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Football head coach Mack Brown will kick off the Red River Rivalry weekend by speaking at the Frank Erwin Center from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. He will break down last weekend’s loss to UCLA and give the audience an inside look into Saturday’s game.

an eye-opening experience about some of her peers. “It just kind of reminded me that there are a lot of people that don’t have hope,” she said. “I wanted to be here to just pray for those people for healing.” The Interfaith prayer service Wednesday night at the center echoed the students’ desire to

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Pulitzer Prize-winning author Paul Harding will speak in ACE 2.302 from 7:30-9 p.m. He won the prize in 2010 for his first novel “Tinkers.”

Ambassador on campus

Ambassador Robert Hutchings will present a free public lecture about American democracy and the end of the Cold War from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Bass Lecture Hall.

Flood relief

Fighting the flood will host their second all day drive to raise money for flood Victims in Pakistan all day at tables in front of the FAC.

Today in history In 1868 Louisa May Alcott published the first volume of “Little Women,” which went on to be a best seller.

Inside In News: Nobel laureate parties with the stars at RLM page 2

In Opinion: Controversial college rankings mislead readers page 4

In Sports: Texas volleyball secures win against Iowa State page 6

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Drink’s history dives deep into Chartreuse’s past page 10

On the web Visit dailytexanonline.com for more coverage on both the University Interfaith Council’s vigil and the Texas Exes Torchlight Parade.

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Quote to note “All I know is that for the next four years, I expect to make the PCL my home for its air conditioning, silence and ample privacy on the upper floors.” — Colton Tooley Former UT Student

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Spanish sophomore Sarah Macelroy and architecture junior Mona Miltenbeger pray together at the UT Tower on Wednesday morning to support one another following the traumatic events of the previous day. By Ahsika Sanders The Daily Texan Staff Students of all religious affiliations listened intently during the prayers of leaders from different denominations and united as they sang songs of spiritual uplift, at the University Catholic Center. Members of the University Interfaith Council co-hosted one of three vigils held Wednesday

to bring closure to students after Tuesday’s shooting. Hundreds of students also gathered in the shadow of the UT Tower on Wednesday morning to show solidarity through prayer in light of the shooting and to offer spiritual comfort at the University Catholic Center. With Bibles in hand, hundreds of students and Austin community members broke into groups

to pray for the campus at the morning vigil. “I know a lot of the kids that are here and I just want to be there for them,” said Miles O’Neal, a local youth pastor. Curious passers-by slowed their gait as the assembled students began to sing contemporary Christian songs. Biology senior Johanna McLendon said yesterday’s tragedy was

Library reopens to patrons while damages are repaired By Daniel Sanchez Daily Texan Staff The Perry-Castañeda Library was back to normal Wednesday, a day after math sophomore Colten Tooley died by suicide on the sixth floor of the building. There were no signs of the shooting that happened the previous day aside from the uncommon quietness of the fifth floor and postings around the building informing students that the sixth floor was closed. Advertising junior Hill Crawford was studying on the fifth floor Wednesday 30 minutes before a test for class. He said he always goes to the PCL to study — at least twice a week. But today, just walking into the building felt eerie. “You think about what went down while he was running through the halls with an AK-47 getting chased by police,” Crawford said. “It kind of puts things in perspective, knowing that can happen at any time, any moment. You never think it’s going to happen at your school.” Doug Barnett, chief of staff for UT libraries, said the sixth floor

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Psychology sophomore Bavly Khalil leans back as he studies on the fourth floor of Perry-Castañeda Library on Wednesday afternoon. was closed because some carpet and furniture was being replaced. There was also some damage to minor parts of the walls. Carpenters were working on the same floor of the incident, but Barnett said he did not know the extent of the damage. The sixth floor will reopen Thursday by noon with the corner where the shooting took place closed off.

Texas Exes spark campus spirit with torchlit march By Destinee Hodge Daily Texan Staff Students, faculty and staff paraded around campus Wednesday with torches held high and banners in tow to show their support for the Texas football team in anticipation of one of the biggest games of the season. The Texas Exes Torchlight Parade and Rally drew thousands of people to one of the most wellknown UT traditions. The parade began at the intersection of 25th Street and Whitis Avenue and made its way to the tower

via Guadalupe Street. The string of supporters monopolized the street as the Longhorn Band, along with numerous dance groups and students, marched their way to the stage at the foot of the tower. Texas Cheer, Texas Pom, the Roustabouts and various spirit organizations all took the stage to energize and entertain the audience. As various acts made their way to the stage, students snapped pictures of Bevo, the longhorn that serves as the school’s mascot.

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Barnett said going back to his office was an interesting experience. Tuesday’s evacuation happened so quickly that it was over before he had much time to think about it, he said. “Coming back was a bit odd because all the lights were on, all the rooms were open,” Barnett said.

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Classmates say gunman was helpful, intelligent By Aziza Musa Daily Texan Staff UT campus shooter Colton Tooley’s actions Tuesday morning — when he appeared on campus armed with an AK-47 — shocked friends at the University and former classmates at Crockett High School in South Austin. Tooley was known as an intelligent but reserved student. Biology freshman Deborah Alemu said the mug shot of the 19-year-old provided by the Te x a s D e partment of Public Safet y, w h i c h was featured in several media outlets this week, was not an accuColton Tooley rate portrayFormer UT student al of Tooley. She described him as harmless and always helpful to other students. Undeclared freshman Andres Chable said Tooley seemed to be a normal teenager. “I always knew that he wasn’t the most social guy, but what he lacked in social skills he made up for in brains,” said Chable, who attended public school with Tooley. “He was a great guy, and it is truly sad to know that he was pushed to the limit.” UT officials identified Tooley as the gunman who fired

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The House Committee of Natural Resources will host a panel discussion about upcoming legislative issues that will impact Texas at 7 p.m. at the Capitol Building.

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Walk-ins increase for UT counseling services By Audrey White Daily Texan Staff The UT Counseling and Mental Health Center has seen an increase in students seeking resources after Tuesday’s shooting, with 50 students calling the 24-hour hotline and 28 coming in for a walk-in visit by Wednesday night. Normally, about five students call the hotline and five students use walk-in services each day. Many students are likely to benefit from some kind of counseling, according to CMHC Director Chris Brownson. In addition to increased availability and services at the center, the Employee Assistance Program is expanding its efforts to reach faculty and staff. “In the first days afterward, people can become quite overwhelmed with emotions,” Brownson said. “Some of that depends on personal coping styles or past history involved in other frightening or traumatic events, which can trigger more intense reactions. There are a lot of reasons why someone might want to seek support.” Mental health specialists said they are concerned that other students at UT and through-

out the country may be likely to commit copycat suicides after hearing about recent events at UT. These kinds of events tend to happen in clusters, said Courtney Knolls, the executive director of the Jed Foundation, a college student suicide prevention advocacy organization. “When suicide happens in a public way, it can lead to other people thinking about attempting and completing suicides,” Knolls said. “We encourage schools to make sure they’re communicating the warning signs of suicide and offering the resources people might need if they’re struggling. Traumatic events can cause distressed people to be more distressed.” Students can call the center’s hotline, which operates 24 hours a day, or visit the office in the Student Services Building. Associate English professor Phillip Barrish was in the Perry-Castañeda Library when Tooley came into the building, and received counseling after giving a statement to the Austin Police Department. “I was brought down to APD to

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The Texas Cowboys set off the cannon as the football team strolled through an aisle created in the middle of the crowd. Texas head coach Mack Brown made an appearance at the event to rally the crowd. Brown said students should exercise safety in going to Dallas for the game. “Be careful driving there and back,� he said. “We’ve had a number of accidents [in the past].� Students showed an intense bond and appreciation for Texas tradition in light of both the recent UCLA loss and Tuesday’s shooting incident. “As far as the incident, you know the Torchlight Parade always brings out so many people who support UT football,� said Valerie Nguyen, Texas Exes Student Chapter president. “I think that this year, the rally might be more meaningful for the UT community to come together after such a traumatic event.� Students were fired up by the history between Texas and the University of Oklahoma. “I think they’re trying to get everyone pumped up, especially since we lost last game,“ said business sophomore Ben Thint. The first Torchlight Parade was held in 1916, but the alumni association stopped holding the event during the 1960s. The parade started again in the late 1980s and has been a part of the Red River Rivalry tradition ever since.

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Biology senior Mitzi Aguilar stirs liquid nitrogen into a bowl containing milk and a powder mix to create ice cream at the Natural Science Week’s Star Party on the Rooftop Observatory of Robert Lee Moore Hall Wednesday night.

Annual Star Party shines at RLM By Mary Ellen Knewtson Daily Texan Staff About 200 people stargazed and sampled liquid nitrogen ice cream on the roof of Robert Lee Moore Hall on Wednesday after listening to Nobel laureate Steven Weinberg speak about the history and theories of astronomy. “It’s a good night for a Star Party, isn’t it?� Weinberg said be-

fore launching into his lecture. The sentiment seemed unanimous. First timers and experienced astronomers alike expressed a sense of exhilaration at the sprawling Austin skyline and at the sights they were seeing through the telescope lens. The Natural Sciences Council hosts one “Star Party� every year, although the telescope on top of RLM is open to the public every Wednesday. The event is geared toward natural science undergraduates, said Jane Shin, community involvement chair of the Council and biology senior. The Council hopes to expose natural science students to different resources available to them, she said. “What’s not to like about it?� said premed senior Phil Julio. “An amazing view, telescopes,

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a band, lots of people.� Physics senior Travis AlvaraLast night was Julio’s first do said Weinberg’s lecture was time to visit the rooftop obser- interesting for a wide variety of vatory, and he said he plans on people. He attended Star Party coming back in the future. with his girlfriend, chemistry During his lecture, Weinberg sophomore Megan Barnett, who said much more exists in outer said it was a good date event. space than what people can ob“I’ve taken three-fourths of serve with current technology. my classes here and I didn’t “What we see in the sky is know about the observatory,� only a small portion of what’s Alvarado said. out there,� WeinJupiter was the berg said. most commonly Much of his observed object speech focused of the evening. on dark matter, It’s a beautiful sight Two telescopes which cannot be were pointed toto see Jupiter rising seen directly, but wards it — the can be inferred over the horizon on an 16� in the dome from gravitaautumn night and a 10� pertional effects. He sonal telescope like this.� said one-fifth of on the deck. the matter in the “It’s a beau— Jonas Miller universe is nortiful sight to Public affairs see Jupiter rismal matter, and graduate student ing over the hothe rest is dark matter. rizon on an au“It’s one of tumn night like the hottest topthis,� said pubics in physics and astronomy,� lic affairs graduate student JoWeinberg said. nas Miller. Biochemistry freshman Other attractions at Star ParPriscila Cevallos said she ty included free Subway sandwas pleased to have a No- wiches, free t-shirts and a live bel laureate as a professor at jazz combo with JJ Plasenher school. cio on bass and Ulrich Ellison, “It’s really amazing, the oppor- who received his master ’s detunities we get and the resources gree in jazz performance at UT, we have,� she said. on guitar.

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Thursday, September 30, 2010

T HE DAILY T EXAN

Mexico arrests 30 in border raids, seizes arms cache

The sun sets over two gas-fired balloons ahead of the Gordon Bennett Gas Balloon Race near Bristol, England Saturday.

Gulf drug cartel members lined up for public display to demonstrate progress

Rod Minchin Associated Press

Balloonists missing after storm By Raphael Satter The Associated Press LONDON — Coast guards are hunting for a pair of missing American balloonists last detected piloting their craft over the Adriatic Sea in rough weather, officials said Wednesday. Richard Abruzzo and Carol Rymer Davis were participating in the 54th Gordon Bennett Gas Balloon Race, an annual race in which teams of balloonists try to see who can fly the farthest from a set point on a maximum of about 35,300 cubic feet of gas.

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Abruzzo is the son of famed balloonist Ben Abruzzo, who was in 1981 part of the first team to cross the Pacific Ocean by balloon, and who was killed in a small airplane crash in 1985. Italian coast guards said a search was under way for the balloon, one of 20 that set off Saturday from the English coastal city of Bristol. Spokesman Lt. Massimo Maccheroni, said the last signal received from the balloon’s GPS was at 8 a.m. local time Wednesday. The signal showed the craft was off the coast of the Adriatic Sea.

like Texas, we cover a lot of ground

ࠢ࠶࠳ ࠢ࠳ࡆ࠯ࡁ ࠓࡆ࠾ࡀ࠳ࡁࡁ ࠷ࡁ ࠼࠽ࡅ ࠶࠳࠯࠲࠷࠼࠵ ࡂ࠽ ࠡ࠯࠼ ࠏ࠼ࡂ࠽࠼࠷࠽߯ ࠕ࠳ࡂ ࠯ ࡀ࠷࠲࠳ ࡂ࠽ ࠡ࠯࠼ ࠏ࠼ࡂ࠽࠼࠷࠽ ࠴࠽ࡀ ࡂ࠶࠳ ࡅ࠳࠳࠹࠳࠼࠲ ࠴࠽ࡀ ࠸ࡃࡁࡂ ߲ࠂ߾ ࡀ࠽ࡃ࠼࠲ ࡂࡀ࠷࠾߼ ࠐࡃࡁ࠳ࡁ ࠲࠳࠾࠯ࡀࡂ ࠔࡀ࠷࠲࠯ࡇ ࠯࠴ࡂ࠳ࡀ࠼࠽࠽࠼ ࠯࠼࠲ ࡀ࠳ࡂࡃࡀ࠼ ࠡࡃ࠼࠲࠯ࡇ ࠳ࡄ࠳࠼࠷࠼࠵߼ ࠢ࠶࠳ ࠱࠯࠻࠾ࡃࡁ ࠰ࡃࡁ ࡁࡂ࠽࠾ ࠷ࡁ ࠱࠽࠼ࡄ࠳࠼࠷࠳࠼ࡂ࠺ࡇ ࠺࠽࠱࠯ࡂ࠳࠲ ࠯ࡂ ࠘࠳ࡁࡂ࠳ࡀ ࠯࠼࠲ ࡂ࠶࠳ ࠡ࠯࠼ ࠏ࠼ࡂ࠽࠼࠷࠽ ࠰ࡃࡁ ࡁࡂ࠽࠾ ࠷ࡁ ࠯ࡂ ࡂ࠶࠳ ࠣࠢ߻ ࠡ࠯࠼ ࠏ࠼ࡂ࠽࠼࠷࠽ ࠲࠽ࡅ࠼ࡂ࠽ࡅ࠼ ࠱࠯࠻࠾ࡃࡁ߼ ࠔ࠷࠼࠲ ࠽ࡃࡂ ࠻࠽ࡀ࠳ ࠯ࡂ ࡅࡅࡅ߼ ࡃࡂ࠳ࡆ࠯ࡁ߼࠳࠲ࡃ߽࠾࠯ࡀ࠹࠷࠼࠵

Conditions in the area were reported to be poor, with rough seas and thunderstorms. Abruzzo and Davis have competed together in the past, finishing third in the 2006 America’s Challenge gas balloon race. Davis is a radiologist from Colorado who has previously participated in the race, her medical office said Wednesday. In a 2007 interview with Denver Woman magazine, she recalled competing in a race in 2004 alongside Abruzzo. “We raced through six hours

of drenching heavy rain — it was like the tropics. It poured into the basket. We were just soaked. It was heavy enough that it formed a little lake in the top of the balloon, so we pulled the valve and it would drench us,” she told the magazine. Richard Abruzzo’s sister-in-law, Sandra Abruzzo, of Albuquerque, N.M., said she had been told the balloonists had suffered “an issue with the electrical” components in the balloon, and speculated that the loss of contact could possibly be related to that.

By E. Eduardo Castillo The Associated Press MEXICO CITY — Mexican marines captured 30 suspected Gulf cartel members and seized an arsenal of weapons during two days of raids in a northern border state torn by drug gang battles, officials announced Wednesday. The marines, acting on intelligence obtained by the navy and other agencies, conducted the raids in Matamoros and Reynosa, two cities across the border from Texas in the state of Tamaulipas, Rear Adm. Jose Luis Vergara said. The troops seized more than 50 guns, two shoulder-fired rocket launchers, 21 grenades and ammunition. The 30 suspects, including one woman, were paraded before reporters at an air base in Mexico City, handcuffed and flanked by masked marines in black-and-white combat gear. They were lined up in front of a helicopter, the arsenal of weapons laid out in front of them. Despite the display, the navy gave no indication of how significant the arrests were in the government’s efforts to destroy the Gulf cartel, which is waging a bloody turf war in Tamaulipas with its former ally, the Zetas gang of hit men. Vergara said all 30 are believed to belong to the Gulf cartel but gave no details on their alleged roles in the gang. He

took no questions. Parading drug suspects in front of the media is a nearweekly ritual in Mexico that has come under increasing criticism from human rights groups. Last week, opposition politicians grilled Public Safety Secretary Genaro Garcia Luna about the practice during a congressional hearing, calling it propaganda meant to deflect the public’s concerns over the power of drug gangs. According to a report President Felipe Calderon gave to Congress this month, just 12 percent of criminal investigations under his administration have ended in convictions. Government figures obtained by The Associated Press earlier this year show that three-quarters of the drug suspects arrested since Calderon took office in late 2006 have been freed. Drug-gang violence has claimed 28,000 lives since December 2006, when Calderon deployed thousands of troops and federal police seeking to wrest territory from the drug lords. Since the split between the Gulf and Zetas gangs this year, Tamaulipas and neighboring Nuevo Leon state have seen some of the most horrific attacks, including the assassination of a gubernatorial candidate and several mayors and the August massacre of 72 migrants. In the latest violence, attackers threw an explosive at city hall in Matamoros early Wednesday, injuring three people, the federal Attorney General’s Office said.

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OPINION

Editor-in-Chief: Lauren Winchester Phone: (512) 232-2212 E-mail: editor@dailytexanonline.com Associate Editors: Viviana Aldous Susannah Jacob Doug Luippold Dave Player

T HE DAILY T EXAN

VIEWPOINT

GALLERY

Recognizing merit The 2009 fall freshman class at the University of Texas at Austin included 249 National Merit Scholars. The school ranked third in the number of Scholars it attracted, only two notches below Harvard and one above Yale. So how many National Merit Scholars were in UT’s 2010 fall freshman class? Just 50. The cause of the dramatic drop is not a mystery. This year UT stopped sponsoring National Merit Scholars with an automatic $13,000 disbursed over the course of four years, as the University had done since the early ‘80s and up until last year (though the University continues to fulfill its financial commitment to Merit Scholars who received the scholarship prior to its cut). As a result, fewer National Merit Scholars chose UT. Should an institution, particularly this institution, be recruiting National Merit Scholars with automatic financial aid? And what are the benefits of having National Merit Scholars attend UT in the first place? The first answer is no. The second answer; more complicated. Briefly consider how one becomes a National Merit Scholar: Every October, 11th-graders across the country have the opportunity to take the PSAT. If they score high enough — and the cutoff varies from state to state, putting some boarding school students at a severe disadvantage — they become National Merit semifinalists. Semifinalists are then looked at holistically, and most go on to be recognized nationally as National Merit finalists. From here, if a National Merit finalist receives any aid tied to their status, they become National Merit Scholar finalists. The label is a status attained initially by scoring well on a test. When discussing a limited and dwindling amount of financial aid, we’re hard pressed to see how, without other considerations, one score on one test in 11th grade makes someone nationally meritorious. To be sure, from any higher education institution’s perspective, Merit Scholars are desirable students. Usually, they stand out not just as Merit Scholars, but also are accomplished, driven students who motivate their peers and professors. More to the pecuniary point, a high number of Merit Scholars gives an institution a high ranking overall and makes other applicants consider the university more prestigious and worthy of their tuition, as you might have done when you read the second sentence of this editorial. But Harvard and Yale, two schools deemed prestigious because of the quality of students they attract, weren’t paying for their Merit Scholars to achieve those rankings. Also, UT’s peer institutions across the country — the University of Michigan and the University of California System — don’t sponsor Merit Scholars. But other high profile Southwest schools, Texas A&M, University of Texas at Dallas and the University of Oklahoma, do. And in reality, these are the schools many Texas college seniors, especially Merit Scholars admitted to UT, consider, because choosing them often means maximizing scholarship money. Some of these geographically comparable schools offer Merit Scholars vast amounts of money that made UT’s previous offers of $13,000 over four years look measly. The University of Oklahoma offers Merit Scholars $45,000 over four years plus a laptop and travel stipend. Do Merit Scholars need the money and will they refuse UT because they don’t get it anymore? Not necessarily. Merit Scholars are more often than not ineligible for need-based financial aid. According to Tom Melecki, director of financial aid at UT, only about 25 percent of National Merit Scholar Finalists apply for need-based financial aid. Moreover, the amount of money UT previously gave to a Merit Scholar over the course of four years, $13,000, on its own, represented a minimal part of the total to the cost of attending UT. So, Melecki says, in most cases, the absence of that aid sum probably didn’t prevent Merit Scholars from affording UT based on the standard methods of analyzing family finances. Melecki says the decision to cut the program hinged not purely on financial considerations. The program didn’t represent a large part of UT’s student aid budget. In the 2009 to 2010 academic year, UT granted slightly more than $3 million to Merit Scholars, a small fraction of the just under $500 million UT spends on all financial aid. No question, Merit Scholars add value to a freshman class and the University’s prestige overall, but the money used to lure them here should be spent on attracting high-quality students as judged by other measures. “We need to be careful about relying on a PSAT score as a definition of a meritorious student. We need to not tie up quite so much of our money to quite so narrow of a definition,” Melecki says, echoing comments President William Powers, Jr. has expressed on the subject. The cuts to the Merit Scholar program led to an immediate drop in the number of Merit Scholars from 2009 to 2010, but those cuts amount to a small incision in $56,955,824, the total amount of meritbased aid UT gives. That figure represents a liberal estimate, according to Tom Melecki, but undoubtedly students seeking merit-based scholarships have options. The caveat: To get a small chunk of most of that $56 million, a meritorious aid applicant’s financial need is taken into consideration, although no such qualification existed for the now-defunct Merit Scholar program. Even though large numbers of Merit Scholars create positive PR for the school and the National Merit Scholar who sits beside you in class arguably raises the academic bar to the benefit of all students, those advantages don’t merit directing scholarship money to the sole recruitment of students who scored high on an 11th grade test when the money could be spent better elsewhere. — Susannah Jacob for the editorial board

We prefer the A-list By Marc Nestenius Daily Texan Columnist Aggies love to cite every insignificant achievement they have over the Longhorns. It’s just too bad we don’t care about having the wooliest sheep or the whitest Super Mario jumpsuits. But when they start bragging about how The Wall Street Journal ranked Texas A&M graduates higher than those from UT, I take notice. To be precise, they made the second spot on the list, just behind Penn State. And The University of Texas at Austin? Not even ranked. Preposterous? Sure, but for the last two weeks friends over in College Station have had something substantial to wave in my face. Is this ranking for real, or does the Journal’s coverage need its own bailout? Let’s look at this three-page insult that was published on Sept. 13. “Recruiters like one-stop shopping for grads with solid academics, job skills [and] record of success,” shines the headline. Major corporations that employ graduates in all fields were asked to choose which schools produced the best hires. And by best, the surveyors referred to training, education and ability to succeed. The top five schools with the “best” graduates were ranked, in order, Penn State, Texas A&M, University of Illinois, Purdue and Arizona State. Wow, can you say D-list? Recruiters’ love for A&M graduates stemmed from the school’s “proximity to key operations.” I guess that makes sense. After all, College Station is the major hub of

both nothingness and boredom. I was forced to parse this ranking and find comebacks to the onslaught of Aggie remarks that I was receiving. I figured if anyone has anything to say about UT’s poor evaluation, it would be someone from the McCombs School of Business. (Seriously, have you talked to a business major lately? They speak in rankings, not English.) Dr. Matt Turner, market researcher for the business school, posted a scathing review on his McCombs blog that fiercely defended the UT undergraduate business program. He highlighted its No. 7 and No. 10 national rankings by US News & World Report and by Bloomberg Businessweek, respectively. “[The Journal’s recruiters’ ranking] flies in the face of everything we observe,” he writes. McCombs is in fact one of the most prestigious schools in the country, and since this survey encompasses all majors, I must note that the University of Texas, as a whole, is as well. But Texans have a knack for believing everything about them is the best and has no faults. Call it Dallas Cowboys-style fanaticism if you’d like. I had to wonder if a poor evaluation by major corporations, such as General Electric Co., warrants our own evaluation of this university.” “Brand new surveys, such as this one, are most liable to have problems,” Turner responded over an e-mail. “[The Journal provides] no school scores, or data points or anything with which to make comparisons.”

GALLERY

A quick gander at the Journal’s methodology does reveal some blatant flaws. Campus recruiters were given a list of schools to rank based on preferences. The rankings were then tallied and published. Come on, the AP college football polls are more elaborate than that. I contacted the article’s chief author, Teri Evans, about UT’s absence from the Top 25, but she revealed that the Journal cannot provide information from recruiters that hasn’t been published. But the Journal’s careers editor, Jennifer Merritt, commented that they “didn’t survey every employer and there’s no doubt [that the] University of Texas at Austin is a favorite of plenty of great companies.” OK, fair enough. Editors know how to flatter. But needing to rig the explanations for the ranking’s results, I came up with an alternate definition of “best.” Employers of big companies hire new graduates for two things — stapling papers and making coffee. Simply put, they need followers. And what better follower can you find than someone from a school that officially anoints a dog as the leader of its Corps of Cadets? You see, UT isn’t on this list because it doesn’t want to be. And if any Aggie comes up to me and even tries to tell me to take his or her claim of superiority seriously, I’ll just point to No. 18 on the list: Texas Tech University. Nice try A&M, but we like it on the A-list. Nestenius is an engineering sophomore.

THE FIRING LINE

Keep guns off campus

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I was on 21st Street yesterday morning and, like many people, heard shots fired from the direction of Guadalupe Street. When I started to realize what was going on, I decided to seek cover in the nearest building ... which was the PCL. I was standing in the foyer when the gunman entered and walked past circulation with his weapon clearly in view. Other people were in the lobby, just as there had been other people on 21st Street. Everyone initially seemed to be just as disoriented as myself. What I want to say is that once I began really to grasp what was happening, my most immediate fear was not of the gunman who had walked past me but instead of the possibility that some “right-to-carry” student, faculty or staff member would suddenly feel that it was his mission to take out the bad guy and would start waving his own gun around and possibly firing. That would have made an already frightening and dangerous situation even more terrifying and infinitely more dangerous — not only for those of us who were in and around the library but also for the police who showed up very shortly thereafter. Rather than demonstrating a need for students and others to be able to bring their guns on campus, as news stations report some people are already claiming, this event should become a rallying point for those of us who want to keep firearms as far away from our educational community as possible.

— Phillip Barrish Associate professor and director, Lower-division English program

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PRAYER: Faith groups unite

for hope in face of tragedy From page 1 pray for Colton Tooley and anyone that may have been affected. Jewish, Muslim, Mormon, Lutheran, Episcopalian and Christian religious groups came together to offer prayer, fellowship and understanding to students seeking solace after the shooting. Economics graduate student Ahmet Ali Taskin, president of the student chapter of University Interfaith Council, said the council focuses on creating

harmony among the different religions through understanding. “We want to form a coexistence and a co-understanding of the religions through interfaith events,� he said. The service opened with a hymn and a reading from the Jewish liturgy, followed by a passage from the Old Testament. There was also a reading from the Quran and the New Testament to represent every religious literature in the council. — Additional reporting by Destinee Hodge.

PCL: Gradual return to library

sees increased watchfulness From page 1 “That was kind of a strange feeling because you’re used to coming in and having the building closed up and lights off.� Barnett said he was just glad to see students felt comfortable enough to get back to studying at the library, although thinks it’s hard to anticipate what will happen once the sixth floor opens again. “At this point, I think there’s certainly more watchfulness and a sense of needing to be aware of their surroundings,� he said. “I

think other than that, we’re hoping it will get back to the general business of the University library and student community pretty quickly.� But for PCL security guard Russell Johnson, there was no real difference Wednesday compared to any other normal day, he said. After the morning, things got back to normal, he said. “This morning there was hardly anybody [here],� said Johnson, who was not at work during the shooting. “It was real quiet this morning.�

SERVICES: Mental health resources

help ease concerns after shooting

From page 1 make a statement, and at that point I spent a little time talking to a counselor from APD,� Barrish said. “I received a very thoughtful follow-up call today from someone with UT’s Employee Assistance Program, but I don’t feel I need to avail myself of further counseling. Anybody who is struggling with feelings about what happened yesterday should absolutely take advantage of opportunities for counseling.� Psychology junior Catherine

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Faig, who used the center’s resources in summer 2008 and fall 2009, said UT’s counseling programs are valuable for those reacting to any level of mental trauma. “Everyone I’ve worked with there is really nice and made me feel comfortable,� Faig said. “It’s very cheap and you don’t have to go through insurance, so if you just need to talk to someone one time, it would be great. And if they or you realize you might have something you need to work through more, they’re available for that as well.�

Media interest overwhelms campus By Collin Eaton Daily Texan Staff Soon after the news broke that a masked gunman was firing an AK-47 on campus, nearly every Texas television station and major newspaper sent reporters and photographers to cover the incident, swarming students and administrators with microphones and questions. The Associated Press sent articles to publications across the country and three editors from Baylor University’s The Lariat covered the event. UT spokesman Don Hale said his cell phone battery died for the first time in a long time. “I got to about 5 p.m. and this sucker was gone, that tells you about how many phone calls I took,� Hale said. Nick Dean, editor-in-chief of The Lariat, said he has covered similar stories such as the Fort Hood shooting, but UT ran an effective public relations operation. “The frenzy was more contained than I thought it would be,� Dean said. UT spokeswoman Rhonda Weldon said after her cell phone died, she couldn’t get a landline

Seen through the fence surrounding the tennis courts of Dobie tower, police cordon off 21st Street as they comb for evidence.

Caleb Bryant Miller Daily Texan Staff

because every building close to the site of the shooting was locked. Improvising, UT spokeswoman Cindy Posey, was assigned the job of answering calls for the rest of the day. A crisis management team formulated a response for the media with UT President William Powers Jr., UTPD and other UT officials. Hale said the media’s presence didn’t hinder the University

and police operations. However, Student Government Vice President Muneezeh Kabir said reporters were abrasive when questioning students, asking insensitive and loaded questions. “What really bothered me was watching news reporters track down students on campus,� Kabir said. “I remember this student had been evacuated out of the library into another building,

and a reporter asked her what building, and when [the student] said she didn’t know, the reporter said, ‘Well, aren’t you a UT student?’� Kabir said the worst instance was when a television reporter asked a group of students if they even knew the gunman had killed himself. “I thought, ‘Really, you’re going to say it like that?’� she said.

PROFILE: Classwork reveals student’s thoughts, gun interest From page 1 several rounds from an assault rifle on 21st Street, near the University Catholic Center, shortly after 8 a.m. Tuesday. Tooley then ran into the Perry-CastaĂąeda Library before he took his own life, authorities said. Class assignments written by Tooley and obtained by The Daily Texan show a fascination with the debate over gun control policy in the U.S. In Fall 2009, his first semester at UT, Tooley wrote a proposal for a research paper in an introductory rhetoric course that said arguments between his parents over the issue only piqued his interest in the firearm debate. “I’ve grown up in a household where my mother is absolutely appalled by guns, and my dad grew up with them out in rural

Oklahoma and sees them as an extraordinary part of life,� Tooley wrote in the proposal. The assignment required students to present an idea about a controversial, contemporary issue, and Tooley said he was most interested in researching public perception of gun control in the U.S. over the last 20 years, especially after the Columbine and Virginia Tech shootings. Tooley said he had read several books on the subject and watched films, including Michael Moore’s “Bowling for Columbine.� “I have also been to a few gun shows and learned what the people behind the counters, selling AR-15’s, Kalashnikovs, Berettas, etc. have to say on the issue, both by talking to them and by reading their T-shirts,� he wrote. He said in addition to news articles, he could use material distributed

by the NRA at the next gun show he attended. Tooley’s father, Dennis, declined to comment for this article. Colton Tooley was born and adopted in Houston and spent most of his life in Austin, according to a personal introduction he wrote. He described himself as “socially detached,� in another assignment. Acquaintances and classmates confirmed that he mostly kept to himself. Tooley said he had a cell phone that he used to check the time and never created a Facebook profile. Business freshman Arthur Garibay II said Tooley never really talked about his personal life. “A lot of people knew him as the guy who wouldn’t hurt a fly,� said Garibay, a graduate of Crockett High School. Twenty-three students from Crockett High School, including

Tooley, entered UT in the fall 2009 semester. Multiple students from that class who were contacted for this article declined to comment. Two members of Tooley’s graduating high school class began a Facebook group, “R.I.P. Colton Tooley,� to allow people to send their condolences to his family. The group had about 300 members by Wednesday night, and Garibay said the class wanted to hold a memorial at the school. “I’m starting here as a freshman majoring in mathematics with only a vague sense of what is in store for me,� Tooley wrote in his introduction to the class. “All I know is that for the next four years, I expect to make the PCL my home for its air conditioning, silence and ample privacy on the upper floors.� — Additional reporting by Daniel Sanchez

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Longhorns charge back in five ive sets

Bench helps team in win as injured starters sit

NCAA Football Texas A&M (3-0) @ Oklahoma State (3-0) Date: Tonight Time: 6:30 p.m. On air: ESPN

By Shabab Siddiqui Daily Texan Staff The Longhorn volleyball coaching staff may have expected the team to suffer from growing pains from the beginning of the season yet they likely did not expect the team to suffer as much pain — in the form of injuries and sickness — as it has thus far. Texas played Thursday night without freshman standout Ashley Bannister and junior libero and co-captain Sydney Yogi, both of whom have been big parts of the Longhorn squad. Bannister had taken hold of the starting outside hitter position in the last few weeks but was seen on the sideline with crutches. Junior outside hitter Amber Roberson started in place of Bannister. Roberson was the starter at the beginning of the season but struggled Shereen Ayub | Daily Texan Staff with timing and consistency. After Texas freshman Hannah Allison sets the ball for middle blocker Rachael Adams in the Longhorns’ 3-2 victory over Iowa State on Wednesday. a slow start Wednesday, she strung Adams notched six kills in the fourth set, leading the team in a comeback that culminated in the five-set win. together six kills in the last two sets and finished with 10 overall. Head coach Jerritt Elliott said the team will depend on performances like that from Roberson, especially as opponents continue to focus on the court. Our team did a really nice job Adams sparked a 6-2 Texas run with By Austin Laymance senior outside hitter Juliann Faucrebounding after game three,� Texas head a powerful kill that brought the crowd Daily Texan Staff ette and junior middle blocker RaTexas came alive in the fourth set of coach Jerritt Elliott said. “It showed a lot at Gregory Gymnasium to its feet. From chael Adams. there, the Longhorns took control and setWednesday’s match against Iowa State of character.� “We need to have that,� head “We had to coach more in that match than tled down after looking rusty in the first and rallied to win the match 3-2 (17-25, 25coach Jerritt Elliott said. “You win set — Texas had not played in a week. 16, 12-25, 25-15, 15-11), extending its win- we had in the entire season,� he added. on the pins. Amber rebounded reJunior middle blocker Rachael Adams The Longhorns dropped the first and ning streak to three games. ally well and her swings were a The match went back and forth all night, paced the Longhorns (8-4, 3-1 Big 12) with third sets to the Cyclones as they struglot more aggressive [toward the with no team winning back-to-back sets a career-high 18 kills while dominating gled with errors and had a few miscomend of the game] than they were until Texas secured the victory with a win the second and fourth sets. Her five kills munications in the passing game. in game one.� It was more of the same in the third set in the fifth after tying the match in the pre- shifted the momentum in the Longhorns’ favor during the second set as Texas batvious stanza. “It was a seesaw battle on both sides of tled back to tie the match at one apiece. WIN continues on page 7 INJURIES continues on page 7

Adams leads the way with career-best 18 kills

TAILGATING

FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK

Shooting incident distresses Brown, practice continues

Danielle Villasana | Daily Texan Staff

Biology senior Roxane Esfahani, left, holds the American flag while talking to supply chain management senior Jared Laake, right, at a tailgate party before the Texas-Wyoming game on Sept. 11.

Omega Psi Phi raises tailgating bar the kickoff, the brothers of the only African-American student tailgate team on campus get themselves up and prepared in enough time to reserve their beloved spot in the east parking lot of Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. Five a.m. sharp. No questions asked. No one is going to take the strip of

it’s what we love to do.� On any given Longhorns game day, you can expect to be served the best barbecue around at the Eta Theta tailgates. All of the food is complimentary, and options on the grill range from grilled chicken and hamburgers to sausages and hot dogs to almost any kind of meat you can think of. Ask around, and experienced tailgaters will tell you that the brothers of Omega Psi Phi can serve up As long as you have burnt orange on you can some of the best game day meals stop by and grab a plate. Even if you don’t, you around. Anyone is welcome to stop by and join in on the tailcan stop by and eat.� gating, and past guests have included everyone from officers of — Felton Charchere, Former chapter basileus of the UT Police Department, Travis Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. County sheriffs, UT faculty, staff, students and alumni alike. “As long as you have burnt ornus the going back to sleep part? land along Clyde Littlefield Drive ange on you can stop by and grab “Come early, be loud, stay late� is just west of Red River Street be- a plate. Even if you don’t, you a slogan that Texas football head sides the Eta Theta Chapter of the can stop by and eat,� Charchere coach Mack Brown brought with Omega Psi Phi fraternity. said. “We are constantly working him from North Carolina, but how “It’s an extension of our na- throughout the week to make many fans really do come early? ture,� said Felton Charchere, each tailgate bigger and better For the brothers of Omega Psi former chapter basileus of Ome- than the previous.� Phi, this has become a tradition ga Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. “We The group has been featured every Saturday that Texas plays a love to see people come out and TAILGATE continues on page 7 home game. No matter what time get excited about tailgating and By Andy Lutz Daily Texan Staff Ever wake up a couple hours early for your 8 a.m. class and have the glorious chance to go back to sleep for a couple hours before getting up to get ready for class? Can you imagine doing this on Longhorns game day, except mi-

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By Laken Litman Daily Texan Staff At 8:15 a.m. on Tuesday, Texas head coach Mack Brown got a text message like every other University of Texas student and faculty member saying that there had been a shooting on campus, and the whole school would be placed on lockdown. Brown was frazzled and told his staff to look up every one of his players’ schedules to see where they were on campus at that time and make sure they were safe. “We didn’t know if there was another shooter or four or five or a plot of an attack,� Brown said. “After 9/11 and after Virginia Tech, our imaginations can run away pretty quickly.� Once the coast was clear and school was released from lockdown, Brown called a team meeting to make sure all the players and coaches were okay and that they had called their families. But then it was back to work. “Everyone did a good job of saying, ‘Hey, it’s OU week and we gotta get back to work.

Everybody is safe and we hate that a young man is gone, but let’s try to get back to some normalcy.’� Brown said. There was thought of whether the team should practice, but Brown wanted his players back on the field, moving around instead of thinking about the morning’s incident. “It’s been a tough week because they’re down [from the shooting] and they are getting scrutinized from [the UCLA game] and we’re hard on them, too,� Brown said. “But we told them everything is going to be fine.�

Stopping the run: Take Two Last weekend, UCLA ran its zone-read attack all over the then top-ranked rush defense and the Longhorns missed 15 tackles, an uncharacteristic mistake. “You look at our first three games, we didn’t have that many missed tackles,� said

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SPORTS BRIEFLY Stoops indefinitely suspends Oklahoma receiver for tweets Oklahoma wide receiver Jaz Reynolds has been indefinitely suspended from the football team after he posted what head coach Bob Stoops called “insensitive remarks� on his Twitter account about a gunman who died by suicide on the University of Texas campus. On Tuesday Reynolds posted the message, “Hey everyone in Austin, tx.......kill yourself #evillaugh,� followed five minutes later by a Tweet that said “Everyone in austin, tx disregard that last tweet....y’all will mess around n do it lmao.� The account was deactivated Wednesday. Stoops said he is “incredibly disappointed that someone connected with our team would react so callously.� Coaches had high hopes for Reynolds after he caught 13 balls last year for 256 yards but has yet to step on the field this season. The native of Houston also sat out Oklahoma’s game against Air Force for academic issues and now will miss at least Saturday’s game between the eighth-ranked Sooners and No. 21 Texas in Dallas. “Our rivalry with Texas will not come at the expense of dignity and respect,� Stoops said in a statement. “We have great concern for what happened in Austin.�

Big 12 switches to round-robin style schedule for football Get ready for a look at the Big 12’s new round-robin football schedule. League athletic directors on Wednesday approved a nine-game conference schedule that will pit every team against the other, with no championship game. Since the league’s formation it has been split into North and South divisions, with six teams in each side and some clubs playing only every other year. When Colorado and Nebraska decided to leave, for the Pac-10 and Big Ten respectively, conference commissioner Dan Beebe began pushing for the new format. Compiled from staff and wire reports

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Saturday schedule:

11 a.m. Kansas at Baylor

2:30 p.m.

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Texas Tech at Iowa State

6 p.m. Danielle Villasana | Daily Texan file photo

UCLA running back Johnathan Franklin slips past a number of Longhorn defenders in last week’s game in Austin.

Georgia at Colorado

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From page 6 when Iowa State jumped out to an early lead, aided by a handful of Longhorns mistakes that led to a 13-3 run for the Cyclones. The Longhorns trailed the entire set and were in need of a spark as they moved on to the fourth. Texas came back with a vengeance in the fourth thanks to Adams and senior outside hitter Juliann Faucette. Adams again picked up the slack, tallying six kills as Texas rode a 9-0 streak to a 19-8 lead and put the Cyclones out of the game. “It’s a mentality. I think a lot of it had to do with the blocking schemes that we were doing,� Faucette said. “We are at our best when we focus in on what we have to do.� Faucette chipped in three kills to ignite the Longhorns and lead them into the decisive fifth set. “It’s all about that fifth set and coming out and fighting,� Faucette said. Texas fought and won over the crowd and the momentum after a long volley ended with another kill from Adams. With Gregory Gym closed Tuesday due to the campus lockdown, the team practiced at nearby Westlake High School with a decidedly different demeanor. “We tried to loosen the mood early on and let them have some fun,� Elliott said. Fun might not be a word commonly used by the head coach but it certainly worked on Wednesday night as Texas won its third straight conference game in preparation for an all-important road test against No. 3 Nebraska this Saturday. “We showed a lot of confidence when we were fighting and that has to be one of the traits we are going to continue to grow from to be a successful team throughout this Big 12 season,� Elliot said.

try and be an all-around player,� Faucette said. “It just comes down The team also played more than to where I am on the court at the half the match without Yogi due time, what I need to be doing at that to sickness. Yogi started the game point and doing it the best I can.� before handing over the black jerElliott said he was proud of how sey to freshman Sarah Palmer to the team reacted despite limited start the third set. personnel. Palmer finished “We knew [we] with 11 digs and didn’t have a lot two assists. of options,� Elliott Life comes at us and said. “Communi“Sarah played great,� Elliott said. cation is key, and we have to come “She’s really good [finding out] how together and fight.� and I don’t think to push them and even she under— Rachael Adams get them to react stands how good what my job is. Middle blocker is she can be. It’s a They were able to big responsibility respond to some of for a freshman to the things we talkput on that jersey because it’s a dif- ed to them about, and though some ferent feeling and a different sense of them were stern lessons, I’m of anxiety, and we got a great per- proud of them for responding.� formance from her.� Adams said it’s the team’s reThe team also got a solid back line sponsibility to respond regardless performance from Faucette, who of who is on the court. turned in her second-straight double“We just have to step it up,� Addigit dig performance with 11 digs. ams said. “Life comes at us and we “My focus this year has been to have to come together and fight.�

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Outside hitter Juliann Faucette returns an ISU ball Wednesday night. She finished with 11 digs.

TAILGATE: Brothers offer

food, drink to passerbys From page 6 by ESPN Films, the Austin American-Statesman and H-E-B Tailgate Team of the Week. Not to mention theirs is a Budweiser-sponsored tailgate team, so you can wash down all of your favorite meats with a nice cold one. Beer not your drink of choice? The guys have you covered with their very own margarita-making machine, with a blue raspberry flavor that will make your mouth look like you got a firsthand taste of Boise State’s notoriously Smurfish turf. So, you may ask, how many active members does it take to set up a tailgate of this caliber and feed over 250 people free of charge? Thirty? Forty? One hundred? Try four. Yes, that’s right, all of the food and drinks that are prepared and entertainment that is provided is the work of just four gentlemen of Omega Psi Phi. “It’s tough to only have a few

guys to help set everything up, but we’re committed and no matter what we’ll be out here at 5 a.m. every time,� said active member Roddrick West. “I didn’t even get a chance to sleep last night, so hopefully I’ll get a chance to take a quick nap after the game before we head downtown for our big UCLA weekend event.� Despite Texas’ disappointing 34-12 home loss to UCLA this past weekend, the Omega Psi Phi tailgate still drew fans in flocks and had great success with their postgame party downtown, a pajama-themed bash at Buffalo Billiards on Sixth Street. It is safe to say that the brothers of Omega Psi Phi, no matter how small their conglomerate, have mastered the art of tailgating. Next game day, if you still have a pit in your stomach from the Longhorns’ latest loss, try filling it with some of the best barbecue around with the Eta Theta Chapter.

DEFENSE: Muschamp prepares

for OU’s talented playmakers yards per game, having gained 483 yards on 105 carries with defensive coordinator Will seven touchdowns. Broyles has Muschamp. 41 receptions (next highest on If the defense thought han- the team is 16) for 482 yards, dling Bruins running back averaging 120.5 yards per game Johnathan Franklin was a chal- with four TDs. lenge, wait until this weekend when Oklahoma’s tailback DeYoung players not getting Marco Murray and wide receiver Ryan Broyles get their hands minutes Before the season started, on the ball. “[Oklahoma] has a lot of bal- Brown was confident many ance. The two things that jump younger players would see minout at you are the two play- utes on the field before confermakers — Demarco Murray ence play started. But that hasn’t and Ryan Broyles are outstand- been the case, as the only two ing players,� Muschamp said. freshmen that have had seri“They do a great job of getting ous playing time have been rethem the ball in space and let- ceiver Mike Davis, who is still questionable for Saturday with ting them make plays.� a knee injury, and defensive end Through these first four weeks, Murray is averaging 109 Jackson Jeffcoat.

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“We’ve been in too many tight situations, so we haven’t gotten to play some of the younger guys like we thought we would,� Brown said. Freshman linebacker Jordan Hicks was predicted to make an impact, but he, along with quarterback Case McCoy, receiver Darius White and a handful of offensive linemen haven’t gotten the chance to play much because the Longhorns haven’t been blowing teams out like they usually do this early in the season. “It worries me that we have not been in a position to play that many younger players,� Brown said. “They need to play more not only to help out this year, but for next year. We’re not getting that done like we’d like to get it done at this point.�

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Acting touches audience, vocals fall short in ‘Rent’ By Sarah Pressley Daily Texan Staff ZACH Theatre’s current production of “Rent� will leave audience members confused about whether or not they want to stick around for an entire “Season of Love.� While the show is filled with rock music and risque jokes, old fans of the musical may leave feeling as if something was lacking. “Rent,� a rock musical written by Jonathan Larson, follows a year in the lives of a group of friends as they struggle to survive, find love and make art in the Alphabet City of NYC, while simultaneously dealing with drug addiction, HIV and AIDS. The original production debuted on Broadway in 1996. Fans of “Rent� might be slightly disappointed by some of the voices in the ZACH Theatre production. Since almost every line in the play is sung, this is a big problem. The actors all have beautiful singing voices that will come across as just that for someone who has never seen “Rent� before. For old patrons though, many of the voices won’t seem to match the roles and will lack the grit and rock ‘n’ roll feel traditionally featured in the play. The actors portraying Roger Davis

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explains the blog, Accidental Hedonist. After being forced out the first time during the French Revolution in 1789, the recipe was smuggled out by monks, then back in by a benevolent stranger after the monks were arrested and finally returned to a Chartreuse monk in hiding. Not really knowing what to do with it or whether their order would ever return, he sold it to a pharmacist. Upon his death in 1816, the pharmacist’s heirs, who were just as confused by the recipe as the pharmacist was, returned it to the monks who had come back after being exiled. The second time the monks faced expulsion was after their distillery was nationalized in 1903. The monks fled to Tarragona, Spain where they began reproducing Chartreuse while another company marketed an allegedly bad faux-Chartreuse with their old still. The company flopped and filed for bankruptcy in 1929. Friends of the Chartreuse Monks bought up all of the shares and gifted ownership back to the monks. In more recent years though, the monks have begun to mass produce and distribute the liqueur in order to fund their lifestyle and work. An avalanche destroyed their distillery in Fourvoirie that they bought back in 1935. Since then, the monks have been producing and giving tours in Voiron while living and storing the 130 herbs and roots 16 miles away in La Grande Chartreuse.

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Chartreuse from Mediterranean Festival Returns French monastery brings sip of 1604 THIRSTY THURSDAY By Gerald Rich The three leading ladies of the movie “Death Proof� all sit around in a grungy Texas bar — the kind with old scratched-up wooden benches and neon Bud Light signs giving everything an unnatural tinge. “Shots!� the bartender yells as she gives the girls a shot glass full of an iridescent green liquid. “You know the rules. When Warren buys shots you have to take them.� Owner of the bar Warren, played by the movie’s director Quentin Tarantino, walks up and sits down with the women. After everyone takes a hard shot and writhes from the burn, one of the girls asks Tarantino what she drank. “Chartreuse!� he says, still

recovering from the shot. “The only drink so good they named a color after it.� While Tarantino was absolutely right, the 400-year-old liqueur is much more exotic and mysterious than that. “It’s become really popular among bartenders today,� said David Allen, Tipsy Texan blogger. “I know bartenders in New York who’ve got Chartreuse tattoos.� Not much is known about the liqueur, though, other than bits and pieces of its history. Made with 130 herbs, roots and leaves by Carthusian Monks who have taken vows of silence, only two monks know the entire recipe at one time. Chartreuse comes in a number of different varieties all based off of the original cryptic document the monks were mysteriously given, but most bars have green and yellow Chartreuse, with yellow being milder and sweeter at 80 proof relative to the green’s 110 proof kick.

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Waiter Trey Gerlich picks up a classic Mediterranean dish Wednesday afternoon at El Greco, located on 31st and Guadalupe streets.

Thousands expected to enjoy authentic food, traditional greek dancers annual St. Elias’ Mediterranean Festival. Named as one of Central Texas’ Top 10 Food Festivals by the Austin Chronicle and with more than 4,000 visitors every year, the Saint Elias Mediterranean Festival began in 1932 and WHAT: 78th annual St. Elias is one of the oldest and largest Mediterranean Festival WHERE: East 11th block between outdoor food festivals in Texas. It features food, wine, live muTrinity and Red River Streets sic and dancing from various WHEN: Oct. 1-2, 6 p.m.-midnight cultures and countries of the Eastern Mediterranean includWEB: mediterraneanfestival.org ing Lebanon, Palestine, Greece, TICKETS: Purchase at any Twin and more recently, Eritrea and Liquors location for $5 or at gate Romania.

By Kimberly Konwinski Daily Texan Staff Prepare to transport yourself this weekend to the lands where Hector and Achilles reigned supreme by celebrating the 78th

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Chartreuse, a mysterious liqueur made with 130 herbs, roots and leaves, is also known by its nickname, “The Elixir of Long Life.�

Authenticity is a point of pride in this festival, so to satisfy that craving for a home-cooked meal look no further than the Mediterranean festival, where recipes passed down from generation to generation are prepared for the masses from all over Central Texas. Some of the featured traditional dishes include gyros, kibbee, baklava, spanakopita and mici, but that’s just to name a few. “The Mediterranean cuisine is prepared by families that are of Lebanese, Greek and Middle Eastern descent using age-old

recipes and culinary passion. The cuisine made for 5,000 plus is made with care as if it was prepared for a Sunday afternoon family gathering for 12,� said David Jabour, president of Twin Liquors. In addition to the different dishes, shopaholics can get their fill at the festival marketplace and music enthusiasts might enjoy watching orthodox grooves unfold with special appearances by traditional Greek dancers as well as music native

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