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Running backs pace Horns’ opening victory
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Rice passes partial ban on tobacco By David Maly
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UT and Rice disagree over most effective tobacco policy The battle over tobacco use on university campuses continues to heat up as Texas schools take different policy approaches.
UT banned tobacco campus-wide earlier this year after the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas changed its grant application, announcing a provision prohibiting tobacco use in areas of campus where institute-funded cancer research takes place. The
institute is a state-funded organization that works to fight cancer through research funding and other initiatives and has awarded UT more than $33 million for cancer research. This past Saturday, Rice University also announced it was adopting a tobacco-free policy to
comply with CPRIT guidelines. However, Rice only implemented a partial tobacco ban, leading some to question whether UT’s full ban was necessary. Rice’s partial ban consists of 13 designated areas on-campus where tobacco use is allowed. Whichever route to compli-
ance CPRIT-funded entities choose, Heidi McConnell, chief operating officer for CPRIT, said as long as they follow grant rules, their funding will not be affected. Adrienne Howarth-Moore,
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Real life horror comes to life on screen in “Compliance.”
TODAY Texas Ballroom
Come learn how to swing and salsa dance with Texas Ballroom. Enjoy an entire free week of ballroom dancing; no partner, shoes or experience necessary. The classes will be held in Anna Hiss Gym 136 from 8—10 p.m.
PCL Tour
This walking tour provides an overview of the service points of the PCL, and covers key areas in the building, including the periodicals collection, the map collection, general stacks, microfilm and group study rooms. The tour is from 11 a.m.—12 p.m. and tour will meet in the PCL lobby.
College Excellence workshop offered
Want to get more involved on campus? The Longhorn Center for Academic Excellence presents a workshop that explores student organizations and campus resources. Free pizza provided. The meeting will be held in the Jackson Geological Sciences building from 5:30—7p.m.
By David Loewenberg
With Tuesday marking the one-year anniversary of the most destructive fire in Texas history that reduced more than 30,000 acres of Bastrop County to ashes and more than 1,500 homes to mere memories, a UT graduate student is working to restore life to the affected landscape. UT molecular biology graduate student Vlad Codrea has spent the last year developing and maintaining a tree nursery at UT’s Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center with the goal of delivering thousands of native tree seedlings for Bastrop residents and park officials to plant. Codrea hopes this massive effort will help restore natural areas that were devastated in last year’s fire. “[The seedlings] will be given out to landowners whose land had been burned by the fires as well as planted across Bastrop State Park,” Codrea said. Codrea said he plans to distribute the 70,000 seedlings growing at the Wildflower Center to Bastrop residents and park officials in October. UT’s Green Fee Committee funds the majority of Codrea’s tree nursery, the first of its kind at UT, with a $54,000 grant dis-
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Kelly Clarkson, a 20-year-old cocktail waitress from Texas, wins Season One of American Idol in a live television broadcast from Hollywood’s Kodak Theater.
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tributed over three years. A part of the Office of Sustainability, the committee allocates the funds it receives from the $5-a-year “Green Fee” that each student pays as part of student fees. Karen Blaney, Green Fee
Committee program coordinator at the Office of Sustainability, said the project’s originality and long-term positive effects motivated the committee to award
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Texas ranks 23rd, survey determines
Shooting for higher grad rates, University coins “2016” brand By Bobby Blanchard
Today in history
Nathan Goldsmith | Daily Texan Staff UT students Alison Wyllie and Shelly Bergel remove weeds from seedlings at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Saturday. The seedlings are slated to be delivered to areas affected by last year’s fires in Bastrop County.
2016 is everywhere. It is on the shirts. It is on the bags UT gave students at orientation. It has become a hash tag on Twitter. It was in UT President William Powers Jr.’s speech at Gone to Texas. It was even on the UT Tower for a few hours last Wednesday night. It’s no longer only a graduation date; 2016 has become a brand, continuously reminding students when their four years are up. The logo the University has slapped onto college shirts and orientation bags reads “Class of Twenty 16” and is enclosed with an orange box. “Part of the reason and the goal with this branding is not
just to have that logo visible as much as possible but to also get students to buy into meeting their expectations and their potential,” said Kyle Clark, associate director of New Student Services. “We want as many of them as possible to graduate together.” Clark said ‘branding’ this incoming class is part of the overall effort to increase fouryear graduation rates. For the University, 2016 is not just a brand; it is also a deadline. Graduation rates have been at the forefront of University administrators’ minds since they made it a goal in February to in-
crease UT’s four-year graduation rates to 70 percent by 2016. Current four-year graduation rates are at 51 percent. As part of the most recent effort to increase its four-year graduation rates, the University has also implemented changes to its orientation program and appointed David
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L aude to senior vice provost for enrollment and graduation management. UT called Laude in this new position the University’s “Graduation Rate Champion.” Clark said the design for the 2016 bags and T-shirts given to freshmen originally came
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iPods used in learning English By Blake Carter
A recent study conducted by a UT professor and three graduate student assistants has shown that English language learners in elementary, middle and high schools gain more learning time and motivation from using iPod Touches outside the classroom. The data gathered from the devices show that they used resources
such as translators, calculators and maps, as well as media tools such as voice recorders, still cameras and video cameras to complete their assignments. UT education professor Min Liu and her research team conducted a survey at three different schools in a Central Texas school district. The three schools — one elementary school, one middle school and one high school
— provided English language learners with iPod Touches. Liu said between 85 and 105 students participated in the program between 2010 and 2012. English language learners describes students who attend schools where English is the language of instruction but do not speak English. A school district representative, who Liu requested to remain anonymous to protect the identity of study partici-
pants, said the district implemented the project to address gaps between then-TAKS scores for its English language learners and its native Englishspeaking students. Liu said she designed the study to analyze the significance of an emerging technology for this specific group of students. “The curriculum, the
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UT is the 23rd best university in the nation, according to Washington Monthly’s 2012 rankings of U.S. universities. Washington Monthly’s results differ significantly from those of U.S. News & World Report, a highly referenced college ranking system, because of differences in its ranking methodology. Washington Monthly bases its calculations on three categories: recruitment and retention of low-income
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Washington college rankings 1 University of California-San Diego (CA)* 100 2 Texas A&M University (TX)* 91 3 Stanford University (CA) 90 4 Univ. of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (NC)* 89 5 University of California-Berkeley (CA)* 87 6 University of California-Los Angeles (CA)* 85 7 Case Western Reserve University (OH) 84 8 University of WashingtonSeattle (WA)* 9 University of California-Riverside (CA)* 82 10 Georgia Institute of Technology-Main (GA)* 81 *indicates a public school Notable: 12: University of Texas at El Paso 79 23: University of Texas at Austin 70
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UT director for human resource services, said the University thought a partial ban would not have been costfeasible because of the logistics of where CPRIT-funded research happens at UT. “There are a multitude of buildings on-campus that have CPRIT research going on, and those buildings can change from semester to semester as each semester comes around and new research initiatives are proposed,” she said. “Administratively, from a costand-resource perspective, that would mean we would have to re-map and potentially move locations every semester.” UT’s 431-acre campus received $20.4 million in CPRIT funding last year, while Rice’s 285-acre campus received $10.8 million, according to CPRIT and U.S. News & World Report. In an interview with the Rice Thresher, Rice’s university campus newspaper, Kevin Kirby, vice president
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continues from page 1 learner’s needs and the technology itself all come into play in terms of being able to help ELLs in the classroom,” Liu said.
continues from page 1 the grant. “In terms of far-reaching impacts, it is up there,” Blaney said. “There is hope for the tree nursery even after he gets his degree and moves on.” Codrea received the grant before the fires took place, with the intention of creating a student-run tree nursery at the J.J. Pickle Research Campus, but moved to the Wildflower Center and integrated his efforts with theirs after seeing first-hand how destructive the Bastrop fire had been to native plant species in the Lost Pines region. “After the fires, we knew we had a great responsibility and opportunity to help with the reforestation and restoration project of the Lost Pines,” Codrea said. Since receiving the grant, Codrea has worked with the Wildflower Center to build a suitable greenhouse for the nursery and hosts student and community volunteers every Saturday. Microbiology graduate student Jeremy Henderson helped tend to the seedlings
She said the study group looked into the needs for monitoring and security on the iPods and determined that without any monitoring system, the program would not work. Education graduate student Cesar Navarrete, who helped conduct the study, said expand-
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for administration at Rice, said a campus-wide tobacco ban would not have been appropriate at Rice due to other feasibility concerns. “For us, a complete ban was not practical or enforceable and would lead to unintended consequences like people moving to nearby neighborhoods or sidewalks around campus,” Kirby said. Howarth-Moore said she is not sure how the possible effectiveness of only a partial ban at Rice could affect the policy at UT, but she believes higher education is going toward a tobacco-free direction. She
said the University worked on several initiatives to make UT tobacco-free prior to the new CPRIT regulation and a national tobacco-free university initiative is being introduced by the U.S. government later this month. Since the beginning of the tobacco-ban at UT last spring, the administration has mainly been focused on communicating the new policy to the UT community, as most violations have been due to lack of awareness. With the placement of signs around campus over the summer, however, Howarth-Moore said UT will
for the first time at last Saturday’s volunteer event. “By replanting the trees, I think it is a reminder that not only is there a community available to help them nearby, but it also helps them heal those wounds of loss,” Henderson said. Saralee Tiede, spokesperson for the Wildflower Center, said the nursery is the most extensive project a student has ever conducted in conjunction with the center. As for the use of the Green Fee funds on the nursery, Blaney said the nursery is a very visible example of the Green Fee at work and its benefit to the University and community. “Every single year, students come and wonder what UT is doing for the surrounding community,” Blaney said. “The tree nursery is a really good answer for one way that UT can contribute to the region.” Blaney hopes the free and public nursery that often hosts student volunteers will spur student interest in conservation and sustainability issues. “Not many people get to grow a tree,” Blaney said. “Who knows what it will spark in somebody?”
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ing the use of iPods or similar technologies to more school districts still poses a lot of questions that must be taken into consideration. He said the infrastructure, including the iPods, the programs they run and inclass access points, creates a barrier for entry for some districts. Navarrete also said the training teachers receive on how to teach with the devices and how to keep them working poses a logistical issue for integrating them into the classroom. The school district that participated in Liu’s study funded its initiative through a 2008 tax bond. Navarrete said students also face connectivity issues outside the classroom. “Students may get fine connection at school, but what about those who do not have connection away from school?”
continues from page 1 from the Cockrell School of Engineering, and it has since spread throughout the entire campus. Bedia, senior coordinator of New Student Services, said the brand has even spread to many different forms of communication. “I have seen it on flyers, brochures and any type of communication that has been sent out to students,” Bedia said. “I also feel like everyone on campus is saying they’re excited to welcome the class of 2016.” Ladan Ghannadpour, a radio-television-film freshman, said she had noticed the use of 2016 everywhere, but she was not aware it was a new branding effort. “I knew the University was trying to increase its four-year graduation rates, but I had no idea the branding of 2016 had to do with that,” Ghannadpour said. Ghannadpour said she thinks these efforts might have an impact. She is starting her first year with 31 hours of college credit she earned during high school, so she said she feels like she will graduate on time. John Murphy, an advertising professor, said the University’s branding efforts are marketing the concept of a four-year graduation. “The putting of 2016 on packets of materials and the president using that specifically in remarks is branding this group, and it is marketing to them,” Murphy said. “But what I thought first when I heard about this was setting up
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now begin to evaluate the effectiveness of the new policy. “We’re really planning to do an assessment this semester, as it’s the first with the policy and signage in place,” she said. Howarth-Moore said plans are still in place to completely ban tobacco on UT’s campus this February. There are currently designated areas throughout UT’s campus where tobacco use is allowed in order to make the transition to a tobacco-free campus easier. According to the Americans for Nonsmokers’ Rights, 562 colleges have enacted campus-wide tobacco bans. expectations, and the expectation is on-time graduation.” Murphy said there was no subliminal messaging occurring in this situation. “Subliminal advertising or subliminal messaging is about communicating with someone below their level of consciousness and influencing their behavior without them realizing a message has been delivered,” Murphy said. While Clark, Bedia and Murphy all said the branding will help the effort to increase four-year graduation rates, Murphy said the University still needs to consider other factors. Murphy said he served on a committee 20 years ago that was trying to increase the University’s sixyear graduation rates. He said achieving a higher percentage of freshmen living on campus was one of the things the University looked at to increase its six-year graduation rates then. “There is a bonding with the institution that occurs,” Murphy said. “So as opposed to Riverside and Far West, we wanted them to be right here on campus in the shadow of the Tower.” This year, 5,167 freshmen are living on campus, which is 65 percent of the 8,000 first-year students. Some universities require freshmen to live on campus their first year. UT Division of Housing and Food Service reported 7,581 students living on campus this year, so if UT required all freshmen to live on campus and reserved all of the beds for freshmen, it still would not have been able to give every freshman a bed. ington Monthly’s rankings, UT sits beneath two Texas universities, Texas A&M University and the University of Texas at El Paso, which rank second and 12th, respectively. UT ranks above Rice University and Texas A&M University-Kingsville, which rank 38th and 56th, respectively.
NEWS BRIEFLY Man charged, victim stable after stabbing
A man stabbed Saturday afternoon in front of the University Co-op is now in stable condition, police said. According to police, 52-year-old Leroy Faubion stabbed 23-year-old Waylon Barnes in the back with a steak knife at around 3 p.m. Police said the stabbing occurred following an argument between the two men, both described by police as transients. Police said an unidentified witness to the incident immediately called authorities and stayed with Barnes until both police and Emergency Medical Services arrived. Police said Barnes was transported to University Medical Center Brackenridge immediately following the incident and treated for a stab wound 2 inches across and 1 inch deep in his back between his neck and shoulder. Barnes is still at Brackenridge. Faubion was quickly found and arrested two blocks away from where the stabbing occurred near Gracepoint Austin Church, located at 408 West 23rd Street. Police said Faubion is charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, a felony with a penalty of two to 20 years in prison. According to Travis County Sheriff ’s Office records, Faubion’s bond has been set at $50,000, and he is currently awaiting trial in the Travis County Jail.
— David Maly
City to restrict water due to low lake levels
The City of Austin will implement city-wide water restrictions Tuesday in response to declining water levels in Lake Travis and Lake Buchanan. Restrictions will enter stage two out of the city’s four stages of water restrictions. Starting Tuesday the city will allow residents to water their property one time each week, but as a state agency, the University will be exempt from any city restrictions. Last month, Austin City Council approved changes to the city’s water conservation code, creating a tier system that restricts water use in times of drought. UT already has a campuswide irrigation system in place. University officials reported saving 3.8 million gallons of water in June. Stage two restricts water use to residents with even and odd addresses on certain days and only allows automatic irrigation systems to run before 5 a.m. and after 7 p.m. According to the Lower Colorado River Authority, Lakes Travis and Buchanan have dropped below halfway full. Despite the high amount of rainfall this year, there are many who do not expect the lakes to recover.
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NEWS BRIEFLY Convention viewers turn to social media CHARLOTTE, N.C. — TV viewership for last week’s Republican National Convention dropped sharply from 2008. But the convention was a hit online and on social networks, the latest evidence of the political conversation’s gradual migration from traditional media to the Web. There are many reasons this year’s conventions may be less compelling than in 2008. Four years ago was a historic election that saw Democrat Barack Obama become the first black presidential nominee and then-Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin emerge as Republican Party star. Hurricane Isaac drew at least some attention away from the largely surprise-free GOP gathering in Tampa, Fla., last week. Little news also is expected at this week’s Democratic convention in Charlotte, N.C., where Obama will be nominated for a second term.
Issac leaves many without electricity NEW ORLEANS — Tens of thousands of customers remained in the dark Monday in Louisiana and Mississippi, nearly a week after Isaac inundated the Gulf Coast with a deluge that still has some low-lying areas under water. Most of those were in Louisiana, where utilities reported more than 100,000 people without power. Thousands also were without power in Mississippi and Arkansas. Much of Plaquemines Parish remained under as much as 5 feet of water, and for many, the damage was worse than that from Katrina.
Hit-and-run prompts Red Bull heir arrest BANGKOK — A grandson of the creator of the Red Bull energy drink has been arrested for driving a Ferrari that struck a police officer and dragged his dead body down a Bangkok street in an early-morning hit-and-run, police said Monday. Police took Vorayuth Yoovidhya, 27, for questioning after tracing oil streaks for several blocks to his family’s gated estate in a wealthy neighborhood of the Thai capital. He was facing charges of causing death by reckless driving and escaping an arrest by police but was released on a 500,000 baht ($15,900) bail. — Compiled from Associated Press
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Hurricane Isaac gives respite to farmers By Jason Keyser and Jeannie Nuss
In this Aug. 30, 2012 file photo, Storm clouds leading remnants of Hurricane Isaac gather in the skies over a grain elevator in England, Ark., as a man carries tools into a gust of wind. Weekend rain brought some relief to farmers in the nation’s midsection as they contend with the worst drought in the U.S. in decades.
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Several days of rain have given farmers in the nation’s midsection a welcome break from irrigating and hauling water for livestock as they contend with the worst drought in the U.S. in decades. The remnants of Hurricane Isaac dropped several inches of rain on wide areas of Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana and Missouri as the storm trudged north. Some spots got more than a halffoot of rain. For most farmers, the rain came too late to make a difference in their year. Corn farmers have been harvesting for weeks, and soybeans are far enough along that the rain won’t significantly improve their quality or growth. Some farmers had rushed to bring in crops before the storm, fearing strong winds or even flash flooding could destroy what they had managed to salvage from drought. In Arkansas, where farmers have been struggling with triple-digit temperatures and little rain, Robby Bevis, 35, saw the storm
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knock down several of his 150 acres of rice. “I hate to see any of it down, but that’s not as bad of percentage as what it could have been,” he said. He figured the rain might have saved him $10 or $15 an acre, although “the majority of the expense was throughout the summer.” In Illinois, Kenneth Metcalf said the storm put some water back in his well, relieving him of the burden of hav-
ing to buy and haul in hundreds of gallons of water each day for his 160 head of cattle. But Metcalf, 75, said he doubts the break will last long as the storm’s last clouds burn off and higher temperatures return, baking the area east of Springfield where he also grows corn and soybeans. “I think we’ll be hauling water here again in a few days,” he said. Still, it lifted his spirits to see so much rain, 4 or 5
inches by his estimation. “I think everybody feels better,” he said, noting the rain was a start toward replenishing lakes and wells. Farther south, Mike Campbell said he got 3 inches of rain on his farm in Edwardsville, Ill., which is about 30 miles from St. Louis. He said it was too late for it to do anything for his corn, and he had worried the storm’s winds would destroy what little he had left. But
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BERKELEY, Calif. — School day wake-up calls recorded by celebrities. Weekend makeup classes. Contests with laptop computers, private concerts and cars as prizes. Educators across the nation are using creative strategies as another school year gets under way to convince students and parents that regular attendance matters — and not just for grades and achievement. New research suggests missing as little as two weeks of school can put young children behind their peers, burden overworked teachers, cost districts state dollars and undermine mandates to raise standardized test scores. So many public school districts have launched campaigns to reduce all absences, not just those serious enough to warrant a home visit from a truant officer. The attendance push has
been particularly strong in California, New York, Texas and other states where schools funding is based on how many children are in their seats each day, rather than enrollment. Several California districts have made a back-to-school ritual of reminding parents that schools lose money whenever kids are out. Some have asked families with children who missed school for avoidable reasons such as family trips to reimburse schools the $30-$50 a day the absence cost in lost funding, or at least consider having a child with the sniffles or a stomach ache show up for the first part of the day so he or she can be counted before going home sick. Ken Seeley, president of the National Center for School Engagement in Denver, said when it comes to devising strategies for getting kids to school, the approaches do not need to be flashy. “We give away a lot of alarm clocks.”
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In July, UT garnered unwelcome attention when the Public Accountability Initiative, a Buffalo-based non-profit, reported that the Plains and Exploration Company (PXP), which extracts natural gas from Texas shale using hydraulic fracturing or fracking, had paid UT geology professor Charles “Chip” Groat $413,900 to serve on its board, more than twice his professor’s salary. This was problematic because Groat had led a UT Energy Institute research team that issued a study in February concluding no direct link exists between fracking and groundwater contamination. The University reacted by publicly admonishing Groat—University Provost Steven Leslie told reporters, “Dr. Groat has been reminded of his obligations to report all outside employment per university policy,” and announcing in August a three-person panel of outsiders unaffiliated with UT to review the Energy Institute’s fracking study. But if the episode’s only takeaway message is that Groat misled the University, larger points have been missed: Groat’s PXP board membership was one of several problems the PAI report identified in the UT fracking study. Both the Texan, in an editorial published prior to PAI’s report, and PAI in that report questioned the UT Energy Institute’s press release about its study, which oversimplified the findings by stating: “Study Shows No Evidence of Groundwater Contamination from Hydraulic Fracturing.” The study itself was a 400-page-long review of news coverage about fracking and previously reported scientific findings rather than new experimentation, along with numerous typos and editing marks, the study contained 54 sources, which were cited in the text but not found in the listed references. The PAI report declared a claim by Energy Institute Director Ray Orbach “that the report was peer reviewed” unfounded. “[I]t doesn’t appear it was even edited,” the PAI report said about Groat’s study. A university with so many ties to the oil and gas industry should have taken abundant cautions be-
fore endorsing a report so apparently favorable to that industry, particularly since questions about industry-funding conflicts related to fracking research had arisen previously when Pennsylvania State University researchers released a 2009 report. When easily identifiable and quite frankly embarrassing mistakes were pointed out, the University should have taken ownership of the problem instead of simply seeking to scapegoat Groat. An August press release announced the threeperson review panel and gave the reason for the inquiry: “Groat failed to disclose ties to the energy industry. That failure to disclose information has generated controversy about the reliability of the report.” The press release made no mention of the exaggerated, original press release, which both the PAI and the Texan noted was chiefly responsible for the propagation of a misrepresentative conclusion, or the study’s other errors such as the unfounded sourcing. Unquestionably, Groat should have reported his potential conflict. But, as the UT ethics rules stood at the time, Groat was not required to fill out a financial disclosure conflict of interest form because the Energy Institute study was funded by the university. The UT Board of Regents recently expanded those disclosure requirements in an August 23 meeting. Kevin Connor, a PAI researcher, told The Texan he learned about Groat’s board membership and payment from PXP “by Googling his name.” If Connor could use Google to find Groat’s potentially conflicting PXP board position, why didn’t UT officials before giving Groat’s report the go-ahead at least check if he still had outside employment and if it was with an oil and gas company? That and the other errors PAI raised were ones a more scrutinizing employer could have found. The notion that Groat’s failure to disclose his PXP payment represents the whole or even crux of the problem with the UT Energy Institute study creates too convenient a rationalization for a university that aspires to be a leading authority on energy issues but has in recent months failed to show leadership or au-
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Vote, nothing bars the way Since SB 14 — Voter ID — passed in the Texas legislature last session, many students have speculated about the bill’s implications for our campus this fall. Among other provisions, the bill would have required voters to present a photo ID matching the address on your driver’s license – so if you’re a student and your license doesn’t match that new dorm or West Campus address, you would be out of luck. But on Aug. 30, a D.C. federal court shut the Voter ID bill down, ruling that it would actually have a “retrogressive effect” on voting in Texas. Now that the bill’s rules are no longer a concern (for now), students have no excuse not to register to vote and have a say in the November elections. Opportunities to register will be everywhere this fall. It’s a quick process, it’s easy, and in this time of close elections, it empowers you with the ability to make a real difference. Be sure and register by the Oct. 9 deadline, then take the next step. Register your friends, register your neighbors, and be “that person” who reminds them about the early voting and election dates. When it comes to Voter ID, students are in the clear. Now it’s time for us to get to work. — Billy Calve is a government major from Dickinson and director of Hook the Vote, the campus-wide voter registration campaign.
An outsider’s dismay I have followed the U.S. presidential campaign so far with dismay. Having viewed American politics for a long time as the time-tested example of political aspiration, practice and conduct, I find it disconcerting to witness the current ills perpetrated by both campaigns. Similarities abound in my home country, Nigeria, even if in softer hues: voter suppression in the form of identification being required to vote even when no significant cases of fraud had been established; reducing early registration windows in districts that favor an opposition candidate; outright lies and misinformation by both campaigns, as witnessed again in Paul Ryan’s speech at the RNC convention; hypocrisy in criticizing the same measures they once advocated, and in demanding smaller government while championing government involvement in more private matters; refusal/inability to provide details on promises being made; a polarized, uncooperative congress publicly pursuing personal vendettas even if the populace suffers as a result. The list seems endless. In the final analysis, I won’t have a say on how the election turns out, being an alien, but it has certainly impacted the way I view American politics. And unfortunately for my sense of fairness, it has made me less likely to criticize these wrongs when they happen back home. If it can happen here, where democracy has been in practice for over two hundred years, it is definitely acceptable for politicians to do worse in a nascent democracy such as we have in Nigeria. America shouldn’t be seen as shying away from leadership — in political climate, practice and conduct. Seeking political office should be done with the utmost sense of responsibility to one’s self, one’s country and to future generations. It shouldn’t always be about winning or losing. Therein lies the problem. — Marcellinus Ojjinaka is a mechanical engineering graduate student from Imo, Nigeria.
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In 2009, I photographed Governor Rick Perry sticking his tongue out while signing legislation at his desk in the Texas State Capitol building. He was probably just wetting his lips, but frozen in that pose, he looks like a nitwit who must apply all his concentration to the task of signing his name. I’ve licensed this image as a stock photograph, and I earn small royalties on it. Not surprisingly, the websites that pay to use my photo of the governor are mostly left-leaning political blogs. My photo often accompanies an article that is critical of Perry, but that refrains from ad hominem attack—the photograph itself communicates the message “Rick Perry is a moron,” sparing the writer the indignity of explicitly articulating such a childish invective. I license this photograph, and hundreds of others, through various stock photography libraries. There’s a fair chance you’ve seen my photos, on book jackets or blogs or restaurant menus or billboards. For decades, stock photo libraries got most of their business from commercial clients who needed images for advertisements. Recently, though, stock photographs have assumed an expanded role in politics—and not just photos of politicians. To attract attention and to grow, what any political movement needs is a visible base of support. Now, anyone with a credit card can buy images of enthusiastic, hardworking people, slap some photos up on a website, and claim (or at least imply) that the people pictured are part of their cause. This is part of a public relations tactic called “Astroturfing”—fabricating an artificial grassroots movement that looks popular, but is actually orchestrated by a tiny group of people with enough resources to create the illusion of populism. An organization called Faces of Coal defines itself as “an alliance of people from all walks of life who are joining forces to educate lawmakers and the general public about the importance of coal mining to our local and national economies and to our nation’s energy security,” which sounds better than the truth: a lobbying group funded by two billionaire brothers who inherited a massive stake in the American coal industry from their father. When it was launched, the Faces of Coal website featured photos of young, multi-ethnic professionals, who were presumably the “faces” of people who supported the coal industry. But these smiling young men and women probably aren’t interested in the importance of coal mining to
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our national security, since the people in the photographs are not even Americans. These photos were shot by Danish stock photographer Yuri Acurs and British stock photographer Catherine Yeulet. In 2011, the National Organization for Marriage, a group that opposes same-sex marriage, posted photos of huge crowds on their homepage. Wow! It really looked like a popular movement with thousands of supporters. It turned out, though, that the crowd shots were actually taken at a 2008 Obama campaign rally. This year, Rick Perry faced nationwide criticism for his efforts to defund Planned Parenthood, which had the collateral effect of defunding other women’s clinics throughout Texas, even those that do not perform abortions. In an obvious effort to counter the accusation that the governor was part of a conservative “war on women,” Perry’s website added a temporary page proclaiming his ongoing support of women’s health initiatives in Texas. The top of the page featured a photograph of a female doctor showing an X-Ray to a female patient. At first glance, one might reasonably assume that these women are representative participants in Perry’s women’s health initiative. One might also assume that, by consenting to have their photographs appear on the governor’s website, these women must be endorsing Perry. In reality, the women in the photograph aren’t even Texans (and likely aren’t a doctor and patient, and probably aren’t in a medical office). The picture was made by stock photographer Alexander Raths, in Germany. Everybody knows that photographs can be faked or manipulated, or used out of context, but our instinct still is to trust our eyes. Don’t make that mistake. The next time you see a well-lit photograph of smiling, enthusiastic “ordinary people” on a political website, take a screen shot, and upload that image to Google’s new reverse image search, or the similar search engine Tineye.com. You might discover that the photograph has absolutely no relationship to the campaign, the website or the idea it ostensibly illustrates. Valentine is an author, photographer, lecturer and the program coordinator for the Plan II Honors Program.
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Professorship created in honor of UGS dean Editor’s note: Because of a production problem, the following story did not appear in Friday’s issue of The Daily Texan. It is reprinted in its entirety here.
By Bobby Blanchard President William Powers Jr. announced a new professorship Thursday that will support programs and faculty doing innovative work in the field of undergraduate studies. The professorship was made in honor of outgoing School of Undergraduate Studies dean Paul Woodruff, who stepped down from his position as of today to return to full-time teaching. Alumni, Woodruff ’s former students and fellow faculty members raised $270,000 to fund the new position. In addition, the president’s office is going to add an additional $100,000 to create the professorship. Woodruff announced he was returning to teaching in June after six years as the first dean of undergraduate studies. UGS associate dean Lawrence Abraham will serve as the interim dean of UGS until a search committee finds a permanent replacement. “Very often innovation comes from individual faculty members, who very often need support,” Powers said. “This professorship will be available to support a couple of faculty members.” Powers surprised Woodruff with the announcement at the ceremony Thursday. Woodruff has been hailed by Powers as the man who built UGS and set it on
Jorge Corona | Daily Texan Staff Paul Woodruff, former Dean of Undergraduate Studies, speaks Thursday afternoon at a reception commemorating achievements during his tenure.
a path to success for the future. After Powers’ announcement, Woodruff said he had no idea the professorship would be created and that it would be a tool for the future UGS dean. “The income from that professorship will allow people to spend a lot of time invent-
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Network finds new provider with AT&T By Samantha Katsounas UT picked up more than one victory this past weekend, beating the University of Wyoming in its first season match and scoring a triumph with its Longhorn Network distribution battle with cable providers. ESPN announced the Friday morning AT&T U-Verse customers would be able to watch the opening game against Wyoming. The deal comes after months of negotiation between ESPN and various cable providers. UT President William Powers, Jr. said he was pleased the negotiations between ESPN and AT&T U-Verse were successful. “This is a great day for the University of Texas, for Longhorn fans and especially for our viewers and our fans around the state and around the country,” Powers said at a press conference Friday. According to a January statement by the company, AT&T U-Verse had six million subscribers nation-wide. Previously, the only major local network to carry the Longhorn Network was Grande Communications , which covers about 25 percent of the Austin area. Verizon FiOS also
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ing and creating new courses,” Woodruff said. Woodruff is returning to fulltime teaching, something he said he has missed. “He has continued teaching while being dean, but he is now returning to full-time teaching,” Abraham said. “He loves teach-
ing so much, he has continued teaching while serving as dean.” Powers said Woodruff ’s absence will be felt. “Any time Paul Woodruff steps down from any position, it leaves a hole,” Powers said. “We’ll fill that hole, but he is a very important and a very good
person around here.” Powers said this position is a tool that will give professors additional support in their endeavors to innovate UGS. He said the professorship was created in honor of Woodruff and was not related to the larger incoming freshman
class, which is impacting UGS the most heavily. “The emphasis of [making the professorship] is we need to do something to honor Dean Woodruff,” Powers said. “All of the larger enrollment, we’ve been working on that for three or four months. We’re ready for that.”
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carries the channel nationwide. The network has yet to reach a deal with Austin’s other major cable providers, such as Time Warner Cable, which only carries programs for national distribution. Athletic director DeLoss Dodds said some of the most important benefits of the Longhorn Network’s increased reach will go to UT students. “We are very excited about our student athletes having the opportunity to get this kind of exposure. This is why we started this exercise maybe 10 years ago,” Dodds said. “It was about the kids.” Additional reporting contributed by Mary Ellen Knewtson.
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By Chris Hummer David Ash may have been the headliner leading the game Saturday, but it was Texas’ rushing attack that stole the show. Texas’ running backs combined for 260 yards and four touchdowns, pacing the Longhorns to a 37-17 victory over Wyoming. “The running backs did great,” Ash said. “They really wore the D-line out during the game. As the game went on, we saw some big runs. Joe [Bergeron] and Malcolm [Brown] did a great job tonight.” Heading into the game the backs would agree the goal was to rush for over 250 yards, and thanks to a strong second half performance they were able to eclipse that total. Most of the mileage came on the legs of Brown and Bergeron, who each surpassed the 100-yard mark (Brown 105, Bergeron 110) and contributed three touchdowns between them. Most of their success came late in drives, when the backs’ size and ability to rotate in and out wore down the Cowboys’ defense. A process that Bergeron compared to construction work, well, construction on the defense that is. “You have to pound them and eventually they’ll give it
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Daily Texan Sports @texansports Elisabeth Dillon | Daily Texan Staff Joe Bergeron sprints up the field en route to a 54-yard run in the fourth quarter of Texas’ 37-17 season opening win against Wyoming. The running backs paced the Texas offense in the game, combining for 280 yards and four touchdowns.
up,” Bergeron said. “It’s like hitting a wall basically, and after a while that wall will just crumble, and you’ll get to go through, and then you will get those big runs.“ While the backs were busy wearing down the Wyoming front seven, Ash was efficient
in his role as a leader and a game manager. He went 20-for-27 in the pocket for 156 yards and a touchdown. But most importantly, he avoided the costly turnovers that derailed many of his appearances in 2011. Ash did have one fumbled
snap that gave Wyoming premium field position in Longhorn territory in the fourth quarter, but other than that, he controlled the game well. Ash worked the underneath routes all game long, and was accurate on his short and mid-range throws. He left
Defense starts slow, Vaccaro sparks team By Lauren Giudice After the Texas offense went three and out to start the game, the Cowboys responded with a 56-yard opening drive that resulted in a field goal. During the Cowboy’s second drive, Wyoming quarterback Brett Smith sent a pass down the left sideline to Robert Herron. Both Carrington Byndom and Adrian Phillips missed the tackle, and Herron took advantage and ran for 82 yards and a touchdown. “It’s probably good that the defense gave up some
big plays tonight ’cause that will get their attention for next week,” head coach Mack Brown said. The Cowboys finished the first quarter with 178 total yards, not exactly the start the Longhorns were hoping for. “Honestly, we need to get our head out of the magazine and start fast and play hard,” senior safety Kenny Vaccaro said. In the next three quarters, the defense only gave up 167 more yards. Vaccaro swings game Senior safety Kenny Vaccaro was key in shifting the
a few long pass attempts short, but overall, the coaches were pleased with what they saw. “I thought David did a nice job,” co-offensive coordinator Bryan Harsin said. “David did everything we asked
OPENER continues on page 8 Senior safety Kenny Vaccaro had a excellent game in Texas’ season opener. He had five tackles and an interception.
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Longhorns’ momentum after the defense struggled during the first quarter of the game. Vaccaro intercepted a pass from Smith in the second quarter, and the offense capitalized when Jaxon Shipley scored on a 16-yard touchdown reception.
“I thought the turnovers were a lot of the momentum that helped us get started,” Vaccaro said. Later that quarter, a quarterback pressure by Vaccaro led to an interception by Byndom. Again, the Longhorns would score, with
D.J. Monroe running in for a touchdown. “Kenny Vaccarro is a great player, he’s not a good player. He can do some really good things to help us,” Brown said.
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Defense isn’t best in nation ... quite yet By Christian Corona Sports Editor
Texas allowed Wyoming only one third-down conversion in 11 tries, but that one stood out like a sore thumb. “When you give up an 80-yard pass, you can’t say your secondary played well,”
Longhorns head coach Mack Brown said. Brett Smith dropped back on third-and-6 and hit Robert Herron for one of his five catches near the first-down marker. Carrington Byndom and Adrian Phillips — two stalwarts of what is expected to be one of the nation’s best secondaries — collided while trying to bring Herron down.
Instead, Herron got the first down and a lot more. “It’s my fault,” Byndom said. “I should have made the tackle. I’m not going to put the blame on [Phillips]. We just have to put the guy on the ground.” He went 82 yards into the end zone and gave Wyoming a 9-7 lead that it would hold onto until Texas scored 24 unanswered points and put the game out of reach. Herron went on to catch another long touchdown pass
from Smith, but the pieces of an elite defense were on display in the Longhorns’ 37-17 seasonopening win over the Cowboys. Senior safety Kenny Vaccaro made an athletic, leaping interception in the second quarter, and senior defensive end Alex Okafor forced Smith into making a weak toss into traffic that Byndom picked off to end Wyoming’s next possession. “We did get good pressure on [Smith],” junior defensive
“Texas played 12 true freshman in opener against Wyoming. Mack Brown says no more should play against New Mexico this Saturday.”
end Jackson Jeffcoat said. “We got in his face and made him throw interceptions. He gave us two, which set our offense up to score. That’s 14 points right there.” After not recording a sack in Texas’ first three games last season, Okafor gave the Longhorns, who racked up 16 quarterback hurries, their only sack of the day. But like many of his
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Senior King awarded national punter of week
Senior punter Alex King has been awarded the National Punter of the Week award from College Football Performance Awards after he averaged 53.3 yards per attempt in the Longhorns’ win over Wyoming. King, a redshirt senior who transferred from Duke prior to this season, was punting in his first career game with Texas and performed well. He had one punt pin the Cowboys inside their own 20-yard line, and had a long of 58 yards during his three attempts. Senior Kenny Vaccaro also garnered recognition as an Honorable Mention for defensive backs, after his five tackle, one interception effort.
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Gilbert debuts for SMU, throws a pair of picks
At this time last season Garrett Gilbert was the starting quarterback for Texas. Now, a year and a major shoulder surgery later, Gilbert is the starter for SMU. In his first game at the head of the Mustangs’ offense Gilbert faced a familiar Big 12 foe in Baylor, and it didn’t go all that well. SMU was obliterated, 59-24, and Gilbert didn’t fare much better. The former Longhorn had two interceptions in the game, and three total turnovers. “I’ve got to play better,” Gilbert said. “We can’t shoot ourselves in the foot the way we did. We’ve just go to continue to improve.” Gilbert went 34for-59 256 yards and two touchdowns. -C.H.
ON THE WEB Elisabeth Dillon | Daily Texan Staff Junior cornerback Carrington Byndom and Adrian Phillips attempt to bring down a Wyoming wide out in Saturday’s victory. Byndom and the rest of the secondary had a tough game allowing 276 yards through the air.
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lofty expectations and praise, and the Longhorns certainly looked the part of a team that has a conference championship at the top of its agenda. The Big 12 is loaded in 2012, boasting the No. 2 team in the country, Oklahoma State, and the No. 4 team, Oklahoma. While the Longhorns will have some serious work to do to claim the conference championship, Saturday proved to be a step in the right direction.
Last year’s star freshman, Craig Lutz, who finished 33rd in the NCAA in 2011, Mark Pinales and the new crop of freshmen who led the Longhorns to victory over the weekend, appear ready to give the Big 12 a run for its money. Texas is out of commission until Sept. 28, when it will compete in the Grass Routes Festival here in Austin, where it will look to build on this weekend’s performance.
“My team brought me up from the get-go today,” sophomore Bell said. “I was struggling a bit mentally as far as my performance early, but then I was looking at [Sha’Dare] McNeal, Bailey [Webster], Haley [Eckerman] and they were able to bring me up.” On Saturday, the Longhorns were swept by No. 4 Penn State on its home grounds in University Park, Pa. Elliott said he saw the Penn State match as a good opportunity for his young team. A strong Penn State defense held Eckerman and Bell to .231 hitting nights, with Webster hitting .172 on 11 kills. Penn State setter Micha Hancock had 34 assists, five
kills, five digs and two aces. Eckerman tied it up in the first set at 19-19, but Texas committed a service error and two hitting errors, allowing Penn State to take the first set with two more kills. In the third set, Webster tied it at 18-18, but back-to-back Penn State blocks allowed the Nittany Lions to pull away, completing the 3-0 sweep.
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tude has to be inherent,” Sisson said. “If you don’t have the drive to win, you won’t be successful at Texas.” The Longhorns will look to officially get their season kicked off right Sept. 21 when they compete at the Los Angeles XC invite.
The No. 6 ranked Longhorns started their season Saturday in the wee hours of the morning, competing in a four-mile race with UTSA at Auditorium Shores. There weren’t the usual faces competing for Texas as head coach Bubba Thornton elected to sit most of last season’s top returning runners. Instead, it was a group of standout freshmen that got the job done, led by Daniel Vertiz, Brady Turnbull
and Nate Moore. They claimed the top three spots in the race and led the Longhorns to a narrow 29-30 victory. Roadrunner Mike Medrano led the UTSA squad with a fourth place finish. Sophomores CJ Jessett and Kyle Thompson, along with equally impressive freshmen David Anamosa and Shaun Van der Walt, turned in impressive finishes as well. Texas went into the meet with
In a weekend of highs and lows, Texas beat an opponent with a higher hitting percentage and succumbed to a lower-ranked opponent at last weekend’s Nike Big Four Tournament, marking the team’s first loss after five straight 3-0 sweeps. Texas took on No. 18 Florida Friday, with outside hitter Haley Eckerman posting 16 kills and three service aces to push the Longhorns toward a 3-0 sweep against the Gators. In a match sprinkled with strong performances, outside hitter Bailey Webster had 13 kills, while middle blocker/ outside hitter Khat Bell had a season-high 10 kills, hitting .533. Florida’s outside hit-
ter Ziva Recek led the game with 22 kills. The Gators had an early lead in the third set, but two hitting errors allowed the Longhorns to catch up. After two Gator blocks tied the game at 23-23, Webster closed the set with two straight kills, completing the 3-0 sweep. “I liked our demeanor and the way we approached each point,” head coach Jerritt Elliott said. “We made plays when it counted, and that tells me a lot about this team. Florida really tested us today.” The Gators have never been a particularly easy opponent. Texas hasn’t defeated Florida since Dec. 7, 2007. Texas is now 6-12 all-time against Florida.
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SAFETY continues from page 7 yards. From that point on, Texas went on a 17-0 run to enter halftime. Head coach Mack Brown called the interception “the play that made the difference in the game.” It wasn’t all perfect for the Texas defense. As a group, the Longhorns gave up some big plays through the air, and the 82-yard touchdown pass they allowed in the first quarter really bucks the team’s mantra of not allowing game-changing completions. But Texas forced two turnovers — Carrington Byndom followed Vaccaro with a pick of his own — and blocked an extra point. The defense was also stingy on third downs, only allowing the Cowboys to convert on 1 of their 11 attempts. With the good and the bad, it was a game defensive coordinator Manny Diaz can use as a teaching tool. “There are a lot of things that we saw,” Diaz said. “I don’t think anything was terrible and as a coach that is what you want. We just need to get back and start fixing the mistakes.”
Ground game rolls With four of the team’s five touchdowns being scored on the run, Texas’ backfield looks to be as dominant as last year. Both Malcolm Brown and Joe Bergeron ran more than 100 yards and the Longhorns had 280 total rushing yards. The two running back leaders took advantage of the holes that the improving offensive line created for them. Bergeron came to life in the fourth quarter when he had a 54-yard run from the Texas nine and then finished off the drive with a 17-yard run for a touchdown. “We feel like that we can run the ball well right now, and should be able to run it against anybody,” head coach Mack Brown said.
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Quarterback David Ash had a solid game, going 20-for-27 for 156 yards and a touchdown, though he missed on a few deep balls and fumbled in the fourth quarter. The running backs led the team with four of the Longhorns’ five touchdowns. Wide receivers Mike Davis and Jaxon Shipley each had at least 40 yards and Shipley had a touchdown reception.
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True freshman kicker Nick Jordan missed 44- and 46-yard field goal attempts and had an extra point blocked. But punter Alex King had an impressive average of 53.3 yards per punt.
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Carrington Byndom and Adrian Phillips botched a tackle, and that led to an 82-yard touchdown for the Cowboys. The secondary looked much better after the first quarter, but there were costly mistakes early on. The defensive line only allowed Wyoming to gain 69 yards on the ground. Alex Okafor had the Longhorns’ lone sack.
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Other than the early struggles in the secondary and the kicking game problems, the Longhorns were consistent. Texas only had three penalties in the game.
DEFENSE continues from page 7 teammates on defense, he conceded that Texas’ defense has much to improve. “I thought there were some bright points, like when we
got a couple turnovers in a short amount of time,” Okafor said. “That’s when we’re at our best. Then we had some low points when we gave
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second quarter, Wyoming quarterback Brett Smith lofted a deep pass over the middle that looked like it might go for a big gain. But senior safety Kenny Vaccaro swooped in to undercut the route and snatch the ball, then turned on the jets for a return of 19
The team was powered by senior Anne Jones, who placed first among all runners. Junior Melissa Mahoney joined her fellow upperclassman in totaling points for the team, as she finished 11th overall. Sophomores Rachel Gutknecht and Jessica Clothier and redshirt freshman Colleen Murray also raced for the Longhorns. This race marked the first for Perez, Lee, Pekarek, Clothier and Murray in a Longhorn uniform. “From a base level, a competitive atti-
MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY Ryan Haddox | Daily Texan Staff
OPENER continues from page 7 him to do. As far as decision-making goes, I am really proud of what David did. With the way they played us, that’s where those balls needed to go.” However, the biggest play of the game didn’t happen on offense. With the Longhorns down 9-7 in the
still able to show future talent while gaining quality experience for the newcomers. “The freshman group coming in, at this point and time, is better than any freshman group I’ve ever had at The University of Texas,” assistant coach Stephen Sisson said. “We did a good job of recruiting last year.” Redshirt freshmen Alaina Perez and Marissa Lee looked impressive, each finishing in the top 10 of the meet. Redshirt freshman Marissa Pekarek was the fifth member of the Longhorns to score points for the team, finishing 12th.
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time to steal a 2-1 game. Texas got on the board early with a goal in the 10th minute. Sophomore Sharis Lachappelle registered her first career goal with a header from the free kick of Kristin Cummins. The game wore on with Texas clinging to a one-goal lead until the Lobos managed a tally in the 90th minute to extend the game. After a scoreless first overtime period, New Mexico pounced on a midfield turnover to give Jordan Craig her second goal of the game, the winner for the Lobos. Texas outshot both Virginia and New Mexico for the fourth and fifth time of the season, but its inability to finish has led to its four losses. Cummins and junior Gabby Zarnegar were both selected for the Time Warner Cable Texas Invitational All-Tournament Team. Texas will travel to Provo, Utah, for a match against BYU Thursday. It will be only the second match for Texas outside of Austin.
If you started your weekend with a walk through downtown Austin, you probably encountered the Longhorns running away from the competition. The women’s track and field squad got the season unofficially started with a heated race against the UTSA Roadrunners. The Longhorns recorded a respectable 34 team points, but UTSA won the dual meet. Saturday’s exhibition meet served as a showcase for the Longhorns’ younger runners. Top runners were held out of the race, but the squad was
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WOMEN’S SOCCER Wes Maulsby | Daily Texan Staff With an opportunity to get its first marquee win of the season, Texas dropped a pair of games over the weekend, falling to 2-4 on the season. Friday’s match against Virginia was Texas’ first against a ranked opponent, and the Cavaliers lived up to their ranking. The No. 10 Cavaliers got a goal in the 20th minute, which ended up being the deciding goal in a 3-0 contest. The teams traded shots in the first few minutes with each school getting good looks, but neither was able to capitalize. Virginia’s Molly Menchel put a volley in the upper right corner of the goal to give the Cavaliers the lead going into the second half. Virginia added two insurance tallies after half time, and Texas was unable to put any shots past Virginia’s goalkeeper, Churchill O’Connell, despite having more chances than Virginia. After falling in the first major test of the season, the Longhorns were unable to recover Sunday as New Mexico scored its winning goal in extra
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up big plays.” Okafor, however, does expect more out of the Longhorns’ defense “I’m not going to lie to you. We want to be the No. 1 defense in the nation,” he said. “We showed that we could be a dominant defense.” It’s only the first game of the year, and the Longhorns have several weeks between now and when they face a team with a chance of beating them. Armed with a talented and deep defense that doesn’t allow many sustained drives, it’s paramount that Texas limits the big plays it allows. At the moment, that’s what is keeping its defense from being able to lay a legitimate claim to being considered the country’s best. “I’m not sure how many missed tackles we had, but it was too many,” Jeffcoat said. “We’re going to be home again, so it should be exciting and it should be a different story.”
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Director resurrects real-life horror tale By Alex williams
The true events that “Compliance” is based on — a series of particularly cruel prank calls to fastfood restaurants — call to mind instances like the Stanford prison experiment, where participants were driven to indulge the darkest parts of their psyche under the guise of following orders. It would be easy to call the film outrageous if its events weren’t so well-documented. Easily, the ruthless film could have become exploitative. Thankfully, director Craig Zobel’s mature, restrained handling of the challenges inherent to the film’s difficult material makes “Compliance” a much smarter, more effective work. “Compliance” takes place almost entirely in an Ohio fast-food restaurant. Sandra (Ann Dowd), the restaurant’s manager, is startled when she receives a call from a man claiming to be a police officer (Pat Healy). His allegations that an employee (Dreama Walker) stole from a customer escalate quickly, first with ra- HORROR continues on page 10
Fanny Trang | Daily Texan Staff Will Davis (left), a graduate theatre student, and Olivia Dunn (right), a third year theatre and dance student, are both members of the UT Lab Theatre located behind the F. Loren Winship Drama Building. The theater is a new kind of venue, entirely student-run, that offers young talents the opportunity to experiment with theater.
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University, there is a diamond tucked away behind the Winship Drama Building. The Lab Theatre is a By Rene Castro space for student-funded, created and produced work. In the midst of the glam- Will Davis, the artistic proorous and high-budget the- ducer of the Lab Theatre ater that happens at this for three years running,
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tional requests like checking the employee’s pockets and purse and quickly devolving into much more troubling demands. Zobel deserves endless credit for making “Compliance” as compelling and even-handed as it is. A small accumulation of details at the beginning of the film — Sandra is irritated because of food left out overnight and has trouble relating to the younger, prettier Becky (Walker) — build Sandra’s frustrations and anxiety to a point that makes her blind obedience to the fictional officer on the other end of the line believable. Zobel paces the film perfectly, holding each of his big reveals for a key moment and smartly playing its most repulsive moments as straight horror. Even so, the level of restraint Zobel wields in his construction of these scenes is admirable, and he does a great job making the audience squirm, almost as if we are equally complicit in the poor girl’s peril. When a performance consists mostly of talking into a phone, a character
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White House ale hops on Obama campaign By Matthew Daly Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Beer lovers, the secret is out. The White House has made public the recipe for two homemade beers that have become an object of fascination for beer drinkers everywhere. White House Honey Brown Ale, believed to be the first beer brewed on the White House grounds, includes light malt extract, amber crystal malt, honey, gypsum, yeast and corn sugar. The recipe was released Saturday while President Barack Obama was campaigning in Iowa. Obama has been talking about the White House brew for weeks, but he and other officials had refused to disclose details of how it’s made, despite an online petition and repeated questions from reporters. Obama even took a question on the beer recipe during a chat with the website Reddit. Obama and his team frequently talk about the president’s fondness for beer, and Obama has been photographed many times downing a beer, including an appearance at the Iowa State Fair August. Being identified as a beer
drinker is an easy way for Obama to connect with voters and serves as a not-sosubtle reminder that his Republican rival Mitt Romney, a Mormon, doesn’t drink. Obama even held a “beer summit” after a white police sergeant arrested black Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates as he tried to get into his own home. White House press secretary Jay Carney announced the beer recipe on Twitter, linking to a blog post entitled “Ale to the Chief ” that included a video on the brewing process. The White House was careful to say the president paid for the materials used in the beermaking himself. “With public excitement about White House beer fermenting such a buzz, we decided we better hop right to it” and release the recipe, wrote White House chef Sam Kass, who brews the beer in the White House kitchen. The White House included recipes for both the honey ale and a honey porter, both of which are brewed at the White House. In the video, Kass is seen drinking the honey ale. “That is one incredible beer if I do say so myself,” Kass says, smiling. “America, I wish everybody could taste this but we don’t quite brew enough.”
Photo courtesy of Magnolia Pictures Sandra (Ann Dowd) and Becky (Dreama Walker) in the office where many of “Compliance’s” most horrifying moments take place.
HORROR continues from page 9 can easily become halfbaked or ill-defined, but Healy is the perfect combination of slimy and charming. His “Officer Daniels” is a master manipulator, and in this character the film’s writing truly shines. Daniels is endlessly capable of rationalizing what he’s asking others to do, and his voice carries just the right amount of authority without ever becoming badly insidious. Healy’s performance borders on seductive, espe-
what’s really going on. As the full weight of what she’s done hits her, the dawning horror on Sandra’s face is beautifully played by Dowd. Walker has a less interesting character but is just as fascinating to watch as she quickly loses control of her situation. It’s a quiet, horrified, tragically helpless performance, and Walker is playing an empty, devastated shell by the end of the film. “Compliance” is by no means a film for everyone. It’s
dark, relentless and when it screened at this year’s South By Southwest Film Festival, the number of walkouts in the screening was considerable (and understandable). Nonetheless, it’s a smoothly presented, intelligently directed examination of the dynamics and perception of authority. “Compliance” is tautly edited, elegantly scored and a worthwhile discussion starter for those with the willpower to sit through it.
Shakespeare (Abridged)” is a more tried-and-true piece of phenomenal theater, opening Oct. 25. A YouTube search brings up many examples of the performance’s quick repartee and physical comedy. The creative license of the play allows for certain alterations in order to keep the piece current with the times, so potential audience members needn’t be afraid of seeing something dated. Theatre studies junior Kelli Kent, who is directing the play, said one of the allures of this piece is its ability to poke fun at something that has ingrained itself in cultures throughout the world. “It’s a good way to introduce people to Shakespeare. You should be able to laugh at it,” Kent said. As anyone who has read the Bard’s plays can tell you, sometimes circumstances in Shakespeare’s plays become truly absurd, and that’s exactly what “The Complete Works of Shakespeare (Abridged)”
harps on. The students collaborating on this production intend to stay true to the quick and witty banter that put this play on the map and they don’t plan on shying away from the physical aspect, either. Kent said that one of the stunt-driven scenes took two hours to choreograph. These diamonds in the rough are the pulse that keeps the arts fresh, new and exciting. The Lab Theatre had an strong season last semester with such works as the beautifully constructed “Cloud Tectonics,” the introspective and heart-thumping “Love Is...” and the wildly funny and incredibly innovative “100 Gun Deaths.” This upcoming season promises to be just as touching and imaginative. These are works that are not to be missed, and since all of these performances are free, there is no reason not to go.
LAB continues from page 9 that is still in the making, all projects can find a home in the Lab. A collection of new works, including “The Farewell,” opens Sept. 29. Still in its early phases, this “workshop” — theater slang for a production that is still in the works — will unveil multiple performances written by students. This showcase offers a unique opportunity to be involved with the formation of a budding creative initiative. There will be audience participation as well as a Q-and-A “talk back“ after the show so audience members can voice thoughts and opinions. “The Farewell,“ directed by students Olivia Dunn and Katie Folger, centers on exploring the emotions of loss and grief, while other plays in the showcase focus on other emotions. Rather than make something new altogether, UT alumnus Diego Medellin chose to create an
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adaptation of Woyzeck, the German classic, into “23{WOYZECK}23,” which opens Oct. 3. The seating will be on the stage, so theatergoers will be able to see from up close the tale of a man who is humiliated, beaten and ultimately has to make life-changing decisions. The playwright died at the age of 23, leaving this play incomplete and out of order. The 23-yearold Medellin embraced the parallel between his and the playwright’s age and decided to stretch himself creatively as the playwright had done, adding things to the work and arranging the scenes according to his own creative vision. “One of the hardest things is deciding how much respect I should give to the playwright,” said Medellin, who has stayed in Austin after graduating to continue his work in theater. “The Complete Works of
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