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TODAY Calendar ‘The Infernal Comedy’
“The Infernal Comedy Confession of a Serial Killer“ featuring John Malkovich is a stage play about notorious Austrian serial killer and author Jack Unterweger. The performance starts at 8 p.m. with ticket prices ranging from $10 - $52.
Night Terrors haunted house Night Terrors haunted house opens tonight at 7 p.m. and goes until midnight. The 1900 square foot house features bloody and violent scenes for visitors to explore. Ticket prices range from $20 to $40 depending on the type of pass you purchase.
House of Torment
House of Torment is back once again, featuring two main haunted house attractions “The Reckoning” and “Cursed.” Ticket prices range from $20 $30 depending on the type of package. The attractions begin at 7 p.m. and end at midnight.
Pumpkin patch Grace United Methodist is hosting its annual Pumpkin patch event, with free storytelling. Don’t wait too long – the event will end once the pumpkins have ran out or until the 31st. The patch will be open all this week from 4 - 7 p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m. - 7 p.m., and Sunday from noon - 7 p.m.
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By Liz Farmer Daily Texan Staff
When faced with more than 900 terms to learn for a pharmacy class, one UT student turned to the use of online flashcards that he can distribute among his study group. Pharmacy student Richard Sabel said he joined the free study site, Qui-
zlet, to create flashcard reviews before tests. Quizlet is one of a growing number of new online learning tools of its type, which has seen increasing popularity because of features that allow users to create their own flashcards, access other users’ flashcards and make tests out of the information. Sabel uses the site on his iPad, but it is also available through applications for other Ap-
ple, Android and Windows devices. “For me, it helps since I make the cards,” Sabel said. “That’s part of my study habit — to turn the information into a question.” The basic site allows users to apply text to cards and extended functions are available for a fee, which allow users to apply images and create unlimited groups.
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He said each person in the study group enters information onto several cards, which are more accessible to everyone than paper flashcards. Quizlet founder and president Andrew Sutherland created the site to study for a high school French class in 2005. He said the site grew as his
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By Nicole Sanseverino Daily Texan Staff
After her first trip to Chiapas, Mexico, entrepreneur Susan Jamie decided she didn’t want to just start a coffee shop. She wanted to transform the whole coffee industry, an admittedly big feat considering the fact that coffee is the second-most traded commodity in the world, Jamie said. Jamie said what she saw during that first trip “put a lot on [her] heart.” She met a coffee grower forced to feed her hungry children newspaper soup and a man begging her to buy his coffee beans so that he didn’t have to leave his family to get a job in the U.S. “It’s amazing how you see once you start to look into coffee [trade] that you will experience the same thing that we did when we first traveled over there,” Jamie, owner of Ferra Coffee, said. For an industry that raked in nearly $15.4 billion worldwide last year, Jamie said growers are getting shortchanged. For a pound of coffee worth $1.39 on the New York Stock Exchange, growers are likely to get 5 to 9 cents, with middlemen pocketing the difference, she said.
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Stu Bresson recycles cans and plastic bags at Austin Ecology Action, a recycling center at the corner of Interstate Highway 35 and Ninth Street on Monday afternoon. Austin administrators will be drafting a law on Nov. 1 to ban plastic bags in the city within the next year.
Plastic bag ban up for debate in Austin By Jillian Bliss Daily Texan Staff
Months of meetings with Austin residents, business owners and city officials led to an open forum Monday night seeking the
public’s final input on plastic bag prohibition. City officials began discussing the possible bag ban in April and held several meetings during the past six months seeking public insight on the issue. At an Aug. 4 city council meeting, members voted to draft an un-
official ordinance outlining possible provisions for ending the use of plastic retail bags. Officials supporting the plastic bag ban believe it will improve the environment by reducing waste and help cut city spending used on cleanup programs. Litter from the bags is also harmful to
area wildlife and increases flooding by clogging water passages, according to the unofficial ordinance. T h e c i t y o f Au s t i n e n gaged in a pilot study in 2007 encouraging residents to recycle
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More housing added by campus for 2013 By Brianna Pelayo Daily Texan Staff
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— Mack Brown Head football coach
“If a professor can put it on a Powerpoint, you can put it on a Quizlet,” Sabel said. However, Sabel said Quizlet has limitations that other online learning tools contain, such as only offering two sides for flashcards. “One of the reasons that we have so many cards is that there isn’t a third side,” Sabel said.
Entrepreneur aims to brew coffee with shot of ethics
Today in 2002 Irish-born actor and two time Oscar nominee Richard Harris died of cancer at the age of 72. The actor whose career spanned six decades was better known for his roles as Dumbledore in Harry Potter and King Arthur in the movie “Camelot.” Harris made more than 70 films in his time and starred with such actors as Gregory Peck and Marlon Brando.
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People will not give Kansas credit this week. Everybody thought since Iowa State had lost to Utah [68-27] and Oklahoma [52-0], they couldn’t possibly beat us.
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James Mulva, UT alumnus and CEO of ConocoPhillips, speaks at the School of Social Work on Monday evening.
A new addition to West Campus is scheduled to open in the fall semester of 2013. 2400 Nueces, the new student and faculty housing, will consist of 304 units that will provide 622 beds ranging from studios to four-bedroom apartments. “It’s not a [typical] UT housing development,” said Amy Wanamaker, campus director of real estate. “UT owns the property, and we saw the opportunity to generate return on the property and the need for student, faculty and graduate hous-
ing within two blocks of the University.” UT has ground-leased the property that was once old Wooldridge Hall to Education Realty Trust, one of the largest companies in the U.S. involved in developing and running collegiate housing. Architectural firm PageSoutherlandPage designed 2400 Nueces to go along with the modern look of the University. “PageSoutherlandPage are local, well respected architects that came up with a beautiful design,” Wanamaker said.
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Alumnus credits UT, ROTC for success By Brianna Pelayo Daily Texan Staff
UT alumnus and ConocoPhillips CEO James Mulva said attending the University and the small habit of never wanting to lose is what got him to the top of his business. To start off the year’s first Liberal Arts Council Speaker Series, Mulva participated in an informal
interview Monday, allowing current students to hear about the life and achievements of a prestigious UT graduate. He said the education he received at UT and in the ROTC program was essential to his success in his career. Mulva spoke about his success after graduating from the University and what it took for him to get where he is today.
“I wouldn’t trade it for anything, I’m totally engaged in what I do,” Mulva said. “I think I work for a noble industry.” Mulva graduated with a bachelor’s degree in business administration in the class of ’68 and continued on as a class of ’69 graduate with his master’s degree in business administration. He served
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2400 Nueces, a new housing complex that will feature more than 300 units, should open by the fall of 2013.
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UT is currently building a 16-story tower on Nueces and 24th streets, which will provide 622 beds, a swimming pool, a fitness center and a rooftop patio. The $63.9 million building will be ready for occupancy in fall 2013.
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EDR is developing this new 16-story high-rise for the UT System Board of Regents and will proceed to own and manage it, said Susan Jennings, spokeswoman for EDR. The $63.9 million production will provide amenities such as structured parking, a swimming pool, a fitness center, a rooftop patio, granite
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FOR THE RECORD Correction: Because of a reporting error, Monday’s Page 1 news story about the Bastrop volunteer event should have said Buffington Homes donated money to the project. The story also should have said AmeriCorps provided funding that enabled the project.
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countertops and ceramic tiling, she said. “ T he ap ar t me nt s are d e signed and marketed for graduate students, staff and upp e rcl a ss me n , but we abi d e by a l l Fair Housing L aws,” Jennings said. In addition to apartments, the University Neighborhood Overlay requires that the ground floor contain a “high percentage of local uses.” These uses may include retail and the possibility
of the International Office moving into the building. “[The] UNO requirement is for either office or retail, and we’re proposing that the International Office relocate back on the property for the board to approve in their Nov. 10 meeting,” Wanamaker said. “It’s not a guarantee until the lease has been negotiated and executed, and the board has approved the request.” The International Office staff
has been temporarily moved off campus. Candace Shye, International Office director, said they are excited about the possible transition to a new building. “We used to be in 27,000 square feet. We’re in less than 18,000 now, and we’re in three different locations so they had to split our offices up,” Shye said. “One of the things I’m looking forward to if we get our office is that our whole office will be back under the same roof again.”
Battalion Commanding Officer, said Mulva donated $15 million to the College of Liberal Arts, which will go towards the construction of a new building for the college on the East Mall and will also provide a centrally located home for the ROTC program. “I understand the importance of liberal arts ... for any great university or institution. For engineering, medicine and all the different disciplines to have a great liberal arts program is really required for a great university like the University of Texas,” Mulva
said. “The ROTC units happen to be placed and resided in liberal arts, so when it comes to young men and women who want to do that, we really need to help and support them.” Rebecca James, a liberal arts freshman who helped organize the event, said the purpose of the interview was to showcase a successful alumnus and to honor his donation to COLA. “He is one of the most distinguished alumni to graduate with a liberal arts degree from UT,” James said. “We want to honor his donation by giving him
the opportunity to speak in our Speaker Series.” The series aims to connect current UT students with graduated alumni by bringing prominent UT graduates to come speak about the lasting significance of their degree and experiences at the University. “The main purpose of having James Mulva speak to students is to allow current students to hear about the life of a highly successful UT graduate,” James said. “We want to show students that what happens at UT can really change the world.”
to learn the names of drinks,” Sutherland said. “There’s a wide variety of reasons people use Quizlet.” Last year, more than 110,000 servers in the Austin-area went to Quizlet, according to a Quizlet spokesman. He said the site is not its own curriculum, but it can help people achieve their own learning goals in this fastpaced, Internet age. “Everyone is learning along a window of knowledge that is constantly moving,” Sutherland said. “People learn stuff for a test and then forget it.” Quizlet helps users retain information, he said, because they can continue to review the information once they’re done actively working with the
material. “A lot of times because students find it useful, teachers find it useful,” Sutherland said. UT alumna Michelle Shadwick uses Quizlet to teach her French classes at Bowie High School. She said she can see her students’ progress as they learn basic words in preparation for quizzes or tests. “I always tell them don’t be happy with your first score,” Shadwick said. Shadwick said for languages, one of the best features, on top of the native language audio, is the drop-down keyboard that includes French accents. “For this age, that’s tough,” Shad-
wick said. “We have to change the way we teach to fit this generation.” She said the accessibility of the site removes common excuses for students like forgetting a book or not having time to review, and her students enjoy competing with one another to achieve a high score. “You have to make learning interesting,” Shadwick said. “You have to show them that it’s not just about typing something into Google Translate.”
COFFEE continues from PAGE 1 “Usually, [growers] get about a 70 percent lower price than they would get from a direct relationship through the roaster,” Jamie said. “So basically, they did not earn enough money even [to make a profit].” Jamie said the problem is that a majority of the growers don’t understand the international markets, production costs or what their coffee is actually worth. “Middlemen work like loan
sharks,” Jamie said. “Growers will ask [the middleman] for a loan so they can get money for the next harvest, and then he’ll say, ‘Sure not a problem, and we’ll just take that loan out of your next harvest.’ So it is a cycle that they go through, and they never get enough money for their subsistence or their survival or even to run their business correctly.” Jamie said after realizing this problem, she had to put herself in a situa-
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tion to help these growers. She now travels to countries such as Guatemala, Colombia and Mexico teaching growers how to make a profit without going through a middleman. “The first thing we tell [growers] is you need to understand your business,” Jamie said. “And for you to be able to do that as a grower, you need to be able to understand your product.” Marketing lecturer Elizabeth Danon-Leva said coffee businesses such as Starbucks are beginning to help growers. “[They’re] saying we can still make money and we can still increase our sales and improve [growers’] life and have a sustainable product that is here
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plastic bags, but Mayor Lee Leffingwell said during the forum that implementing a permanent ban would be more efficient than encouraging recycling. “We have gone to an autosorting recycling system, but the one thing that doesn’t fit is plastic bags,” Leffingwell said. “People stand by the machines and have to pull them out by hand. If they miss them they can clog the machines.” Some opposing the ban, such as Texas Retailers Association president and CEO Ronnie Volkening, said it is not the city’s recycling system which fails but the inefficient marketing plan used to promote recycling of bags. Volkening and other forum attendees shared personal input regarding exceptions to the ordinance, a timeline for its implementation and fees associated with implementation, as well as how to enforce the rule. Citizens participated in focus groups to discuss their ideas for bettering the ban. The meeting was the final opportunity for public comment, Austin Resource Recovery director Bob Gedert said, and city administrators will begin drafting an official ordinance Nov. 1 to ban the bags within the next year. “You can go out any day of the week and find plastic bags flying,” Gedert said. “This past weekend on Saturday it was windy and I caught a few.” Gedert said in addition to concerns listed in the ordinance, plastic bags can pose safety issues such as drifting through the wind and distracting drivers. Some who oppose the ban feel more concerned with its possible affects on state jobs and the economy. Mark Daniels, vice president of sustainability and environmental policy at Hilex Poly Company which produces plastic bags, said his company employs more than 1,250 total in bag manufacturing and recycling. Daniels spoke with city council members at the Aug. 4 regular meeting, facing opposition to the viewpoints he presented. “An alternative idea is to go down the same path they started with, having grocers and retailers push toward a very strong recycling infrastructure,” Daniels said. “If they ban plastic bags, they’re voting for higher greenhouse gas and the destruction of bags.” Volkening and others sharing views similar to Daniels’ have developed an alternative to the ordinance city officials plan to implement, and Volkening said they plan to announce their proposal Thursday morning at City Hall.
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tomorrow,” Danon-Leva said. Jamie said consumers can join the cause by buying “relationship coffee,” a certification meaning the grower has a direct relationship with the roaster. “If you as a consumer take such a powerful commodity such as coffee, buy that coffee at an adequate price but also understand what is behind that cup and who is behind that cup, then you would see a lot of change,” Jamie said. Elben Shira, senior computer science major and self-proclaimed coffee addict, said he doesn’t usually think about where his coffee comes from but thinks Jamie’s work is “cool.” “If I want to buy coffee that is better, I need to believe that it is,” Shira said. “If I can trace where the bean came from, I would be more motivated to buy those beans than just a bag with a Fair Trade logo on it.”
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Europe’s plans help raise stocks to highest level since August Bailout fund reported to be greater than expected, US companies report profits By David Randall & Stan Choe The Associated Press
NEW YORK — Stock indexes closed Monday at the highest point since the U.S. debt limit showdown in August. The market was driven higher by a round of big corporate takeovers and reports that Europe’s bailout fund will be larger than originally thought. The Nasdaq composite turned positive for the year. Netflix Inc. plunged 26 percent in after-hours trading after the DVD-by-mail and video streaming company forecast a sharp drop in fourth-quarter profits. Investors are still waiting for a resolution to Europe’s debt problems. European leaders said they made progress at a weekend summit and plan to unveil concrete plans for containing the crisis by Wednesday. The Dow Jones industrial average was up about 40 points in the first hour of trading but moved steadily higher through midday following reports that Europe’s takeover fund will be greatly expanded. It finished with a gain of 104.83 points, or 0.9 percent, at 11,913.62. “The market is expecting that there will be some kind of deal worked out Wednesday,” when European financial ministers are scheduled to meet, said Uri Landesman, president of Platinum Partners. “If there’s not a deal by then, the market is going down significantly.” Even with concerns about Europe, U.S. companies are still reporting bigger profits. “Although there is a good deal of economic and political uncertainty in the world, we are not seeing it much in our business at this point,” Caterpillar Chief Executive Doug Oberhelman said. The maker of construction equipment reported a 44 percent surge in income, more than Wall Street analysts were expecting, thanks to strong growth in exports. The company said it expected the global economy to continue recovering, albeit slow-
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Trader Walter Lundon, second from right, works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Monday.
ly. Caterpillar jumped 5 percent, the most of the 30 companies in the Dow. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index rose to 1,254.19. That is just 3.45 points, or 0.3 percent, below where it started the year. It’s the highest close for the S&P 500 since Aug. 3, just as Washington was resolving a showdown over raising the country’s borrowing limit. If the S&P 500 finishes the year with a gain, it will be its biggest turnaround since 1984. The Nasdaq composite rose 61.98, or 2.3 percent, to 2,699.44. The gains turned the Nasdaq positive for the year. The S&P 500 is the only major market index that remains lower than
where it started the year. The Russell 2000 index of small companies rose 3.3 percent as investors moved money into higher-risk assets. Netflix sank 26.4 percent postmarket trading after forecasting fourth-quarter income that was far below what analysts were expecting. Through Monday’s close the stock had plunged 59 percent since July 12, when it raised prices and announced a plan to break its DVD-by-mail business into a separate company. The company abandoned the plan after it triggered a revolt among subscribers. Other major U.S. companies due to report earnings this week
include UPS Inc., Ford Motor Co. and Procter & Gamble. Analysts expect companies in the S&P 500 to report earnings growth of 14 percent for the third quarter, according to data provider FactSet. They expect a 10 percent gain in revenue. Expenses are also expected to climb. Higher costs for raw materials helped drag down income 8 percent at KimberlyClark Corp., which reported results Monday. The stock fell 5 percent. The company is a major consumer products maker whose brands include Huggies and Kleenex. Higher costs also hurt cigarette maker Lorillard, which re-
ported a 3 percent drop in income. Lorillard’s stock fell 0.6 percent. A series of corporate deals helped lift the market, said Phil Orlando, chief equity strategist at Federated Investors. “This is telling us that companies think stocks are cheap, and they’re willing to spend some of the cash that’s sitting around on their balance sheets,” he said. Deals announced included: — HealthSpring Inc. jumped 34 percent after Cigna Corp. said it will buy the health insurer for about $3.8 billion in cash. Cigna rose 1.4 percent. — RightNow Technologies Inc. gained 19 percent after Or-
acle Corp. said it will buy the tech service company for about $1.5 billion. Oracle rose 2.3 percent. — Mattel Inc. rose 2 percent after it agreed to buy Hit Entertainment, the owner of the Thomas & Friends and Barney brands, for $680 million in cash. — The J.M. Smucker Co. added 0.7 percent after it bought most of Sara Lee Corp.’s North American foodser vice coffee operations for about $350 million. Five shares rose for every one that fell on the New York Stock Exchange. Volume was average at 4.2 billion shares.
Thousands of Egyptian police go on strike By Aya Batrawy The Associated Press
CAIRO — Thousands of Egyptian police launched a nationwide strike on Monday to demand better salaries and a purge of former regime officials from senior security posts. About 3,000 lower ranking police rallied in front of the Interior Ministry in central Cairo to push their demands, including a 200 percent pay raise. They also called for an end to military trials for lower ranking police. Police said they would hold an open ended sit-in until their demands were met, as around 12,000 went on strike. Egypt has 350,000 police altogether. Some of the officers at the protest waved banners reading “Good treatment equals better service.” Another banner called for “Purging the ministry of the mafia and the remnants of el-Adly,” a
Moammar Gadhafi’s body taken from freezer, security guard says MISRATA, Libya — The bodies of Moammar Gadhafi, his son Muatassim and a former aide have been moved from a commercial freezer in a warehouse area of Misrata in anticipation of burial, a security guard said. Local military spokesman Ibrahim Beitalmal has said the burial is likely to take place Tuesday. He said the three men would be interred in unmarked graves in a secret location to avoid vandalism. Asked about the removal of the bodies from the freezer, he said he was unaware of the process of buri-
reference to former Interior Minister Habib el-Adly, who is on trial for deadly police attacks on unarmed protesters during the uprising that toppled President Hosni Mubarak. In the eight months since Mubarak’s ouster, the discredited police force has been unable and reluctant to fully take back control of the streets since the uprising. Hatred of the police and their brutal tactics were main motivations behind the uprising. Karim Medhat Ennarah of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights told The Associated Press that the Interior Ministry has been more responsive to calls for change since Mubarak’s ouster in February, but there is no political will in the ministry to cooperate and initiate reform. In March, the Interior Ministry dissolved the contentious State Security Investigations agency, in line with a main demand of the protest al getting under way. However, Salem al-Mohandes, a security guard at the warehouse complex, said the bodies were moved late Monday from the freezer, where they had been on display for the past four days. “Our job is finished,” said al-Mohandes. “He [Gadhafi] was transferred, and the military council of Misrata took him away to an unknown location. I don’t know whether they buried him or not.” An Associated Press Television News team saw three vehicles leave the warehouse area late Monday. The team then entered the freezer and found it empty. — The Associated Press
movement that led the 18-day uprising to oust Mubarak. Many protest leaders have said that the agency’s former members remain active in protecting the remnants of the old regime and trying to sabotage the transition to democracy. “If we don’t start the reform process now, we are inevitably driving toward another clash between the state and people,” Ennarah said. Coinciding with Monday’s strike, former police and rights groups published a proposal to reform the Interior Ministry. Former police officer Mohamed Mahfouz said one of the main obstacles to reform are top ministry officials who are worried about an internal uprising among lower ranking policemen. “Officials turn a blind eye to corruption in order to control the possibility of a revolt from within,” Nasser Nasser | Associated Press he said, referring to bribes as well as the torture and abuse of detain- In this Sept. 24 file photo, Egyptian riot police line up to separate pro-Mubarak supporters and the families of the slain protesters during the trial session of ousted president Hosni Mubarak in Cairo, Egypt. ees by the police force.
Haiti plan to restore army faces new UN requirements PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The top U.N. official in Haiti says the government’s plan to restore the army will require a new agreement with the world body. Head of U.N. Mission Mariano Fernandez tells The Ass o c i at e d P re s s t h e e x i s t ing agreement has no provision to allow peacekeepers to work with a Haitian military. Fernandez says the Security Council would need to change the mandate.
Fernandez is in charge of the 12,000 U.N. peacekeepers who have kept order in Haiti since 2004. He said Monday the country has been making progress in reducing political conflict. He praised President Michel Martelly for recent meetings with former leaders. Haiti’s army was disbanded in 1995 after years of abuse and military coups.
— The Associated Press
Suitable home sought for blind Great Dane, helpful partner LONDON — An animal shelter has been inundated with offers of help after it requested a home for a pair of Great Danes — one of which is blind and totally dependent on the other. Louise Campbell, the manager of Dogs Trust Shrewsbury, said that more than 200 people have responded to the call for help and possibly a new home since the shelter went public about the dogs’ plight a few days ago. “It’s been phenomenal,” she said, Campbell said that 6-year-old Lily.
became reliant on Maddison, 7, after a rare medical problem caused her eyelashes to grow into her eyeballs, leaving them so severely damaged that they had to be removed. “Everything they do involves close contact. They check in with each other all the time,” she said.“They have developed such a strong bond ... we wouldn’t split them up, that would be unfair to both dogs.” Campbell said potential owners had previously just walked past the pair, “put off by the idea of having two large dogs, and one without eyes can be a bit shocking.” — The Associated Press
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Tuesday, October 25, 2011 | THE DAILY TEXAN | Viviana Aldous, Editor-in-Chief | (512) 232-2212 | editor@dailytexanonline.com
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Out-of-state tuition bigger in Texas The Tuition Policy Advisory Committee begins its first of many regular meetings today, as it will deliberate from now through November on a tuition rate to recommend to President William Powers Jr. Powers will make his recommendation to the Board of Regents, who will then set the final tuition rate for the next two years. According to its Oct. 12 forum, TPAC is operating under two cost-conscious directives from the UT System, which include tying any requests for an increase in tuition to fouryear graduation rates and capping all tuition increases to the change in the consumer price index. The CPI is a statistic calculated by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics. It is a relatively basic calculation of changes in the cost of living in an area. It measures the changes in the prices of commonly purchased items and services, including coffee, cereal, gas, toys and haircuts, to determine how much more or less people have to pay to live somewhere. Based on Texas’ CPI, the UT System determined all tuition increases will be capped at 2.6 percent. Yet, the CPI for the United States is about 1 percent higher, a fact mentioned only as a side note at TPAC’s forum but one that has much larger consequences for the oft-sidenoted one-fifth of our student population: out-of-state and international students. The average undergraduate tuition cost for Texas residents at UT is $9,416 per year, which is the fifth lowest among the University’s peer institutions. But the average undergraduate tuition cost for non-residents, who, according to the Office of Information and Analysis, make up about 9 percent of the undergraduate population, is $31,266 per year, which is the fourth highest out-of-state rate among the same peer institutions. Affordability is a crucial part of the UT identity. Yet this supposed identity excludes a subset of the student body. Pushing costs onto non-residents is a long-serving tradition among cash-strapped public universities. Last year, the University of California System’s decision to admit more out-of-state students as a way to offset large state cuts was part of what fueled mass protests at its campuses. But few schools uphold this tradition as deliberately or as openly as UT does. For example, out-of-state tuition for undergraduates is 3.3 times greater than its in-state tuition, which is the second biggest difference among peer institutions, behind only the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, whose numbers tend to be skewed because of the aweinspiring amount the state invests per student. Additionally, if the Board of Regents decides to increase all in-state tuition by 2.6 percent and all out-of-state tuition by 3.6 percent, the University would receive an additional $12.4 million per year from its undergraduates — more than 30 percent of which would come off the backs of its 3,400 non-resident students, who would be paying a higher percentage from a larger initial tuition bill. The most common reason given for higher education’s “outsider tax” is that public universities are financed by the people of the state and therefore should belong to the people of that state. In 2008-09, the Legislature invested $7,353 per full-time undergraduate student, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. But non-resident students pay significantly more than this amount with their inflated tuition bills, which was about $30,000 in the same year. As decision-makers begin deliberating on tuition policy recommendations, we ask that they refrain from the traditional temptation to disproportionally charge the minority. The University benefits greatly from a diversity of ideas, and maintaining a fresh mix of international and out-of-state students is a step in the right direction. It’s time to honestly examine if UT is truly the good value it claims to be. — Shabab Siddiqui for the editorial board.
Another one bites the crust By Samantha Katsounas Daily Texan Columnist
The meteoric rise of pizza executive turned presidential candidate Herman Cain is one of the most perplexing developments in the Republican Party’s pursuit for the White House. Virtually unknown a few months ago, Cain has gone from “flavor of the week” to front-runner in a lackluster field of GOP candidates. The former Godfather’s Pizza CEO can trace his newfound popularity to the 9-9-9 plan he crafted as his ultimate fix for our federal tax code. Cain’s 9-9-9 plan would replace our current federal tax system with a business tax, flat income tax and a national sales tax at 9 percent each. Though the 9-9-9 plan is eerily similar to the tax structure in the video game SimCity, it is far from a joke. Disturbingly, the 9-9-9 plan is exactly the opposite of what most Americans want, as it provides a regressive structure that cuts taxes for the wealthy while raising taxes for the poor- and middle-classes. While the Occupy Wall Street movement makes a statement about the inherent inequality in American economics, Cain is pursuing a path to tax reform that ignores this growing trend. The arrangement has even been labeled a “distributional monstrosity” by Bruce Bartlett, former adviser to Ronald Reagan, according to The New York Times. Cain’s national sales tax is characterized as regressive because it does not itemize any exceptions for necessities that low-income brackets spend proportionally more on, such as food and clothing. Students are another group that would be disproportionately affected by his tax proposal. For example, students who were previously issued
exemptions as dependents would be forced to pay income taxes. The flat income tax proposed by Cain has also been almost universally acknowledged as regressive, despite new plans for a 9-0-9 alteration for those at or below the poverty line. At last week’s GOP debate, Cain nonchalantly and repeatedly deflected opponents’ criticism of the plan by simply claiming their attacks were wrong. In his defense, he invited “every American to do their own math.” However, others have done math repeatedly and have come up with negative results. A former chief of staff of nonpartisan Joint Committee on Taxation has labeled 9-9-9 as “fiscal hocus-pocus.” Similarly, nonprofit organizations Factcheck.org and Politifact. com have called Cain’s plan “murky” and his promises “false”. With the kind of self-assured cadence that engenders absolute trust, Cain pitches his signature plan with this gem: “When you expand the base, we can arrive at the lowest possible rate, which is 9-9-9.” Audience members at debates have delivered zealous applause time and time again to this line, but his message is far from populist. Cain’s expansion of the “base” clearly indicates that the burden of taxation would be shifted to the low- and middle-income brackets. This new “base” of revenue would include college students, as well. Moreover, the 9-9-9 plan billed as a simple solution is actually a misleading distraction. Cain talks about his plan as if it is the end game, but it is really just an intermediate step toward his larger goal: “The Fair Tax.” The Fair Tax would replace all other federal taxes with a sales tax on goods and services ranging anywhere from 23 to 30 percent. For students, this would exacerbate the pain
of gas or textbook costs with a combined federal-state sales tax of more than 30 percent. Such a large sales tax is hugely regressive because people in lower-income brackets spend a much larger proportion of their earnings than do those in upper brackets, who tend to invest more. Feasibility aside, neither the 9-9-9 nor the Fair Tax plans benefits Americans who are not in the upper echelons of wealth. Cain’s transformation from long-shot dark horse to top-tier candidate is intriguing. If Cain’s popularity is not based on his economic know-how, it has to be based on something else. Almost every post on Cain’s Twitter account uses gratuitous exclamation marks, and it is hard not to be infected with his enthusiasm. His affability and optimism are often cited as reasons why Americans identify with him. Though certainly jovial, Cain’s campaign is plagued with cringe-inducing gaffes that make even Joe Biden’s worst lines seem tame by comparison. Cain recently proposed that an electric fence be built along the MexicoUS border, according to USA Today, and he once said that he neither knew nor cared who the “president of Ubeki-beki-beki-beki-stan-stan” was, according to CNN. Both statements were later claimed to be “jokes.” Herman Cain, though probably unelectable, is mostly being lauded for his bold and unique approach to campaigning. Cain recently told the Wall Street Journal, “If you don’t have a job and you’re not rich, blame yourself.” Cain and his forceful aphorisms may be changing the way the GOP approaches its base, but 9-9-9 is an injurious proposal that is out of touch with the current political climate. Katsounas is a finance and government sophomore.
THE FIRING LINE Leaving no stone unturned I read Thursday’s Daily Texan feature on rapper Kreayshawn and thought it was awesome! I commend The Daily Texan for choosing to chronicle what is a very real shift that is occurring in hip-hop. It is a scene that is not given its due respect, and there are so many young, talented rappers who are not getting the attention they deserve. Not only is it a disservice to the artists themselves, but also to the potential audience of people who can have their lives enriched by experiencing a rich culture that is transforming the music industry. The genre has entered a renaissance that can’t be ignored. I have to thank you all at The Daily Texan for not leaving any stone unturned and bringing to the UT community many promising artists and diverse representation from all genres.
Desiree Monique Rios Philosophy junior
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China a hotbed for innovation, according to architecture dean By Rachel Thompson Daily Texan Staff
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Lesley Stern presents as part of the UT Department of Anthropology’s annual seminar series Monday.
Professor parallels plant genes, humans By Rachel Thompson Daily Texan Staff
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China is an architectural powerhouse with new projects constantly underway, said Qingyun Ma, dean of architecture at the University of Southern California. Ma presented a multitude of projects currently in progress or recently completed in three major Chinese cities: Beijing, Hangzhou and Shanghai, as part of a four-lecture series hosted by UT’s School of Architecture on Monday. “So much is going on in China — it’s become a laboratory of architectural ideas,� said School of Architecture dean Frederick Steiner. “Some of the most interesting ideas in the world are there.� Ma approached the topic of China’s rapid growth with humor and noted the rapidity of the projects currently in progress. “In China, if you have an idea, it will be done,� he said, laughing. “So you’d better be responsible with your idea because they might build it.� Ma discussed larger projects, those he said resolve urban issues and bring different programs together to form projects. One of these projects was titled the “Shopping Zoo,� which used the principles of a zoo’s closely connected buildings to draw shoppers into spending an entire day at the center, he said. Ma also discussed the importance of small-scale projects within Chinese architecture by showing pictures of the building processes. Some of these images included local workers constructing the buildings brick by brick. He said these small projects took place in both China and the United States, and included a hotel, an addition to a bridge and even a house Ma designed for his family in Los Angeles. Despite the large amount of architectural development, many
Qingyun Ma, dean of the University of Southern California School of Architecture, exhibited his past architectural projects as part of the Chinese Architecture Lecture Series on Monday afternoon. Ma has created various awardwinning works in several major Chinese cities, including Shanghai and Xian.
Victoria Montalvo Daily Texan Staff
In China, if you have an idea, it will be done. — Qingyun Ma, Dean of Architecture at USC
projects have halted because of loss of funding, Ma said. These dead projects included the addition to a new natural history museum in Shanghai, a mountaincut memorial and an art museum in Pasadena. Ma said he is hopeful the projects have potential to resume construction in the future. “We have a very good attitude to the notion of dead projects,� he said. “Some will get built because it’s the right fit.� Graduate architecture student Nate Schneider said he found the
lecture to be enlightening about some of the most current examples of Chinese architecture. “It’s kind of amazing — the scale that they’re designing and building in China,� Schneider said. “I thought the speaker had a fresh approach to architecture.� Ma said he hoped to convey architecture as something with a broader goal than the construction of new projects. “My hope is that we realize that architecture is global,� he said. “[And] that our goals are interconnected.�
The plant kingdom has been a source of inspiration for the management of the human population, said Lesley Stern, a professor at the University of California in San Diego. Stern spoke to the Department of Anthropology on Monday as part of this year’s seminar series, titled “Sensorium: Anthropology and the Senses.� Her lecture focused on connections between plant genetics and views of the human gene pool. “Anthropology is a very diverse field,� said anthropology assistant professor Craig Campbell. “One of our concerns is to figure out how to link these disciplines.� Campbell said this year’s lecture series focuses on keeping students actively engaged and considering the five senses, common points of linkage throughout the individual
areas of study within anthropology. Stern’s lecture focused not only on the sensory experiences we have through color but also on the ways that color relates to plants and humans. She discussed at length the vibrant colors of the sweet pea plant and the many genetic principles formulated from careful studies of the plant. One major issue discussed by Stern was the parallel between plants and human ideas surrounding natives and immigrants. She discussed the ugly sides of modernity and globalization. “I’ve always been interested in gardening, and I became very interested in these terms: ‘native’ and ‘exotic,’� Stern said. “I started writing [about] a parallel track of what was happening in my garden and what was happening in the United States and thinking of migration and immigration in terms of plants and people.� Stern connected her discussion of
native versus exotic plants to one eugenicist’s paralleled debate about immigrants as good or “bad stock.� She said Charles Goethe, a Californian eugenicist — a scientist who supports the idea of a perfect gene pool — advocated strict border patrol to keep out potential threats to the purity of the American gene pool. However, Stern said not all eugenicists have the same negative views of immigration as Goethe did. She mentioned Luther Burbank, another eugenicist who also saw an analogy between plants and people but had more humanitarian views on how to treat immigrants. Department of Anthropology chairwoman Kathleen Stewart said this discussion of plants brings up issues relevant to human life. “There’s [a mix of] naturalistic and racial realities,� Stewart said. “It becomes an interesting depiction of forms of living, of how things happen, of how decisions are made.�
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Inmate delays execution, claims violation of rights
DAY OF REFLECTION
By Betsy Blaney The Associated Press
Jorge Corona | Daily Texan Staff
Lisa Miragliuolo, a tourist from Washington D.C., peruses community altars made for Day of the Dead at the Mexic-Arte Museum downtown on Monday afternoon. The altars were made by volunteers in Austin and will be exhibited until Nov. 13.
AMARILLO — A Texas death row inmate just weeks from execution asked a federal court Monday to keep his civil rights lawsuit alive while his attorneys try to get knives and other evidence turned over for new DNA tests they claim will show he didn’t kill his girlfriend and her sons nearly two decades ago. But prosecutors said Henry Watkins Skinner is just trying to delay his death with a merit-less request. Skinner, 49, came within an hour of lethal injection last year before the U.S. Supreme Court stepped in and now has a Nov. 9 execution date. His lawsuit claims the state violated his civil rights by withholding access to the evidence he wants tested. Monday’s hearing came after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in March that Skinner could ask for the untested evidence but left unresolved whether the district attorney had to surrender those items. A state court will make that decision. The request for testing is the third from Skinner but the first since a state law about evidence
Henry Skinner Death row inmate
testing took effect Sept. 1. The new law allows DNA testing even if the offender chose not to seek testing before trial. Prosecutors maintain the new law doesn’t apply to Skinner. “Because Skinner has not met the standards required by law and does not seek to test newly discovered evidence, the Court should deny his claims,” Bean wrote. Skinner was sentenced to death for the 1993 deaths of his girlfriend, 40-year-old Twila Busby and her sons, Elwin “Scooter” Caler, 22, and Randy Busby, 20. The victims were strangled, beaten or stabbed on New Year’s Eve at their home in Pampa in the Texas Panhandle.
North Carolina student shot during school lunch FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — A 15-yearold student was shot in the neck with what appeared to be a small-caliber bullet during a lunch period outside a North Carolina high school Monday, and police have not been able to find the gun or any suspects. Catilyn Abercrombie was in fair condition after surgery at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center, according to sheriff ’s office spokeswoman Debbie Tanna. Abercrombie was able to respond to questions by nodding and shaking her head, Tanna said. Cape Fear High School and a nearby middle school were locked down for hours before students were allowed to go home. Police were still combing the rural, wooded area on the outskirts of Fay-
etteville, searching for clues. “Right now, we don’t know what happened or who’s responsible,” Tanna said. Police are investigating several possibilities concerning how the shooting might have happened Tanna said, including the chance that it might have been an accident. The area is popular with hunters, and hunting season is under way. “There is nothing in stone as to what happened today,” she said. A police officer assigned to the school was standing near Abercrombie when she was shot at about 1 p.m. and immediately called 911, Tanna said. Students from Mac Williams Middle School were sent home before their
high school counterparts, who were still gradually leaving the campus by 6 p.m. Students were searched by police and left the building in long lines holding their hands above their heads before boarding buses that took them from campus. Cumberland County school officials plan to have heightened security in place for when classes start on Tuesday. “There will be metal detectors and beefed up security inside both schools,” Tanna said. “Some parents have said they don’t plan to send their kids to school. Those who do come can be assured there will be increased security on both campuses.” — The Associated Press
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Parents of students from Cape Fear High School east of Fayetteville, N.C., where authorities say a 15-year-old was shot, pray outside the East Regional Branch Library on Monday.
Retailers attempt to out-discount each other By Anne D’Innocenzio The Associated Press
NEW YORK — Forget style, quality and customer service. This holiday season, all that matters is price. A week before Halloween and two full months before Christmas, stores are desperately trying to outdo each other in hopes of drawing in customers worn down by the economy. Wal-Mart, the biggest store in the nation, joined the price wars Monday by announcing that it would give gift cards to shoppers if they buy something there and find it somewhere else cheaper. Staples and Bed Bath & Beyond have already said they will match the lowest prices of Amazon.com and other big Internet retailers. Sears is going a step further, offering to beat a competitor’s best price by 10 percent. Almost four years after the onset of the Great Recession, customers have learned to expect a deal. In better times, retailers could afford to keep prices higher and use promises of higher quality and better service to lure people into stores. Those days are over. In a recent poll of 1,000 shoppers by America’s Research Group, 78 percent said they were more driven by sales than they were a year ago. During the financial
meltdown in 2008, that figure was only 68 percent. Wal-Mart last year went back to its “everyday low prices” roots, a bedrock philosophy of founder Sam Walton, rather than slashing prices only on certain items to draw in customers. Now everyday low prices might not be low enough. So it’s trying something it is calling the Christmas Price Guarantee: if you buy something at Wal-Mart from Nov. 1 to Dec. 25 and find the identical product elsewhere for less, you get a gift card in the amount of the difference. The deal excludes online prices and some categories of merchandise. But it is good even if weeks pass between your purchase and spotting the better deal. And it applies even to big items like TVs, for which prices can drop steeply as Christmas approaches. Duncan MacNaughton, chief merchandising officer for Wal-Mart’s U.S. stores, told reporters Monday that he has noticed “much more promotional intensity and gimmicks” among competitors. “This gives customers peace of mind that we are an advocate for them,” he said. Retailers are responding to a customer base that is better informed and more comfortable shopping on-
line than ever. In a survey of roughly 1,000 customers by Citi Investment Research & Analysis, shoppers also indicated it would take deeper discounts to get them to buy. Two-thirds said it would take 30 to 50 percent off to entice them to buy, compared with a little more than half last year. Jenna Wahl, a cardiac nurse from Bloomington, Ind., said she expects to spend about as much on holiday gifts this year as last — roughly $500 — but will try to get more for her money. She’ll be asking stores to do more price-matching and plans to use her iPhone to check prices and coupons. The holiday price wars mark an acceleration of a trend that has already swept the retail industry. Lowe’s, the nation’s No. 2 home improvement store, said in August it was starting to focus on everyday low prices for items that customers can easily comparison-shop at rivals such as Home Depot and Sears. Amazon, which typically beats its competitors on prices does not appear to be backing down either. “We will have our hands on every Black Friday circular we can find so that we can meet or beat advertised deals on the products we carry,” said Sally Fouts, an Amazon spokeswoman.
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In this Feb. 22, 2010, file photo, a store associate helps a customer at the Sears store in Burbank, Calif. A week before Halloween and two months before Christmas, stores are trying to outdo each other.
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Rangers take 3-2 World Series lead
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ARLINGTON — Mike Napoli hit a tiebreaking two-run double in the eighth inning against Marc Rzepczynski, and the Texas Rangers rallied from a two-run deficit to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 4-2 on Monday night and take a 3-2 World Series lead. Solo home runs by Mitch Moreland in the third and Adrian Beltre in the sixth off Chris Carpenter sparked the Texas comeback. Michael Young doubled off loser Octavio Dotel leading off the eighth. Darren Oliver got the win in relief of C.J. Wilson, and Neftali Feliz finished for his sixth save of the postseason, striking out Albert Pujols as part of a double play when Allen Craig was caught stealing second. Colby Lewis starts Game 6 for the Rangers on Wednesday in St. Louis, trying to wrap up their first title. Jaime Garcia starts for the Cardinals. After Young’s double, Beltre struck out and Nelson Cruz was intentionally walked. Dotel relieved Rzepczynski and David Murphy reached on an infield single to load the bases and Napoli doubled to deep right field, making it 4-2. Pujols drew three intentional walks, including a pass with two outs and none on in the seventh. The St. Louis slugger then nearly used his legs to put his team ahead. Pujols was running hard on a 3-2 pitch that Matt Holliday hit for a single to left-center. Pujols chugged around the bags and third base coach Jose Oquendo initially waved him home, only to put up a late stop sign. Would Pujols have been safe on shortstop Elvis Andrus’ wide throw to the plate? Maybe. But it became moot when Lance Berkman was intentionally walked to load the bases and David Freese flied out against Alexi Ogando. Beltre and Moreland hit solo home runs off Carpenter, helping Texas come back from an early 2-0 deficit. Beltre made it 2-all with two outs in the sixth, dropping to one knee after following through on a meaty cut. He connected on a big curve from Carpenter, who had easily handled Josh Hamilton and Young to start the inning. Beltre’s other homers this October came in a bunch. He hit three in a first-round playoff game at Tampa Bay. Napoli almost gave Texas a cushion later in the inning. With the crowd standing and chanting his name as “Nap-Oh-Lee” flashed on the scoreboard, the catcher’s bid for a three-run homer was caught on the warning track in right-center field, just shy of the 407-foot mark. The homer let Wilson avoid becoming the first pitcher to lose four times in a single postseason. The eccentric lefty who alternates red and blue gloves between starts had another uneven outing, working around five walks. Wilson walked six while losing Game 1 to Carpenter and the Cardinals. Moreland atoned for some glove
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Adrian Beltre admires his game-tying homerun on one knee in the sixth inning. Two innings later, Mike Napoli broke the 2-2 tie with a basesloaded double as Texas beat St. Louis, 4-2. The Rangers are now one win away from winning their first-ever World Series championship.
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Fans celebrate Rangers being on the brink of history By Garrett Callahan Daily Texan Staff
It was all smiles in Pluckers on Monday night as the Rangers took Game 5 in the World Series. The wing restaurant and bar on Rio Grande Street has always been a popular hangout spot to watch the games, but has become even more crowded with Texas in the World Series. Rangers shirts were seen in every direction and almost all the eyes were set on the 14 televisions showing the game. Although there weren’t many big lines on Monday, almost every table was filled during the game. For many Ranger fans, including freshman engineering major and Fort Worth native Arthur Sheridan, a World Series win is something that has been a long time coming. “It feels good to be in this position. After all those bad seasons, it’s exciting and feels great to be in the World Series, if only now they can come out with a win,” he said. Sheridan, like most diehard Rangers fans, remembers the pain after last years World Series where the San Francisco Giants beat the Rangers in only five games, and before that when they had only won one playoff game since their establishment. However for another, newer, Rangers fan, this series means just as much. Freshman Jozabad Sanchez moved to Dallas four years ago and has been a Rangers fan since. “It’s amazing to have the Rangers
One of many Texas fans that packed into Pluckers on Monday night soaks in the Rangers’ Game 5 victory over the Cardinals.
Kansas’ defense is about as bad as it gets. The Jayhawks have the country’s second-worst pass defense, the second-worst rush defense and are dead last in total defense, giving up more than 550 yards per game. So why is Mack Brown comparing his team’s game against Kansas to last year’s 28-21 loss to Iowa State? “People will not give Kansas credit this week,” Brown said. “Everybody thought since Iowa State had lost to Utah [68-27] and Oklahoma [52-0], they couldn’t possi-
in the World Series,” he said. “The Cowboys aren’t doing so great, but with the [Dallas] Mavericks’ NBA title last year and the Rangers this year, Dallas is becoming a huge sports city. It’s great to watch.” As the game progressed and Pluckers got more and more crowded, screams and sighs could be heard around the restaurant. Loud cheers erupted when Texas third baseman Adrian Beltre hit a homerun in the bottom of the sixth inning to tie the game up at two runs apiece. However, fans didn’t spend the whole game cheering: Sighs of relief were prevalent throughout the game. When Rangers pitcher C.J. Wilson got out of a pinch in the top of the fifth inning, deep breaths were taken at every table. Even the employees the Pluck-
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bly beat us.” But the Cyclones found a way to beat the Longhorns on their home turf last October. Now, the Jayhawks bring their statistically atrocious defense to the 40 Acres as Texas looks for its first home win in conference play. With Malcolm Brown growing into the feature back role and Fozzy Whittaker wreaking havoc out of the Wild formation and in the kick return game, the Longhorns are more apt to take advantage of Kansas’ 119th-ranked rush defense than its 119th-ranked
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David Ash is part of a tenuous quarterback situation, making a solid Texas running game even more important as Texas faces Kansas this week.
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ers were getting into the game. John Wamsley, a native of Texas and host at the restaurant, is a big Cardinals fan, so he’s developed a natural rivalry with the other employees. “It’s fun,” Wamsley said. “Every time the Cardinals are winning, I rub it in their faces and then when the Rangers are winning, they do it right back.” With Texas holding a 3-2 lead in the series, the thought of a championship is becoming more tangible for many fans. “If the Rangers won the World Series, that would be epic,” said fan Emily Schendel. “As long as history doesn’t repeat itself and they don’t blow it like last year, it looks good.” Another fan threatened to go berserk.
“I would go absolutely crazy if they won. It would be awesome,” said Texas fan Neil McCormick. As the Rangers took the lead in the bottom of the eighth and shut down the Cardinals to win the game, you could sense the excitement around the restaurant. It’s tough to say where the series is going to go from here but hopefully this starts a strong baseball tradition in Dallas,” fan Ben Kovour said. Kovour, Sheridan and Sanchez all agreed that catcher Mike Napoli should be the MVP of the series. Where the crowds outside Ranger Ballpark in Arlington came on TV, fans in Austin saw the excitement and hope. “I wish I was there right now,” Kovour said. “Imagine how crazy it must be there. I want to be in that crowd and celebrate this even more.”
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pass defense. Brown, who set career-highs in yards (135), touchdowns (2) and yards per carry (7.1), has a great chance to top those marks this week while Whittaker will try to take a kickoff return to the end zone for the third consecutive game. “The way we ran the ball against Oklahoma State showed promise,” Brown said. “Fozzy is playing really well. Cody Johnson is a great fullback. We’ll have trouble replacing him next year. But Malcolm
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Horns will have hands full after taking on Jayhawks, starting with Texas Tech By Trey Scott Daily Texan Columnist
We interrupt your continued celebration of Oklahoma’s 41-38 loss to Texas Tech for one very sobering message: Texas’ secondhalf schedule? Yeah, not as easy as we thought. To reach a bowl game — which has suddenly become the goal at Belmont — the Longhorns need to win two games out of this group: Kansas, No. 20 Texas Tech, Missouri, No. 8 Kansas State, No. 16 Texas A&M and Baylor.
The upcoming game against the Jayhawks is as automatic a win as they’ll get. Everything else will be a challenge. “[Texas Tech beating OU] goes to show you that if you’re not ready to play, anybody can beat you,” said senior linebacker and unofficial team spokesman Emmanuel Acho. Tech proved itself very dangerous behind quarterback Seth Doege, who threw for 441 yards and four touchdowns against the Sooners. Texas better be awake for that 11 a.m. kickoff in
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Position: Setter Height: 5’11” Class: Sophomore Hometown: Siloam Springs, Ark. Sport: Volleyball For the first time in her career, Hannah Allison was named the Big 12 Player of the Week on Monday. The sophomore setter became the first Longhorn this season to earn the honor after spectacular showings against Baylor and Missouri. Allison averaged over 10 assists per set in the two matches, notching 30 assists against in a 3-1 victory over the Bears and 43 assists in Texas’ sweep of the Tigers. Allison has averaged 39.8 assists in her last 10 matches and 11.1 assists per set over that stretch. She did not have more than 38 assists in any of her first 10 matches, during which she averaged 5.8 assists per set. By earning conference player of the week accolades, Allison makes it four weeks in a row that a Longhorn has been honored by the Big 12 as Haley Eckerman was twice named Rookie of the Week and Khat Bell earned the honor once.
SPORTS BRIEFLY Robinson among dozen players on Butkus Award semifinalist list Texas senior linebacker Keenan Robinson was one of 12 named Butkus Award semifinalists Monday. Robinson, who has registered 44 tackles (21 solo), three pass breakups and seven quarterback hurries, joined Oklahoma’s Travis Lewis as the two Big 12 representatives on the list. The Butkus Award, given to the nation’s most outstanding linebacker, will be presented to the winner in early December with the finalists normally being named in late November. The last Longhorns linebacker to be named a Butkus Award finalist was Sergio Kindle in 2009 while Texas has not had a player win the Butkus Award since Derrick Johnson did in 2004 — Christian Corona
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“This team has a good feel of where it’s going,� he said. “I can’t see them walking around with a swagger at all.� That’s a big improvement over last season, when the team’s “swagger� morphed into complacency. But good attitude and exciting young talent notwithstanding, the rest of the schedule is a bear: three ranked teams, three road games, four teams that beat the Longhorns last year. All six opponents average more points per game than them, too. “The league’s probably the best it’s ever been from top to bottom,� Brown said. Pundits who projected Texas to
two weeks. Missouri (3-4) is better than its record suggests; the Tigers have lost four games by an average of 11 points and came within 10 of beating the Sooners in Norman. KSU is undefeated and led by battering-ram quarterback Collin Klein. You know the dangers in a trip to College Station, and you also know what RG3 and the Bears are capable of. So, should you be worried? Head coach Mack Brown says no.
finish 8-4 were assuming the team would have found a quarterback by now and that the conference wouldn’t be this strong. But an early-season switch away from Garrett Gilbert and a mid-season switch to David Ash requires that we re-evaluate the team’s potential. Do that, and then consider how well the rest of the conference is playing. KSU has come from nowhere and is undefeated, the Red Raiders have lost two games by an average of six points and the Bears and Aggies boast offenses ranked No. 2 and No. 7 in the nation, respectively. Heck, 8-4 looks like it could be the ceiling at this point.
Seth Doege attempts a pass against Oklahoma. The junior quarterback led Texas Tech to a 41-38 upset win over the Sooners, throwing for 441 yards and four touchdowns. The Red Raiders face the Longhorns in two weeks.
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JAYHAWKS continues from PAGE 7 Brown is a big-time back as well.� With the inexperience and uncertainty at quarterback, it’s a good thing for the Longhorns they can run the ball. David Ash made his first career start against Oklahoma State but struggled against the nation’s 89th-ranked pass defense, going 22-for-40 passing for just 139 yards while committing three turnovers. The freshman from Belton took all the first-team reps in practice
last week after learning he would be the full-time starter against the Cowboys. But Ash and McCoy are back to splitting practice reps, with both taking the same number of snaps with the first team. Brown said a decision on this week’s starting quarterback would made either Thursday or Friday. Unless the quarterback play improves, Texas’ brilliant backfield could face more defenders creeping up to stuff the run.
“You can see teams loading the box on us,� said co-offensive coordinator Bryan Harsin. “When they do, we’ve got to be able to take advantage of the throws outside and hit some of the plays and try to get the ball downfield.� Despite the unimpressive numbers posted by the Kansas defense, some Longhorns players aren’t so sure the Jayhawks are as bad as their stats say they are. Kansas’ last five opponents were all ranked
RANGERS continues from PAGE 7 woes with a home run in the third, hitting a drive halfway up the second deck in right field. The Cardinals scored twice in the second, cashing in two leadoff walks sandwiched around a wild pitch. Yadier Molina notched his fifth RBI of the Series with a single that left fielder David Murphy overran and fumbled for an error. Skip Schumaker followed with an RBI grounder to first that Moreland boxed around, preventing any chance at a double play. Murphy made a diving catch to end the inning, denying Nick Punto a run-scoring hit. Punto carried his bat all the way to first base and
and unbeaten when they faced the Jayhawks. “I’ve watched [Kansas] play and I don’t think they’re that bad,� said sophomore guard Mason Walters. “In the Big 12, someone’s got to be at the bottom. But I think they’re a good team. I think there are certain things we can exploit. Hopefully we do a better job of that than we have in the last couple of weeks.� Kansas has faced top-notch quarterbacks this season — Texas Tech’s
Seth Doege, Oklahoma State’s Brandon Weeden, Oklahoma’s Landry Jones and Kansas State’s Collin Klein — a group that includes three of the country’s top five passing yards leaders. Georgia Tech exploited holes in the Jayhawks run defense, racking up over 600 rushing yards in a 66-24 win over Kansas Sept. 17. “They’ve played some very good teams,� Harsin said. “I think they have some talented skill players in
the back half. I like the way those guys play. I think their linebackers are physical. And they do enough up front to give you problems.� Kansas has proved vulnerable to high-octane passing attacks and hard-nosed ground games. But Texas’ two-headed monster at running back has been much more effective than the one at quarterback and is capable of keeping the Jayhawks run defense where it is now — near the bottom.
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Yadier Molina notched his fifth RBI of the Series with a single that left fielder David Murphy overran and fumbled for an error. tried to break the wood by bending it over his right thigh. Already ahead 2-0, the Cards threatened in the third after Wilson slipped coming off the mound trying to field Rafael Furcal’s leadoff bunt and made a poor, backhanded flip that skittered past Moreland. But with runners at the corners,
Wilson got Holliday to bounce into a quick double play. Not so surprising, really — Wilson induced the most DP grounders in the majors this year while St. Louis hit into an NL-record 169 double plays. Holliday flied out with the bases loaded, after an intentional walk to Pujols, to finish the fifth.
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Ellis falls in ITA Texas Regional semis, qualifies for national championships By Kathryn Thiel Daily Texan Staff
Following this weekend’s ITA Texas Regional Championship, junior Aeriel Ellis survived as the only Longhorn to reach the semifinals. Ellis, along with senior Krista Damico, built on her previous doubles success during the tournament but eventually met defeat in the doubles quarterfinal. Meanwhile, the Texas doubles duo sophomore Cierra Gaytan-Leach and freshman Noel Scott also fell in the quarterfinals. The weekend proved overall a success for Texas, as six players moved into the singles
round of 32. The Longhorns have proved to be a formidable doubles force so far this season, but this tournament displayed the depth of their singles lineup. The ITA Texas Regional Championship is one Ellis presumably enjoys after wining the title her freshman year. Ellis moved through the tournament with considerable ease, especially in her quarterfinal match where she only needed to post one game beAeriel Ellis fore her opponent retired. Head coach Patty Fendick-McCain had Junior hoped Texas would win this tournament but Ellis retired in her semifinal match against Texas fy for the ITA National IntercolA&M’s Cristina Sanchez-Quin- legiate Indoor Championships tanar. Ellis, however, did quali- next week in New York City.
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Texas looks to win third-straight tourney, leads by 10 strokes after second round By Christian Corona Daily Texan Staff
The Longhorns used their last two tournaments to become the nation’s No. 1 ranked team. Now they’re using this week’s tourney to keep that coveted spot atop the rankings. Texas is well on their way to winning their third consecutive tournament at the Isleworth Collegiate Invitational as Jordan Spieth maintained his spot at the top of the individual leaderboard. The freshman shot a 1-over 73 and holds a fourstroke lead over Stanford’s Patrick Rodgers and Andrew Yun, who each sit at -2. Junior Julio Vegas and senior Dylan Fritelli
are not far behind Spieth. Vegas posted a 1-over 73 to bring his overall score to 143 (+1) for the tournament, good for fourth through two rounds. Fritelli shot a team-best 1-under 71 Monday to break even for the tournament at 144 (E). The Longhorns, who notched a 20-stroke victory in the Jerr y Pate National Intercollegiate and a 16-stroke win at the Jordan Spieth Jack Nickalus Invitational earFreshman lier this month, lead the Isleworth Collegiate Invitational by 10 strokes halfway through North Florida, who is in third the tournament. At -2, Texas is place, at +11, beginning at 8:40 the only team under par with a.m. Tuesday. No. 32 LSU a distant second at +8. The Longhorns will tee off with the Tigers and No. 11
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ROBOTS continues from PAGE 12 box as much as possible,� Colbath said. Unlike many builders in the “We often times go to Home Depot and area, the club members generally find cheap tools that will do the trick.� do not participate in robot wars, a Regardless of whether or not the form of competition in which one members had building experience be- robot ends up destroyed. They before, someone will almost always step lieve that these wars are destrucup and help out those unsure with tive while also creating too comtheir robotics blueprints. The club petitive of an environment. notes how difficult building can be, yet “We don’t tend to be really comthe members continue to come back petitive; this is just a gathering of each week with even loftier goals. nerds,� Colbath said. “Some come be“There’s always someone who cause they just want to talk about scicomes in with these grandiose ideas ence and watch others build. We don’t and no idea how to implement it,� Col- want to hack our projects to death.� bath said. “There’s always those people Many of the group members agreed that come in with a few parts and ex- that putting the right amount of time pect to make something talk, but it’s and effort into each project is crucial just not that easy.� for its success. Contrar y to Colbath has been common belief, working on one background in elecof his projects for trical engineering 10 years and still and other scienchasn’t finished it es isn’t required to because of smallhave success with er projects that the hobby. Current come up on the members have deside. grees ranging in A l l of t h e ecology and physics group members — Don Colbath, group president bring their own to laser shop owners and even leathdiverse technoer salesmen. logical expertise “We’re all here to to the group, enhelp each other and abling members learn from our trito learn new skills als and tribulations,� Waters said. “As from friends while also expanding their far as having to know anything really knowledge on robotics. The memspecific, you just don’t need it.� bers refer to themselves as “skill collecThe members have their robotics tors� and believe with a large collection give back to the community by send- comes the ability to create anything. ing members with their completed “We all have this problem of colprojects to local schools. In addition to lecting stuff; it speaks to us and tells showing students how to build, many us what we’re going to make out of attend science fairs and maker fairs. it,� Waters said. “Your imagination “Our outreach to the young people is is never limited — most of us are critical since, basically, the entire world working on projects in the order is outrunning us,� Waters said. “We al- of 100s all the time. All you need is ways bring out the projects that really a project that elicits interests, and speak to the younger generation.� people will be enthralled.�
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Lady Liberty to don high-tech webcams By Christian Salazar The Associated Press
NEW YORK — Give me your tired, your poor — your Internetconnected masses yearning to see. Lady Liberty is getting hightech gifts for her 125th birthday: webcams on her torch that will let viewers gaze out at New York Harbor and read the tablet in her hands or see visitors on the grounds of the island below in real time. The five torch cams are to be switched on Friday during a ceremony to commemorate the dedication of the Statue of Liberty on Oct. 28, 1886. The ceremony caps a week of events centered around the historic date, including the debut of a major museum exhibition about poet Emma Lazarus, who helped bring the monument renown as the “Mother of Exiles.� The statue’s webcams will of-
fer views from the torch that have been unavailable to the public since 1916, said Stephen A. Briganti, the president of the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation Inc. Through the webcams, Internet users around the world will have four views, including a highquality, 180-degree stitched panorama of the harbor with stunning views of Ellis and Governors islands. They will be able to watch as ships go by Liberty Island and observe as the Freedom Tower at the World Trade Center goes up floor-by-floor in lower Manhattan. They can get a fish-eye look at the torch itself as it glows in the night. The five cameras, which will be on 24 hours, seven days a week, were donated to the National Park Service by Earthcam Inc., a New Jersey-based company that manages webcams around the world.
INTERVIEW continues from PAGE 12 natural continuation of Tulsa. For the last two years of Tulsa, it was essentially a solo project. I just wanted to have a clean break from it and become inspired, and sometimes, a name does that.
verb and like the sound of reverb on my voice. It was mostly to practice because for some reason, it felt more private to play in the subways than in my apartment and have roommates and neighbors hear me because the DT: I read that you would play walls are so thin and everything in the subways of New York? is compact. Tanton: Yeah, I did that for like six months. DT: You would play at strange hours of the night to avoid people? DT: To practice? Tanton: Yeah, I’d play at midTanton: Kind of to practice, to night to three usually, to avoid keep my voice strong. It sounds rush hour. In rush hour, people really good in the subways. That’s are going to push around and where I kind of first got into re- nobody’s gonna listen. When
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the train comes, you have to avoid playing for at least two minutes. It makes a lot of noise coming in, and then, you have to wait for it to leave, and it makes a lot of noise coming out. At night, fewer trains come, so you can play more. Honestly, I don’t know if I would have made a lot more money playing during the day just because I feel like at night time, people could listen more.
or Boston. How has that affected you musically? Tanton: I learned a lot of covering songs, and it kind of got me on this kick of reinterpreting songs that I love. Cat Power’s cover record influenced me in that sense. She’ll cover her favorite songs, and really loosely interpret that song and make it her own right from the start. I’m not too interested in doing an authentic cover of the song. I learned a lot of covers in the subways because I DT: Playing in the subways is wasn’t always comfortable playing a unique experience for an artist my lyrics. I think I rely on covers a not from a place like New York lot more than most bands.
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Justice adds twist to old formula Deer Tick gets rowdy on album By Eli Watson Daily Texan Staff
AUDIO, VIDEO, DISCO
E le c t ronic music is of ten the underdog. Many see it as unoriginal or stagnant considering that most of it derives from computerized bits and samples from artists that range from rock, hip-hop and techno. It is challenging to find an electronic group that seamlessly combines the electronic formula (busy synths, kicking bass drum and distorted vocals) with a refreshing approach. This is the case with Justice’s latest album, Audio, Video, Disco. Audio, Video, Disco does not conform to the dubstep direction that has recently taken over dance music. Rather, it nostalgically looks back at dance godfathers Daft Punk and present-day day, month day, 2008 dance punkers MSTRKRFT and Death From Above 1979 to create an album that has one goal — to keep things funky and simple. Opener “Horsepower� foreshadows just how lively the album is with its menacing, fuzzy synths and dance club drums. The intro begins like Michael Jackson’s “Beat It� with its eerie bass drops, followed by arena rock synth guitar in the bridge that produces an impeccable harmony between the old and new school. “Canon� and its video game synths reverberate all over the place, appearing and disappear-
Deer Tick’s rough alt-country sound has always had an in-yourface quality to it. In past albums, Genre: House, electronica the group has skillfully alternatFor those who like: ed between sincere, scratchy folk Daft Punk, MSTRKRFT and those bitter country romps where boozy front man John McCauley really lets loose. Grade: CIn its latest effort, the band has tossed that formula and abaning rapidly among hi-hat cym- not have that. You can pick and doned its folk side for a rowdier bals and distorted bass. “On’n’on� choose the good from the bad, and sound. Unfortunately, it sounds sounds like the result of a jam after “Parade,� the album becomes more unhinged than unleashed. session between Aerosmith and extremely repetitive. It begins to With Divine Providence, Deer Daft Punk: Guest vocalist Mor- rely on the same disco rock formuTick’s raw directness has turned gan Phalen does his best Steven la and if you are not paying attenclunky and uncomplicated. Tyler impression over ’70s rock tion, you would assume you have The first track, “The Bump,� sets drums and throbbing bass. “Pa- been listening to one continuous 1 the tone for the record. This unorigsong the whole time. If Justice is inal tune features two techniques going to stick to this road and exoverused in this album: rock ‘n’ roll pect results, they need to structure piano and bar room phrasing. “Let’s C LASSIFIEDS their songs like Daft Punk’s “Robot All Go To the Bar,� sounds promisRock.� Keep the synths and drums ing at first, but that’s only because it the focal point and the heavy rock comes in like “I Wanna Be Sedated� guitars at a minimum. by the Ramones. Fortunately, things Justice’s return does not satisare uphill from there. rade� could easily replace the fy in the ways of its predecessor. “Main Street,� features some Death Star theme song with its Four years in the making, Audio, of the band’s old sonic grunge blistering, spacey bass, “We Will Video, Disco is creative in its apand has interesting, angsty lyrics. Rock You� foot stomps and hand proach, but it moves too far away Unlike the first three tracks, from what made Justice one of a claps and laser-like synths. “Chevy Express� isn’t obnoxious, Unfortunately, this album’s sim- handful of bright flickers of hope but it isn’t very interesting either pleness is also its downfall. Justice’s for electronic music. The album and the rest of the album continues debut album Cross was great be- has great ideas, but when those along these lines with some cause each song kept the momen- ideas are regurgitated for each exceptions. In “Something to Brag tum up and there was an underly- song, you will find yourself lookAbout,� Deer Tick re-attempts a ing sexiness and swagger to each ing for refuge in the more familRamones-inspired country punk track. Audio, Video, Disco does iar arms of Cross. tune, this time with success. Like
This album’s simpleness is also its downfall.
their career. The band easily experiments, taking elements from its past that propelled it into the mainstream, while successfully adding a component of unfamiliarity. Though, it can be displeasing at times. “Up In Flames� leans too far into the electronic realm, and unlike most songs on the album, there is no captivating build. “Us Against the World� can also be redundant: it would have been perfect on Viva
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Grade: B“Something to Brag About,� the last track “Miss K� is catchy. It has an upbeat charm that’s lacking in the rest of the album. The worst thing about Divine Providence is the stupid soundbites in some of the songs. Like the drunken banter and burping at the end of “Let’s All Go To the Bar:� “Who’s nasty? I am! Let’s go get drunk!� One of the great things about Deer Tick’s past albums was the way McCauley’s scratchy-sweet voice and thoughtful lyrics sculpted a dark and serious sound laced with moments of hope. In Divine Providence, there’s alPhoto courtesy of Partisan Records most no hope and little seriousness either. With clumsy songs such as “The Deer Tick will be playing songs Bump� and folk ballads such as “Elec- from their new album Divine tric,� it’s the frying pan or the fire. The Providence tonight at Emo’s East. band never finds its stride in this al875 Medical Study bum. Still, it is a great live act with a strong repertoire of older work and well worth seeing tonight at Emo’s PPD conducts medically supervised East. research studies to help evaluate new investigational medications. PPD has been conducting research Singer Chris studies in Austin for more than 25 Martin of the years. The qualifications for each music group study are listed below. You must be Coldplay peravailable to remain in our facility for forms on the all dates listed for a study to be eligi“Today� show ble. Call today for more information. on Friday in
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Genre-blending musician starts fresh with latest album way to J Dilla and Baths. The Daily Texan caught up with Tanton for his show last week at Emo’s to talk Carter Tanton has managed to about his new name and playing in carve out a unique niche for him- New York subways. self within music. Despite givThe Daily Texan: What’s the difing off the appearance of a folk, singer-songwriter acoustic type, ference between the Carter Tanton his music runs the genre gamut. project and your old project, Tulsa? Carter Tanton: If Tulsa had His debut album, Freeclouds, has kept going, it would have soundthe makeup of an acoustic album with all sorts of other elements ed like something much more running through it: Rich, devel- similar to this. Much more kind oped sample patterns are woven of layered sounds. We constantthroughout his calming guitars ly get compared to My Morning with his soft, yet powerful, voice Jacket and, you know, for a good layered atop it. Electronic influ- reason. We kind of sound like My ences also run deeply through his Morning Jacket. My new stuff is kind of embracing on one hand music. His live shows represent a far the more singer-songwriter stuff more experimental effort of disso- but also layered production, so I nant, complex riffs, coupled with guess that’s the difference. his voice that he uses as more of DT: Why did you choose to an instrument than a mechanism for story telling. His wide range of ditch the Tulsa name? Tanton: Symbolically, it was sounds makes sense given his wide like a fresh start. It’s kind of a musical influences which range from the slightly more expected Neil Young and Mojave 3 all the INTERVIEW continues on PAGE 10 By Ali Breland Daily Texan Staff
Carter Tanton holds a unique place in music, bridging the gap between sample based acts like J Dilla and singer songwriters like Neil Young.
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Robotics enthusiasts share expertise, hobby By Lindsey Cherner Daily Texan Staff
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Bill Knapp, secretary of The Robot Group, tinkers with a circuit board at a group meeting Thursday. Small circuit boards like this one can be programed to do anything from flashing LED lights to operating much larger robotic contraptions.
As a lover of science fiction, Don Colbath couldn’t say no to helping his dad with everything. He assembled televisions and was always up for a new do-ityourself project. “I’m just a general nerd,� said Colbath, president of The Robot Group. “I like everything technical from robots to airplanes and anything else in between.� The Robot Group started in 1989 at the former Austin science museum Discovery Hall. The robotics
members continued their interests despite the eventual disbandment of the museum. Now, the group members meet every Thursday night to discuss building, how to deal with financial aspects and also their love of the hobby. “We teach that simpler is better,� said group member David Treadwell. “When you have such a short time frame to build, it’s much easier to just save the complexities.� The group mostly consists of men in their 50s just wanting a group of friends with the same interest. However, the group also attracts children to come learn with their parents and
those that appreciate the value of destroying and rebuilding. “I want to hang out with people that won’t get mad if I take apart their stuff,� Treadwell said. “We only sometimes put it back together.� Most group members use microprocessing to incorporate the sophistication of computer programming into the simple design of the robotics devices. With microprocessing, the members feed digital data into their robots, where the information is then stored in the memory, resulting in a robot that can paint, wheel around the room or even make noise. “In order to make something have
a behavior, it’s very easy to write some sort of software that tells the robot what to do,� said group member Bruce Waters. “There’s still some people out there using analog and solar cells for power and that’s just not as easy.� Most of the members tend to build their robotics individually but will still collaborate on implementation techniques and ask around for supplies. Because of the expensive nature of the building supplies, the members rely on each other for the tools they need. “We tend to try to think out of the
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CD REVIEW: MYLO XYLOTO
Britpop mainstays go electronic By Eli Watson Daily Texan Staff
When Coldplay released its debut album, Parachutes, with its layers of beautiful, melancholic arrangements contrasting with the light-hearted lyrics of frontman Chris Martin, the band impressed audiences worldwide and started a movement that still resonates today. Alongside Radiohead, Coldplay has solidified itself atop the Britpop pedestal, each release a progressive climb towards pop icon status. Mylo Xyloto continues in the Coldplay tradition — multiple crescendos, intricate arrangements and reflective social INSIDE: commentary To see the rest — but with of today’s album a more elecreviews, turn to tronic, new page 11. wave direction. Similar to its
Mylo Xyloto Coldplay
Genre: Alternative Rock For those who like: Radiohead, U2
Grade: Bpredecessor Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends, Mylo Xyloto shows the group branching out into different realms of music: “Hurts Like Heaven� is reminiscent of The Cure with its soaring, moody vocals and synthy passages. “Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall� and its arena rock guitars are complemented by a thumping bass drum. The subtle harmonies are enthralling, veiled by lightly strummed acoustic guitar that adds to the song’s powerful sound. “Princess of China� and its fuzzy synths, electronic hand claps and vocal
contribution from Rihanna, showcases the band’s admiration for hip-hop. Martin comes off as confident in territory that is familiar to the hip-hop diva, resulting in a strangely intriguing union between the two. The album bridges the gap between Coldplay’s poppy, piano-driven past and its electronic future: There is an almost flawless balancing of the two worlds, indicating the band’s desire to intermingle sounds and ideas that might have been difficult earlier in
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