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Interim head appointed to lead TSM power to select and employ all

By Lena Price TSM employees, as long as the Daily Texan Staff Jennifer Hammat, assistant vice decision is approved by the president for student affairs, will president of the University. The serve as interim Texas Student handbook does not explicitly Media director in place of Kathy state a procedure for the selecLawrence, who announced her tion of an interim director when the current director resigns. retirement Thursday.

Hammat said she had a year Hammat was named interim director at Friday’s TSM board and a half of experience as a meeting. Under her current po- student reporter at Murray sition, Hammat serves as the li- State University to fall back on, aison between TSM and the but the position will be a learnOffice of Student Affairs. She ing process for her.

“I’m not going to have all the worked with Lawrence on a answers,” Hamregular basis. mat said. “I Juan Gonzahave a very ellez, vice presievated perspecdent for student I have a very elevated tive of the workaffairs, appointings of TSM, ed Hammat inperspective of the and I need to get terim director. workings of TSM, lower and un“I have adand I need to get derstand what ministrative authority over the lower and understand [TSM] does on a basis.” organization what [TSM] does on a daily Hammat said in the event of daily basis.” she will probasomething like bly not consider this,” Gonzalez — Jennifer Hammat applying for the said. “I consulted with the chair Interim TSM Director permanent replacement posiof the Executive tion.

Committee be“I’m certain fore appointing we will have D r. H a m m a t , but we still need to have further plenty of qualified people apconversations about finding a ply for the job,” Hammat said.

“I’ve already been contacted by permanent replacement.”

According to the Texas Stu- about half a dozen people askdent Media Handbook, the vice ing about the director position. president for student affairs has I’m happy with the job I have the authority to evaluate and right now.”

Lawrence was responsible for conduct a performance assessment of the director and make representing TSM to the Board recommendations to the full Ex- of Regents and making sure reecutive Committee. The Board MEDIA continues on page 2 of Operating Trustees has the

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Above, Austin Muslims march at the Capitol on Sunday to dispel common misconceptions about Islam. Below, Imam Islam Mossaad listens to organizer Sharida McKenzie as she instructs marchers on the route they will take around the Capitol.

Muslims emphasize peace, tolerance in Capitol lawn march

By Jim Pagels Daily Texan Staff Austin Muslims staged the third annual Muslim Peace March on the South Lawn of the Capitol building to address discrimination and religious intolerance faced by Muslims in the eight years since the 9/11 attacks.

A crowd of about 25 marched around the Capitol grounds holding signs Sunday morning. Many of the signs bore peace signs and declared messages such as “Muslims reject terrorism.”

Three Islamic speakers with ties to UT spoke at the march.

The Austin event was held a day after a much larger rally of about 3,000 was staged on the lawn of the nation’s Capitol building in Washington D.C. Imam Islam Mossaad of the North Austin Muslim Community Center spoke about the struggles Muslims currently face in society.

“I walk into a room [in Islamic clothing] and Ameri-

cans get scared,” said Mossad, a 1998 graduate of UT. He acknowledged that after 9/11, many people viewed Muslims in a new negative light. Still, he stressed the importance of peace.

“The grand strategy for Islam is not for world domination, but for world peace,” Mossad said.

Ja’Far Muhibullah, a Middle Eastern Studies graduate student, said he felt that oppression today is not as bad as it

was earlier in the decade.

“With the University here, there are far less misconceptions [about Islam],” Muhibullah said. “Peace is what a rational being strives for.”

Muhibullah also referenced the Preamble to the Constitution in his speech and noted similarities between the document and the doctrines of Islam “in order to create a more perfect union [for Muslim people].”

While there had been larger

crowds at the past two annual events, many of the supporters were happy to support their religion and thought it was important to dispel any misconceptions about Islam.

“I wanted to come out here and show people we aren’t just a bunch of terrorists,” said new Austin resident Ali Ross, a recent convert to Islam.

Zignat Abdisubhan, electrical engineering senior and vice president of the Muslim Student Association, closed the event and later spoke about the events MSA is holding on campus to promote the true nature of Islam. One of these events is a Fast-A-Thon to be held Oct. 22, for which an expected 2,000 students will abstain from eating for the day.

While the Austin turnout was only a small fraction of the Washington rally, Mossaad has lofty goals for the peace movement.

“It is a goal to attain peace in this life as well as the next life,” he said.

Beloved senior dies in tragic accident Curt Youngblood | Daily Texan Staff

Jennifer Hammat (right) talks about her plans as the interim director of Texas Student Media on Friday.

Rock star leads panel supporting bicyclists Talking Heads singer, experts engage audience with transportation talk

By Rachel Platis Daily Texan Staff Hundreds of bicycles parked outside the Paramount Theatre on Sunday in anticipation of a panel discussion that packed the house. “Where We’re Going and Where We’ve Been” featured singer and author David Byrne, as well as other experts on urban planning in a discussion on bicycles, cities and transportation in Austin.

Presenters included lead Austin voices in the bicycle community who addressed the intersection between bicycle advocacy, urban planning and civic responsibility.

Byrne, front man of the band

Talking Heads, spoke on seeing the world from a two-wheeled perspective. He showed pictures of downtown Austin and said that in a lot of U.S. cities, cement is what you see.

“Riding downtown this morning, I noticed that you couldn’t stand on a street corner and not see a huge parking structure,” Byrne said. “Parking lots don’t interact with people; they get cars in and out.”

Rob D’Amico, president of the League of Bicycling Voters, encouraged audience members to become involved with different bicycle advocacy groups in Austin and gave a history of the City Council resolution that made it illegal for bicyclists to ride without helmets.

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Politically active student was grassroots intern, aspired to practice law

By Bobby Longoria Daily Texan Staff “She was going to save the world. As silly as that may sound, that was her ambition and her career goal,” said Allan Becker regarding his daughter Brianna.

Brianna Nichole Becker, born Dec. 27, 1987 in Houston, was killed while jogging Friday afternoon when she was struck by a brown Nissan Pathfinder exiting a parking lot near the intersection of 15th and Lavaca streets.

Emergency crews responded by 5:36 p.m. and transported Becker to Brackenridge Hospital, where she was pronounced dead. The identity of the vehicle’s driver has not yet been released.

Becker was a government and philosophy senior at UT who was pursuing a career in law. She was highly active in conservative politics and issues and attained key positions in several groups, including Young Conservatives of Texas.

“She was the first person I met at UT and one of my best friends,” said Karen Wood, Becker’s roommate for three years. “Brianna was full of love. She supported

everyone in everything they did.

She wanted the best for everyone, too.”

Becker attended Our Savior Lutheran School and Lutheran High North in Houston, where she graduated as salutatorian in 2006. She was expected to graduate from UT in May 2010 and aspired to attend UT Law School.

She was preparing to take the LSAT on Saturday with her friend Elizabeth Young, a 2008 UT government and history alum.

Young said Becker was the first friend she made after transferring to UT. “She went out of her way [when I met her] to make me feel welcome and comfortable,” Young said. “She always did that with everyone.”

Becker was a grassroots campaign intern for the Friends of Susan Combs Committee. She was also appointed vice chairman of chapter development in Young Conservatives of Texas and was awarded the Chairman’s Award at the group’s 29th Annual State Convention. Her internship at the Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute sent her to Washington, D.C., where her Christian conservative ideals resonated on the footsteps of the capitol.

“Her happiness and her smile made me appreciate the little

Brianna Becker was killed while jogging by an unidentified driver Friday afternoon.

Becker was a government and philosophy senior at UT.

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things in life,” said Laura Morales, senior vice chairwoman in YCT. “If ever I was feeling down, I could think of her and how happy she was.”

David Guenthner, Becker’s director at her yearlong internship at the Texas Public Policy Foundation in 2008, remembers her strength, positive work ethic and

philosophical grounding. He said he entrusted Becker with writing scripts for a daily radio commentary by the foundation, due to her quality writing and character.

“I was able to introduce her to [journalist] John Stossel as the

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Panel: Recent city projects include ‘bike boulevard’ From page 1 advocacy effort in Austin stronger and was responsible for the two most well-attended City Council candidate forums. Since then, the League of Bicycling Voters has made a number of recommendations such as keeping cars out of bike lanes and helping to pass the three-foot passing ordinance.

“Bikes are my religion, my cure and my salvation,” D’Amico said.

“I want a city where my 6-yearold girl can come and cycle with me. I don’t want Austin to be dominated by the car culture.”

D’Amico also said that Austin has a long way to go as far as bike rights go, including finishing the Lance Armstrong Bikeway Project, the Shoal Creek Greenbelt and Pease Park trail and the Pfluger Bridge Extension project.

Annick Beaudet, City of Austin Bicycle and Pedestrian Program

project manager, is in charge of implementing the city’s bike plan, which she called “not an easy task.”

She spoke on the new signature project on Nueces Street that creates a “bike boulevard” tailored for the comfort of bikers. The city is also working on building infrastructure friendly to bikers such as the traffic lane taken out of Dean Keeton Street to create a lane for bicyclists.

“We’re modifying infrastructure for better transportation,” Beaudet said. “The key is that we receive input from people on how to go from the current retrofit model to the realization of plans on how create the right urban landscape.”

In 2008, 6,000 Austinites of working age biked to work every day, Beaudet said. This number excludes students in Austin who use their bikes to get to school.

Undergraduate studies freshman Jack Leahy attended the talk and said he has been using his bike consistently since high school.

“I love biking, and after I heard that David Byrne was talking, I couldn’t not go tonight,” Leahy said. “I like the idea of human interaction that was spoken about.

I’m pleased with the visions that were given on what a city should be like.”

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best intern I ever had,” Guenthner said. “One of the few points of solace I can take right now is that I was able to tell her that.”

Becker is of Wendish heritage, a descendent of Lutheran ancestors that first came to Texas in the mid 1850s. She attended University Lutheran Church as well as St. Paul Lutheran Church. Her boyfriend, Tony McDonald, met her in Young Conservatives of Texas when he was chairman of the group in the fall of 2006. He said she regarded herself as an activist.

“She understood that the world needs more people with strong principles and strong faith, and that those people need to put their beliefs into action,” McDonald said. “She believed in truth and did everything she could to promote that.”

UT government professor Alan Sager taught Becker for four consecutive semesters. He said she was an A student who selflessly helped others with their coursework.

“She wanted to be true to whom she thought herself to be,” Sager said. “She brought the highest level of integrity to whatever she

did. I found her to be wise beyond her years. And she always seemed to love, just love life and people,” Sager said.

He said he recalled a “very moving tribute” when Becker and McDonald put 3,000 American flags on the South Mall on Sept. 11.

Allan Becker said his daughter never backed down from a challenge and that she was extremely courageous. He said he remembers when he and his wife Julie “dropped [their] baby off almost on her own” in Washington, D.C., for her internship, but that she “conquered the D.C. area and the surrounding Virginia.”

“She is a girl that remains true and firm to her Christian beliefs and convictions,” Allan Becker said. “Our daughter left a legacy. Her mommy and daddy are so proud of her.”

Becker is preceded in death by

her grandmother Dorothy Thomas. She is survived by her parents Allan and Julie Becker, her grandparents Monroe and Verna Mae Becker and her boyfriend Tony McDonald.

There will be a memorial service Wednesday at 11 a.m. in Houston at Our Savior Lutheran Church.

A second memorial service is planned for Saturday Oct. 3 at 11 a.m. at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Austin. The family said memorials for Becker may be made in her memory to the Our Savior Lutheran Scholarship Fund.

Two hours before the accident Friday, Becker updated her Twitter, mentioning her preparation for the LSAT test.

“I never wanted something as much as I want tomorrow to be the real deal,” Becker said via Twitter. “The one and only time I need to take that test.”

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Wanda Cash, TSM executive committee chairwoman and UT journalism professor, said a permanent replacement for Lawrence probably will not be named until February at the earliest. The recruiting process has not started.

“We want to be thoughtful and deliberate in the process,” Cash said. “Kathy was here for 15 years, and many things have changed in those years. The job description is going to be somewhat different from the one that she operated under.”

Cash said that although the TSM managers might be alarmed at the abrupt absence of a director, everything will proceed as usual.

“I want to reiterate: Stay calm, stay calm, stay calm,” she said.

Lawrence’s retirement comes at a time when TSM is in the process of moving from a temporary location in Walter Webb Hall into the renovated William Randolph Hearst Building. TSM is also looking for a new part-time advisor for The Daily Texan.

Cactus Yearbook Editor Brennan Lawler said the yearbook in particular will be affected by the loss of Lawrence because she served as an unofficial staff advisor.

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President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama welcome Italy’s Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi as he arrives for the G-20 summit dinner in Pittsburgh on Thursday.

Berlusconi told a rally in Milan on Sunday that he was bringing greetings from the United States from “What’s his name? Some tanned guy. Ah, Barack Obama!’’

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Berlusconi notes Obama’s ‘tan’ Prime Minister refers to Obama’s, first lady’s skin color at Milan rally

By Frances D’emilio The Associated Press ROME — Premier Silvio Berlusconi is still talking about President Barack Obama’s “tan,” and this time the gaffe-prone Italian leader has made a wisecrack about Michelle Obama’s skin color as well.

Berlusconi told a Milan rally of conservative supporters on Sunday that he was bringing greetings from the United States from “What’s his name? Some tanned guy. Ah, Barack Obama!”

Shortly after Obama’s election in November 2008, Berlusconi raised eyebrows by saying the victor was “young, handsome,

and even has a good tan.”

This time, Berlusconi, a billionaire media mogul who began his career as a cruise ship entertainer, also took a jab at the first lady.

“You won’t believe it,” he said, “but two of them went to the beach because the wife is also tanned.”

Berlusconi is known for his gaffes.

European media have played up photos showing Michelle Obama greeting many leaders at the G-20 summit in Pittsburg last week with a kiss but stiffly holding out her arm for a handshake when it came time to greet Berlusconi.

The photos show Berlusconi gazing at Mrs. Obama’s gown, instead of her face, and holding his arms out as if in delight at what he sees, while the U.S. President looks on, apparently not amused.

The 72-year-old Berlusconi has made no secret for his admiration of attractive women. He has been on the defensive in a sex scandal that erupted last spring after his wife complained he was infatuated with young women and announced she is divorcing him.

Prosecutors in the southern city of Bari are investigating a local businessman as a suspect in a cocaine investigation, who has said he sent some 30 young women to dinners and parties at Berlusconi’s Rome palazzo residence and Sardinian villa.

The businessman told investigators he paid the women’s expenses and in some cases extra money in case they had sex with the premier. But he stressed Berlusconi was unaware of these arrangements.

Berlusconi, who isn’t under in-

vestigation in the scandal, has denied ever paying for sex.

At Sunday’s rally, Berlusconi delivered a kind of backhanded compliment to the U.S. president.

The premier, commenting on Obama’s use of a teleprompter in public speeches, cracked: “’He’s not reckless like those of us who say what comes to mind.”

“We all asked ourselves, ‘Does he know what he’s doing, or is he just someone who knows how to read well?’”

“But he’s all there, in a big way, and that should make us all happy and satisfied because we need the greatest democracy, the greatest country, to be in trustworthy hands,” the Italian premier said.

Berlusconi’s center-right coalition has continued Italy’s stance as a staunch U.S. ally.

By Christine Armario The Associated Press OCALA, Fla. — Elizabeth Pineda climbs out of bed, her 4-year-old son Adrian asleep nearby. She lays out a tiny pair of shorts and a white T-shirt for his first day of school, gathers her purse and tiptoes outside. Her cousin will get the boy up and off to class in a few hours.

It is 4 a.m. and only a few solitary street lamps light the darkened roads in this rural central Florida community. She climbs into an old white Ford work van and starts the engine.

Pineda, the 20-year-old daughter of migrant farmworkers, is heading to the peanut fields.

It’s a story repeated in migrant families across the United States: a chain of labor that stretches from one generation to the next. As a little girl, Pineda helped pick oranges from the lowest branches as her father worked from a ladder overhead. As a single mother, she has sometimes had to bring Adrian along as well — letting him play with toy cars in the van while she picked peanuts nearby.

Private childcare is too expensive for most of these families, and the alternatives are limited.

The government offers a Head Start program for the children of migrant and seasonal laborers. But it serves only a fraction of those eligible, according to estimates by providers and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Waiting lists stretch hundreds of children long in parts of the country.

Those who can’t get in go to friends’ care, to state-run prekindergartens or to the fields, where they are exposed to the heat, insects, chemicals and heavy machinery and where, each year, some children are hurt or even killed.

In Newport, Tenn., Arnulfo Hernandez and his wife, Esmer-

alda, took their 11-month-old son, Jesse, with them to the tomato fields in 2007. Other migrant families had encouraged them to enroll him in a Head Start program, but the young parents were reluctant to do so.

“They were very nervous about being apart from their baby, and we do hear about raids,” said J Davis, the nonprofit Telamon Corp.’s Tennessee state director. “’What’s going to happen if I’m away from my child and immigration shows up and I disappear?’”

The couple put Jesse in the back of their van, rolled down the windows and left the back door up, according to a report filed by the Cocke County Sheriff’s Office. They tied a thin string used to keep tomato plants upright from a seat in the car to a belt loop on Jesse’s pants to keep him from wandering away, Chief Detective Robert Caldwell said.

Esmeralda Hernandez told detectives she checked on her son every five minutes. But at one point, the couple found Jesse unresponsive. He’d gotten his neck tangled in the string and was strangled, Caldwell said.

“They were devastated,” Davis said. “We were all devastated.”

In Ocala, Fla., two Head Start centers have opened in the last year. And with a $26 million boost for Early Head Start in federal stimulus funds and separate $10 million expansion, nonprofit organizations around the country are hoping to expand enrollment of migrant infants and toddlers by thousands more.

The goal: Besides providing a safe haven, the programs offer access to basic social services, help teach English and aim to set these children on a path toward parity with their peers in kindergarten.

Pineda has enrolled Adrian.

Her dream: That he never has to do what she does.

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Mr. Netanyahu’s Offer (II) Are the objections of the Palestinians justified?

In our previous hasbarah message (#117, “Mr. Netanyahu’s Offer [I]”), we told of the Netanyahu’s government’s willingness to allow a Palestinian state to arise alongside Israel in Judea/Samaria (the “West Bank”) and in Gaza. Not surprisingly, he attached certain conditions to this offer, all of which the Palestinians totally rejected. The objections that we discussed previously referred to the “settlements,” the demilitarization of the new state, and the “return of the refugees.”

What are the facts?

indeed the State of the Jews, and so do the over 1 million (approximately 20% of Israel’s population) In addition to those conditions mentioned above, Muslims that live in Israel as full citizens, with all the Mr. Netanyahu’s offer of a state for the Palestinians in rights and privileges of their Jewish fellow citizens. the “West Bank” and in Gaza included two further Nobody seems to object that, for instance, Iran requirements: One, that Jerusalem remain the designates itself as an “Islamic Republic.” For the undivided capital of Israel and two, that the Arabs Muslim world to recognize Israel as the State of the recognize Israel to be the Jewish state.

Jews would simply be recognizing reality.

An Undivided Jerusalem. Before the end of the It has to be clear to 1967 Six-Day War, during every student of modern which the Israel defense that the forces reconquered “Here is another chance for the Palestinians history Palestinians, if that were Jerusalem from the to have their own country... Chances are their real goal, could have Jordanians, claims to overwhelming that, once again, they will had their own state since Jerusalem being a Muslim at least 1937, following reject the outstretched hand....” city were rarely if ever the Peel Report. There asserted. Jerusalem had have been many always been a city in opportunities since. The most important of those was which many religions and nationalities lived side-bythe 1948 decision of the United Nations to partition side. It was only after the old city was back in Jewish the country west of the Jordan River into a Muslim hands that the Muslim Arabs declared their desire to and a Jewish state. The Jews eagerly accepted the wage “jihad” (holy war) to bring the city into Arab proposal, which the Arabs utterly rejected and instead possession. invaded the nascent state of Israel with the armies of The notion to call Jerusalem an Islamic holy city five of their countries. There have been many other has only come about in modern times, especially after opportunities since, all of which the Muslims have the Arabs lost the city to Israel in the Six-Day War. It rejected. One must come to the unhappy conclusion has now gained currency by dint of constant that to create a state is not the ultimate goal of the repetition. Basis of the claim is that Jerusalem does Palestinians. The ultimate goal always has been and indeed contain an Islamic holy site, the Temple continues to be the destruction of the state of Israel.

Mount, sacred to both Muslims and Jews. But Mr. Netanyahu’s offer of allowing a Palestinian state Jerusalem has for centuries been the capital of the to be created and to exist along Israel is a most Jewish people and has been the capital of Israel since generous offer. No parallel can be found in the annals its founding. It is mentioned hundreds of times in the of world history. It is abundantly clear that the Bible. There is not a single mention of it in the Koran. “conditions” accompanying Mr. Netanyahu’s offer are Israel is the State of the Jews. Mr. Netanyahu more than reasonable. Surely, after decades of open insists that Israel be recognized as the Jewish state. hostilities and the recent bitter example of Gaza, it But such recognition is obviously only a formality. should go without saying that the newly formed state Israel was established as the Jewish state by the should be totally and reliably demilitarized. It should Balfour Declaration, by the League of Nations, by the be clear that the “settlements” – about 300,000 Jews United Nations, by the consensus of the world, and by in a sea of over 3 million Arabs – cannot be an obstacle the facts on the ground. The reason that the Muslims to peace, since the over 1 million Arabs living in Israel do not wish to recognize Israel as a Jewish state is that are not considered a problem. It should be clear that it would supposedly prejudice the rights of the the “refugees,” which have swelled from the original Muslims and perhaps members of other religions who 650,000 to allegedly more than 5 million, should be live in Israel. But that is nonsense. Regardless of what settled in the newly to be formed state of Palestine. it is called, everybody understands that Israel is Jerusalem has been the center of Jewish life and Jewish yearning for over 3,000 years. There is no reason why it should not remain the undivided capital of Israel. And, of course, Israel is a Jewish state. Everybody understands that, whether the Muslims do or do not wish to accept it. Here is another chance for the Palestinians to have their own country and to live in peace and in prosperity alongside Israel. But chances are overwhelming that, once again, they will reject the outstretched hand that is being offered.

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OVERVIEW Abstinence-plus education In line with a newly developing state trend, Austin school districts will shift their sex education programs from “abstinence-only” to “abstinenceplus,” where students will be taught how to prevent pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases in addition to learning about the benefits of abstinence, according to the Austin American-Statesman.

The abstinence-plus curriculum is far more comprehensive than a strict abstinence-only education — it includes more detailed information about contraceptives and emphasizes their importance for sexually active teens.

Texas is notorious for having the third-highest teen pregnancy rate in the country. In fact, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services Web site, a teen in Texas gets pregnant every 10 minutes.

No matter how fervently abstinence-only advocates push their cause, teenagers will have sex. Abstinence-only education ignores this fact and only provides minimal information about contraceptives and STDs. Previous sex “education” in Texas involved the government sending funds to groups that go to schools and speak on the benefits of abstaining from sex until marriage. But as the government funds to support the programs dwindle, school officials and school district superintendents are beginning to realize abstinence-only education is too costly and ineffective to spend time and money on.

It’s clear that abstinence-only programs do not work, and we’re glad Austin is offering a sex education program that lives up to its name and purpose.

California struggles with education funding Students in the University of California System are not standing idly by while budget cuts are made on their campuses. Last Thursday students, faculty, staff and unionized labor workers on a one-day strike participated in organized class walkouts, picketing and teach-ins.

The demonstrations were in response to proposals by the University of California Board of Regents to fill a budget gap of $813 million through a combination of furloughs and tuition hikes. The financial burden has become so extreme on students in California that if the regents approve another tuition hike in November, the cost of attending a school in the University of California System could go up as much as 45 percent in a two-year period.

The stated goal of the demonstrations was to call for no furloughs or pay cuts for those making less than $40,000 a year, the implementation of a furlough plan that would allow a portion of the furlough days to be taken on instructional days and full disclosure of the University of California System’s budgets, which some have claimed to be insufficiently transparent.

At the very least, these protests have proven to the University of California Board of Regents that their students and employees are paying attention and will not be pushed around without a fight.

It’s clear that budget cuts and tuition hikes have caused students in California to reach their tipping point. It leads us to wonder if students here will take a similar stand if the trend of budgets cuts and tuition hikes continues at this University.

GALLERY

THE FIRING LINE When bikers are dangerous In “Let the Police Focus on Important Tasks” (Firing Line, 9/25/09), Josh Holland suggests that if cars were prohibited from campus, powers-that-be would “release the cops from bike duty,” and we could realize a cyclist and pedestrian utopia on campus in which 51,289 students could “get from class to class biking and walking however [they] like.”

However, as anyone who has ever been in or witnessed a bike-on-bike or bike-onpedestrian accident knows, the problem with Holland’s suggestion is the fact that bicycles can cause serious damage to both riders and pedestrians. As a cyclist who has been riding on campus since 2004, I have observed the problem usually isn’t the cars, and certainly not the police (who are alltoo-easy targets for bashing), but rather the bikers themselves.

As more and more students race around campus on 40 pounds of metal, managing this traffic and instilling a sense of personal

responsibility become critical to campus safety. When bikers choose to share the road with cars and pedestrians, but choose not to follow traffic laws, such as waiting their turn at occupied intersections with stop signs posted, it creates a hazardous environment. Ultimately, all bikers pay the price when this happens.

True, police are inconsistent when it comes to enforcing the order of traffic on campus. True, students often have their heads in the clouds and their ears plugged into cell phones and iPods as they wander haphazardly across streets. And true, allowing cars to drive through campus is absurd.

But the police aren’t going to retreat from their gaze over public space, and students aren’t going to change. The most sensible solution is for bikers to take greater responsibility for their actions and ride defensively on campus with courtesy, patience and caution.

Relax. Give pedestrians and the police on campus a break. They are harmless, but bikers are not always so.

— Mason McWatters Geography graduate student

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Buy local, think global — with oil subsidies?

By Emily Grubert Daily Texan Columnist

My sage high school teachers, armed with red pens, used to point out that we didn’t get any moral highground points for answering the question we thought was hardest and therefore most virtuous. No, we’d probably just end up in the corners with our college rejection letters, consoling ourselves that we never shied from a challenge.

Oh, high school, how well you prepared me for the real world. As with essays on French military strategy, so with energy policy, where virtuous stances are so often caught consorting in closets with the devil.

Let’s start with that favorite cause of many: attacking oil subsidies.

Yes, oil is subsidized. For a lot of us, the idea of crusading barefoot in trees wearing aviators and wispy scarves to denounce Big Oil’s subsidies is an artsy, romantic image.

But remember high school. Fighting “the man” seems delectably challenging and morally impeccable, but there’s a chance that the American oil subsidy actually may have been — and may still be — good for the global environment. Here’s the key reason: The global environment and the American environment are far from the same concept.

Because Americans are into protecting the American environment, doing dirty things here is usually considered cleaner than doing dirty things in other places.

Back in the day (if you accept the 1970s as “the day”), two big things happened. One, there was an energy crisis. Rationing gasoline, essentially removing oil from electric generation and general freakouts ensued. So the government was like, “Oh hey, we’re going to subsidize oil production so we have more.” Those subsidies were meant to bolster production in the United States, and many are still in place.

And two, the environmental movement found its groove. People were excited about the sweet pictures of Earth that the space program was producing, “Silent Spring” outraged tons of people and got DDT banned.

Perhaps most relevantly, in 1969 there was a platform

spill off the coast of Santa Barbara. People were, to put it mildly, not pleased. California still doesn’t allow offshore drilling. The spill was highly visible and highly impacted a particularly valued part of the coast, and environmental standards became very tight.

The end result is that the United States doesn’t have oil spills very often. When we do, people get really upset about it — when you hear “oil spill,” do you think Exxon Valdez? Google it. The spill wasn’t that big, globally speaking. But it was in a sensitive area, and what’s worse, it was in our sensitive area. Americans get very upset at major pollution events in America, but the problem is that we stop caring very much when the degradation is somewhere else.

Look at Texas and Mexico. Both have extensive Gulf of Mexico drilling operations, and the Texan environmental record is far, far cleaner. Same rocks. Same resource. Different popular opinion, and thus different rules and different operations.

Back to the subsidy issue: With or without that subsidy, Americans would have demanded more oil than we could have produced. Without the subsidy, more of the production meeting that demand would likely have been outside the U.S. in regions where environmental standards are much lower. So — is the subsidy a net benefit for the environment?

It’s really hard to tell. Arguments about local versus global pollutants, over whether the United States would have been satisfied to import or whether we would have substituted toward cleaner fuels and a host of other issues make this essentially unknowable. But what is clear is that, on the margin, producing a barrel of oil in the United States carries less environmental risk than producing a barrel of oil in most other places.

While I’m not necessarily arguing for an oil subsidy, the fact that it’s not totally clear what its environmental impact is suggests that we need to be careful about indiscriminately attacking the status quo. As major world consumers, we need to make sure to consider global, not just local, impacts of our policies and choices.

Grubert is an energy and earth resources graduate student

The hitchhiker’s guide to the University

By Ashley Shew Daily Texan Columnist I have been at UT for a month now, and I think I am learning the ropes. I have put together a reasonable guide for newcomers based on my very scientific observations.

The keys to success at UT include time management, hard work and a pair of Nike athletic shorts. Social success at this institution hinges on owning multi-colored forms of the popular clothing item, and I will continue to diligently save until I can trade in my $7 Target shorts for the upgrade.

It is also worth noting that the popular Jester City Limits thumbs its nose at fountain-drink Dr. Pepper addicts by offering only the Doctor’s archrival: Mr. Pibb.

I can also report that signing into UT Direct will bring up a page with no immediate value to you. There is no “What I Owe” link, no easily accessible link to your class schedule and you will never, ever have any messages. The only redeeming feature of the page is quick access to The Texan’s top stories, and it is possible I am biased.

I have observed the very real trap set by tablers in the West Mall. A very good way to spend the rest of

your walk to the Drag or the Union under a cloud of guilt and shame is to turn down an invitation to Save the Children.

This cloud is only marginally lifted by taking the cowardly path through the FAC to avoid eating a side of misery with your Wendy’s. One should proceed through the place with the caution observed in minefields.

Be advised, also, that your friends and family back home will not suppress a snicker when you utter the term “Bevo Bucks.” Trying to explain the usefulness, the exchange rate and the constitutionality of a University coining its own cow currency is complicated at best. I have taken to calling them “UT Dollars” to avoid that weird bit of explaining in a conversation with my parents.

Also know that the publication “Study Breaks” is not, I repeat, is not a guide to finding a study group for your statistics class. If, however, you are interested in the cheapest path to destroying your liver, pick up a copy today.

If anyone had any doubt concerning the intensity of game day school spirit at UT, just follow my loser example and don’t wear orange on Saturday. I was shunned to the utmost

in my black high school band shirt: a possible Tech confederate wandering in my own residence hall. Even if you are spending the day catching up on assignments or running errands, you will always, always be aware of the score. Apparently, we own a cannon.

I can also attest to UT’s academic prowess and strict anti-inflating policy. Having a multiple-choice test does not mean the odds are in your favor.

I subscribed to the first semester practice of procrastinate and cram with this reasoning: “Multiple choice, schmultiple schmoice.” I found myself scratching my head so much I thought I contracted dorm lice.

Every day I am learning the ins and outs of our institution. I know that the maps don’t depict construction, you can’t get a treadmill in Gregory after 5 p.m. and not getting hit by a bus is harder than you think. I know that “lab” translates to “awkward group activities” and that joining clubs is the best way to get thousands of e-mails and make new friends. Overall, I am learning not just from UT, but from the UT experience. I am even thinking of myself as a Longhorn. Ahem, “Hook ‘em.”

Shew is a psychology junior

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City approves solar rooftop Alternate energy source will be the largest of its kind in city of Austin

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From left: Jerry Meginty, Oliver Bell and Brad Livingston of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice talk after signing a memorandum on Friday. The memorandum described a commitment to increase purchases made from African American owned businesses.

State agencies maintain commitment to diversity

By Priscilla Pelli Daily Texan Staff On Friday afternoon in the Miriam Lutcher Stark Library, University President William Powers Jr. committed to increasing purchases made from African-American-owned businesses.

Representatives from nine state agencies, including UT, met with the Texas Association of AfricanAmerican Chambers of Commerce to sign a memorandum expressing the organizations’ commitment to increasing the expansion of African-American businesses within Central Texas.

The memorandum was signed following a good-faith principle in which organizations agree to increase the number of AfricanAmerican businesses in Texas certified as Historically Underutilized Businesses, or HUBs, in addition to applying good-faith efforts toward following and meeting the goals of the memorandum.

The University contracts H U B s i n o rd e r t o i n c re a s e their opportunities and employment options. In its commitment, UT has established goals which would slate a percentage of all contracts to underutilized businesses.

According to UT’s Web site, about 18 percent of heavy construction projects and about 8 percent of building construction projects were contracted to HUBs in 2008. The University plans to increase the percentage of HUB-contracted building construction projects to about 20 percent by 2010.

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I think we all have an important role to play in diversifying leadership roles.”

—William Powers, Jr. University President

“I think we all have an important role to play,” Powers said.

“A role in diversifying leadership roles in the state, on campus and helping the University to thrive.”

The nine agencies signed the original memorandum, sponsored

by Texas Democratic Sen. Royce West, on Feb. 2, 1999. Both memorandums described the commit-

ments of each agency to increase the participation of African-American businesses when they compete for projects.

Odel Crawford, president of the Texas Association of AfricanAmerican Chambers of Commerce, discussed the hopes for signing a newer memorandum.

“We are in agreement that there are things that need to happen in the state and to utilize AfricanAmerican businesses to bring it to the forefront,” Crawford said. ”Accountability is something people are afraid of — but on paper, you are [accountable].”

The nine state agencies that also signed the memorandum include Texas A&M University, the the Texas A&M System, the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, the Texas Department of Health and Human Services Commission, Texas Tech University and The University of Texas System.

“This memorandum is an opportunity to rededicate ourselves and the spirit of the agreement in moving forward to use historically underutilized African-American businesses,” Powers said. “It’s a reflection to dedicate this document to living reality.”

el rack being seen because they don’t think it’s pretty.”

Austin Energy will install the rooftop as part of its Strategic Plan developed in 1991 to educate the community about the advantages of green energy by installing solar panels on public buildings. The Glen Bell Service Center will be the 30th city facility to receive a solar power system, Schneiweiss said. Other city facilities with a solar system include Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, the convention center and City Hall.

Green energy is electricity produced from renewable resources including solar, wind, geothermal and biomass, according to the Environmental Protection Agency’s Web site.

14 percent of the energy Austin uses is green.

In 2006, Austin Energy established the Solar for Schools program with the goal of installing solar panels at local schools. 21 schools have completed solar installations, Schneiweiss said. According to the EPA, 39 percent of energy used by Austin Indepen-

dent School District is green energy. AISD is ranked eighth in the country on the EPA’s quarterly list of green power usage by local governments and is the only school district to make the top 20 list.

Austin ranks third in Texas behind Houston and Dallas in annual amount of green electricity used, according to the EPA. The report also shows that Houston and Dallas produce the highest number of green-powered kilowatt-hours in the country.

Councilwoman Randi Shade said she wants citizens to see a visible expression of community values and “a commitment to clean energy.” Shade also said she expects the city to explore other renewable energy sources, such as purchasing more wind power technology. The city, however, cannot rely on producing clean energy alone, she added.

“Conserving energy is still the most cost-effective way to manage our energy supply,” Shade said. “Conservation is a key part of the matrix.”

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Report: Not all prints go through Texas database

TABC cracks down on sale of alcohol to minors in Lubbock

An illegal immigrant charged with capital murder for the death of Houston police officer Henry Canales in June had at least eight aliases and multiple arrests in California.

But if Andres Maldonado Nava, 41, had been booked into a Houston jail on any Class C misdemeanor before the officer’s death, the fingerprint check system would not have shown any of his criminal or immigration history, a newspaper reported Sunday.

That’s because the state only recently began accepting fingerprints for suspects charged with minor crimes and, so far, only a few cities are participating The Houston Chronicle reported. Houston is not among those cities.

The Texas Department of Public Safety started accepting the finger-

prints of suspects facing Class C misdemeanor charges Sept. 8. Local law enforcement agencies decide whether to send the prints to the state.

Tela Mange, a spokeswoman for the Department of Public Safety, said only the Fort Worth, Denton and Orange police departments have submitted fingerprints from Class C arrests.

Offenders booked on Class C offenses in other areas, including Houston, are fingerprinted but are not checked against state or national databases, which have millions of criminal history records and warrants. Instead, the fingerprints are checked only against local databases. In Houston, the prints are checked against Houston police and Harris County databases, where Nava had no rap sheet.

By Priscilla Totiyapungprasert Daily Texan Staff Austin Energy will begin installing the city’s largest solar rooftop on Austin Water Utility’s Glen Bell Service Center Nov. 1 after City Council approved the construction contract Thursday.

The nearly $586,000 rooftop will consist of 1,000 solar panels that will save over 160,000 kilowatt-hours annually, enough kilowatt-hours to power 17 Austin homes with electricity for a year.

Instead of mounting solar panels on racks, Austin Energy will use a new, thin adhesive film that can be peeled and placed directly on the rooftop.

“The new technology works well with aesthetics because it lays flat and can’t be seen,” said Austin Energy spokeswoman Leslie Schneiweiss. “Some people don’t want a solar pan-

Officials with the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission in Lubbock say they’re planning undercover stings to make sure residents and stores aren’t selling alcohol illegally to minors.

Lt. Brian Williams says agents will be testing the waters to determine what stores will sell to teens.

Lubbock assistant police chief Thomas Esparza says sales have already started. He said officials haven’t seen anything that has caused any concern for the police department.

Authorities say they will also run a sting known as “Cops in Shops” in which agents pose as customers or employees and watch for alcohol violations.

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Ed Bridges from the Austin Fire Department speaks about the importance of using a smoke detector during an event held at the Combined Transportation, Emergency and Communications Center, teaching the public about being prepared during emergencies.

Fund aids UT geologists

By Audrey White Daily Texan Staff The Bureau of Economic Geology, part of UT’s Jackson School of Geosciences, recently received $6 million to research potential offshore carbon storage sites along the Gulf of Mexico.

Offshore carbon storage helps contain harmful carbon dioxide in safe undersea facilities, preventing it from entering the atmosphere where it can cause irreparable damage to the air, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.

The research group, along with the Texas General Land Office and the Environmental Defense Fund, has begun examining different sites along the Gulf Coast to determine suitability for carbon storage. This study is the first of its kind in the United States.

“We’ve known about this offshore setting for quite some time but only recently in the last year started looking into its potential for permanent CO2 storage,” said Tip Meckel, co-principal investigator on the project.

The technology for undersea carbon storage is not new.

The Sleipner Project, one of the world’s largest carbon storage facilities, was first activated in 1996, but the technology is not widely used. Scott Anderson, senior policy advisor for the Environmental Defense Fund, said much research and work is necessary before a carbon site can be assessed and used.

“It’s not something that can be done anywhere,” Anderson said.

“You need to have a lot of geologic data, seismic surveys, and when you operate the site, you have to have sophistication, and there’s a lot of monitoring that has to be done.”

The Texas General Land Office contributed $1.2 million for the research and controls the rights

to Texas lands 12 nautical miles offshore. Spokesman Jim Suydam said money that comes back from the investment goes to the Permanent School Fund, a $19 billion fund that supports K-12 education in Texas.

“Most of our money comes from oil and gas production, but we understand that oil and gas are depletable resources, and the money we make from them will be gone,” Suydam said. “We’re looking for other ways to bring in money to diversify our income stream. That could include offshore wind farms, it could include geothermal leases and it could include storing CO2 underneath the surface.”

When carbon dioxide is released from industrial power and coal plants, it can be separated, compressed and then sent through a pipeline into one of these undersea storage sites.

Gas leaks could occur if the gas is transported at too high of a pressure, the selected site is too porous or not porous enough or there is not enough protection between the site and the surrounding water, Anderson said.

“Part of the proposed study involves collaborating with the Environmental Defense Fund on identifying the important risks of offshore storage off the Gulf,” Meckel said. “We don’t have a comprehensive list of the risks currently, but part of the study is to identify those.”

However, the research team is certain that the Gulf Coast is a viable site for storage, and this $6 million fund should make it possible to take advantage of that resource.

“There is no doubt at all whether there are good sites offshore Texas,” Anderson said. “There are definitely a lot of them. The trick is to find out exactly where they are and are not.”

By Bobby Longoria Daily Texan Staff City of Austin officials gathered Saturday for an open-house event at the city’s Combined Transportation, Emergency and Communications Center to emphasize emergency preparation for Austin citizens.

September is National Preparedness Month. In an effort to inform people how to be prepared in the event of an emergency, the city provided tips on what is needed during an emergency. The city provided first aid lessons, including CPR classes.

The center combines all city agencies, including the Austin Police Department, Austin Fire Department, Emergency Medical Services and the Texas Department of Transportation, under a single roof. The facility does not hold any vehicles or equipment for these agencies; rather, its purpose is to coordinate information and to streamline communication between city agencies.

“It is very important when we get a call about some kind of an emergency that these people are able to coordinate, get that message to the right agency and also get the right agency dispatched to deal with it in time,” said Mayor Lee Leffingwell.

He said Hurricane Katrina was a recent natural disaster that re-

quired the use of the center, and possible heavy rains this winter may be an issue for the center.

The city offered those who attended the open house a “Too Prepared to be Scared” family preparedness kit, which details what supplies and equipment are needed during an emergency event as well as what to expect in case of such an event.

“It’s difficult to predict how long an emergency is going to last, so we recommend that families always be prepared for an event lasting as long as 72 hours,” said Councilman Chris Riley.

Riley referenced the H1N1 flu outbreak, which the center responded to with up to 100 people in the Emergency Operations Center.

The facility has two major rooms, one with 60 square feet of video displays, connected to over 200 field cameras observing highways across the city. The room is staffed with 911 responders and dispatchers for APD, AFD and EMS. The second major room of the facility, the Emergency Operations Center, also has large video displays along with tables filled with phones, each having a tag for a city or county official.

In this room, Otis Latin, homeland security and emergency management director, coordinates efforts during an emergency event

with several other city officials.

He said the facility became operational in 2004 after years of planning and was paid for with tax resources from across the county, along with federal and state funding. He said the center coordinates agencies during weather events such as ice storms.

“What we end up having to do is manage the ice on bridges and roadways, making sure that we determine when there needs to be city closures, county closures and school closures,” Latin said.

APD Chief Art Acevedo said it is important for citizens to understand that preparation starts at home and that the best way to prepare is to ensure that you are self-sufficient.

“If people aren’t prepared, government isn’t prepared — you can have the potential for chaos,” Acevedo said. “You don’t even want to have a situation where you have a breakdown of public order because out of desperation, people start doing desperate things.”

Acevedo said Austin is a major evacuation site in the state, so it is important to be prepared for natural disasters. He said meteorologists are telling the city to expect heavy rains during the winter and that flash floods may occur.

Citizens that attended the open house were able to meet with AFD, APD and EMS officers. Vis-

itors had the opportunity to view an AFD fire truck, a SWAT tactical vehicle and an EMS unit as well as take an open tour of a Homeland Security and Emergency Management mobile command center.

Councilwoman Laura Morrison gave info about the Community Emergency Response Team, which is a collection of citizen volunteers who seek to learn techniques for dealing with emergency events. The program consists of a series of three-hour classes that teach topics in first aid, emergency management and response, terrorism awareness, fire suppression, search and rescue, disaster psychology and weather.

“CERT also allows everyone to educate themselves and their families about emergency preparedness as well as taking an active role in protecting those that are close to us during a disaster,” Morrison said.

Leffingwell is the chair of the committee that oversees the center.

The committee includes residents of Round Rock, Travis County, Bee County and other areas.

“Failure to prepare is preparing to fail,” Acevedo said. “By doing this, I think we are leveraging our collective knowledge, our collective resources and the brain, trust and power of the entire community and government.”

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House Committee on Public Health clerk AnnMarie Price talks about health care legislation that passed in the 81st Legislature at the Clinical Education Center at Brackenridge.

Price was joined by Eva DeLuna and Heather Vasek to answer questions on health care in Texas

• HB 4471

Creates funding for nursing schools to increase enrollment.

Schools must report additional graduates attributable to the funding.

• HB 1310

Prohibits minors under 16.5 years old from using tanning beds.

Requires parental permission for minors under 18 years old.

• HB 1218

Feasible costs and benefits of exchanging secure electronic health information between the Health and Human Services Commission and local or regional health information exchanges.

• HB 2196

Establishes a work group to study and make recommendations on the integration of health and behavioral health services.

• SB 704

Requires state agencies contracting with pharmacy benefit managers to share prescription drug pricing information with other state agencies upon request.

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By Priscilla Pelli Daily Texan Staff Health policy experts spent an afternoon discussing plans for health and human services legislation from 2009’s 81st Texas Legislature on Friday.

The LBJ School’s Center for Health and Social Policy hosted a panel of experts at the Clinical Education Center at Brackenridge to speak on recent bills and policies from the legislative session concerning the state’s human health services.

The experts included three members involved in different state health organizations who each played a different role in passing bills for health reform.

Passed bills include House Bill 1310, which regulates the use of tanning beds by minors, and House Bill 4471, which provides funding to nursing schools in order to increase the number of working nurses.

Ann-Marie Price, clerk for the House Committee on Public Health, provided an overview of the health-related bills passed during the 81st legislative session. “[The Committee on Public Health] gives the public an opportunity to give their input,” Price said. “We’re learning about very important parts of people’s entire well-being, and I think this is a significant step forward in raising

awareness for health care.”

The Texas Legislature’s public health committee is currently in session and has jurisdiction over 23 state agencies in the areas of dentistry and general medicine.

Eva DeLuna Castro, senior budget analyst for the Center for Public Policy Priorities, spoke about enhancing public policies to improve economic and social conditions for low- to moderateincome Texas residents. “[The Center for Public Priorities] has expanded into working in national health care reform,” Castro said. “Local job markets have big demands for public services, leaving families having to work full time. It affects families

in Texas. We understand how all these things work together.”

Heather Vasek, senior policy analyst for Delisi Communications, was present at the panel and discussed challenges that the 81st Legislature faces in passing bills to improve health care policy.

Vasek said that the primary issue for her organization is the demand for community-based services and the restrictions placed on the funds allocated to pay for them.

“Legislators are starting to put a lot more restrictions on how funds can be moved in how health care will pay for things,” Vasek said. “Ability to move funds is being severely limited.”

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martyr reminds public of sacrifice Mom shares her hope that current legislation will prevent hate crimes

Photos by Rachel Taylor | Daily Texan Staff

Above, Alex Sanders, 8, sits on a window ledge next to another family during the Old Pecan Street Festival on Sunday. The festival showcased food, jewelry, art of all kinds and music. Below, Inka Mayra plays at the Pecan Street Festival on Sunday.

Old Pecan Street Festival offers up family fun on Sixth Street

By Audrey Campbell Daily Texan Staff Artisans and patrons crowded along the expanse of Sixth Street as thousands of locals braved the weekend heat to partake in Austin’s annual Old Pecan Street Festival.

The aroma of delicious fried fare wafted through the air as vendors offered everything from turkey legs to paintings, jewelry to chocolate-dipped cheesecake on a stick.

The festival’s first-timers were offered a variety of foods including aguas frescas and armadillo eggs.

Originally from Lake Charles, La., Shirley Rewerts

and her family have been supporting the festival for 25 years, selling fried shrimp, fried alligator and other Cajun specialties. One of the most popular items was the pork kabobs that had been slowly marinated in teriyaki and Worcestershire sauce, then thrown on the grill with a blend of spices and finally slathered with honey before being wrapped in paper and handed off to hungry customers.

“We buy the meat, marinate it and cook it ourselves,” Rewerts said. “We just try to give it tenglasswork, sculptures, candles, on stages throughout the area. der loving care.”

Aside from all kinds of food, jewelry and household decoraPECAN continues on page 8 festival-goers could survey tions while local bands played

By Kate Ergenbright Daily Texan Staff On Oct. 7, 1998, 21-year-old gay college student Matthew Shepard was brutally tortured, tied to a fence post and left for dead, forever changing the GLBT community and bringing hate crimes to the political forefront.

Judy Shepard, Matthew’s mother, took time off from her book tour to speak to The Daily Texan about her activism and the September publishing of her memoir, “The Meaning of Matthew: My Son’s Murder in Laramie, and a World Transformed.”

In the book, she writes about Matthew’s life, his tragic death and how the world has been forever altered by both.

“Going back to those memories was really hard,” Shepard said about the writing process. “But in the end I think it was therapeutic.”

Shepard originally intended to publish a compilation of letters she received after Matthew’s death, but was encouraged by her agent to write her memoir instead. The compilation book is definitely still a possibility, she said.

Since her son’s murder, Shepard has worked as an activist for hate-crime legislation and equality, establishing the Matthew Shepard Foundation to “replace hate with understanding, compassion and acceptance,” according to the Web site. The Matthew Shepard Foundation supports the Mat-

thew Shepard Act, introduced by the late Sen. Edward Kennedy, to strengthen the national hate-crime legislation. The act “adds sexual orientation, disability, gender and gender identity to the existing hate-crime laws,” Shepard said.

“It enables the federal government to step in and fund investigations and trials if they need to,” she said.” It also sends a message of respect to the nation — that we won’t allow this kind of hate, this kind of activity to continue unchecked.”

The House of Representatives and the Senate have approved the Matthew Shepard Act, and now both houses of Congress must reconcile the legislation before it can reach the President’s desk.

“Given the new administration and the friendly Congress, I have every confidence that it’s going to go all the way through this time,” Shepard said. “But it is attached to a Department of Defense bill, and we’ve been here before and lost the hatecrime legislation, so we’re just keeping our fingers crossed that this time it goes all the way through.”

During his 2008 presidential campaign, Barack Obama wrote an open letter to the GLBT community publicly declaring that he would “place the weight of [his] administration behind the enactment of the Matthew Shepard Act.” “I hope to give members of the community a touchstone, some confidence that everything’s going to be okay,” she said. “To remind parents that the most important thing is their kids.”

Judy Shepard’s memoir highlights the life and legacy of her son, Matthew, who was brutally murdered for being a homosexual.

OnLInE: Video of the festivities can be found @dailytexanonline.com

MUSIC MONDAY

By Brad Barry Austin’s Brothers and Sisters have a knack for making songs that sound timeless. The band’s golden country rock has the same worn-in feeling as classic records

by Neil Young or The Byrds, full of wailing steel guitar and the harmonies of real life brother and sister Will and Lily Courtney.

The group, which at times can reach up to 10 members, recently released a new album of sundrenched folk rock ballads called Fortunately. This week on Music Monday, principle songwriter and frontman Will Courtney tells The Daily Texan a little about himself.

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

Will Courtney: The re-mastered mono version of The Beatles’ Rubber Soul.

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

WC: I’d like to produce [with] Paul McCartney or Bob Dylan.

Maybe you can have their managers give me a call — I have some ideas for their next record.

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

WC: I really enjoyed playing at The Fillmore in San Francisco.

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

ENTERTAINMENT BRIEFLY SNL newcomer marks first show with accidental on-air expletive NEW YORK — “Saturday Night Live” has started the season with a bang, or, more precisely, an F-bomb.

Newcomer Jenny Slate let the dreaded word slip during a parody of a talk show by biker women. Called “Biker Chick Chat,” the sketch was laden with tough talk from its participants, played by

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Will Courtney, front man of the band Brothers and Sisters, talks about his love for old vinyl and his couch on Thursday afternoon.

WC: Attendance-wise, it was this show in Iowa last fall. By the time we got onto the stage, there were two people in the whole club not including the bar tender, doorman or sound guy. The crazy thing is that the two audience guys bought us all two rounds of whisky and bought one of everything we had for sale. Nice guys, dull town.

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

WC: Not really. At first, [sister and bandmate] Lily and I thought about Brother and Sister, but we quickly had to pluralize it when we found the whole band.

DT: What is your favorite song to play live?

WC: I like the song “Lonely Man.”

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

WC: My girlfriend and I like sushi. I probably eat it twice a week.

We like Maru and this place on I-35 called [Sushi] Japon.

Slate, Kristen Wiig and guest host Megan Fox. But the most objectionable word was substituted, with rapid-fire comic frequency, with an inoffensive stand-in for that vulgarity.

Then, midway through the sketch, Slate slipped and said the word she meant to avoid.

“You know what? You stood up for yourself,” she declared, “and I (expletive) love you for that.”

She puffed her cheeks, perhaps realizing her error, but the sketch continued with no interruption or further flubs.

Slate is an actress and comedian who this summer appeared on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon,” and is perhaps best-known as half of the comedy duo Gabe and Jenny — until her memorable “SNL” debut this weekend.

NBC declined to comment on the incident, other than to say the word had been restored to the intended “freakin’” for the show’s replays in western time zones.

The sketch aired live at about 12:40 a.m. Eastern, well after prime time, when use of expletives can be punished by the FCC.

DT: Do you have a day job?

WC: Making music and trying to run the family record label, The Calla Lily Company.

DT: What is your favorite Web site?

WC: Craigslist.

DT: What is a perfect day for you?

WC: Waking up around 11 a.m., drinking lots of coffee, and then going into the recording studio and making a record until I fall asleep with my headphones on.

It wasn’t the first time this particular word had been heard on “SNL.” Cast member Charles Rocket made the slip in 1981.

But less than two weeks ago, a veteran New York City news anchor created a sensation by accidentally dropping an F-bomb during a newscast while bantering with the weatherman. The clip was soon an Internet favorite. Ernie Anastos of Fox affiliate WNYW apologized on the air the next night.

—The Associated Press

ENTERTAINMENT BRIEFLY Animated children’s tale dominates box office again LOS ANGELES — Movie fans lined up for a second helping of “Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs,” which took in $24.6 million to remain No. 1 at the box office for a second straight weekend.

The Sony animated tale raised its domestic haul to $60 million after 10 days in theaters, according to studio estimates Sunday.

“Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs” fended off Bruce Willis’ action thriller “Surrogates,” a Disney release that debuted at No. 2 with $15 million.

Opening in third place with $10 million was MGM’s “Fame,” a new take on the 1980s music and dance hit about students at a school for performing arts.

Michael Moore’s documenta-

ry “Capitalism: A Love Story” opened strongly in limited release with a $240,000 weekend haul in just four theaters, raising its total to $306,586 since premiering Wednesday. The Overture Films release expands nationwide Friday.

Overall business dipped, with Hollywood’s total domestic gross at $100.5 million, down 4.5 percent from the same weekend last year, when “Eagle Eye” opened at No. 1 with $29.2 million.

While it was generally quiet for new movies, “Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs” held up strongly, its receipts dropping just 19 percent from a $30.3 million opening weekend. Revenues for many films fall 50 percent or more in their second weekends.

“We’ve seen that not only families but teens seem to be embracing it, as well,” said Rory Bruer, head of distribution for Sony. “To only drop 19 percent, it’s just one of those movies that’s playing to everybody.”

TOP FIVE BOX OFFICE FILMS 1. “Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs” 2. “Surrogates” 3. “Fame” 4. “The Informant!”

5. “Tyler Perry’s I Can Do Bad All By Myself” Source: Hollywood.com

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with soy candles and unique paintings The Old Pecan Street Festival has been a long-running traRay Fitrano, the creator of dition in Austin, honoring the KlapnKlip Soy Candles, has been original street plan of the city in coming to the festival for the past which North-South streets were six years.

“I never liked any of the candles I bought in stores, so I started making my own instead,” he explained. ...We’ve been busy Fitrano and his friend Derek and we’ve had a lot of Dillard spent the afternoon under a white tent while customrepeat customers...” ers perused a wide variety of candles with scents such as cinna— Derek Dillard mon bun, lilac, Nag Champa and Event Vendor sugar cookie. Fitrano said he has been promoting soy candles for their many benefits — they are 98 percent soot free and they burn slower and last longer than par- given the names of Texas rivers and East-West streets were affin candles.

“Starting out, making [the can- named after trees. Later, the Eastdles] involved a lot of trial and West streets were given numbers error,” Dillard said. “But today instead, changing what was once we’ve been really busy and we’ve Pecan Street to Austin’s famous had a lot of repeat customers Sixth Street.

Now the festival offers a venue come and scoop them up.”

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for those with creative talents to come and showcase their work.

Collin Welsch, a former lawyer and UT graduate, said she has been coming to the festival for three years, since she quit her law practice and decided to take up painting.

“I never really liked law,” she said. “After I had my second kid, I decided it was an opportunity to break free from that and try something new.”

Welsch started taking art lessons at The Art School in the Austin Museum of Art and eventually began selling her work at Pecan Street and other festivals throughout the state.

Organizers expected more than 300,000 attendees this year.

The festival benefits local charities, including Austin Boxer Rescue and United Care USA as well as the Old Pecan Street Association, an organization that raises money to preserve and maintain Sixth Street.

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Actress Raina Leigh applies makeup before the start of “Wheels of Wonderland,” an outdoor play held Sunday evening. The play was produced by Austin Bike Zoo, a local entertainment company that uses human-powered puppetry.

ENTERTAINMENT BRIEFLY Michael Jackson documentary sells out a month in advance LOS ANGELES — Michael Jackson is still playing to sellout crowds.

Advance screenings to the music documentary “Michael Jackson:

This Is It” sold out within two hours early Sunday as fans who began lining up three days earlier snapped up all 3,000 tickets to the Los Angeles shows.

The documentary opens nationwide Oct. 28, but fans will get a sneak peek the night before in screenings at the new Regal Cinemas Stadium 14.

For the theater’s grand opening,

the cinema will show “This Is It” on all 14 screens that night.

Directed by longtime Jackson collaborator Kenny Ortega, “This Is It” draws on hundreds of hours of footage as Jackson prepared for a series of London concerts for which he was rehearsing before his death from cardiac arrest at his home in Los Angeles on June 25.

—The Associated Press

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Annette LaBadie, owner of Beautiful Things Boutique, sells candles at the Pecan Street Festival on Sunday.

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Book Week celebrates work that’s been censored

By Kate Ergenbright Daily Texan Staff For many, book banning seems like an outdated, antiquated concept; recalling images of dramatic book burnings, or oppressive government regimes.

For others it evokes some version of a “Fahrenheit 451”-esque dystopia or Orwellian society.

But in reality, books are banned in the United States more often than you think.

Banned Books Week, running Sept. 26 through Oct. 3, is a celebration of the First Amendment and intellectual freedom sponsored in part by the American Library Association and endorsed by the The Center for the Book in the Library of Congress. The event was created to celebrate the freedom to read and to raise awareness about the harm of literary censorship.

The United States judicial system has seen numerous cases concerning book banning and most often rules on the side of intellectual freedom and the right to free speech. Historically, some of the most famous titles to be banned include F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby,” J.D. Salin-

ger’s “The Catcher in the Rye,” John Steinbeck’s “The Grapes of Wrath” and Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird.”

For the past 13 years, the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas has published the “Free People Read Freely” report to raise awareness about Banned Books Week and the state of book banning in Texas public schools.

Each year, the ACLU of Texas asks 1,200 public schools to report information about books challenged for removal in their libraries and curriculums.

This year, out of the schools petitioned for information, 889 responded. Although there was a slight decrease in the number of books banned, 92 books were reportedly challenged for their content in Texas during the 20082009 school year. The most common reason reported for challenged books was sexual content. Other reasons cited include profanity, politically, racially or socially offensive material, drug or alcohol use, violence or horror, and views that are offensive to religious sensitivities.

Through previous reports, the ACLU has seen a trend in

the release of controversial children and teen cinema that corresponds to the content of books challenged.

The popularity of the “Harry Potter” movies, “The Golden Compass” and “Friday Night Lights” correlated with challenges to their literary versions across Texas public schools. This year is no different, as the most contested novels were about teenage vampires, possibly inspired by the release of the cinematic version of Stephenie Meyer’s wildly popular teen novel, “Twilight.” Although Meyer’s books themselves were not reportedly challenged, others following the teenage vampire trend were among this year’s most contested.

Stephenville ISD, Houston ISD and Irving ISD were the districts with the highest number of books challenged. Stephenville ISD, a school district of only 3,500 students, was the home of the most challenges to intellectual freedom with 11 books contested for content; all 11 books are teen vampire stories. Local Austin ISD has a strong record of very few challenges, and this year reported none.

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Newspapers and television “I have named her twins Hazel stations in India have been cov- and Phinnaeus as Laxmi and Gaering Roberts’ every move since nesh, while Henry will be called she arrived in India accompa- Krishna Balram,” he was quoted nied by her three children near- as saying. ly 10 days ago.

The movie, a Brad Pitt producSecurity has been tight with tion, is directed by Ryan Murphy. about 50 local policemen and se- It also stars Oscar-winner Javier curity officers guarding the star in Bardem, Viola Davis, Richard Jenthe village and in the nearby small kins and Billy Crudup.

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double-double to win 3-1 on the road

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picks, Gideon gets his first in 2008 (259 yards per game), the second-highest amount in school history, topped only by 2007’s porous secondary.

The numbers are inflated due to the recent popularity of the spread offense, but this year’s defense may be bucking the trend. Through four games this season, Texas is allowing just 212 yards per game and that’s including the 400 yards allowed against pass-happy Texas Tech.

The Longhorns earned their second virtual shutout of the season by not allowing an offensive touchdown . The Miners’ only points came off of a returned interception.

“It doesn’t matter who was on the field when it happened, they scored against Texas,” Muschamp said. “We expect to go out and dominate.”

From page 12 His second came right before halftime. Thomas jumped a route, picked the ball off in stride and would have taken it back for the touchdown, but he stepped out of bounds while toeing the sideline.

But his fellow safety Blake Gideon stole the limelight, bringing down the first interception of his career. To say it was overdue, according to the sophomore, was an understatement.

“That’s a huge weight off my shoulders,” Gideon said. “Hopefully they’ll come in bunches.”

While Gideon finally put his missed interception at Texas Tech last year behind him, the entire defense seems to have done so, too. The Longhorns allowed 3,372 passing yards

sWIm: Orange team wins

first, last events plus match the 200-yard backstroke.

Team White pulled out a win in the 500-yard freestyle as Wilcox beat Orange’s Jim Robertson with a time of 4:38.87.

The meet concluded with Orange winning the 200-yard freestyle relay that was led off by Feigen and finished with Berens.

The teams will begin their regular season Oct. 23 when they take on Missouri, Texas A&M and Southern Methodist at a trimeet in Mansfield.

From page 12 Derek Stout | Daily Texan file photo

Senior Destinee Hooker, right, elevates above the net to block an opponent’s attempt. Hooker finished with 15 kills and 12 digs against the no. 6 Cornhuskers to earn her 17th career double-double.

From page 12 Texas rode the success of senior outside hitter Destinee Hooker, who had 15 kills and 12 digs, for her fourth double-double of the season and the 17th of her career.

The first set of the match set the tone for the rest of the night, with

Texas coming from behind to earn a 25-22 win. In the second stanza, Nebraska got the best of the Longhorns with an 18-25 victory, sending both teams to the locker room tied at one apiece.

After the break, Texas came out firing and took the next two sets by a score of 25-17 each, moving

the Horns to 9-0 on the season.

“I think we were very efficient in the third and fourth sets,” Elliott said. “Our side-out game in the third set was very good. Nebraska had a lot of unforced errors tonight with serving and attacking errors, and when that happens it is difficult to win.”

event, but it was a case of too little too late. Sophomore Drew Livingston captured the win with 323.63 points. The Orange team continued to dominate as Berens and Feigen delivered two more consecutive wins. Berens finished the 200-yard butterfly in 1:50.63 and Feigen finished the 100-yard freestyle in 45.01 seconds. Collins continued to contribute, as he got his second win of the day during

WIN: Defense

gives up only 53 net yards From page 12 dle sat out the entire second half and some of the second quarter with a right arm injury. He said he could have returned if needed.

The defense followed up the opening possession by forcing eight punts and five turnovers, including four interceptions for a team that had only six last year, also capitalizing on a bad snap on an attempted punt that gave the offense the ball at the UTEP six-yard line and led to a Texas field goal.

It was all part of a stellar defensive effort that ended with only 53 UTEP net yards on 51 plays. Miners’ quarterbacks were sacked four times and completed just eight of 24 pass attempts as UTEP registered seven first down and crossed midfield only once.

With the game out of reach by halftime, when Texas held a 47-7 lead, the running game took care of the final 30 minutes, salting away the clock with a 300-yard rushing performance, 244 of which came in the second half.

Texas recorded its second ever 300-yard passing, 300yard rushing game.

“I’m most proud today that we were ready to play,” Brown said. “We play better when people are critical of us, so we need to be very hard on them.”

women’S golf

Despite loss of day, Texas women come up 15th overall

By Shabab Siddiqui Daily Texan Staff The Longhorns finished 15th at the culmination of the Mason Rudolph Women’s Championship on Sunday. The 54-hole tournament, which featured a plethora of the country’s top-ranked teams,

was trimmed to 36 holes after rain forced a cancellation of day two.

“Having the day off kind of showed our youth a little bit,” said Texas head coach Martha Richards. “The freshmen especially are being put into a completely different environment. It’s about

getting them accustomed to being adaptable. Overall, I was really pleased and really proud of how they competed.”

Freshman Madison Pressel once again led the team, continuing her impressive first season by shooting a 3-under-par 141 in her sec-

ond collegiate tournament. Pressel finished the first day even at par before shooting birdies on the first, fourth and 16th holes on the second day, finishing the tournament tied for 15th.

“She’s playing great,” Richards said. “She’s very composed and very competitive, and she does an excellent job of staying present and in the moment. I’m really excited

about the stuff she’s doing for us.”

Other top performers were sophomore Nicole Vandermade and freshman Desiree Dubreuil who shot 1-over-par and 4-overpar respectively.

“I think they both played very well,” Richards said. “I think Nicole is capable of even slower numbers out there. She was very consistent and struck the ball well.

They’re both putting up some pretty good numbers.”

Senior Shannon Fish shot a 1-over, 1-under over the two days, ending with an even 144. Richards said Fish had the flu, and flew in a day after the rest of the team.

“I anticipated her being on the lineup,” Richards said. “She played the course without a practice round. We need her to make contributions for this team to play well. I think Shannon showed a lot of her experience and maturi-

ty. And I was very proud of how she battled through the flu bug.”

The tournament, which was hosted by Vanderbilt, served as a homecoming for Richards, who spent seven years as head coach of the Commodores before taking the reins of the Longhorn program. Richards said that although Austin is home, it was great to be back in Nashville.

“Being back on that golf course brought back a lot memories,” she said. “A lot of my former players were there, and they cheered for us as a second team, which meant a lot.”

Richards said she was pleased with the team’s performance.

“Finishing 15th in this tournament is almost like finishing 15th in the NCAAs,” Richards said.

“Obviously I want to see us finishing higher, but I saw a lot of good things.”

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Horns blow past Miners in romp

Eric Ou | Daily Texan Staff

Freshman D.J. Monroe slips through the UTEP coverage on a kick return that he took all the way downfield for a touchdown. His score came directly after the Miners intercepted Colt McCoy for a touchdown. Monroe became the first Longhorn to ever return two kickoffs for touchdowns.

Texas rides record offensive production to blowout victory over UTEP

By Michael Sherfield Daily Texan Staff In a season that has so far been turned on its head by upsets, the Longhorns did their best to restore order to their part of the college football world Saturday afternoon.

No. 2 Texas looked every bit like a National Championship contender from beginning to end of a 64-7 blowout win over UTEP at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium, while quarterback Colt McCoy finally rediscovered his Heisman-favorite form.

Texas showed only a blip of its early game struggles this season when McCoy threw an interception returned for a touchdown that tied the game at 7-7 early in the first quarter.

He was all smiles on the sideline as the Texas offense rolled from there, starting with a 91yard return from D.J. Monroe on the ensuing kickoff as the Longhorns reeled off 57 consecutive points. “[McCoy] had a real breakthrough last week in the second half,” said Texas head coach Mack Brown. “He had a

whole different demeanor all week. We had a few drops...

Didn’t bother him today. It looked like the Colt of old.”

McCoy got his numbers, finishing 28-35, despite three drops by wide receivers, including one in the end zone

by James Kirkendoll, with 286 yards and three touchdowns.

McCoy threw two passes to sophomore Dan Buckner, including a spectacular onehanded grab over a covering linebacker in the end zone, and another to Jordan Shipley before the break. Shipley finished with 10 catches for 122 yards and 73 yards on three punt returns.

After suffering through slow starts against Texas Tech and Wyoming that forced big second half performances, McCoy was already on the sidelines midway through the third quarter against UTEP, his job done for the day.

“We put up 64 points, so it was a good day,” McCoy said. “We really wanted to start strong out of the gate, and we did that for sure.”

McCoy was joined by most

Defense harasses Miners with sacks, interceptions in second virtual shutout

By Blake Hurtik Daily Texan Staff You could give Texas defensive coordinator Will Muschamp all the lockdown cornerbacks in the world, and he’d still have the same philosophy.

“The best pass defense in America is a pass rush,” Muschamp said.

“We can draw up all the pass coverages we want, but if the guy has time to hold the football they’re going to complete the pass whether it’s man, zone, it doesn’t matter.

“I don’t care how good you are in the secondary, you can’t cover for that long.”

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of the Texas starters as the Longhorns had built a 57-7 lead after three quarters. Using a quicker tempo that paid dividends in the second half against Tech, the Texas offense finally found its familiar passing rhythm in the first 30 minutes. McCoy spent much of his time in the fivewide set and picked apart an overmatched secondary, while the Miners’ pass rush never got close to him.

“We really challenged our guys...to open the game like we were behind,” said offensive coordinator Greg Davis.

“They responded well; we were in an up tempo situation and obviously that worked to our advantage.”

The defense pitched another virtual shutout after keeping Wyoming out of the end zone two weeks earlier. Defensive end Sergio Kindle set the tone early, sacking quarterback Trevor Vittatoe and forcing a fumble that Lamarr Houston recovered on the third play of the game. Kin-

WIN continues on page 11

proved just that in Saturday’s allaround dominating 64-7 win over UTEP. Texas had four sacks and five quarterback hurries. The result?

Four interceptions.

Putting pressure on the quarterback is nothing new to Texas — the Longhorns led the nation in sacks in 2008 — but interceptions are.

The Longhorns had just six picks last season, despite facing the second-most pass attempts (491) in school history.

“Last year, to win 12 games with as few turnovers as we had, was nearly impossible,” said Texas coach Mack Brown. “Turnovers are the difference.”

Texas set the tone on the first drive of the game. On UTEP’s third play, defensive end Sergio Kindle sacked quarterback Trevor Vittatoe, stripped the ball and defensive

Texas quiets crowd with historic win in Lincoln

By Chris Tavarez Daily Texan Staff On Saturday the women’s volleyball team did what countless others have failed to do: beat Nebraska at the NU Coliseum. History was re-written when second-ranked Texas took down No. 6 Nebraska 3-1.

The Cornhuskers won their last 82 matches in Lincoln, Neb., and hadn’t lost to the Longhorns at home since Nov. 4, 1988. Out of the 12 members of the team, only four were born by the last time Texas won at Nebraska.

“It has been a long time since we have been able to win here, and it feels good for our players,” said head coach Jerritt Elliott.

A traditional volleyball powerhouse, Nebraska handed Texas its first set loss in conference play, and battled the team all night long in front of 4,166 Cornhusker fans.

“This is such a tough place to play,” Elliott said.

“I thought we struggled for most of the match just trying to find our rhythm. It wasn’t easy. Nebraska does things the right way, and their fan support is unparalleled.”

The victory’s significance wasn’t lost on senior setter Ashley Engle, who wasn’t even a year old when the Horns last beat the Cornhuskers in Nebraska.

“It has definitely been one of our goals as a team to beat Nebraska at Nebraska,” Engle said. “We have not won here since 1988, and I was born that year. It has been a really long time, and that is because they have a great program, great fans and a team that always battles.”

LOUD continues on page 11

MEN’S SWIMMING

Multiple stars shine in men’s intrasquad meet

May Ying Lam | Daily Texan Staff

Running back Fozzy Whittaker scores for Texas in the 4th quarter on a 13-yard touchdown run.

tackle Lamarr Houston recovered at the UTEP 16, setting up Texas’ first touchdown.

“I got around the tackle, and once 1. Florida 14. Oklahoma again the quarterback was sitting State there waiting for me,” Kindle said.

2. TEXAS 15. Penn. State Even though Kindle would leave 3. Alabama 16. Oregon late in the second quarter with a 4. LSU 17. Miami (FL) shoulder injury and hold out for the 5. Boise State 18. Kansas rest of the game for precautionary 6. Virginia Tech 18. Georgia reasons, the Longhorns kept it up — 7. USC 20. Brigham Vittatoe and two other UTEP quar- 8. Oklahoma Young terbacks combined for just 44 pass- 9. Ohio State 21. Mississippi ing yards.

10. Cincinnati 22. Michigan Vittatoe’s first interception (he 11. TCU 23. Nebraska threw all four) was safety Earl 12. Houston 24. California Thomas’ first of two in the day. Tex- 13. Iowa 25. Georgia Tech as’ pass rushers collapsed the pocket and Vittatoe floated a long pass “I got on top of it and saw a little downfield. The under-thrown ball brown spot, and it fell right into my arrived just in time for Thomas to lap,” Thomas said. turn around and cradle it as he fell backward to the ground.

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By Tara Dreyer Daily Texan Staff Senior Ricky Berens and sophomore Jimmy Feigen pushed the Orange team to a 149.5-127.5 victory with three wins each in the men’s swimming and diving team’s Orange-White Classic on Friday.

Berens, the 21-year-old Olympic gold medalist, led off the meet with a win in the 100-yard backstroke in 49.28 seconds. Freshman Cole Cragin, who holds the national high school record in the event, finished second in 49.85 seconds for the White squad.

The White team then responded to Berens’ victory with freshman Nick D’Innocenzo’s in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 56.15. Feigen led Orange to its second win directly afterwards, when he finished the 100-yard butterfly in 48.92 seconds. Senior Hill Taylor finished behind Feigen by 100th of a second, earning the Orange swimmers a sweep of the top two spots.

But team White once again responded to Orange’s victory when sophomore Jackson Wilcox took the win in the 1000-yard freestyle, finishing in 9:37.40.

Berens and Feigen teamed up in the next two events, each earning their second wins of the day. Berens placed first in the 200-yard freestyle in 1:40.68 while Feigen took first in the 50-yard freestyle in 20.20 seconds. Junior Bryan Collins continued to pile on the points for Orange when he won the 200-yard individual medley in 1:51.24.

The White team answered during the 1-meter diving

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SOCCER

Longhorns open Big 12 play on the road with win, tie

By Laken Litman Daily Texan Staff This weekend the Longhorns (4-51, 1-0-1 Big 12) shifted their gears into sport-drive mode with a win and a double overtime tie to start Big 12 play.

The Longhorns (5-4-1, 1-1 Big 12) beat the Sooners 2-1 on Friday in their first Big 12 game.

“Points on the road are huge,” said Texas head coach Chris Petrucelli “Points are hard to come by on the road

so you are happy when you get any.”

Friday’s win was in large part due to Texas’ underclassmen. After 20 minutes of play, sophomore Kylie Doniak found the back of the net after freshman Becka Rivera faked a move at the top of the box and made the pass to Doniak. Doniak blasted the ball to the upper left corner of the goal to put Texas up 1-0. Doniak now leads the team with six points on the year (three goals).

About 10 minutes into the second half, the Sooners equalized when Whitney Palmer got through Texas’ back four and beat the goalkeeper. But, with the persistence and effort characterizing the team’s underclassmen, freshman Hannah Higgins scored UT’s game winner less than 10 minutes later.

“I think the young guys are starting to play really well,” Petrucelli said. “I thought Hannah finished her goal re-

ally well with great composure. Becka played extremely well and [freshman Kristin Cummins] also played well.”

Sunday night the Horns battled Baylor (4-2-3, 0-1-1 Big 12) in Waco.

The game ended in a 0-0 tie after two overtimes.

Neither team was able to put many scoring opportunities together in the first half, with each squad only tallying three shots. All three of Texas’ shots came from underclassmen.

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Drew Livingston tucks into his move during Friday’s Orange-White Classic.