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House of Torment offers Halloween thrills, chills

Austin rapper stops battling, begins work on releasing albums

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Longhorns add to win streak with defeat of Huskers

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TODAY Calendar Women’s day of action

In celebration of National Young Women’s Day of Action, this event in the Texas Union’s Santa Rita Room from noon to 2 p.m. will encourage political involvement and also serve as a forum for a discussion of women’s rights and equality.

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Proposed SG reforms address low student input

By Audrey White Daily Texan Staff Student Government’s internal structure could receive some major changes with a recommendation from the SG Reform Task Force.

The task force voted to approve an outline of its recommendations Tuesday night. Major changes in-

clude a condensation of the agency structure, reduction of the number of SG agencies from and the addition of several positions to the legislative body, including a parliamentarian to oversee meeting order, a clerk to take meeting minutes and run logistics and a chair, who would replace the vice president in

the role of running the meetings.

“We’re making more opportunities for students to get involved in agencies,” said task force chairwoman Cecilia Lopez. “It will change the structure and create more avenues for students to be involved, because we are recommending that agencies have mem-

bers and not just directors.”

The recommendations also include suggestions about how to most effectively interact with Senate of College Councils, Graduate Student Assembly, Faculty and Staff councils, registered student organizations and the student body at large.

Giants take World Series lead at home

Ghada Abdel Aal, Egyptian blogger and author of “I want to get married!” will discuss personal dating stories and her works about what it means to be single and young in the Arab world. The talk is from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. at the AT&T Executive Education Center, Classroom 105.

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Quote to note “I’m a bit of a haunted house purist, and if you aren’t here to scare people, then you shouldn’t be here. I can’t stop and tell a crying kid everything’s OK and that it’s just an act. I’d ruin the show for everyone. When I’m in costume, I’m supposed to be the bad guy, so I just have to walk off have people think, ‘Wow, he’s mean.”

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Rangers fans revel in championship hopes despite loss But the Texas-sized wait is over, the World Series is finally here. Neither team hails from the Bronx or Boston, but the excitement Rangers fans have for their team’s first World Series appearance was evident Wednesday night.

“Ever since the playoffs have

started, we Rangers fans keep hoping for the best and enjoying every second of it,” said electrical engineering freshman Greg Pruss.

While San Francisco is 1,503 miles away from Austin, many Texas fans did not restrict themselves to watching the game in

Early voters from Texas’ urban areas increasing

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UT students Mike Burney, Jesprey Brown, Adam Foster and Miguel George watch in despair as the Rangers lose game one of the World Series Wednesday night at Cain & Abel’s, located on 24th and Rio Grande streets.

By Alexandra Carreno Daily Texan Staff The beer was flowing and the chips and queso were plentiful.

Rangers faithful came out by the dozens Wednesday night to cheer for their team in game one of the World Series, which Texas lost 11-7 to San Francisco.

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the comfort of their dorm or living room. Donning their ruby red and royal blue hats and Tshirts, fans came out by the dozens to watch the Rangers take the field at Cuatro’s on 24th and San Gabriel streets. The bar was

The Coca-Cola Company’s Heritage Communications will discuss how the characteristics of this trademark brand are preserved at this lecture hosted by the Society of America Archivists. The lecture is in Mezes 1.306 from 7 to 8:30 p.m.

Ghostland Observatory

“Not all student organizations aspire to have a relationship with SG, but we should get interested parties into the same room to talk about what resources SG has and how these organizations can collaborate with SG,” said task force

By Nolan Hicks Daily Texan Staff Election records from around Texas indicate that early voting for the 2010 midterm election is up sharply in several Rio Grande Valley counties as well as key urban areas throughout the state when compared to 2006.

During the first eight days of early voting, turnout in Hidalgo County is almost triple what it was during 2006 midterm election. Webb County saw turnout almost double when compared to 2006. Democrats in Webb County, which contains the city of Laredo, believe multiple factors have contributed to the dramatic increase in voter turnout.

“Webb County is unique in the Valley because we moved our municipal elections and school district elections up to November instead of having them all separate during various points of the summer,” said Sergio Garcia, chairman of the Webb County Democratic Party.

He said turnout for the general elections in Novembers past had been depressed because the partisan races are decided in the Democratic primaries, which happen in the spring.

“In Webb County, not only has [White] been here numerous times, they have invested a lot of money and resources into running a well-tuned, highly technological get-out-the-vote effort,” Garcia said. “We have

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By Aziza Musa Daily Texan Staff If elected as state attorney general, Houston lawyer Barbara Ann Radnofsky, a Democrat, promises to sue Wall Street firms. But Republican incumbent Greg Abbott is already involved in a suit against the federal government over individual mandates in the national health care reform law.

Like many other Republican candidates this election cycle, Abbott is seeking to make regulations and Washington, D.C., mandates central to the campaign, while also talking about border security and sexual crimes. The two-term attorney general leads his Democratic rival 55 to 35 percent in the latest UT/Texas Tribune poll, released Monday.

The attorney general enforces Texas laws and challenges state boards and agencies who do not adhere to them.

The office also holds one of five seats on the state legislative redistricting board, a group designated to redraw district lines every decade if the state legislature fails to do so.

Abbott served as district court judge in Harris County and a state Supreme Court justice before reaching the attorney general’s office in 2002. During his two four-year terms, he has focused on protecting families and children through programs such as the Cyber Crimes Unit and the Fugitive Unit. For the November 2010 election, Abbott said he wants to add programs targeting money laundering and other crimes associated with the drug trade.

“I have a proven record of fighting crime, having arrested more criminals than any other attorney general

Greg Abbott Republican incumbent

Barbara Ann Radnofsky Democratic candidate

Jon Roland Libertarian candidate

in Texas history,” he said. “This race puts someone with a proven record of fighting against government mandates from Washington, D.C., and myself versus someone who embraces growing government.”

Despite the lead, Democratic candidate Barbara Ann Radnofsky said she remains optimistic that her campaign, which is based on suing Wall Street firms such as AIG for fraud — the true reason for the state’s massive budget shortfalls, she said. Radnofsky said the proposed lawsuit will send billions of dollars back to the state.

“My proposal is not novel nor unusual,” she said. “It’s just Mr. Abbott doesn’t want to do it. While I’m proposing to fight Wall Street, he has filed a number of pointless lawsuits that won’t bring a penny to Texas.”

Abbott also faces opposition from Libertarian candidate Jon Roland, who promises to expand the role of grand juries to include investigation of complaints of local public corruption. Roland said the other candidates are not proposing to do anything about the issue of local corruption, but hopes the future attorney general will bring his agenda forward.

“The main purpose of a candidacy like ours is to shift the direction of public discourse and of public office,” said Roland, who has run against Abbott twice before. “It’s not about winning or losing. It’s about shaping policy. If a third-party candidate gets 5 to 10 percent of the vote, the other two parties are going to be scrambling to adopt their issues.”

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By Matthew Stottlemyre Daily Texan Staff Civil engineering senior Christine Fuentes said she has experienced breast cancer through a family friend who was diagnosed with the disease in 2006.

Fuentes and about 20 students danced to hip-hop and electronica music Wednesday on the Main Mall at a dance-a-thon hosted by Sigma Lambda Gamma.

The Susan G. Komen for the Cure raises money and awareness to fight breast cancer and support survivors of the disease. According to its website, the Dallasbased international organization has invested nearly $1.5 billion for breast cancer research and pre-

vention and treatment programs since it was created in 1982.

Fuentes said her friend, who is like a sister to her, went through chemotherapy and three years of surgeries during her treatments.

She said the cancer spread and part of her lung had to be removed, but the cancer has now been in remission since 2009.

“Being with her, it’s like I’m experiencing [breast cancer] emotionally, too,” Fuentes said. “It’s hard to be strong emotionally for her and also help her be strong.”

Hillary Martinez, an undeclared sophomore who organized the event, said the founda-

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Sorority sisters Sabrina Rodriquez and Vanessa Price dance at the Sigma Lambda Gamma dance-a-thon for breast cancer awareness.

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Sorority sisters of Sigma Lambda Gamma dance during the dance-a-thon to raise money for breast cancer research, awareness and prevention.

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to aid programs around Austin From page 1 tion is the sorority’s national philanthropy, which means the sorority’s main community service goal is to support breast cancer awareness and prevention.

Fuentes said she knew about Sigma Lambda Gamma’s commitment to the foundation and the breast cancer cause when she joined the sorority in June of 2008.

Her friend was still undergoing

treatment for her cancer at the time, and she said joining the sorority helped her emotionally. “It’s really heartwarming, because when I joined the sorority I knew I joined an organization that would always support the cause,�

Fuentes said. “Coming to an event like this, it makes me proud.�

Christine DeSoto, the sorority’s vice president for marketing, said Sigma Lambda Gamma will try to try to host the event again

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every October. “We are all ambitious, intelligent women and we will continue to host events with a purpose that help our community — events like this one,� she said.

Three-quarters of the money raised by the run will support programs around Austin, such as the Seton Cancer Care Outreach Programs, which provide low-income and under served women with mammograms, exams and breast health education services. The rest goes to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.

member Mykel Estes.

In a task force meeting last week, Senate members asked the group to consider removing the Academic Affairs Committee from SG because Senate is the student governance organization charged with legislating on academics. However, Lopez said because academics is a part of student life, it would be inappropriate to remove the committee. “We feel [the Academic Affairs Committee] does fulfill a very useful purpose,� said James Lloyd, a law student and the chairman of the Internal Affairs Subcommittee. “The issues that Academic Affairs will address will not conflict with Senate because they will be issues that are academic but affiliated with student life.�

There is still much that the task force must consider, including defining the judicial branch, determining how the chair of the assembly would function in relation to the executive board, discussing whether to add a freshman representative in the assembly and identifying how to restructure the SG website, which is more than six months out of date. “We have to approve our main goals and ideas before we can move forward with details,�

Lopez said.

The task force must still flesh out its recommendations and write the language that will become part of the SG constitution, bylaws and best practices, pending assembly approval. The group will present the final recommended documents to the assembly before Thanksgiving.

VallEy: Election in Perry’s favor

despite rise in regional turnout From page 1 block-walked [almost] all the precincts in the county, and that’s new. It has been truly revolutionary and very effective.�

He said a confluence of factors — closely contested local races, moving municipal elections from the summer to Election Day in November — were all pushing turnout significantly higher. “Local races are driving increased voter turnout in the Valley,� said Bob Stein, a polling expert and political sci-

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ence professor at Rice University. â&#x20AC;&#x153;[Those] races are important in the Valley because they provide services.â&#x20AC;?

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Former Argentine president dies of heart attack

By Michael Warren The Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Former Argentine President Nestor Kirchner — the country’s most powerful politician along with his wife, current leader Cristina Fernandez — died suddenly Wednesday after suffering a heart attack, the presidency said.

Kirchner, 60, died after he was rushed in grave condition to the Formenti de Calafate hospital while having a severe heart attack, the presidency said.

“It was a sudden death,” his doctor, Luis Buonomo, told reporters in El Calafate, where Kirchner and his wife had gone to rest and await their turn to be counted in the nation’s census. Buonomo said an official medical report would be released later in the day.

He was accompanied at all times by his wife, the presidency said.

Kirchner had undergone an angioplasty after a heart attack in September, but was still a likely candidate in next year’s presidential elections. He also served as secretary general of the South American alliance known as Unasur, as a congressman and as leader of the Peronist party.

The news shocked Argentines, who by law were staying at home Wednesday to be counted. Kirchner’s supporters planned a mass gathering for Wednesday night outside the Casa Rosada, Argentina’s presidential palace.

“There will be a demonstration to honor Kirchner and to show Cristina that we’re with her, supporting her,” said the leader of the Evita Movement, Emilio Persico.

After an intimate ceremony in El Calafate, his body was being flown to Buenos Aires to lay in state in the palace, where a vigil was to begin at noon on Thursday.

Kirchner worked hand-in-hand with his wife to maintain the ruling party’s hold on power. Even more than Fernandez, he was seen as the heir to Argentine strongman

Iran likely member of UN women’s equality agency UNITED NATIONS — U.S. diplomats and human rights groups are outraged that Iran is set to become a member of the board of the new U.N. agency to promote equality for women.

Rights groups are angry that Iran has convicted a woman of adultery and sentenced her to death by stoning.

Some rights groups are also upset that Saudi Arabia, where women aren’t allowed to drive and are barred from many facilities used by men, is also expected to join the board of UN Women.

Thirty-five board members are to be chosen by regional groups, and Asia has put forward an uncontested 10-nation slate that includes Iran, U.N. diplomats said.

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A man writes a note in support of President Cristina Fernandez outside the government palace in Buenos Aires on Wednesday. Nestor Kirchner, Argentina’s former president and husband of current President Cristina Fernandez, died Wednesday after suffering heart attacks.

Juan Domingo Peron and one of the few people capable of managing Argentina’s unruly and chaotic political scene.

It was Kirchner who did the hard work of managing relationships with labor unions, activist groups, governors and mayors — the political players who move thousands of voters and whose allegiance is vital to maintaining public order.

With him gone, Fernandez is likely to face many new threats to her leadership.

Argentina’s most power-

ful union leader, Hugo Moyano, quickly expressed his allegiance, ordering an emergency board meeting of the General Labor Confederation, or CGT. Juan Carlos Dante Gullo, a ruling party congressman, said “this will leave a huge hole in Argentine politics. We will have to follow his example. Argentina has lost one of its greatest men.”

The leader of the human rights group Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo, Estela de Carlotto, said Kirchner “gave his life for his country.”

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“Our country needed this man so much. He was indispensable,” she told radio Continental.

Kirchner served as president from 2003-2007, bringing Argentina out of severe economic crisis and encouraging judicial changes that set in motion dozens of human rights trials involving hundreds of dictatorship-era figures who had previously benefited from an amnesty.

As secretary general of the Union of South American Republics, or Unasur, Kirchner mediated one of the many border disputes

between Venezuela and Colombia.

Both countries’ leaders mourned his loss on Wednesday.

“Oh my dear Cristina ... how sad! What a huge loss suffered

by Argentina and our America! May Kirchner live forever!”

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Tweeted.

U.S. President Barack Obama also praised Kirchner’s significant roles in Argentina and Unasur.

“Michelle’s and my thoughts and prayers are with President Fernandez de Kirchner and their children,” he said.

PARIS — France’s customs authority says police have recovered sunken Roman coins and a gold plate snatched from an underwater site 25 years ago.

The DGDDI customs authority says the recovered treasures are worth an estimated $1.4 million-$2.8 million.

The plate is considered the star piece of the so-called “Lava Treasure,” discovered by fishermen in the Gulf of Lava, off the western coast of the French Mediterranean island of Corsica.

French authorities opened an investigation after some coins from the treasure appeared on the antiquities market. The plate was found to be missing in 1985, and it was feared it would end up on the black market.

In a statement Wednesday, the DGDDI said called the recovery a “historic seizure.”

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Mind the gap When we recently asked President William Powers Jr. to list his priorities for the upcoming legislative session, his answer was anything but ambiguous: “Budget cuts, budget cuts, budget cuts.”

Powers wasn’t being flippant; budget cuts affect nearly every facet of UT, not least of which is the University’s ability to address persisting issues of campus inequality.

The gender pay gap is one such issue highlighted in The Daily Texan’s breakdown of UT’s budget. The Texan found that in every category, from lecturer to full professor, females were paid less than males. But the Gender Equity Task Force report, published in 2008, discovered that the only statistically significant pay gap was at the full professor level when the numbers were adjusted for salary structures of field and rank.

So, almost two years after the task force issued its report, which included recommendations on how to reduce gender inequity, how much progress has UT made in bridging the gap?

Statistically speaking, not much.

From 2007 to 2010, the pay gap was reduced from 4.5 percent to 3.4 percent, according to sociology professor and vice provost Judith Langlois, who is spearheading the task force’s efforts.

The pay disparity has diminished slightly, but the numbers are nonetheless disappointing.

The culprit? Budget cuts, budget cuts, budget cuts.

In its report, the task force identified merit pay raises as a priority to address the pay gap.

To determine meritorious faculty, department chairs were told to identify underpaid professors, but to be especially cognizant of female professors who were underpaid relative to comparison males in their field.

This method has started UT on the right track to bridge the pay gap, and in spring 2010, 46 percent of female faculty received a raise compared to 36 percent of male faculty.

But the pool of money for merit raises in 2010 was very limited (the 2009 pool, by contrast, was nonexistent), and the overall impact of the raises is underwhelming.

Langlois said the economy is impeding UT’s efforts to address the pay gap, but she emphasized that correcting the pay inequality is an on-going process — one that can’t be remedied in a few years by merely “throwing money at the problem.”

(Which is good news. Because we don’t have much to throw.)

The task force hasn’t let the recession and budget cuts derail their efforts, however stunted progress may be. They’re working to put structures in place that will help reduce the gap.

Each college will create a committee to identify how it can best address their specific gender inequity problems. The College of Liberal Arts Gender Council, for example, identified priorities specific to faculty members in the college, such as addressing salary disparity and improving avenues to promotion.

This is a smart move that recognizes the complexities of the pay gap and the different struggles faced by each college. It also recognizes the dismal financial realities of UT’s budget without dismissing the need for action on gender equity issues.

Of course gender inequality is manifested in more than just a pay gap. There’s also a leadership gap, and the task force report found that some faculty reported harassment and discrimination. Another important consideration is the family-friendly policies UT has in place for women on the tenure track who have children.

Statistics relating to the pay gap, however, are the easiest way to quantify UT’s progress toward equity. While the numbers look bleak on this front, we’re pleased that UT is forging ahead on the long road to gender equity, a path that isn’t made any smoother by budget cuts.

— Lauren Winchester for the editorial board

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Free to go Loko

By Jonathan Rienstra Daily Texan Columnist In moments of desperation, I have stood in front of the beer aisle at 7-Eleven with an uneasy feeling in my stomach. I shuffle left and right, comparing prices, volume and alcoholic content before settling in front of a row of gigantic, neon-Pollock cans that promise me not only 12 percent alcohol by volume (ABV), but caffeine as well. And I will admit, that in that moment of great despair when I had $5 to my name, I grabbed a can of Four Loko.

I’m not proud of the fact that I have consumed a Four Loko here and there. There isn’t much redeeming quality in the bubbly, sugary beverage, but then that’s not why people buy it. I get it, Four Loko is cheap and packs a mighty punch, but that doesn’t make up for the killer hangover or just how weird it tastes, which is why I gave up on them after the second try.

But more and more, the powers that be around college campuses don’t want to give students the opportunity to come to the logical conclusion that Four Loko sucks. Instead, Four Loko is the subject of a media firestorm that misses the major points the drink’s detractors try to make.

Two weeks ago, Ramapo College in New Jersey banned Four Loko after 23 individuals required medical attention after drinking them. Recently, nine Central Washington University students were taken to the hospital after drinking Four Loko and passing out.

Google “Four Loko,” and the first word to come up is “banned.”

Four Loko shouldn’t be banned. The peo-

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ple who want it banned, though their hearts are in the right place, miss the real issue.

First, Four Loko should not be in trouble because students get drunk. Part of the problem with this is a lack of education or concern about what is actually inside the brightly colored can. Twelve percent ABV is a little more than double what one would find in Keystone Light, but one can find beers next to Four Loko that are 7 percent ABV. The issue is that few people consider drinking a 23.5 ounce Loko to be the same as drinking about five beers, but that’s what it is. The problem isn’t about the drink’s contents, but rather how people perceive them. Whiskey or vodka have nearly four times as much alcohol per volume but calling for a ban on those would be silly because people generally understand that they are stronger drinks. We’ve also tried alcohol bans before, and they didn’t work out too well. People drink Four Loko faster because people often think one can equals one drink. This is important later in the night, when you’re counting drinks and that Four Loko is only taking one spot when it should be five. Make the can half the size and already, there is a mentality that you have had two drinks. One could say the new size is still more than two mixed drinks or beers, but I implore you to find a college student who pours a mixed drink with only one “mixed drink’s” worth of alcohol in it.

Most arguments against Four Loko centers on the caffeine. Many experts warn against mixing alcohol and caffeine because the caffeine can make you feel less drunk than you actually are. It’s a valid point, and the one most commonly lobbied against Four Loko, but the inclusion of caf-

feine is not a strong enough argument for banning the drink altogether.

Four Loko did not invent the idea of combining the two ingredients. Caffeine and alcohol can be found in each other’s company at any party with a liter of Coke next to a bottle of Jim Beam, at the bar serving “H-Bombs” or even at a posh bistro selling Irish coffee.

Banning Four Loko will not stop college students from drinking too much, nor will it stop one from pairing vodka with Red Bull. If anything, this national discussion about Four Loko has only made it even more popular, because if there’s one thing young people want more than anything, it’s something that’s about to be taken away by older people.

Instead of banning drinks, universities should educate their students about the dangers of alcohol poisoning, and if they’re concerned about what caffeine mixed with alcohol will do, tell students what it will do. A college’s purpose is to educate — this is a great opportunity to do so.

But if universities really want to get students to stop drinking Four Loko then they should just work to make the cans smaller. I would reckon that after trudging through one nasty-ass 12 oz. can of Four Loko, the idea of another would not be appealing.

Four Lokos are like Quarter Pounders at McDonald’s. They are cheap, fast and essentially devoid of any nutritional value. But nobody eats two Quarter Pounders, even though that’s just a Double Quarter Pounder, and I’m willing to bet that if you shrink a Four Loko, drinking two of them will carry the same stigma.

Rienstra is a journalism junior.

Include faculty

By Joshua Avelar Daily Texan Columnist In May, Gov. Rick Perry ordered a 10-percent budget decrease for every state agency, which includes all state colleges and universities. UT released its budget reduction plan for the 2010-11 fiscal year on its website, saying that more than 90 percent of the proposed budget cuts come from administrative units, with only a half of 1 percent coming from actual academics.

However, many UT faculty members are dissatisfied with how the budget cuts were decided and how they will be implemented.

President Powers warned that a 10-percent budget decrease would result in 600 lost jobs, but many UT members felt they should have had a say in forming the budget reduction plan. With good reason, the UT Faculty Council passed a resolution on Monday calling for “significant” faculty involvement in budget matters, according to the Austin AmericanStatesman. This is a resolution by which the UT administration should abide.

The University ensures that academics are not directly suffering from much of the budget decreases, but lost jobs result in responsibilities being transferred to unsuspecting individuals. I have advocated in a previous column for all members of the UT community to shoulder the burden of the budget cuts, including faculty members. But faculty members are the true experts in what administrative positions matter the most. The University has a responsibility to provide the best education possible, and UT faculty are the instruments by which UT completes that job.

Computer science professor Alan Cline told the Statesman that UT faculty had in-

volvement in the budget plans 25 years ago.

If the University has included professors in the process before, there should be no reason to refrain from including the faculty members now, especially given the severity of this year’s budget crisis.

I am sure that our faculty are understanding and mature enough to know that some jobs do in fact have to go. The budget cuts are mandatory, and their impact on many UT employees is inevitable. But to not include the faculty in the decision-making process is wrong and deeply disconcerting. Who has to create an academic environment suitable for UT students day-in and day-out? Who has to conduct hours upon hours of research on engaging academic topics with hopes of bringing more money into the University? The faculty should have had a say in this process from the beginning.

The decision for the administration to keep faculty out of the loop breeds suspicion. If the University was so sure about the budget cuts not greatly affecting the academic colleges and schools, then what was so bad about letting the faculty in on the decisionmaking process? One can only suspect that the administration dropped the ball somewhere down the line with the budget plans.

Perhaps the administration did not want faculty to be in the drawing room while drafting the budget cuts proposal because of a feared backlash against the administration’s own plans. Perhaps the budget cuts are not in the best interest of academics and may serve other needs — or just desires — of the administration. Without faculty input, we could never know for sure.

Avelar is a government and journalism senior.

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By Destinee Hodge Daily Texan Staff University Democrats and College Republicans squared off on political hot topics such as health care and immigration reform at the Hook the Vote debate on Wednesday.

The event was an attempt by the Hook the Vote coalition to encourage students to vote in the midterm elections. The debate consisted of three sections all moderated by Daily Texan Associate Editor Douglas Luippold.

Both teams had to respond to questions from The Daily Texan editorial board, each other and audience members. The moderator also included questions students sent to The Daily Texan editorial Twitter account.

Although questions included higher education topics such as rising tuition, the debaters mostly stuck to controversial issues. College Republicans President Melanie Schwartz said the border needs to be secured before the DREAM Act would be effective, and that the act does not benefit legal immigrants.

“Republicans think that the DREAM Act is a good idea, it’s just

that a lot of other things are attached to it,” Schwartz said.

The debate was marked by occasional wise cracks and attempts by both sides to win the audience’s favor.

“It’s not a good sign when your state education board is on Comedy Central,” said University Democrats President Michael Hurta.

Schwartz responded that President Barack Obama will be on the channel soon.

“I think the most important thing for us was to show that while Democrats and Obama had this huge wave in 2008 in proposals, they have drastically under-delivered,” Schwartz said.

The student groups typically debate once a semester, but in light of the gubernatorial elections, the Hook the Vote coalition requested the extra debate.

“The whole purpose of the debate is to give students a source for information,” said Hook the Vote board member John Chapman. “It really is for the students who aren’t as well informed about the issues and it’s supposed to give them an opportunity to talk to their peers.”

Stem cell research prompts call for funds, centralization

By Ahsika Sanders Daily Texan Staff The nonprofit organization Texans for Stem Cell Research rallied for more state funding in Austin earlier this month. The group followed up Wednesday with a symposium on the UT campus to show how research is leading to practical benefits for patients.

James Willerson, president of the Texas Heart Institute, said he conducted tests with stem cell injections in Rio de Janeiro that showed immediate and life-altering results for patients with enlarged hearts. A January 2009 FDA decision allows tests on humans in the U.S., but Willerson said the lack of funding has slowed advances in research.

Texans for Stem Cell Research plans to meet that challenge by creating a central stem cell research facility to pool funding by 2014.

Willerson was one of eight leading state stem cell researchers who spoke Wednesday at the Learn and Live Educational Series symposium in The Thompson Conference Center. Researchers say degenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s, heart disease and diabetes could be cured with stem cell procedures.

UT kinesiology graduate stu-

dent Daria Neidre, a member of the nonprofit’s advisory council, said the group has proposed several pieces of legislation to the state legislature without success. They are now working toward combining the stem cell centers across Tex-

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fuse together and form regenerated heart muscle.

He conducted the tests on patients in Brazil five years ago with quick results for patients.

“Some of the people we tested had enlarged hearts the size

I have made the pledge to him that I will do whatever I can to make sure there is a cure and I believe that [stem cell research] is where the best possibility is.”

— Kirk Watson, State senator

as into one unified group.

“By 2014, we want a central stem cell hospital here in Austin to combine the efforts of all the Texas researchers instead of having multiple facilities doing the same research,” Neidre said.

Willerson and his team of researchers found that heart and vascular diseases are treatable by injecting a patient’s own stem cells from their bone marrow directly into the heart with a catheter. When the cells are injected into the heart, the nuclei from the cells

of a basketball and couldn’t walk 20 feet without heavy breathing and exhaustion,” he said. “Within two months of the stem cell surgery, swelling had significantly decreased and one of them was jogging on the beach in Rio.” Willerson said stem cell transfusions can cure some of America’s most prevalent diseases.

State Sen. Kirk Watson, D-Austin, said stem cell research should be well funded, as it can improve the quality of life for patients.

He said his 21-year-old son, a UT junior, was diagnosed with Type-1 diabetes at age 5, and he holds research for a cure close to his heart.

“I have made the pledge to him that I will do whatever I can to make sure there is a cure and I believe that [stem cell research] is where the best possibility is,” Watson said.

NEWS BRIEFLY Assault charges, violations lead to officer’s second firing Austin police officer Leonardo Quintana was fired Wednesday for the second time in five months for violating company policy, said Austin Police Department spokesman Cpl. Scott Perry.

A dismissal board reviewed the investigation of assault allegations from Quintana’s former fiancee Wednesday afternoon prior to his indefinite suspension. The assault charges, which surfaced last Thursday just hours after Quintana was reinstated, amounted to his fourth offense while on the force.

Quintana became a center of controversy in May 2009, when he fatally shot 18-year-old Nathaniel Sanders. The officer received a 15day suspension for failure to activate his dashboard camera at the time of the incident. Eight months later, he faced charges for driving while intoxicated after he crashed his car in a Leander neighborhood.

His blood alcohol content was more than twice the legal limit at the time.

APD Chief Art Acevedo fired Quintana after the DWI, causing the officer to petition. An arbitrator, however, reinstated him on Oct. 21 because no other officers with the same offense had faced termination.

In addition to the other charges, Quintana faces two lawsuits related to the May shooting.

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UT improves sustainability grade Student group collaborates with University on efforts to create greener campus

Corey Leamon | Daily Texan Staff

Students and educators from 57 schools around the Austin, Houston and San Antonio areas gathered at the Capitol on Wednesday for the annual No Place for Hate summit to participate in anti-bullying workshops.

Student summit at Capitol addresses school bullying

By Mary Ellen Knewtson Daily Texan Staff On Wednesday more than 400 eighth-grade students left the Capitol with new tools to combat the bullying and discrimination they may face in their middle schools.

The No Place For Hate Youth Summit gives middle school student representatives a chance to have conversations about bullying, stereotyping and prejudice, said assistant project director Megan Flowers.

Two hundred students attended the first day of the two-day summit and another 200 are expected to attend the second. Almost 60 schools sent eighth-graders as representatives.

“The kids leave here pretty jazzed up,” Flowers said.

Flowers said the day was structured as a series of small sessions in which groups of 20 students from different middle schools participated in exercises to learn about prejudice, bullying and stereotypes. Wednesday’s event marked the first No Place For

Hate Youth Summit, but is a continuation of the Prejudice Awareness Summit, he said.

One of the activities in a summit session required four students to step out of the room as the other 16 were instructed to

he said.

Huet plans on trying to pay more attention to bullying and doing what he can to prevent it.

No Place For Hate is a program put on by the Anti-Defamation League that is celebrating its 10th anniversary in Texas and its seventh year in Austin. Schools can receive the “No Place For Hate” designation by conducting three projects consistent with People really do the goals of the program. For expurposefully ignore ample, schools can host “mix-itup” day at lunch, where students certain other people.” are required to sit with a different — Andrew Huet group than usual.

Lisa Hellmer, a counselor at St. Middle school student Gabriel’s Catholic School and a faculty representative at the summit, said education programs that teach about accepting diform four circles and not allow versity have always been a pasthe people in the hallway to join. sion of hers. She brought seven Cedar Valley Middle School stu- eighth-graders, who were selectdent Andrew Huet said this ac- ed based on essays they had writtivity is an accurate representa- ten, to the event. tion of events that occur at his “The expectation is that these school from time to time. seven students will go back and “People really do purposeful- implement the strategies they ly ignore certain other people,” learned,” she said.

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By Destinee Hodge Daily Texan Staff A nonprofit organization that evaluates sustainability on college campuses gave UT a B+ for the 2011 school year.

The Sustainable Endowments Institute provides a “Sustainability Report Card” for the 300 U.S. and Canadian universities with the largest endowments. The report card has nine sections, including green building efforts and recycling, that evaluate different aspects of sustainability on college campuses.

“Doing well in these kind of surveys is a nice measure of the kind of sustainability work going on on campus,” said Jim Walker, director of sustainability at UT. “I think it’s probably too soon to tell if it’s a result of the Office of Sustainability’s work.”

The organization issued UT a B- last year. Walker said the improvement was a result of better reporting on the initiatives already in place on campus.

The University provided the

Institute with more complete information about strategies implemented to improve sustainability, and distribution of endowment funds, which could have increased their score, he said.

The Campus Environmental Center, a UT student-run environmental preservation group, has led initiatives that may have factored into the new grade the University received. The CEC used to control some recycling on campus and hosted the annual Trash to Treasure garage sale. They are also in the early stages of developing a program to reduce carbon emissions.

Since the University took charge of on-campus recycling this summer, the center has focused on creating programs that allow more opportunities for environmental awareness, including providing information about campus sustainability issues at new student orientations.

“Last year, they did take some steps to get more sustainability into new student orientation because ... the ratings system that’s sponsored by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in higher education specifically mentions that in their grading

system,” said Karen Blaney, adviser for the CEC. “And you can get points for having sustainability integrated in the new student orientation.”

Although the program was not implemented, the center began discussing possible strategies with the coordinators of new student orientation.

“A lot of things have been going on [on campus] for a long time, it’s just that we’re now getting recognition for that,” she said.

The center will begin other programs this semester that may improve the University’s overall sustainability rating. Rachel Aitkens, co-director of the center, said UT is looking at how to make water fountains easier to use to refill water bottles and other measures to reduce plastic waste.

Walker said involving everyone on campus is another way that the Office of Sustainability hopes to improve ratings.

“We’d like to have more interest from the faculty and students on different aspects of the report card. We welcome a broader conversation on different aspects of the card where the University can do better,” he said.

vote: Abbott holds race despite criticism From page 1 Abbott has nearly $9.3 million cash on hand, while Radnofsky has about $354,000. Radnofsky criticized Abbott for accepting donations and later defending the same donors in state lawsuits, claims which Abbott denied.

“It’s a kind of desperate claim you see by the person behind in the polls by 20 percentage points,” he said. “They just cast lies about their opponents, and that’s the kind of situation that she’s in.”

Texans for Public Justice Research Director Andrew Wheat said the majority of Texas politicians do not recuse themselves because of campaign contributions. Texas does not have a high standard for disqualification, he said.

“The problem of course is politicians in our system have two constituencies,” Wheat said. “One is the voters, and arguably the more important one are the people that pay the campaign bills. I haven’t seen him

aggressively going after the oil and gas industry, but that’s something that doesn’t happen in this state.”

UT public affairs lecturer Sherri Greenberg said Abbott seemed to have a pretty firm hold on the race in spite of Radnofsky’s accusations.

“First of all, he has the power of incumbency,” she said.

“He’s running in a Republican state during a Republican year.

He’s had the real advantage on the get go.”

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By Austin Laymance Daily Texan Staff With ESPNU in the house and a raucous crowd on hand, there was a buzz in the air at Gregory Gym on Wednesday reminiscent of playoff volleyball as Texas defeated Nebraska 3-1 to move a game-and-a-half behind the No. 2 Cornhuskers atop the Big 12 standings and extend their seven-match win streak.

With several fans sporting their Halloween costumes early, the No. 10 Longhorns (15-5; 9-2 Big 12) opened a house of horrors for the Cornhuskers (19-2; 11-1) certain to have them experiencing nightmares about their final game in Austin as a Big 12 foe.

It was not Nebraska’s night as the team committed 30 errors, not including a costly miscue in the fiCorey Leamon | Daily Texan Staff nal set in which the ball inexplicaMiddle blocker Jennifer Doris, left, and outside hitter Juliann Faucette jump up to block a Nebraska spike on Wednesday night. Faucette finbly fell to the ground amongst a ished with 14 kills, second on the team, and Doris added six blocks as Texas won its seventh straight game. ring of five Cornhuskers.

Buoyed by the numerous Nebraska mistakes that kept giving the Longhorns easy points, Texas denied the Cornhuskers a chance to ing in Lincoln. Those same players would Gregory crowd. There was freshman libeBy Shabab Siddiqui romp through the Big 12 undefeatteam up with each other for USA Volleyball, ro Sarah Palmer holding down the backDaily Texan Staff ed. With the decibel level dramatThere’s something about the twice-a- like senior outsider hitters Juliann Faucette court like Heather Kisner. And there was ically rising and falling with each year Texas-Nebraska matchup that puts (UT) and Tara Mueller (Nebraska) in 2007, Amber Roberson, spiking it from the back volley, Texas junior outside hitter everything in the framework of past, pres- and sophomore utility player Sha’Dare Mc- line like Destinee Hooker.

Amber Roberson’s 16th and final Neal (UT) with sophomore outside hitter There’s also the present. The Longhorns ent and future. kill put an exclamation point on a have won seven in a row and 10 of their There’s a past, especially in the late 1990s Hannah Werth (Nebraska) in 2009. hotly contested fourth set to vanThen there’s a more recent past, where the last 11, and showed that they can hit with to mid-2000s, when no matter how much quish the Cornhuskers once and Texas improved, no matter how much the teams have split the series and neither could the best of them on Wednesday night. The for all. team’s Achilles Heel in Lincoln — serving championship banner glowed at Grego- claim the upper hand.

“We were good when it Wednesday’s game even showed flashes errors — switched to the Huskers’ feet, as ry Gym, the Longhorns would fall short counted and aggressive,” Texof last year’s team that beat the Cornhusk- Nebraska hurt itself with nine serving errors against the Cornhuskers. as head coach Jerritt Elliott said.

There’s a past when current Longhorns ers three times. There was Faucette bicker- to Texas’ four. and Huskers were high school seniors, ing with officials like Ashley Engle, in turn choosing between playing in Austin or play- enlivening the packed-beyond-capacity HISTORY continues on page 9 STREAK continues on page 9

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the World Series rookies they are — they made four errors, Ian Kinsler took a mistaken turn around first base and manager Ron Washington may have waited too late to pull his ace.

Former Giants slugger Barry Bonds had plenty to cheer for from his seat next to the San Francisco dugout, especially when a tie game suddenly became an 8-2 thumping in the fifth inning. Rangers president and part-owner Nolan Ryan sat there glumly in a suit and tie, his prized pitcher a wreck.

Added up, the Giants improved to 10-0 against Texas at AT&T Park. Showers are in the forecast for Game Two on Thursday night when Matt Cain and his 0.00 ERA in two playoff starts takes on C.J.

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Cliff Lee, front, sits in the dugout during the fifth inning of Game One of the World Series on Wednesday night.

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0.75 Ranger Cliff Lee’s 2010 postseason ERA before Wednesday’s game; he gave up seven runs in 4 2/3 innings against the Giants.

Lincecum out-pitches Rangers’ Lee in Game 1

By Ben Walker The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — The San Francisco Giants turned the World Series opener into an extra long round of batting practice — against Cliff Lee and the Texas Rangers.

Freddy Sanchez sprayed balls down the lines. Cody Ross and Aubrey Huff hit line drives up the middle. Juan Uribe launched a shot far, far over the wall.

So much for the unbeatable Mr. Lee. The Giants battered him and the bullpen, with Sanchez hitting three doubles and keying a six-run burst in an 11-7 romp Wednesday night that looked even more lopsided.

What shaped up as a pitchers’ duel between Tim Lincecum and Lee quickly deteriorated into a rout.

By the end, the Rangers played like

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Texas diver Shelby Cullinan practices at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center on Wednesday.

Cullinan is relatively new to diving but has improved in the sport quickly.

Former gymnast changes discipline after torn ACL

By Sara Beth Purdy Daily Texan Staff It’s called the “Cullinan.” It’s a difficult feat involving a half twist/turn move on the uneven bars, and only a handful of gymnasts can do it. One such person is Shelby Cullinan, a redshirt sophomore diver who the move is named after.

In two years at Texas, Cullinan has proven to be an unstoppable force. Both her experience as a gymnast and her vivacious personality have propelled her in a sport that is relatively new to her. Cullinan spent much of her life in the gym perfecting routines on the uneven bars en route to becoming a nationally competitive gymnast. It was not until her sophomore year of high school after a torn ACL along with the encouragement of her aunt that she decided to try diving — just for fun.

After reinjuring her knee, Cullinan quit gymnastics and switched to diving full time, where she quickly became the top high school diver in her home state of Arizona. While her transition from an exceptional gymnast to an equally talented diver was sensational, it came as a result of hard work and a persistent attitude.

For Cullinan, the transition between the two sports was easier than most would expect.

“You’re still flipping and you need air awareness [in diving],” she explained, “but it was really hard landing on my head, learning to spot the water to know when to come out, and also trying to find the rhythm of the board because gymnastics is all power but with the board you have to be patient.”

Diving is also easier on the body than gymnastics. Cullinan

recalls feeling pain after a gymnastics competition. With diving she is now able to walk and do other types of physical activity after a meet.

Despite the differences, Cullinan made the transition seamlessly. Diving head coach Matt Scoggin has taken notice of how her gymnastics background has contributed to her success.

“As a diver, she is very gifted because she twists really well from gymnastics,” he said. “She has good visual references like most gymnasts do. [She] knows where [she] is in the air and that has really translated into [being] a consistent diver.”

Her physical skills have been helped along by her “Type A” personality. At competitions she is often found chatting with divers from other teams, as she

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SPORTS BRIEFLY Sogar, Taylor earn swimmer, diver of the week accolades Laura Sogar and diver Maren Taylor earned conference honors this week after the pair helped the Horns to a recent win at California.

The Big 12 selected Laura Sogar as its women’s swimmer of the week and Taylor as the conference’s women’s diver of the week on Wednesday.

Sogar posted the fastest time in the 200-yard breaststroke on Oct. 16 at California, as she won the event in 2:10.15. It was the fastest time in the event this season by nearly 3 seconds.

Sogar also claimed the 100 breaststroke at California in 1:00.97, good for the second-fastest time in college swimming. She placed second in the 400 individual medley, behind Cal’s Caitlin Leverenz, the 2010 U.S. national champion in the distance. Sogar was selected as CollegeSwimming.com’s National Division I Women’s Swimmer of the Week last week for her efforts at Cal. Taylor dominated the one-meter event at Cal, as she outdistanced her nearest competitor by 60 points.

She led Texas to a podium sweep in the three-meter event, where she was victorious with 310.13 points.

Sogar, Taylor and the Horns travel to Indiana on Friday for a dual meet.

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By Laken Litman Daily Texan Staff The Longhorns don’t play with passion. Senior defensive end Eddie Jones can hook his horns and sing “Texas Fight” after losing to Iowa State and his fellow end Sam Acho can pump his fist after making a tackle, but as a whole, the team does not play with a passion or a purpose.

And head coach Mack Brown knows it. He could feel it in August.

“I worry about this team,” Brown said. “On the first Wednesday scrimmage we had this year, I said that we didn’t see the emotion from players.”

Because the Longhorns have had nine consecutive 10-win seasons, they assumed this year wouldn’t be any different. But things aren’t looking so rosy right now and the players are learning that just because they wear a longhorn on their helmets doesn’t mean wins are guaranteed. This season, entitlement won’t get them anywhere.

It’s going to take more dedication and energy than ever before.

As the old saying goes, “You play how you practice,” and junior receiver Malcolm Williams admitted that the energy levels have been lower than usual at practice all year.

“It’s been there at times, but it’s been more sketchy,” Williams said. “Some days it’s there, others it’s not and in the past, it’s always been there. We always found a way to bring it. Even at 6 a.m. practices we found a way.”

The enthusiasm was there in the past because of leadership. Players like Roy Miller, Brian Orak-

16 kills in four-set match From page 8 “When a team fights like this, you are really pleased with their performance, and it shows a lot about the character that they [have]. I’ve always felt there was something special about this group with all the things we’ve been going through.”

The Longhorns set the tone in the first with the Texas faithful treating the squad to a standing ovation after junior setter Michelle Kocher stole a kill to give the Longhorns an early 11-6 advantage. A pair of kills by junior middle blocker Rachael Adams and Roberson sent Cornhuskers crashing to the hardwood as they attempted to dig out the sizzling strikes — to the delight of the 3,235 screaming fans. Roberson led the way with five kills, sparking a 5-0 run to seal the deal.

Nebraska initially looked shellshocked with the rowdy crowd seemingly getting to the team. It was most evident in the second set when a pair of Cornhuskers crashed into each other and the ball fell to the court for a Texas point.

Senior outside hitter Juliann Faucette took over in the second, pacing the Longhorns with four

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Malcolm Williams looks to split a pair of Tech defenders on Sept. 18. Williams says energy levels have been low in practice and that he wants to motivate his teammates this week. po and Colt McCoy never would have stood for indifference. In fact, those players were ready to call out their teammates if need be.

Brown recalled the 2008 Fiesta Bowl when Texas was about to play Ohio State. He was worried his team didn’t have an edge in pre-game, but then he heard a lot of commotion coming from the locker room.

“I heard all this ruckus and I turned to [strength and conditioning coach Jeff Madden] and I say, ‘Jeff, something’s happening in there, go see what’s going on. It sounds like a fight,’” Brown said.

“So he goes in and walks back out with a smile on his face and he says, ‘Uh, no coach, it’s Roy [Miller]. He’s just getting everyone ready to play.’ He was throwing trash cans and screaming.”

This team may not be the type to throw trash cans, but a few players discussed what they are going to do this week to change the overall attitude.

“Now is the time where it’s not a time to be comfortable,” he said.

“Everybody has to get out of their comfort zone whether that’s in their leadership styles or in their style of play. You have to be un-

comfortable in order to grow.”

Williams said that he is going to lead by example.

“It’s not just about being vocal anymore, it’s my actions, too,” Williams said. “Every time I step out on the field, I try to go to work and work my hardest.”

Senior receiver John Chiles is going let the rest of the team know they still have a lot to play for.

“We have to keep playing each and every game like we are going to win the national championship,” he said. “We have to keep on playing, keep on going, keep on working hard and gel as a team.”

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as departure from Big 12 looms From page 8 Senior middle blocker Jenn Doris and Faucette both notched their sixth career win against Nebraska, more than any other player in Texas history.

“I think it says a lot about the program,” said Faucette, who posted a 14-kill, 15-dig effort.

“The four years that Jenn and I have been here, the Nebraska rivalry has been huge.”

The future remains bright, albeit uncertain. Texas still has tough outings left against Texas A&M and Oklahoma at home and 12th-ranked

CULLINAN: Texas diver has to battle fear of heights From page 8 prefers to have fun while diving.

Her methodology, while out of the ordinary, has proven successful.

“When I first came here I was really nervous competing and I thought that I needed to be really serious and focused, but every meet I was getting last, I was do-

ing horribly,” Cullinan recalls. “I need[ed] to figure out what works for me ... I can’t focus on the dives in competition ... I have to talk, listen to my music, just get my mind away from it and have fun.”

Cullinan’s transition to diving has not been totally seamless.

There was one significant hurdle she had to overcome as a diver —

she is afraid of heights. With the encouragement of her coaches and consistent practice she has able to begin to conquer that fear. She admits that her best event is probably the highest dive, off the 10-meter platform.

Her fear of heights is a “work in progress,” Scoggin said. But he added that some of the best

kills and maintaining Texas’ energy level. As the Horns headed into the locker room for intermission with a 25-19 win in hand, every seat was empty with the entire building standing to show their support for the team’s hustle — the noise alone was enough to blow the roof off the place.

The third was a back-and-forth affair with 12 ties and four lead changes. The Cornhuskers made plays when they counted, grinding out the win 27-25. Faucette did her best to keep the set close with six powerful kills — a few of which left skid marks. But the Cornhuskers showed why they are the No. 2 team in the nation as they kept their composure and never showed any quit with their backs against the wall and an unblemished Big 12 record hanging in the balance.

“I was just thinking about winning this game and doing it with my team that’s worked so hard all year,” Faucette said. “These are the matches that you work for. To see our team go out and fight through every single play and battle to get the win is what counts.”

But Roberson and the Longhorns stormed back in the final set to win their 10th-straight at home.

divers in history have been afraid of heights.

If Cullinan can continue to stave off her fear of heights and continue to get stronger, there is nothing stopping her.

Iowa State in Ames this season.

As for the seemingly ageless Nebraska rivalry, a decade and a half of players in red and burnt orange circling two dates on their calendar every year may come to an end when the Cornhuskers leave for the Big Ten in 2011.

But just because there won’t be conference implications between the two in future matchups doesn’t mean there will be any less intensity.

“I’m sure there will be [the same excitement],” Nebraska head coach John Cook said. “That’s going to hang around for a while.”

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By Laken Litman Daily Texan Columnist

Cliff Lee was untouchable. Until Wednesday night.

He’d won two ALDS games against the Rays on the road and an ALCS game in Yankee Stadium.

His 2010 postseason ERA was 0.75.

He became a franchise savior. But by the bottom of the fifth inning in Game One of the World Series on Wednesday night, Lee was out.

He started off the night business as usual with a three-up, threedown inning. Then he worked the offense at the plate with some claw and antler action with a double before advancing to third base on a sacrifice fly in the second inning.

But then things went sour on the mound. Giants’ second baseman Freddy Sanchez had his way with Lee, getting a World Series record three straight doubles on the Rangers’ ace. After 4 2/3 innings, Lee had given up seven runs, six of which were earned, on eight hits. Coming into the game, Lee had only given up 13 hits and two earned runs this whole postseason.

The fact that he struck out seven batters will be minutia in the morning.

Sports Illustrated’s Tom Verducci said in his World Series preview this week that the only way the Giants would be able to win games started by Lee would be if the Rangers’ bullpen had to take over. Well they don’t call Verducci the greatest baseball writer in the world for nothing. The Rangers’ bullpen took over early and Texas lost 11-7 and it wasn’t even that close until a threerun rally in the top of the ninth.

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Freddy Sanchez, right, scores on a single by Nate Schierholtz during the eighth inning on Wednesday.

If the Rangers had won Wednesday night, Lee would have become 8-0 in postseason starts. That would have made him the first starter ever to win Game One of the World Series in two consecutive years with two different teams, and only the second pitcher to win Game One on the road twice.

So what was the deal? Where were those eight innings of shutout baseball he had against the Yanks nine days ago? Maybe he was distracted by the Giants fans wearing Tim Lincecum wigs.

But the Rangers didn’t lose just because of Lee. The stars just weren’t aligned. Literally, the Rangers stars of Lee, center fielder Josh Hamilton and third baseman Michael Young were not on top of their games.

Hamilton, the ALCS MVP who had six runs on seven hits against the Yankees, went 1-for-4 in his World Series debut. Young went 0-for-4 and had a crucial error in the third inning that allowed the Giants to tie the game at 2-2, starting San Francisco’s scoring frenzy.

By game’s end, the Rangers had

four errors, which was more than they had in the entire ALCS. Maybe they were just getting it all out of their system in one game.

The Rangers are not the giving-up kind. They came back and beat the Yankees after giving up a five-run lead and losing Game One, and they came back Wednesday night and rallied in the ninth inning to shorten the scoring gap to four runs.

So there’s no need to worry. Stay confident. There’s a lot of baseball to be played. At least that’s what I’m telling myself.

RANGERS: Bandwagoners join LINCECUM: Giants use 6-run fifth long-time diehards in Austin to win first World Series contest From page 1 buzzing all night, though the chatter dropped noticeably in the fifth inning when the Giants scored six runs to take the lead.

“It’s incredibly exciting to be here,” said UT alumna Jennifer Rasmussen. “I grew up watching the Rangers and it felt so amazing to see them win their division.

Hopefully they win so I can relive that feeling.”

Currently in their 50th season, with the last 39 spent in Texas, the Rangers endured the longest wait to make it to their first World Series; Montreal/Washington and Seattle have endured 42 and 34 seasons, respectively, without making it to the championship thus far. But for the Rangers, making it to the playoffs this season did not come at an easy price.

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Rangers fans have grown accustomed to wearing their emotions on their sleeve, especially this post-season. Winning in game six over their old nemesis, the defending champion New York Yankees, in the American League Championship Series, could not have been better. But the icing on the cake came when ex-Ranger Alex Rodriguez struck out in a fitting finish to punch the Rangers’ ticket to their first World Series.

“There is a lot of anticipation.

I honestly did not expect them to make it this far,” Walker said. “It’s a really good surprise.”

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“There is a lot left for me to try and accomplish,” Behm said. “But I feel like what I have done so far is good because it has given me the confidence to accomplish new goals.”

Both Behm and cross country head coach Steve Sisson say that Behm’s competitive nature and perseverance make her a unique contributor to the 15th-ranked Longhorn team.

“She is not a quiet girl but she brings a quiet intensity to the team,” Sisson said. “She keeps her goals and ambitions to herself and that allows her to keep really focused.”

Behm said a competitive attitude plays a role in every part of her life — from playing the Wii to running a race. Her competitive nature, coupled with her close relationship with her teammates, has helped many of the runners improve. An example of this dynamic is freshman runner Marielle Hall, who has battled with Behm all season for the top spot on the team.

“I enjoy that Marielle is challenging me,” Behm said. “I am competitive, but I’m glad because it is improving both of us.”

Sisson said that Behm has always been an extreme competitor at the team’s meets, but more recently, her spirited attitude has benefited her in practice as well.

The relationship between Behm and Hall has increased the intensity of Behm’s workouts — something Sisson believes will benefit her in the highly competitive meets the team will be facing soon.

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The Longhorns are currently a young team, with many of the top competitors being freshmen. Sisson said this has allowed Behm to step into the leadership role she was meant to fill.

“Mia is quiet in her way of being a leader,” Sisson said.

“She brings a consistency, a constancy and a guarantee that she is going to get the job done that the girls can sort of lean on. She has sacrificed and everyone else has to sacrifice.”

Behm, however, credits her teammates for keeping her motivated.

“When you are on a team together and you suffer through pain together you are pretty much required to be friends,” Behm said. “We get along so well, which is something I think we have on other teams.”

Sisson takes some credit for the spirit of camaraderie among his athletes.

“I look for balance, a level of focus and commitment to running but also a fun-loving, positive, almost looseness and confidence that there is in the group of girls,” Sisson said.

“Their friendship brings to the table an amazing feel.”

The team is well balanced but also highly competitive. Sisson says each athlete has individual goals, goals that they encourage each other to reach.

Behm hopes this season she will achieve her ultimate goal — becoming an All-American. To accomplish this, a runner must place in the top 40 at the NCAA Championships.

Sisson says he does not typically make goals for individual runners on his team but makes an exception for Behm.

“My basic belief is that Mia is one of the best collegiate runners in the country,” Sisson said. “You will see much better performances from her coming into the Big 12 and regional and national meets — this is the stage that Mia likes.”

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Mia Behm, left, and Marielle Hall run the Ricardo Romo Classic on Sept. 17. The two runners challenge each other to improve.

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By Ali Breland Daily Texan Staff At midnight on a Tuesday in early October at Mi Casa, a bar on Sixth Street, there is a crowd of people packed in, all in anticipation for Austin-based rapper Zeale’s performance. As soon as he gets on stage, the entire audience goes into a frenzy of hip-hop induced bobbing. As Zeale lays down verse after verse of carefully crafted and articulate rhymes, it is perfectly clear why he has the reputation of always drawing a crowd and as one of Austin’s premier rappers.

In spite of this, fortune has not always favored the rapper. Zeale spent much of his early career on the rap battle scene, not receiving much notoriety or attention despite his numerous successes; including his qualification to the highly publicized World Rap Championships in New York where he competed collaboratively with fellow Austin rapper and friend Phranchyze.

Despite garnering attention in the rap battle world, Zeale gained little attention as an artist elsewhere.

Realizing this, in 2008 the emcee moved his efforts away from competition and towards the sentimental artistic aspect of his work.

“I’ve [battled] for so long, and it doesn’t really elevate you in terms of a music career,” he said.

That year, he put out his initial mixtape, the Legendary Microphone of Time, now a rarity to find without talking to Zeale himself, and soon after, Haterz and Robotz.

The latter encompasses a broad range of topics and styles representative of his varying influences from the gritty street rap of Tupac to the playful yet substantive rhymes of Philadelphia newcomers Chiddy Bang.

Outside of his music, he maintains many passions and interests, including BMX, wakeboarding and business finesse, as well as studying advertising and geography at Texas State University.

Certainly a Renaissance man in 20th century terms, Zeale’s latest works have followed this paradigm. His April EP Robot Radio, served as an experimental foray into the realm of digitally meshed

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Zeale is an Austin-based rapper who started his career on the rap battle scene. Zeale will be performing at Fun Fun Fun Fest and South

By Southwest. electronic hip-hop, a relatively original genre that few, including Zeale himself, had previously delved into. His most current mixtape, Disasterkrft, is perhaps his most distinct and assorted work.

The mixtape itself is very eclectic, incorporating elements from the entire rap spectrum; from mainstream gangster rap styles, to Kid Cudiesque rap ballads, to ambient storybased rap sequences that reflect the current indie rap scene. What is also particularly intriguing about Disasterkrft is the political undertone previously unseen in former works, even further adding to the assortment of styles and meanings that flow through the mixtape.

“My whole thing is that I want to make something that starts out, takes you back in, heats up

for a minute and then settles back down,” he said. “When I first put the songs on Disasterkrft together, I said I want to hit ‘em really hard with something that captures me. The next few songs are more commercial type, that anyone can get into whether or not they like rap. Then I finish it off with a track that samples a Mario [Bros.] beat.”

Despite his success and brilliance in the art aspects of his work, like any true multifaceted person, Zeale understands every nuance of his work. While selling out isn’t a something the rapper plans on doing, money definitely factors into the equation. As a result, Zeale has taken a more systematic approach to his music and its distribution than other local artists. He’s

worked on building connections and making sure his music gets placed in the right hands and trading connections with artists from around the country to develop fan bases on a far more widespread scale, as opposed to haphazardly touring and randomly handing CDs out to people within the industry who are already inundated by the oversaturation of artists that exist within the market.

In this sense Zeale has started to make leaps and bounds, already on the lineup for Fun Fun Fun Fest and South By Southwest and opening and playing with artists like Lil Wayne, A-Trak, KRSOne and Jason Mraz.

Even amidst Zeale’s successes and his current opportunities, he realizes the adversity that

comes with progression, maintaining your artistic identity in the face of it all.

“You wanna be a musician, this shit is not fucking easy,” he said.

“You have to be able to take criticism like crazy and be able to take all that at the end of the day roll it up and accept some of it, disregard some of it, and still be you.”

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By Ali Breland Daily Texan Staff Zeale’s third mixtape, Disasterkrft is littered with an assortment of songs that run the gamut of what occurs within the hip-hop world. This time around, he has tightened things and set the bar even higher than in his previous installment, Haterz and Robotz.

Zeale opens with “Beam In,” a song that features him the beat from Asher Roth’s latest single, “G.R.I.N.D.” This song placement is perfect and gives listeners an introduction to his signature rapid-fire yet clean flow.

Zeale makes several bold movements within the mixtape, emulating the wispy, carefree style of Kid Cudi in several songs while adding his own approach with a bit of speed. The boldest statement on Disasterkrft, though, is Zeale’s politically charged track, “Monzter Hozpital,” in which he raps about governmental skepticism.

Ultimately, his risks pay off, creating one of Austin’s finest mixtapes. Even the songs that have a radio pop-rap feel are better than actual radiorap songs. That, meshed with Zeale’s innovation and sheer talent, results in a mixtape that simultaneously unites hip-hop in every aspect and creates a distinct sound all its own.

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film mixes comedy and horror flawlessly and works both as entertaining, the film is a high- a zombie film and a parody of light of Boyle’s career and the zombie films. zombie genre.

Wright’s writing and direction have never been better than here, and the film is consistent“Shaun of the Dead” (2004) ly funny, satisfyingly gory and Edgar Wright’s British zom- surprisingly effective in everybie spoof is a hilarious and thing it attempts. memorable introduction to Wright’s collaborations with stars Simon Pegg and Nick “Trick ‘r Treat” (2007) After collecting dust for Frost, who play friends caught in a zombie apocalypse. The years on the shelves at War-

ner Bros., “Trick ‘r Treat” was unceremoniously dumped to DVD in 2009; a real shame, given that it’s an unapologetically fun and atmospheric Halloween tale. Telling a handful of intersecting stories, “Trick ‘r Treat” takes place in a small town where Halloween is close to a national holiday.

The film is a fun mixture of every Halloween urban legend — with a few new ones thrown in for good measure — making for a ballsy and fantastic anthology.

House: Owners experiment with effects From page 14 McCullough was also impressed with Love, who already had a brush with entrepreneurship when he was 18 and used his college money to instead start his own music and event planning business.

Together with their staff, they doubled the size of the haunted house the following year, and then doubled it again the next year when they moved House of Torment to its present location.

“At the time I had a job in life insurance,” Love said. “Man, life insurance sucked. After graduation we thought, ‘What if instead of working on the haunted house three months out of the year, we take a huge risk by quitting our jobs and reducing our quality of living to making ends meet so we can work on the haunted house all 12 months to make it even better.’”

The goal was to build a permanent haunted house the way people build movie sets and their own costumes, Love said. In order to make the house unique, the team brainstorms how to implement ideas — such as the illusion gravity is disappearing, the feeling of suffocation or someone flying from the ceiling — rather than copy scenes straight from the movies or other haunted houses, he added.

“It’s the coolest job ever,” Love said. “When my fiance asks me what I did at work today, I might say some paperwork and e-mails.

The next day she asks me, I tell her I got a car from a junkyard, but it was too big so I had to saw it [in] half. The next time she asks me, I say I worked on a media campaign platform. The next day she asks me what I did at work

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and I say I installed a zip line and got to ride it out.”

The biggest challenge, but also his favorite part, comes every November when the realization hits that there’s no such thing as good enough and next year has to be better, Love said.

McCullough now works in San Antonio where he operates a haunted house called 13th Floor.

Built in a historic, 105-year-old building, the haunted house has its own storyline and remains separate from House of Torment.

This year, House of Torment

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I’m a bit of a haunted house purist, and if you aren’t here to scare people, then you shouldn’t be here.”

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continues with the third part of an apocalyptic storyline that began two years ago, so expect a fair share of zombies. The haunted house also includes Nightmare Mansion, which tells the story of a sick scientist who performed experiments on his family.

“It’s always exciting seeing a big, tough guy come in with his girlfriend and then on the first scare, he’s running out yelling and throwing his girlfriend at the monster,” Love said. “A cou-

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ple dozen people each year pee or crap themselves.”

UT alumnus Michael Coronado manages the icon actors and plays Sullivan, the man wielding the chainsaw. Donning new makeup for a new character is always a refreshing feeling, he said.

The icon actors play specific roles, have characters with names and are usually hired based on experience. They, along with the general staff of gruesome monsters, make up the team who try their damndest to get a good scare. Some of the best hires have been passionate college students, Coronado said.

“We had a former UT football player work here once,” Coronado said. “He scared people by taking up the whole damn room.”

Coronado admitted nonchalantly that he has made both children and adults cry in the past, but crying kids aren’t something that phase him.

“I’m a bit of a haunted house purist, and if you aren’t here to scare people, then you shouldn’t be here,” Coronado said. “I can’t stop and tell a crying kid everything’s OK and that it’s just an act. I’d ruin the show for everyone. When I’m in costume, I’m supposed to be the bad guy, so I just have to walk off and have people think, ‘Wow, he’s mean.’”

House of Torment runs mid-September to Halloween. Afterward the site turns into Dark Stalkers, where the lights go out and each group going in gets one glow stick that can possibly be stolen.

A rumor has circulated that actors can bag individuals and separate them from the group.

When asked if the rumor is true, Love said in a mysterious tone, “I don’t think I can answer that.

All I’ll say is you have to sign a waiver before you enter.”

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“Nationwide, the Brewers Association reported at midyear that there were more breweries than at any time since Prohibition devastated the domestic industry nearly a century ago,” wrote Ronnie Crocker earlier this month in the Houston Chronicle. “The overwhelming number of these 1,600plus businesses are not major producers but either micro or regional craft breweries or brew pubs.”

That’s even after the national beer market has slumped, Crocker added. Many of these producers get their start by simply brewing at home — a hobby that Graham says costs, at the low end, $50 to start

and $30 for each batch of about 60 bottles after that. From there, home brewers can turn to craft brewing.

According to the Brewer’s Association’s definition, “An American craft brewer is small, independent and traditional. Small: Annual production of beer less than 2 million barrels. Independent: Less than 25 percent of the craft brewery is owned or controlled by an alcoholic beverage industry member who is not themselves a craft brewer. Traditional: A brewer who has either an all malt flagship or has at least 50 percent of its volume in either all malt beers or in beers which use adjuncts to enhance rather than lighten flavor.”

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ditional American style Lager you taste in your typical can of Bud. While it’s their job to mass produce a clean, consistent product across several million barrels, craft brewers can vary their lineup with more hoppy and bitter or malty and sweet varieties. They can even define and create new types like a Black India Pale Ale — a style whose very title is oxymoronic.

Somewhat more controversial in Texas, this definition also includes Shiner Beer and its Spoetzl Brewery even though they, like larger national breweries, use adjuncts — ingredients other than the traditional malt, hops and water like corn. However, brewmaster Jimmy Mauric’s rebuttal is that the corn is used for flavor-

ing and to keep their Shiner Blonde light while keeping with that malt flagship.

So if you include the Spoetzl Brewery, Texas currently has a dozen craft breweries, including four in Austin: Live Oak Brewing Co., Independence Brewing Co., (512) Brewing Co. and Thirsty Planet Brewing Co. That’s really just the frothy head

on an overflowing pint. The Chronicle also found that the Texas Alcoholic Beverages Commission currently has nine pending license applications for breweries and two active licenses for unopened breweries. If they’re all approved, that could mean a total of 23 Texas craft breweries by sometime next year.

“Initially Texas has been behind some of the other states, like Wash-

ington, Oregon, Colorado and California, since they’ve had craft breweries and brew pubs for longer,” said Tim Schwartz, Real Ale Brewing’s head brewer and a UT alumnus. “The laws used to be more restrictive but we’re starting to catch up. We had to work at it for a while and bring them these [craft] beers, but their palate has become much more demanding.”

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Lesser seen horror films raise hairs, chill spines

WEEKEND It’s alive! It’s alive!

This year, over a hundred artists will be featured at the opening party for Domy’s fifth annual gallery show inspired by monsters and other scary things.

By Alex Williams Daily Texan Staff Every October, a glut of horror movies hits cinemas — some of them good, some of them bad and most of them sequels.

Video stores display their horror selection prominently, and often the weeks before Halloween are marked by basic cable marathons of the “Friday the 13th” and “Nightmare on Elm Street” franchises.

However, most of the unsung classics of the horror genre go unnoticed. Here are a few of the hidden gems that should be required viewing every Halloween.

What: Monster Show 5 Where: Domy Books, 913 E. Cesar Chavez St. When: Saturday, 7 p.m.

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“The Evil Dead” (1981)

Sam Raimi’s directorial debut and the first of arguably the greatest trilogy in horror history, “The Evil Dead” is a low-budget gorefest about a group of college students going out to a cabin in the woods for a weekend, only to find their trip interrupted by a demonic presence.

The film is a creative landmark, making the most of its extremely limited budget (only $350,000) and managing to be legitimately creepy in a handful of scenes as well. The other two films in the series, “Evil Dead 2” and “Army of Darkness” are equally essential, as is Raimi’s “Drag Me To Hell.”

“Poltergeist” (1982)

Directed by “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre’s” Tobe Hooper, “Poltergeist” is a simple haunted house story, as something begins to haunt the Freeling family and targets their daughter Carol Anne (Heather O’Rourke).

The film packs a handful of iconic horror scenes (including a spine-tingling series of moments involving a possessed clown doll), and is one of the main reasons the PG-13 rating was invented. It’s a dryly funny, consistently creepy and refreshingly human story, endlessly rewatchable and an essential addition to any horror fan’s collection.

“28 Days Later” (2003) Danny Boyle’s zombie film is regarded as one of the best ever, bringing about the newer, faster variety of zombies and reinvigorating the genre almost single-handedly.

Starring Cillian Murphy, the British post-apocalyptic tale tells the story of a small group of survivors trying to prevent being infected by the incurable Rage virus. Gritty, gory and

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Crimson the imp, played by four-year veteran Cory Brown, greets a group of students from KIPP Austin College Preparatory school as they wait for their turn to enter Nightmare Mansion. The mansion is one of three attractions offered at the House of Torment.

Haunt spooks both young, old

By Priscilla Totiyapungprasert Daily Texan Staff There was a buzz of excitement surrounding the sixthgrade class of KIPP Austin College Prep as they waited in line outside an animatronic pumpkin-headed tree monster Tuesday evening. Their chatter was soon broken up, though, when a man wearing the mask of some deformed creature suddenly starts sniffing through their line, wildly swinging a club around. Anyone, young or old, is fair game at House of Torment.

Arguably Austin’s most

commercially well-known haunted house, House of Torment looks out of place in the daylight next to Macy’s in the Highland Mall parking lot. The house’s earliest showtime is 7 p.m., but even in the safety of daylight, the students wail and keep away from the man — or creature or monster or thing — and the swing of his club.

Currently, House of Torment boasts an animatronics system, zip lines, night vision cameras and technology fit for a horror movie. It has definitely transformed since its early days as one man’s neighborhood

haunted house, said Jon Love, Torment’s vice president.

With a background in construction, Daniel McCullough began crafting his South Texas home into a place of terror in the mid and late 1990s.

What started out as just something for his kids grew out of proportion when McCullough came home to a couple hundred people standing outside his house on Halloween.

Unequipped to handle the large turnout but inspired by the popular interest, McCullough expanded his haunted house venture to Austin.

The city’s first taste of House of Torment came when it opened in 2003 in the Furr ’s Cafeteria of the former Northcross Mall.

Love, who was then studying business at UT, met up with McCullough two weeks before Halloween that year after checking out the haunted house upon a friend’s suggestion. Despite his initial skepticism, he was impressed with the quality of the homemade set and even donned a costume to help spook people.

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Traditional brewers sweep across Austin THIRSTY THURSDAY

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With two days left until Austin Beer Week wraps up, there’s still time left to grab a pint of some savory local craft beers that pay homage to Texas’ German heritage while creating distinct new flavors.

Rewind to 19th century Texas when the first beers were brought over by German immigrants and when the first Texas beers like Pearl and Lone Star were brewed.

The reason being that Germany, commonly known for its

beer, is highly fertile for the essential female flower clusters known as hops.

Like other alcoholic substances at the time, the passing of the Volstead Act in 1919 and the Prohibition forced many breweries to close, including the Lone Star and Pearl breweries. They eventually reopened after the anti-alcohol “Noble Experiment” was repealed in 1933, but the hardships of the Great Depression lead to the companies being bought out by the Pabst Brewing Company in Illinois.

Nevertheless, beer is booming and more experimental

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Austin’s annual Beer Week provides hops fanatics with an opportunity to sip on familiar national brews as well as experiment with some local Austin favorites.

KVRX is launching their new website, and they want you to know it. The Procbaborgany Collective, Mister PKT, Drastik and Glitterbillies play inside, and DJ Rob, Yung Blue and Fat Tony throw down outside.

What: Monster Mash Up Where: United States Art Authority When: Thursday, 9 p.m.

Web: bit.ly/cvul1f tickets: $5 or $10 with purchase of KVRX Concert Series T-shirt

Dress to impress The Mohawk has their yearly Halloween show and costume contest. This year, The Wooden Shjips, The Growlers, Rayon Beach and Mondo Drag perform, and art installations by M. Lawrence Mcoy and Art Power Collective provide psychedelic visual stimuli.

What: Halloween at The Mohawk Where: The Mohawk When: Thursday, 7 p.m.

Web: mohawkaustin.com tickets: $13 at the door, $10 with costume

When all else fails add ninjas This rap group out of South Africa went viral last year with their insane music video for “Enter the Ninja.” Yeah, they’re really freaky.

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What: Die Antwoord with Rye Rye Where: La Zona Rosa When: Thursday, 9 p.m.

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