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Bryant denies unspecified accusations By Collin Eaton Daily Texan Staff Associate athletics director for football operations Cleve Bryant said in a letter Monday that although he is currently under an internal UT investigation, the accusation made against him is false. The letter, written by Bryant’s attorney Tom Nesbitt, did not discuss the nature of the accusation. Bryant, who is currently on administrative leave of absence, said the leave was his idea and was arranged at his request. Bryant understands any allegation must be investigated by the University, “no matter how incredible,” and that a thorough investigation would clear him of the accusa-
tion, according to the letter. “He was not involuntarily placed on leave,” Nesbitt wrote. “After Mr. Bryant was instructed not to discuss the investigation with several co-workers with whom he works closely on a daily basis, he requested a leave of absence to avoid even the perception that he was talking with potential witnesses or interfering in the University’s investigation.” The letter said Bryant’s wife of 36 years, athletics life skills counselor Jean Bryant, also requested a leave of absence to avoid the perception that she was talking with co-workers about the investigation. “Jean Bryant’s office is just down
the hall from Cleve Bryant’s office in the football operations office,” Nesbitt wrote. California-based discrimination attorney Gloria Allred — who has worked on several high-profile cases involving Michael Jackson, Scott Peterson and O.J. Simpson — confirmed Monday that a former female UT employee has sought Allred’s legal services in regards to Bryant. “I do represent a woman in reference to Mr. Bryant,” Allred said. “I have no further comment at this time.” According to Allred’s
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Cleve Bryant greets former Texas football player Ricky Williams outside the locker room at the Rose Bowl in January.
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Austin-based band reaches back to its Colombian roots in performances of vallenato and cumbia. 7 p.m. $7 at the door, $5 with a student ID.
Today in history In 1781 British General Charles Cornwallis surrenders to George Washington at Yorktown, Va. in the last major battle of the American Revolution.
Campus watch Danielle Villasana | Daily Texan Staff
200 Block W. 21st Street Public Intoxication: During another investigation, a UT student walked up to a UT police officer and exclaimed, “Did I really see that?” The officer asked the subject to sit down and said that he would assist him. The subject left the area on foot. Officers located the subject a short distance later and learned the subject had taken three hits of LSD. The subject was taken into custody and was transported to a local area hospital. No charges were filed. Occurred on Sunday at 2 a.m.
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Trinity University engineering student Matt Wey competes in the American Swimming Association’s open-water swimming competition on Lake Travis. Swimmers overcame challenges such as staying on course and cool water temperatures while competing with other universities.
Austinites take on city’s five lakes in world’s only swimming stage race By Madeleine Crum Daily Texan Staff Tomorrow morning at 9 a.m., a group of Austin swimmers that have outgrown the confines of the pools they train in will gather at the edge of Lake Buchanan, ready to embark on the only swimming stage race in the world: The High-
land Lakes Challenge. Over the course of five days, participants will race in each of Austin’s five lakes, braving choppy waters, witnessing native wildlife and ancient rock formations and racking up a total of around 16 miles. This race, along with a slew of other open-water swimming competitions, or
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non-traditional swimming races held in lakes, oceans and rivers, was created by American Swimming Association founder Keith Bell. An All-American swimmer at Kenyon College and arguably one of the most decorated Masters swimmers in
Pro-Israeli speaker sparks protests by opposing groups By Nick Mehendale Daily Texan Staff Signs reading “Stop Israeli Terrorism” and “No Occupation = No Rockets” could be seen outside Garrison Hall on Monday as about two dozen protesters showed up to voice their disapproval of an on-campus talk by-
pro-Israeli speaker Noam Bedein. Pace Davis, co-chair of the Palestine Solidarity Committee, the organization that held the protest, said that this was another episode in a trend of framing responsive actions of Palestinians as unprovoked violence. “These presentations garner
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uncritical support of Israel,” Davis said. “We want to draw attention to the narrative of the suffering in Gaza and other Palestinian territories; suffering that is often ignored.” Bedein, an Israeli native, served for three years in the Israeli Defense Forces as a sergeant for an artillery scout unit along the Lebanese border and later as an emissary for The Jewish Agency in Boston. After returning to Israel, Bedein started the Sderot Media Center, where he provides briefings in Sderot and the Western Negev for foreign diplomats, government officials and student groups. “The world doesn’t know the story,” said Zach Garber, president of Texans for Israel, who sponsored Bedein’s talk. “You never hear what people in Israel have to deal with. We want to raise awareness of the tragedies that take place in the city of Sderot that borders Gaza. People have
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Republicans petition for stimulus aid for projects By Nolan Hicks Daily Texan Staff Several members of the Texas Republican Congressional delegation have petitioned for federal stimulus funds for projects in their districts — after they voted against the 2009 Recovery Act and continue to campaign against it. Instead of using earmarks, where funds are designated for specific uses by legislators in the bills they write, at least 16 Texas Republicans used a process known as letter-marking to petition federal agencies for money to fund projects in their home districts. Unlike earmarks, which are part of legislation, agencies are under no obligation to grant lawmakers lettermark requests. “Lawmakers start writing letters behind the scenes to pressure or cajole or show support for a request pending before the agency,” said John Solomon, a reporter for the Center for Public Integrity, a non-profit investigative journalism organization. While critics of the budgeting process have long lambasted earmarks as a source of wasteful Congressional spending, it is a far more transparent process than letter-marking because the earmarks can been seen in the bills, Solomon said. He said there is little evidence that the letters written by various members of Congress influenced what projects were granted money from stimulus funds. For instance, Sen. Kay Bailey
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UAP seeking agreement on final plan for meters By Audrey White Daily Texan Staff West Campus infrastructure could get an update with funds from a new parking meter system if the city, business owners, neighborhood association and students involved can agree on a final plan. The Parking Benefits District proposal, from West Campus neighborhood association University Area Partners, has gone through several stages since the start of the summer, and stakeholders say they are nearing a resolution that will meet everyone’s needs. Under the association’s current proposal, the city would add 200 parking meters on Nueces and Rio Grande streets. Over the next 10 years, the association would receive 30 percent of the profits from the meters to use for infrastructure improvements. With a possible matching grant from the Neighborhood Partnership Program, the funds will bring light, irrigation and sidewalk improvements on 21st, 22nd, 25th and 26th streets from Guadalupe Street to San Gabriel
Street, said UAP board member Brian Donovan. “It’s dangerous to ride your bike and walk on the sidewalks in many places in West Campus,” Donovan said. “In my view, it’s about taxing people who drive into the neighborhood, whether they live here or not, in order to pay for improvements to the other modes of transportation.” Only a few points of contention remain in the proposal that is largely a satisfying compromise, he said. The first is a discussion of how to establish a two-way bike lane on Rio Grande Street while still accounting for car traffic and parking on that street, and the other relates to a plan to create a permit parking system for students who live in buildings that do not have adequate offstreet parking for residents. This includes certain co-ops and apartment complexes built before 1960, after which a city ordinance began to require that buildings include sufficient parking.
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“Even though a lot of people at the houses do have cars, I think the reduction in street parking would be great because there are way too many cars,� said Alice Armstrong, the Inter-Cooperative Council board representative from New Guild Co-op, which would be eligible for a few permits. “They’re a danger to pedestrians, and it’s not necessary to have all those cars. It’s possible to travel on foot, except the sidewalks suck.� In 2009, the association made $26,700 from the parking meters on San Antonio Street, which were installed in 2006 as part of a pilot run to the Parking Benefits District program, which City Council will vote on as a permanent program on Nov. 4. Since their installation, revenue from the meters has funded the improvements to 23rd and Rio Grande streets, and they are the most profitable parking meters in Austin. Expanded meters in
website, she handles cases that concern discrimination against a client’s sex, race, age or sexual orientation. She also handles sexual harassment and wrongful termination cases. Allred describes herself as an active feminist and is the president of the Women’s Equal Rights Legal Defense and Education Fund. She also worked on an early sexual abuse case against the Catholic Church. Dorene Ray, a senior administrative associate for UT’s Office of Institutional Equity, said the office had no comment on whether it is investigating Bryant. If a staff member in athletics or any other department is accused of discrimination, sexual harass-
ment or sexual misconduct, the complaint would come to the Office of Institutional Equity, said Patricia Ortega, senior program coordinator for the office. UT athletics spokesman Nick Voinis said on Monday that there is no new information from UT or the athletics department about Bryant. Bryant has worked for UT head football coach Mack Brown since 1995, when Brown was head coach of the University of North Carolina football team and Bryant coached wide receivers and coordinated recruiting. “I don’t have all the facts on Cleve’s situation, but the University is handling that,� Brown said at his regular post-game press conference.
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the eastern part of West Campus would likely show similar profits, Donovan said. “It’s a good partnership between the city and UAP. Parking Benefit Districts can provide much needed improvements that the city otherwise wouldn’t be able to afford,� said City of Austin Transportation Department engineer Peter Marsh. “The ultimate goal is to try to get to a position where a lot of the streets students are using in West Campus will look like 23rd Street improvements.� The city is hoping to start installing parking meters over the holiday break, but Donovan said it may take longer than that for the association to lay out its final proposal for the bike lane system on Rio Grande Street. The next University Area Partners meeting is Nov. 9, and board members will examine the current version of the proposal and decide whether to vote or make additional changes.
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was denied. “Senator Hutchison opposed the stimulus bill, which has proven that the government can’t borrow and spend its way out of a recession and has failed to create the jobs the administration promised,� said Hutchison spokeswoman Courtney Sanders. “However, as long as Texas taxpayer dollars are going to Washington, Texas should be on an even playing field with other states competing for resources.� In a letter to the U.S. Transportation Department, Rep. Ralph Hall, R-McKinney, requested $19 million in grant money to turn an abandoned railway in North Texas into a 130-mile hike and bike trail. He wrote that the grant was crucial to creating jobs in the hardhit construction industry. Every Republican member of the Texas congressional delegation voted against passage of the stimulus. Many of them expressed concerns with the stimulus bill before casting their votes — Hall said he had “serious misgivings� about its size and nature. Texas Republican Party spokesman Chris Elam defended the practice, noting that Texas is a net donor state in revenue to the federal government, meaning the state sends more tax revenue to the federal government than it receives. “If they’re going to be taking our tax dollars from us, we want them returned,� he said.
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OPEN: Master swimmer, student share passion for outdoor race From page 1 the country, Bell has a passion for the sport that can’t be contained within a cement pond. At 62 years old, he partakes in every race he organizes and never skips a day of practice. “I think I missed a day some time in the ’80s,” Bell said. “I don’t consider it ‘working out’ or ‘training.’ That makes it sound like parole.” Bell has swum alongside dolphins off the coast of South Carolina and near a tiger shark in Maui, but he wanted to bring the excitement of racing in lakes and oceans back home to Austin. “I organized these races because I wanted to swim in them,” Bell said. “I love our races here; the scenery is beautiful. In Marble Falls you get to swim through a 50-millionyear-old canyon.” Many of those who have traveled the world to compete in the open water, from a 5k race from the Château d’If to the French coast inspired by Edmond Dantes of “The Count of Monte Cristo” to the historic English Channel swim, got their start in a pool. UT nutrition senior Kelley Schall, who plans her summer vacations around competitions, made the plunge into open water just two years ago when her mother encouraged her to compete in the Lake Travis Relay, an event organized by Bell. “All it took was that one race and I was hooked,” Schall said. “In pool swimming, I was always focused on the clock, but open-water swimming conditions are completely different for every race. Expecting the unexpected enables me to lighten up and just enjoy the swim.” Bell shares Schall’s sentiment that open-water swimming provides athletes with opportunities that can’t be found elsewhere. “You have to be about nine feet tall to succeed in the pool. In a lake, there’s no diving, there’s no turning, no acrobatic reversal of directions. You’re just swimming,” Bell said. Much like running on a trail versus a treadmill, the freedom and natural beauty of swimming outdoors are often paired with challenging conditions. Though many swimmers, both competitive and recreational, have an overwhelming fear of shark attacks, neither Schall nor Bell view them as a threat. “I read somewhere you’re more likely to die from a vending machine accident than a shark bite,” Bell said. “And I’m not exactly afraid of vending machines.” Instead, Bell emphasizes the danger of boats. When training alone in a lake, he attaches himself to a kayak with an inflatable passenger, making himself more visible. “There isn’t much boat traffic in the part of Lake Travis where I swim, but it only takes one boat to run you over,” Bell wrote on his blog. Schall cites staying on course and cooler water temperatures as the greatest difficulties she has encountered. “Several buoys are set up to designate the course, [but] it can be hard to see them if the water is particularly choppy,” Schall said. “Water temperature, too. It starts to get difficult when it drops below 60 degrees.” Schall isn’t the only swimmer to subscribe to this belief, which is why many competitors use wet suits — which provide both warmth and buoyancy — for colder races. However, because of the added benefits, some competitions ban these suits altogether. “I’m not a fan of wet suits, I don’t think that’s really swimming,” Bell said. “It’s like ‘swimming’ in a canoe.” Schall echoes the sentiment, stating that after a race in 56-degree water, she felt a sense of accomplishment for having completed it on her own. Open water swimming may involve unfavorable racing conditions that pool swimmers never need to consider, but Bell, like many others in the sport, prefers a challenge. “The angrier the sea is, the happier I am,” Bell said. Although open water swimming boasts a long and fascinating history dating back to
Lord Byron’s 1810 trek across the Dardanelles, a narrow strait connecting Europe and Asia, it is still a growing sport. In 2008, the Olympic Games added an open-water event for the first time since 1896, and that same year, Bell began organizing the Open Water Collegiate National Championships. There is a marked difference between Bell’s competitions and many international races, including the one that took place at the 2008 Olympics: drafting, or the act of following another athlete so closely that resistance is minimized. While Bell and the American Swimming Association enforce a strict “no drafting” policy, athletes at the Olympics and general FINA World Championships tend to swim
in packs until one breaks away in a sprint toward the finish. “It really takes the fun and the challenge out of the sport,” Bell said. “That’s why we have a strict self-disqualification policy for drafting.” Bell’s third annual Open Water Collegiate National Championships included athletes from UT, A&M, Rice, Trinity and St. Leo University in Florida, and it is Bell’s hope that because the sport is still evolving, his race continues to grow in popularity. “When I’m racing, I’m thinking about winning. I’m thinking about the scenery and I’m thinking about how there’s no place else I’d rather be,” Bell said. “And I just want more people to be able to experience that.”
Texas A&M civil engineering freshman Wylie Escobedo joins her teammates on the shores of Lake Travis after finishing an open water swimming competition that included students from universities around the country.
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Promote culture The list of performers scheduled to appear in Austin this school year out-dazzles most rosters. Young pianist Jonathan Biss will perform Mozart at Bass Hall on Friday, and Grammy-winning jazz singer Luciano Souza will be at Hogg Memorial Auditorium on Monday. Throughout the school year, Austin residents will also have the opportunities to see Shrek The Musical, West Side Story, Michael Pollan, Yo Yo Ma and an assortment of jazz, chamber music and dance performances. But tickets to these events don’t come cheap, with prices ranging from $20 to $60. Those prices, although not astronomically high, discourage the just vaguely interested UT student pinching pennies — a description that probably fits most of us — from attending these shows This is a shame. The performances appear on the UT campus and should be enjoyed by those who populate it: the students That logic drives the Student Ticket Fund, a fundraising effort organized by Texas Performing Arts, the organization which hosts the performances. The Student Ticket Fund’s philosophy is simple: “Treat a student. Donate to the student ticket fund.” Texas Performing Arts uses these donations to offer student tickets at the discounted price of $10. Did you compute that? Yo Yo Ma for $10. The fund’s website describes the economic realities it’s trying to combat: “Imagine you’re a UT student who loves the performing arts but must also watch your bank account. You’re very excited to hear that Neil Young and Wicked will conveniently appear on campus at Bass Concert Hall ... but then you learn the cheapest tickets in the building are $60 and $35, respectively. Sadly, it looks like you won’t be in the audience for either event.” With the student ticket fund, you won’t have to miss either. There are those who will dismiss this opportunity because they believe high culture doesn’t beat a night on Sixth Street — or even an evening watching Mad Men. But that misjudgment is their loss; don’t let it be yours. Going to college means relying upon our own initiative. No more parents or third-grade field trips to the local production of “A Christmas Carol” to shove culture down our throats. But going to college also means trying new things. The scheduled performances listed above particularly fit this purpose; they brim with interesting, thought-provoking music, theater and dance performances and promise engagement for even those who are uninitiated to the arts. Admittedly, it’s tough to convince people to donate to the arts during a recession; and the reality is that those funds are often the first to be scaled back in tough economic times. But the student ticket fund provides a meaningful cultural experience to many UT students — an experience they may not be able to have otherwise. As students, we should take advantage of the fund and thank contributors who understand that the cause merits support and perhaps remind them, as the fund’s website does, that donating before Oct. 31 doubles their contributions. — Susannah Jacob for the editorial board
Fixing Austin’s traffic issues By Mike Garcia Daily Texan Columnist If you’re a stranger to late-night driving in Austin, you’d be surprised how often I-35 at midnight resembles I-35 during rush hour. Traffic, we all say, is simply a part of living in Austin, or any mid-sized city for that matter. This may be the case, but aside from the inevitable traffic delays one should expect, I’ve just about had it with the unnecessary daily setbacks I’ve become accustomed to. I’ve long stood by the notion that this is in many ways a perfect city to live in. We’ve got plenty of parks, trees, friendly people, great things to do in the daytime, world-renowned nightlife, and for a long time now, we’ve been the “live music capital of the world.” As a guitarist, I cannot put into words how lucky I am to live in this city. But the traffic problems make me want to throw it all away for another town. I’m not exactly talking about expressway traffic; I was just using I-35 as an example. Any town with a major expressway running through it can expect to have some traffic problems. What I’m talking about specifically is the inefficient traffic lights scattered throughout the city. If you live in West Campus, you know exactly what I’m talking about. I can’t count how many times in the past month I’ve been stuck at a traffic light
in West Campus for minutes at a time while traffic in any other direction was nowhere to be seen (24th and San Gabriel, anyone?). I was driving in Houston once (and my God, I hope that was the last time I ever go to Houston) and despite the fact that it’s literally the ugliest city in Texas, it has a very efficient traffic-light system. I sat behind one red light in downtown Houston because they have it set up so that the lights are synchronized — what a novel concept, right? Every other light after that was green. We tend to have the opposite experience in Austin. It’s as if our traffic-light system is programmed to purposely be counter-intuitive. Sometimes I’ll be driving (and by driving, I mean waiting at a red light) on Lamar, and after waiting at least 2-3 minutes for the light to change, I’m greeted by yet another red light, which was green as I approached it but turned red before I could cross it. This is because unlike other cities in the civilized world, our traffic-light system is still based on a pre-determined timing schedule and doesn’t respond to real-time traffic flow. Austin has grown immensely in the last five years and it’s high time we start paying serious attention to our traffic problems. In 2005, traffic inefficiencies contributed to more than $390 million in lost productivity, and we were ranked number one in traffic congestion among medium-sized cities.
If Austin can spend money on red-light cameras, it can spend money on traffic-flow sensors, which, at least in Houston, have proven to reduce the amount of time people spend in traffic. In 1998, the City Council implemented synchronized red-lights downtown, which helped traffic flow immensely. If they want to see Austin really take off, they should extend these policies to the whole city. In the end, though, I hear people complaining about the traffic all the time, but I never hear about anyone doing anything about it. Fellow Longhorns, it’s time we take these matters into our own hands. I say we start with a letter-writing campaign to the Mayor and the City Council enumerating our grievances. If that doesn’t work, I think I might run for mayor of Austin next time around on a “trafficular reform” platform. All jokes aside, though, you should take me up on writing that letter. You’d be surprised how apathetic people really are — even just a few letters may actually get the ball rolling, and our coordinated efforts could solve the traffic problems here in Austin. There really is something good about this town, and it would be a damned shame to see it thrown to the dogs of traffic as we sit idly in our cars and do nothing. Garcia is a government senior.
The new climate of climate policy By Emily Grubert Daily Texan Columnist Governor Joe Manchin of West Virginia made sure to kill the cap-and-trade climate bill, even though it was already dead. The coal-state Democrat recently released a television ad where he picks up a rifle and shoots a hole into the middle of a draft of a climate bill. A cap-and-trade bill passed in the House of Representatives more than a year ago, but it has since died in the Senate. The cap-and-trade concept calls for the United States to set limits on the amount of climate change pollution it emits, then to allow emitters to buy and sell permits to emit up to those limits. Cap-and-trade is a proposed market-based alternative to direct climate change pollution regulation by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The EPA has had the authority to regulate six greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act since 2007, when the Supreme Court ruled in Massachusetts vs. EPA that greenhouse gases are pollutants. The EPA was ordered to either begin regulating greenhouse gas emissions or present a firm rationale for not doing so. The ensuing study led to an endangerment finding in 2010 when the EPA announced that greenhouse gas emissions
threaten human health. The EPA is expected to begin regulating greenhouse gases in 2011. The Clean Air Act was not written for pollutants that are as high-volume and as widely emitted as some greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide, and many fear that Clean Air Act regulation will be far less efficient and effective than regulation under legislation targeting climate change pollution specifically. That is a big part of the reason that climate change has been a matter of debate in Congress, though action seems unlikely now. As a quick aside, I’d like to explain a few terms that I and others throw around: greenhouse gases, global warming pollution and climate change pollution. Greenhouse gases are gases that tend to hold heat in the atmosphere, such as carbon dioxide or methane. Global warming pollution and climate change pollution are broader, including nongaseous components such as black carbon. Black carbon refers to very small, dark particles that are generated during combustion. They contribute to warming, and they are especially problematic in snow-covered regions where they land on snow and effectively act like black T-shirts on a hot day, absorbing more of the sun’s energy and contributing to melting. I like to say climate change pollution rather than global warming pollution, since warm-
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ing is not expected to be uniform, climate change involves problems other than temperature changes, and there are some pollutants that can cool local areas, too. (Don’t get too excited about trying to balance out the effects: Most of the cooling pollutants are pretty nasty to one’s health, and offsetting temperature changes does nothing to prevent carbon dioxide from acidifying the oceans.) It’s safe to say that Texas is not excited about the prospect of EPA-regulated greenhouse gas emissions. Texas sued the EPA over its endangerment findings earlier this year, and in August, the Attorney General and the chairman of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality sent a letter to the EPA, writing: “On behalf of the State of Texas, we write to inform you that Texas has neither the authority nor the intention of interpreting, ignoring, or amending its laws in order to compel the permitting of greenhouse gas emissions.” Ouch. So a market-based approach has been killed repeatedly, and the prospect of the EPA regulating greenhouse gases is loathsome to Texas and a good number of other states. The EPA finds itself in the awkward position of being sued for not doing anything by one group of states, then being sued for doing something by another. Energy and climate issues in the United States do spark political dis-
agreement, obviously, but an interesting corollary to that is that energy and climate disagreements tend to be down regional lines, not party lines. West Virginia Gov. Manchin is a Democrat — but he’s from a coal state. What do we do? Climate change pollution is a danger to human health and poses a major risk of high cost changes. A market based approach does not seem to be workable; the prospect of direct regulation provokes moans across the country. Political parties cannot really count on uniting opinion within their ranks. Increasingly, groups are beginning to consider that making renewable energy and efficiency cheap and attractive might be a faster way to get around the climate change pollution issue than trying to subsidize expensive alternatives or put surcharges on what we already have. A report out this week called Post-Partisan Power proposes exactly this, with authors from the American Enterprise Institute, the Brookings Institution and the Breakthrough Institute — right, center, and left. Basically, the call is to fund research, not subsidies, at levels that reflect the importance of energy to the American economy. We’ll see what happens. Grubert is an environmental and water resources engineering graduate student.
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Malcolm Moran, Knight Chair for Sports Journalism and Society at Penn State, discusses journalistic ethics regarding sports and steroids in the Lady Bird Johnson Room on Monday afternoon.
Steroid debate inspires UT journalists By Anna Fata Daily Texan Staff Although an ESPN commentator said steroids could be beneficial and are over-hyped by young sports journalists, a panel of experts disagreed during a discussion at UT on Monday. Brent Musburger, a popular ESPN broadcaster, sparked a nationwide debate when he told journalism students at the University of Montana that, with proper care, steroids can be used at a professional level. Michael Cramer, director of the Texas Program in Sports and Media, moderated a panel featuring Penn State journalism professor Malcolm Moran and U.S. Olympic Committee Sport Psychology Registry member
Steven Ungerleider. Both speakers agreed that Musburger ’s comments were “irresponsible� and “uneducated.� Empirical data shows steroids are dangerous to physical and emotional health, Ungerleider said. Musburger making these statements as a professional journalist without the backing of empirical data is irresponsible, he said. Ungerleider wrote “Faust’s Gold,� a book that investigates the doping scandal in which the German government was injecting unknowing athletes with high performance drugs in the 1960s through the 1980s. “There needs to be more in the prevention education arena so that people like Musburger
and other pre-eminent journalists can understand the dimensions of doping and the problems of doping,� he said. Both panel speakers challenged the room full of UT journalism students to investigate the subject of steroid use in athletes. If it weren’t for the work of journalists in the past, we would not have had progress in drug testing and the changes in Major League Baseball, Ungerleider said. MLB implemented strict, league-wide steroid testing policies after the media exposed steroid usage by Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa. Today’s digital media allows easy means to publish work, though new journalists should
still hold on to old standards of journalism to determine when work is publishable, Moran said. He added journalists should work to report truthfully and accurately, especially on the subject of steroid use. “The main accusation is that this person did something illegal,� Moran said. “No matter how much asking around you do, where does the information come from that allows you to substantiate a suggestion that someone is violating the law?�
By Vidushi Shrimali Daily Texan Staff An Austin bond proposition that will appear on the Nov. 2 ballot has led to the creation of coalitions and committees to protest the proposal. If passed, Austin Bond Proposition 1 will allocate $90 million to make transportation-related improvements throughout the city. The money will come from an existing pot of $200 million the city has set aside for bonds. Citizens’ groups such as El Concilio, a coalition of Mexican-American neighborhood associations, object to the proposition, claiming that it ignores the needs of the majority of Austinites to focus on unnecessary improvements in the downtown district. The package proposes spending $22.4 million, around 25 percent of its total funds, on creating a boardwalk around Lady Bird Lake and reconstructing Third Street. El Concilio President Gavino Fernandez said the government has been neglecting the needs of MexicanAmerican neighborhoods in East Austin for years, which continue to suffer from traffic congestion and unkempt roads. “Even this bond package continues the same practice of neglect,� Fernandez said. The package allocates a large percentage of its funding to the business district of Austin, which only serves a small percentage of the city’s resi-
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dents, Fernandez said. Sensible Transportation Solutions for Austin, a political action committee founded specifically to defeat the proposition, shares El Concilio’s concerns, said committee treasurer Dominic Chavez. “Why is all of the money going downtown instead of being spent on residents?� Chavez asked. “I would be shocked if you asked any citizen what their top priorities are and they told you Third Street and Lady Bird Lake. People who are sitting in traffic on MoPac are not thinking, ‘Oh hey, we need a new boardwalk on Lady Bird Lake.’� Opposition groups such as El Concilio and Sensible Transportation Solutions are incorrect when they say that the funds have been disproportionately distributed throughout sections of the city, said campaign coordinator for the Get Moving Austin campaign Joanna Wolaver. “It is the most diverse bond package the city has put forth g e o g r a p h i c a l l y, � Wo l a v e r said, adding that the older areas that El Concilio represents, including in East Austin, are receiving larger funds for improvements. East Austin will receive 34 percent, compared to West Austin, which is only receiving 23 percent. Wolaver said that 57 percent of the funds will be on the road improvements that Fernandez and Chavez said needed most of the attention.
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Fifth and sixth grade students at St. Andrew’s Episcopal School gather around Austin’s 2010 Tree of the Year on Monday morning. The criteria for choosing the tree are based on aesthetic value and biological health. An Escarpment Live Oak tree at St. Andrew’s Episcopal School was named the 2010 Tree of the Year during the opening event for Texas Native Plant Week on Monday. The awards program was created to inform Austinites about proper tree care. This is the second annual Texas Native Plant Week and other events of the week include the Highland Lakes native plant garden tour, the Arbor Day volunteer tree planting and chili cook off and the habitat workday
at Fire Station #16. Mayor Lee Leffingwell said the city needs to understand the benefits of planting native trees. “Celebrating Native Texas Plant Week really helps people understand more about the use of native species and how they can help them save water and money,� said Wendy Morgan, a member of the city’s public information department. Morgan said that there are various trees that are very beneficial
to the environment including Live Oak, Cedar Elm and Bald Cypress. Others include lesser-known varieties such as the Texas Mountain Laurel and Yaupon Holly. “There are so many benefits from trees,� Morgan said. “Trees not only are beautiful to look at, but they help us reduce our carbon footprint by absorbing the carbon dioxide in the air, prevent storm water run-off and control erosion.� —Lauren Giudice
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Trial of Fort Hood gunman recalls painful memories By Angela K. Brown & Michael Graczyk The Associated Press FORT HOOD — A pregnant soldier shot during a rampage at a Texas Army post last year cried out, “My baby! My baby!� as others crawled under desks, dodged bullets that pierced walls and rushed to help their bleeding comrades, a military court heard Monday. A soldier had just told Spc. Jonathan Sims that she was expecting a baby and was preparing to go home, when the first volley of gunfire rang out Nov. 5 in a Fort Hood building where soldiers get medical tests before and after deploying. “The female soldier that was sitting next to me was in the fetal position. She was screaming: ‘My baby! My baby!’� Sims said. Pvt. Francheska Velez, a 21 year old from Chicago, had become pregnant while serving in Iraq. She was among the 13 killed in the worst mass shooting on an American military base. Sims was one of 10 soldiers to testify Monday at an Article 32 hearing that will determine whether Army psychiatrist Maj. Nidal Hasan will stand trial on 13 counts of premeditated murder and 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder. Spc. Dayna Roscoe testified she was in an overflow waiting area
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Analysis of transit footage gives pre-shooting insight By Aziza Musa Daily Texan Staff Camera footage released by Capital Metro reveals campus gunman Colton Tooley boarding the 101 bus at 7:22 a.m. with a white object protruding from his backpack, presumed to be his AK47 rifle. Tooley, who wore a white hoodie, appeared restless as he shifted around items in his backpack. He moved from the window seat to the aisle seat and back again to a window seat during the nearly hour-long ride from South Austin to campus, during which he mostly stared out of the window. Cap Metro spokesman Adam Shaivitz said the incident was the
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man in an Army combat uniform stood by a front counter, shouted “Allahu Akbar!� — “God is great!� in Arabic — and started shooting. Many startled soldiers thought it was a training exercise. Sgt. 1st Class Miguel Valdivia said he continued thinking it was a drill, even after he saw soldiers fall to the floor, until he was shot three times. “When I saw my own blood, then I realized it was real,� Valdivia said. During cross-examination, Lt. Col. Kris Poppe, a defense attorney, asked Valdivia if he initially told investigators that the gunman had “a blank expression on his face, almost like he was not there.� Valdivia said he meant that the shooter’s expression was similar to how “a drill sergeant looked at me at boot camp.� Upcoming witnesses are expected to include the two Fort Hood police officers credited with taking the gunman down. Hasan, 40, who was paralyzed from the chest down after being shot, remains jailed. At some point after the hearing, Col. James L. Pohl, the investigating officer in the case, will recommend whether Hasan should go to trial. That decision — and whether the Army will seek the death penalty — ultimately will be made by the commanding general.
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first time anyone has brought a rifle onto a bus and that the company will review and adjust security as needed. “In this particular incident, there were no red flags about the individual’s travel patterns or behavior,â€? Shaivitz said. The 101 route runs from William Cannon Boulevard to Howard Lane, with a stop near Guadalupe and 21st Streets. Tooley got off of the bus at 8:09 a.m., but the footage does not show him discarding his belongings and taking out the rifle, a gift from his father. Tooley, a mathematics sophomore, brought the rifle to campus and fired about 11 rounds near the University Catholic Center. He then ran to the sixth floor of the Perry-CastaĂąeda Library, where he took his own life. Public Safety Commission Chairman Michael Lauderdale said the campus needed surveillance to deal with similar situations. He said he would like to see more officers on the force, but the police departments have not been able to secure funding. “I think it comes down to cameras,â€? said Lauderdale, a social work professor. “I think the technology, given the sorts of episodes that can occur and the episode that did occur, are needed. I’m not particularly delighted with the idea, but given the fact that I want us to have a campus as safe as possible, I think that’s a fair trade.â€?
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draws opposition to main points From page 1 died and the economy is horrible.� Before the event, members of the pro-Israeli group handed out fliers countering the sentiments of the protesters. “We don’t talk to incite anything,� Garber said. “We just want to open up dialogue about what is happening in the Middle East.� Every year, the pro-Palestine group protests the Israel Block Party, a fair held in the spring on the South Mall that celebrates Israeli culture and accomplishments. “We need to look at Israel’s role. We have to see [Palestinian violence] as a product of their occupation,� said Dickie Fischer, cochair of the pro-Palestine group. Noah Jaffe, a history and government senior, said he was not pleased with the presence of the protesters because he said they were most focused with causing a scene before the lecture. “They very rarely want to have a dialogue,� he said. “They just wave incendiary signs outside.�
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TRIVIA TUESDAY Which Longhorn was the first Texan to ever win the Gatorade National Prep Player of the Year?
Jeff Heimsath | Daily Texan Staff
Senior Michael Huey clears the path for running back Cody Johnson during the Longhorns’ game against Nebraska this weekend. After two weeks of defeat, Huey assisted in the team’s win over the No. 5 Huskers. number is going to be called and you better be ready when it is,’” Muschamp said. “We have a certain standard we’re going to play to here, and at the end of the day, we’re not going to say, ‘Well, we had an injury.’”
Nebraska quarterback Taylor Martinez runs the ball against Kansas State two weeks ago. Despite being replaced against Texas last week, Martinez will start against Oklahoma State on Saturday.
Hicks tied cornerback Aaron Williams to lead the team with eight tackles. Phillips didn’t play as much as Hicks, but he did break up a potential game-changing pass in the end zone in the fourth quarter.
By Andy Lutz Daily Texan Staff Nebraska head coach Bo Pelini has announced that redshirt freshman quarterback Taylor Martinez will keep his starting spot heading into this weekend’s matchup at Oklahoma State, despite struggling in the Cornhuskers’ 20-13 loss to Texas on Saturday. One of the best running quarterbacks in the country, Martinez came into the game averaging 147 yards per game on the ground, but was held to just 21 yards on 13 carries by the Longhorn defense, which filled its holes and didn’t miss many assignments in the running game. Martinez was replaced in the third quarter of that game by senior backup Zac Lee, who also struggled against the Longhorns. “He was in a situation where it started snowballing on him,” said Nebraska offensive coordinator Shawn Watson. “We went
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blocked the best they had all year and created creases and A sound offensive line is the gaps for quarterback Garrett key to a productive offense. Gilbert and the running backs But lately, the Longhorns have to sneak through and rack up had difficulties executing any 209 yards — a season best. sort of running game. Against Nebraska, the line TEXAS continues on page 8
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with Zac because Zac had the experience and maturity to handle it. Taylor is still our starting quarterback.”
Greg Schiano. “We ask our fans and the entire Rutgers community to believe and pray for Eric as he begins the recovery process.”
LeGrand paralyzed after hit
GameDay heads to Columbia
Late in the fourth quarter of Rutgers’ 23-20 overtime win over Army, Scarlet Knight junior defensive tackle Eric LeGrand suffered a severe spinal-cord injury while trying to make a tackle on a kickoff. LeGrand collided awkwardly and violently with Army return man Malcolm Brown, and he lay motionless on the turf for nearly five minutes before being taken off the field on a cart. LeGrand is currently in intensive care at a Hackensack, N.J., hospital and will have to stay there for a while after having emergency surgery on Saturday. “Eric, his family and the Rutgers football family believe he will recover,” said Rutgers head coach
No. 1 Oklahoma will try to avoid being the third top-ranked team to fall in as many weeks when it takes on the No. 11 Tigers. Behind the strong play of quarterback Blaine Gabbert, whom many NFL scouts have had an eye on for years, Mizzou is off to yet another 6-0 start after crushing Texas A&M 30-9 at Kyle Field. For this monumental Big 12 matchup, Kirk Herbstreit and crew will bring ESPN College GameDay to Columbia to see which undefeated squad will fold. Herbstreit saw his Ohio State Buckeyes fall this past weekend to the Wisconsin Badgers in Madison, meaning
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City of fair weather fans unite, cheer on Rangers
I have a confession to make: I’m a bandwagon Rangers fan. Before you jump on me for my fair-weather ways, look at yourself in the mirror and tell me you aren’t the same way. If you’re a person who has been going to the Ballpark in Arlington since you were 5 years old and sat through those 100-degree summers of losing, then props to you. The team you’ve been waiting for all these years has finally come through, and you deserve to be a part of this pennant race more than I do. But I personally don’t see any shame in my sudden change of faith. My hometown baseball team is good. Really good. So I’m going to cheer for them. When I was little, my dad had Rangers season tickets because he’s a baseball guru (imagine his dismay when I didn’t last through my first and only softball practice). He took me to every Rangers Opening
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By Laken Litman Daily Texan Staff Though they were lights out against one of the nation’s top rushing attacks, the Longhorns’ defense took a beating in Lincoln as several starters were injured. Junior linebacker Keenan R o b i n s o n a n d s o p h o m o re safety Kenny Vaccaro were forced to miss the entire second half because of head injuries. Senior cornerback Curtis Brown hurt his back on a punt return, but played despite his constant grimaces. Junior linebacker Emmanuel Acho was limping around late in the fourth quarter. Rather than panic, head coach Mack Brown and defensive coordinator Will Muschamp dug into their depth chart and pulled out freshman linebacker Jordan Hicks and defensive back Adrian Phillips. “Jordan was in the right spots and played very well. He’s a very mature young man,” Muschamp said. “We’ve had an awful lot of confidence in him all along. He practices well, plays well, and the same goes for Adrian.” With a defense so stout and in sync, younger players find it hard to crack the lineup, but sometimes, one player’s misfortune is another’s opportunity. “We always tell the guys, ‘You never know when your
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Day game from ages 6 through 15, but that was the only game I’d attend all season. Don’t get me wrong, I was excited to go to the ballpark and eat hotdogs and get mint chocolate chip ice cream in those awesome baseball hat bowls. I even had a “Pudge” Rodriguez jersey and hoped to catch a fly ball in my little black mitt. But I’m one of those people who doesn’t enjoy sweating in plastic seats watching a slow, three-hour baseball game just for my team to end up losing. My whole life I’ve been an avid sports fan, but never liked baseball thanks to the Rangers. But then a few months ago, the Rangers acquired a certain AllStar lefty — Cliff Lee — and everything changed. “I didn’t know we were going to get him. It didn’t look as though we had a chance,” Rangers manager Ron Washington told ESPN.com. “When we got him, it sent a spark throughout the whole team. It meant the organization was serious about helping us win. I thought we had a good club. I thought we could
RANGERS continues on page 8
SPORTS BRIEFLY Name: Adrian Phillips Position: DB Height: 5’11 Class: Freshman Hometown: Garland
Defensive back Phillips replaces Vaccaro after injury, impresses After Kenny Vaccaro left Saturday’s game against Nebraska with an injury, coaches called on freshman defensive back Adrian Phillips. Junior cornerback Aaron Williams couldn’t help but laugh at Phillips’ reaction. “His eyes looked like an owl’s,” Williams said. “And I know that exact feeling. I told him, ‘If you’re confused with what you have to do, whatever you do, don’t get beat.’” Phillips played up to the expectations he had this summer coming out of Garland. He was all over the field on pass coverage and had two assisted tackles. Not only were the more experienced players impressed by his contribution to the defensive effort, but the coaches also took note of his stellar play. “I’m very proud of Phillips,” said head coach Mack Brown. “He stepped up with some guys banged up and played well.” - Jordan Godwin
Name: Leah Fortune Position: F Height: 5’2 Class: Freshman Hometown: Chicago, IL
Freshman Fortune leaves Texas to play for Brazil in 2011 FIFA Redshirt freshman forward Leah Fortune has been called up to train with the Brazilian National Team for its qualifying matches in the 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup, and will miss the remainder of the 2010 season for the Longhorns. She is no longer enrolled at the University. Fortune was second on the team with four goals, and second in points with 12. “This is her opportunity to show she belongs on that level,” said Texas head coach Chris Petrucelli. “Her impact will be felt by her Texas teammates for years to come.” -Jon Parrett
Thomas Allison | Daily Texan Staff
Freshman Kirby Bellow pitches against Vanderbilt in Texas’ 7-2 loss to Vanderbilt on Friday. Bellow allowed only one hit in two innings of work.
Altered attitudes result in success By Sara Beth Purdy Daily Texan Staff After struggling to produce any significant offensive momentum on Friday against Vanderbilt, the Longhorns showed considerable improvement after they bounced back and scored seven runs on eight hits in the finale of a two-game
fall exhibition series with the Commodores. Head coach Augie Garrido insists that this improvement is a result of a change in attitude throughout the team. “Attitude play is the key role in this game,” he said. “All of us are capable of greater things. Adjusting our attitude to get us
to a different level of competitiveness takes experience. We’re going through those experiences right now.” Mark Payton, a freshman outfielder, stood out because of his attitude when approaching the game.
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RANGERS: Pitcher sparks playoff hope From page 7 make the playoffs. But when you get a guy like Cliff Lee, well, then you can start thinking big.� The Lee trade gave me a spark, too. So on July 27th, I watched him pitch against the A’s in his fourth start as a Ranger. He struck out 13 batters and only allowed five hits and one run in nine innings as the Rangers won 3-1. “Wait, the Rangers are good now,� I thought. “Am I a ... Rangers fan?� The answer was yes. So I started paying closer attention and developed a newfound love and appreciation for baseball. Now the Rangers are in the ALCS for the first time in franchise history and I’ve got my antlers and claws up. I even went to Game 3 of the Rays series, and am currently watching Lee mow down the Yankees in his third post-season game of 10-plus strikeouts. But it’s not just Lee that’s turned me into a fan. It’s the fact that the team sprayed Ginger Ale in the locker room after winning the ALDS so that center fielder Josh Hamilton could participate
ATTITUDES: Positions shifted;
team demonstrates maturity “We all just gelled together really well,� Silver said.
From page 7
Paul Sancya | Associated Press
Starting pitcher Cliff Lee fist bumps catcher Bengie Molina while playing the Yankees in Game 3 of the ALCS. The Rangers took a 2-1 series lead over New York on Monday night. in the celebration. It’s the way the team didn’t fold in Game 2 of the ALCS after giving up a five-run lead to the Yankees the night before. It’s because every time clos-
ers Alexi Ogando or Neftali Feliz take the mound, the coolest Dominican Republic music blares on the speakers at the ballpark. The Rangers have that under-
dog passion that I find so attractive in teams and despite the fact that I’ve never taken an interest in this club ... it’s World Series or bust!
“We went out there with a purpose today. We didn’t go up there Position changes hoping to get a hit but knowing After last season, many startwe were better than that pitcher,� ers left for the majors, creating Payton said. critical holes in the starting lineup. Not only are freshmen comFreshmen expectations high peting for starting spots, but A common theme throughout many returning starters are seethe Longhorn athletic programs is ing playing time at new posithe potential of the freshmen. Al- tions to determine who is best though the baseball team may not suited for each job. Sophomore Cohl Walla, who be ranked first, it is no exception. “[Our freshmen] are the most played left field last season, has consistent and steady ball play- switched to center field this fall. ers we’ve experienced in maturi- Because of the similarity between ty, the right kind of attitude,� Gar- the two positions and that he rido said. “They’re going to make played center field in high school, the switch shouldn’t be that sigimportant contributions.� Not only have the freshmen nificant when the season starts in been impressing coaches, but they February. Lusson, who started at third have made a good impression on returning ball players as well. Ju- base last semester, has been nior Kevin Lusson believes that switching between that and catchthe newcomers have responded er throughout the fall. “I just go out and play ball,� well to the differences that exist between high school ball and col- Lusson said. “I could play both. It really doesn’t matter.� lege ball.
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TEXAS: Morale unfazed by injuries, few sacks in Lincoln to Columbia for Tigers, Sooners made about five pancake blocks. weeks, the Longhorns have “Actually, it felt like more than been mired in losses because “They’re definitely growing,� that. I think I counted eight,� he of poor performances against UCLA and Oklahoma. offensive coordinator Greg Da- said. Before the team was rejuvevis said of his linemen. “They were much more in tune with getting their feet moving.� After allowing a combined five sacks against UCLA and It’s amazing how winning changes everything.� Oklahoma Texas held Nebraska without a sack. — Mack Brown, Head coach “Everything we’d been emphasizing decided to explode [in the Nebraska game],� said senior left guard Michael Huey. “Something just clicked.� nated by its win over Nebraska, Huey earned the Boss Hog frustration and failure seemed Award, which honors the Long- ‘W’ stands for fun horns’ most productive offensive At Texas, to have fun means to have gotten the best of the lineman, for his performance to win and losing is never an Texas players and coaches. against Nebraska, in which he option. But for the past three They were in no mood to chat
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during the weekly press conferences, with words short and not so sweet. But in the past two press conferences, the whole team was upbeat, and smiles stretched across their faces, because they were having fun again. “It’s amazing how winning changes everything,� Brown said. “When you win, it picks everything in your life up.� Brown has made the school’s football program synonymous with winning and hadn’t been used to the alternative in quite some time. “I’m spoiled like everyone else is around here; I can’t stand to lose,� he said. “But [losing] was probably good for us.�
From page 7 that every school that has hosted GameDay thus far has come out victorious (the week one matchup was a neutral site game which saw LSU edge out North Carolina in Atlanta). This will be the first major test for the Missouri defense, and if they force enough turnovers against OU quarterback Landry Jones, they can keep the GameDay home team trend rolling all the way to the top of the Big 12 North standings.
Minnesota’s Brewster fired After a 1-6 start, the Minnesota Golden Gophers have fired head
coach Tim Brewster, who went only 15-30 in more than three seasons in Minneapolis. He was 0-10 in the precious trophy games and could never beat Wisconsin or Iowa. “Those that wear maroon and gold are disappointed, embarrassed, and angry by a 1-6 football team and the lack of being really competitive in the Big Ten for a long time,� said athletic director Joel Maturi. “Our engine is sputtering, we need to find a way to fix it, and we’re committed to it.� Brewster’s replacement is unclear at this point, but speculation that former Indianapolis Colts head coach Tony Dungy is interested in the job has been shot down early on by sources close to Dungy.
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Sci-fi show ‘Fringe’ has detailed plot, outstanding acting each week — genetic engineering, mind control and psychokinesis are familiar ground for the Fringe By Katie Stroh team. Although it came nowhere near the excellence of “Lost” or “XSoon after ABC announced the Files,” the show was certainly enimminent end of its beloved sci- tertaining, with its brand of “fringe fi mystery series “Lost” in May science” and outstanding ensem2007, it seemed as if every major ble of actors (most notably the brilcable network began concocting liant John Noble, who portrays gehopeful successors to fill the void nius, food-obsessed mad scientist soon to be felt by millions of fans Walter Bishop). By the end of season one, howalready preparing for impending ever, “Fringe” had become a full“Lost” withdrawals. The fall premiere seasons of 2008 fledged, serial science-fiction draand 2009 brought a rash of lack- ma with a complex, intriguing luster “Lost” wannabes (“Flash- over-arching plot, detailed fictional forward,” “V,” “Dollhouse”) vy- universe and beautifully nuanced ing to become TV’s next science- character development that showfiction sensation. Shows that had cased its talented ensemble cast. Now on its third season, already worn out their welcome (“Heroes,” “Terminator: The Sarah “Fringe” continues this growth in Connor Chronicles”) stuck around quality and promises to have longfor a season or two in hopes that term staying power — that is, of hoards of “Lost” viewers would course, if it isn’t canceled. Like “Lost,” “Fringe” has deflock to their shows. Even now, veloped a dieNBC is clearly tryhard following ing (and failing) to and general critreplicate the enorical praise. Howmous enigmatever, “Fringe” has ic buzz of “Lost” with its new show Like “Lost,” “Fringe” never been able to pull in the ratings “The Event.” has developed a that “Lost” did, The only show that has come close diehard following and with an average to “Lost” in deliv- general critical praise. of only 7.6 million viewers (compare ering consistentthis to the average ly mind-bending of 11 million viewquality television ers “Lost” was atis Fox’s “Fringe,” tracting by the which centers around a fictional sector of the FBI end of the series). This can perhaps be attributed to called Fringe Division that deals its time slot; Fox stubbornly keeps with freaky scientific incidents bordering on the supernatural. In its “Fringe” in the unfortunate poearly days, the series begged to be sition of competing with “Grey’s compared to sci-fi TV classic “X- Anatomy,” “CSI,” and NBC’s Files” because of its premise and mostly stellar Thursday night comthe sexual tension between the two edy lineup. Not only has “Fringe” suffered lead characters. In contrast to “Lost,” “Fringe” from a lack of substantial vieweroriginally promised to be more ac- ship, the series goes unrecognized cessible to the casual viewer, fo- by major award circuits. Most nocusing on procedural, “monster- tably, last year’s outstanding seaof-the-week” type story lines in son failed to be nominated for any which the Fringe Division huntSHOW continues on page 10 ed down a bizarre new culprit
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Long time friends and business partners Matt Miller and Sam Hovland run East End Wines, a retail shop that offers wine and beer in a laidback atmosphere. The duo takes wine seriously without being pretentious.
Pair shares store, love of wine By Abby Johnston Daily Texan Staff Sam Hovland walks through the formerly lived-in rooms of an 1890s Victorian manor where sleek floor-to-ceiling black cases stocked with foreign and domestic wines contrast the hardwood floors of the converted home. Hovland navigates between stacked boxes of wine that form an island between the cases, arranged in a way that makes a charming sort of clutter. He stops periodically to admire a bottle and explain its origin, unprompted by the information cards that sit beside each shelf. He stops and pulls out a bottle of Coenobium white wine grown by nuns in northern Italy. He takes a few steps and showcases a wine made with grapes from a plot resurrected from ancient Roman times. A few minutes later his busi-
ness partner, Matt Miller, arrives. involvement on the tasting comHovland explains to him that he mittee of a large distributor, Hovwas in the process of pointing out land eagerly accepted Miller’s some of the more obscure wine timely business proposition. labels kept in East End Wines. Since its opening in April, East “All of them,” Miller laughs as End Wines has drawn customhe looks around the room. ers ranging from collectors and Miller began as a delivery driv- connoisseurs to hobbyists looker for a Downtown wine shop ing to rise above the Franzia. while pursuing a degree Miller, the general manin computer science at ager and owner, found UT. He worked his ON THE WEB: the old Victorian and way up through the brought Hovland on For more ranks and eventuboard as his wine information, ally began workbuyer, setting out visit ing in wine retail, with a 20-page list @eastendtrained with nothof their initial invenwinesatx.com ing but books and a tory choices and behealthy appetite for wine. gan tasting. After a sumHovland leaned toward a more mer spent perfecting their stock, formal type of training and re- Miller and Hovland can both say ceived his degree from the Inter- that they have tried each wine on national Sommelier Guild and sat the shelves in the last six months on tasting committees for both and can back their choices up local restaurants and corporate with meticulous notes. chains. Unfulfilled by his level of Frustrated by working for retail
vendors that lacked staff knowledge of the wines they were selling, Hovland and Miller work together to assure that every label measures up to their standards. “I will never have an instance where I have to tell a customer, ‘Oh, I don’t know about that one,’ or ‘[Miller] picked that one, but I didn’t care for it.’ We won’t have any wine that we won’t wax poetic about or gush about what a great deal it was,” Hovland says. A look through the selection at East End Wines is sure to turn up many new finds even for the savviest of aficionados. Instead of turning to common labels housed in many corporate chains, East End Wines features an array of wines that you may not come across often, which forces customers loyal to a specific label to venture outside the box.
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Websites offer discounts for Austin restaurants By Allistair Pinsof Daily Texan Staff Several websites recently started by UT alumni are offering daily discounts and coupons that are changing the way Austin businesses advertise. Since the advent of Groupon,
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a website that offers special daily deals at a business in a select city, many young, tech-savvy business majors have been looking at ways to break into this new trend. UT alumna Rachael Brendel, founder of 5dollarlunch.com, is one of them. Her site lets readers find participating restaurants that offer a special lunch deal that they won’t find on the menu. “I noticed that people often stuck to the same restaurants or fast food places when looking to go somewhere for lunch. I felt this would be an easy way
to break out of the routine and get to really experience all that central Austin restaurants and trailers have to offer,” Brendel said, who received her degree in public affairs before pursuing her website. All funds go back to Austin restaurants, unlike Groupon which takes 50 percent of the proceeds that come from the deal. No printed voucher is necessary, either. Readers simply need to know when and where the special $5 lunch deal is and what to ask for. Since launching in September, several restaurants
in Downtown Austin have participated, including The Peached Tortilla, Ambrosia and El Greco. “Once we get them in the door, the food sells itself for future visits. I don’t mind giving them a deal because I know they’ll come in again and pay regular price,” said Bobby Cavo, owner of Blue Ribbon Barbecue, a restaurant that discounts its barbecue sandwich to $5 on a weekly basis because of its deal with 5dollarlunch.com. UT alumnus Paul Janowitz
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