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Latin major given chance to increase recruitment

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University health services will offer flu shots from noon to 4 p.m. in SSB G1.310 For a full list of flu shot dates, visit healthyhorns.utexas.edu.

By Jillian Bliss Daily Texan Staff

in the program [come] because you get to put into effect the physical techniques that we teach.” Davis said it is important for women to try to stay in a public, well environment to increase their safety. “If you’re being attacked you want to be able to yell loud enough that

Members of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board directed UT officials to remove a major in a present-day language last week, but allowed the University to retain a major in the defunct language of Latin. Board members classified bachelor’s degrees as low-producing if less than 25 students graduated with the degree during the past five years. A total of 14 bachelor’s degrees at UT did not meet the board’s enrollment requirements. In addition to those granted temporary extension, seven were approved to consolidate with other programs. Latin, along with five other majors, was deemed low in productivity by the board, but was granted a temporary extension to increase enrollment over the next four years. Members of the Department of Classics filed appeals for both of the department’s majors in Latin and Greek, but only the Latin major was granted a request for temporary extension of the program. Dominic Chavez, spokesman for the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, said in four years the board will review the UT Latin program, along with the other majors granted the extension, to determine whether they have progressed in productivity. Chavez said appeals made from each department needed to include a plan on how to increase recruitment, retention and graduation rates within the department, in addition to other details on why the major

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The United States recognizes the Republic of China.

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200 BLOCK EAST DEAN KEETON A non-UT cab driver flagged down a UT Police Officer and informed the officer he had an intoxicated subject in the back of his vehicle. The subject could not provide the driver a correct address and location that he needed to be dropped off at. During the investigation, the officer discovered the subject had created a personal Splash Zone in the back passenger compartment of the taxi. The subject was unable to answer basic questions for the officer. The subject was taken into custody for Public Intoxication and transported to Central Booking.

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Quote to note It was probably the toughest decision I’ve had to make so far in my life. But I think, at the end of the day, it’s the right one.

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Austin Firefighter Rex Dorado extinguishes a fire after a pile of brush caught flame on a trailer bed while the truck was in transit on Interstate-35 near the Manor exit Monday evening. Dorado said the fire was relatively minor and the driver was able to exit the highway quickly.

Course teaches sexual assault defense By Nina Hernandez Daily Texan Staff

Out of the one in 12 college males who have committed a sexual assault, 84 percent did not think it was rape, said UT police officer Ashley Griffin during a women’s defense class Monday. According to the website of Rape,

Abuse and Incest National Network, an organization dedicated to educating the public about sexual assault and finding counseling for victims, a sexual assault is committed in the U.S. every two minutes. The Rape Aggression Defense System course is a four-day course that teaches women how to defend themselves in potentially life-threat-

ening situations. Sergeant Laura Davis of UT Police Department said the fourth day of the course is the most important because students put what they’ve learned to practice during an optional simulation test. “I feel strongly about people doing the simulation,” Davis said. “I believe the biggest learning curves

Flu shot campaign promotes vaccines Students commemorate for students with or without insurance previously banned books By Nick Hadjigeorge Daily Texan Staff

With the high temperatures lasting into the fall, it may not feel like the flu season is fast approaching. But University Health Services is taking precautionary measures against the virus through a campaign to distribute vaccines to students and faculty during the coming weeks. The UHS Flu Shot Campaign begins today at the Student Services Building in room G1.310 from noon to 4 p.m. The campaign will continue to offer the vaccine in various locations around campus until Oct. 20. The

full list of dates and locations can be found on the UHS website. The flu shot is available for free to all students and faculty who present their UT ID and a health insurance card, not including Medicare, Medicaid, Tricare or HMO plans. The shot costs $10 for those without health insurance. Senior UHS coordinator Sherry Bell said the flu is more serious than students usually realize and stressed the correlation between contracting the virus and decreased academic performance. Bell said almost 20 percent of respondents said they have suffered a negative academic impact

in the last 12 months because of a cold, the flu or sore throats, according to a 2010 campus health assessment survey. She said providing a flu shot campaign is central to UHS’s purpose of promoting a healthy environment on campus. “Campus is, by nature, crowded, so it makes it much easier to pick up viruses that cause cold and flu,” Bell said. Bell said the University is prepared to distribute 10,000 vaccines during this year’s campaign and said last year’s immunizations totaled 9,028. Bell also said

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Austin ranks No. 12 in list of most livable American cities Texas capitol recognized for ed the number of restaurants, bars and museums as well as lively social faire, economic the city’s income, poverty, uninsulation, low crime rate employment, crime and forecloBy Brianna Pelayo Daily Texan Staff

Austin placed highly in a recently released ranking of America’s top 50 cities, beating out Houston, Dallas and San Antonio by a wide margin. Bloomberg Rankings and Businessweek.com worked together to evaluate the country’s largest cities on a scale that excluded affordability. Based on 16 components, Austin proved to be one of the best cities in the nation. The components includ-

sure rates. “I imagine on a per capita basis, the number of entertainment outlets like bars and restaurants and that sort of thing is probably on the higher end,” said Beverly Kerr, vice president of research at the Austin Chamber of Commerce. “I think the thing with Austin is that it’s relatively concentrated, it’s easy to access a lot of those amenities that we have. Particularly downtown we have a lot more going on than you’ll see in a lot of other cities. I’m not surprised that we ranked well on that.”

Austin’s centrally located 209 bars and 1,818 restaurants, many of which offer live music, helped contribute to Austin’s high ranking according to the report. According to Businessweek. com, Austin would have made the top ten were it not for a high property crime rate. Alt houg h Austin ranked well with a violent crime rate of 523.3 per year, the property crime rate ranked on the other end of the spectrum according to Businessweek.com statistics. Austin’s yearly property crime rate was listed 6,245.5, which Kerr said can make it less

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By Rachel Thompson Daily Texan Staff

When Information sciences graduate student Jessica McCleane was in high school, she read J.D. Salinger’s “The Catcher in the Rye” — a coming of age story that was once the most censored book in U.S. high schools. One of her friends had to leave the room while the class read parts of the novel. “She had to read a different book because her mom thought it was so inappropriate,” McCleane said. McCleane and other literature lovers from the School of Information celebrated “The Catcher in the Rye” and similar banned books in the South Mall Monday night during the American Library Association and Texas Library Association’s Banned Books Week ReadOut. They discussed formerly taboo subjects such as homosexuality and racism. The UT ALA/TLA chapter brings students interested in li-

braries together through other events such as trivia, bake sales and the library crawl. The organization also offers networking opportunities for those interested in becoming librarians. Members brought books ranging from Madeleine L’Engle’s “A Wrinkle in Time” to Alice Walker’s “The Color Purple,” all of which had been banned at one time, and some of which remain banned in various schools. UT ALA/TLA co-director Anna Fidgeon said some of the books were challenged, meaning someone requested that the book be taken out of public and school libraries, while others were banned outright. “I think it’s important to read banned books to sort of bring attention to different ideas that maybe someone doesn’t agree with,” Fidgeon said. “It’s always good to have both sides.” Fidgeon said she encouraged members to bring their favorite

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Graduate student Rebecca Halpern reads passages from Steinbeck’s “The Grapes of Wrath” on the South Mall in honor of ALA’s Banned Books Week.

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RANK continues from PAGE 1 attractive to migrants. Austin’s low unemployment rate is one major factor that enhances the attractiveness of Austin, Kerr said. “I think that’s something that people always look at — how likely it is that they’re going to

be able to land a job,� Kerr said. “Austin’s jobs have been growing for quite a while now. We went into the recession later and came out earlier, so that’s always something that seems to be included and liked in this attractiveness rating.�

OTHER CITIES ON THE LIST 1. Raleigh, N.C. 2. Arlington, Va. 3. Honolulu, Hawaii 4. Scottsdale, Ariz. 5. Irvine, Calif. 6. Washington, D.C. 7. San Diego, Calif. 8. Virginia Beach, Va. 9. San Francisco, Calif.

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UT Police Department officer Ashley Griffin leads a Rape Aggression Defense session at the Frank Erwin Center Monday afternoon.

you a lot about prevention, but then taught said 85 percent of victims it [also] teaches you basic self de- know their attacker. fense,� Griffin said. “When you go into the simulaRAINN’s website says one in six tion the male police officers wear padded suits,� Griffin said. “When they come out the women are timid, but after they go through the simulation they are confident, empowered and believe in themselves.� Nursing sophomore Lauren Larkin heard about RAD at Wellfest and registered. “I also went to another self-defense class that was one day last summer,� Larkin said. “I enjoyed that one and thought [RAD] might be even more useful because it’s four — Laura Davis, UTPD Sgt. days.� Griffin said that it’s not too late for women who still want to attend RAD, and those interested should show up at the Frank Erwin Center’s south gate at 5:45 p.m. today. American women will be the victim Anyone interested can contact her of a sexual assault. The RAD class at amkeene@mail.utexas.edu or call police communication supervisor Robin Gillespie at (512) 4714441 for more information.

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people around you are going to hear and be able to help out,� Davis said. Davis said that students should be careful when using the defensive moves on a significant other. “With the techniques we use, you are going to escalate a situation in relationship violence,� Davis said. “It’s not something we recommend in dating relationships where you’re not ready to leave and not go back to this person.� Davis said that women of any size can learn to defend themselves. “I believe anybody can stand up to somebody if they want to,� Davis said. “If this is between you and surviving, you would be surprised at what you can do.� Griffin has been a RAD instructor for two years and finds the course an invaluable asset to fighting sexual assault. “I think [RAD] is extremely valuable because the course can teach

I believe anybody can stand up to somebody if they want to.

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may have a great impact on students. “If their plan doesn’t work out we’ve got to close it,� Chavez said. “Or if it does, we can tell them congratulations and send them on their merry way. We’re going to give institutions an opportunity to prove the relative strength of their programs and strategies.� Classics department chair Stephen White said there is certainly a demand for both Latin and Greek courses, and department members supplied the board with numbers of how many students are either enrolled in one or both language courses during the appeal. He said the courses do not create cost deficiencies because so many non-Latin or Greek major students are enrolled in them as well. White also said there are cases when students double-major in Latin or Greek while earning another degree, but those students were not included in the final tally of students graduating during the past five years. White said in order to lower outstanding cost deficiencies, the department is also considering larger classroom settings to reduce faculty workloads. President William Powers Jr. said he does not feel eliminating majors in any department will save money for the University either, as the same amount of faculty will still be needed to teach the courses formerly associated with eliminated majors.

“If we still have the same number of students who want to take these classes, we’ll need more faculty to teach and it won’t save money,� Powers said. “Frankly, it’s just a catalog cleanup.� Chavez said degree elimination will allow money to be used more efficiently in lieu of statewide budget cuts, and although classics department members are not currently planning to reduce faculty numbers, he feels this could change over time. White said he wants to assure students that UT will still offer courses in both languages, and even if both are eliminated as majors the languages will still be required to complete other degrees. Classics senior Phillip Cantu said both languages are vital to the general classics major, in addition to archaeology and religious studies majors. Cantu said learning both languages and obtaining a degree in either adds an amount of prestige to one’s resume, in addition to the prestige of the university where the degree was earned. If either degree was eliminated prior to his coming to college, Cantu said he may have chosen to attend a different university. “UT is supposed to be pretty competitive with others schools that still have these programs,� Cantu said. “But if I wanted to focus on just Latin or Greek I would’ve attended Trinity [University] — that was actually my second choice.�

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FLU SHOT continues from PAGE 1 misguided fears of the vaccine causing a person to get the flu are nothing to worry about. “The vaccine doesn’t have the ability to cause the flu,� Bell said. “The virus in the vaccine is dead.� Uninsured and under-insured Austinites can also receive free flu shots provided by the Austin/Travis County Health and Human Services Department at participating clinics. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, everyone six months and older should get the vaccine each year as soon as it becomes available. According to their statistics, the number of influenza related deaths for the past 30 years ranged

from 3,300 to 49,000 per year. Radio-television-film sophomore Fabian Fernandez said he is choosing to opt out of this years flu shot campaign. “I don’t think vaccines actually work so my friends joke that I’m into the conspiracies about them,� Fernandez said. “I’ve never had the flu shot and I’ve also never had the flu so I won’t get one [this year].� Sophomore Jacob Perez said that he has taken the flu shot in the past and plans to take it again this year. “The vaccines are really convenient since they give them out all over campus,� Perez said. “If you have insurance, you might as well.�

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banned books to the read-out, but she also brought a stack of her own books with highlighted passages that contributed to their banning. Members debated the ideas of censorship and shared personal experiences about reading banned books in schools. Those who brought their own books read their favorite passages and discussed the ethics of banning books, especially in the case of children getting hold of them. The books discussed were banned for containing sexual content, religious viewpoints, language or for being inappropriate for a particular age group. The Insider, the School of Information’s electronic mailing list, received a protest email before the read-out. The email, addressed to “fellow iSchoolers� said, “The

ALA’s Banned-Book Week is a charade intended to grossly exalt the unlimited circulation of any book; no matter how outrageous, shameless or vile.� The 2011 banned books list contains classic titles as well as some more recent titles, including Khaled Hosseini’s “The Kite Runner� and Stephenie Meyer’s “Twilight� series. Many in the group concurred that banning books is not an effective or appropriate way to censor the information we take in as a society. “[By banning books] you’re not just deciding what’s right for you and your family,� said information sciences graduate student Kathryn Kramer. “Who are they to decide what someone else’s children see?�

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‘Diversity bake sale’ starts discrimination disputes at Berkeley Republican students protest affirmative action legislation meant to affect admissions By Terence Chea The Associated Press

A Republican group at the University of California, Berkeley has cooked up controversy with a plan to hold an “Increase Diversity Bake Sale� as a satirical way to oppose legislation that would allow public colleges to consider race and other factors in student admissions. Students at the Berkeley College Republicans’ event set for Tuesday will be charged different prices based on race, gender and ethnicity, with white students charged the most, Native Americans the least, and women receiving a 25 percent discount, according to the Facebook event posting. “If you don’t come, you’re a racist!� the post declares. The group’s website contains a link to the Facebook page. In response to the sale, the Associated Students of the University of California unanimously approved a resolution Sunday that “condemns the use of discrimination whether it is in satire or in seriousness by any student group.� Student Republican groups have held similar events on other college campuses to oppose affirmative action policies. The Berkeley event is aimed at opposing a bill on Gov. Jerry

Brown’s desk that would allow the University of California and California State University systems to consider race, ethnicity and gender while deciding admissions. California previously banned affirmative action in public college admissions, hiring and contracting when voters approved Proposition 209 in 1996. The bake sale on the famously liberal Berkeley campus was organized to counter the student association’s plan to sponsor a callin booth where students can urge the governor to sign SB185, the bill authored by Sen. Ed Hernandez, D-West Covina. Memb e rs of t he R e publ i can group say the bake sale is meant to show how affirmative action policies are a form of discrimination. “Measuring any admit’s merit based on race is intrinsically racist,� according to the event posting. “The pricing structure of the baked goods is meant to be satirical, while urging students to think more critically about the implications of this policy.� Joey Freeman, a spokesman for the student body association, said campus Republicans have the right to organize against the legislation and the campus phonein effort, but he’s disappointed in the tactics. “It is very offensive to many communities on campus,� Freeman said. “We try to promote a healthy campus climate. Events like this bake sale get in the way of respect for one another.�

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King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia delivers a speech to the Saudi Shura Council, or advisory assembly, in Riyadh on Sunday. Saudi King Abdullah has given the kingdom’s women the right to vote for first time in nationwide local elections, due in 2015.

Saudi authorities to try female activists for driving By Maggie Michael The Associated Press

A Saudi activist will stand trial for defying the kingdom’s ban on female drivers, a lawyer and rights advocates said Monday, revealing clear limits on how far the conservative Muslim land is willing to go to grant women greater rights. Just a day earlier, King Abdullah, who is regarded as a reformer by Saudi standards, decreed that women would be allowed for the first time to vote and run as candidates in elections for municipal councils

starting in 2015. He also promised to appoint women after two years to the Shura Council, the currently allmale consultative body with no legislative powers. Activists in Saudi Arabia and abroad welcomed the changes as a step in the right direction, while urging the kingdom to end all discrimination against women. Some also pointed to the case against Najalaa Harriri as evidence of how far the kingdom still has to go on the path of reforms. Harriri was among the dozens of Saudi women to challenge the coun-

try’s ban on driving in a campaign that began in June. The campaigners posted video of themselves behind the wheel on the Web. She was summoned for questioning on Sunday by the prosecutor general in the western port city of Jeddah, according to attorney Waleed Aboul Khair. She will stand trial in a month, joining several other women currently on trial for driving. Activists say the trials reveal a gap between the image the kingdom wants to show to the outside world and the reality on the ground in the ultraconservative nation.

“I believe that Saudi Arabia has always had two kinds of rhetoric, one for outside consumption to improve the image of the kingdom and a more restrictive one that accommodates the religious establishment inside,� Aboul Khair said. In most cases, the women are stopped by police and held until a male guardian is summoned and the women sign a pledge not to drive again. Some are referred to court. Harriri refused to sign, according to Samar Badawi, another female activist who was present at the police station with her three weeks ago.

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Tuesday, September 27, 2011 | THE DAILY TEXAN | Viviana Aldous, Editor-in-Chief | (512) 232-2212 | editor@dailytexanonline.com

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Perception dominates higher education At last weekend’s Texas Tribune Festival, a panel of higher education leaders were asked if the creation of more tier-one research universities was simply a mechanism for institutions to boast their reputations. The Legislature created the tier-one research fund in 2009 to incentivize emerging research institutions to pursue top-tier status. While left somewhat vague, tier-one status is generally defined by a combination of quantitative and qualitative benchmarks including number of Ph.D.s awarded, size of endowment, commitment to graduate education and quality of libraries. At the panel, University of Houston Chancellor and President Renu Khator and UT-El Paso President Diana Natalicio represented two of the seven emerging institutions vying for the funds. While denying that chasing the temptress of tier-one was simply a matter of reputation, both went on to speak about reputation anyway. Khator listed all of the educational achievements UH received after being designated by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching as a top-tier research in-

stitution. Natalicio said no matter how many first-generation or low-income students UTEP graduates, those students still need to compete with other degree-holders and that tier-one status adds value to degrees. The battle for research prestige underlies the defining power of perception in higher education and the contortionist efforts universities put forth to create that perception. For one, research prestige is the new way public universities can survive. Of the top 25 public universities, only the College of William and Mary, University of Connecticut and Clemson University are not members of the Association of American Universities, which is considered by many to be the top conglomeration of public and private research institutions in the country. Whether research trickles down to students — or even comes at the expense of students — is not questioned. Last year, the pursuit of tier-one status at Texas Tech resulted in the resignation of the university’s long-time honors college dean, Gary Bell, who questioned the costs of tier-one and told the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, “Re-

search is being so emphasized that teaching is being eclipsed.” Athletics have come to play a part in the public university perception as well. Of the top 25 public schools, only the College of William and Mary and the four smaller University of California schools do not play in a major athletic conference. Athletics is seen as a way of increasing name recognition for schools competing as a national university. It’s the reason why Khator sent an e-mail to President William Powers Jr. earlier in the year with a gentle reminder about UH’s athletic and academic standings compared to other Big 12 institutions, according to the Houston Chronicle. It is also why UT-San Antonio launched a football program this year, according to The Texas Tribune. Over the years, our system of valuing degrees comes closer and closer to how we value stocks. New tools attempt to quantify and churn every quantifiable and churnable nugget available. The countless benefits of data are overshadowed and mistrusted because of their use for external judgment rather than

internal improvement. Eight of the state’s 10 university system chancellors are former politicians who were brought in for their ability to sell their institutions. Perception lies at what bothered UT administrators the most over the last year. With an already established brand within the state, UT’s battle is not for recognition. But a carefully constructed image meant to catapult the University toward the top of the nation’s best public universities fell apart due to pressures from within. It was not simply questions surrounding efficiency, graduation rates, faculty productivity and academic research in their own rights but rather that the questions morphed from an academic conversation into a nasty battle in front of the public’s eyes. The issues pitted the state’s flagship against its own governing body and illustrated an atmosphere of anti-intellectualism and instability to the entire country. Mom always said to not care about what others think. But in higher education, that’s all that seems to matter. — Shabab Siddiqui for the editorial board.

Weakening the core By Carisa Nietsche Daily Texan Guest Columnist

The ‘Texas Miracle’ By Samantha Katsounas Daily Texan Columnist

Every campaign needs a premise. For Texas governor and presidential candidate Rick Perry, the premise is the “Texas Miracle” — the idea that Texas is dodging the “Great Recession” because of his unparalleled leadership. For all his braggadocio about keeping Texans employed, Perry can’t hide behind the tough statistics released by the Census Bureau this week. One out of every five Texans lives in poverty — the sixth highest rate in the nation — while our poverty rate grew faster than the national average in the past year. How is this even possible for a state that boasted one of the highest job creation rates in the nation? Perry can rightfully boast of one key statistic: Since he’s been in office, Texas has netted one million new jobs, according to CNN. It’s the type of jobs created that are troublesome. Most of the new jobs created during the Perry administration have been low-level, low-wage positions. There are twice as many employees making minimum wage now than there were in 2008, according to data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in March. The implications are catastrophic — Texas is now tied for the highest proportion of minimum wage workers in the country. With this information, the seemingly paradoxical positive correlation between job creation and poverty is suddenly logical. Middle class workers have been laid off, and rather than face unemployment, many chose jobs below their pay grade. The squeezing of the middle class is increasing the gap between rich and poor, and the repercussions affect everyone. Many young adults who receive their first minimum-wage paycheck are dumbfounded by how little they make, and find themselves wondering how some families manage to support themselves on the same wages. Unfortunately, this situation is all-too familiar for many Longhorns. For the about 20 percent of UT students whose families make under $40,000 annually, coping with day-to-day expenses, let alone tuition, is grueling. For

a family that makes $40,000 a year, $10,000 is an overwhelming amount to pay for school. True, most of these students receive financial aid, but there is more than just tuition to pay for — books and housing can easily match the price of tuition in a given year. Moreover, neither minimum wage positions nor the state provides health benefits, so students are often unable to get medical care while away from home, worried about the financial impact on their parents. Students with parents in dire economic straits frequently feel pressured to take on part time jobs in addition to their schoolwork to help subsidize the high cost of education. These extra responsibilities can impede the force of education a student would otherwise receive, as they are unable to take on unpaid, valuable internships, participate in extracurricular activities or take on leadership roles. Rice University sociologist Stephen Klineberg laments the Texas policies that put Texans in poverty. Instead of enacting legislation to support the unemployed and underemployed, “We have been putting in place policies that make it worse,” Klineberg told the Houston Chronicle. One of the best ways to help citizens out of poverty is to educate them through college, but state legislation passed this year drastically cut funding for education. The budget cuts perpetuate poverty in the long term by failing to provide motivated students a means to higher education, creating a veritable circle of poverty. Some may argue that people employed at minimum wage should be satisfied with the mere fact that they are employed, but this line of thinking is damaging both to the American psyche and economy. Minimum wage jobs may decrease unemployment rates in the short term, but they inhibit healthy growth of the Texas economy into innovative sectors. The “Texas Miracle” of job creation may be something to brag about this year, but poverty in Texas is a hurdle that will take much longer to overcome without new legislation enhancing financial aid for students, support for the unemployed and underemployed and incentives for high-wage employment. Katsounas is a business and government sophomore.

The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board recently released recommendations that would change the way higher education institutions across the state approach the core curriculum. UT submitted an institutional response to the coordinating board last week, and students submitted an additional response Monday, the last day for public commentary on the recommendations. With the goals of transferability, work force readiness and affordability in mind, the coordinating board seems to be overlooking the important objective of quality in its decisions. Of the three major changes, two affect the way in which students would experience the core. The first recommendation of the board creates six core objectives that would be fulfilled in several courses throughout the core. These core objectives are reminiscent of the flag system adopted at UT. The University chose to implement flags in various courses throughout a student’s degree plan to keep the quality of core courses focused on the courses’ subjects. UT and the coordinating board have the same end goals in mind but two different approaches to achieving these goals. The University knows its students better than the coordinating board and should consequently be able to apply these objectives in a way that is productive for its students. In the new, proposed core curriculum, these objectives would be fulfilled through the core curriculum instead of a student’s degree plan. An extreme example of this can be found in the application of the communication objective. The communication objective would include written, visual and oral communication and would be required in math courses in the new core. A math class struggling to fulfill requirements that are not directly relevant to the content of the course itself may inhibit the ability to actually teach math, thus reducing the quality of the course itself. With what seems like an arbitrary application, quality courses seem to be low on the board’s priority list. With countless examples of a single course having to fulfill too many objectives in the new core, these recommendations put UT at risk of diluting the core curriculum. Currently, six hours of the core curriculum are up to the discretion of each individual institution. Many institutions, including UT, fulfill these six hours with interdisciplinary introductory courses, such as the UGS seminar course. The coordinating board is mandating institutions to utilize current core subject areas — such as English language, science and technology or U.S. history — to fulfill these hours. Essentially, the UGS courses would be eliminated from the core, and the money used to create them would go to waste. Further, these courses serve a specific purpose in the undergraduate curriculum: to introduce students to University-level coursework. In addition to affecting a student’s educational experience at the University, the changes would be expensive to implement. Assessment plans prove to be even more expensive, and UT would receive little help from the board in implementing and paying for these. With affordability for students at the bottom line of most decisions made in higher education, these changes would cost institutions and students even more money. This seems like another typical scenario in modern higher education. Institutions with authority continue to micromanage UT in ways that could hinder the quality of education offered to students and force the University to bear the burden of paying the bill at the same time it is being pushed to become more affordable. Nietsche is president of Senate of College Councils.

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Professor drives research of humanoid robots By Nina Hernandez Daily Texan Staff

Watching machines completely independent of human manipulation face off on the soccer field is one way for non-computer science majors to understand the real world capabilities of artificial intelligence and to provide a taste for the future of robotics. Peter Stone, associate computer science professor, talked about his UT RoboCup team, autonomous vehicles and other parts of his research yesterday. Stone’s research focuses on how to create “robust, fully autonomous agents in the real world.” Part of creating that independence is a concept called machine learning, where the robot can learn from its mistakes and ideally improve from experience, he said. “I’m going to keep trying to push

the idea of fully autonomous agents, but part of the excitement of academia is that I have no idea where it’s going to lead me,” Stone said. The objective is to promote growth in the field of robotics and to develop a team of humanoid robots that could beat the human World Cup champion team by the year 2050. “It sounds crazy,” Stone said. “On the other hand, 40 years is a long time. From the Wright Brothers flying a plane to landing a man on the moon was about 60 years.” Computer science junior Corbyn Salisbury is working on the autonomous vehicle project for Stone’s lab. “I think fully humanoid robots will be a complete reality in 40 years,” Salisbury said. “I know in my research there’s not too many more barriers to cross before autonomous vehicles are actually in production lines.”

The autonomous vehicle can stop at intersections, wait for cars that have the right-of-way and find alternate routes based on obstacles in the road, Salisbury said. Stone said another component in artificial intelligence is creating agents that can exist together in the real world. He said he had to figure out a way to get his robot RoboCup team to coordinate with each other while playing soccer. He said the robots need to communicate with each other just like a human team would. Stone said one of the things to ask when considering a career in robotics is what will happen when the goal of autonomous, humanoid robots is achieved. “The coolest part was finding out that in the RoboCup championships, humanoid robots are now being used,” said geophysics freshman Danielle Villasana | Daily Texan Staff Miguel Gonzales. “Artificial intelli- Peter Stone, associate professor in the College of Natural Sciences, talks about his research in artificial intelgence is becoming more humanoid.” ligence that includes work with his UT RoboCup team and autonomous agents.

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Natural Sciences Week intends to inform and entertain students In an attempt to bring more students and organizations together to learn about opportunities offered on campus, the College of Natural Sciences has put together Natural Sciences Week, a fun and informing series of events for everyone across campus to participate in. Lead organizers Myra Dioquino, biology senior, and Jessica Siu, computer sciences sophomore, have been preparing for this event since May in hopes of creating an event that is both informative and inviting, Dioquino said. “We hope students will get to know more about the different resources we have, and all that we have to offer,� Dioquino said. Natural Sciences week began Monday and will feature several

events before it concludes Sept. 30. To start the week off, the college hosted the “Natural Sciences Week Kick-Off � on Monday, an event that showcased the different organizations and resources available through the college. “It’s a way for people of different majors and parts of different organizations to network with each other and to meet everyone,� Dioquino said. Today at 7 p.m. in Welch Hall the college will host “Opportunities Abroad,� an event for students to talk about their experiences studying abroad and to ask questions about the programs, Siu said. On Wednesday students can attend “Quiz Bowl,� a quiz game between students and professors, and “Star Party,� an event starting off with a lecture before proceeding to the rooftop of Robert Lee Moore

Hall for a view of the stars. day, will teach students how to dress “We are going to be at the top of and act professionally. the RLM looking through a teleFriday, the last day of Natural Sciences Week, will feature three events. The first will be a luncheon that includes David Hillis, Dean’s Scholars director and biology proWe hope students fessor, as he gives a lecture about sexual evolution. The second, “The will get to know more Importance of Funding and Reabout the different search,� will feature a panel of professors from the college. Concludresources we have, ing the week will be the “Science Study Break Lecture,� featuring auand all that we have to thor Jim Ottaviani who will give offer.� a lecture on his new book “Feyn— Myra Dioquino man.� “In previous years other organizations haven’t been as hands-on about providing activities for evscope and serving liquid nitrogen eryone else to do and this year it’s great to see that they are doing that ice cream,� Siu said. “The Look to Land the Job,� and making everyone else feel inwhich is an event being held Thurs- volved,� Dioquino said. “Part of the

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It’s time for Texas to get back to business. The Longhorns took advantage of their bye week, getting a few days off to recover and prepare for the start of Big 12 Conference play, which begins on Saturday at Iowa State. Most players spent time with their families during the bye, with senior linebacker Emmanuel Acho flying to Philadelphia to attend a wedding. Acho, though, watched game film of Iowa State (3-0) during his flights. He understands what’s at stake for the Longhorns (3-0) this time around after losing to the Cyclones, 28-21, a season ago in Austin. Texas got caught looking past Iowa State then, but the Longhorns say they’ve learned from it. “Some of the problems we had last year was overlooking opponents and after a year like last you know not to take anybody for granted,” Acho said. “We know we can’t make that mistake again.” The loss certainly caught the Longhorns off guard. After all, they were coming off an upset over Nebraska on the road. But just when it looked like Texas might turn things around, the Cyclones had other ideas. And it didn’t help that the Longhorns came out with little energy to start the game. “It was kind of a daze, you really didn’t know what was going on and then at the end of the game you looked up and it was 28-21,” Acho said. For fellow senior linebacker Keenan Robinson, the game is a homecoming of sorts. His mother attended Iowa State, and he was born two hours away from the campus.

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Robinson, though, expects a different intensity from his team this time, one that was clearly lacking against the Cyclones in 2010, when the Longhorns found themselves in a 28-6 hole early in the fourth quarter. “Last year it seemed like everyone was playing lackadaisical,” Robinson said. “We weren’t focused. We didn’t compete on every aspect of the game. We weren’t hitting on all cylinders at all. So this Saturday, we need to make sure that every aspect of the game is on

point so that we don’t have any regrets when the game is over.” The Longhorns have come a long way since last season’s loss to Iowa State. The coaching staff has been overhauled, as well as the schemes and the players executing them. Still, head coach Mack Brown doesn’t hesitate to call that game the worst performance he’s seen during his 13 seasons at Texas. “I think it was the lowest point,” Brown said. “I couldn’t believe that we would not play with more

emotion or passion than we did against Iowa State. I thought the score was not as bad as the game.” Yes, Texas is off to its fifth consecutive 3-0 start, but senior safety Blake Gideon knows that doesn’t guarantee further success. Texas began the 2010 season with an unblemished record after three games — then lost seven of its final nine. “Those three games can’t help us any more,” Gideon said. “It’s our job to prepare with everything we have for Iowa State this week,

and that’s all that matters until next week.” While Texas did not play its best ball against the Cyclones last time out, the Longhorns still own a 7-1 record against them. Texas has also fared well following a bye week under Brown, posting a 16-4 record in those games. The Longhorns avenged their 2010 loss to UCLA with a 49-20 win over the Bruins at the Rose Bowl in their last game. On Saturday, they will attempt to do the same against Iowa State.

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For Texas, No. 7 is not the lucky number it usually is. Junior safety Nolan Brewster is leaving the football team less than a week after the Longhorns’ other No. 7, junior quarterback Garrett Gilbert had a season-ending shoulder surgery. Migraines and concussion-like symptoms have plagued Brewster since his high school days, and he said it was something that worried him with every hit. After talking things over with his doctors after Texas’ win over UCLA, Brewster decided to end his Longhorns career.

“It was probably the toughest decision I’ve had to make so far in my life. But I think, at the end of the day, it’s the right one,” Brewster said. “Playing football at Texas and for [head] Coach [Mack] Brown was a dream come true. I won’t be playing on the field, but I’ll be out there pulling for my teammates and pitching in wherever I can.” Wi t h B r e w s t e r l e a v i n g , Christian Scott’s return could not come at a better time. The senior started 10 games and notched 53 tackles a year ago, making a career-high eight stops against Iowa State, the

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Longhorns 3-0 yet again as they begin Big 12 play son. Seven losses and just two wins later, we learned the team’s good By Hank South start was merely an illusion. Daily Texan Columnist This year, Texas has once again started the year 3-0, but things so It’s not an unusual occurrence far look better than they did last for Texas to start the year 3-0, even year. Since the second half of the if it is a rebuilding year. Division BYU game, Texas has looked like 1A schools, more often than not, the Texas of old — circa 2009. No schedule games that are almost game has that been more evident than the Sept. 17 match against guaranteed victories. Every few UCLA, where the Longyears you’ll have the occahorns racked up 49 sional Ohio State or ArON THE WEB: points on a veteran kansas in the mix, but For more Longhorn defense and picked for the most part, the analysis from the off three passes in the first few matchups are stat guy, visit first quarter. solid warm-up games. bit.ly/ Just how does this Last year, Texas bedtscores years squad compare gan the year 3-0, with (or differ) to the 2010 two victories coming on Longhorns? Let’s take a look at the road, including an early conference game against Texas the stats. This time last year, Texas had Tech. While the Longhorns didn’t impress fans statistically in any of amassed 457 yards on the ground their first three appearances, the on 118 rushing attempts. That’s a Lawrence Peart | Daily Texan Staff fact that a victory was earned in 3.87 yards-per-carry average. This Texas began last season 3-0 before losing seven of their last nine games. But this year’s Longhorns are Lubbock and that the team had yet year, Texas has rushed the ball 141 showing signs of improvement, thanks in part to players like cornerback Adrian Phillips. to lose gave the fan base positive indications for the rest of the seaUNBEATEN continues on PAGE 8

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SPORTS BRIEFLY Hall of Honor welcomes eight distinguished former athletes Eight former Longhorns lettermen were named to the 55th Men’s Hall of Honor class, including All-American safety Lance Gunn and former world record holder William Paulus. Gunn notched 298 career tackles and garnered All-American honors in 1992 while Paulus helped Texas win its first swimming and diving national championship in 1981. They are joined by Pat Fitzgerald, a junior college transfer who left the Forty Acres as the most productive tight end in school history. Former first baseman John Langerhans hit .413 during his All-American campaign in 1971 and made three College World Series appearances. Bob Brock was Cliff Gustafson’s starting center fielder on the Longhorns’ 1949 and 1950 national title squads. Longtime swimming and diving assistant coach Kris Kubik was an All-American and has helped head coach Eddie Reese bring eight national championships to Texas. Former tennis star Edgar Weller played at Texas in the late 1930s and was inducted into the Texas Tennis Hall of Fame in 1991. Bill Zaplac helped the Longhorns football team win a national championship in 1969 and earned first-team All-Southwest Conference honors in 1970. — Christian Corona

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Horns thin at receiver, quarterback with Harris and Gilbert injured For the first time this year, there were not many changes made on the depth chart. Guess there’s not a whole lot to fix after a game like the one the Texas played against UCLA. The Longhorns receiving corps took a hit with John Harris suffering a left foot injury that will keep him out of Saturday’s contest against Iowa State. Head coach

Mack Brown said Monday that he would like four to six wide receivers to play this weekend but there are only three proven ones that are set to suit up — Jaxon Shipley, Mike Davis and Marquise Goodwin. That means someone will have to step up and provide the Texas offense with a legitimate target in its passing game. Darius White, who takes Harris’ spot on the depth chart behind Goodwin, who won’t return kicks against Iowa State, could do that. White, a sophomore,

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about the other 10 guys that are playing.� DeSean Hales, Bryant Jackson and Chris Jones are some other wideouts that could see the field with Harris out of the lineup. But Miles Onyegbule could take advantages of two positions that have taken a hit. With Garrett Gilbert out for the year, the Longhorns are left with two quarterbacks in Case McCoy and David Ash. Junior quarterback John Paul Floyd is on the roster but not the depth chart while former high school quarterbacks like Onyegbule and freshman safety Mykkele Thompson are also being looked at. Onyegbule, who threw for over 1,200 yards and 12 touchdowns as a high school senior, has taken reps in the “Wild� formation made popular by Fozzy Whittaker and Shipley. If he or Thompson, who ran for 40 touchdowns at San Antonio Stevens a year ago, took any snaps it would be in a

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limited package. “John Paul Floyd has been around for a while, he knows the offense,� Brown said. “[Mykkele Thompson] and Miles [Onyegbule] have both played quarterback. So if Mykkele comes in and plays quarterback he would be a safety who would play quarterback 10 minutes a day. It would be an emergency backup situation with a package.� Whoever lines up at quarterback will be grateful that they will have D.J. Grant to throw to. The junior tight end had three touchdown catches against UCLA — more than anyone had for Texas all last season. But for some reason it wasn’t enough to make Grant an outright starter. He and Blaine Irby are listed as co-starters at H-back. “When you’ve got a tight end that can control the middle of the field, it helps you out,� Harsin said. “When you’ve got that threat down the middle, now you can’t just go outside and double the wide re-

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ceivers and put a linebacker inside. You’ve got to keep another guy, a safety, aware of what’s going on down the middle, which helps you get one-on-one outside. It’s always good for us.� Maybe if Grant has something like four touchdowns against Iowa State, he won’t have an “or� anywhere near his name. Maybe.

UNBEATEN continues from PAGE 7 times for 671 yards, averaging 4.82 yards an attempt. Keep in mind that last year Texas was trying to enforce the run game more than the pass, whereas this year all facets of the offense are being utilized. After the third game last year, the Longhorns had converted 58 first downs, compared to this years’ squad picking up 59. That’s remarkably similar. As far as defense goes, the Longhorns have seen a significant dip in their pass rushing ability. Last year, Texas had 10 sacks for 91 yards, much better than the two sacks for 12 yards the defense has picked up so far this year. In 2010, Texas’ secondary had picked off opposing quarterbacks three times in the first three games last year. This season, Adrian Phillips and company have tallied five interceptions, including three in one quarter. The latter stat ranks Texas 21st in the nation in interceptions. It’s no doubt that this year’s team has drawn more excitement. Whenever an entirely new offensive and defensive system is implemented, that’s bound to happen. Texas is heading into October undefeated for the first time since 2009, which seems like an eternity to a Longhorn fan. In the next month, the team will face three opponents that beat it last season — Iowa State, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State. So we’re about to see just how much better the 2011 Longhorns are.

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Senior safety Christian Scott was suspended for the first three games of the season but is set to see his first action of the year this weekend against Iowa State. Scott’s return is particularly timely considering the fact that Nolan Brewster, who has suffered from migraines and concussion-like symptoms, has chosen to end his football career.

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Tony Romo’s ribs held up just fine. So did Dan Bailey’s leg. Romo persevered through pain to lead enough deep drives to set up Bailey for six field goals, including a 40-yarder with 1:57 left to give the Cowboys an 18-16 victory over the Washington Redskins on Monday night. Dallas’ Anthony Spencer chopped the ball from Washington’s Rex Grossman with 28 seconds left, and linebacker Sean Lee recovered it, setting off a celebration inside Cowboys Stadium. Dallas coach Jason Garrett dropped to a knee and pumped his fist wildly at being 2-1 — guaranteeing no repeat of last year’s miserable 1-7 start. The Cowboys are even tied for first place in the NFC East, along with Washington (2-1), which was seeking its first 3-0 start since 2005. “This was a great win for us,� said Romo, who was 22 of 36 for 255 yards. “It was a hard, hard game. ... We had a million mistakes tonight. We have a lot of young guys, but they were out there for a reason. We’ll get it right.� Romo lacked zip and accuracy much of the game, and he had trouble with four snaps from his new center. But he was at his best with the game on the line.

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team he’ll be making his season debut against this weekend. Scott, who was suspended for the first three games of this season after pleading no contest to a misdemeanor assault charge, will provide much-needed depth in a secondary that Brewster is leaving. “Our hearts go out to Nolan,� said defensive coordinator Manny Diaz. “It reminds us all how blessed we are to be a part of something like this. I think everyone really wants what’s best for Nolan. And we know that this may be one chapter of his life closing, but he’s got a bunch of excellent chapters ahead of him in his life.� Sophomore linebacker Demarco Cobbs, who used to play in the Longhorns secondary, could also see his first action of the year against the Cyclones. Cobbs fractured his forearm a few days before the season began but could take longer than Scott to get in the swing of things. While Cobbs is recovering from an injury, Scott is coming back from a suspension. Scott, however, is a senior, making Brewster’s exit an even more debilitating blow to the Texas secondary. Blake Gideon is also a senior and while Kenny Vaccaro is a junior, he’s a potential NFL draft prospect who could choose to leave before his senior season. That leaves Mykkele Thompson and Sheroid Evans, both of whom are currently true freshmen. Copperas Cove’s Orlando Thomas is a class of 2012 commitment and could play safety next year. Vaccaro’s younger brother, Kevin, is also a potential future Longhorns safety, although he hasn’t decided where he’s going to college yet. “It really affects us for next year,� Brown said. “You lose Blake Gideon, you lose Christian Scott and now you lose Nolan Brewster. And Kenny Vaccaro is a pro prospect. He’s obviously a guy that the NFL will look at as a potential draft choice. So you could possibly lose your first four safeties for next year.� Brown knew all along that he would be losing at least two safeties with Gideon and Scott being seniors. But Brewster’s departure is a sudden and unfortunate one — one that cut a promising career short.

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mind-blowing, and the reverberated, video game-sounding keys from Rikardo only add to the psychedelic journey. “Guajira” is soaked in Latin groove as high-pitched bongos open up a realm filled with eerie chord progressions and church-like organs, climaxing with explosive cymbal hits and dynamically-charged guitar parts. Combining the guitar virtuosity of Jimi Hendrix with soulful Parliament-Funkadelic passages and Santana-inspired grooves, Getting Paid is an impressive release. There are moments of strangeness and unfamiliarity that may take some time to get used to, but once you get past the moments of fluff and weirdness, you are rewarded with an electronic, Latin-tinged funk rock package that is too good to ignore. A great blend of gro ove, funk and chaos, Getting Paid is a warm welcoming into the world of Zechs Marquise. The level of musicianship in this band is incredible and how each song manages to captivate and intrigue with layers upon layers of guitars, synths, drums and other quirky sounds makes Getting Paid a noteworthy and standout album.

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After a hip injury, UT alumna Jennifer McCamish refocused her career from a professional dancer to a fitness instructor as well as a successful entrepreneur with the startup of her own studio in Austin. A former Radio City Rockette, McCamish teaches a unique fitness technique that she made up, which involves a combination of ballet, Pilates, and yoga.

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With a rather uninspiring job market giving many students second thoughts about which career path they should follow, Jennifer McCamish offers a sort of bright light at the end of the tunnel for students with big dreams. McCamish, the owner of Dancers Shape fitness studio on Burnet Road will celebrate one year as a business owner this October. After earning a bachelor’s degree in dance from UT in 1996 and dancing professionally in New York City with the Radio City Rockettes, owning a business has been one of the most rewarding accomplishments of her career. “We just couldn’t be happier with how things are trending and how it’s grown so much within this past year,” McCamish said. “It’s been a lot of work. There are very long days, but when you enjoy it, when you love it, it doesn’t feel like work.” Dancers Shape is based on the barre fitness technique, which combines aspects of ballet with Pilates and yoga. McCamish has used her training as a professional dancer, a

certified Pilates instructor and personal trainer to make her classes as safe and intensive as possible. “She is sincere and clear that it takes hard work to change the shape of your body, but it can be done in way that is fun and efficient,” said Toussaint Biondi, one of the instructors at Dancers Shape. While there were roadblocks and headaches when building Dancers Shape, McCamish has used what Biondi called her “magnetic” personality to draw people in and make them feel welcome at the studio. “She has a passion for fitness and movement,” said family friend and business advisor Scott Thompson. “And it shows in her business.” Before her studio, McCamish spent 13 years in fast-paced New York City, waking early and packing for a day that could consist of two to three jobs, an audition, dance class and voice lessons. After four years of doing various musical theatre performances and promotional work for films like “Moulin Rouge,” the right moment presented itself for a Radio City audition. “New York is where I saw all these different things that were possibili-

Droid fuses latest features with upgraded price tag By Gary Hsu Daily Texan Staff

The Droid Charge is a powerful phone. It runs Android, has a large 4.3 inch display, is only 12mm thick at its thinnest point and comes packed supporting Verizon Wireless’ brand new and speedy 4G cellular network. The phone itself is mainly plastic, which makes the phone very light. However, the plastic exterior does make the phone feel a bit cheap and it is very prone to scratches. The screen itself is vibrant and even readable outside. There are four

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physical keys on the bottom of the screen, a power switch, a standard earphone jack and volume rocker on the sides. On the back, there is a 8 megapixel camera with flash. The camera takes overall excellent day photos — its colors are more vibrant than the iPhone 4. Dark photos are what you usually expect for phone night shots, but the flash did seem to overpower the camera in some of our test shots. The camera also shoots 720p HD video, which can be streamed to your television either wirelessly. There is also a front-facing camera, which makes it perfect for video chatting and self portraits. The Charge comes with a 32gb removable memory card pre-installed. The phone comes running with a slightly outdated version of Android (Froyo) but it is skinned with Samsung’s TouchWiz interface. The interface is very well polished and everything feels natural. The phone has access to the Android marketplace, so thousands of games, apps, movies and books are avaliable to you. Hulu Plus members will be sad to hear the Hulu app does not support streaming on this phone. Typing is difficult with the included default keyboard. The keyboard often fails to predict the correct words. Luckily, you can change the keyboard by downloading new ones from the Android Market. The browser on the Droid Charge is speedy. One perk it has over iPhone’s browser is that it supports Flash playback. That means that the

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ties. I saw modern shows, I saw ballet, I saw musical theatre, I saw Radio City. And that was the first time I had seen the Rockettes live,” McCamish said. “I had a ticket and I sat in the very back row of the third mezzanine and I said, ‘This is the show I want to do, I’m going to be in this show one day.’” She danced with the Rockettes for four and a half years, but was forced to slow down after a hip injury and took a job as a makeup artist with Radio City for her last five years in New York. This also gave her time to explore other forms of fitness such as pilates, yoga, barre and circuit training at the gym, which later influenced her decision to open a fitness studio instead of a dance centered one. “Really, the concept for this studio hit me when I was doing my rehab after my surgery,” McCamish said. “I loved all these different things, but I was on crutches and it was difficult to get around New York City, so I wanted everything in one place.” Owning her own business was always something McCamish considered doing, especially if performing

did not work out. But during college she “had her sights set on the stage.” As she got older and after the hip injury, McCamish felt the freelance career of a dancer was not something that satisfied her anymore. “It’s challenging when you’ve spent your entire life wanting this and then getting to do it and then knowing that it’s not going to be forever,” McCamish said about performing. “You know most people get to take a career and they do it until they are 65 and they get to retire whenever. You have to be okay with changing your identity. Because your identity was a performer.” Dancers Shape has been everything McCamish wanted and at times, she feels it might be more fulfilling than her time on the stage with the Rockettes. “I can’t figure out if it’s just because the timing in my life or if I just feel like I have even more confidence and more control over what I’m doing,” McCamish said. “Either way I feel very lucky because a lot people don’t get the chance to do what they love or find what they love.”

Musically, El Paso is known for a few things. Whether it is the post-hardcore sound of iconic band At the DriveIn or progressive rock heads The Mars Volta, El Paso has a thing for birthing groups that captivate with an innovative and fresh sound. This statement holds true for newcomers Zechs Marquise and their latest release, Getting Paid. Unlike the band’s debut, Our Delicate Stranded Nightmare, Getting Paid moves in all of the right directions, showing the band’s growth as musicians. Where Nightmare was stagnant and often times dull and unfulfilling, Getting Paid is a strong effort by the band as it combines prog ressive and math rock with an otherworldly groove that results in a package much more digestible and intriguing than its predecessor’s. The title song gives forewarning to what the album is all about. Psychedelic, interweaving guitar parts from Marcos Smith and Matthew Wilkson float over a groove-driven rhythm section that consists of brothers Marfred, Marcel and Rikardo RodriguezLopez, who bring a controlled chaos to Getting Paid’s surreal atmosphere. When it seems that the band may just fall into an abyss filled with syncopated keys and King Crimson-esque guitar riffs, Marcel keeps things stable with a drumming style that is metronomic like the beats of hiphop producer J. Dilla, yet powerful and untamed like that of Thomas Pridgen. “Lock Jaw Night Vision” oozes with delightfully cacophonous sounds. Whatever pedal effect is being used in the first 15 seconds of the song is

Unlike the band’s debut, Our Delicate Stranded Nightmare, Getting Paid moves in all of the right directions, showing the band’s growth as musicians.

Fantastic Fest features fascinating, fresh flicks By Alex Williams Editor’s note: Senior Life&Arts writer Alex Williams has been reporting from Fantastic Fest since Sept. 23. For previous recaps visit the Culture Spotlight blog at bit.ly/dtculture and for continuing coverage follow Alex on Twitter (@AlexWilliamsdt).

Karate-Robo Zaborgar

Carré Blanc

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Noboru Iguchi

Genre: Sci-fi Screens: Sept. 27 at 12:00 p.m.

Genre: Comedy Screen: No additional screenings

Grade: C

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Narrative focus lacking in the dystopian sci-fi “Carré blanc” “Carré blanc” is decidedly more surreal than most of the fare at this year’s Fantastic Fest (save for “Beyond the Black Rainbow”) and isn’t exactly better for it. Taking place in a distant French future, the film depicts a government that forms its citizens into ideal mem-

bers of society via psychological torture and constant commentary from loudspeakers that permeate every aspect of life. The film is rather hard to engage with, both because of the clinical, distant nature of its characters and the fact that its plot is more of a loosely connected series of events, which start to tie together towards the end but ultimately

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Zany big screen adaptation of classic Japanese TV series A big-screen adaptation of the Japanese series that inspired “Transformers,” “Karate-Robo Zaborgar” has almost everything you might expect from a film by director Noboru Iguchi (whose “Zombie Ass” is also playing this year): lots of

very weird phallic imagery and subtext, coupled with incredibly on-the-nose dialogue and a healthy dose of insanity. T h e f i l m p l ay s o u t i n a rather unconventional structure, opening as Yutaka Daimon (Yasuhisa Furuhara) and his magical robotic motorcycle/sidekick in crime-fighting, Zaborgar, butt

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Sequel focuses on political corruption in Brazil Elite Squad II: The Enemy Within

Jose Padilha

Genre: Action Screen: Sept. 26 at 8:30 p.m.

Grade: B

Those who haven’t seen “Elite Squad” need not worry that they’ll be lost in “Elite Squad 2: The Enemy Within.” Although a few characters carry over from the first film, “The Enemy Within” is a fairly self-contained, entertaining police story that has more on its mind than cops and robbers, instead widening its scope to focus on political corruption in Rio de Janeiro. The story opens with an intense prison showdown, and from the very

start “Elite Squad” is impressive in its action, the ease with which it juggles various characters and settings and the matter-of-fact manner it plays out. The rest of the film is an extended, widespread series of events dealing with the fallout from the opening gunfight. And it is complex and uncompromising, dealing in the same narrative wheelhouse as HBO’s “The Wire,” and evoking all of the precise

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