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South Indian classical musicians Ranjani and Gayatri perform at the Texas Union Theater.

Student admission is $10, and the show starts at 7 p.m.

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Co-op asks faculty for on-time book lists

By Audrey White Daily Texan Staff If all faculty submit their book lists to the University Co-op before the Oct. 31 priority deadline, the bookstore could save $250,000 — translating into serious savings for students.

When the store receives book requisition lists by that date, it helps store management determine how many books to buy back from students and gives the Co-op time to shop around for

prices on used books from wholesalers, said Chad Stith, director of course materials. About 60 percent of faculty usually submit their requisitions on time. When the store gets book requests late, it doesn’t buy as many books from students and ends up having to buy a greater number of more expensive new books from publishers, so students lose money in two ways. “[Prompt book list submissions] can easily mean a quarter

of a million dollars per semester in savings, because there are more used books at the Co-op and better payout at buyback,” he said.

Business junior Chase Covington, a Student Government liberal arts representative, is spearheading a letter-writing campaign to encourage faculty to submit their lists on time.

At its Oct. 12 meeting, SG passed a resolution authored by Covington to support efforts to

increase timely requisition requests. He has met with student organizations to ask their members to urge professors to submit their lists on time during class, at office hours or by e-mail.

Stith said when the inquiry comes from SG and other students, professors know prompt submission of book lists doesn’t only help the Co-op. After a similar SG initiative in fall 2009, 102 more faculty members submitted their requisitions on time than in

the previous fall. Covington said he hopes this year will be more successful and far-reaching.

“There is still a lot of room for improvement,” he said. “We can institutionalize this so it happens every semester and it will be easier to implement.”

Covington and other SG members will distribute letters and emails to department heads next week and continue to ask stu-

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Local economy wins big in football

Life in rural India Pragya Bhagat and Nikhil Gulati talk about their journey from Austin to Shreeji ka Kheda, a small village in India, where they examined rural life in the world’s second most populous nation.

Talk starts at 5 p.m. in ENS 115.

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Award-winning opera “Vampyress”, based on the true story of murderer Erzsebet Bathori, opens at the Vortex Cafe & Yard. Tickets are $30, and the show starts at 8 p.m.

SUNDAY Halloween fun

The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center hosts its fourth annual Goblins in the Garden family festival, which includes a pumpkin patch and face painting. Starts at 4 p.m. and tickets cost $8.

Love potion

The Butler Opera Center presents Donizetti’s comic opera “Elixir of Love,” about a poor peasant who sets out to woo the love of his life with the help of a magic potion.

Show starts at 7:30 p.m. in the McCullough Theater, and tickets are $17 for students.

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The Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium’s 100,000 seats are nearly all filled at the start of the football game against UCLA on Sept. 25.

Home games draw in revenue for Austin businesses, contribute to UT donations EVOLUTI O GARRET N OF T GIL BERT

By Daniel Sanchez Daily Texan Staff onghorn fans may not be sitting where they thought they would be at the start of the season with a 4-2 record and a No. 19 ranking in the BCS, following a surprising 34-12 loss to underdog UCLA and a mistake-filled loss to Oklahoma, but win or lose — home football games mean money for Austin businesses.

In its home opener against the University of Wyoming Cowboys, Texas set an attendance record of 101,339 — the second

largest crowd at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium ever, trailing the 2009 game against Kansas, which drew 101,357 fans.

“The way that we talk about it is we have eight Christmases,” said Brian Jewell, vice president of marketing of the University Co-op. “We have one on Dec. 25 and then we have one every home game day.”

During the weekend of the Wyoming game, the Co-op on Guadalupe Street turned in a six-figure profit, Jewell said.

“Not only does it bring us sales but again, let’s remember, every time we sell something, that gives us an opportunity

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Quintana reinstated to police force UT program obtains grant

By Aziza Musa Daily Texan Staff An arbitrator reinstated Austin police Officer Leonardo Quintana on Thursday after five months off the force following a drunken driving offense earlier this year.

Quintana’s indefinite suspension for the DWI was not appropriate because the discipline was not consistent with those of other Austin Police Department officers who also were convicted of the same offense, wrote arbitrator Louise Wolitz. She reduced

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his suspension to 15 days.

Quintana, a center of controversy after the May 2009 shooting of Nathaniel Sanders II, petitioned for reinstatement after his suspension in May. In addition to the DWI charges, Quintana faces two lawsuits related to his involvement in the shooting of the 18-year-old Sanders and 22-year-old Sir Lawrence Smith in 2009.

“Officer Quintana is reminded that he now has two 15-day suspensions

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By Ahsika Sanders Daily Texan Staff A program to improve language impairments of bilingual first grade students, initiated by UT speech-language researchers, received a $2.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health.

During the first year, researchers will work with 24 Georgetown students to test the effectiveness of the language intervention pro-

gram, which they believe will lead to increased English literacy. Program instructors will teach bilingual children devices to help them learn the basic phonics of English.

Children who have language impairments have trouble properly structuring well-organized sentences and appropriately using words, said Lisa Bedore, an

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Maya Kaough, member of the Blue Lapis Light Aerial Dance Company, practices for a special exhibition at the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum on Thursday morning.

APD: Officials question end of suspension nearly 10-year career with the department, including a trespass charge and his failure to turn on his dashboard camera before the Sanders shooting.

Quintana was patrolling the streets in May 2009 when he spotted a car reported at several crime scenes in the area.

Smith and Sanders were sleeping in the car as a driver took them to an apartment complex in East Austin. According to court records, the driver got out of the car and Quintana detained him. The officer attempted to physically wake the

passengers and startled them, causing Sanders to pull out his on his record,” Wolitz wrote. gun, court records show. Quin“Any further disciplinary violatana shot Smith in the chest and tions may again lead to indefifatally shot Sanders while his nite suspension.” dashboard camera was off.

APD officials said in a stateSmith filed a lawsuit against ment they were disappointed the officer Tuesday on the in the arbitrator’s decision and grounds that Quintana “actthat management stands by its ed willfully, deliberately, maoriginal decision. They declined liciously or with reckless disto comment further. regard for plaintiff ’s clearDuring Quintana’s Sept. 2-3 ly established constitutional reinstatement hearing, police rights against the use of unChief Art Acevedo testified that reasonable, necessary and exthe officer had too many lapscessive force.” Smith demandes in judgement throughout his ed an undisclosed amount for damages — including medical expenses, lost wages This newspaper was printed with and disfigurement — and pride by The Daily Texan and a jury trial.

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Quintana also faces another lawsuit, filed in SepPermanent Staff Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lauren Winchester tember, by the Sanders Managing Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sean Beherec Associate Managing Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Claire Cardona family after City CounAssociate Editors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Viviana Aldous, Susannah Jacob . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Doug Luippold, Dave Player cil members rejected a News Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Andrew Kreighbaum Associate News Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bobby Cervantes, Lena Price, Michelle Truong $750,000 settlement in Senior Reporters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Collin Eaton, Aziza Musa, Nolan Hicks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Audrey White July. The family’s attorney, Copy Desk Chief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Cristina Herrera Associate Copy Desk Chiefs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Elyana Barrera, Sydney Fitzgerald, Reese Rackets Adam Loewy, declined to Design Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Veronica Rosalez Senior Designers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Veronica Carr, Martina Geronimo comment on Quintana’s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Alexa Hart, Simonetta Nieto Photo Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lauren Gerson reinstatement.

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his three kids and two family friends from Panama to watch the surprise loss to UCLA. Over the weekend, he spent two nights at a hotel with three rooms at $200 a night per room.

On average, he said, he spent $60 a meal and a couple hundred more on UT gear at the Coop — in addition to gas.

“It’s just a great experience to share with your kids because we had such a great time here growing up,” Shaunty said.

“It’s just a fun way to get away, spend a weekend not in front of the TV, not playing video games but just go hang out and be able to see football games together.”

J.V. Cook, co-owner of Posse East Bar and Grill, said alumni looking for a UT hangout similar to when they were students often come to his restaurant during football season.

“We opened in 1971, so we still have a lot of the old regulars that still come, just a little nostalgia and memories, kind of a meeting place for the game,” Cook said. “A lot of them that don’t have tickets will stay here and watch.”

Posse East increases staff and runs an outside beer stand on home game days, counting on their location to help reel in more fans. During the Wyoming game, Posse East quadru-

pled what they usually make on a Saturday, Cook said.

“It’s only going to happen six or seven times a year, so we have to cash in,” Cook said. “We gotta try to get every penny we can.”

Mike Lapaglia is co-owner of Mike and Mike’s — a small, local catering business which also runs a hotdog stand that is stationed on 24th and Guadalupe streets on game days. Lapaglia said since he started the business with his son a year ago, he has been able to pay all of his bills largely with business from home games. Usually, they are worth two or three times a normal work day.

“I get to meet a lot of people and talk to them,” he said.

“For many years, I was in the maintenance of restaurant equipment, fixing ovens and refrigeration. It’s a lot of fun to stand out here and talk with people instead of getting my hands dirty all the time.”

And Jewell said those people love to support the Longhorns.

“Well I don’t think there’s any question throughout all of Austin: Whether it’s restaurants, hotels, nightclubs — the fans coming in for the game are loyal fans and they love to come in town,” Jewell said. “It’s great for the whole community of Austin, the local community and obviously the University of Texas.”

textbook: Deadline conflicts

with midterm responsibilities the requisition comes at a time when midterm exams, papers dents to speak with their pro- and other administrative tasks fessors directly leading up to are piling up. A personal conversation with a student would the Oct. 31 deadline.

Philosophy professor Ian be more encouraging than an eProops, who teaches Intro- mail or letter, which might look duction to Philosophy, along like spam, he said.

“These kinds of things tend with upper-division and honors courses, said he is trying to come up with a lot of othto get his textbook list in be- er requests at the same time,” fore the priority deadline, but Proops said. “It would be w o r t h m a k i n g i t m o re broadly known that students save money if we do that on time, and it would be helpful if students spoke to their professors in person.”

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By Anne Flaherty The Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Defense Department on Thursday declared that “don’t ask, don’t tell” is once again the law of the land but set up a new system that could make it tougher to get thrown of the military for being openly gay.

Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Thursday ordered that all dismissals under the 1993 law be decided by one of the four service secretaries in consultation with the military’s general counsel and Gates’ personnel chief.

Defense officials said the change was not intended to slow the rate of discharges. In his memo, Gates wrote that the purpose of narrowing those in charge was to “ensure uniformity and care in the enforcement” at a time of “legal uncertainty.”

Still, the move puts the question of who can be dismissed from the service for being openly gay in the hands of just six people — all of them civilian political appointees who work for an administration that thinks the law is unjust. Before Thursday’s order, the dismissal of gay enlisted personnel could be done by any commanding officer at a rank equivalent to a onestar general.

The change follows an eight-day suspension of the ban after a federal judge in California ordered the military to stop enforcing it. An appeals court on Wednesday agreed to the administration’s request to a temporary stay of the court order, although that could be overturned too within a matter of days.

The legal wrangling has left many gay troops uncertain as to

whether they could still be kicked out of the service for speaking up.

At the same time, some former service members discharged for being gay have tried to re-enlist although the fate of their applications remains uncertain.

The Pentagon says it doesn’t know how it will handle any cases of gay troops who may have disclosed their sexual orientation during the law’s moratorium or cases of gay troops who tried to enlist.

Officials also say they don’t know how many cases might present a legal challenge.

A senior official said the Pentagon “will evaluate each case, one at a time.”

The official, who demanded anonymity in turn for speaking about the case, said the Pentagon believes that most gay troops stayed quiet during the week the ban was lifted because of warnings by gay rights advocates that they could still lose their jobs.

The official also said that the Pentagon would use the same criteria to determine whether a service member violated “don’t ask, don’t tell,” even though each case must be decided at the senior echelons of the Pentagon.

The official said that the order does not mean the Pentagon “will separate more or fewer people.”

The official briefed reporters Thursday for the first time since the court’s Oct. 12 injunction. While press officials cited protocol as the reason for demanding anonymity, the official’s reluctance to speak publicly seemed to indicate an unwillingness to wade into the spotlight as

such a political case makes its way through the courts.

President Barack Obama has said he supports repeal of the law, but wants Congress — not the courts — to decide its fate. He also has agreed to the military’s request that it be given more time to implement any changes.

But Obama’s decision to appeal the court order has put his civilian appointees in the awkward position of defending the law just weeks away from congressional midterm elections. Several gay rights advocates have said they are angry and frustrated with the administration’s handling of the case and with congressional Democrats for not acting sooner to repeal the law.

“It can’t be OK to be gay on Tuesday and not on Thursday,” said Richard Socarides, a former Ted S. Warren | Associated Press Clinton White House adviser on gay rights. “That’s no way to run A protestor from the LaRouche PAC, left, walks past demonstrators protesting the discharge of gays from a military.” the military on Thursday.

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South Korean University students wear masks of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, his youngest son Kim Jong Un and his late father Kim Il Sung while participating in a rally in Seoul, South Korea, on Thursday.

Despite high activity in N. Korea nuclear sites, no plans for bomb test

By Hyung-Jin Kim The Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean officials said Thursday that there have been continual movements of personnel and vehicles at North Korea’s main nuclear test site, but ruled out the possibility that the country is preparing its third atomic bomb test anytime soon.

The assessment came shortly after the mass-circulation Chosun Ilbo newspaper reported Thursday that Pyongyang may be preparing another nuclear test, citing “brisk” activities at its atomic test site in the northeastern county of Kilju.

The paper, citing an unidentified South Korean government source, said a U.S. spy satellite detected such activities and that North Korea could detonate a nuclear device in three months.

The North may have intentionally let those activities be detected by the U.S. and South Korean authorities to force them to soften hardline policies and to wrest concessions and aid, the paper said.

The communist country may also be preparing a bomb test to bolster its military capability amid moves to transfer power from leader Kim Jong Il to his third and youngest son, Kim Jong Un, it said.

South Korean officials, however, denied that the North was preparing a nuclear test soon, saying personnel and vehicle movements have been continuously detected for more than a year at the site, where the North conducted two bomb tests in recent years.

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nuclear test has been found,” presidential spokeswoman Kim Hee-jung told reporters, according to her office.

Another government official said the movements at the site could be seen as maintenance, while the third official, from the Defense Ministry, noted that South Korean and U.S. authorities have been keeping a close watch on North Korean nuclear facilities.

Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity, citing the sensitivity of the issue.

The U.S. military command in Seoul said Thursday that it could not comment on the Chosun Ilbo report.

North Korea carried out its firstever nuclear test in 2006 and the second, more powerful test blast last year, inviting widespread international sanctions.

U.S. State Department spokesman Mark Toner told reporters Thursday that he was aware of reports about a possible new nuclear test but couldn’t comment because they “touch on intelligence matters.”

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Turn out to vote Despite a slow first day at the FAC, where only 507 students cast their early voting ballots, voter turnout across Travis County has been surprisingly high.

During the first three days of voting, Travis Country voter totals reached 36,000 — nearly double the totals calculated at this time during the 2006 midterm elections, according to The Daily Texan.

We hope students will be motivated by the Travis County turnout and head to the FAC in the upcoming week to cast their own votes before early voting ends, especially because it is the most convenient time for busy students to go to the ballot box. One student told the Texan that he voted early at the FAC to “get it out of the way.” It’s an encouraging sign to see a student treating voting like an obligation, which implies a sense of civic duty — and a sense of duty does not necessarily need to be accompanied by a hallowed reverence for the power of democracy.

Assuming that students are researching the candidates and issues before they head to the FAC, we would prefer a halfenthused (but informed) vote to no vote at all.

A necessary discussion There has been a recent string of suicides involving teenagers who were bullied because of perceptions about their sexual orientation. The tragedies have spurred a necessary discussion about the causes of bullying in schools and colleges and how it can be prevented. But columnist Dan Savage’s YouTube project, “It Gets Better,” has generated the most attention by creating a space for adults to contribute pre-recorded video messages to teenagers struggling with bullying because of their sexual orientation.

Notably, it inspired Fort Worth City Councilman Joel Burns to contribute a moving response about his own experiences with bullying. On his website, Burns said the discussion that follows such a heartbreaking story is crucial. “I encourage you to continue to speak out against bullying from wherever you stand today — whether as an adult or youth, whether gay or straight. And, I commit to do the same. I know this conversation will continue and grow,” he writes.

Texas politicians are entering the dialogue and stepping up with legislation to address bullying. Rep. Mark Strama, D-Austin, proposed a bill that would set guidelines for how educational institutions should address instances of bullying and cyber-bullying.

This is just the beginning. We hope the conversation will expand into a vigorous discussion that will help prevent future tragedies and change the ways we address bullying and discrimination.

‘Superman’ comes to Austin

By Brandon Curl Daily Texan Columnist The American dream is dead. This is perhaps the most heartbreaking revelation of “Waiting for ‘Superman,’” a powerful documentary about the failings of American public education, which debuted in Austin last week.

The film follows five children, whose futures hinge on winning a lottery to gain entrance to successful charter schools. With limited availability, the schools’ only fair recourse is to make the selection random. And so the fates of these young lives are left not up to merit or hard work, but rather to the arbitrary direction of a bouncing ball — all of which is completely unfair and starkly un-American.

For better or worse, Davis Guggenheim, “Superman’s” creator, distills the complex subject of education reform into a commercially digestible form. The problem, we are told, is that the majority of students in this country are failing math and reading. The causes are bad teachers and the unions that protect them. And, what solutions we have are to be found in the innovations of charter schools.

For the past two years, I worked at one such charter school. Like many students at this university, I applied and was accepted into Teach For America (TFA) following my undergraduate years. Shortly after graduation I shipped out to Chicago where I would live, working in nearby Gary, Ind. The problem is real. Teaching middle school science, I experienced the seemingly intracta-

Costly registration decisions

By Carl D. Thorne-Thomsen Daily Texan Guest Columnist If you’re a UT student, you’ll spend the next couple of weeks deciding your spring semester schedule. Like most students, you’ll probably be picking classes based on the professor or the average grades for the class. You might also be choosing classes to fill a degree requirement, get elective hours to graduate or just to pursue a unique interest.

There is one unfortunate consideration, however, that I’ve noticed students take into account when scheduling classes: whether an upper division student should take an upper division class when he or she can get away with a lower division one. Thousands of upper division students enroll in lower division classes every year. What’s so wrong with that?

From a purely academic standpoint, upper division classes are designed for upper division students and are intended to best challenge a student’s skills at that point in time.

When a student takes lower division classes to either pad their GPA or fill their schedule, they’re depriving themselves of the education that was designed for them.

There is another compelling reason to take upper division classes if you’re an upper division student — a system called formula funding.

The technical details of formula funding are complex, but the general idea is fairly easy to understand. Basically, the state gives the University money based on the number of credit hours that are taught each year. This formula is one of the University’s primary sources of revenue and helps to pay for our expenses, such as faculty and staff salaries. This system is applicable because upper division classes are “worth more” in the formula, meaning

we get more money from the state when a student takes an upper division class as opposed to a lower division one.

It is also important to note that the system works off the “lowest common denominator,” meaning a lower division student taking upper division classes would still fall in the lower division bracket. This means that the best way for UT to qualify for the additional upper division funds is for as many students as possible to take upper division classes. Essentially, upper division students that take lower division classes are depriving UT of funding. In the College of Liberal Arts alone, estimates put the amount we lose every year because of this problem in the millions.

Now don’t get me wrong, there certainly can be legitimate reasons for why upper division students would take lower division classes, such as taking introductory classes to start an additional major or taking an interesting course that is only taught on the lower division level. Too often though, the upper division students that take lower division classes are doing it for the wrong reasons. Ultimately, it’s costing us.

So please, when you register for your classes, do your part as an upper division student and take the appropriate classes. If not for the fact that they’re designed for you, consider at least that you’d be helping out your college and our University. And lower division students, you can help, too. Try to take your lower division prerequisites now so you don’t have to take them when you’re an upper division student. With recent budget cuts and additional proposed reductions, it’s important now more than ever that we show the University and Legislature that we’re serious about our education.

Thorne-Thomsen is the president of the Liberal Arts Council.

ble achievement gap firsthand. Each August, my school set goals for proficiency in math and reading. The percentages 73 and 71 were drawn large on posters in the teachers’ lounge — our targets under No Child Left Behind. In the months that followed, our scores would come back from the state. We were lucky to hit 50 percent, and sometimes the scores would go down.

After my admittedly short time as a teacher, I am convinced that the most important factor for student success is, as “Superman” suggests, teacher quality. It is not, as a Firing Line printed in Monday’s Texan advocated, “weak parenting.” This is an extension of a tragically racist argument that proposes poor minority groups underperform whites because of some sort of cultural frailty. “It’s not our fault that blacks trail whites in student achievement,” the logic maintains. “It’s those neglectful, black parents.”

Why teacher quality? I forgot to mention that there was one exception to my school’s underwhelming data. In my first year teaching, math scores for the eighth grade were actually great. In my second year, those scores reverted back to “normal.” What happened? The eighth grade math teacher switched to seventh grade.

Can you guess what happened to those seventh grade scores in the next year? They went through the roof.

Despite working in the same school, for the same principal, around the same parents, and with the same students as underperforming teachers like myself, this math teacher excelled.

That is to say, her students excelled.

Unfortunately, attracting good teachers is easi-

er said than done. A recent report from The Washington Post references schools’ inability to recruit the top tier of students to teaching. Currently, only 23 percent of new teachers scored among the top third of students taking the SAT or ACT as high schoolers, compared to 100 percent on comparable assessments for global education leaders such as Finland, Singapore and South Korea.

Teaching, a relatively unselective profession of low pay and low prestige workers, is not going to entice the high-quality candidates we need in the classroom. This has been and continues to be TFA’s greatest accomplishment — changing the perception of teaching.

Unfortunately, this outcome is both a blessing and a curse. Too many students are convinced to join TFA because of its reputation and its partnerships with investment banks and graduate schools. When push comes to shove, these corps members produce less than adequate results or are pushed out of the profession. I know because I was one of them.

When people ask me if they should join TFA, I tell them not to. I recount my seemingly endless horror stories and beg them, for their own sake, to reconsider. Then, if they decide to do it anyway, they’ve done it for the right reason.

“Superman,” though flawed, captures the essence of our education crisis — a desperate need for high quality teachers. To fill that void, TFA has helped to change the way we talk about teaching, but we must not lose sight of what that conversation is ultimately about: students.

Curl is an advertising graduate student.

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UT groups hold benefit concert Board rejects idea

By Ahsika Sanders Daily Texan Staff Students walking in front of the Tower on Thursday were treated to a performance by a group of brightly dressed traditional Latin dancers, one of several acts featured in the “Make It Happen” benefit concert.

The UT Ballet Folklórico dancers participated in the event to help raise money for Fernando Villa, an 18-year-old Travis High School graduate who underwent double lung transplant surgery earlier this week.

The organizers of “Make It Happen” wanted to use music and dance to help raise the $26,000 to pay for Villa’s medical bills. In addition to the UT Ballet Folklórico, local Mariachi band Mariachi Corbetas performed during the concert.

Pre-med junior Rodolfo Rodriguez and social work sophomore Juan Benavides co-hosted the concert with Beta Upsilon Chi, known as Brothers Under Christ.

Benavides said he was watching the news when he realized he knew Villa personally and was inspired to help.

“When I saw it, I was like, ‘Wow, I went to high school with him,’ and I just couldn’t believe it,” he said.

Austin businesses have already donated about $7,500, and the benefit concert raised $1,151, making the total $8,651 since “Make It Hap-

to connect schools Texas Southmost College declines proposal to avoid loss of power to UT System

By Collin Eaton Daily Texan Staff The governing board of Texas Southmost College in Brownsville rejected a proposal for a new operating agreement with the University of Texas at Brownsville on Thursday that critics said would have ceded too much local control to the UT System.

The proposed operating

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Eric Johnson signs a banner for Travis High School graduate Fernando Villa on the Main Mall on Thursday. pen” began.

Rodriguez said he was more than happy to help when Benavides asked him for support.

“We sat down and went through the process of figuring out what we could possibly do to have an impact,” Rodriguez said. “After a couple of weeks, we sent out the word that we’d be having an inter-

est meeting and thankfully people came out.”

Biology freshman Juan Herrejon said he overheard talk about the benefit at a health professions meeting and knew he had to contribute.

“We are trying to save a human life, and there’s no greater reason to want to help out,” he said.

Herrejon said he actively supports cancer awareness because the disease has directly affected people close to him.

“Last year, one of my high school teachers that I was very close to died from breast cancer,” he said. “Ever since then, I’ve paid more attention to how cancer affects people.”

Grant: Study to examine targeted language, reading terested in exploring the extent to which children are able to transfer associate professor in the Departwhat they learned in one language ment of Communication Sciences to the other.” and Disorders and lead researchElizabeth Peña, a communicaer of the program. They also have a tion sciences and disorders prohigher risk for difficulties in learn- fessor, said the Individuals with ing to read.

Disabilities Education Act guarBedore said the study seeks to antees special academic services determine whether combining two for all students with learning dishistorically separated facets of Eng- abilities, but bilingual literacy is lish will yield better results. rarely addressed.

“The goals of the study are to de“IDEA provides language identermine if greater gains in language tification services for all children skills can be obtained by target- but there is a shortage of bilingual ing language and reading skills to- pathology, so it is also difficult to gether,” she said. “We are also in- find professionals qualified in that

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area,” she said.

Peña said their program is more of a systematic approach to address the language impairments of bilingual students.

“We want this program to be more efficient and more effective,” she said. “It’s developed using the latest research and we are taking a theoretical approach to make improvements.”

Jennifer Hannah, a student teacher and applied learning and development senior, said there is an apparent need for improvement of bilingual students in her third grade class at Andrews Elementary.

“A little boy just transferred to my bilingual class and he is on a first-grade reading level,” she said.

“I try to work on fluency when I work with him because he is learning slowly and he doesn’t understand a lot of what he reads.”

Hannah said the program sounds like something her class and classes similar to it can take advantage of.

“Any type of intervention is necessary for bilingual students because language is a barrier that really affects the classroom,” she said.

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pus since 1991, where students can transition from taking community college courses to entering a four-year degree plan with ease. Juliet Garcia, president of UT-Brownsville and Texas Southmost College, said over the years UTB brought $100 million in state funds to the campus that also serves TSC community college students and that the state dollars outweigh the debt owed.

“All buildings on campus are used by all students, so who owed who and how much rent?” she said in a statement.

“Rent owed was only $10 mil-

Unless I’m missing something, we have a fouryear university here already named UTB.”

— Juan Mendez, TSC trustee

agreement would have combined the four-year UT System campus and the neighboring community college into one legal entity governed by the UT System Board of Regents. Rather, the board moved to offer a counterproposal: Create a new entity called UTB/TSC but continue local oversight.

Discussions of the operating agreement, which the UT System recently proposed, comes in the middle of a dispute between the two colleges over $10 million that UTB owes in rent for the use of TSC buildings.

“Without the UT System, we wouldn’t be here today,” said TSC board trustee René Torres.

“While TSC collects local taxes, we, the Texas Board of Trustees, should have a right in determining the future of the Texas Southmost College.”

UT-Brownsville and Texas Southmost have shared a cam-

lion, but dollars received by UTB was over $100 million.”

Garcia said combining the university and the community college into a single legal entity would reduce the paperwork for federal financial aid and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.

On Wednesday, several TSC trustees took to the Brownsville Herald to speak about the agreement.

TSC trustee Juan Mendez said additional state funding resulting from the new agreement is essential for the college, but the colleges should have already been fully funded.

“What has been pitched as another benefit to TSC is that we would have a fully funded UT System school,” Mendez said in a statement to the Herald. “Unless I’m missing something, we have a four-year university here already named UTB.”

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From South Africa to Austin

40 Acres serves as home to a diverse array of student athletes from across the globe

SIDELINE FOOTBALL PREVIEW

Andersen teased for his accent, but star’s top play is nothing to joke about

Jean Andersen flips his racket in a rare moment of rest during an otherwise intense practice.

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An impressive resume, an email and a wish took Frittelli thousands of miles from home

By Trey Scott Daily Texan Staff Each time the golf team boards a plane to one of their tournaments, whether it be a flight to Chicago, Ill., or one to Columbus, Ohio, junior Dylan Frittelli has to listen to his fellow teammates complain. The flight is too long.

Their legs are cramped. Airplane food sucks.

Frittelli has no sympathy.

“The guys complain about our two-hour flight to Chicago,” he laughs. “I tell them, ‘Guys, it’s a lot better than a 23-hour flight to South Africa.”

The first time he made the trip from his hometown of Pretoria, South Africa, to the states was in 1995, when he and his family went to Disney World. Frittelli could have spun in the tea cups until he was sick, flirted with Minnie, walked out of the Magic Kingdom with as many Mickey ears as there are days of the year and even somehow managed to play golf with the Epcot ball; it still wouldn’t have been the best trip to America he’s ever taken.

Fast forward 12 years. It was an e-mail sent from Pretoria, South Africa, to Austin that started Dylan’s journey from the country of the vuvuzela horn to the land of the Longhorns. His father, Raymond Frittelli, wanted the coach of a major college program to take notice of what his son had done on a golf course. So he wrote up a message and listed accomplishments fit to impress: No. 1 in both the South African Amateur and Junior rankings, 44th in the Scratch Players World Amateur rankings and the South African Junior Golf Foundation’s Golfer of the Year for 2007.

Sent.

Some 9,156 miles away, head golf coach John Fields received the e-mail. He liked what he saw, especially where the e-mail came from.

“In that e-mail from Dylan’s father, the No. 1 thing that caught my attention was the fact that he was from South Africa,” Fields said. “There have been many fine golfers from there and I had confidence that he could be another one because of the success that South Africans have had playing collegiate golf in the past. That No. 1 ranking caught my attention, too.”

Fields and the rest of the Frittelli family kept in contact.

After Dylan’s junior year ended, he notified Fields that he would be competing in an upcoming golf tournament in San Diego and he was interested in taking an unofficial visit to Texas.

Fields was on board.

More than 1,000 miles away from Austin, Fields — along with the rest of the golf world — watched Frittelli win the 2007 Callaway Junior World Championship at famous Torrey Pines in San Diego, Calif. That day at Torrey Pines signaled a new beginning for Frittelli, which he refers to as his ticket to Texas.

“Callaway was the first opportunity that I had to see him,” Fields said. “To see him win that, it was very impressive. A lot of great players, including South African

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Dylan Frittelli shows his balancing skills by perching a golf ball on the end of his club. Frittelli came to Texas a highly touted player.

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By Shabab Siddiqui Daily Texan Staff The Longhorns have dropped one set in the last five matches. Some may forget that things looked much grimmer less than a month ago.

Texas hopes to build on its fivegame winning streak as it hosts Kansas State tonight at Gregory Gym. The team has won eight of its last nine matches, including five in a row at home.

The team also started the week back in the top 10, after a fourweek absence. The Longhorns are ranked 10th in the country and second in the Big 12 behind Nebraska, holding one-game leads over Iowa State and Oklahoma.

The Longhorns face off against Kansas State for the second time this month after sweeping the Wildcats 25-21, 25-16, 25-12 in Manhattan.

“Our offensive numbers have really grown,” said head coach Jerritt Elliot. “It’s been great.

Players have been stepping up and we’ve gotten a lot of good balance from our offense, [which is] a key for us to be successful.”

The star of the Longhorns over the last few games has been junior outside hitter Amber Roberson, who strung together a career-high 19 kills to go along with eight digs and three blocks

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Rachael Adams prepares to lay a kill over a Colorado defender with the encouragement of her teammate Jennifer Doris. against Kansas on Wednesday.

Roberson surpassed her previous career high of 17 kills, which she set last weekend against Texas Tech.

“She’s just got a lot more confidence,” Elliott said. “Yesterday was probably her best match we’ve seen her play. She really kept them off balance all night long.”

A major component of the team’s recent success can be attributed to continuity, something the seemingly injury-prone Longhorns have not enjoyed the luxury of doing. For the most part,

Texas has been able to stick with the same starting six in its lineup, along with freshman libero Sarah Palmer and senior outside hitter Lauren Dickson.

The only exception in the last few weeks has been freshman setter Hannah Allison who remains day-to-day. The team has not missed a beat with junior setter and assistant co-captain Michelle Kocher stepping in. Kocher tallied a season-high 49 assists on Wednesday.

Because of the game being

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By Lauren Giudice Daily Texan Staff Riding the momentum of a three-game winning streak, Texas faces the meat of its Big 12 schedule at home this weekend against undefeated No. 5 Oklahoma State and Oklahoma.

Texas is currently in fifth place in the Big 12 at 3-2-2 and hopes to continue its recent midseason success.

The team has an excellent chance of making the Big 12 playoffs, which requires that they stay in the top eight in standings. The Longhorns hope to improve their seed this weekend.

Last season, Texas lost to Oklahoma State, 1-0, and beat OU in overtime, 2-1.

Assistant coach Sarah Barnes said the end of the season is when you want the team to be playing their best.

“They have last year’s experiences under their belt and then, obviously, we are toward the end of the season,” Barnes said. “They just have a lot of games and a lot

more experience.”

Barnes said the underclassmen have stepped up and have been playing like upperclassmen.

“We played well early on [in the season] and I think we hit a little bit of a bump sort of midseason and obviously we are hoping that we sort of have stepped past that,” Barnes said.

That bump taught the team to keep moving forward and to focus on one game at a time.

Both games this weekend will be played at home where the Longhorns have a 14-game win streak.

Barnes said that statistic doesn’t affect the team.

“They [the players] know that we tend to do well at home but I bet you they have no idea that it’s a 14-game win streak at home. I don’t think it’s weighing on their minds at all,” Barnes said.

She did say that being at home will make a difference in the team’s play.

“We love playing for our

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By Wes Maulsby Daily Texan Staff At first, Jean Andersen does not seem any different than the other members of the Texas men’s tennis team.

The junior is trying to help lead Texas to another conference championship and another trip to the NCAA Championships this spring. But what sets Andersen apart is the fact that he may have more in common with a member of the men’s golf team than anyone on the tennis team. Andersen, like fellow junior Dylan Frittelli, hales from Pretoria, South Africa, and both are prominent players for each team.

“When I first got here, they were probably expecting a black kid,” Andersen said of his arrival on campus last January, where he helped Texas to win first place in the Big 12 Conference. “They kind of made fun of my accent at first.”

Andersen has gotten support from his teammates early on in his career.

“Obviously, he speaks great English, but he comes up with some ridiculous pronunciations,” said senior Ed Corrie.

Andersen receives encouragement from his teammates while trying to become fully acclimated with a more permanent life here at the University. However, he’s not completely unfamiliar with life here; Andersen used to live in Austin when he was a kid, and his father got his doctorate from UT. But despite his obvious connections, Texas wasn’t Andersen’s first collegiate choice.

“He was actually initially going to go to the University of Illinois, and there were some issues there,” said head coach Michael Center. “We didn’t know Jean really, and we got an e-mail from him that he was looking to go to school. I found out that he had ties to the University of Texas, and it just turned out to be a good fit for both of us.”

Despite almost playing more than 1,000 miles away in Illinois, Andersen has quick-

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points and good standings in the Big 12, but she understands how fans and we really like playing at difficult the games will be. home,” said sophomore midfielder “It is always a mistake to get too Kristin Cummins. “We play A&M comfortable. We are feeling confinext weekend for senior night, so dent in ourselves and the way we that will be a very big game for play,” Keith said. “But it’s going us, too.” to be a great game Friday and we Junior Lucy Keith said the games have to just be really focused and this weekend will help them get ready to play with intensity.”

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consistency fuels winning ways From page 7 scheduled for today as opposed to the more typical Saturday, the Longhorns will look to adjust to a quicker turnaround. Roberson said the team will be approaching the game the same way.

“A game is a game,” Roberson said. “You still have to prepare and go through the same routine.

There’s not really much of a difference other than the time limit.”

Elliott said the team will benefit from already having played the Wildcats once, as well as coming off a string of good performances.

“We’re pretty familiar with what they’re doing,” Elliott said.

“They’ve made some minor adjustments and we’ll make some adjustments, too. More so this year, it’s worrying about what we’re doing on our side of the net.”

She said part of the team’s growth is focusing on one game at a time.

Confidence is important for this team, especially for two-time Big 12 defensive player of the week, goalkeeper Alexa Gaul.

“Confidence is a big part of it,” Barnes said. “If she gets one shutout, that helps and leads to

another one.”

Barnes said that the team is focusing on controlling play and maintaining possession.

“We are very focused this year and I think overall right now soccer is the number one priority,” Cummins said. “Last year we accepted being OK, and this year we are striving to be great.”

Ernie Els, have won that tournament. After seeing him play in San Diego, I knew I wanted him to be a student athlete at the University of Texas.”

A trip to Austin and a scholarship offer were enough for Frittelli to commit. He liked the campus and took a special interest in the local golf courses. Considering he had only been a full-time golf player for about three years before committing to Texas makes it remarkable how quickly Frittelli ascended into the upper echelon of the junior golf world. He was a four-sport athlete in high school, participating in field hockey, crick-

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anderSen: Junior feels at home with team From page 7 ly gotten very comfortable and has had little trouble getting settled into his new home here in Austin.

“People here are very similar [to people in South Africa], it makes it pretty easy,” Andersen said.

His whole family still lives in South Africa, but that has not made Andersen feel any unease about getting used to Austin. He’s had a lot of help from friends and coaches to make Austin his new home.

“I never get homesick,” Andersen said. “Sometimes I just want to hang out with friends, but I don’t really feel like I want to go home.”

The fact that the team is so multi-cultural has helped Andersen feel comfortable.

“We’ve got an eclectic group — guys from all over the world,” Center said, referring

to a Texas roster that includes players from England, India, Bulgaria, Texas and Colorado.

So Andersen being from South Africa doesn’t make him any different from any of the other guys on the team.

“It helps him by being around all the cultural differences,” Corrie said.

When Andersen arrived on campus during the spring semester of last season, he won his very first collegiate match, which would be the first of many wins for him.

“He’s very aggressive at the net. He makes a lot of bold moves on the doubles court,” Corrie said.

Corrie and Andersen began playing together to start this season, and they’ve really started to mesh into an effective duo. His head coach also had some strong adjustments regarding Andersen’s play.

“He’s a super athlete and is

an explosive guy,” Center said.

“When he puts pressure on you and does it with consistency, he’s really hard to beat.”

Though he’s only been around the program for a few months, he has already made strong impressions with those involved with the program. ”Jean is a very likeable guy, good fun, always very happy and positive, and he’s great to have on the team,” Corrie said.

Andersen knows he plays a key role on the team. But he can still count on his team to keep him grounded with such things as [reminding] him of his African roots, and one particular mistake that Corrie described as the biggest blunder ever.

Regardless of how they’re doing it, his teammates and coaches are making him feel at home, and in return, he will help the Longhorns in what the team hopes to be another successful year.

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et, tennis and golf.

“I went to a small private school on a sports scholarship,” Frittelli said. “I went and asked them if I could focus solely on golf rather than continuing the rest of the sports, as well. They said no, so I picked up on a home-school program and began traveling around to play in junior golf tournaments.

I was constantly on the go.”

He still is. At Texas, he’s had the opportunity to go all around the country. Frittelli has been to more than 15 states in America. This weekend, the golf team travels to Florida to compete in the Isleworth Collegiate Invitational. Frittelli won’t be there. He has a 13hour plane flight to catch.

“I was selected to represent South Africa at the World Amateur Team Championships in Argentina,” he said. “It’s definitely a huge honor for me to represent my country. Being acknowledged by them is a huge achievement in my books.”

For one week in Argentina, Frittelli’s efforts will be dedicated to his homeland. When he returns to Texas, he’ll refocus on the collegiate season. He is a member of No. 8 Texas’ important trio: The grouping of him, senior Bobby Hudson and sophomore Cody Gribble that represent Texas’ best shot at a national championship.

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said. “If we get a little bit of help from the other guys, we’ll definitely be in contention for the nationals. But we’re the main core of the team.”

The way Fields says it, Frittelli is the guy that keeps the Longhorns on track.

“The incredible thing about Dylan is that he’s organized, mature and goal-oriented,” he said.

“His organized approach to success has elevated the team’s success. He has become a tremendous leader and I think that comes from his worldwide experience.”

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Krista Damico strikes a ball back at her opponent during a match earlier this season. Damico will compete in the ITA Regionals this weekend.

By Alex Endress Daily Texan Staff After recently finishing up a tough ITA All-American tournament, the Longhorns are traveling to Waco this weekend to participate in the ITA Regionals tournament. The team has high hopes for this weekend, seeing it as an opportunity to pick up some momentum as they head into the meat of their season. Junior Krista Damico and sophomore Aerial Ellis discussed how they plan on approaching this event.

Damico fell two matches before advancing to the main singles draw of the ITA All-American event. She sees this weekend as a chance to turn the team’s luck around.

“This is probably our biggest tournament of the fall,” Damico said about the ITA Regionals. “I don’t think any one of our players have been satisfied with their results yet. It’s been frustrating.

Hopefully this is the tournament where we can all step up and do what we’re capable of.”

Ellis also competed in the ITA All-American tournament and started in the main singles draw.

“I had a tough first round loss to Kristy Frilling (Notre Dame).

She’s ranked No. 8 in the country and it was the first match, so I was pretty nervous.”

After that she advanced all the way to the finals of back draw but suffered a defeat to Allie Will of Florida, ranked nationally as No. 4.

“I can’t complain too much about the tournament,” Ellis said. “If I’m going to lose, at least it’s to good competition.”

Damico and Ellis look to build on the success they had at the ITA Regionals last year. Damico defeated top-seed Lenka Broosova of Baylor in the quarterfinals, and as fate would have it, met up with Ellis in the semifinals. Ellis was the victor this time around. Ellis went through the tournament undefeated, ultimately grabbing the title and an invitation to the ITA Indoor Championships.

“This event gives us another opportunity to get a lot of matches in and challenge ourselves against some of the best players in the country,” said head coach Patty Fendick-McCain.

Ellis would earn a singles berth at the ITA National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships in November by getting to the quarterfinals of this event, by way of her singles ranking.

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By Alex Williams Daily Texan Staff Clint Eastwood films have become something of a staple of the fall movie season, with the 80-year-old director methodically cranking out a film or two every fall. “Hereafter” is a tender, moving film and Eastwood’s first foray into the supernatural genre, a quick recovery from last year’s underwhelming “Invictus.”

“Hereafter” focuses on three parallel storylines, the most prominent starring Matt Damon as George Lonegan, a retired psychic trying to lead a normal life after deciding his ability to peer into the afterlife is more of a curse than a blessing. Damon is at his most likeable here, playing an uncharacteristically affable character, and his story is the most recognizably relatable of the bunch.

The most compelling storyline stars Cecile de France as Marie LeLay, a French news anchor who begins re-evaluating her life after almost dying in a tsunami. Marie’s story is interesting but woefully underdeveloped, as she writes a novel about her near-death experience that the character tells us is far more important than the film ever makes it seem.

Meanwhile, Frankie McLaren portrays Marcus, who loses his twin brother (George McLaren) in a car accident. Marcus’ story is heartbreaking and nuanced in all the right ways, and McLaren gives a sharp, sympathetic debut performance, but some clumsy dialogue and acting keeps it from being the standout.

Most of the film’s problems come from Peter Morgan’s script.

Morgan is a strong writer and excels at creating interesting characters and crafting small, intimate

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Clint Eastwood’s most recent film, “Hereafter,” follows the life of Matt Damon as George Lonegan and his ability to view the afterlife and the consequences resulting from his power. settings for them to interact in.

When he strays out of this comfort zone, “Hereafter” struggles, especially in Marie’s story. On the other hand, Morgan’s script is what makes George’s storyline stand out, especially in Damon’s handful of scenes with Bryce Dallas Howard (in a surprisingly small role). The moments these two share are wonderful, with an obvious chemistry and subtler melancholy undercurrent that is equal parts acting and writing.

H o w e v e r, m u c h o f w h a t makes the film work lies on the shoulders of Eastwood, who kicks things off with a fantastic opening scene depicting the

tsunami that almost kills Marie.

The set piece is delivered with a disaster movie flair that’s usually reserved for Roland Emmerich films and is one of the single best sequences Eastwood has ever been responsible for.

The rest of the film is deceptively understated, with the structure and story of a Hollywood Oscar-bait tearjerker, but saved by its heartfelt execution. When the three stories inevitably converge, it’s without much fanfare, presented with a quiet restraint and emotional honesty that makes the final moments, which could have easily strayed into maudlin sappiness, feel

earned in a way that few happy endings do. Another refreshing aspect of the film is the absence of any discernible religious message, with the afterlife portrayed as an unknowable mystery.

“Hereafter” probably won’t get much attention this Oscar season, and by next year, odds are it’ll be mostly remembered as another solid but inessential effort by Eastwood. However, it’s a moving, endearingly imperfect picture and a memorable addition to Eastwood’s extensive catalog.

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Mexico: Filmmaker attempts to transfer comedy across cultures From page 12 Seeing that the men, however, were more nervous than Zagha and trying to calm each other down, Zagha soon realized his captors were new to mugging.

“I think it was their first time at this sort of thing,” Zagha said. “One of them answered the phone and said, ‘Honey, I’ll have to call you back. I’m working.’”

Impatient and stuck in traffic, the robbers ended up kicking Zagha out of the car (but thankfully allowing him to keep his tapes) before driving off.

The event inspired Zagha to take a humorous, yet realistic look at how far people will go in an economic downturn.

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“Most of the time when people talk about corruption, they talk about large-scale corruption in politics and corporations. But we’re all part of it too.”

Chmelnik asked, if someone steals one pencil, how is that person different from someone who steals a thousand dollars?

“Ask anyone if someone gave them a million stolen dollars whether they would keep it or not,” Zagha said. “Most people don’t have that opportunity, so until you have the real opportunity to rob a shit-ton of money, you can’t say you’re an honest person.”

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In the beginning of the movie, a man attempts to kill himself by jumping into a lion’s cage at the zoo. The lion lazily sleeps while zoo-goers act merely amused.

Months after filming the movie, someone stole a chimpanzee from the zoo, Zagha said.

Recently, someone was caught keeping a lion in his backyard, he added.

Zagha said he wanted to capture the irony in life and see how the comedy translates to a foreign audience who comes from a different social and cultural background.

By Ali Breland age of 14, Gregory Keltgen, othDaily Texan Staff erwise know as DJ Abilities. His On his final album, Michael initial records meshed a combiLarsen, who performed un- nation of battle style with abstract der the moniker Eyedea, wrote emotional expression. a heartfelt verse, “On Sunday, He developed his sound over October the Fifth, you took his career, eventually making a your last breath, and you will departure for the world of embe missed.” Coincidentally, he cee battling, focusing more heavwas found dead in his home in ily on a release of sentiment and Minneapolis on Sunday. At the thought then rhetorically tearing age of 28, just one month shy of down hypothetical opponents his 29th birthday, his death was and enemies from years past, as sudden and untimely. Prelimi- he did in his early work. This ulnary autopsies have not yet de- timately culminated in his lattertermined the cause of death. most work, By The Throat, a heavy Wit and rhetoric are not things album which opens reflecting on generally associated with hip-hop. the suicide of a close friend, whom Neither are awkward white guys he proceeds to reference in the alfrom St. Paul, Minn. On a multi- bum’s final track, lacing the motif tude of levels, Minnesota native of loss throughout the record.

Eyedea did not fit perfectly in the After his movement away from perceived realm of hip-hop. Iron- the battle circuit Eyedea’s abstract, ically enough, philosophical rap this aloofness base allowed him was how Eyeto nestle perfectly dea found his into the then-bourInstead of Eyedea’s niche within his geoning indie rap art of rapping, story being repeated scene in the Twin painting vivid Cities, induced by and interpreted pictures of emounderground hipby the masses, he tional distress, as hop staple and piwell as exuberoneer Slug. Bringhimself gets to tell ance amidst philing Eyedea onto it on his records, in osophical mushis label, Rhymehis own deep-rooted, sayers Entertainings and rhetorical questions ment, Slug alemotional way. of the world lowed the artist to around him. flourish on the inAlthough his die rap scene, feamusic mainturing him on varly operated ious tours and through his words, what Eye- promoting him on his label. dea created was a full-blown Eyedea’s mother released a assault on the senses and the statement on his Facebook page; mind that few emcees were “It is with great pain and sadable to recreate. Utilizing his ness that I tell you my son Mikey gift of unparalleled wordplay, [Eyedea] has passed away ... At he entered the battle scene at this time we kindly request your the age of 15. Within two years respect and our privacy as we he rose among the ranks of bat- process this devastating loss. tle rap to the highest echelons, We do, however, welcome your winning the coveted Scribble kind words, memories, and posJam title in 1999, which was itive thoughts.” quickly followed with wins at Even in his final moments, Eyeboth the Rock Steady Anniver- dea still had several projects. Acsary and HBO-sponsored Blaze cording to the Minneapolis Star Battle Chicago in 2000.

Tribune, his mother said that he On the battle stage, he demon- had finished a new Face Candy alstrated a prowess unmatched by bum (a musical side project of his) his peers, making otherwise great in addition to a book of poetry. emcee’s wither into embarrassEven in all of his success and ing messes with blocky and stale glory, Eyedea never achieved the rhymes — all induced by Eye- mainstream notoriety of many of dea’s relentless and stinging im- his peers, living in the shadows of provised rhymes at speeds that former battlers-turned-celebrities cause most artists to record pre- such as Eminem. But perhaps it is rehearsed verses. all for the best; instead of Eyedea’s Sharp of the tongue and the story being repeated and interpretmind, Eyedea left rap battling in ed by the masses, he himself gets 2001 to solely release records with to tell it on his records, in his own his best friend and DJ since the deep-rooted, emotional way.

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LIVESTRONG CHALLENGE

Runners, bikers to support cancer patients in fundraiser Livestrong banner unites nonprofit organizations to raise awareness, funds

By Danielle Wallace Daily Texan Staff Austinites can prepare to be engulfed in a sea of yellow this weekend as one of America’s most well-known cancerfighting groups brings its largest fundraising event to the city.

The Livestrong Challenge Series kicks off today with Livestrong Village, a collective of nonprofit health and wellness groups, and will offer walks, runs and bike rides over the course of the weekend in honor of survivors, loved ones lost to cancer and those still fighting the fight.

One of four cities across the nation in which the challenge is to take place, Austin boasts being the last starting line for the annual event, as well as being the headquarters for the group founded by Texas native and seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong, whose fight and survival against testicular cancer created the basis for the organization dedicated to raising funds and providing open information for people whose lives have been affected by cancer.

One of the main events of the challenge, held in conjunction with the Ride for the Roses weekend that celebrates the top fundraisers for Livestrong’s cause, will occur in the form of a multi-distance bike ride through the Texas Hill Country of Dripping Springs, a 30-minute drive from the city. It is here that participant teams will ride out the distance they have pre-selected, ranging from 10 to as many as

90 miles.

UT’s East Asian-interest fraternal organization Omega Phi Gamma will be participating in the 45-mile ride with a sevento-eight-member team. The process, which begins with raising $250 in funds per rider, was taken a step further as members dedicated time and resources to raise additional funds to donate to the organization. They also raised awareness about cancer and those who have been diagnosed through their Livestrong weekend, with events that ranged from attending a speech given by Armstrong to fundraising parties at Pluckers.

The fraternity has raised more than $5,000 in donations for the Lance Armstrong Foundation over the last two years of its work with the organization, with this year marking its third, in support of the organization that provides a forum for those who have been diagnosed with cancer.

“There’s a good sense of achievement,” said James Han Yu, treasurer of the fraternity.

The 45-mile team is composed of a mixture of students new to the challenge rides as well as more experienced participants, all with one common cause in mind: to show their support for those whose lives have been touched by the disease.

“I haven’t been directly affected by cancer, but my friends have,” said Tri Le, biology senior and Omega Phi Gamma’s president. “I want to show them that I’m here for them.”

The Sunday Livestrong Challenge Series rides, as well as the 5k run/walk to be held on Saturday, will feature not only those hitting the streets to support

WHAT: Livestrong Challenge Series WHERE: Austin Convention Center, South 1st Bridge and Dripping Springs Middle School WHEN: Today-Sunday WEB: http://www.livestrong.org/ Take-Action

those dealing with cancer, but ON THE also those fighting the disease themselves. Cancer survivors Buy a pas out the sc will be participating in events and oth alongside supporters, and even children in active treatment will join in for the marathons via pedicab.

“The yellow mile” will mark a celebration of the achievements of the children, who will be each be greeted at the finish line with a flood of yellow-clad supporters and a yellow rose to commemorate their success.

Even those who have not previously registered to partake in the weekend can involve themselves in joining the ranks of others coming together in support though Saturday’s 5k walk/run, with chances to register carrying over into today. Others can attend the Livestrong Village today as well as the post-ride party to be held at Dripping Springs Elementary School. While registration is essential for participation in the ride itself, visitors are still welcome to take part in the festivities as well as cheer on participants.

Le emphasizes that the most essential part of the Livestrong Challenge Series weekend will be simply the supporters who Shannon Kintner | Daily Texan Staff attend — riders and non-riders alike — to show the affected that Members of the Omega Phi Gamma fraternity, including (from left) Larry Li, Jerry Molina, Jordan Yeh and they are not alone.

James Han Yu, will participate in a 45-mile ride as part of the Livestrong Challenge Series.

Proper stretches help prevent injuries HEALTHY HOOK

expectations of lead in ‘Black Swan’ fining performances out of actors (Mickey Rourke in the same best of his career. film). Here, he directs Natalie Portman as a ballerina strug‘Black Swan’ gling to meet expectations in her When: Wednesday, 7 p.m. challenging lead role in “Swan Where: Paramount Theater Lake.”

Given that Portman has Darren Aronofsky is responsible for one of the best films consistently struggled to mee t of the last decade (2008’s “The expectations throughout her Wrestler”), and is notorious for own acting career, she couldn’t coaxing phenomenal, career-de- be a better fit for the material.

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By Addie Anderson Stretching is the starting point for most workouts and pre-sport activities, but the elementary school P.E. class stretches that persist through high school sports may be wrong.

In 2007, The IDEA Fitness Journal linked pre-exercise stretching to few instances of injury prevention and identified its negative impacts on exercise performance.

The type of stretching the article refers to is static stretching, a common form of stretching in which a person is stationary and is, for instance, touching his or her toes for 20 to 30 seconds. However, in their article, Andrew Clark and Peter Twist argue that people who perform light cardiovascular activity followed by static stretching or simply stretch statically may be failing to effectively warm up for the demands of their chosen work out.

For example, stretching hamstrings and biceps while standing in a stationary position is not going to help an athlete get ready for movements such as dodging another player on the soccer field, pivoting on the basketball court or bench pressing heavy weights.

Clark and Twist, along with many other exercise experts, recommend a dynamic warmup focusing on movements that a person will use in the particular work out they will be performing. Concentrating on controlled movements of those muscles in ways they will be used after warming up will help increase their range of motion and will enable the exerciser to begin the workout at a high intensity with lower risk of injury.

“Dynamic stretching works on elasticity,” said Dixie Stanforth, a personal trainer and professor of kinesiology and health education at UT. “We’re trying to move through big full ranges of motion under control at the front end of the workout cause we’re trying to become more elastic and to open up the joints to get as much movement, rangewise, out of the muscle.”

Stanforth said that dynamic warmups are designed to produce “stability with mobility.” Having spinal stability during movement is essential for injury prevention and also for optimal performance.

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Chris Rodriguez stretches in preparation for his run at Gregory Gym. Stationary stretching may fail to be an effective warmup.

Although high school teams may still do static stretching before practices and games, many college teams follow the expert-recommended dynamic stretching before games. Sarah Barnes, an assistant coach for the UT women’s soccer team, says before games the players use dynamic stretching.

“A wide range of stretches are used,” Barnes said. “Dynam-

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muscles, and it doesn’t make sense to lengthen the muscles before you work out, which is when you’ll be contracting the muscles for a period of time.

“At the end of the work out, it makes sense to stretch statically because you want to make sure you’re leaving with at least as much length as you walked in with,” Stanforth said. “And since

Now that I do yoga where you flow into positions, I can touch my toes.”

— C.J. Hall, Kinesiology senior

ic stretching, where you hold for a short period of time before repeating the movement, helps players to prepare for the kinds of movements they’ll make in the games. For soccer players, calves, hamstrings, quads, groin and hip flexors are important areas on which they focus.”

After games, the players use static stretching to promote recovery from muscle soreness. Static stretching is not a bad thing; it’s just not the way to begin a workout. Stanforth said that static stretching lengthens the

you’ve been contracting or shortening the muscles during the workout, there’s a chance that you’ve lost a little bit of that length, so you want to get it back. Static stretching is one effective way to get it back.”

Kinesiology senior C.J. Hall said since beginning a dynamic stretch routine through her hot yoga classes, she has found much more flexibility, strength and improvements in other areas of physical activity.

“In high school, in cheerleading, before cheering we would do the

normal, sit-on-the-ground straddle stretches,” Hall said. “Now that I do yoga where you flow into positions, I can touch my toes. I’ve never been able to touch my toes before. It helps with flexibility. I’ve noticed my running has improved — I’ve been able to run farther.”

Some runners may argue that they don’t need to do a dynamic warmup in three planes because they’ll just be moving in one: forward. However, dynamic warmups incorporating the three weak links of the body — the foot and ankle, the hips and the thoracic spine — in the three planes (back and forth, side to side and rotational) can help in other aspects of your life. Stanforth believes that training should be connected to your whole life, not just to your 60-minute workout. So even if you’re moving in one direction with the same movements for an hour working out, you may need the flexibility that dynamic stretching gives you in other aspects of your life, from picking up and slinging a heavy backpack onto your back to dodging a dog on the running trail.

“I think because when we think about exercise, we tend to isolate it, like, this is the work part of my day,” Stanforth said. “And, for me, I’m thinking, how do I train people for function in everything that they do?”

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Alumnus draws on real-life experience of crime in Mexico

By Priscilla Totiyapungprasert Daily Texan Staff What’s a recently fired, downon-his-luck man in Mexico City ON THE WEB: to do when his wife just Buy a pass, check bought a out the schedule car he can’t and other info afford and @austinfilmno one will festival.com hire him?

He can choose to get involved with a gang of amateur thieves and steal a lion from the local zoo to hold for ransom. This is precisely what happens in “Adiós, Mundo Cruel” (Goodbye, Cruel World), the latest film directed by UT alumnus Jack Zagha Kababie.

Although the premise seems absurd, the story is based on

Zagha’s real-life experiences and what he calls “normal events” in Mexico.

“Mexico City is a crazy place,” Zagha said. “And [the] country itself [is] a place that artists and writers go to because there seems to be a surreal magic that surrounds Mexico.”

Seven years ago, Zagha had been in Mexico City to edit a film. While walking up to the editing studio with his tapes in hand, two men stopped him by pointing a gun to his head and demanded everything he had.

When that wasn’t sufficient, they forced him into his own car and ordered Zagha to drive to an ATM and empty his bank account.

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UT alumnus and filmmaker Jack Zagha Kababie screens his film “Adiós Mundo Cruel” (Goodbye, Cruel World) this week during the Austin Film Festival. The filmmakers inserted several real-life anecdotes that they experienced.

Themes of religion, money present at Austin Film Fest

By Alex Williams & Priscilla Totiyapungprasert Daily Texan Staff Film directors, screenwriters, producers and movie aficionados will convene in Austin this weekend for the 17th annual Austin Film Festival. The festival was the first of its kind when it began in 1994. This year the event spans eight days, showcasing films from both established and rising filmmakers. The festival also hosts a four-day conference that includes screenwriting seminars, topics for budding filmmakers and conver-

sations with famous people in the industry, including Randall Wallace, the man who penned “Braveheart,” and “Blade Runner” writer David Peoples. Former UT student and director Robert Rodriguez is also scheduled to appear.

Top 5 Films to See: ‘Blue Valentine’

chelle Williams, “Blue Valentine” has been earning rave reviews all year for its depiction of a self-destructing marriage. Gosling and Williams are solid performers who can handle the heavy material, and this may be your only chance to see the film: The MPAA recently slapped it with an NC-17 rating, the kiss of death for most independent films.

ic downtown and starring Ben Affleck and Tommy Lee Jones, “The Company Men” is a film for our times, much like last year’s outstanding “Up in the Air.” Recently named as the festival’s Centerpiece Film and presented by director John Wells, “The Company Men” has been drawing attention at film festivals all year.

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Directed by UT alumnus Storme Wood and filmed in and around Austin, “Paradise Recovered” stars Heather del Rio as Esther, a religious fundamentalist excommunicated from her church. Religious estrangement is always a compelling theme, and the film’s intriguing trailer makes it stand out among the festival’s Austin Screens category, a collection of films directed by Austin filmmakers.

‘127 Hours’ When: Tuesday, 7 p.m.

Where: Paramount Theater Director Danny Boyle’s eclectic career continues this year with “127 Hours,” the true story of mountain climber Aron Ralston, who becomes trapped under a fallen boulder and (spoiler alert) is forced to cut his arm off to escape. Boyle, who directed “Slumdog Millionaire,” is expected to garner another Oscar nomination for his work here, and star James Franco’s performance has been hailed as the

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