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By Christian Corona Daily Texan Staff

This time last month, he was firmly entrenched as Texas’ starting quarterback. Now, Garrett Gilbert is leaving the Longhorn football program.

The embattled junior quarterback has elected to transfer after a little more than two seasons at Texas. Gilbert was 7-7 as the Longhorns starter and threw for 3,301 yards, 13

touchdowns and 23 interceptions while at Texas. But after getting replaced against BYU after throwing first-quarter interceptions and undergoing season-ending shoulder surgery 10 days later, Gilbert announced Wednesday that he had taken his last snap at Texas. He has received an unconditional release from his scholarship but has not decided where he will transfer.

“This was a very difficult decision

because I love the University of Texas and have had a great time playing there,” Gilbert said. “I can’t thank all of my teammates and everyone at Texas enough for all of their support.”

Gilbert won a four-man competition for the starting quarterback job this offseason, beating out sophomore Case McCoy, freshman David Ash and freshman Connor Wood, who has since transferred to the University of Colorado.

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is a terrific young man, and we are very appreciative of everything he has done for our program. Whatever school he decides to go to will get a guy who will work as hard as anyone and compete both on the field and in the classroom.”

Although he has not chosen a new destination yet, Gilbert was reportedly in Dallas on Wednesday

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By Nick Hadjigeorge Daily Texan Staff

The comedian and writer known for his deadpan comedy will speak from 7 to 8 p.m. in the Texas Union Ballroom. For an exclusive interview with Black, check out Life&Arts page 14.

In response to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board consolidating and eliminating “low-producing” degree plans, the Liberal Arts Council and Senate of College Councils will hold a forum beginning at 5 p.m. in the Gebauer Building Third Floor Conference Room.

He went 13-for-23 for 239 yards and a touchdown in Texas’ season opening win over Rice but could only lead the Longhorns offense to one first down in five drives a week later against BYU. Gilbert was replaced by McCoy in the second quarter and did not play at all when Texas faced UCLA. “We talked about his decision, and we all fully support him,” head coach Mack Brown said. “Garrett

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Bird Caviel speaks before a meeting of the General Assembly for Occupy Austin outside City Hall on Wednesday evening. The General Assembly, a leaderless decision-making group, met on the eve of Occupy Austin to discuss logistics for the occupation.

Austinites rally, ‘occupy’ City Hall Some inspired by Occupy Wall Street march, others question goals

By Aaron West Daily Texan Staff

The Occupy Wall Street movement, which began in early September in New York City’s Zuccotti Park as a protest against political and economic corruption, has been steadily gaining momentum and has spread throughout the nation and all the way to Europe. The movement finally reached campus with yesterday’s student walkout.

Austin’s own demonstration, Occupy Austin, will begin today at City Hall at 10 a.m.

Thousands have said they will attend the protest via the Occupy Austin Facebook page, a number that Lauren Welker, an Occupy Austin spokesperson, called unprecedented considering much of the planning didn’t begin until about two weeks ago. Welker said a core group of about 20 people, with

an enormous amount of help from others, used Twitter, Facebook and Livestream — social media tools that have become a staple of protests and revolutions worldwide — to get things moving.

“The idea sparked,” Welker, a geological sciences graduate student, said. “It was like ‘why not?’ It’s not just New York that’s affected by Wall Street; it’s all over the nation.

It’s here. Why don’t people go out to the streets and protest what’s going on? We can’t all afford to fly out to New York.”

Occupy Wall Street, now in its third week, has had a few runins with the New York Police Department, including a controversial mass arrest of approximately 700 when protesters took to the Brooklyn Bridge and disrupted traffic, according to a report by the Guardian. Welker said that they have been working with Aus-

tin police to make sure incidents like that don’t happen.

“We don’t want to break the law,” she said. “That’s not the purpose.”

The purpose of the protests, which have spread from New York City to Los Angeles to Austin and scores of cities in between, is a little harder to pin down, much to the annoyance of people who do not see the purpose. At the movement’s core, Welker said, is the discontent that many Americans share for political and economic corruption on national, state and local levels and the corporate influence that holds sway over many elections and policy decisions.

She said people are angry about how these issues are affecting society and particularly the lives and well-being of those that call themselves ‘the 99 percent’ — people who

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A group of approximately 40 students met at South Mall on Wednesday at noon and held signs advertising Occupy Austin while chanting slogans like “money for jobs and education, not for wars and occupation.”

Occupy Austin studentoutreach coordinator Jonathan Cronin said both social media and traditional tactics played a role in advertising Wednesday’s on-campus demonstration, called a walkout, in which student participants were encouraged to leave class in order to promote the cause.

Inspired by the ongoing Occupy Wall Street protests that began in New York City, activists have been organizing and preparing for the Occupy Austin protest, set to begin at 10 a.m. Thursday at Austin City Hall.

The Occupy Austin protests are based on the same message of criticizing the American financial industry through tactics similar to those being used in New York

City and will continue until no longer necessary, according to the website.

Finance le c turer D av id Miller attended the walkout and spoke with students about how to refine their message and participate in a successful protest.

“The students at UT should use their passion and intelligence to put forth positive and creative proposals,” Miller said. “The key is to find a solution to all of these problems you are talking about instead of just listing all of them.”

Geography junior Landre Wilson said he learned about the walkout while in class and learned of the Occupy Wall Street protests from the website Reddit. Wilson said he plans to attend the Occupy Austin protest.

Kirsten Bokenkamp, Communications coordinator for the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas, said her organization hopes to educate student protesters on their rights and responsibilities while they

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Lawrence Peart | Daily Texan Staff

Pre-med junior Joe Gailey stands in the South Mall on Wednesday afternoon as part of Occupy Austin’s campus walkout. The walkout was a preview of Thursday’s protest that will take place at City Hall.

Apple co-founder, innovator dies at 56 Transfer students not factored

By Aleksander Chan Daily Texan Staff

Apple co-founder and visionary Steve Jobs died Wednesday, Oct. 5, of pancreatic cancer, Apple announced. Jobs stepped down from his role as CEO of Apple in August, and the newest iteration of the company’s popular iPhone, the iPhone 4S, was revealed yesterday by new CEO Tim Cook.

Jobs, who co-founded Apple with Steve Wozniak in 1976, was perhaps the most high-profile and influential celebrity CEO since John D. Rockefeller. After being ON THE WEB: fired in 1985, Jobs returned The life of Steve to the computJobs in tweets, er company in video 1996 and ushbit.ly/ ered in a wave DTJobsStorify of advancements that would forever change how an entire generation of consumers would think about

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its relationship with technology and media.

In 2001, under the guidance of Jobs, Apple released the first-generation iPod. It was a thick, bricklike device that had a low-resolution black-and-white screen and five gigabytes of storage space. At the time, it was only compatible with Macintosh computers and retailed for $399.

Ten years later, the current iPod model, the fourth-generation iPod

Touch, is comprised of a glossy touchscreen display, can hold up to 64 gigabytes of data, can record and play back high-definition video and features a front-facing camera for video conferencing over the Internet. IPods currently make up 78 percent of the portable music player market share.

The speed at which new developments came from Apple under

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into graduation rate statistics

By Liz Farmer Daily Texan Staff

The UT System measures efficiency by calculating the number of students who complete a degree exclusively at specific institutions, but this approach does not account for transfer students.

State pressure is on public universities to improve efficiency by increasing the number of students who receive degrees in four years or less, said UT-El Paso president Diana Natalicio. She said an alternative to using graduation rates as a metric is tracking students’ progress through different institutions to determine the number of students who complete a degree.

Natalicio said last week that 70 percent of the students who graduate from UTEP do not count in graduation rates because they did not attend the university from the

beginning of their higher education experience.

“So much of what is happening right now in the name of productivity and efficiency comes from a misunderstanding of what’s happening on the ground,” Natalicio said.

In 2006, 11 percent of UTEP students graduated in four years, according to a UT System document.

Natalicio said some UTEP students transfer from the university to UT Austin or universities in New Mexico and California. Based on graduation rates transfer students would not factor into the efficiency figure for the UT System institution in which they are enrolled.

“What we see is a population of students who have a different goal, to use the enrollment at UTEP as a stepping stone,” Natalicio said.

Natalicio said students who

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Three UT science instructors plan to spend the summer avoiding oil spills and direct interferences with the natural ecosystem while studying sediment samples in the Arctic Ocean.

Marine science professor Ken Dunton will lead a group of 10 researchers in a study about the Hanna Shoal ecosystem in the Chukchi Sea off the northwestern coast of Alaska next summer. The study

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Dunton said the system supports a high level of productivity based on the large number of organisms.

“Our main objective is to gain a better understanding of the biological, physical and chemical processes at work in the northern Chukchi Sea and the role of those processes in regulating extremely high productivity of that system,” Dunton said. “The great variety of organisms that inhabit the northern Chukchi Sea shows that is a highly productive ecosystem. It is a place of congregation for organ-

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around Hanna Shoal, located in the northern Chukchi Sea, to be a rich ecosystem,” Schonberg said.

Steve Lanoux, assistant director of the Marine Science Institute in the College of Natural Sciences, will also join the group of researchers. Lanoux said the team will use a variety of methods to collect their information.

He said the group will use baseline data to continuously analyze the section of water they plan to explore and determine what type of outside influences affect the sea.

morning watching a Southern Methodist University practice. Gilbert, who will continue to take classes at Texas this fall, could fit in well at SMU. Griffin Gilbert, his younger brother, is a high school senior and will be playing in nearby Fort Worth when he suits up for Texas Christian University next year, and SMU head coach June Jones runs an offense that showcases its quarterback, allowing him to throw 30-40 times per game. Should Gilbert eventually enroll at SMU, he would face his brother when the Mustangs play TCU on Sept. 29 next season.

“I just think I’m at a point in my life where I need a fresh start,” Gilbert said. “I’m excited to focus on getting my shoulder back to 100 percent and to decide where my next step will be, but I will always be thankful for my opportunity at Texas and be pulling for all of my friends and family in the Longhorns’ program.”

A two-time state champion at Lake Travis, Gilbert was one of the most highly touted players coming out of high school in 2009, checking in as the second-best quarterback prospect, according to Rivals.com and ESPN. He spent most of his freshman season backing up Colt McCoy, but after the all-American went down with a stinger in the 2010 national title game against the University of Alabama. Gilbert stepped in for his first meaningful playing time as a Longhorn and delivered two touchdown passes to Jordan Shipley, bringing the Longhorns to within three points of the Crimson Tide in the fourth quarter. But Gilbert committed turnovers on each of Texas’ final three posElisabeth Dillon | Daily Texan file photo sessions, and Alabama triumphed 37-21.

Garrett Gilbert attempts a pass during the Longhorns’ 34-9 win over Rice on Sept.

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Because of the promise he showed in that game, expectations were high for Gilbert and his team coming into the their first losing season since 1997, with Gilbert throwing 10 bert is done at Texas. Whether he will be remembered for his 2010 season as Texas found itself among the top five teams in touchdowns and 17 interceptions. valiant effort against Alabama or for a poor 2010 season rethe preseason polls. But the Longhorns posted a 5-7 record, After a tumultuous beginning to his junior season, Gil- mains to be seen.

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“I have to focus on degree completion because I can see that by doing what we’re doing we increase the number of success stories in El Paso,” Natalicio said.

She said community colleges give students the opportunity to earn college credit and spend less money, but UTEP is penalized for efficiency because these students are not counted in graduation rates.

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Dunton also said the group is interested in whether or not climate change affects the ecosystem, as well as diversity in the seabed.

Susan Schonberg, a Marine Science Institute research scientist associate who will accompany Dunton for the study, said she has been working in Alaska for more than 30 years, and the area they will research is especially rich in species diversity.

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JOBS continues from PAGE 1 Jobs’ command helped create a culture of commerce that values immediacy. In addition to its nearly annual refreshment of its product lines, which includes iPods, laptop and desktop computers, tablets and mobile phones, the launch of the iTunes Store in 2003 dramatically shaped how the entertainment industry entered the digital age.

More importantly, Jobs made the crucial distinction that entertainment and technology are inherently tied to each other by the Internet.

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“I think the stated goal from all ranks of government is in seeing more Texans earn a college degree,” Sullivan said.

In 2006, 18 percent of UT-Arlington students graduated in four years. She said the measurement of UT-Arlington’s efficiency is deceiving because graduation rates don’t include the students who transfer into the university. Sullivan said UT-Arlington successfully incorporates different paths for students to complete a degree, but there are issues when efficiency is not measured to reflect these paths.

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In one of the first ads for the iPhone — the first to feature the FaceTime video conferencing technology — a mother and her newborn child conference call with her husband, who is away for work; grandparents get to see their granddaughter’s graduation; and a couple are able to use the camera to speak to each other in sign language. Jobs blurred the distinction between living with technology and living through technology — an inspiring, effective touchstone of a brilliant career.

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Occupy Wall Street protesters march towards Zuccotti Park in New York’s Financial District on Wednesday.

Union, students join Occupy Wall Street

By Angela Charlton The Associated Press

NEW YORK — Unions joined the long-running protest against Wall Street and economic inequality Wednesday, with their members adding protesters in a Manhattan march as smaller demonstrations flourished across the country.

Protesters in suits and T-shirts with union slogans left work early to march with activists who have been camped out in Zuccotti Park for days.

“We’re here to stop corporate greed,” said Mike Pellegrino, an NYC Transit bus mechanic from Rye Brook. “They should pay their fair share of taxes. We’re just working and looking for decent lives for our families.”

The protesters have varied causes but have spoken largely about unemployment and economic inequality and reserved most of their criticism for Wall Street. “We are the 99 percent,” they chanted, contrasting them-

selves with the wealthiest 1 percent of Americans.

S ome of the union members traveled from other states to march.

Karen Higgins, a co-president of National Nurses United, came down with a group of colleagues from Boston. She said they had seen patients who skipped important medical tests because they couldn’t afford them.

“Tax Wall Street,” she said.

“Those who make all the money need to start paying their fair share.”

The Occupy Wall Street protests started Sept. 17. Since then, hundreds have set up camp nearby in Zuccotti Park and have become increasingly organized, lining up medical aid and legal help and printing their own newspaper.

Several Democratic lawmakers have expressed support for the protesters, but some Republican presidential candidates have rebuked them.

On Tuesday, CBS reported that former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt

Romney called the protest “class warfare” at an appearance at a Florida retirement community.

Activists have been showing solidarity with movement in many cities: Occupy Providence. Occupy Los Angeles. Occupy Boise.

Many of those protesting are college students. Hundreds walked out of classes in New York, some in a show of solidarity for the Wall Street movement but many more concerned with worries closer to home. Protests were scheduled at State University of New York campuses including Albany, Buffalo, Binghamton, New Paltz and Purchase.

Some protesters were recent graduates looking for work, including Rachelle Suissa, who held up a sign in Manhattan that read: “I have a 4.0 GPA & $20,000 in debt. Where’s my bailout?”

The 25-year-old Brooklyn woman said she has applied for at least 200 jobs and is finding it difficult to remain optimistic.

“I don’t understand what’s going on here,” she said.

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Clinton says Tuesday’s defeated resolution means the Security Council failed in its responsibility to maintain international peace and defend civilians.

Without mentioning either country by name, she criticized Russia and China on Wednesday for failing to stand with Syria’s protesters for a single day in a single city, while they brave the streets every day to voice their opposition to Bashar Assad’s regime.

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It’s Oct. 6 and OU still sucks In the spirit of our friendly rivalry with the University of Oklahoma, the editorial boards of The Daily Texan and The Oklahoma Daily have exchanged editorials. In anticipation of Saturday’s football game, both editorials are running in Austin and Norman today.

Oh you sweet, stupid OU,

Dear Longhorn fans,

Looks like we have a pretty tough game university only survives by stealing from Texcoming up. I mean, facing an experienced as, we look forward to the announcement of quarterback is daunting enough, but when OU’s own cable channel and all the exciting you add the best wide receiver in the na- potential content it will air. We’re sure “Teen tion into the mix, we’ll really need to be at Wife” and “Sister Swap” will hit home with our best to pull out a win. But enough about the locals.

Oklahoma State. This weekend we’re playing In the meantime, a lot has been made of your team, which means it’s that special time the potential profits surrounding conference of year where we travel to Dallas to eat fried realignment. With our sister school A&M food, mingle with your fans and ask, “What is moving to the SEC to do whatever it is they that smell?” do over there, the future of the Big 12 is unThere’s no other way to put it: Last year we certain at best. were a pretty bad team, But we’re glad Texas and OU but anomalies do haphave stuck together. I mean, it’s pen. After all, Landry so hard to find a good plumber Jones has all his teeth. these days.

We’re coming into the There’s just something engame as the underdog, dearing about our rivalry, You need us, just like but we think that we something that we’re glad won’t may just have the squad fall prey to conference realignevery underdog needs to pull the biggest upment. We can’t quite put our an opponent who clearly finger on it. Maybe it’s the way set since your university was accredited.

OU fans sounds like Lou Holtz outmatches it — you Remember that time after their third corndog (reknow, like Rocky Balboa member, chew!). Or perhaps Colt McCoy and Jordan Shipley beat you guys a the way your caravan of and Apollo Creed or the it’s lot? Yeah, we’ve got anmobile homes will triple the SAT and you. other one of those. Sorry. population of every town with Congratulations on fia Cracker Barrel on I-35 this nally ending your nineweekend. Or it might just be year BCS bowl draught that adorable face Bob Stoops by winning the Tostitos makes when he’s confused.

Fiesta Bowl, which is fitLet’s just face it: We’re in a ting because your state symbiotic relationship. Sorhappens to have all the flavor and personality ry, big word, let me explain: You need us, of a tortilla chip. We used to say jokes such as just like every underdog needs an opponent “Why can’t Sooners eat cereal? (Because they who clearly outmatches it — you know, like always choke in bowls!)” But we’ll cut that out Rocky Balboa and Apollo Creed or the SAT now you guys are legitimate again. UConn’s and you.

Division I, right?

And UT needs OU just like every small From the vantage point of those stuck in town needs an addict loitering outside the Norman-Bosnia-Herzegovina, things in Aus- corner store, serving as a cautionary tale tin must seem amazing, but the truth is times for parents to tell their children: “Do your are as tough here as they are anywhere else school work so you don’t end up like ol’ Rhett in the nation. Recently our newspaper’s head- over there.” lines have been dominated by talks of state Are we forgetting something? Let’s see: funding and budget cuts. Now we don’t mean Dental hygiene, Rhett Bomar, ESPN deal. to confuse you Sooners so let us explain. Oh yeah!

“Budgets” are a financial planning device You suck. used to manage your money. “Money” is that And now if you’ll direct your attention to green stuff that you leave at casinos. the other side of the page, enjoy this year’s Luckily, we found a new alternative source winning entry in the annual Pottawatomie of revenue by establishing our own UT-cen- County essay contest titled “Things we looked tric television network, which will bring in up about UT on Wikipedia.” $300 million from ESPN. Knowing that your — The Daily Texan Editorial Board

It’s early October, which means it’s U-Verse, DirecTV and Dish Network want once again time to leave that insulat- nothing to do with enthralling programming ed bubble of pompous pretension you such as “Rewind with Mack Brown,” “Game call a state capital for a trip to the Red Plan with Mack Brown” and “Longhorn LegRiver Rivalry. ends,” Mack Brown’s roundtable discussion That’s right, hipsters, it’s time to wax that program with a rotating selection of paroled ironic mustache, point the ol’ fixed-gear bicy- Longhorn greats. cle north on I-35 and get ready for a frenetic But what would the shortsighted powweekend spent sipping wine coolers under ers-that-be at every major cable prothe bright lights of Dallas. vider in the nation know about quality Most of all, it’s time to prepare yourselves programming, right? for the dejection you’ll feel Saturday afterYes, the network has been a topic of heated noon after once again having your asses hand- debate across Big 12 country, but in Nored to you by a better-coached, man, we’re proud to say more talented team in crimson we haven’t had many and cream. complaints, even when it We Sooners love everything came to plans to air highabout the lead-up to the Red school football highlights River Rivalry. The anticipation and thus gain a potential felt in Norman is akin to how ... We think it’s quaint leg up in recruiting. you’d feel Christmas Eve if you Up here in Sooner the Longhorns enter knew you’d be waking up the country, it’s clear you next morning to compete with guys need all the help you Saturday’s matchup your slower, weaker and lesscan get when it comes to attractive sibling for presents. keeping your best prosundefeated ...

But as we all know, a trip pects from wising up and to the big game is about more donning crimson when than an athletic competition they graduate. for both universities.

We’re confident the For Longhorn fans, it’s the tradition of a team that opportunity to mingle with has won seven national your grotesque brethren at the world’s largest championships and seven Big 12 championgathering of the fat and the stupid, otherwise ships north of the Red River stacks up rather known as the Texas State Fair. nicely against a television network nobody For Sooner fans, there’s the opportunity to is watching. laugh in your faces as you experience heartRegarding your team’s play four games into wrenching sorrow and shame on your own the season, we think it’s quaint the Longnative soil. horns enter Saturday’s matchup undefeated See? Good times all around. after refusing to let losing to Iowa State beOn a more serious note, we Daily staffers come a pattern. We were worried for you; we are glad conference-realignment talk seems really were. to have settled down for the moment and the Keep up the good work, and you may even fate of this great rivalry no longer seems to be return to a bowl this year. Why, we don’t think in jeopardy. a trip to the New Era Pinstripe or — dream As much as we dislike your fans, your big — perhaps even the Meineke Car Care excrement-orange attire, your governors- of Texas Bowl is out of the realm of posturned-presidential-candidates both past and sibilities for your unlovable, ragtag group present and your state’s unjustifiably inflated of underachievers. sense of importance in a national context, we Best of luck Saturday, and we know we hated the thought of not being able to tell you speak for all of Sooner nation by saying it’ll be as much to your faces at least once a year. a pleasure to see your half of the Cotton Bowl Yes, despite your best efforts to submarine empty out once your overmatched team fails an entire conference with the vainglorious miserably and the game gets out of hand.

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WALKOUT continues from PAGE 1 protest Thursday at City Hall.

“We are recommending that people document their interactions with city officials, make a record of who they spoke with and what they were told, keep copies of all permits and relevant documents,” Bokenkamp said. “We are reminding people that they are free to take photographs or videos of groups, including the police.”

Cronin sent out a Twitter announcement Sunday regarding the walkout, in addition to announcing it at a Tuesday night general assembly meeting.

The logistics and goals of the demonstration have been the focus of Occupy Austin’s general assembly meetings, which began last Saturday evening and extended through Wednesday evening.

David Ring, the representative for Occupy Austin’s local action committee, said the

Diana Pate, right, rallies protesters during the Occupy Austin campus walkout on Wednesday.

Pate said she attended the protest in order to become “part of the solution to corruption on Wall Street.”

goal of the general assemblies is to construct a platform that reflects the grievances of people in Austin as well as support the Occupy Wall Street protests.

The general assembly meetings use a consensus-based process in which the audience participates by approving or rejecting the presented proposals, asking questions and reminding the speaker to speed up their proposal. Tuesday’s general assembly meeting dealt with many issues such as organizing the supply of first aid, preparing for possible arrests during the protest, organizing transportation around the city for protesters and organizing educational presentations for people to learn about the movement.

“The process is tedious, but we’re trying to figure out why we’re all here,” Ring said. “We’re here to make a difference and to get this protest off the ground.”

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don’t, according to People for the American Way president Michael B. Keegan in an article for the Huffington Post, have access to 25 percent of the nation’s earned income and 40 percent of its wealth, which is held by 1 percent of the country. Accusations such as these have prompted counter-accusations of ‘anti-capitalism,’ ‘socialism’ and declarations of class warfare from some, especially on the far right, but Welker said that isn’t the case.

“We love America,” Welker said. “That’s one thing I think is really important that everyone should understand. This is a ‘stop screwing us’ movement.”

‘Stop screwing us,’ however broad or vague an file photoa charge, hasn’t failed to resonate with those who are taking to the streets. The protesters, Welker said, know that the current situation “needs to change.”

“I would describe [Occupy Wall Street] as an expression of frustration, of unhappiness with political and economic systems,” said journalism professor Bob Jensen. “It’s not simply a critique of an individual politician or an individual CEO. It’s a recognition that our economic and political systems are fundamentally broken.”

For its part, Occupy Austin tried to cap-

ture the frustration while being mindful of the diversity of opinions with the group’s mission statement that was presented and passed out at Tuesday evening’s general assembly at City Hall. About 100 Austinites, old and young alike, attended the meeting where protest logistics were worked out.

It was the sixth general assembly since last Thursday’s kick-off gathering at Ruta Maya where about 500 people attended. The mission statement reads: “We stand in solidarity with our brothers and sisters who occupy Wall Street and occupy around the world. We are dedicated to non-violently reclaiming control of our governments from the financial interests that have corrupted them. We demand that our public servants recognize the people are the supreme authority.”

According to the Mission and Values group, one of 30 sub-groups that Occupy Austin is divided into for organization and efficiency’s sake, the aim of the statement was to balance inclusivity with specificity.

“We’re very much about involvement,” Welker said. “It’s important for all the ‘Occupied’ movements across the nation to stand in solidarity. In Austin, we hope to make it

look as inviting and inclusive as possible.”

With such a large number of people involved, protesters have had difficulty in coming up with petitions and goals. This conundrum, despite the movement’s intentions, has led to ambiguity — for better or for worse.

On one side, people see the protesters’ amorphous agenda not as a sign of uncertainty but as reflective of a predicament too complicated for any one demand to address. Welker said the name ‘Occupy Wall Street’ says it all — no specifics necessary at this point.

“I think the idea behind the movement is pretty clear,” Welker said. “It didn’t start off as ‘Occupy Central Park’ or ‘Occupy Union Square.’ It’s Occupy Wall Street. In the broad scheme of things, it’s a movement based off of the financial corruption of our government and corporate greed. It’s to get the conversation started. That’s the point — right now, there’s not even a conversation.”

But for many, including some of the organizations and political entities that the protesters are confronting, the lack of specific demands has led to criticism and confusion. There are those who write the Occupy

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protests off as little more than, as Fox News recently opined, “another disorganized and liberal whinefest.” Others, while not dismissive, are treading cautiously.

Austin City Councilman Chris Riley said that he’s not sure what shape the group’s objectives will take or how events will unfold over the coming days. That’s not to say the city council isn’t paying attention, he clarified. Riley said that people taking part in the democratic process is a good thing.

“I’m interested to see what goals emerge from this process and how the individuals involved plan to achieve those goals,” he said.

Riley’s outlook rings true with many would-be protesters, too. Laurel Sullivan, a local biologist said that she’s interested to see what Occupy Austin’s goals are before she lends her support.

“Political discussions can go on for centuries,” Sullivan said. “And that’s healthy.

But for me, to have a protest, it seems there should be goals. I don’t really have time to come march around because I’m pissed off.”

Occupiers sympathize with views like Sullivan’s. After all, they also realize that eventually, they’ll have to answer the “demand for

demands,” said Kate Houston, a philosophy senior. Houston, who plans on protesting downtown, said that for now, actually going out and doing something rather than just talking is good enough for her. But without concrete goals, she acknowledged, the movement risks fizzling out, or worse, getting coopted by someone who could use Occupy Wall Street’s energy for its own gain.

“I’m just worried that the same thing is going to happen that happened with the Tea Party,” Houston said. “Like a mainstream media outlet or political pundits taking over rather than it staying a grassroots movement. I really hope it doesn’t. I guess time will just have to tell.”

Jensen agreed that energy without direction has an expiration date, but that doesn’t mean those who are on the fence about helping should sit back and wait to see what happens.

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Nonprofit gets grant to assist homeless

By Kayla Jonsson Daily Texan Staff

The Texas State Affordable Housing Corporation is attempting to prevent homelessness in Austin through a $50,000 grant to the nonprofit organization Green Doors.

Green Doors strives “to end homelessness and poverty housing for those working to achieve independent living in Central Texas,” according to the group’s website. Those who qualify for the program include the disabled as well as residents earning less than $22,150 a year — 30 percent of the area’s median family income.

The corporation chose Green Doors to receive the grant because of the support it offers residents, said executive vice president Liz Bayless.

The funding will provide help for 60 residents of Green Doors’ permanent supportive housing by financing renovations for the interior and exterior of the apartments.

“Green Doors has been able to assist individuals and families struggling with or at risk of homelessness by providing quality afford-

able housing,” Green Doors executive director Frank Fernandez said.

“Unfortunately, funding for supportive services has greatly diminished at the state and local level.

This grant from TSHAC will allow us to continue to meet the needs of our residents.”

Sen. Kirk Watson, D-Austin, a longtime supporter of Green Doors, participated in the presentation of the award.

Watson said help must be given to those with financial struggles because poverty is “getting close to home.”

“In these tough times we forget that our very close loved ones — family members, friends and neighbors — are sometimes just a step away from economic troubles,” Watson said.

Bayless said on any given day, there are about 5,000 homeless people in Austin.

“This can seem overwhelming, but through programs like Green Doors we are working toward a solution,” she said Bayless said the renovations funded by the grant help residents who cannot afford remodeling live in a

Ryan Wilson | Daily Texan Staff

Liz Bayless, vice president of the Texas State Affordable Housing Corporation, left, presents a check to Frank Fernandez, executive director of Green Doors. The TSAHC and Green Doors are fighting to prevent homelessness in the Central Texas area.

more comfortable environment. was not in good shape,” Fernan- is working on a garden.” award to Green Doors and to pro“When we came [to Trea- dez said. “[Green Doors] put in Bayless said corporation mem- vide healthier living accommodaty Oaks Apartment Complex] it new floors and light fixtures and bers were excited to present the tions for residents.

West Campus to expand student housing opportunities for fall 2013 semester A total of 622 new beds will be available to students in West Campus for the fall 2013 semester, according to an official from the University’s realty group.

The site, located where the 120-year-old Wooldridge Hall stood until this summer, will contain a high-rise apartment complex built by Education Realty Trust Inc., said Amy Wanamaker, director of campus real estate.

While the University will continue to own the land, the building will be handled by the realtors, and the University will make only a small

profit, she said.

“It’s kind of a low-risk, low-profit endeavor for us,” she said. “We’ll always own the land and the better news is that we’re not putting our own funds into the development.

There will probably be a modest return, but it’s a low-risk one, which is really important to us.”

The group plans for the UT International Office, formerly in Wooldridge Hall, to relocate to the first floor of the complex, which is required by the University Neighborhood Overlay to be reserved for office or retail space, Wanamaker said.

The unit will be 16 stories tall, providing studio, one-, two-, three-

and four-bed units, and will contain a structured parking garage and a swimming pool, said Gene del Monte, director of construction and development for Education Realty Trust, Inc. The project will have 613 beds for undergraduate students, graduate students and faculty, he said.

Construction on the project is scheduled to begin this month, and the complex should open in August of 2013, del Monte said.

Although pricing will not be determined until later in the building process, it will be based off of pricing in other comparable apartment complexes in West Campus, he said.

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“Pricing will be competitive,” he said. “We’re not going to overprice the complex while other new buildings are going up as well.”

The project is one among several new complexes being built or already built in West Campus that are particularly tall, including 21 Rio and The Castilian, del Monte said.

The University will lease the land out to the realty group and building the facility will likely be costly, said Brian Donovan, a member of the Central Austin Neighborhood Planning Adviso-

ry Committee. An August discussion regarding affordability in the West Campus area among groups such as CANPAC resulted in a compromise with city commission members. If the compromise is approved by City Council, new complexes will have to contribute more to the affordability funds and provide more beds at lower rates than before.

The University is exempt from city zoning restrictions and could choose to ignore affordability requirements if officials wanted to, but Donovan said he believes they

will choose to follow the requirements. Providing affordable housing through the realty group is actually better in terms of affordability than it would be if the University had chosen to build the complex independently, Donovan said.

“I believe that they’re going to comply with the University Neighborhood Overlay’s requirements,” he said. “I feel good about the fact that they’re going to follow the requirements like other developments in West Campus instead of taking advantage of the option to ignore them.”

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NFL prospects roam secondary Young cornerbacks preparing to play on Sundays continue proud tradition of first round selections

“We just go by the fact that DBs are the moneymakers; we make the money,” Phillips said. “It’s DBU, we have to keep the tradition alive.”

Texas has two players who chose the “Moneymakers” over the “Sharks.” Freshman Josh Turner and sophomore Demarco Cobbs were the No. 1 recruits in Oklahoma the last two years, but both committed to UT over OU. And for good reason.

“Josh was well aware of our secondary tradition here, and that was very appealing to him,” Akina said. “Josh really knew a lot about us, knew about Aaron Ross and Michael Huff and had followed us closely.”

While Cobbs has since transitioned to linebacker, he was instrumental in prying Turner from the Sooner state.

“Demarco had a real positive experience here,” Akina said.

“Our players are the ones that recruit for us.”

Ross and Huff were teammates on the 2005 National Championship team, and both were firstround picks. When Akina scans the practice field these days, he sees several players who will earn NFL paychecks in the near future.

That’s why he stresses versatility when evaluating recruits, noting that pro teams value prospects that can play multiple positions.

“That’s what we’re constantly looking for,” he said.

Phillips epitomizes all that Akina covets. He’s already started at corner, split time at safety and excelled as a nickel back — all this from a first-year starter.

This group is young but poised.

No corner has started more than four games in his career, but they all play the part of a wily veteran.

“Even though we’re young, we don’t worry about age at all,” Phillips said. “If you can play, you can play, and that’s all that matters with Coach Akina.”

Lawrence Peart | Daily Texan file photo This group can certainly play Adrian Phillips calls out the defensive alignment against UCLA in the Longhorns’ 49-20 win on Sept. 17. The — on Sundays. sophomore cornerback is one of a handful of Texas defensive backs with NFL potential.

Brown deserves credit for turnaround

By Trey Scott Daily Texan Columnist

Danielle Villasana | Daily Texan file photo

Head coach Mack Brown has taken a new approach in 2011, playing more freshman and leading Texas to a 4-0 start.

With all the recent praise for the flashy new coordinators Bryan Harsin and Manny Diaz, it seems like we’re forgetting somebody pretty important.

Doesn’t Mack Brown deserve more credit?

Not only has the head coach been open to a multitude of ne w phi los ophies — t r ick plays before the OU game? — he has also kicked his traditional thinking to the curb.

There was once a time when Brown preferred not to play freshmen.

Let me rephrase that. There was once a time when Brown a b s o l u t e l y, r e s o l u t e l y d i d not play freshmen. It cost him, too.

The best example of this was when Brown elected to not give Cedric Benson the ball against Oklahoma in 2001. The pressure would be too big for the freshman, Brown thought.

If you’re trying to put that gaffe in context, it’d be exactly like if he held star running back Malcolm Brown out of Saturday’s contest. But only

if Malcolm Brown goes on to win two Doak Walker Awards and gets drafted in the top 10 of the NFL Draft.

Texas gaine d a mere 2 7 yards rushing that day and lost 14-3.

Current-day Mack Brown has given Malcolm Brown 67 carries in four games. Score one for progress.

How about another anecdote?

In 2003, Texas reeled in the consensus No. 1 player in the country, Vince Young. Mack Brown welcomed Young to

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Sooners will test Longhorns defensive backfield

By Hank South Daily Texan Columnist

Playing in the secondary is like running a track meet.

Playing in the secondar y against Oklahoma? An Olympic track meet.

As a cornerback or safety lining up opposite Landry Jones and his battalion of receivers, the game play can be somewhat intimidating.

Oklahoma receiver Ryan Broyles has already hauled in 38 receptions for 476 yards and six touchdowns. Add a recently healed Kenny Stills, and the Longhorns could possibly be

facing the most talented wide receiver tandem in the country.

The Texas secondary is a mix of both veterans and inexperienced players. Sophomores Carrington Byndom and Adrian Phillips, junior Kenny Vaccaro and senior Blake Gideon anchor a defense allowing 14.75 points per game.

Not only will they have to deal with Broyles and Stills, but there’s also a pretty good quarterback looking to pick them apart: Heisman Trophy candidate Landry Jones. Interestingly enough, Texas faced a similar situation seven years ago.

In 2004, sophomore Aaron Ross, juniors Cedric Griffin and Michael Huff and senior Phil-

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Saturday isn’t the only time to watch Texas defensive backs in action. They also shine on Sundays.

The Longhorns have 47 players on NFL rosters, the most of any program in the nation. And 10 of those players are defensive backs, all tutored by secondary coach Duane Akina. There’s a reason Texas is known as “DBU.” Akina has another boatload of pro prospects at his disposal this season, even after three were selected in last April’s NFL Draft.

Sophomore cornerbacks Adrian Phillips, Carrington Byndom and freshman Quandre Diggs have filled the void left by Aaron Williams, Chykie Brown and Curtis Brown. And this trio will join their DBU brethren in the NFL sooner rather than later.

“We’ve got some playmakers back there,” Akina said. “We guessed right on them.”

Byndom and Phillips played primarily on special teams in 2010 but understood their time would arrive this season. And they’ve taken advantage of every moment, combining for three interceptions in four games.

“I had to come in and do a good job of taking the role from the guys who left last year,” Byndom said. “Knowing I was going to enter this season as a starter after splitting reps last year made me step it up.”

Of course, it helps to have ten NFL players to learn from, including Diggs’ older brother and San Diego Charger, Quentin Jammer.

“Those guys were great mentors to me,” Byndom said. “They taught me a lot, all the little details, things that people had helped them with.”

This week, the Longhorns secondary will face its toughest challenge yet against Oklahoma’s highpowered offense. Indirectly, they’ll go against the Sooners defensive backs, a unit that refers to itself as “The Sharks.” So what does the Texas bunch call itself?

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lip Geiggar were members of a Texas defense that was allowing 11.75 points a game. Oklahoma quarterback Jason White, who won the Heisman in 2003, had multiple all-American receivers backing him. The Sooners were ranked No. 2 at the time, while the Longhorns sat at No. 5 in the USA Today rankings.

And who said history doesn’t repeat itself? Let’s take a look at how the 2004 Longhorns performed in the passing game.

White completed 14 of 26 passes for 113 yards and two interceptions. While the end result — a 12-0 loss — wasn’t what the Longhorns were

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Huff returns an interception against Texas A&M in the Longhorns’ OU continues on PAGE 9 Michael 26-13 win over the Aggies on Thanksgiving in 2004.

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The All-Pro receiver will miss Sunday’s game against Oakland and an unspecified amount of time after a minor procedure to repair a right hamstring injury.

Coach Gary Kubiak said the Texans will be “missing a heck of a player” against the Raiders, but he is confident there is enough offensive firepower to make due.

“When Andre’s on your team, everybody tries to take him away,” Kubiak said Wednesday. “Like I said, we can’t replace Andre. We’ve got to, as a group, try to replace all the production that he adds on the field. That means everybody’s got to pick it up, and we’ll have a chance to prove it.”

Johnson was hurt in the second quarter of Sunday’s 17-10 win over Pittsburgh. Kubiak said he would not put a timetable on Johnson’s return after Tuesday’s procedure.

“All the information we’re getting moving forward is very positive,” Kubiak said. “We’re not putting any timeline on anything right now. We just know everything went well. The doctor feels good about it, Andre feels good about it.”

Jacoby Jones will move into Johnson’s position on Sunday.

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Texas 3, Texas a&M 0

Eckerman, Allison instrumental as Longhorns sweep Aggies Horns coming together with season in full swing, showcase strong defense by lauren Giudice Daily Texan Staff

No. 10 Texas took down Texas A&M in three sets at Gregory Gym in a game that proved Texas’ ability to play as a team and defend.

The Longhorns, specifically freshman outside hitter Haley Eckerman, dominated the first set. Eckerman had a .556 hitting percentage and had six kills in the set.

A kill by Eckerman gave the Longhorns a 9-4 lead. A couple of key blocks by sophomore Hannah Allison helped give the Longhorns a 19-14 lead.

The Aggies couldn’t come back and blocks by sophomore outside hitter Bailey Webster and Eckerman helped finish the set 25-15.

The Longhorns took an early 5-4 lead in the second set, but the Aggies came back and tied the score 8-8. A strong run by the Longhorns and an ace by junior Sha’Dare McNeal gave the Longhorns a 14-8 lead. The Longhorns didn’t look back and a kill by freshman outside hitter Khat Bell ended the set 25-19. Bell had a .611 hitting percentage and 12 kills in

the game.

The third set was much closer than the previous two and was tied 13-13. But the Longhorns fought back and kills

by Bell and senior outside hitter Rachael Adams brought the score to 20-18. The Longhorns eventually won the set 25-23.

“Overall, I thought we played really well in games one and two,” said head coach Jerritt Elliott. “We just kind of let them back in with some errors, but it was nice to see us kind of be tested in game three and see how we respond.”

The team’s blocking and defense was very strong throughout the game, especially in the first set. Allison said Texas studied A&M very well and the Longhorns knew what needed to be done to stop them.

“It’s almost like when you play great defense it gets you in a rhythm,” Allison said. “It’s making a great play defensively to make them change what their doing which helps us get in a rhythm.”

Elliott said there were too many errors in the game, but he is happy with how the team is playing.

“We’ve got a lot of new players out there,” Elliott said.

“We don’t have any pin players that have a lot of experiences. Ultimately, the players are improving.”

OU continues from PAGE 8 hoping for, the defensive backs showed promise.

Huff led the Texas secondary with fifteen tackles, including an impressive eleven tackles unassisted. He also picked off White. Griffin added eight solo tackles including one tackle for a loss. Ross compiled five tackles, four of which were solo, and deflected a pass.

Geiggar, the Blake Gideon of the 2004 secondary, racked up 11 total tackles, including six solo stops. Geiggar also wowed fans by forcing and recovering a fumble.

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Clayton and Travis Clayton.

In fact, Oklahoma’s only touchdown on the day came from the team’s backup running back, Kejuan Jones, in the fourth quarter.

“We knew that Jason White wanted to go to Clayton,” Geiggar told the Texan.

“OU had the No. 1 offense in the country, and we held them to only six points until late in the fourth quarter.

What was key for us was that we all were on the same page in the back. Huff and I had our best games in this game, we had a good connection back there, and we trusted each other.”

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Khat Bell spikes the ball during the Longhorns’ sweep of the Aggies on Wednesday night.

A great kill is always impressive.

But during the Longhorns’ victory over rival Texas A&M on Wednesday, the assist was the real X-factor in the game.

Texas had 38 assists in one night, with 36 of those coming from sophomore starting setter Hannah Allison. While 36 assists is an outstanding total for a setter, Allion’s passing really made the team’s attack flow well on the court.

“Hannah did a really nice job tonight, our serving was good,” said head coach Jerritt Elliott.

Allison was setting the ball perfectly for her hitters, and combine d w it h her p assing , the Longhorns achieved a solid .349 hitting percentage on the night. Allison had a direct part in almost every Longhorn kill, assisting in 12 of the 14 kills in the first set, 13 of the 14 in the second set, and 11 of the 14 in the third and final set.

“I think the attacking went really well, but I think that really started with the pass,” said s o p h om ore B a i l e y We b s t e r.

Texas falls just short in tourney

one in 2004: the age spread, the combined talent on each squad and the teams’ records and rankings. Safe to say, we’ve seen this before.

“The secondary now is not only athletic, but they are smart too,” Geiggar said.

“They played well last week, so I’m sure that will carry over to this week. Duane Akina is a great [defensive backs] coach, and he’ll have those guys ready this week. I’m looking forward to watching my Longhorns play and definitely rooting for my DBs.” They match up well. Age is not a factor. It all comes down to knowing what Oklahoma wants to do and making plays.

David Holiner returns a serve in a recent match for Texas.

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Horns unable to advance in Tulsa, win streak comes to abrupt ending

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“When we play calm and we play together everything goes well, so that really helped with our attack tonight.”

Allison wasn’t the only player who contributed to the Longhorns’ excellent passing during the game. The whole team was ver y cohesive in moving the ball around on the court.

On almost ever y possession, the Longhorns were able to attempt a kill on the second pass, which is always the first plan of attack in volleyball. It’s rare to see it work so often, but the Texas’ players certainly didn’t complain.

“I liked our attack a lot,” said freshman outside hitter Khat Bell. “I just kept laughing inside because I was like just hit on two, is this really going to work again, and we just beat them on two, so it was really fun.”

All of the Longhorns outside hitters had a great night at the net attacking thanks to the quality setting. Bell had 12 kills along with a high hitting percentage of .611. Webster had 10 points of her own, hitting .421, and freshman Haley Eckerman finished the night with e ight kills.

“The errors that we had were just two or three in a row in the first two games but other than that our hitters were very efficient,” Elliott said.

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The UT Colorguard makes an entrance at this year’s annual Torchlight Parade and Rally on Wednesday evening. Hundreds of students clad in burnt-orange apparel gathered at the Main Mall to show their support for the UT football team, who will play against OU this Saturday.

Torchlight parade highlights fan support as OU game nears

Hundreds of students gathered in front of the UT Tower on Wednesday night to celebrate the “Torchlight Parade and Rally,” which takes place every year before the UT vs.

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formed the Main Mall into a sea of burnt orange. The atmosphere was vibrant as attendees hooked their horns and cheered on while head coach Mack Brown spoke of the importance of this upcoming game and his foreshadowing of a UT victory. The multitude broke out in celebration as the UT football team, the UT band and other performance groups each took turns in demon-

strating their UT pre-game spirit.

Every year, this rally brings together an impressive number of students, just as it has done since the tradition was re-instated in 1987 after a 20-year hiatus. This yearly event is hosted by the Texas Exes Student Chapter, whose members lowered the Texas flag underneath the lit-up Tower at the end of the ceremony.

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campus, handed him a red shirt and then stuck him on the bench for a year. Sure, Chris Simms was entering his senior season, but Brown didn’t even entertain the idea of putting together a package of plays for Young.

Now, Brown is allowing true freshman David Ash to see the field more and more. Ash threw two touchdowns last week against Iowa State and figures to play a prominent role against Oklahoma. That’s two for progress.

Texas opened up this season against Rice and played 18 true freshmen, tops in the country and the most in Brown’s career.

Two more have played since then, which gives Texas 20 true freshmen in action. The most before that was 12 in 2010, and the number has grown almost each season.

Texas wouldn’t be undefeated if Brown didn’t undergo a revitalization of sorts during the offseason, after a 2010 campaign he considered the most miserable in his time coaching here. BYU might have run away with things in the second game of the year had he not pulled Garrett Gilbert and inserted Case McCoy and David Ash, a move that lit a fire under the team.

It’s clearly a different Brown that saw Gilbert throw interception after interception against Kansas State last season and kept letting him trot back out there.

This isn’t the first time the head coach has changed himself for the betterment of the team. In 2004, he stopped trying to convert Young into a pro-style quarterback and instead removed the shackles and let him run loose. In turn, Young encouraged Brown to loosen up: 50 Cent became a regular on the coach’s iPod, practices were more upbeat, and the team started winning the big games and having more fun. That led to a Rose Bowl win over Michigan, which carried over to a national championship season.

“I needed to do a better job of looking into these kids’ lives and learning more about what’s important to them,” Brown said at the time.

Something changed last season, though. Brown seemed mis erable. He snapp e d after the Iowa State game, saying, “Can’t trust your team, can’t trust your coaches when they’re not getting things ready to go so you gotta go back every day and try to look at every little thing and figure out where you can help them.”

Maybe the 28-21 home loss to the Cyclones — and all the other losses last year — was the eye-opener Brown needed. He proved this past offseason that his loyalty only stretched so far, bidding adieu to punching-bag offensive coordinator Greg Davis and other assistant coaches.

New guys such as Harsin and Diaz are getting a lot of credit right now (and rightfully so), but they wouldn’t be here had Brown not seen the light.

As we look back upon the first third of the season, it’s easy to get caught up in some tantalizing storylines: the transfer of Garrett Gilbert, the emergence of Malcolm Brown, the alternation of quarterbacks, the blitz packages of Diaz and the trickery of Harsin, and even the decision by one store to mark down the price of the jersey of one particular player, prompting an unbiased and informative story to be published in one school newspaper, which led to much hand-wringing, scolding and tsk-tsking. Also, this just in: Jaxon Shipley is really good.

It’s all polarizing, but none of it is as relevant as the change of character Mack Brown has undergone. His team is undefeated and finally blowing people out. He’s already claimed revenge over two schools that beat the Longhorns last year.

Finally and maybe most importantly, he’s having a blast.

“I’ve enjoyed the four wins this year as much as I have in a long time,” Brown said. “And that’s why I’m happier, and things are better in my life.”

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Asian presence in fashion design rises Sacramento to construct $1 billion terminal

By Don Thompson The Associated Press

Andrea Macias-Jimenez | Daily Texan staff

Thuy Linh Tu, associate professor of Social and Cultural Analysis at New York University, discusses the roles of economy and culture in the fashion industry on Wednesday. Her lecture touched upon how Asians and Asian Americans are making their mark in the fashion industry in their own unique way.

By Shreya Banerjee Daily Texan Staff

Asian-Americans are moving into the design sector of the fashion agency, according to a guest presentation sponsored by the Center for AsianAmerican Studies.

The Center for American Studies and the School of Human Ecology also assisted in welcoming AsianAmerican author Thuy Linh Nguyen Tu to the UT campus. Tu gave a presentation of her book, “Beautiful Generation,” detailing Asians’ journey through the fashion design sector Wednesday at Painter Hall.

Tu began researching the Asian movement in fashion as a graduate student at NYU in the ’90s. She said she began to notice Asian culture in mainstream culture and the introduction of Asian retail shops in New York City. Tu said she found that these shops were run by Asian women, and the manufacturers were Asian as well.

“It is often depressing to look at a dress and think of who made it,” Tu said.

Asians now make up 40 percent of students at Parsons School of Design, and Asian fashion designers such as Jason Wu have made a name for themselves in fashion, Tu said.

However, many of the earlier Asian fashion designers did not go to fashion school and learned how to sew from family members, she said.

“Many of these designers feel inclined to fashion because they have family in it,” Tu said.

Tu also discussed the unique “gift economy” present in the Asian sector of the fashion industry. An example, of this is when a seamstress comes into an Asian designer’s store and asks for work in exchange for a gift of some sort, she said.

“Being Asian is like a secret weapon,” Tu said. “Many of these people think of you like a daughter.”

Tu discussed how several of the designers she interviewed found it difficult to work with Asian seamstresses because they would ask designers to set their price, rather setting a base price themselves. She said seamstresses would also give advice on how to create the gar-

ment instead of directly following the designers’ blueprints.

“This type of stereotypical bartering forces the designer to realize how much the clothes are worth,” Tu said.

Tu said her research showed that although it is perceived as a negative aspect for Asian designers to have a background in garment work, it is actually beneficiary once they begin to design clothes.

“I hope this gives students a context of immigration and how AsianAmericans can be a part of this industry,” said Nhi Lieu , American and Asian-American studies associate professor. “The connection of design to garment-making wasn’t apparent before and it is interesting to see how it applies to Asians.”

The seminar also reinforced the pride to be Asian for many students, psychology senior Tiffany Chen said.

“This seminar is definitely different compared to other seminars I have been to,” Chen said.

“It even made me question if I should take a risk and be in the fashion industry.”

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sacramento International Airport is scheduled to open a $1 billion terminal Thursday, replacing a structure that is four decades old with a building that is designed to be a striking entrance to California’s capital region.

The $6 million in public art includes a distinctive centerpiece that is certain to generate attention, a suspended-in-air, 56-footlong aluminum red hare leaping into a suitcase that dominates the glass-and-steel entryway.

“People will remember this airport,” said construction worker Monique Hawn.

The terminal is among the largest construction projects in Sacramento County’s history and created 2,400 jobs during the 2 ½ years it was being built, the heart of a recession that has left state and regional unemployment hovering around 12 percent.

The new terminal concourse is designed to expand the airport’s capacity to 16 million passengers a year, a surge that had been expected in about a decade, county Airports Director G. Hardy Acree said.

Those expectations have been downsized with the recession.

The economy contracted just before groundbreaking in 2008, and the annual passenger count fell by nearly 2 million, from nearly 11 million in 2008 to 9 million last year.

What had been a nearly $1.3 billion project shrank to $1 billion after officials delayed construction of a hotel and parking garage. Instead, they built a terminal with walls designed to be expanded as the airport grows.

The airport, the fifth busiest in California and 39th busiest in the nation, expects to return to its 2008 passenger peak in five years.

Officials said it will not hit its expected capacity until sometime late in the next decade.

Passengers and airlines will pay for the new terminal’s construc-

tion costs over time.

An existing $4.50 ticket surcharge and revenue from parking fees will pay half the cost of building the terminal. Another 26 percent will come from fees airlines pay to use the airport.

The balance comes from several sources, including federal grants and fees paid by rental car companies and restaurants and shops inside the terminal.

The airport is negotiating with airlines who are upset that the fee they pay for each passenger has risen significantly to help pay for the new terminal and as subsidies from other airport users have ended since 2009.

Southwest Airlines, which accounts for 55 percent of all Sacramento flights, paid a fee of $6.05 per passenger in 2008, but is projected to pay $16.15 next year and $19.67 by 2013.

“It really does put tremendous pressure on our ability to be successful and maintain profitability in Sacramento,” said Southwest spokesman Brad Hawkins.

The airlines and airport are negotiating lower fees, likely made up by spreading the increased cost to other users, including passengers.

Amanda Thomas, the airport’s deputy director for finance and administration, said airline fees industry-wide account for just 4 percent to 6 percent of airlines’ operating costs. Moreover, the airlines helped design the new terminal, she said.

“It’s not as if we’ve gone forward with this project without their input,” Thomas said.

Numerous airports have expanded or replaced aging terminals in recent years, and some of those also had to scale back their original plans when the recession hit, said Chris Oswald, a vice president with Airports Council International-North America.

Sacramento’s new terminal replaces the airport’s original one, which will be demolished, and includes the latest security upgrades.

In the new terminal, passengers will walk through next-generation scanners that present a

modest, chalk-outline view of travelers instead of showing actual body contours.

Passengers will be directed in part by the distinctive artwork that officials hope will leave a lasting impression on visitors.

“The rabbit’s diving down to a suitcase,” said Shelly Willis, public art director for the Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission, which coordinated the terminal’s 12 art pieces. “It’s obvious you’re supposed to go down there to retrieve your bags.”

Some of the pieces are meant to symbolize aspects of California’s Central Valley, home to the largest freshwater delta on the West Coast and a major stop for migrating water fowl.

A luminescent flock of sandhill cranes flies over international passengers toward the exit, subliminally showing visitors the direction to go. A 30-foot chandelier in the shape of three intertwining Valley Oak trees is designed as a natural gathering place and is visible throughout the concourse area.

“This is certainly a palace,” said Hawkins, the Southwest spokesman. “It’s kind of that new car smell — times 1,000.”

Sitting between San Francisco and Lake Tahoe, the Sacramento airport also acts as a gateway to Sierra skiing and Northern California wine country. Officials at Squaw Valley USA touted the new terminal in their recent announcement of an expansion, which is partly an attempt to attract more visitors who see the Tahoe area as a destination resort.

Aeromexico, Alaska, American, Frontier, Hawaiian, Horizon, JetBlue and Southwest moved to the new terminal, with Continental/ United, Delta and US Airways remaining in what had been the airport’s main terminal.

The airport plans a 4 a.m.

Thursday ribbon-cutting ceremony at the automated people mover. Then three flights are scheduled to depart at 6 a.m., the first to leave the new gates.

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BLACK continues from PAGE 14 Have Issues,” “Ed,” “The State,” “Stella”]. I imagine it gets incredibly disappointing. Do you think that making fun of that is therapeutic for you?

Black: You just go with what you’ve got. It would be stupid of me to not acknowledge the fact that I can’t keep a television show on the air because I can’t. [Laughter] I mean, maybe I shouldn’t be highlighting it as much as I do, but I find it entertaining. Failure is a lot funnier than success.

DT: You took a cross-country trip with Meghan McCain this summer for a book you two are working on, correct?

Black: Yeah.

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Groom Steve Poland, right, and bride Caryn Hallock during their wedding ceremony in Buffalo, N.Y. Robert Palgutt, center, a friend of the bride and groom, got ordained online in order to perform their ceremony and read the nuptials from an iPad.

Couples intertwine weddings, technology NEW YORK — As her grandfather sat pleasantly perplexed at her wedding, Lauren Barnes reached into the recesses of her strapless white gown, whipped out her iPhone and accepted her groom’s Facebook relationship change to “married.”

“Nothing’s official,” she said, “until it’s Facebook official!”

In today’s $78-billion-a-year business of getting hitched, social media, mobile tools and online vendors are abundant to offer the happy couple extra fun, savings and convenience, though most of the nation’s betrothed aren’t ready to completely let go of tradition.

For Steve Poland, 31, in Buffalo, N.Y., it was the whole shebang for his Sept. 10 wedding.

“We used the Twitter hashtag ‘polandwedding,’ our nuptials were read from an iPad by our friend, who got ordained online, and our wedding invites were printed by the hip Us.moo.com as postcards that we mailed out,” he said.

According to surveys by the magazine sites Brides and The Knot, tech is on the rise in the

world of weddings, with 65 percent of couples now setting up special sites to manage RSVPs, stream video of the ceremony and reception and keep guests in the loop.

One in five couples use mobile apps for planning. That includes chasing down vendors and virtually trying on and locating dresses.

Seventeen percent of couples use social media to plan, shop or register for gifts, along with sharing every detail online. About 14 percent to 18 percent of brides buy a dress online, according to Brides.

Alexandra Linhares, 23, just moved to Marietta, Ga., but she’s getting married in April back home in Highlands Ranch, Colo.

She and fiance Bradley Garritson, 24, are taking care not to gush too much to their hundreds of Facebook friends.

“There are a lot of people I work with on Facebook and who follow me on Twitter,” Linhares said. “We don’t want to hurt anybody’s feelings.”

But apps and online services have saved her life, logistically speaking.

“We have a private Facebook

group that we use to communicate with everyone in our bridal party since we’re all in different states and countries,” she said.

Linhares found her gown with the help of an app. She and Garritson rely on Skype meetings to interview vendors. They’re keeping track of RSVPs on their phones, along with the usual tangle of deadlines. And they’re using an app to keep track of their budget.

Such tools can be a godsend, so long as older or not-so-techie folk aren’t stranded on the wrong side of the firewall. “But that list of people is shrinking fast,” said Anja Winikka, site editor for The Knot.

Before the ceremony, Williams had sent his bride a Facebook request to change his relationship status to “married to Lauren Barnes.”

Once they were hitched, she accepted using her iPhone — at 5:48 p.m. to be exact. There was a flurry of “likes” from gathered guests and the masses in cyberspace.

But not grandpa, who still managed to have a good time.

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DT: How did that come about?

It’s a really interesting and unexpected combination.

Black: Well, we’re two very different people who didn’t really know each other. We had met very briefly. Then I had the idea that we should write a book together. I’ve always been interested in politics, and she’s obviously involved in politics. I wouldn’t say I’m political in the same way that she is, but I thought the two of us could have a story to tell, which is the story of two people who have nothing in common traveling the country and trying to figure out what we love and hate about America.

It was amazing. We were in an RV for a month, and we traveled all over the country. We met a lot of people, did a lot of talking and a lot of listening, and a lot of going to strip clubs and having a great time.

DT: I have to ask you about your podcast with Tom Cavanagh [Mike and Tom Eat Snacks] because I’m an avid listener. How did that come about? Did you decide to do a pod-

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cast first and then decide it was go- liable snack. And yet when you eat ing to be about eating snacks, or them critically, as I have learned to did you just really feel the need to do, it turns out they’re terrible. find a way to talk about food in some way or another?

DT: You’re really active on TwitBlack: I’m actually driving on ter. You had a kind of faux Twitmy way to record the podcast as we ter war with LeVar Burton [forspeak. The way it came about was mer host of “Reading Rainbow”], Tom, who I was on a TV and you even started a Twitshow with called “Ed,” ter campaign to become had stayed in touch the spokesperson for with me and we have Taco Bell. Does that For the full interview always wanted to just happen out of with Michael Ian do something toboredom, or ... ?

Black visit gether, but it’s very Black: Yes, that’s exbit.ly/ hard to get people actly right. It’s out of dt_lifearts to write you checks to boredom. It’s out of boredo something in show dom, narcissism, desperabusiness. So finally, we were tion, suicidal impulses, fear. just like, ‘Fuck it, let’s do something on our own.’ And we decidDT: How much of the standed the easiest thing to do would be up you’re doing on your cura podcast, which requires very little rent tour can be found on your in terms of budget and in terms of recent Comedy Central special time. And the idea of doing a pod- “Very Famous?” cast about snacks just seemed like a Black: Very little. If you come to really fun thing we could talk about the show and you’ve seen the speand that we both enjoy. Everybody cial, you’ll see almost nothing that’s loves snacks. the same.

DT: Exactly. What’s been the most surprising snack to you, either in that you’ve been surprised at how much you liked it or by how much it’s disappointed you?

Black: I was surprised at how shitty Combos are. Combos, in my mind, have always been a very re-

D T: D o e s y o u r r o u t i n e change during the course of your stand-up tours?

Black: It changes constantly.

I’m always changing things, shuffling things around, putting in new things and taking out old things.

Constant devolution.

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Austin Yoga Festival offers more than just stretches

By Rachel Perlmutter Daily Texan Staff

When yoga instructor and UT graduate Russell Burns decided to realize his vision of directing Austin’s first yoga festival, he did not expect his initially small, Saturday afternoon venture to snowball. Now, the full two-day event will feature live music, free health screenings and various vendors seeking to embrace and promote the yoga culture he wanted to share with the city.

Saturday marks the first Austin Yoga Festival at Fiesta Gardens.

The event will include roughly 50 yoga classes varying in style, four live music performances and lectures ranging from health and nutrition to philosophy. Though the current schedule boasts a vast range of activities and vendors, Burns did not originally have plans for such a large scale venture.

“Originally, I thought I would have a few classes out underneath the shade of the trees over at Zilker Park at one of the picnic areas on a Saturday afternoon,” said Vurns, who got a spot at the park approved for his plans.

After posting a flyer on Facebook, many yoga studios, instructors and merchandise vendors expressed interest in becoming involved.

“I went back to the city, and they said I couldn’t have the space anymore because I had too much going on,” Burns said. “So they told me I had to rent a park.”

In addition to from local yoga studios and instructors, Burns was approached by other interested parties, most of whom were also yoga teachers. The face painters, massage therapists, musicians and almost everyone involved all teach some form of yoga.

“Certainly, once we realized this was happening, we tried to stick with it, but it kind of just came together that way,” Burns said.

On Saturday, a bus sponsored and run by AARP and Walgreens will be on site to offer free health screenings, including

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Yoga instructor Russell Burns takes on the role of director for the first annual Austin Yoga Festival.

blood pressure, glucose, bone density and various other tests to festival attendees. Burns’ intention for the festival is to draw in Austinites who aren’t familiar with yoga but also to discuss the different aspects of yoga besides physical exercise.

“When I started doing yoga at a local gym, it was definitely just for the exercise, and they never discussed any other aspects of it,” Burns said. Burns began practicing yoga after an injury left him unable to continue running.

While Burns says spiritual and emotional components are key to yoga, he says many instructors are uncomfortable, avoiding the subject entirely in their classes.

“It seems that many places

are apprehensive about discussing other areas of yoga, about the way you treat yourself or the way you treat other people,” Burns said. “And I think we should be comfortable addressing those things.”

It was important to Burns to ensure all aspects of yoga were represented at the festival so that the community would have an opportunity to learn about all facets of the practice. Steven Ross, founder of East Side Yoga, is one of the sponsors for the festival and is personally teaching a workshop on slow movement — a style of yoga he plans to advocate.

“Our society is so fast, and you never get a chance to stop,” Ross said. “By actually slowing things

down, restoring senses from all the craziness, you can slow your mind and begin to feel a calm softness, but it takes effort — you’re not just lying there doing nothing, you’re moving.”

According to Ross, the festival is much deeper than similar events in other cities around the U.S. “It’s not just going to a bunch of classes, doing some crazy poses and leaving,” Ross said. “It’s a way to understand the mind, calm the mind and bring peace within, and I think Austin reflects yoga in that respect.”

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sic and food vendors, Ross expects the event to be as lively and fun as it is calm and restorative — something he says appeals to the Austin spirit.

“Most cities have a conference, which sounds a bit dull,” Ross said. “We’re having a festival, and I think that speaks volumes.”

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Comedian, actor and writer Michael Ian Black will be bringing his brand of delightfully deadpan comedy to UT tonight and to the Mohawk tomorrow night.

The Daily Texan spoke with Black about snacks, the art of burlesque and his chronic difficulty keeping a television show on the air.

The Daily Texan: So we’re a university publication, and while you were in college, you co-founded the improv group that would eventually come to be known as The State with guys like Ken Marino, David Wain and Michael Showalter. What about the college atmosphere do you think can contribute to sketch comedy?

Michael Ian Black: Well, specifically with The State, we all were at NYU, and we were all in performing arts in one way or another, and we didn’t know each other.

We were freshmen. There was some desire from a lot of people to join a sketch comedy troupe, but there really wasn’t one there that was open to students. So a guy who was a year older than us started one, and we all joined. The fact that we were in college was great because that pretty much was our social life. That was what we did. We worked on our sketch comedy troupe when we weren’t in class, and we became great friends as a result.

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vorite part of the experience. That said, college audiences tend to be really enthusiastic and young and looking for something fun to do, so yeah, it’s great to go to colleges and hang out with students and get their take on what’s going on in the world.

DT: Do you think your sketch comedy background helps when you’re doing stand-up?

Black: My sketch comedy background was very, very helpful when making the transition into stand-up comedy. Jokes are just DT: Do you do a lot of college jokes, you know? The form is a shows? little different, and the way you Black: I do a fair amount of col- present it can be different, but the lege shows, yeah. structure of comedy remains the same, and it translates.

DT: What attracts you to them? Is there an atmosphere on DT: You’ve had an incredibly campus that stands out in com- diverse range of projects you’ve parison to other shows you do? worked on: stand-up comedy, Black: The best thing about do- sketch comedy, voice-over work, ing college shows is they pay in- books, even children’s books. credibly well. They pay very, very What, at this point, stands out well. So it’s a joy to come and to you as something you hold make some money. That’s my fa- dear or that you’re proud of?

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Comedian Michael Ian Black will be performing at UT today in the Texas Union Ballroom at 7 p.m., and tomorrow at Mowhawk on Red River at 8 p.m.

Black: Well, something that doesn’t get the attention that I wish it would is my work in the burlesque. I do a very classic burlesque show, where it’s sexy but I’m not giving away the store, you know? I’m always holding something back.

Black: I think I’d like to work in the medium of successful television show. I’ve already worked in the medium of television show but not in the medium of successful television show. I’d like to work in that medium. The kind of medium where you show up and peoDT: Oh, yeah. You’ve got to ple say, ‘Oh, you’re doing a great keep some mystery. job. Let’s keep you on the air for Black: It’s retro. I’m showing several years.’ skin, but I’m not showing all the skin. I wish more people paid atDT: I know that’s become kind tention to my burlesque work. of your thing — poking fun of the amount of shows you’ve been DT: What’s a medium you involved with that end up getting haven’t worked in or you feel you cancelled [“Michael and Michael haven’t worked in enough that you’d like to try in the future?

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New Orleans rock collective Mutemath has done what many other artists have failed to do: stick to their roots. Remaining true to their jazz-laced, groove-driven breed of alternative rock, Mutemath returns with a strong, well-rounded delivery with Odd Soul.

From the very beginning, Odd Soul is a locomotive fueled by a nearperfect combination of Jimi Hendrixinfluenced guitar riffs and Mitch Mitchell-esque drumming. The album is similar to Hendrix’s Are You Experienced in the way that the creativity is constantly flowing and there is an underlying cohesiveness that keeps every blues-laced chord progression and drum fill intact.

The title song opens with a 1960s swagger that exudes groove. Vocalist Paul Meany sings “I’m an odd soul” over hard riffs sprinkled with Clapton-like bravado. “Blood Pressure” begins with a calming xylophone, but its soft and resonated sound is then struck down by screeching guitar from Todd Gummerman. The bluesy shuffle provided by drummer Darren King pulsates with merciless tom hits and lightning-fast drum fills, each cymbal hit coinciding with a hard strum from Gummerman.

New Orleans is a city of music.

From the ragtime compositions of Dixieland trumpeter Louis Armstrong to the southern hip-hop sounds of Master P, New Orleans

has a diverse music scene that is kept alive by bands like Mutemath. The group’s music is like a New Orleans brass band in that every song marches on with conviction and pride, striking the hearts of many like the artists before them.

Some songs are reminiscent of the days of Detroit and Motown Records (“Cavalries” moves like Stevie Wonder’s “Do I Do” during the bridge, but with a dash of Cream psychedelia), while others deliver with a rock ‘n’ roll attitude that reflects classic act Rolling Stones (“One More” begins like the Stones’ “Sympathy For The Devil” with its tribal sounds and primitive atmosphere).

The strength of the album is in its structure. It remains coherent largely because of the fact that each song segues into one another, the transitions smooth and powered by the band’s unyielding intensity. The only real complaint is the final song “In No Time,” which picks up momentum halfway through but strays from the album’s psychedelic path. Overall, the band keeps things intact while also displaying a level of musicianship that has become much more cohesive since their previous album, Armistice.

Odd Soul is a testament to the work of Hendrix, Clapton, Armstrong and many other musicians considered legends. It is an album that shows Mutemath’s ability to emulate their influences and apply their own musical backgrounds, resulting in a strong album that is fresh, lively and different.

Odd Soul Mutemath

Genre: Alternative Tracks: 13 For those who like: Jimi Hendrix, Cream

Grade: A-