The Daily Texan 09-17-10 by The Daily Texan

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Austin band revives ‘60s- and ‘70s-style soul

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FRIDAY “Dance Dance Sober Revolution”

University Health Service’s Center for Students in Recovery celebrates National Recover Month with a dance set to house, techno and hip-hop music from DJ Birds. The free event is from 9-11:45 p.m. at the Texas Union Ballroom.

CD Release Party

Local rock band Bright Light Social Hour celebrates their new CD release alongside Brass Bed and The Frontier Brothers at Antone’s. The party starts at 9 p.m. and tickets are $12.

SATURDAY Get exercise while viewing outdoor art with a bike tour hosted by Landmarks Docents and Mellow Johnny’s Bike Shop. The bike tour starts at 9 a.m. at the Blanton Museum Cafe.

Longhorns sing

The Longhorn Honor Choir’s first concert of the semester is free and will be from 5-7 p.m. at the Bates Recital Hall.

Texas - Baylor Volleyball

Longhorn volleyball will play against the Baylor Bears in the first home match of the season. There will be an autograph session afterward. The match is from 4-6 p.m. at Gregory Gym. Admission $4-10.

SUNDAY Austin Pagan Pride Day

Gather with pagans, wiccans, witches and mages to usher in the Autumn Equinox at the Austin Pagan Pride Day festival and charity drive. The event starts at 10 a.m. at Wooldridge Square, 900 Guadalupe St.

Museum Day

Museums throughout Austin open their doors to exhibits and fun activities for free today. More than 30 locations are participating, including the Austin Children’s Museum, the Austin Museum of Art and the Texas Music Museum.

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Quote to note “You’ve got to get turnovers. That’s a key part of the game. We know how to do it. It’s just a matter of putting some together back-toback and having some guys get some hands on some balls.” — Will Muschamp

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“60 Minutes” correspondents Morley Safer and Lesley Stahl are interviewed by Don Carleton, executive director for the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, about their memories of Walter Cronkite and the current state of journalism.

Coworkers of legendary journalist tell experiences to captive crowd By Ahsika Sanders Daily Texan Staff Two journalists who worked with Walter Cronkite during both the Vietnam War and the Watergate scandal shared their stories of the legendary broadcaster at the LBJ Library on Thursday. The library and the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History hosted “An Evening with Morley Safer and Lesley Stahl” to highlight “Cronkite: Eyewitness to a Century,” an exhibit that will run through January. A renowned news reporter and former Daily Texan writer, Cronkite died in July 2009 but is remembered through his life’s work at the exhibit. As a part of this exhibit, Safer and Stahl spoke to a crowd of nearly 1000 people about Cronkite’s influences on modern journalism and

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Larry Temple and Charlie Upgrove, son of the LBJ Museum director, shake hands during a program honoring Walter Cronkite. Many gathered to hear colleagues of Cronkite discuss memories of the legend.

Reported rapes at University far below national average By Aziza Musa Daily Texan Staff Two- and four-year colleges in the US reported 35 rapes per 1,000 female students over the course of seven months, according to a recent Department of Justice study. With nearly 25,000 female students at UT, that would equate to roughly 875 incidents of rape, but the University’s numbers do not add up to the proportion. According to UT Police Department crime statistics, there were two reported rapes during 2008 and none during 2009. “While some might not feel comfortable reporting to the police department, they do seek assistance,” said UTPD Officer William Pieper. “I do wish more survivors would report them to police because a lot of people who commit the offense don’t commit it just once.” Jane Bost, associate director of the

University’s Counseling and Mental Health Center, said while UT’s police department is approachable

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If you’re going to go through the court system, you’ve got to tell your story a bunch of times.”

More info: For those wishing to contact the UT Counseling and Mental Health Center or Voices against Violence, feel free to call at 512-471-3515 to set up an appointment or 512-471-2255 for telephone counseling.

tim from reporting the incident. “We still have a tendency to have those attitudes in society that ques— Jane Bost tion the validity as to whether or Associate director of not a survivor has some responsiUniversity’s Counseling bility for sexual assault,” Bost said, adding that the court system often and Mental Health Center doesn’t support victims. “If you’re going to go through the court system, you’ve got to tell your stoand friendly, there is still a lot of ry a bunch of times. Prosecutors prejudice against survivors of sexual assault that could prevent a vicSTATS continues on page 2

Businesswoman stresses human aspect of industry By Shivam Purohit Daily Texan Staff Indra Nooyi remembers a time when her mother rose at 3 a.m. every morning in Madras, India, to fill every pot and pan in their house with water for the entire day. Now the chairman and CEO of PepsiCo, a $60 billion company that boasts a presence in 160 countries, Nooyi said she has not forgotten her humble origins in South India. Tom Gilligan, dean of the Mc-

Combs School of Business, hosted the event and interviewed Nooyi in front of an audience of about 900 students and faculty members. Named to the top spot of Fortune’s “50 Most Powerful Women in Business” for four consecutive years, Nooyi has directed PepsiCo’s global strategy for the past decade. Under her leadership, the company has expanded to acquire several prominent firms such as Tropicana,

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Senate seeks to include students in budget talks By Audrey White Daily Texan Staff To ease frustrations about existing and potential state-directed budget cuts, the Senate of College Councils passed a resolution to increase student and faculty involvement in the budget-cutting process at the group’s meeting Thursday night. The resolution creates an initiative called College Tuition and Budget Advisory Committees, groups composed of undergraduate and graduate students and faculty to meet with deans and administrators in all but two — the Graduate School and the Division of Continuing Education — colleges and schools. The CTBAC resolution follows a previous pledge by the group to increase the student voice in the budget-cutting process. That resolution came as a response to the cut of the Vietnamese language program in the spring. The initiative is an effort to help increase communication between administrators and students in each college so that decisions and information can move from the bottom up, rather than the top down, said Senate President Chelsea Adler. “If you have structures that are high up, there is a lot of distrust because it feels like even if there is a student on a committee, you don’t know them,” Adler said. “We’ve tried to take everything into account to provide accountability and communication.” The resolution requires every college council to create a structure and appoint students and faculty for its CTBAC within six weeks. Adler said she hopes the CTBAC for the College of Liberal Arts will be installed by

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Drug-trafficking experts share issue’s global reach Violence from smuggling puts journalists in danger while limiting perspective By Yvonne Marquez Daily Texan Staff Drug trafficking isn’t merely one country’s problem but a global problem, a panel of experts on the drug trade in Latin America said Thursday. Three experts on Colombia, Argentina and Mexico discussed the coverage of drug trafficking and organized crime in the Americas as part of the Austin Forum on Journalism in the Americas. The panel was sponsored by the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas and the Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies. More than 40 journalism organizations will meet today and Saturday to discuss the coverage of organized

crime in Latin America and the Caribbean. “When drug traffickers have control, it’s almost like working in a totalitarian regime. Talk to any journalist, it’s sometimes more dangerous to cover the drug business than a war,” said Álvaro Sierra, a Colombian journalist and professor at University for Peace in Costa Rica. The epidemic of crime and drug-related violence in Mexico is a global drug problem, caused by trafficking that can be traced through the Caribbean and the United States to Europe and Africa. Sierra said journalists in these countries, especially in Mexico, do not understand the big picture because they write about the drug problems through their police beats. He said this is creating the shallowness of public

DRUGS continues on page 5 Students grab free chips, sodas, oatmeal bars and other Pepsi products after listening to Indra Nooyi, chairman and CEO of PepsiCo, speak about business ethics as part of the VIP Distinguished Speaker Series.

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From page 1 how he directly impacted their careers. Safer, a “60 Minutes” correspondent, said he knew Cronkite would be a friend even before they met face-toface. “As a correspondent 13,000 miles away, you felt secure that he was watching your back, back at home,” Safer said. One story in particular that Safer said attested to Cronkite’s support for the CBS team was Safer’s coverage of members of the United States Marine Corps burning down a Vietnamese village. “The Marines went in with flamethrowers and Zippo lighters, literally leveling the communities,” Safer said. “This was a story that did not please the U.S. Marine Corps, but [Cronkite] stood up for his guys.” Stahl, a former co-anchor for “America Tonight” and CBS News White House correspondent, said that she was hired at CBS at a time when the news team was at its best. “They were known as ‘Walter’s Horsemen’ and they were the cream of broadcast TV news and the cream of journalism, so it was wonderful to just be in the door,” Stahl said. Safer’s career started at CBS the day the Watergate scan-

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From page 1 also choose certain cases and they are less likely to choose acquaintance rape.” The study showed that nearly all college women who are victims of rape say that they knew the assailant and the incident occurred in a place familiar to both the victim and attacker. Pieper said methods of protecting yourself include being aware of your surroundings and self-defense. UTPD introduced the Rape Aggression Defense System in 2001 to teach women prevention with risk reduction and self-defense. UTPD Sgt. Laura Davis said the program does not release details on the techniques they teach for the women’s safety. “We give you so many tools and that way if one doesn’t work for you, you can use a different one,” she said.

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Another campus resource, Voices Against Violence, provides counseling for victims of sexual assault, relationship violence and stalking. The program’s counselors assess the victim’s safety first and then offer them options for meetings, said counseling specialist Michelle Segura. “It is important to us that the survivor works in a way that is comfortable to them,” she said. “Going at their pace is important to the healing process. They may not go back to their previous schedule but create a new, more empowered schedule that works for them.” Bost, who is also the director of the counseling program, said sexual assault is not solely a women’s issue. “We need to stand up for these issues because they affect us all,” she said. “What we want for everybody is a safer campus.”

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NEWS BRIEFLY Mayor creates community forum on future of Austin’s composition

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Greg Perez and a coworker use pool skimmers to clean the water as they stand on a floating dock in Town Lake.

Mayor Lee Leffingwell and other City Council members announced the launch of Imagine Austin on Thursday — a community input series for Austinites to decide how they want their city to look for the next 30 years. Larry Schooler, a spokesman for the city, said the community input events are important in light of upcoming bond referendums in the next two years. “So at this stage, we’re asking people to tell us which way we should be evolving,” he said. Imagine Austin will host the first of several community forums throughout Austin on Monday. The public will be able to view the four scenarios Imagine Austin has drawn up to solve city growth and expansion issues, as demographers have estimated that as many as 750,000 residents and 300,000 more jobs will move into the city. The scenarios are consolidated maps of 63 submitted plans in response to a challenge proposed to locals on how to accommodate that growth. “You might think of them like alternate futures,” Schooler said. “Some are going to be more heavily slanted towards single family type developments, while other people feel pretty strongly that we basically should be focusing all of our energy by creating more density, building up [and] utilizing big streets to put bigger buildings on them.” — Daniel Sanchez

budgeT: Senate gains support, opposition From page 1 Oct. 1. Liberal Arts spokesman Gary Susswein said the office of Dean Randy Diehl was not prepared to publicly support any particular proposal for student involvement in the budget-cutting process but did support increasing that voice in some way. “Students’ voices need to be heard as we make difficult choices about cutting costs,” Diehl said in a statement. UT President William Powers Jr. also said in an interview earlier this month that he supports increased student involvement in the budget-cutting process at the college level in an interview. The first draft of the initiative came from an idea by former Senate President Stephen Myers, who served between 200708, and Reid Long, the Senate policy director during that time. The two were concerned with the many cuts facing the University and began to explore ways to put students into the conversation. After state officials announced the possibility of a 10-percent budget cut to go into effect in

August 2012, Long and Myers took the initiative to Senate, Student Government and Graduate Student Assembly leaders to develop a more thorough and concrete proposal. “The 10-percent cut came out and it became much more obvious that we needed to develop the budgeting aspects of this to try and create a committee that would look at the issues within the budget and outline priorities,” Long said. As each college determines its own method of involving the most appropriate students and faculty in its committee, Adler said she expects to face challenges from some colleges and schools but that she firmly believes each college and school will benefit from the increased student voice CTBAC will allow. “Every dean knows about the proposal and is open to working with their college council about what is going to work,” Adler said. All college councils voted in favor of the proposal except the Communication Council. Ashley Jennings, the council’s president, said she is worried the pro-

posal might conflict with an existing program in the College of Communications called the Student Issues Advisory Council, which works with deans and department chairs on a regular basis to advise on student matters, including budgetary concerns. “Communication Council is fully supportive of this proposal as far as budgets and transparency goes, but there are a lot of logistics that are kind of vague,” Jennings said. “It’s a proposal to create a proposal from your specific council.” However, Adler said the vagueness is intended to make it possible for each college to design a CTBAC that best serves the needs and structure of that college. “Not every college is the same, so they get to decide what works for them and what is going to empower them the most,” Adler said. “We will work with Communication Council and every council to make sure it meets their needs.” A video of the Senate meeting will be available on the UT Senate of College Council’s YouTube channel by Saturday night.

power: Speaker shares leadership advice From page 1 and invested in a new initiative, “Promise of PepsiCo,” to improve global standards of living for the underprivileged. At the AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center, Nooyi discussed her struggles and gave advice to students. “Whatever job you have, depend on the people in the organization to teach you the job and be prepared to be a stu-

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dent,” she said. Nooyi also emphasized the importance of good cooperation skills at work.

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hand to welcome the pontiff in a simple meeting Thursday morning that brought together two octogenarians who are both heads of state as well as leaders of their own separate strands of Christianity. The queen is the titular head of the Church of England. The pope led tens of thousands of participants in an open-air Mass in Glasgow early Thursday evening under brilliant blue skies in the same park where his predecessor, John Paul II, met even larger, more rapturous crowds in 1982 on a pastoral visit. Benedict’s state visit, by contrast, has inspired strong opposition from human-rights activists, scientists, feminists, gay-rights advocates and critics of the Vatican’s response to widespread allegations of child molestation by priests and religious workers. “The authority of the church wasn’t sufficiently vigilant and not sufficiently quick or decisive,” he said, adding: “How can we repair, what can we do to help these people overcome this trauma, find their lives again and find again the trust in the message of Christ?”

Recession causes rise in poverty rate much-derided Recovery Act that expanded unemployment benefits and Social Security payments, among other things. “I was shocked” the poverty By Don Lee rate didn’t approach 15 percent, Tribune Newspapers said Sheldon Danziger, a professor WASHINGTON — The reces- of public policy at the University of sion and longer-term economic Michigan. “It looks to me like the troubles have pushed the nation’s stimulus bill is the reason.” poverty rate to levels not seen But Danziger and other analysts in more than a decade, bringing worry that poverty levels will conmore straited lives to millions of tinue to climb in the coming years, Americans and adding to the fi- especially with a divided Congress nancial challenge facing the whole and many lawmakers in no mood country. to keep extending unemployment The old stereotype of the inner- benefits or continue programs such city single mother collecting wel- as the Recovery Act’s emergency fare checks no longer applies — fund to help low-income workers those falling below the poverty line find work. today are likely to full-time workStates such as California and Ilers who cannot earn enough to linois are feeling particular strain meet their needs or middle-class as they have been hit harder by the workers driven into recession, with the ranks of the poor above-average by lost jobs. levels of unemWorkers such as ployment and Susannah Evans of home forecloIf it has to be that I Ventura, Calif., a sures. live in my car, I’ll 56-year-old single California’s woman who until poverty rate accept it” August 2008 had a jumped to 15.3 good-paying job as — Susannah Evans percent last year, a marketing coordiUnemployed one percentage nator for a law firm. point higher Since getting laid than the nationoff, she has exhaustal rate. ed unemployment Joblessness benefits and downand poversized from a one-bedroom apart- ty are forcing families to pick up ment to a rental room in a house. and move across the country to “If it has to be that I live in my seek employment, often relying car, I accept it,” she said Thurs- on friends and family members day, breaking down in tears. “It’s for support. The Census report inreality.” dicated a sharp increase in “douFor the United States as a whole, bling up.” the rise in the poverty level that beBut when doubling up fails, gan a decade ago and accelerated many are checking into homeless during the recession has wiped out shelters and sending children to all the gains made during the long stay with friends until the econorun of economic growth and pros- my gets better. perity in the 1990s. Sheila Richardson moved into a The Census Bureau said 43.6 homeless shelter in early Septemmillion people, or 14.3 percent of ber because she had no money. American residents, lived below The 41-year old Brooklyn resithe poverty line last year, com- dent, who lost her job in late 2007 pared with 13.2 percent in 2008 as an admissions officer at a culiand 11.3 percent in 2000. nary school, has gone through her Economists and other analysts 401K and savings. Her 15-year-old said the latest poverty figures and son will stay with friends until she the latest data on overall medi- can get back on her feet. an household income were better “I used to cry, but I can’t cry than expected. anymore,” she said. “I just wait A key difference, they said, ap- for it to get dark at night, so the peared to be the government’s creditors can’t call.”

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Budgeting for student input With academics taking a hit as budget cuts make their way around the University, student input is more important than ever. Take, for example, the Vietnamese language program, which was eliminated last spring. Though the cut did not take effect until this fall, students did not learn of the program’s fate until it was too late. To avoid similar situations, the Senate of College Councils passed a resolution Thursday creating the College Tuition and Budget Advisory Councils (CTBAC). All 18 colleges represented by the Senate will have an advisory council composed of students from the respective college. Ideally, members of CTBAC will discuss concerns with their constituents and bring those concerns to the attention of the respective college deans, allowing administrators to gauge which academic areas students value most. Hopefully those charged with the responsibility of making budget cuts will seriously consider this information during all stages of the decision-making process. While the first round of budget cuts was mostly targeted at administrative areas in order to protect the academic quality of the University, the next round will inevitably affect those academic programs. Academic programs should be the biggest concern for the student body. When the University faces budget cuts, it eventually resorts to cutting courses, programs, lecturers and other nontenure-track instructors. This can lead to fewer course options and availability, larger classes and poorer teaching quality. Ultimately, students feel the cuts the most. With this in mind, it’s equally important that students get involved with the tuition-setting process. The Tuition Policy Advisory Committee (TPAC) was created in 2003 with this very purpose. However, as we learned last year, student input isn’t always considered. Four student leaders and five faculty members compose TPAC, which drafts and submits a tuition recommendation to the University president. The president then uses the proposal to formulate a recommendation he presents to the Board of Regents, which is ultimately responsible for setting tuition in the UT System. Despite the committee’s claims of being transparent, TPAC meetings are not open to non-committee members. Last fall, TPAC student members, including former Student Government President Liam O’Rourke, insisted the meetings remain closed for efficiency and to allow for “more candid discussions,” he told The Daily Texan last fall. Student response following the proposed increase — which ultimately did take effect — revealed the lack of input gauged during the initial recommendation process. Through CTBAC, students can be better informed and, as a result, more capable to provide constructive feedback in response to proposed tuition changes. But CTBAC shouldn’t just inform students about the budgeting process; it should also educate administrators on what students think. CTBAC can potentially keep students well-informed and ensure they remain active participants in budgetary decisions, both of which will prove especially important as the University implements these cuts. — Viviana Aldous for the editorial board

Hearst Building receives ‘green’ certification Ranking given to facility for gains in sustainability after yearlong renovation

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By Emily Sides Daily Texan Staff The William Randolph Hearst Building received a gold certification Thursday for green efforts made in its renovation. The U.S. Green Building Council awarded it the highest level of certification after the yearlong $2.35 million project. “I’m thrilled. It’s a very big deal,” said architect Bethany Trombley, senior project manager for the Classrooms, Offices and Auxiliary team at UT’s Project Management and Construction Services department. Energy savings, water efficiency, reduction of carbon dioxide emissions, improved indoor environmental quality and resource allotment are the principal green strategies developed by the U.S. Green Building Council. Utilities

costs will be cut by up to 50 percent, Trombley said. “We’ve been on the right track. We’re tightening up requirements a bit,” she said. “The main thing is that a third party verified that we’re doing this right. It’s an indicator that UT was already on the cutting edge.” Under the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), buildings accumulate points for sustainability. Trombley is an accredited LEED professional with expertise in commercial interiors. “Sustainability is about three things: our environment, energy and human needs — the triple bottom line,” she said. “That’s important for productivity.” The renovations include a new air conditioning system, duct work, lighting replacement and renovations of restrooms to meet Texas Accessibility Standards. “So much stuff you can’t see. Thomas Allison | Daily Texan Staff You go around, the building looks the same,” Trombley said. “But RTF junior Angela Torres sits in front of the William Randolph Hearst Building on Thursday afternoon. The building received a gold certification award from the U.S. Green Building Council. we definitely met the needs.”

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A more balanced picture of UT By Charlie Saginaw Daily Texan Columnist Look at a map of the UT campus and the Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium dwarfs the other buildings. One only needs to witness the 100,000 fans in the crowd walking to a home game to gauge the importance of the stadium on the 40 Acres. Given the national attention paid to UT sports programs, we often overlook the strengths of our university’s cultural and scholarly contributions. UT students stand to enjoy a combination of both field goals and featured art exhibits. On the corner Guadalupe and 21st streets, the Harry Ransom Center (HRC) provides educational events on the arts and humanities. Founded in 1957, the HRC focuses on the culture and literature of the United States, Great Britain and France. The center boasts 36 million leaves of manuscripts, 1 million books, 5 million photographs and 100,000 pieces of art. While the UCLA game will attract more fans than the HRC, the Ransom Center will draw preeminent thinkers from the world seeking inspiration. Some scholars will pull out fascinating pieces from the archive and create exhibits on the bottom floor, which are free to

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students. The center’s permanent exhibits range from a complete Gutenberg bible to the first photograph, taken in 1826. The HRC’s main temporary exhibition, entitled “Discovering the Language of Photography: The Gernsheim Collection,” reveals the origins of photography. Unlike those charts in your class notes, what you learn at the HRC will not be covered on the midterm. On the third floor of the HRC, the British faculty seminar provides public lectures in English literature, history and government that include faculty members, graduate students, undergraduates and members of the Austin community. Professor Roger Louis brings in world-renowned scholars to discuss their current projects, spanning from the Belfour declaration, which formally recognized the formation of Israel as a state, to a discussion of Rudyard Kipling in America. While the stadium collects the most talented athletes on game day, the British studies seminar rallies the countries’ greatest minds every Friday. Just a block over, on the corner of MLK Boulevard and Congress Avenue, stands one of the largest university art museums in the United States, the Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art. The Blanton houses more than 18,000 pieces of art from Europe, the U.S. and Latin America — piec-

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es one won’t be able to purchase at the annual Jester poster sale. The museum provides a cultured midday study break, and instead of paying $9 for an adult ticket, entrance to the Blanton is free with a valid UT ID. On the other side of campus, the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum offers world-class research archives and a three-floor interactive museum chronicling the life of the 36th president. Starting with LBJ’s humble beginning in the Texas Hill Country and tracing his rise through the Congress and eventually to the White House, the extensive exhibition highlights an extraordinary life of public service. Through the bloodshed of Vietnam and Civil Rights protests, the museum provides a glimpse into the turbulent 1960s from the perspective of the man who shaped it. If the commercial that appears between touchdowns is true and “what starts here changes the world,” UT students must first broaden their horizons through the opportunity provided by our university. The next time you spot the stadium on a UT map, squint to find the world-class museums and libraries. Perhaps then a more balanced picture of UT appears.

I suppose my grandmother was right; it is a pretty peculiar question. While speaking with her last week, we happened to stumble across the subject of politics, and during the course of lamenting Bill White’s lackluster, well ... everything, we reached the subject of the Constitution. Not fully considering the breadth of the question myself, I asked my grandmother, if she could, what amendment she would add to the Constitution. Her first response was a resounding, “I don’t know. I’ve never thought about that before.” And this piqued my interest. Exactly 223 years ago today, the Constitution was signed by a group of rebellious and insightful politicians. Since that day, the document has been amended, studied and, perhaps most notably, fought over. In the interest of the ongoing fight for our rights to party and otherwise thrive, I thought it would be an interesting exercise to spend the week leading up to Constitution Day asking people I encounter what constitutional amendment they would add if given the opportunity. My cashier at Littlefield Patio Cafe gave the question some thought before politely hinting at the fact that I was holding up the hungry line. Kevin, the man who came to my house to install the Internet, had no constitutional proposals to offer me either, but he did note that there was a minor infestation in our basement. Perhaps the Constitution could provide us with some Raid. In fact, the vast majority of individuals I asked were unable to give me a concrete answer. I think this is likely due both to being caught off-guard and, to a larger extent, the tremendous scope of the rights that our constitution already grants. But a few people were able to offer some suggestions. Aaron Walther, a philosophy senior and, most notably, the Texas Travesty’s candidate for student body president last spring, surprisingly did not propose adding more grease to the machine, although our continuing economic futility perhaps indicates we could use it. Rather, Walther proposed that we eliminate the

electoral college — legislated by the 12th Amendment — and have the president and vice president elected via popular vote. Interestingly, conservative pundits such as George Will have recently called for the elimination of the 17th Amendment to achieve the exact opposite means. The 17th Amendment allows citizens to elect their state’s U.S. senators, as opposed to the previous practice where state legislatures elected their state’s U.S. senators. One argument behind eliminating the amendment is that it would prevent corrupt governors (ahem, Rod Blagojevich) from appointing a new senator for a nominal fee in the event that a standing senator leaves office. Of course, if the 17th Amendment were repealed, by the next day voting districts would be so gerrymandered that state maps would look like a game of Risk. One friend proposed a constitutional right to privacy, something that may be addressed by the courts and Congress given the amount of information available today at the click of a button. Another friend proposed for there to be an amendment with an inclusive definition of marriage, as a heterosexual and/or homosexual human couple. He also included polygamy in the mix, although he admitted that dividing up one’s estate for such an arrangement would be a legal headache. My personal favorite recommendation was for legislation that would provide government-mandated free cookies, because if there’s one thing this country is lacking, it’s cholesterol and early-onset diabetes. To my disappointment, however, not a single person I asked proposed a constitutional amendment legalizing marijuana. Come on, Austin, we have a reputation to maintain. Perhaps an ambitious politician could group the cookie amendment with one that legalizes pot, essentially killing two birds with one stone. I’m looking at you, Ralph Nader. But alas, after being presented with several thoughtful and entertaining recommendations, I found myself going back to the response my grandmother gave to me as we got off the phone: “Thinking of new amendments is interesting, but the most important thing is that we practice and fully acknowledge the constitution we have today.” Treadway is a political communications senior.

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By Amy Thornton Daily Texan Staff The Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection marked the beginning of the Mexican War of Independence on Thursday with the opening of a commemorative exhibit of original documents and photographs from Mexico’s independence and revolution. “Frente a Frente: The Mexican People in Independence and Revolution, 1810 & 1910” allows an opportunity to view rare and historical items from the Benson Collection. About 150 people filled the Benson Collection for a reception featuring the new exhibit and refreshments provided by El Naranjo. Gail Sanders, coordinator at the Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies, said the exhibit shows a more nuanced view of Mexico than the way the country is frequently depicted in the media. “Mexico is a country with darker issues but it is really nice to be able to understand the context for where Mexico comes from,” Sanders said. “This exhibit gives people a more complex and broader view of the country next door.” The inspiration for the exhibit comes from the desire to commemorate and pay respect to those who were part of the two major events in the history of our neighbor to the south, said Michael Hironymous, a curator for the exhibit. Along with Hironymous, the exhibit was curated by Miguel Soto, a distinguished Mexico historian and University

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Consul General Rosalba Ojeda, of the Consulado de Mexico, speaks with an attendee of the “Frente a Frente” reception held at the Benson Collection on Thursday afternoon. of Texas alumnus. “Frente a Frente” features original photographs, artifacts and publications and will detail the historical events from Mexico’s independence and the Mexican Revolution, which began in 1910. Among the rare artifacts on display is a prayer book carried by José María Morelos, a Catholic priest and Mexican army officer, on the day he was executed by the Spanish in Ecatepec de Morelos and an 1821 broadside that outlines the Plan de Iguala proposed by Agustín de Iturbide. “The advantage of this exhibition is that it is not a one-time event,” Sanders said. “Audiences can return to see it again and get a more visceral view of the revo-

lution from seeing it as opposed to just hearing about it. You get a different reaction by seeing an original image.” The Benson Collection is considered by many academics as the premier collection of Latin American cultural and historical artifacts in the United States. It is also considered by Latin American countries to be a top-tier repository for information and materials. The collection was recently honored by the government of Mexico City as the first foreign institutional recipient of the Medalla 1808 award, which denotes significant contributions to the study of Mexican history and culture. The exhibit will run through mid-March.

Drugs: Crime a symptom of political problems From page 1 debate about drugs everywhere. “Journalism pays a lot of attention only to the surface of what the drug business produces — mainly violence and death,” Sierra said. “Everyone writes about it out of the sheer horror the way narcos kill people. They follow a traditional line in warfare that they don’t just want to eliminate you as an enemy but by freaking out people by showing how bad they can be. This of course has a

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lot of attraction to the press.” Cristian Alarcón serves as coordinator of Ibero-American New Journalism Foundation’s Cosecha Roja, a network of crime reporters in Latin America. He said journalists must describe the wider political and economic context of drug violence in the region. Samuel Gonzalez, a former drug-trafficking and organizedcrime prosecutor in Mexico, said the violence in Mexico is only a symptom of greater po-

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litical problems. Journalism graduate student Mario Carrillo, a native of El Paso, said the discussion hit close to home because his father works in Juarez, Mexico. “Hearing Samuel talk about how the violence in Mexico is merely a symptom threw me aback a bit,” he said. “It struck me that the violence was Mexico’s main problem. As a citizen and a journalist, you wonder what you can do and alleviate it.”

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Donation awards research campus new technologies By Allie Kolechta Daily Texan Staff Chemical engineers at the J.J. Pickle Research Campus have some brand new toys thanks to a private grant that will fund projects such as efforts to lower CO2 emissions in power plants. The new equipment was funded by a $300,000 donation from Emerson Process Management, about half of which was in the form of new machinery for the facility, including the installation of new computers, which will be used on the projects. Senior research engineer Frank Seibert said much of the new equipment is wireless and will be easier to install and relocate than the old equipment, some dating back to 1986. “We’re really working with the very latest technologies,” he said. “The new equipment will make analyzing data much easier and more effective.” Installation of the new equipment began in June and finished about two weeks ago with a ribbon cutting ceremony Sept. 10. The machines have been up and running since Monday. About five professional staff members and eight to 10 students typically work at the Center for Energy and Environmental Resources, where some of the new equipment is housed. Chemical engineering freshman Genevieve Lim said the new equipment would have an impact on underclassmen who will potentially take on research opportunities at the center later

in their college careers. “It will make it much easier to transition from college to a job at a company or firm where the technology is all up to date,” Lim said. “And chemical engineering students before us will be able to have a greater research output, and that can make our jobs go more smoothly.” Graduate students working at the facility now have a refurbished workspace and new technologies to aide their studies. Chemical engineering professor Thomas Edgar said that the new up-to-date workspace would provide opportunities for all kinds of research. “Clearly, the people who work there are excited about it,” Edgar said. “Before, they had much older equipment. When you have a nice office, you’re a lot more excited about working. This sort of adds to the level of excitement among graduate students working out there.” Chemical engineering freshman Daniel Huang said that the access to new equipment and technologies will be a great asset to both current and future researchers. He said Emerson’s donation could make the difference between theories and scientific discoveries. “Effective, innovative research is primarily the result of the hard work and ingenuity of the researcher, but is also dependent upon the technology available,” he said. “Even the best scientists can only theorize without the necessary equipment to test their ideas.”

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Default rates rise in US; UT students resist trend By Preethi Srikanth Daily Texan Staff UT graduates fall far below the national student loan default rate, according to the U.S. Department of Education loan default rate report for the 2008 federal fiscal year. The Department of Education announced Tuesday that the student loan default rate is continuing to increase. The national rate of defaults has jumped from 5.2 percent in the 2006 fiscal report to 6.7 percent in 2007, and now to 7 percent in 2008. For public institutions, there has been an increase from 5.9 percent in 2007 to 6 percent in 2008. If a university’s cohort default rate is more than 40 percent in a single year or more than 25 percent for three years in a row, it loses eligibility to participate in federal student loan programs. Department spokeswoman Jane Glickman said about 3.38 million entered repayment in 2008 and more than 238,000 defaulted — an increase of 13,000 since 2007. UT’s default rate for the 2008 report was only 2.8 percent. Tom Melecki, UT director of Student Financial Services, said this compares favorably to the average public university national rates. Only 193 out of 7,722 UT students defaulted on student loans in 2007, Melecki said. The most recent data for the 2008 federal fiscal year showed that 6,694 UT students entered repayment, and of those, only 192 defaulted. The Office of Student Financial Services has noticed an increase in students continuing on with their education, either by extending their undergraduate career or by pursuing graduate studies, he said. “If no jobs are out there, students can become stronger job candidates by gaining additional skill sets through further education,” he said. “While a potential downside for students on federal unsubsidized loans might be that the longer a student is in school, more interest will accrue on the loan cost, which means more to pay off later.” The financial services office offers advice seminars through their Bevonomics series. Topics on managing debt, smart saving and spending, as well as repaying debt are covered in both the fall and spring semesters. “It’s especially useful in the spring for the graduating classes, and we try to keep contact with our students up to six months after they leave UT,” Melecki said. Public health sophomore Carmel Rohani, who plans on attending physician’s assistant school, said she has had a student loan for a year but expects that her schooling will take long enough for her to find a secure job. “I’ll take [the job market] as it comes,” she said.

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Runner follows unusual path to Austin By Bri Thomas Daily Texan Staff With a career beginning as a 3-year-old ice skater, Brian Rhodes-Devey went on to become one of the top runners in the state of New York and, more recently, one of the top runners at UT. Gliding on the ice led Rhodes-Devey to hockey at the age of 6, which then spurred him to become serious about lacrosse. While being uninvolved with high school sports during the fall season, the athlete’s lacrosse coach figured Rhodes-Devey’s speed could assist the cross country team, as well as keep him in shape for lacrosse in the spring. As a sixth grader, Rhodes-Devey joined the high school cross country team. “I didn’t really know what the sport was,” he said. “I knew I was pretty good at running, though, and ended up being the secondfastest on the team.” At the age of 14, Rhodes-Devey set a record for the fastest mile time in the state of New York. He began participating in indoor track as well, which left him with a choice of either varsity track or junior varsity lacrosse in the spring season. “I weighed my options, considering which would get me the best future,” Rhodes-Devey said. “Since then, I’ve been doing three seasons a year of running, and this is my 10th year of competitive cross country.” Self-coached Rhodes-Devey went on to set the sophomore mile and the sophomore 800-me-

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ter state records. “I was an awkward little kid who just happened to run fast early,“ Rhodes-Devey said of his achievements. “Setting these records while being thrown in with

older kids made my adjustment to competitive running easier.” As a senior, the runner sent in applications to 25 universities with the top cross country programs, finally narrowing his

choices to Stanford, Michigan, ing down long country roads in Oregon, Iona College and Texas. huge pick-ups with gun racks.” “I’d never even been to Texas As soon as he stepped off the before visiting it my senior year,” plane, however, the athlete fell Rhodes-Devey said. “I pictured DEVEY continues on page 7 cacti everywhere and people rid-

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MMA event brings scenes of violence to fighting faithful the first sign of blood. The entire ordeal was an exerBy Will Anderson cise in extremes; from a scintillating main event to slightly ineDaily Texan briated and rowdy fans, the UFC Columnist had it all. It was certainly barbaric. The end of the particularly techniThe Ultimate Fighting Cham- cal fourth fight was greeted by pionship came to Austin for the mostly jeers and boos, while the first time ever Wednesday night, fifth — which had sub-par wresbut fans in attendance at the tling and mostly glancing blows Frank Erwin Center had the drill — was mindlessly applauded down pat: Drink light beer by the for its bloodletting. The most clear cupful, support the American fighters and cheer like hell at UFC continues on page 7

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Kyle Kingsbury, left, eyes his Ultimate Fight Night 22 opponent, Jared Hamman, during their UFC fight Wednesday night in Austin.

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Texas’ No. 5 Rachael Adams and Ashley Bannister block a Texas A&M spike.

From page 6 Sisson believes that undeclared freshman Marielle Hall, who did not compete, and Behm will spend the season competing for the team’s top spot. “We have a really good punch with one and two,” he said. Sisson said that, following the previous meet, it is clear the newcomers on the team could also have an impact on the team’s overall score. “I am interested in seeing how the two freshmen handle the second meet,” he said. “They had a fantastic first meet.” Undeclared freshman Megan Siebert came in second at the Morriss Invitational with a time of 11:06.49. “Our number two runner last meet was a freshman and we are really excited about that,” Sisson said. “She was really unexpected and hopefully she will continue to contribute.” Still, going into the meet in San Antonio, the team’s main goal is to stay focused and prepare for big meets later on in the season. “The nature of distance running is not necessarily to be firing with all cylinders, we have to be Lauren Gerson | Daily Texan Staff focusing on our final strategy and Texas’ Mia Behm, center, runs in last spring’s Texas Relays in the 1,500-meter race. Behm won the UH Johnny Morriss Invitational on Sept. 3 the end goal,” Sisson said. Although the Horns may be al- and will provide the team with a constant top threat this season. ready thinking about later meets, Sisson explains that the team still “You have a Texas on your resent,” he said. “In essence, Wyoming, we have meets like well but we use this as a traintakes each meet seriously. chest and it is important to rep- like the football team plays UTSA. We have to represent ing opportunity.”

“He’s disappointed that he’s not getting to play. Vondrell is a tough young man. He was embarrassed by his slip-up in the spring. He’s been a great young man for us. The one public slip-up is the only thing he’s ever had even close to bad, and I’m really disappointed for him that he’s not going to get to finish right.” — Mack Brown, on running back Vondrell McGee’s academic ineligibility

From page 6 animated the ringside staff got all night was when they snickered at a patron’s compliment about a ring girl’s “amazing ass.” It was impatient, fast-paced and entirely fixated on continuous fistic action. When the Edwards-Gunderson match — easily one of the most thrilling of the night — went to the ground in the third, the unruly taunting wasn’t far behind. Any slow in the pace was seen as abhorrence, any exchange of defenseless punches viciously applauded. It was patriotic. Losing American fighters were always called to rally with chants of “U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!” Matches that lacked a pre-fight storyline inevitably devolved into us vs. them

as members of the crowd taunted foreign fighters. It was damn good publicity. The four televised fights on the card, save one, ended in early stoppage, whether by submission or TKO. In the main event, crowd-favorite Nathan Marquardt narrowly escaped an ankle lock before gaining top position and pounding out an early stoppage. Attendance figures topped 8,000 — an unthinkable number for a mid-week event during football season. It was also epic. The Erwin Center is nicknamed ‘the drum’ because of its peculiar shape, but being inside Wednesday night felt like standing in a double-pedal bass drum played by Keith Moon on a speed binge. The entire building reverberated with a mix of rock, heavy met-

al and hip-hop between fights. The PA system, so used to playing “The Eyes of Texas,” sounded twice as loud blaring a bassheavy version of “Welcome to the Jungle.” It was sporting. These athletes take their craft seriously, even the guy who walked out to the Black Eyed Peas song, “ I Gotta Feeling.” Sitting through the post-fight interviews, it became evident that there is no less-grueling preparation, no less strategy, no less intelligence in mixed martial arts than other professional sports. The atmosphere was sincere to be sure, as in the legitimate bloodlust collectively felt by fans, but also in the celebration of Charles Oliveira after his comeback submission win over Efrain Escudero. The young Brazilian collapsed to the can-

Texas falls to Aggies in Big 12 opener By Shabab Siddiqui Daily Texan Staff The Longhorns fell to unranked Texas A&M in their conference opener 22-25, 18-25, 2325 in the State Farm Lone Star Showdown in College Station on Thursday. Eighth-ranked Texas committed 33 errors in the outing, dropping to 5-4 this season, with three of those losses coming in one straight sweep. The Longhorns were out-killed by the Aggies 36-35 and posted a mere .110 hitting average. It was Texas’ first loss in six years against an in-state oppo-

nent since the team lost to the Aggies on Oct. 16, 2004. The team opted to use a 6-2 formation for the second time this season, after using it against Florida last Saturday. The two-setter lineup, featuring freshman Hannah Allison and junior Michelle Kocher, pushed the game against the Gators into five sets, despite the team only working on it for 20 minutes before the game. Junior middle blocker Rachael Adams paced the Longhorns with 13 kills and two blocks against the Aggies, while senior outside hitter Juli-

ann Faucette and junior libero Sydney Yogi notched doubledigit digs. About two-thirds of the Longhorn errors were attacking errors and only senior middle blocker Jennifer Doris boasted a hitting average above 20 percent. The Longhorns last dropped a conference opener in 2008 at the hands of then-ranked No. 2 Nebraska. The team will look to bounce back from its first three-game losing streak since 2003 when it faces off against unranked Baylor on Saturday in Texas’ conference home opener.

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ner to prepare for the conference and regional meets. The team’s ultimate goal is to make it to the NCAA Championships. Texas started off with a bang at the UH Johnny Morriss Invitational in Houston, in which junior Mia Behm won with the only sub-11 minute time. Longhorn runners took the five top spots and six of the top seven. The team walked away with a score of 15 — a perfect score. “To score 15 points is really cool,” Sisson said. “It is a very big deal. I think the level of competition at the next meet will make it very difficult to do that well.” Sisson believes that the competition today could provide a chal-

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Junior Brian Rhodes-Devey practices on the track at Mike A. Myers Stadium on Thursday. For Rhodes-Devey, it’s been a long road from ice skater to lacrosse player to Texas cross country runner, but he’s focusing on the upcoming season.

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By Julie Thompson Daily Texan Staff The Longhorns are looking to showcase their depth and determination today, sending 15 runners to the Ricardo Romo/Six Flags Fiesta Texas Classic at UTSA. Assistant coach Steve Sisson said the team’s goal for this meet is to win but also to focus on the season as a whole. “The UTSA meet is not the place to make a statement and put the flag in the ground,” Sisson said. “It is an opportunity to improve and train.” Sisson is looking to build a stronger baseline and to build a strategy for each individual run-

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lenge for his team but is more concerned at looking at the meet as an opportunity for his runners to grow and improve. The Romo Classic is an opportunity to practice and an opportunity to have more women run. “The key thing for this meet is going to be seeing what we look like with all of our girls running,” Sisson said. “What we are really excited about is that nobody has seen our full team, the other teams can’t really match our depth.” Several of the team’s top runners did not participate in the Johnny Morriss Invitational.

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By Trey Scott Daily Texan Staff The 2010-2011 UT men’s golf season tees off today at the Olympia Fields/Fighting Illini Invitational in Olympia Fields, Ill. The Longhorns, who placed 21st at the NCAA Championship last season, start the year as the 11th-ranked team, according to GolfWorld’s preseason coaches poll. That first step in the right direction toward what they expect to be a very successful season can be made this weekend

within the suburbs of Chicago at the Olympia Fields Country Club. According to head coach John Fields, Olympia Fields is in the mold of a typical U.S. Open course: pristine greens but lots of rough. The field features nine other ranked teams, including defending NCAA champion Augusta State and last year’s NCAA runner-up Oklahoma State. “It’s a great tournament field,” Fields said. “This is a

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LONGHORN SPOTLIGHT Ashley Bannister #24 Position: Outside hitter Height: 6’ 1” Class: Freshman Hometown: Sugar Land

Freshman earns starting spot with stellar defense, net play Another Longhorn with an international resume, Bannister came to Austin as part of the program’s vaulted 2010 recruiting class. Bannister represented the U.S. at the 2009 European Global Challenge Championship and was one of the top in-state prospects as a high school senior. Bannister has already cracked the young Longhorns’ roster and recorded a career-high 12 kills against No. 4 Florida last Saturday. It was Bannister’s collegiate start and she hit .375 while adding five blocks during the team’s five-set loss to the Gators. “We knew that if we put her in the lineup, we would get some good things out of her,” said head coach Jerritt Elliott. Bannister also started against Texas A&M on Thursday. Texas lost to the unranked Aggies but Elliott and his staff hope the youngster can help the Longhorns recover from their losing streak against Baylor this weekend. — Will Anderson

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Steffan Schmieding follows his shot during last April’s Morris Williams Intercollegiate tournament at the UT Golf Club.

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Longhorns’ best hopes in 2010 From page 6 chance to play a challenging golf course against an outstanding, challenging field.” Texas boasts some of the nation’s best golfers in senior Bobby Hudson, a 2010 PING and Golfweek honorable mention All-American; sophomore Cody Gribble, who was last season’s Big 12 Conference Newcomer of the Year; and junior Dylan Frittelli, who earned the honor of being named the 2010 Big 12

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Player of the Year, as well as being named by PING as a thirdteam All-American. Frittelli, an import from Pretoria, South Africa, is key to the Longhorns’ chances this year. He finished last year with five top-five finishes in tournament play, including a win at the National Invitation Tournament last year. This trio of Longhorns have all played in at least one NCAA Championship and collectively account for four individual tournament championships. That

kind of talent is on par with the rest of their opponents this weekend, most notably GolfWorld’s No. 1 ranked player, Oklahoma State’s Peter Uihlein. The competition is as good as it gets and Olympia Fields is a tough course so Texas will use this weekend as a barometer for how they can expect to compete in other talent-laden tournaments this season. “We’re fortunate we get to play there,” Fields said. “We don’t take it lightly.”

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vas, arms over his face, in a spasm of what appeared to be equal parts joy and exhaustion after choking out his opponent in the third round. It was familial. Marquardt, a late arrival to the interview table, greeted most of the other fighters when he arrived and was treated in kind. Even between competitors there was a level of respect for each other and the dangerous profession they shared. It was many things, some no-

ble and some depraved, but most of all, it was real. Despite the grand level of image management performed by the UFC, there’s no way to censor the catcalls hurled at ring girls or the stream of blood unleashed from a competitor’s nose after a savage uppercut. From the center of the crimson-speckled octagon, a picture emerges and with it a closer look at the culture surrounding this volatile combat sport.

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finds new home in heart of Texas From page 6 in love, touring only one other school — just to make sure — before signing with the Longhorns. Attending a football game against Ohio State also drew him into Texas, providing such an incredible atmosphere despite a loss. “I love the fact that I’m not the only part of one of the nation’s greatest athletic programs, but also attending a university that’ll give me the best education,” Rhodes-Devey said. “Every morning, I wake up happy as hell to be in Austin.” Rhodes-Devey, a corporate communication junior, fell right into place in his burnt orange uniform as he began creating betterthan-average stats and making a name for himself quickly. “Brian’s college running career is really just starting to blossom,” said John Hayes, the men’s cross country assistant coach. “We have high goals for him and believe that if he can stay consistent that he will impact UT at both the conference as well as the national level.” Rhodes-Devey came in 20th at the 2009 NCAA cross country championship but his most cherished memory was being able to make the trip to nationals with his team. “We were young but just kept encouraging each other to work hard,” Rhodes-Devey said. “Qualifying with six other guys I busted my ass with was simply incredible.” Because of the inexperience on last year’s team, the trip was seen as mostly a learning experience but Rhodes-Devey claims this year will be a different story. “We are going to shove it in people’s faces that we’re here to play,” he said. “It’s been a few years since Texas’ cross country program has been at its prime, but we’ve got a dedicated group with some talented new freshmen and great upperclassman leadership. Now, we’re here to compete.”

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Stone’s performance makes ‘Easy A’ barely passable By Alex Williams Daily Texan Staff “Easy A” really, really wants to be this generation’s version of a John Hughes classic, something remembered as fondly as “Sixteen Candles” or “The Breakfast Club,” an ambitious goal that’s obvious in every scene. Instead, it comes across as a trying-too-hard, average film that will be remembered only as the movie that made Emma Stone a star. Stone plays Olive, a “Juno”esque teen who, after telling a little white lie about losing her virginity, finds that things rapidly snowball until she’s the school harlot. Capitalizing on this attention, she takes a note from “The Scarlet Letter,” which her English class is studying, and sews a red ‘A’ onto her outfit. From the overly stylized opening credits to a ridiculous montage of memorable moments from ‘80s teen movies, “Easy A” is too preoccupied with establishing how different it is from its predecessors to actually be a good movie. If anything about “Easy A” is memorable, it’s Emma Stone. After warming up in “Superbad” — a far superior riff on high school comedy — and “Zombieland,” Stone singlehandedly makes large portions of the movie watchable. She’s charismatic, hilarious and deserves whatever praise is heaped upon her after this. The rest of the cast isn’t too shabby, either. Olive’s parents, played by Patricia Clarkson

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Fresh-faced actress Emma Stone, who has appeared in “Superbad” and “Zombieland,” stars in “Easy A.” and Stanley Tucci, give the movie its funniest scenes with their sharp back-and-forths and Malcolm McDowell’s presence as the school’s principal is so randomly inspired that he barely even has to try. Not faring as well are Amanda Bynes, failing to rise above her stock venomous Christian character, and Thomas Haden Church, a thoroughly likable actor saddled with wincingly bad dialogue. The film’s

screenplay is undoubtedly its weakest aspect, a hyper-literate attempt to dispel teen movie tropes that has only middling success. The opening scenes reek of a bad Diablo Cody script, complete with teens spouting nonsensical gibberish and passing it off as dialogue. The film rebounds quickly and actually builds some decent comedic momentum until the climax, where the script embraces every cliché it’s been trying

so hard to prove it’s above. “Easy A” is almost depressingly mediocre and it’s clear how clever it desperately wants to be. However, Emma Stone’s star-making performance alone keeps the movie from being a complete waste of time and is almost worth the price of admission.

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also heartwarming, humorous “Catfish,” the better, but suffice it to say the final half hour or so is a fantastic piece of filmmaking, composed of a heartbreaking series of scenes that range from tense to devastating as Nev finally gets to the bottom of things. What could have been an exploitative, confrontational climax is instead heartfelt and starkly honest, taking a figure who — at face value — is thoroughly unsympathetic and giving his actions a depth and humanity that a lesser film might have glazed over in exchange for an easy collection of cheap shots and laughs. It helps that Nev is a likeable hero, funny and affable even as the circumstances thrust upon him become increasingly infuriating and humiliating. Even as the truth comes

out and he starts to realize exactly how much of the relationship is based on fiction, Nev keeps things from becoming mean-spirited and gives the movie its heart, especially in a melancholy sequence late in the film once all of the cards are on the table. One of “Catfish’s” most interesting aspects is the interplay between brothers Nev and Ariel. Ariel has been filming his brother for years in films both real and staged. It’s never really clear what “Catfish” is. Press materials refer to it cryptically as a “reality thriller” and, more often than not, the proceedings feel engineered. Several articles detail the filmmakers as keenly deflecting allegations of falsifying the events of the film, and as Nev and his friends start to unravel the mystery behind Megan

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Nev Schulman stars in the documentary-style film “Catfish,” which is directed by new filmmakers Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman. and her family, their discoveries feel like something anyone with Google and some common sense could have figured out. On the other hand, that wouldn’t make a very interesting movie and “Catfish” is nothing if not interesting. In fact, there’s not a dull moment in its brief 86-minute runtime and a few sequences, especially one where the group approaches what

is supposedly the family farm in the middle of the night, are excruciatingly tense and well-directed. If one can accept that perhaps the presentation isn’t entirely straightforward, the heartfelt, funny execution makes “Catfish” more than worthwhile.

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yOgA: Breathing, meditation main cause of exercise’s soothing effect “I try to concentrate on my breathing in class so I can use it the two main aspects of yoga with outside of class, too,” said Nell a calming effect. Yoga teaches that Swanson, an engineering selearning to control breathing can nior who practices at Black help control the rest of your body Swan Yoga. and mind. For Brewer, as she got older, day, month day, 2008

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Revival band preserves sound of classic soul fortless and nostalgic homage that By Abby Johnston skirts the fate of a period piece. Daily Texan Staff “Soul is so much more to me,” Soul Track Mind’s soul revival has become a staple in the Aus- said lead singer Donovan Keith. tin community over the past two “It’s kind of spiritual and emotionyears. Their loyal fan base has al in a way. You could say I have a slowly gained momentum as the ‘soul track mind.’” Keith, who founded Soul Track band keeps busy. Weekly gigs at the east side TC’s Mind when he came to Austin two years ago, leads the band Lounge were largely responwith an easy confidence sible for their rise to local and charm that makes fame, but frequent revisON THE WEB: him a quick crowd its to Hole in the Wall To listen to Soul favorite. Attending on the Drag and the Track Mind, go to any Soul Track Mind other smaller venues their website show makes it easy that first gave birth to @soultrackto see why Keith Gartheir sweat-soaked live mind.com ner is frequently comshows preserve their origpared to the late “Godfainal focus and following. ther of Soul” James Brown. His The band’s name, a play on the saying “one-track mind,” embod- passion is evident and infectious, ies the band to its core. Armed with drawing crowds to the dance floor a brass section, guitar, percussion, from the first wailed note. There is no easy brand for a typkeyboards and a soulful lead singer, Soul Track Mind aims to work ical Soul Track Mind fan. The band as preservationists rather than in- has attracted everyone from acnovators. The group is not looking tive participants in UT’s Greek life to mix genres; rather, their ‘60s- and to old school soul enthusiasts of ‘70s-style soul is influenced directly and purposefully, resulting in an efSOUL continues on page 9

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The new school year brings back stressful, sleepless nights that can seriously affect a student’s health. The practice of Yoga combats these health issues, and the Yoga Health Foundation has recently named September “National Yoga Month.”

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be just what you need to make it through the semester. Perhaps that’s why September has been named “National Yoga Month” by the Yoga Health Foundation. A new study out of the University of Cincinnati found that daily stressors may cause long-term As you transition from the lazy changes in metabolism and play a days of summer into a new school part in the development of obesiyear, stress seems inevitable. Exty. Researchers found that stressams, projects, work, lack of sleep ful situations can lead to recovand going out can be overwhelmery periods marked by overeating ing and stress may be a lot more and larger, less frequent meals, dangerous than you think. which are linked to obesity. OthHowever, there are ways to er research on stress has found combat newfound issues relatthat it causes the body to deposit ed to stress. Yoga might prove to more fat in the abdominal cavity, speeds up the buildup of plaque in the blood vessels, which increases the risk of heart attack and may also be linked to binge eating. That’s where practicing yoga comes in. It is not a cure-all, but many say that the benefits of doing yoga include a clearer mind, connection with your body, greater flexibility, more strength and leaner muscles. “In terms of stress relief, if I’m having a hard day after a yoga

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session I feel so much better,” said Jessica Villarreal, president of the University Yoga Club. “Or if I’m really tired, if I go to a yoga session I feel like I have a lot of energy afterwards. Stress reduction and meditation, yoga really helps with that. I feel really calm and peaceful all the time. “ The University Yoga Club meets once a week for an hourand-a-half session with longtime instructor Peter Fleury. “Physically, you feel less tension in your body,” Villareal said. “Most people typically carry a lot of stress in their shoulders and whenever you regularly practice yoga, that goes away and you have a lot more flexibility and your body’s more relaxed. I would really recommend it to people who do a lot of physical activity because it’s a really good way to nurture your muscles and stretch out.” There are different types of yoga that focus on various things, depending on what you want to get out of the practice. Hatha yoga is a popular form that focuses on each pose and works on

-controlled breathing. “People who are new, I try to steer to my Hatha flow classes,” said Pamela Brewer, an Austinarea yoga instructor. “It’s a little slower than Vinyasa so you won’t feel so hurried or like, ‘Oh, I’m not getting this and it’s moving too fast.’” Vinyasa yoga is a faster yoga form that concentrates on the flow from one position to the next in sync with your breathing. Hot yoga is a system of 26 different poses and two breathing exercises that take place in a room heated to around 105 degrees. “I’ve done a lot of hot yoga and I think it’s pretty cool,” Villareal said. “But if you look at more philosophy on it, the point of yoga is to cool down your body and to calm your mind and it’s a preparation for meditation. Hot yoga is a little bit more high intensity. It’s kind of more like doing exercise than calming yourself down. It depends on what you want to get out of the session.” Meditation and breathing are

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Film details dangers of online relations By Alex Williams Daily Texan Staff “Catfish,” an engrossing documentary-style film from new directors Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman, is something of an enigma. It starts off as a sweet movie chronicling an online relationship before morphing into a cautionary tale about the striking difference between the Internet and reality. Additionally, it’s never quite clear how much of the film, which is presented as a documentary, is legitimate. New York-based photogra-

pher Nev — who is Schulman’s brother — commissions a painting of one of his photos from a fan, 8-year-old artist Abby Pierce. Impressed with her work, he strikes up a friendship with Abby and her Michigan-based family. He talks on the phone with her mother, Angela, and befriends her attractive sister, Megan, on Facebook. Before too long, he and Megan have started a cross-country relationship based entirely on phone calls, texting and Internet messaging. Nev starts to notice some holes

in the family’s facade, though, discovering that audio clips of songs e-mailed by Megan are actually taken from YouTube and, after searching online, learning that Abby’s alleged art gallery is actually a vacant building. Urged by his friends, Nev decides to drive to Michigan and learn who he’s really falling for, only to find things are not as they appear. The less the viewer knows about the second half of

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