the different research agendas,� Wilson said. “For example, the guy who studies the train system and the guy that studies the housing development

built along the train system talking together and seeing the ways in which their plans overlap.�

A variety of speakers attended the symposium to propose their designs for constructing these environmentally friendly communities. Karl R. Rabago, vice president for distributed energy services at Austin Energy, discussed new plans for utilizing energy. “There are certain things to know about sustainability. First, you need assisted perspective, how all the pieces fit together, and second is the triple bottom line, this concept that you have to optimize multiple variables at the same time,� Rabago said. “Compromising one value against another to reach economic and environmental goals.�

Rabago said Austin Energy plans to conserve energy in power plants by cutting most emissions by 60 percent. “[Austin Energy] is going to switch to a system to make wind our biggest resource, dropping coal dependency by 10 percent,�

Rabago said.

While representatives from energy companies spoke of plans for using less energy, other speakers discussed plans for constructing

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Michael Oden, associate professor of the Community and Regional Planning Program at UT talks to Rachael Rawlins, also a member of the program, at a conference on redesigning the Austin community to maximize sustainability at Goldsmith Hall on Friday. buildings, which will reduce the impact on the environment.

Michael Gatto, president of the Austin Community Design and Development Center, presented the group’s idea for devel-

oping environmentally friendly housing communities. “For net zero energy, consumption must equal production,� Gatto said. “The orientation of the grid for our housing community is opti-

mal for solar and thermal energy.�

The center is dedicated to raising the capacity of planning and design companies to better serve cities and communities. The center is working to build 60 town homes

powered by solar panels.

The center also promotes research and education in designing and constructing communities as well as speaking out on policies impacting community design.

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A group of people gather near the southern base of the Congress Street Bridge to watch the bats Saturday night. The Congress Street Bridge is home to the country’s largest urban bat colony and watching the nightly exodus is a popular attraction.

UNIVERSITY BRIEFLY Spirit groups ready to recruit new members at Big Yell event The University’s Spirit and Traditions Council plans to round up new members for the 22 spirit organizations on campus at the thirdannual Big Yell and Recruitment Fair on Tuesday from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Etter-Harbin Alumni Center.

The first hour of the event will be a recruitment fair with different spirit organizations tabling for incoming freshmen and other students looking for spirit, social and service opportunities outside of

the Greek community. The second hour will consist of presentations by each organization that highlight specific traditions important to UT, as well as what organizations and sports they support. “This is the first event of the year for most of the spirit organizations,� said Joe Bosnick, spokesman of the council. “Upperclassmen from these groups come to the Big Yell to teach freshmen about the fun history of the University like the origins of our colors, and when and why we light the tower. It’s also a great refresher and spirit-builder for those of us that have been around UT for longer.�

Around 200 students attended each of the first two Big Yell events, and the council, which promotes communication and interaction between the more than 1,000 members of various spirit organizations, is expecting a recordbreaking crowd this year. “This is where we’re trying to get the majority of our fall recruits,� said Lyndsee Nielson, a member of Texas Spirits. “Tabling at West Mall can be really difficult to get people’s attention. At Big Yell, we can actively get students involved with our organization, which is a great way to spark their interest and make an impression.� — Katrina Polivka

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Football player won’t face charges after accident Kindle’s actions after June apartment collision not a ‘criminal violation’

By Bobby Longoria Daily Texan Staff UT football linebacker Sergio Kindle will not face criminal charges for crashing into and leaving the scene of Ashley Zapata’s Jefferson West apartment in the early morning of June 24.

Austin police Cpl. Scott Perry said as long as a driver notifies the owner of property damaged by a crash, including a building, fence or tree, within 48 hours, there is no crime.

“Once we started looking at it and reviewing the entirety of the case, we made a determination that there was no criminal viola-

tion,” Perry said.

Perry said that according to the accident report, witnesses saw several people get out of Kindle’s car, and with help from others in a second vehicle that approached moments after the accident, they pushed Kindle’s car out of the apartment and abandoned it a short distance from the complex.

Kindle’s lawyer, Brian Roark, said Kindle was texting while driving when he hit the curb along Rio Grande street and hit the exterior wall of Zapata’s apartment.

“He and another friend pushed the car off the curb, and [Kindle] was feeling ill, [he] went home and went to bed, and first thing in the morning, a lawyer contacted the apartment company and told [them] what had happened,”

Roark said.

Roark said the accident did not result in an out-of-court settlement. Rather, Kindle’s car insurance will pay for the damages “like any other car wreck.”

Damages to Zapata’s apartment totaled $8,700 and comprised of exterior wall damage, a damaged desk and destruction of her iPhone, computer and printer, according to a damage estimate by the apartment management company.

Zapata and her roommate were not at the apartment at the time of the incident.

Roark said photos released of the crash site in initial reports were not indicative of the true damage caused but that they were taken after repair work had begun.

“It wasn’t like he ended up

halfway into someone’s home; it was really just exterior damage,” Roark said. “His vehicle only penetrated the exterior of the wall and did knock over her desk, but that was just from the impact.”

Perry said APD began investigating the incident in June as leaving the scene of an accident, which could either be a Class B or C misdemeanor depending on the damage caused. But Texas transportation code states that if a driver leaves a note at the scene of the accident with information dictating the driver at the time, the owner of the vehicle and what had caused the incident, there is no infraction.

Kindle was previously involved in a July 2007 driving while intoxicated arrest, which resulted in Kindle being suspended for

the first three games of the 2007 season.

“He did tell our coaching staff that he hadn’t been drinking and was just out with some friends,” said UT athletics spokesman John Bianco. “There was some punishment that was handled with the team, and yes, he will be practicing and playing [this season].”

At the Big 12 media days, Kindle said he had been texting with Bobby Estes of Woodrow Wilson High School in Dallas and that earlier in the night he was watching the Texas baseball game against LSU in the College World Series. Before the incident, he was at the home of Texas defensive coordinator Will Muschamp.

“Mistakes happen even in the most innocent situations,” Kin-

dle said. “I apologized to my team and addressed and told them the whole deal of what happened. They still have faith in me, so that’s a good deal. I’ve got to go on.”

Bianco said Kindle’s position within the defensive line has and will not be changed whatsoever. He said UT head coach Mack Brown did not specify what punitive action was taken.

“I think in a very unusual way, the texting incident probably helped him with his maturity and his leadership because he had to step up,” Brown said at the media days. “He had to talk to me about it, and then he had to talk to the team about it. Sergio had to admit that he would have done some things differently if he had to do it over.”

Museum invites public to bring in discoveries

Curt Youngblood | Daily Texan Staff

Priscilla Pelli Daily Texan Staff Scientific experts from across Central Texas assembled at the Texas Memorial Museum on Sunday to identify fossils and natural objects for members of the community.

The Texas Natural Science Center hosts Identification Days twice a year to give the public the opportunity for natural objects found in their backyards to be analyzed and their origins determined.

Pamela R. Owen, senior paleontology educator of the Texas Natural Science Center, supervised the paleontology section and was one of the many coordinators of the event.

“People of all ages come to ID Day because of their excitement and curiosity about nature,” Owen said. “They are fascinated by what nature can teach us, about life now and life in the past.”

The variety of experts who attended ID Day ranged from archeology and paleontology to ichthy-

Colin Doyle, a fourth-year Plan II and Studio Art major, looks at several collages that are a part of the silent auction at the Texas 4000 Tribute Event on Saturday night at the Four Seasons hotel.

Ann Molineux examines a Brachiopod fossil at Identification Day at the Texas Memorial Museum on Sunday.

Molineux is the Curator and Collection Manager of Non-vertebrate Paleontology Collection of the Texas Natural Science Center.

Texas 4000 returns from charity ride Former, new members welcome current team after 4,500-mile journey

By Molly Triece Daily Texan Staff The Texas 4000 team returned to Austin on Saturday after 10 weeks of bicycles, spandex and peanut butter and jelly. Last year’s members and next year’s team gathered at the Four Seasons on Saturday to welcome home the 44 riders of 2009 with dinner, testimonies from the trip and live music.

Texas 4000 is the longest charity ride in the world, departing from Austin and finishing in Anchorage, Alaska, for a total of more than 4,500 miles. Forty four riders make the trip every summer after each raises $4,500 over the school year to donate to cancer research. Half the riders travel along the Pacific Coast and the other half ride through the Rocky Mountains. The riders regroup in Canada to ride the final leg to Alaska as one team.

“I’m really excited; they seem like really interesting people,” said finance senior Ana Coronell of her future teammates.

Coronell applied last fall and

will start training this week with 2010’s team.

“You’re putting the physical effort into the cause,” she said.

Coronell said she has never participated in a sports team and is excited for the experience. When she told her friends and family, there was disbelief but support.

“My dad said ‘I knew you were going to do something big, but I never knew you were going to do something so physically demanding,’” Coronell said. “A couple of people were saying ‘It’s going to be hard,’ but nobody said ‘You can’t do it.’”

Whitney Yang, a Plan II business honors and marketing senior, received only support in her decision to ride. Yang is pushing back her graduation date to devote more time to the organization.

“I want to be more involved in the organization as opposed to not so involved because of academic reasons,” Yang said.

A majority of Yang and Coronell’s teammates were in Austin over the summer and many of them already started optional group workouts.

“A lot of people are engineering or natural science majors, and

since I’m in business, I don’t get a lot of exposure to other majors, so this is good. I’m branching out,” Yang said.

Joan Braunlin, mother of biology senior Megan Braunlin, said she noticed a change in her daughter’s attitude after returning from this year’s trip.

“She changed a little bit. I think she bonded with a lot of people,” Braunlin said, “She’s not so fussy about things.”

Thaison Nguyen, an applied learning and development junior, rode with the 2009 team, which he said grew very close.

“When I first joined it was awkward; no one knew each other,” Nguyen said. “Little by little we started learning why everyone joined. I didn’t realize how many people lost parents to cancer.”

Nguyen’s uncle passed away from cancer during his freshman year of college, and he said the event affected his whole family.

Many other members of the team lost friends or family members to cancer, he said.

“You get a lot of emotions and a lot of tears,” Nguyen said. “We got so close. When one of your team members is hurting, a little bit of you hurts, too.”

The team talked often about

their reasons for joining Texas 4000, and for some it was the first time they opened up about their personal experience with cancer.

“This trip is really therapeutic for some people,” Nguyen said.

“They can talk it out and connect with other people who’ve lost someone to cancer.”

Nguyen said the team benefitted from morale boosts each time they ran into people who were affected by cancer.

“We as riders don’t think about how much of a difference we are making,” he said.

Texas 4000 relied on host families, high school gyms and camp sites to provide shelter on their trek to Alaska.

“You meet so many nice people,” Nguyen said. “Hosts who take you in [and] say ‘Come in, we’ll feed you.’”

The physical challenge of riding to Alaska was also just as difficult, Nguyen said. The team learned to live without many of life’s luxuries but found it became natural after a while.

“You’re in the Texas 4000 bubble,” he said. “Seeing the same people everyday [and] doing the same thing, we were living out of a duffle bag... You realize how little you need to survive.”

UT alums, radio operators launch research balloon Houston-based group also sends camera, GPS to collect data from space

By Katrina Polivka Daily Texan Staff A group comprised partially of UT alumni launched a weather balloon that reached 95,000 feet at the Wharton Intergalactic Spaceport near Houston.

The South Texas Balloon Launch Team is a group of about 20 volunteer Amateur Radio Operators, many of whom are UT alumni, who have been flying these balloons once or twice a year since 1990.

The team’s 25th, launched on Saturday, containing about $1,000 worth of electronics, complete with a live video camera focused on the Earth, a GPS tracking system and a radio

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This is one of the highest launches we’ve had in 10 years.”

— Andy MacAllister, South Texas Balloon Launch Team

communications system.

“This is one of the highest launches we’ve had in 10 years,” said Andy MacAllister, coordinator of the South Texas Balloon Launch Team. “We had beautifully clear live television the whole time and a voice repeater system covering the state of Texas from the edge of space.”

MacAllister said the data that comes down from the balloon is posted to the Internet from the station in Houston so people from around the world

can follow the progress of the experiment.

Last year, the team’s weather balloon reached about 93,000 feet and carried a prototype “picosatelite” designed by NASA and built by UT engineering students. The BEVO-1 satellite was later launched from a space shuttle, is still in orbit and will be for the next year.

“There is a lot of Longhorn connection here,” said A.C. Spraggins, spokesman for the South Texas Balloon Launch Team.

“About one-third of the innercore launch team are UT alums, and we’ve worked with both mechanical and aeronautical engineer students from UT on similar launches in the past.”

A local Boy Scout troop also launched their own balloon at the event with a simple payload using the expertise and advice of the South Texas team. The boys studied the flight with hopes of earning a merit badge in space and rocketry.

“All in all, I’m 100 percent satisfied with the results of our launch event,” MacAllister said.

“But what I’d really like to see in the future is getting back in touch with the aeronautical students at UT and getting them started on their own balloon projects. It’s a great opportunity to test things and learn things you wouldn’t have otherwise discovered.”

ology, a branch of fish zoology.

Jessica Rosales, ichthyologist and collection manager of the center, supervised the fish collection and showcased a variety of fish specimens to younger children. Rosales displayed four different specimens from the Gulf Coast of Texas.

“Ichthyology is an often-unknown type of science. By showcasing different types of fish, I raise awareness for this science,” Rosales said. “The purpose of the event is to promote knowledge about nature and different sciences by identifying specimens preserved in strange ways.”

Ann Molineux, curator and collection manager of non-vertebrates, spoke about the different types of non-vertebrate fossils presented at the event.

“Such little fossils can tell you so much about nature,” Molineux said.

The center hosts a number of special guest speakers from the University and Austin community to raise awareness for natural science.

Lara Haase Daily Texan Staff

INK: Festival offers patrons

chance to try something new From page 1 with a degree in psychology.

“And it’s just more fun. You get to see different artists.”

With so many artists represented, conventions provide the opportunity to see new ways of creating art, and Immersed In Ink was no exception. Many of the artists roamed the ballroom, examining new techniques and admiring one another’s work.

But there was still time for a little competition. Event categories judged Sunday evening included best black-and-white, best portrait and best in show. Tattoo artist Ish, whose piece won Best Ink of the Day on Friday, seemed unfazed by the title.

“The whole process of immortalizing something on someone’s skin, there is no greater art,” Ish said.

Unique tattoos and piercings were not the only features of the event. The group Sideshow Human Suspension also did an exhibition, featuring the Mandan tribal-based tradition that began more than 1,000 years ago.

“I was seven the first time I saw this on Ripley’s Believe It Or Not,” said Justin Morgan, who works for the suspension group and Rings of Fire, a piercing group that had

a booth at the event. “I thought it was fascinating that someone was hanging from their own skin and not going into shock or screaming,” Morgan has been suspended more than 60 times but insists that it isn’t for everyone. But this didn’t stop North Texas native Adam Love from giving it a try.

“They asked for volunteers, and I thought, ‘Yeah, that’s me,’” Love said. “I don’t have any tattoos, I don’t have any piercings, so I was just like, ‘Let’s do this shit.’ It was just like getting pinched hard.”

For many who attended, tattooing is is a way of life. For the event’s emcee, Jesse Ivey, the event was actually life-saving.

“I had a few heart attacks, and the doctors told me I wouldn’t be able to work a regular job, so I got ready to lay at home and die until these people called me up and asked me to do the show. I’ve been doing it ever since,” Ivey said.

Ivey, who emcees conventions around the country almost every weekend, considers the Immersed In Ink event his home, since it was the first festival he worked with.

“We’re in the state capital in the governor’s ballroom with a guy who hangs by his butt cheeks,” he said. “How can you beat that?”

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SOCCER

MATCH OF THE WEEK: MANCHESTER UNITED 2, ARSENAL 1

Manchester fights tooth and nail to keep Arsenal at bay Gunners’ second-half offside proves decisive in Saturday’s EPL contest

By Rishi Daulat Daily Texan Staff The highly anticipated battle provided a little bit of everything; goals, a plethora of yellow cards and a gasping finish that almost ended in a late equalizer.

Even though both teams were missing key players — Arsenal was without captain and young superstar Cesc Fábregas while Manchester United missed their stalwart middle defender Rio Ferdinand — the sides were close to even and the play was first class throughout.

The match began with Arsenal dominating the first half in both possession and shots on goal. In

the 40th minute, the Gunners capitalized as midfielder Andrei Arshavin blasted a right-footed shot from well outside into the top right of goal. It was a superb strike from the Russian, yet Manchester goalkeeper Ben Foster should have done better, as he narrowly tipped the ball into the top of his own net.

Ironically, just a minute before the goal, Arshavin should have been awarded a penalty kick after being cut down in the box by Darren Fletcher, but instead, the referee opted to let play go on.

Arsenal had a chance to double their lead early in the second half, but Robin van Pers ie ’s cl os e- ra ng e s ho t w a s blocked magnificently by the outstretched leg of Foster. Arsenal would later rue this missed

golden opportunity.

In the 58th minute, Wayne Rooney found himself one-on-one with Arsenal keeper Manuel Almunia. Rooney went down after a slight clip from the goalie, yet unlike the instance with Arshavin, this time the referee awarded a controversial penalty to United.

Rooney calmly sunk the kick and the match was all square at one.

Four minutes later, Arsenal almost regained the lead as Van Persie’s left-footed free kick came crashing off the crossbar. But once again, Manchester United took advantage of an Arsenal missed chance.

This time, though, it came with a bit of luck, since Arsenal’s Abou Diaby headed a harmless free kick taken by United captain Ryan Giggs into his own goal while trying to clear the ball out of bounds.

Manchester United was in full control of the match from that point until the dying seconds of stoppage time, where the Gunners managed one last ditch effort.

After a long ball played into the United box, Arsenal defender William Gallas headed it down into the path of van Persie, who took a few nifty dribbles and promptly scored. Arsenal players and Coach Arsène Wenger were jubilant as they thought they had found a late equalizer, but it was not the Gunners’ day, Gallas was adjudged a fraction offside.

After the thrilling finish, United can breathe easier as their 2-1 win puts them in third place in the English Premier League. Arsenal is still in fine position since they

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Jon Super | Associated Press

Wayne Rooney reacts after scoring on a penalty kick during the 58th minute of a contest between Arsenal and Manchester United Saturday.

VOLLEYBALL

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TEXAS 3, LONG BEACH STATE 2

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Despite rough start, Horns rally

Texas rebounds behind Hooker to capture last three sets, match

By Chris Tavarez Daily Texan Staff They could have blamed it on the jetlag or the InN-Out burgers. Maybe too much time on the beach and in the sun combined with the jitters of starting a new season had something to do with it.

Whatever it was, second-ranked Texas opened its season flat by losing the first two sets against No. 23 Long Beach State at the Long Beach State Baden Classic. Even with the plethora of excuses the team had available for the sluggish start, it didn’t take any of them. Instead, they rallied to win the next three sets and their first match of the season 3-2.

“I think the nerves and jitters all went away in the third set,” said senior outside hitter Destinee Hooker. “I think it took us a while to regain our composure, but after we did, things went smoothly. In the third, the fans and hecklers got me motivated and I wanted to let my performance silence the crowd. I really just went out there and worked on what coach told me about high hands and hitting off the block.”

Get motivated is exactly what Hooker did – she led all players with 23 kills on the night accompanied by 10 digs, giving her the volleyball version of a double-double.

“As the game progressed Destinee hit her stride and she was able to do some great things late in the match for us,” said senior outside hitter Ashley Engle.

After falling in the first two sets, head coach Jerritt Elliott made the necessary adjustments to set the

TEXAS continues on page 8 Bruno Morlan | Daily Texan Staff

Leah Fortune races ahead of a Houston defender during the Longhorns’ game against the Cougars on Friday night. Fortune assisted Kylie Doniak in the second half to give the Horns a two-goal lead.

Early second-half goal from Keith puts Texas up for good in 2-0 shutout

By Laken Litman Daily Texan Staff Nothing clicked in the first half for the No. 25 Texas soccer team in their second game of the season against the University of Houston on Friday night at Mike A. Myers Stadium.

UH players trapped through balls, wide free-kick opportunities resulted in counter attacks and the last 15 minutes were just plain sloppy.

Actually, there were not many positives on either side of the ball as the Longhorns finished the half with four shots and the Cougars with two.

But all of that changed for Texas within the first 12 minutes of the second half. It all started in the back with senior co-captain Emily Anderson switching the ball to the left side of the field. Junior Kirsten Birk-

hold got a hold of the ball, sending it long to the center of the penalty box where sophomore Lucy Keith’s mouth was watering. Keith capitalized on the opportunity and beat the UH keeper, Lauren Frazier, in the box to put UT up 1-0.

“The ball was served perfectly,” Keith said. “I kept complete eye contact, I got a foot on it, and the rest just worked out.”

After that first goal, the confidence kicked in and within the next 10 minutes, all anyone could see were Longhorn heads and legs flying around in the box, trying to get any body part on the ball to get it in the back of the net.

Freshman Leah Fortune nailed a grounder across the penalty box, which was cleaned up by sopho-

more Kylie Doniak who was rushing the back door, putting Texas up 2-0.

The Longhorns outshot the Cougars in the second half 11-1, and 15-3 for the whole game. “[Head Coach Chris Petrucelli] has talked to us a lot about being more dangerous and more confident in moving forward,” Keith said. “We’ve been hanging back way too much, but we’ve really started attacking more, and I think that showed in this game.”

A changed formation allowed Texas to become more dangerous in the second half. UT started the game in a 4-3-3 formation, which constitutes four defenders, three midfielders and three forwards.

But after halftime they switched to a 4-4-2, giving a little more support

in the middle in order to feed balls out wide and up top, and to keep a steady grasp on the Cougars’ outside midfielders.

“We moved Fortune a little deeper in the midfield, and [sophomore Amanda Lisberger] a little higher,” Petrucelli said. “The effort from the midfield was really good, and it was something we talked about all week; getting more out of those guys.”

“In the second half, our intensity picked up and once we got the first goal, our team relaxed for the first time,” Petrucelli said.

Now, with a shutout under their belt, the Longhorns are back at work.

“The good news is we played our best,” Petrucelli said. “But we still have work to do.”

Paul Chouy | Daily Texan file photo

Destinee Hooker helped the Longhorns come back against Long Beach State with her 23-kill night.

NFL

Favre to play first half in Vikings’ final preseason game against Houston Vikings quarterback Brett Favre warms up before Minnesota’s preseason contest against the Chiefs on Aug. 21.

Tom Olmscheid Associated Press

By Kristie Rieken The Associated Press HOUSTON — Brett Favre had just three days to prepare for his first start this preseason. This one should be a better indicator of how the comeback from his second retirement is going.

Favre is expected to play the entire first half when the Minnesota Vikings face the Houston Texans in an exhibition game on Monday night.

The 39-year-old quarterback completed just one pass for 4 yards over two series in his Minnesota debut

Aug. 22, but was happy he didn’t have any major errors after such little time to prepare.

“That was not a great start to the year last week, but yet what did you expect,” he said. “Believe me, I was 1-for-4, but I would have loved to be 4-for-4 with four touchdowns and walk off and say, ‘It’s great.’”

Favre has had some time to adjust to the Vikings now, but knows results aren’t as key as getting used to his new team.

“It’s the things that people don’t see that to me are the most impor-

tant,” he said. “No one wants to see the ball on the ground, calling plays wrong, going the wrong way.

Things like that. The other stuff will come. Maybe it all comes this week, I don’t know.”

While the spotlight is on Favre, the Texans are more concerned about Adrian Peterson as they hope to rebound from a disappointing performance in a 38-14 loss to the Saints on Aug. 22.

“We’ve got to step it up,” defensive end Antonio Smith said. “We can’t let them get out there and rush the ball

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over 100 yards. I think that’s our goal.

We can’t let them just run through our defense like we did last week.”

Houston coach Gary Kubiak said several starting jobs are up for grabs, but he’s more interested in seeing how his team bounces back after what happened against New Orleans.

“I think it’s response more than anything for our football team, because we were really having a great camp, progressing along, feeling pretty good about what we were

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have collected six points from three games, enough to claim the fifth spot on the EPL table.

Other matches: Liverpool may have salvaged their season after Steven Gerrard scored a late winner against Bolton to pull the Reds to victory from behind, 3-2.

The top two of the league remained unchanged as Chelsea destroyed Burnley 3-0, while Tottenham continued their surprising start to the season by beating Birmingham 2-1.

In Spain, gigantic spenders Real Madrid began their 2009 campaign with a win, beating Deportivo de La CoruĂąa 3-2. $100 million signee Cristiano Ronaldo scored on a penalty kick in his La Liga debut for Madrid.

Meanwhile, in Italian Serie A, the hyped Milan derby between two powerhouses turned into a blowout as Inter decimated AC Milan, 4-0.

Monday, August 31, 2009

VIKINGS: Texans more worried about Peterson From page 7 doing and then — boom. You get a dose of reality,� he said. “I want to see us respond to that.�

The last time these teams met, Matt Schaub was knocked out of the game after two low hits by Minnesota’s Jared Allen. Schaub missed 4½ games with a knee injury and Allen was fined $50,000 for his actions.

Allen missed Minnesota’s last preseason game because of a sprained ankle, but is scheduled to play this week.

Both players insist there’s no bad blood between them from what happened last year. “It’s in the past,� Schaub said. “I’m moving on. It’s a new year.�

Allen agreed. “I was cool with him already.

Hopefully they don’t try nothing cheap down there,� he added with a laugh.

Houston’s offensive linemen aren’t as quick to let the incident go.

Left tackle Duane Brown said seeing the hit on tape makes him “sick to his stomach� because he believes he could have prevented it. “From the beginning of the

game, he had a little bit to say about me, with me being a rookie out there,� Brown said of Allen. “You pair that up with the fact he put a lick on my quarterback that put him out of the game, of course, I feel I need some revenge.�

Another subplot in this game is the return of quarterback Sage Rosenfels, who was traded to the Vikings this offseason with hopes of finally becoming a starter. Rosenfels spent three years as Houston’s backup and started five games in each of the last two seasons when Schaub was injured.

Now he’s competing with Tarvaris Jackson to be Favre’s backup.

Rosenfels was solid in Minnesota’s first preseason game against Indianapolis, but sat out last week with a sprained ankle. He’s expected to return this week, but it’s unclear how much he’ll play Monday. “It’s going to be neat,� Rosenfels said. “We had a great group of guys on offense. I think that was a lot of the reason we had pretty good success offensively there. It’s going to be different being on the other sideTom Olmscheid | Associated Press line. I spent three great years of my life working and fighting with Brett Favre, center, speaks with Minnesota’s offensive coordinator Darrel Bevell, right, after Favre’s first those guys.� offensive series as a Viking.

Houston lefty requires surgery on pitching shoulder, knees

Pat Sullivan | Associated Press

Houston lefty Mike Hampton, seen here watching his team play against San Francisco, is out for the season and is planning to undergo surgery.

PHOENIX — Oft-injured lefty Mike Hampton won’t pitch again this season and is planning to have surgery on his pitching shoulder and both knees.

Hampton, on the disabled list since Aug. 18 with a partially-torn rotator cuff, will have MRI exams’ results on his shoulder and knees sent to Dr. David Altchek of the New York Mets. “It’s disappointing that he couldn’t get to the finish line,�

Houston general manager Ed Wade said before the Astros played Arizona on Sunday. “We went into this thing knowing that he had a very significant health history, but at the same time he had 10 solid starts for the Braves last year, and we had every reason to hope that he had turned the corners medically.�

GO HORNS!

Hampton is 7-10 with a 5.30 ERA in 21 starts this season, his most since 2004. He missed the 2006 and 2007 seasons after separate elbow surgeries.

A two-time All-Star, Hampton is best known for signing an eight-year, $121 million contract with Colorado after the 2000 season. He is 63-62 since. “It has been tough for him,�

Astros manager Cecil Cooper said.

Hampton, who turns 37 on Sept. 9, will be a free agent after this season. He’s said he hopes to pitch again, but Cooper offered another possible option. “I told him, ‘Hey, come back as a pinch-hitter if it doesn’t work,’ “ Cooper said. “He can hit. He can definitely hit, so that might be an alternative.�

Hampton is a career .246 hitter with 16 homers. — The Associated Press

SPORTS BRIEFLY Backup QB dismissed from Mizzou after weekend arrest COLUMBIA, Mo. — Missouri reserve quarterback Blaine Dalton has been kicked off the team after an overnight campus arrest on suspicion of drunken driving.

Coach Gary Pinkel announced the move Friday morning. He declined to discuss any details.

Campus police said the highly touted freshman was arrested at 1:16 a.m. Friday on suspicion of driving while intoxicated, failing to drive in a single lane and operating an unlicensed motor vehicle. He posted $500 bond and was released Friday morning.

Dalton had been competing with Jimmy Costello for the No. 2 quarterback job behind Blaine Gabbert.

Dalton was named the top high

school player in the Kansas City area as a senior. He led his high school team to the Class 6A state championship as a sophomore in 2006 and a runner-up finish as a senior and passed for more than 5,000 yards in three seasons.

Pac-10 makes deal with Alamo Bowl after 15 years SAN ANTONIO — The Alamo Bowl will be the Pac-10’s top game after the Rose Bowl starting in the 2010 season.

Organizers announced a fouryear deal replacing the Big Ten’s fourth team with the Pac-10’s second one on Friday.

The Big Ten has faced the Big 12 since 1995 after Pac-10 teams played in the bowl’s first two seasons.

This season’s game, the last one for the Big Ten is Jan. 2. Previously, Pac-10 teams who missed the Bowl Championship Series played in San Diego’s Holiday Bowl. — The Associated Press

TEXAS: Hooker ‘phenomenal’ in opener From page 7 team up for their three-set run to win the match. In the third stanza of the match, Texas went on a 10-3 run that saw Hooker collect six kills to put the Horns up 15-9.

After a Long Beach rally closed the gap to 21-14, Hooker and junior outside hitter Juliann Faucette combined for three kills to end the set at 25-18.

“In the third, we knew that we really didn’t have any more time to mess around,� Engle said. “We had no choice but to win the third game if we wanted to keep playing. I found my rhythm... And I think the whole team started to feel that rhythm.�

Freshman Sha’Dare McNeal forced a set point in the fourth and sophomore middle blocker Rachael Adams and Engle ended

the set with a block to give Texas the 25-23 win.

Hooker once again shined in the fifth set with three solo kills, a solo block and a block assist in the first five points. The set ended with two kills from Engle to give the Horns the set and the match, bringing Texas to 7-2 in season openers under Elliott. “Destinee was phenomenal for us in the fifth set,� Elliott said.

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ENTERTAINMENT BRIEFLY ‘Destination’ beats ‘Basterds,’ ‘Halloween’ to No. 1 spot LOS ANGELES — Movie fans have made fear their top destination at the weekend box office.

The horror tale “The Final Destination� debuted as the No. 1 movie with $28.3 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. The Warner Bros. sequel is the latest installment in the franchise about people stalked by death after a premonition saves them from their destined demise. “Final Destination� took over the top spot from Quentin Tarantino and Brad Pitt’s World War II saga “Inglourious Basterds,� which slipped to second place with $20 million. The Weinstein Co. release raised its total to $73.8 million after 10 days in theaters.

Weinstein also had the No. 3 slot with the horror flick “Halloween II,� which opened with $17.4 million. The movie is Rob Zombie’s sequel to his update of the slasher franchise about crazed killer Michael Myers.

It’s unusual for two horror movies to open over the same weekend. While “Final Destination� and “Halloween II� competed for the same audience, both managed solid receipts. “They got their $17 million, we got our $28 million. That’s a lot of business all around,� said Jeff Goldstein, sales manager day, monthgeneral day, 2008

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Autopsy of DJ AM still leaves some questions unanswered NEW YORK — Authorities don’t expect to know for weeks what killed celebrity disc jockey DJ AM, who was found dead in a Manhattan apartment.

New York City medical examiner’s office spokeswoman Ellen Borakove says more investigation and testing — including toxicology tests — are needed after an autopsy Saturday of the 36-year-old. She says the process is expected to take several weeks.

A law enforcement official has told The Associated Press police found a crack pipe and prescription pills in the apartment where they discovered DJ AM’s body Friday. The official spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the investigation was ongoing. —The Associated Press

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though it is not yet in stores. “We use roasted ingredients equipment. This will allow him to that give the salsa a distinct flacontinue distributing Logan’s Ha- vor,� Sanderson said. “You’ve banero Relish locally. got to have a good blend of The festival draws about 15,000 spices. There’s not a science to attendees and more than 350 en- it; it’s just getting it down to a tries every year, each vendor vy- good recipe.� ing for a win Hopping in one of three from tent to competitive cattent, I ended egories: best inup in front of dividual (homea line of Big I’ve seen people come made) sauce, Dawg saucin with... even a best restaurant es and salsas carton of milk.� sauce and best and sampled commercial botthe Big Dawg — Carrie Hartwell tler. The winner DNR (Do Not had not yet been Resuscitate). volunteer announced by Since I hadn’t press time heard what I A three-time was trying, I winner and the first company to ended up taking a big scoop of the be inducted into the Hall of Flame, sauce that sent me reeling. ChokTexas-Texas Salsas is owned and ing back tears, I spoke with Big operated by a father-son team, Dawg creator Darrell Fitch, a fireEddie and Brian Sanderson. With fighter, who had been encouraged roots in the specialty food busi- to develop the brand by his wife ness, Eddie Sanderson took note and fellow firefighters. of the surge of public interest in I listened through gulps of lemsalsa in the early ‘90s and decid- onade as Fitch told me Big Dawg ed to create the best tasting bottled 1 is now distributed in more than 40 salsa on the market. stores throughout the Dallas-Fort Caleb Miller | Daily Texan Staff Brian said the brand’s new fire- Worth area. He then graciously roasted salsa was hands-down provided me with a free jar of Big Singer Tim Crane of T-Bird and the Breaks dances on stage at the Hot the most popular at the festival, Dawg FlatLime for my troubles.

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LA. He’s a terrific writer and covers some interesting things that relate to macro-scale sociological movements. It’s amazing to analyze how we build our habitat as humans and how it relates to our current lifestyle.

DT: What is a perfect day for you?

NP: A perfect day is a new song fixed and completed, a run by the shop for a fresh new aqua-blue oxford and new twotone style boat shoes. Then a hop on a 25-foot Catalina sailboat stocked with my five best friends and a ice chest full of vegan snacks.

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in new system are subtle, not quite essential From page12 elsewhere. Diehards will undoubtedbly love this newest version, as it makes already aesthetically-appealing Macs look even sleeker.

For everyone else, though, Snow Leopard might just be the unnecessary icing on an already delicious cake. While PC users suffered through Vista, Mac users luxuriated and bragged about Leopard’s ease and simplicity.

Many of them now may not really see a need to switch from Leopard to Snow Leopard.

There’s no spectacular beforeand-after moments during use, only the occasional “oh, that’s really nice.” The upgrade does facilitate and refine, but with a system that’s already known for its ease and simplicity, Snow Leopard may be a hard sell.

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PHOENIX: Club boasts more relaxed atmosphere

Monday, Au

From page 12 the classy lounges in bigger cities, such as New York or Miami.

The difference between this club and the bar scene just one street over is remarkable — the ladies wore high heels and silver necklaces, and the men wore dark-washed jeans with Oxford button-ups. But that may be because the target demographic for this particular venue is undeniably the 23-and-up crowd.

For instance, the DJ spun jams that were hot among the hipperthan-thou crowd two years ago (Cut Copy’s “Hearts on Fire,” for instance) — and though that could get somebody killed at Beauty Bar or Barcelona, the crowd reacted favorably and swayed their heads to the beat.

The staff was incredibly attentive — one lady came up, softly held my arm and asked if everything was all right. The long, lavish sofas and tables were perfect for gathering with friends, and the dim, red moodlighting was decidedly urban.

But mostly, I enjoyed the spirit of the club. Many people are going to be quick to point out the bourgeois overtones of The Phoenix’s decor and ambiance, but like super-sizing your Big Mac combo or dropping $200 on a pair of candy-coated Nike high-tops, a little extra can be fun sometimes.

Erik Reyna | Daily Texan Staff

Joseph Serrato of local Austin band Los Bad Apples plays saxophone at the opening of The Phoenix.

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and minimal experience actually working on software.

This is an industry that just blew up really fast. It A passion for games will always started as an indie type of thing, but now it’s an be less important than consistency and focus in an interviewee’s portindustry.” folio, Talamo suggested throughout his speech. The days of Id Soft— Lou Talamo, ware making Wolfenstein 3D in a BioWare Austin senior artist living room are over.

“This is an industry that just blew up really fast,” Talamo said.

“It started as an indie type of said. “I thought it’d be neat to thing, but now it’s an industry.” into a reality for the attendees.

“We always have customers in provide them with that informaGamerz store owner Teresa Castle organized the event in the here asking about what it takes tion and bring someone in that hope of making a daunting dream to get into the industry,” she does that professionally.”

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Local scene newest hub for game developers

Hot Sauce Festival fires up Austin

Austin developers lead business into new era with large projects, several successful companies

By Allistair Pinsof Daily Texan Staff Austin has a long-lived reputation as a music city, but it might not be long before it is also viewed as a major hub for the video game industry.

Austin developers like Origin Systems and Ion Storm defined PC gaming in the ‘90s, and now a new generation of Austin startups is redefining games for the 21st century. A modest-sized crowd gathered around Lou Talamo, senior environment artist at BioWare Austin, as he told a group of young hopefuls how to break into the industry at Gamerz Videogame Exchange in Lakeline Mall on Saturday.

“You really have to focus on what you want to do in your portfolio,” Talamo said to a mixed crowd of kids, college students and adults.

The days of two to 10-person game staffs are gone, and projects like BioWare Austin’s upcoming Star Wars: The Old Republic are massive undertakings that depend on hundreds of staff in multiple offices around North America, numerous game testers and even outsourcing to smaller studios overseas.

While college students comprised most of the crowd at Gamerz, a few younger students attended the event.

“I came here to learn about the industry and how to get a start, and I think he covered it pretty well,” said Tyler Mead, who went to find some words of encouragement.

The video game industry has largely been enigmatic up until now, with little information available for the public. There has been a growing amount of schools focused on game design like The Guildhall at SMU and Full Sail University in Florida, but some game designers, like Talamo, still find themselves getting into the game industry with an illustration degree

GAME continues on page 11

Photos by Shelley Neuman | Daily Texan Staff

Above: Geoffrey Hale samples hot sauce at the 19th annual Texas Hot Sauce Festival held at Waterloo Park on Sunday; Below: Leon Baños-Stoote, also known as “Tamalady,” dances with Linsey James to the music of the Paula Nelson Band at the 19th annual Texas Hot Sauce Festival held at Waterloo Park on Sunday.

Chronicle-sponsored event attracts thousands to sample variety of salsas

By Audrey Campbell Daily Texan Staff Though the temperature outside was a cool 93 degrees, thousands of mouths were on fire at the 19th annual Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival on Sunday at Waterloo Park.

“I’ve seen people come in with bread, chips and even a carton of milk,” said Carrie Hartwell, a volunteer for the food bank.

As Hartwell directed festival-goers — pointing and saying, “That way to fun,” — vendors from all

over Central Texas touted the freshest and hottest ingredients to hungry customers. According to The Austin Chronicle’s Web site, the festival began as a friendly rivalry between Austin and San Antonio. More than 100 gallons of hot sauce are consumed each year.

UT marine biology senior Logan McClinton was one of many vendors trying to meet people and promote his relatively new brand. McClinton has been making his famous habanero relish for the past three years,

which is created with a blend of habanero, serrano and jalapeño peppers, as well as onions, carrots, fresh garlic, salt and vinegar. After he first created the mix, friends and family encouraged McClinton to sell the recipe.

“We did all the canning in my apartment, and we just used a small food processor to make about 30 gallons worth of relish,” he said.

Despite his tedious start, McClinton hoped to make enough money at the festival to purchase better

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Local electro-funk musician Neiliyo talks shop The Phoenix offers classy, MUSIC MONDAY

By Brad Barry

Lara Haase | Daily Texan Staff

Local Austin musician Nell Petty, who calls his one-man band Neiliyo, will perform at Beauty Bar this Friday.

This week, The Daily Texan caught up with Neil Petty, the man behind “Neiliyo.” Combining chunky, Day-Glo beats from his laptop with a funk guitar and an infectious energy, Petty is a constant force in the downtown dance club scene.

The Daily Texan: What album have you listened to the most in the last week?

Neil Petty: The “Boogie-Funk 2008” podcast.

DT: If you could collaborate with any musician in the world, who would it be?

NP: Lil Wayne — I’d be all over the radio.

DT: What was the best show you’ve ever played?

NP: Probably my first. It was a boat party full of everyone I worked with. Two things were proven: 1) Neiliyo can successfully move people. 2) Neiliyo can successfully make all of his co-workers move with each other.

DT: What was the worst show you’ve ever played?

NP: Probably my third. I just booked it for practice in a live situation. There were three people there. I basically replaced

my song lyrics with freestyle drink orders.

DT: What is your favorite song to play live?

NP: Right now, there’s this new one I haven’t given a name yet, but it seems to get people grooving more quickly. It’s got this really cool breakdown that I like to call the “mutant funk attack” part.

That may end up being the name.

DT: When you were forming the band, were there any alternate band names you didn’t pick?

NP: Not really. I thought about having that obscure name that was two to three words long, but I decided on something quick and easy — something that was already me and a nickname. I was done with the iconic band name search.

DT: Where is your favorite place to eat in Austin?

NP: Kebabalicious. I really like good falafel, and they hit it on the head. I would eat there every night if I could.

DT: Do you have a day job?

NP: Yes, I am an interactive copywriter and content strategist at a digital marketing agency.

DT: What is your favorite Web site?

NP: Right now, I’m into “BLDGBLOG.” It’s an architecture blog by a guy based out in

mature club experience

By Francisco Marin Daily Texan Staff The bass booms softly amid the din of chatting club-goers lounging on plush sofas, red lights glowing from every corner of the room.

The bartenders, two pretty blondes and a brunette, maintain their composure and smile as a throng of sleekly clad 20-somethings bark orders for Jagerbombs, gin and tonics and cranberry vodkas.

The atmosphere is one of quiet, suave decadence — dignified Renaissance paintings adorn the walls, which are covered in crushed red velvet.

A passing waiter procures a platter of assorted cheeses and other

hors d’oeuvres as I nurse a whiskey sour.

This is The Phoenix, Austin’s newest downtown venture.

Located near the corner of Fifth and Colorado streets, the lounge is a welcome sight among the multitude of dive bars and Greek hangouts that are so common on Sixth Street — you won’t see sticky wooden floors, jorts and New-Balance combos, or scuzzy punk bands here.

Instead, club owner Michael Ault asserts, you’ll see internationally recognized artists from diverse genres, such as electro DJ Benny Benassi, VIP bottle service and a club modeled after

PHOENIX continues on page 11 Waitress Niyeli Cutler carries one of the champagne bottles rigged with fireworks that accented opening celebration for The Phoenix on Thursday.

Erik Reyna Daily Texan Staff

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Apple’s Snow Leopard makes few minor upgrades to previous operating system

By Gerald Rich Daily Texan Staff Mac released its latest operating system, Snow Leopard, on Friday to much anticipation despite the fact that the new system is little more than a more polished version of its predecessor, Leopard.

For the most part, this didn’t come as a surprise to Mac users.

“Windows Vista promised users too much, and then they had to quickly scale it back,” said Hampton Finger, UT’s Computer Writing and Research Lab sys-

tems analyst.

En lieu of the difficulties with Windows Vista, Mac decided to take the opposite approach with its new software by optimizing what’s already there rather than adding anything stunning. The company stayed relatively true to its promise of “no new features.”

The biggest changes that Snow Leopard brings are the switch from 32 to 64-bit coding, optimizing multi-core processing and better utilization of the graphics processor. These changes translate to

Diehards will undoubtedly love this newest version, as it makes already aesthetically-appealing Macs look even sleeker.

overall faster speeds — specifically: start up, shut down, opening and closing applications, backups and finding files — while freeing up seven gigabytes of space.

There are also tons of minor changes sprinkled throughout the system, most noticeably, the new default color profile, which offers a crisper overall picture.

Other small-yet-notable revisions span from higher resolution improvements in iChat to easier highlighting of text in PDF files. Furthermore, QuickTime can now play movies in a sleek and sexy frameless black theme, making films appear as though they’re part of the desktop.

But before ‘Mac-o-philes’ rush out and buy Snow Leopard, they should check the facts first. Not all third-party softwares have converted to the new 64-bit, and there are reports of ‘buggy’ ap-

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plications. There are Snow Leopard compatibility lists online, but a large majority of the software still works fine. Another issue is that only Macs with an Intel Core 2 Duo processor or higher can use the new OS. Those who bought a new Mac after June 3 this summer can get Snow Leopard for $10 versus the list price of $30. While $30 is relatively cheap for a new OS, casual users may still want to spend their money

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