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THE DAILY TEXAN Thursday, October 7, 2010

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Tickets to see Dustin Lance Black, the screenwriter of the Acadamey Award-winning film “Milk,” will be available at the Events and Info desk in the Texas Union beginning at 7:30 a.m. Black will speak on campus on campus Thursday, Oct. 14 at 7 p.m. in the Union Ballroom.

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UT second in political donations By Collin Eaton Daily Texan Staff UT law professor David Anderson has been politically active his entire life, but now that he’s obtained a senior rank among the faculty, he’s backing his activism with money.

About 30 years ago, he taught a promising young law student named Bill White — this year, after following White’s career, Anderson raised about $1,500 for his former student’s gubernatorial campaign. “I put the arm on a few of my colleagues and raised a little bit

of money for him, but I probably would have contributed anyway if he wasn’t my student,” he said. Data suggest that Anderson is not alone in contributing more to politicians as time goes by. According to data from the Center for Responsive Politics,

university faculty and staff across the country have steadily and substantially increased fiscal donations to political candidates and parties since 1990. Over the past 20 years, midterm congressional election cycles have seen donations from University faculty

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Spoon will play a soldout show at the Mohawk beginning at 8 p.m.

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Tickets start at $17 for Talib Kweli, Crew54 and Blacklisted Individuals. Doors open at 8 p.m. at The Scoot Inn.

Today in history In1998 Matthew Shepard, a gay college student, is attacked in Laramie, Wyo. He died five days later, leading to requests for new hate crime legislation.

Union Building, #4 West Mall A UT student reported being approached by an unknown subject. The subject asked for five minutes of the student’s time, then explained he was selling magazines for St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital. When the student explained that she did not have enough money, the subject directed her to an ATM so she could withdraw the money. The subject left the area after getting the money from the student. The subject was described as: White male, 20 years of age, 5-feet-7-inches, short blonde hair and wearing glasses. The subject was last seen wearing a white DC shirt and blue jeans.

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Aerospace engineering seniors Alan Sisson and Alex Stockton inspect UT Police Department’s bomb disarmer robot during UTPD’s Safety Week.

UT, Austin police chiefs urge students to help prevent future tragedies By Amyna Dosani Daily Texan Staff UT police Chief Robert Dahlstrom and Austin police Chief Art Acevedo commended students Wednesday on their response to the shooting on campus last week. But both police chiefs advised students that the next tragedy could only be avoided by contacting authorities with any suspicious information.

The officers met with students at Dinner with the Chiefs as part of UT’s annual Safety Week. Acevedo justified the need for keeping students locked down for hours while searching for a possible second suspect. “We have an absolute obligation to ensure your safety,” he said. “When lives are at risk, we have to be safe rather than sorry.” Regarding any shortcoming on

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Perry holds edge in poll as election draws near By Nolan Hicks Daily Texan Staff he gap between Gov. Rick Perry and former Houston mayor Bill White stands at about five points, according to a new poll from the Texas Lyceum that was released Wednesday. The poll shows Perry and White attracting support from 48 and 43 percent of likely voters, respectively, with Libertarian candidate Kathy Glass attracting 5 percent of the vote. Three percent of voters remain undecided. “The main question for White is how he gets from [down five] to [plus one],” said UT professor Daron Shaw, who conducted the poll. “It’s not clear what issue positions he can articulate or what group he can energize to make up the gap at this point.” While voters 18 to 29 years old tend to support Democrats nationally, those surveyed in the Texas Lyceum poll seemed to overwhelmingly favor Perry by about 40 points. But Shaw said the size of the subsample of youth voters was too small to definitely measure opinions of young voters, who made up only 35 of the 416 respondents polled. While older voters tend to favor conservative Republican candidates nationally, this poll shows them backing White for governor by more than 15 points. As election day nears, polling firms are beginning to use likely voter models in an attempt to predict who will vote. The profile of likely Texas voters contributes to that inversion of

the part of students, faculty or police, Dahlstrom said there was only so much that could be done. But the police department will be going back to see what might have been done wrong. “That’s going to be true no matter what for any situation,” he said. “There are always people who don’t respond properly, and most people responded well.” Dahlstrom said the best way to

prevent any tragedies is to contact the Behavior Concern Advice Line on campus and to sign up for the UT Police Department’s campus alerts. In response to the concealed carry of guns on campus, Acevedo said confused students with guns would have only worsened the disaster last Tuesday.

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Conference scrutinizes US sex trade Human trafficking report recommends procedures to solve problem stateside

Quote to note “I have a hard time sitting down with the purpose of ‘I’m going to write a song.’ That kills me, that expectation. The songs just kind of come and you tap into something for a second or it taps into you.”

and staff grow from $2.3 million in 1990 to $19 million in 2006. By September, faculty and staff donors had already contributed $13 million to candidates nationwide in this year’s midterm elections.

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State Rep. Henry Cuellar talks with ambassador Luis CdeBaca at the International Conference on Human Trafficking.

Court postpones murder, arson case re-examination By Aziza Musa Daily Texan Staff The ex-wife of convicted arsonist Cameron Todd Willingham implicated her husband in the murder of their three children in a public statement Wednesday, the day his exoneration trial was scheduled to begin. Travis County District Judge Charlie Baird postponed the trial after a prosecution motion to disqualify him from overseeing the case that could absolve Cameron Todd Willingham of arson and murder charges. According to

court documents, Baird served on a court that previously considered Willingham’s case. Navarro County District Attorney R. Lowell Thompson said the statement would indicate a bias on the judge’s part. Willingham was accused of burning down his Corsicana home and killing his daughters in 1991. A year later, a jury found him guilty of arson and murder, and Willingham was sentenced to death and executed in 2004.

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By Lauren Giudice Daily Texan Staff Texas’ first international conference on human trafficking aims to go beyond words and take action to end human trafficking and to encourage public awareness. Ambassador Luis CdeBaca, a former federal prosecutor, gave the keynote speech Wednesday discussing recommendations of the U.S. Department of State re-

port on human trafficking. “There has been a lot of progress but a lot left to do,” CdeBaca said. In the annual trafficking of persons report, countries are assessed and placed in tiers. The United States is in the top tier, which shows it has a high amount of human trafficking. Twenty-five percent of human trafficking cases occur in Texas, predominantly in Houston. CdeBaca stressed the importance of prevention, protection and prosecution. “Prosecution alone cannot stop

this problem, though prosecution is necessary because this is a crime,” CdeBaca said. “Simply saying that it’s bad is not going to get through the door. Simply saying it’s bad is not going to bring that person out and it won’t bring the person to justice.” There were also discussions about building cases against human trafficking and global perspectives on human trafficking. In one discussion, 14 experts on different aspects of human trafficking debated the

TRAFFICKING continues on page 5 Defense attorney and Navarro County District Attorney R. Lowell Thompson responds to questions after the judge delayed Cameron Todd Willingham’s hearing at BlackwellThurman Criminal Justice Center on Wednesday afternoon. Corey Leamon Daily Texan Staff

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UT police Chief Robert Dalhstrom speaks to UT students about how to stay safe and avoid assaults while on Sixth Street at Dinner with the Chiefs during UTPD’s Safety Week on Wednesday evening.

as faculty baby boomers age From page 1 In the 2010 election cycle, UT contributed more to political candidates and committees — $156,000 — than any public university after the University of California. Candidates are required to report donations of $200 or more to the Federal Election Commission. Employees from each academic and health institution from the university systems were counted in the data. About 86 percent of donations from UT professors went to Democratic candidates. Relative to most universities, the data is not surprising, though UT did give more to Democrats than Harvard, Stanford and Columbia University and less than Yale and New York University. Most of the contributions came from UT School of Law professors. Jay Westbrook, a UT law professor who donated $500 to Bill White, said the rise in political contributions may be because faculty born during the baby boom now hold more senior positions and have larger salaries. Westbrook said he doubts professors are more interested in politics now than they were in the 1970s. “The baby boom is sort of the lump in the middle of the python moving through the snake,�

he said. “As academics are getting older and getting paid more [they contribute more.]â€? Education administration professor James Yates, who contributed $1,000 to U.S. Rep. RubĂŠn Hinojosa, D-Texas, this year, said the numbers are surprising and that UT professors are actually minimally involved in politics. Yates, who began teaching UT students in 1974 and has chaired two different education departments, said he hasn’t noticed more professors discussing politics in day-to-day conversations, at least in his department. “I don’t really see any change that’s occurred,â€? he said. “We teach courses associated with policy and politics, but I’ve not seen any particular effort by faculty.â€? Yates said he contributes to Hinojosa every year because of their mutual interest in education policy. Dave Levinthal, spokesman for the Center for Responsive Politics, said the political contributions of professors are particularly relevant for students who want to know their professors’ political views. “If you’re in a class where you want to be engaged, knowing where a professor’s politics lie is certainly not going to be harmful, given your investment in your education,â€? Levinthal said.

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UTPD: Police offer suggestions for staying safe that nothing good would come out of being drunk in public. The officers also voiced conHe also advised students to cerns about irresponsible drink- know serial numbers, have a ing on Sixth Street and bike safe- special mark on their bikes, lock ty. Acevedo warned women to their property and register their not walk alone when drunk or valuables on UTPD’s website. risk becoming targets. Acevedo attributed much of “You’re like a wounded gup- the property theft and crime py out there,� he said, adding to drugs and drop-out rates in

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From page 1 Days before his execution, his attorneys sent a report to the governor and parole board from nationally renowned arson expert Gerald Hurst that said the conviction was based on flawed science. Records obtained by the Innocence Project, a nonprofit legal clinic, indicated the parties received the report and did nothing about it. Willingham maintained his innocence from the beginning and court records show his ex-wife, Stacy Kuykendall, testified she did not believe he burned their daughters. She said in her testi-

mony she would, however, believe him if he told her he committed the crimes. But she revealed a change of opinion in her statement Wednesday. “I think about my girls everyday and I miss them,� Kuykendall said. “My ex-husband murdered my daughters, and just before he was executed he told me he did it — he stood and watched while their tiny bodies burned. He burned them, he admitted he burned them to me and he was executed for his crime. That’s the closest to justice that my daughters will ever get.�

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verged significantly from a poll paid for by Belo Corporation’s television stations, which showed White down by 14 percent. Stein said Belo’s pollster, Public Strategies, used a faulty model to predict who would be a likely voter, skewing the result. “The truth is, it’s an outlier,� he said, pointing to the fact that most of the polling this fall had shown the race to be significantly tighter.

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Her attorney, Johnny Sutton, said Kuykendall will not comment beyond her statement. Since his execution, Willingham’s surviving relatives petitioned to convene a court of inquiry into the case and to remedy his reputation. Their petition states there is no credible evidence of arson or of Willingham committing arson and that his former cell-mate’s confession during the 1992 trial contradicts the forensic evidence. Baird reviewed the petition and determined a hearing was required. The case is in recess until Oct. 14, when Baird will announce his recusal decision.

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Austin, criticizing its permissive atmosphere. Both police departments also held a law enforcement expo earlier Wednesday, where officers explained to eager students how to shoot a tazer and how a bomb-detecting robot worked. “Even in a safe city, there are crimes,� Acevedo said.

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Firefighters ignore fire because of unpaid fees BY Travis Loller The Associated Press SOUTH FULTON, Tenn. — A Tennessee woman said Wednesday she doesn’t blame the firefighters who watched while her house burned to the ground after her family failed to pay a $75 annual protection fee. Paulette Cranic said the firefighters who came to the scene were following orders. Her family had the fee in the past but forgot it recently. Cranic, 67, said she’s thankful no one was hurt. “You can’t blame them if they have to do what the boss says to do,� Cranic told The Associated Press. “I’ve had firemen call and apologize.� Firefighters did not try to save the burning structure because Cranic had not paid the fee for fire protection. Firefighters went to the scene to keep flames from spreading to nearby property. Her grandson, Lance Cranic, 21, started the fire while burning trash in a barrel. He went inside

to take a shower and upon returning saw a shed next to the house in flames. Paulette Cranic said they had paid the fee in the past, but it slipped their mind this year. Lance Cranic said “this is something I’ve got to live with the rest of my life.� “To see the house and everything you grew up in burning down before your eyes is kind of harsh,� he said. He recalled that he called the fire department and asked them to come but they declined. “I was in shock,� he said. Local officials did not immediately return phone calls Wednesday but have confirmed that the family did not pay the fee. Paulette Cranic and her husband are now living in their yearold camper and Lance is living with his mother. They are refusing help. “We have insurance and are happy everyone is alive,� she said.

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PINNACLES NATIONAL MONUMENT, Calif. — For the first time in half a century, 100 endangered California condors are flying free around the state that once was a domain of the species. Biologists in Central California are celebrating the milestone announced Wednesday. The 100-bird benchmark is the latest development in the slow recovery of the majestic birds. Every fall, captive-bred, year-old condors are released into the wild at Pinnacles National Monument and Bitter Creek National Wildlife Refuge. In 1982, the last 22 California condors were placed in a captive breeding program. Today, there are more than 380 in the world, in captivity and in the wild.

BERLIN — Surprise! A Sumatra tiger cub born to a mother previously thought to be infertile is in good health at the Frankfurt Zoo in Germany. Zoo director Manfred Niekisch says the female cub was born weighing just over two pounds on Sept. 10 but has gained almost nine pounds from a steady milk diet. Niekisch said Wednesday the zoo keepers dubbed the baby Daseep and have been raising her by hand after her mother rejected her at birth — common for firsttime tiger moms. Daseep is the first tiger cub born at the Frankfurt Zoo in 26 years.

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The “Colored People� of Ilotopie from France covered in vivid body paint present a street performance in Seoul, South Korea. The performance is part of the Hi Seoul Festival

Police officers detained after attempted revolt By Gonzalo Solano The Associated Press QUITO, Ecuador — Ecuador’s interior minister said Wednesday that 46 police officers have been detained for alleged participation in the police revolt against President Rafael Correa that claimed five lives. A lawyer for some officers said a total of 57 were in custody and being held incommunicado. In announcing the arrests, Interior Minister Gustavo Jalkh said

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c o m m a n d o s re s c u e d C o rrea in a hail of gunfire and concussion grenades at a hospital where he had been surrounded by insurrectionists. But Correa said Wednesday that “the coup is not over.� “We will investigate ... all these things and try to take all precautions so there won’t be a repeat,� the president told reporters. Lawyer Patricio Armijos told

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Editor-in-Chief: Lauren Winchester Phone: (512) 232-2212 E-mail: editor@dailytexanonline.com Associate Editors: Viviana Aldous Susannah Jacob Doug Luippold Dave Player

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Women in robes Monday marked the beginning of this term’s oral arguments before the Supreme Court of the United States. And, for the first time in the high court’s 220-year history, three of the nine justices are women. This is a victory—more women serving as judges in this country represents a laudable goal because their presence means the judiciary looks more like the people it serves. The result is the appearance of fairness, and appearance counts in the court system. But, as we may soon see at the U.S. Supreme Court this term, the number three means even more than that. A 2006 study at the Wellesley Center for Women found that “having three or more women serving on a [corporate] board can create a critical mass where women are no longer seen as outsiders but where they are truly able to influence the content and process of board discussions more substantially.” This conclusion stands out as not only advantageous for corporate job-seeking women, but for everyone because — surprise — “women bring a collaborative leadership style that benefits boardroom dynamics by increasing the amount of listening, social support and win-win problem-solving.” Furthermore, women judges don’t only make the judiciary appear more diverse, they make the courts measurably more diverse. Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman on the high court, made a comment to a CNN interviewer following the appointment of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, the second woman justice ever on that court, which underscores why courts require more than singular representation of both genders. “We were nine justices. It wasn’t seven and then ‘the women.’ We became nine. And it was a great relief to me, and I’m sure it was welcome to Justice Ginsberg,” O’Connor said. The good news: Women judges’ presence has grown nationwide. Currently, according to the National Association of Women Judges, there are 284 female judges in Texas state courts, which is 25 percent of all judges in Texas. In addition to the two women on the Texas Supreme Court, three of the nine justices on the Texas Criminal Court of Appeals are women, including Chief Justice Sharon Keller, and women comprise almost half of the judges in lower appellate courts around the state. Supreme Court of Texas Justice Debra Lehrmann — who Gov. Rick Perry appointed in June 2010 to replace retiring Justice Harriet O’Neill — presides as not only the newest judge on the bench, but also as one of only two women on the nine-member panel. In the November general election, Lehrmann, a Republican who graduated from UT law in 1982, has served as a judge in Tarrant County for more than 22 years and will run against first Court of Appeals Judge Jim Sharp, a Democrat. When Lehrmann went to law school, she recalls a culture that dictated that “women went to law school to find a husband,” and those interested in securing employment related to their secondary schooling “were taking a man’s job.” But even now female judges are still expected to tread carefully in a field traditionally dominated by men. Consider the high-decibel response last year when a 2001 quote attributed to then U.S. Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor resurfaced prior to her Senate hearings. “I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn’t lived that life,” Sotomayor reportedly said. Following the uproar about Sotomayor’s point, a New York University study tested the claim “that women are worse — or better — than men at judging should be susceptible to empirical investigation.” The authors’ conclusions: “On average, female judges are less qualified, based on traditional metrics, than male judges. They have attended lower-ranked colleges and lower-ranked law schools, they are less likely to have had judicial clerkships.” But — and it’s a big but — they also wrote: “... [W]hen it comes to performance rather than qualifications, we find no statistically significant differences between the decision-making ability of male and female judges in any of our data sets. Female judges are cited just as often as male judges; they write as many opinions; and they are just as likely to dissent, and to dissent from opinions written by judges who belong to their party. Indeed, female judges with the same level of experience as male judges are more likely to dissent from opinions written by fellow Democratic or Republican appointees, suggesting perhaps that women on the bench are less influenced by political considerations or are just tougher nuts than their brethren.” UT law professor Cary Franklin, who served as a clerk for then second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Justice Sotomayor, agrees with the NYU authors. In an e-mail, she wrote that the “[i]nclusion of women on the bench is important not because they may influence voting patterns in a narrow band of cases, but because equality demands that women have access to positions and opportunities of which they have long been deprived. The law is a very powerful force in our society, and for most of American history, women were not trusted to wield that power. Having three women on the Supreme Court is important, to my mind, because it is a symbol that the law will treat women as full and equal citizens.” Women judges have views to contribute that their male counterparts don’t, but that doesn’t mean those women necessarily agree with each other. That possible disagreement raises the significance of the number of women on the court, say, to three, to create an environment in which women can contribute those views without feeling as if their view represents those of all women. “Women make good judges for the same reason they make good lawyers — they apply the law to the facts,” said Lehrmann, “It’s not about political ideology. You don’t want every person on the bench to be cookie cutter copies, having a unique perspective improves a system that helps our country remain the stable one that it is.” — Susannah Jacob for the editorial board

LEGALESE Opinions expressed in The Daily Texan are those of the editor, the Editorial Board or the writer of the article. They are not necessarily those of the UT administration, the Board of Regents or the Texas Student Media Board of Operating Trustees.

By Josh Avelar Daily Texan Columnist

things on the Internet take place outside of the physical world, there is less inherent harm, but it is actually the opposite. The Internet allows for an entire nation to become privy to the most intimate times of one’s life. Last week, someone leaked a PowerPoint onto the Internet that chronicled Duke student Karen Owen’s explicit sex life with 13 Duke men’s lacrosse and baseball players. Owen made the “fuck list” as a joke with her friends and left little to the imagination. She discussed each sexual adventure in a pros/cons manner, even ranking how each athlete stacked up to the rest. The young men’s pictures, names and sexual prowess were thrown far and wide across the Web with no warning or expectation. They had done nothing to deserve this, but they were nonetheless thrust into the national spotlight for consensually hooking up with a girl. I doubt that they, or Clementi, expected such treatment, nor should they have. Owen told Jezebel.com she “would never intentionally hurt the people that are mentioned on that.” I can’t speak to Ravi’s motivations, which some have described as homophobic (Clementi was engaged with another man), but it seems unlikely that Ravi was aiming for what ultimately transpired. We need to realize the power we wield when the Internet is involved. People’s reputations and lives can be ruined with a single broadcast or a quick click of the send button. The Internet has made privacy a fleeting idea, but at least with Facebook or Twitter, there is some personal responsibility in keeping information quiet. Though Owen did not put the PowerPoint “fuck list” on the Internet, she was naive to believe that e-mailing a presentation to other friends wouldn’t result in it getting around, as was Ravi if he thought he wasn’t bullying his roommate. Rumors spread like wildfire and putting gossip on the Internet is no different than putting it in a newspaper or on CNN. If you wouldn’t put it in those mediums, as I doubt Ravi or Owen would, then don’t put it on the Internet. And more importantly, if you wouldn’t want someone to leak intimate details about you on the Internet, why would you do it to them?

The University conducted a campus-wide, outdoor siren test Wednesday, the first since the shooting on Sept. 28 when mathematics sophomore Colton Tooley, 19, brought an AK-47 on campus, fired shots on 21st Street near the South Mall and eventually died by suicide. The Daily Texan, President William Powers Jr. and most local media outlets praised the responsive actions of the Austin Police Department and UT Police Department. Further praise was given to the University’s text-message alert system as well as the outdoor sirens. The keyword here is “outdoor;” as in students inside classrooms were not able to hear them. According to virtually every syllabus for every course on campus, students are not supposed to check their e-mail, text messages or browse irrelevant content on the Internet during class. While students ignore these rules on a regular basis, those policies would have put a large portion of the UT student body in danger last Tuesday. I have taken several courses where laptops were banned from class, and I’ve had many instructors threaten to lower a student’s grade if they were caught checking text messages during lecture. The text-message alert system works wonders for students who have not arrived on campus, but it may be obsolete for those students already in class. So how efficient is the siren system if it does not protect the most vulnerable students on campus? It is still unclear whether Tooley had any intention of harming anyone other than himself that day, but if he did, he did not have to look far for students in the Six Pack — as well as the other areas of campus — who would have had no idea he was coming. English sophomore Heather St. Pierre, 19, was in Benedict Hall that morning, just a footballtoss away from where Tooley first discharged his weapon. Her French class was taking a test that morning — a situation where the University absolutely does not want you on an electronic device — and was unaware of the events on campus until her instructor happened to stumble upon one of the electronic alerts. St. Pierre was already on her way out of the classroom when her instructor learned of the incident and she was stopped just in time, but some other students who completed their tests earlier had already left the room. “I got kind of uncomfortable with the way that none of us knew what was going on until after we had let students walk out of the classroom,” St. Pierre said. “It just felt really unsafe.” A campus-wide, indoor alarm or siren system may seem like an expensive endeavor at a time when the University budget is constantly under the guillotine. But given the severity of the situation last week, the University cannot afford to let the campus go on without some sort of indoor alarm or intercom system. “I feel that everyone should be on the same level when something that serious happens,” St. Pierre said. “I just felt really out of the loop.” University buildings are equipped with efficient fire alarms, and some of the older building still have hallway bells reminiscent of those in old high school movies. Students should not feel that they were more informed about campus incidents in middle school than they do now. Students should hold the University accountable for some form of campus-wide communication with students who are inside buildings in the event of an emergency.

Rienstra is a journalism junior.

Avelar is a government and journalism senior.

In the real world By Jonathan Rienstra Daily Texan Columnist One of the more famous scenes from the film “American Pie” is when Jason Biggs’ character, Jim, sets up a webcam to broadcast his attempts to bed the sexy foreign exchange student, Nadia. It then becomes a comedy of errors as Jim accidentally broadcasts to the entire school his failures, as well as a naked Shannon Elizabeth. It’s a funny scene because of Jim’s embarrassment and sexual ineptitude. But what seems to be lost in the laughter is just how unfunny something like this would be in real life. I realize that saying a movie does not truthfully represent real life deserves a “no shit” response, but I’m not sure that it’s immediately obvious. It certainly wasn’t to Dharun Ravi. Ravi is the Rutgers freshman who set up webcams to capture his roommate Tyler Clementi hooking up and then announced the broadcasts on his Twitter. When Clementi found out, he attempted to resolve the situation by talking to his dorm adviser about moving to a new room as well as speaking with two unnamed higher ups, according to Gawker. com. They did nothing. On Sept. 22, Clementi died by suicide when he jumped off the George Washington Bridge. Dharun Ravi and his friend Molly Wei, both 18, were charged with two counts of invasion of privacy and could face five years in prison. I don’t know if Ravi is evil. He probably isn’t. More likely, he is an immature college freshman with what can best be described as a supremely distorted sense of humor. After all, the “American Pie” scene is funny, and though Jim is a social pariah after that, there are several more scenes in which Jim is humiliated. But he knew that the webcam was on. What about Nadia? She was broadcast sans clothing for all of her school to see, and all it does is make her more popular. Of course, she is a stunning foreign exchange student, and it is a movie that indulges teenage fantasies. But in the real world, it doesn’t play out like that when people’s sex lives are, unknown to them, broadcast to their peers. It plays out not with humor or increased popularity, but with the humiliation and shame that Clementi felt. There seems to be this idea that because

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Students thank police for response, efficiency By Lauren Giudice Daily Texan Staff Student Government representatives presented University of Texas Police Department officers with more than 500 notes, two posters and other donated treats from students at a thank you ceremony Wednesday. Students organized the event to recognize officers’ response to the shooting on campus last week. The incident ended when the gunman, UT mathematics sophomore Colton Tooley, took his own life. No others were injured. College of Liberal Arts representative Laurel Pugliese, said UT students now appreciate the campus police even more. “Whether it was getting texts or the police being on the scene immediately, the students knew exactly what was going on and it is important for us to give back to the department,� Pugliese said. “Students were actually seeking us out to thank the UTPD and the Austin [Police Department].� Representatives from each college presented the UTPD with gifts

of appreciation at the ceremony. “We all felt safe and an overwhelming feeling of appreciation. The UTPD is something that we took for granted because they are always here,� said College of Education representative Courtney Maple. “But when we really did need them, they were there.� Students took pictures with the police officers and delivered gift baskets to UTPD headquarters. An APD representative also attended the event. “It’s really heartwarming,� said UT police Chief Robert Dahlstrom. “The success of the operation went way beyond UTPD. The other police departments had a huge part of it as well as the other entities on campus.� Dahlstrom said the events of last Tuesday will help the UTPD prepare for potential future dangerous situations because they learned from it and will make improvements. “I know right now that everyone is saying that UTPD did a great job and I appreciate that,� DahlJeff Heimsath | Daily Texan Staff strom said. “The men and women at UTPD work very hard every day UT Police Department Capt. Julie Gillespie thanks Student Government representative Courtney Maple. SG gave officers thank-you gifts for to try to keep this campus safe.� their handling of the campus shooting last week.

TRAFFICKING: Panel discusses

Aviation series kicks off with insider’s tales of NASA

stabilization of child victims From page 1 improvements that should be implemented in Texas to solve the problem. Brooke Grona-Robb, an assistant criminal attorney in Dallas, said the government needs to find a way to stabilize the victims, specifically young children, permanently. Panel members agreed that there needs to be no statute of limitations when it comes to human trafficking. “We need to treat it just like we treat all of our other very serious child sexual abuse cases,� said Sylvia Briones, assistant port director of the Laredo Customs and Border Protection Field Office. “Victims walk in the front door and walk out the back. There is nobody to care for them, they don’t know they are a vic-

tim, and they don’t know they need help.� It takes a lot of time and commitment for girls to get over trafficking experiences, Briones said. Briones told the story of a girl she worked with who was trapped for years by two different groups of traffickers. They were only allowed to prosecute one of the traffickers because of the three year statute of limitation. The trafficker who was never convicted got the victim into human trafficking when she was 11 or 12 years old. The victim eventually aged out of the juvenile system and Briones said she tried to get her into a program to help her. “Can I tell you where she is? No I can’t. But I can tell you she’s been arrested since then,� Briones said.

By Ahsika Sanders The Daily Texan Staff Before resigning from NASA in 1984, UT aerospace engineering professor Hans Mark called for a review of safety issues with the Challenger Shuttle program. A year and a half later, the Challenger Shuttle exploded 73 seconds after launching off the coast of Florida. Mark, a former deputy administrator at NASA, detailed events leading up to that flight, the 10th in the program, and the history of space exploration at the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum on Wednesday. The museum kicked off its fourpart series on Texas aviation, highlighting its new exhibit, “Tango Alpha Charlie,� with Mark’s lecture about the space race. Mark opened the talk by chronicling the invention of the space shuttle and his experience in NASA. Mark said that after he oversaw 14 successful spaceflights, safety

issues with the Challenger Shut- view in response to Mark’s memotle’s seals began to appear. randum, the shuttle crashed due “We knew there were problems to an issue with improper sealing with the shuttwo months later. tles, but after Mark said current nothing hapAmerican space expened the first ploration is in bad First-hand accounts shape because qualcouple of times, we moved forified candidates are are awesome ward,� he said. seeking employbecause it‘s much Just before rement elsewhere. more interesting to signing, Mark “The best and the expressed conbrightest no lonhear about it from cerns with the ger seek NASA, so somebody who was Challenger in we’re basically paraactually there.� an official memlyzed when it comes orandum statto space flight,� — Chris Mark said. ing the shuttle Braunschweig, needed review. Mark said the “I called for Austinite United States’ hope a full review for further space exof all seals and ploration lies in the joints to enperfection of launchsure adequate closure in March of ing rockets from unmanned super1984,� he said. sonic planes that are in developAlthough NASA conducted a re- ment, and could be in flight within

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the next 10 years. Austinite Chris Braunschweig, 32, said the content and delivery of the talk were so intriguing that he could “listen for another hour.� “First-hand accounts are awesome because it‘s much more interesting to hear about it from somebody who was actually there,� Braunschweig said. The High Noon Talks are held the first Wednesday of every month and topics vary according to what is being featured at the museum. Kate Betz, a coordinator of the High Noon Talks, said Hans was chosen because of the appeal his accounts would have to those interested in the new aviation exhibit. “We chose our topics based on major themes going on in the museum and we capitalize on the most interesting parts,� Betz said. “His stories were consistent with the new flight exhibit, and people seemed to really enjoy it.�

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Yun Jung Heo from the University of Tokyo talks to Stefan Duma, a professor at Virginia Tech, during the National Biomed Engineering Convention.

Austin hosts biomedical engineers By Matthew Stottlemyre Daily Texan Staff UT biomedical engineering professor James Tunnell recently developed a small device to diagnose skin cancer without using a potentially painful biopsy that was featured by BusinessWeek as one of the 20 most important inventions of the next 10 years. Tunnell will be among the presenters at the Biomedical Engineering Society’s national convention, which began Wednesday and runs through Saturday at the Austin Convention Center. The event is likely to be the society’s largest ever with about 3,000 people expected to attend, said Christine Schmidt, a biomedical engineering professor and chairwoman of the event. UT’s young biomedical engi-

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neering program, which started in 2001, is already high in some rankings, said department chairman Nicholas Peppas. He said out of the 126 biomedical engineering programs in the country, UT’s ranks fourth in the number of undergraduates who earn degrees, and in the top five for publications and new contributions to the field. “We are a nationally recognized program and that is why the Biomedical Engineering Society has chosen to hold the meeting in Austin,� Peppas said. “The Biomedical Engineering Society is the biggest and most prestigious technical organization for biomedical engineers.� He said more than 2,000 presentations, including speeches, posters and booths, will be fea-

tured at the meeting. Researchers and scientists from UT’s biomedical engineering program will give about 150 of those presentations. Peppas said he will give a speech Thursday on systems that aim to deliver drugs to patients in more effective and less painful ways, such as pills instead of insulin injections for patients with Type 1 diabetes. Schmidt said hosting the meeting allows UT to get a lot more publicity than other schools. She said she has 20 students going to the meeting and she may have only been able to send three if the meeting were in another city. Schmidt said because the work in the biomedical engineering field applies to everyone, the field will continue to grow. “Where physicians help peo-

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“It actually cures disease, it By Allison Harris doesn’t just treat it,� Salinas Daily Texan Staff More than 1 million Tex- said. “And that saves costs in ans suffer from chronic dis- the long run.� Salinas said many embryos eases that scientists say could be treated by discoveries from that could have been used for research have stayed in fertilistem cell research. The nonprofit Texans for ty clinics because of a federal Stem Cell Research pushed for law preventing funding of emmore funding Wednesday out- bryonic stem cell research. On Sept. 28, the U.S. Court of side Heart Hospital of Austin in the city’s first event mark- Appeals for the District of Coing Stem Cell Awareness Day. lumbia lifted a ban on embryonic stem cell D a v i d research isBales, the sued by a organizadistrict court tion’s chairjudge in an man, said the ongoing lawevent is a reOnce it can be controlled, suit over an sponse to statistics show- stem cells have the cure for executive order allowing ing that more every disease or could.� federal fundthan 1 milfor some lion Texans — Daria Neidre ing types of emhave a chronKinesiology graduate student bryonic stem ic disease. cell research. “By inDaria Neicreasing dre, a kinesifunding for ology graduthe research ate student, that these doctors are doing, we can help discussed her research of oralleviate some of the pain and thopedic problems in large animals at the event. She said her suffering,� he said. Bales said the group plans research into fat-derived stem to launch a stem cell insti- cells shows that these stem cells tute in Austin in 2014 to bring can grow bone tissue, which more research trials to the could lead to new methods of state. The institute would im- extracting stem cells from paprove Austin’s economy by tients. She said the final findattracting biomedical compa- ings would be released by the end of this semester. nies to the area, he said. Neidre said embryonic stem “Anytime a biomedical or biotech company relocates to cells are more effective than adult Austin, they’re bringing in- stem cells at treating spinal cord creased jobs and those peo- injuries and regenerating organs. “Once it can be controlled, ple end up spending money in embryonic stem cells have Austin,� Bales said. Mario Salinas, director of the cure for every disease or Texas for Stem Cell Research, could,� she said. Texans for Stem Cell Resaid federal funding for stem cell research has decreased be- search will hold a symposium cause of the current economy on campus Oct. 27 regarding stem cell research. but should be increased.

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BASEBALL

Former Texas star a big hit in majors

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Drew Stubbs stares down a pitch in 2006 as a Longhorn. Stubbs has since gone on to make a name for himself as center fielder for the Cincinnati Reds. This week marks the beginning of the MLB playoffs and it is Stubbs’s first postseason appearance and the first time the Reds have made the playoffs in 15 seasons.

By Austin Laymance Daily Texan Staff The Cincinnati Reds are division champions for the first time in 15 years, far exceeding expectations in a Cinderella season that saw a young core of players make a name for themselves in the big leagues — including former Texas baseball star Drew Stubbs, who left Austin in 2006. Stubbs exploded onto the major league radar this year in his first full season in the big show. He played 150 games in center field and hit 22 homers, drove in 77 runs and stole 30 bases for the National League Central champs. The former Big 12 co-player of the year will look to extend Cincinnati’s improbable season as the Reds take on the Philadelphia Phillies in the first round of the MLB playoffs. While the Reds are strangers to post-season success and the team lost the series opener 4-0 on Wednesday, Stubbs knows what it’s like to take the field on the big stage. “Playing at the university — it being one of the grandest scales in college baseball — helped me transition to pro ball because when you start playing in front of the bigger crowds some guys get mesmerized,� Stubbs said. “But my experiences in Omaha [for the

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VOLLEYBALL

NO. 11 TEXAS 3, COLORADO 0

Horns put together offensive pieces to sweep Buffs with balanced effort By Austin Laymance Daily Texan Staff On a night when Texas raised breast cancer awareness with the Volley for the Cure campaign, the Longhorns swept visiting Colorado 3-0 in front of a pink-clad crowd at

Gregory Gymnasium. The Texas faithful showed their support for Volley for the Cure by wearing pink and waving give-away pink pom-poms all match long. The pink crowd filling the stands and the gym’s brown brick walls had Gregory

Gym resembling a jelly donut. A serving error by Colorado gave Texas (9-5; 4-2 Big 12) the point it needed to sweep the match and win the final set as the Longhorns regained their

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Texas middle blocker Rachael Adams spikes a ball over the net in Wednesday night’s sweep of Colorado. Adams finished with a co-game high 13 kills.

Volley for Cure partners with team to fight cancer By Shabab Siddiqui Daily Texan Staff In a rare occurrence, the burnt orange color of the Texas team was greatly outnumbered in their own gym — by fans clad in pink. S a t u rd a y ’ s g a m e a g a i n s t Colorado served as the Longhorns’ annual Volley for the Cure matchup, which uses the court to raise awareness about breast cancer. Mo s t o f the crowd came decked in a wide range of pink apparel including T-shirts, sweaters, socks and hats. One spirited fan walked into the match late sporting a skin-tight leotard. Fans were also given free fuchsia-colored pom-poms as they walked into the gym. The Longhorns came onto the court sporting warm-ups in the shade of the event, and even head coach Jerritt Elliott opted for a pink-and-purple tie. The rally line on the west end, usually lined with kids, featured a row of breast cancer survivors. Between sets, Chris Plonsky, Texas women’s athletic director, led two survivors to midcourt and presented them with license plates with the word “LIVEON� printed on them. Plonsky said it was important

for the fans to go home and see what they can do to contribute to the cause. “We want to keep this cause front and center in our daily routines,� she said. “Together, some day, we’ll find a way to beat this.� The event is part of a plethora of activities put together by breast cancer awareness charities around the world during the month of October. This is the third straight year the athletic department has put on the program. Senior middle blocker Jennifer Doris, who had seven kills to go along with three blocks and a serving ace in the sweep o f t h e B u ff a l o e s , s a i d t h e match helps brings awareness to the team and the cause. Doris’s grandmother is a breast cancer survivor. “[Breast cancer] is such a big thing. It’s bigger than all of us,� she said. “I’m glad we can do this.� A Volley for the Cure banner was signed by scores of UT fans and was displayed at the Gregory Gym entrance after the game. “It’s really encouraging and it

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Corrie, Andersen eliminated from Tulsa’s ITA Championships Aleksey Bessonov and Rifat Biktyakov ended the Longhorns’ hopes for a doubles title at the ITA All-American Championships on Wednesday. The duo from Oklahoma State defeated Texas pair Jean Andersen and Ed Corrie 8-6 in the Round of 64 at the tournament in Tulsa, Okla. Corrie plays in the main singles draw, set to begin today.

Big 12 Volleyball Standings 1. Nebraska

15-0, 17-1 Big 12

2. Iowa State

11-3, 4-2

3. Oklahoma

12-5, 4-2

4. Texas

9-5, 4-2

5. Texas A&M

9-7, 3-3

6. Kansas State

9-8,3-3

7. Missouri

11-6, 3-4

8. Kansas

11-6, 2-4

9. Baylor

9-8, 2-4

10. Colorado

5-8, 2-5

11. Texas Tech

3-13, 1-6

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Teams head into conference opener with identical records By Sameer Bhuchar Daily Texan Staff There are a lot of similarities between Kansas State and Nebraska heading into today’s matchup. Both teams are coming off a bye week, giving them extra time to prepare for each other’s similar offensive philosophies. Both teams boast a top-25 rushing attack, with Nebraska’s being among the top five. The Wildcats and Cornhuskers make up two-fifths of the unbeaten teams in the Big 12. But after tonight, one of these teams will leave Bill Snyder Stadium in Missouri with a loss and the other will have a clearer route to the Big 12 North title. The biggest difference between the teams is defense. Kansas State (4-0, 1-0 Big 12) gives up significantly more yards and points per game than Nebraska (4-0, 0-0). Because of this, the Wildcats have been forced to play catch-up in many of their games this year. Kansas State head coach Bill Snyder sees a silver lining in all the close calls. He said his team’s maturity has shown and he believes tonight’s matchup will be

about perseverance. “They’ve been perhaps admonished over a few years of not having the capacity to [finish games],� Snyder said. “It’s beginning to show some maturity and beginning to show their understanding of the perception that you have to finish well to succeed. It’s a combination of things probably.�

Cyclones prepare for Utah Cyclone fans were treated to one of the year’s wildest games last week against Texas Tech. Iowa State (3-2, 1-1 Big 12) pulled off a huge 52-38 victory against a solid Big 12 South opponent in a game that featured nine total passing touchdowns and an onside kick returned 42 yards for another six points. The Cyclones, who have one of the conference’s toughest schedules, now turn their sights to No. 10 Utah. However, they are no stranger to playing as the underdog. Last season head coach Paul Rhoads led Iowa State to a huge victory over Nebraska and he is prepared to take on the Utes, but

most importantly Rhoads is enjoying each win. “It felt as good as the UNI win and the NIU win,� Rhoads said about the Tech win. “They’re all extremely important. You work so hard all year long recruiting, coaching, scheming, training, motivating and to get a victory at this level is very important. We were thrilled with it, enjoyed it, celebrated it and we’re moving on to our Utah preparation.�

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Secondary leads Tigers The Big 12 North just added its newest member to the AP Top 25 rankings. Missouri did not even play a game last weekend but still showed up as No. 24 in the national standings that were released Sunday. What is more perplexing is that Missouri has yet to even play a conference game. However, the Tigers have, for the most part, easily beaten a slew of weaker, nonconference opponents in the past four weeks and that may be the reason they jumped into the national spotlight. How does Missouri ex-

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Iowa State’s Kurt Hammersch celebrates after scoring a touchdown against Texas Tech last Saturday. plain this leap in confidence? Experience in the secondary. “A lot of credit to what we’ve done this year is we have experience,� said defensive back Kevin Rutland, a team captain. “That’s probably the biggest change we’ve had. Experience is golden.� The 4-0 Tigers will defend their new ranking and unbeaten record against a 3-1 Colorado team that

will also be playing its first Big 12 game. The Buffaloes are preparing to defend against who they consider to be one of the nation’s best quarterbacks. “He’s a big, strong guy that can run,� head coach Dan Hawkins said of Missouri quarterback Blaine Gabbert. “He’s got a very good arm. He does a nice job. He’s a very good player.�

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STUBBS: Center fielder reaches playoffs in first year with Reds

Drew Stubbs’s Baseball Career

CURE: Survivors

join Longhorns in annual event From page 7 puts it out there that this school cares about breast cancer and raising money for it,� said senior outside hitter Juliann Faucette, who tallied nine kills. “With it being a special night, it’s nice for us to get the win.� Elliott liked how the team was able to put together one of its most complete performances of the season Wednesday. “Overall, it was a really positive night for us,� he said. “A night we [got] to give back to the community and make Volley for the Cure a known commodity for our community to be a part of. It was nice for our team to be a part of that.� Despite the team’s success, Elliott’s dual-colored tie will not be making any further appearances this season. “Only once a year,� Elliott said.

2009

Makes major league debut on Aug. 19 and plays 42 games with 8 HR, 17 RBI, 10 stolen bases. In only his second as a big leaguer he hit a game-winning home run to beat the San Francisco Giants.

Climbs his way up through the minors. In a combined 131 plate appearances, he batted .277 with 7HR, 57 RBI, and 33 stolen bases. His 33 steals led all Reds minor leaguers.

2010

Plays big role in Texas’ run to a College World Series title in Omaha.

Big 12 Co-Conf e r e n c e M V P. Drafted by Cincinnati Reds No. 8 overall.

2008

Drafted out of Atlanta High School in third round by Houston Astros, Did not sign.

2006

Freshman first Team AllAmerican outfielder for the Texas Longhorns

2005

2003

2004

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Plays 150 games with 22 HR, 77 RBI, 30 stolen bases, .255 BA. He hit his first career Grand Slam in April of this year, and hit 3 home runs in one game in July. Heading to his first postseason.

College World Series] and in the postseason at Texas prepared me for this.� Cincinnati traded for 17-year MLB veteran Jim Edmonds in August to school Stubbs on the nuances of playing center field in the pros. “He’s a guy that I followed growing up and I appreciate the way he plays the game,� Stubbs said. “He’s been a great mentor for me.� But Edmonds isn’t the only figure in Stubbs’ baseball career who has had a lasting impact on the way he plays the game. “Playing for [head] coach [Augie] Garrido at Texas taught me a lot about the mental side of the game,� Stubbs said. “The thing I took away the most was

how to mentally stay in the game and prepare.� It’s that mental toughness that has kept Stubbs going this season. Reds general manager Walt Jocketty told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch the rookie was in danger of an early season demotion. “It was fun seeing a guy like Drew Stubbs emerge to have a good year,� Jocketty said. “Early on, we had people screaming at us to send him back to Triple-A.� Stubbs has found a home in center field for the Reds but still has a soft spot for Austin — his home for offseason workouts. “I like Cincinnati just fine but it’s not Texas, it’s not home,� Stubbs said. “I hope we can ride out this playoff streak as long as possible but I’m also looking forward to getting back to Austin.�

SWEEP: Adams, Roberson lead way

Juliann Faucette reaches up for a ball in Wednesday’s game. Faucette notched seven kills in the first set as the Longhorns got off to a fast start.

for No. 11 Texas with 13 kills apiece From page 7 winning form em route tp a 25-19, 25-15, 25-20 victory. The No. 11 Longhorns got back in the win column as they consistently overpowered Colorado (5-8, 2-5 Big 12) and extended their streak over the Buffaloes to 13 matches. “Tonight was one of the first nights that we’ve been able to play consistently throughout an entire match,� Texas head coach Jerritt Elliott said. “We’re getting good set distribution and good balance from our team.� The Texas offense was balanced across the board with junior middle blocker Rachael Adams and junior outside hitter Amber Roberson pacing the Longhorns with 13 kills apiece. Senior outside hitter Juliann Faucette added nine kills while senior middle blocker Jennifer Doris chipped in seven. Faucette said it was a feel-good match for the team and stressed the importance of “getting our rhythm back and getting that W under our belt for the Big 12 race.� Adams — named Big 12 Player of the Week on Monday — and Faucette set the tone for the game in the first set. Faucette

led the way with seven kills while Adams added five on a blistering .833 attack percentage. A kill by Faucette put Texas up 2-1 early and the Longhorns never looked back, winning the opening set 25-19. It was more of the same for Texas in the second as Adams continued her strong play with five kills in the set, each one bringing the crowd to its feet applauding her powerful hits. Faucette, Roberson and Doris contributed two kills each to maintain a balanced Texas attack and keep the Colorado defense on its heels as the Longhorns coasted 25-15. “It’s tough for other teams to block us when it’s spread out and there’s a lot of options,� Faucette said. The Longhorns showed their versatility up front in the second during a 5-0 run to push the lead to double up the Buffaloes 16-8. An Adams kill followed a Faucette block and a Doris ace to ignite Texas as the team turned it on against an outmatched Colorado team. Texas takes on Kansas State on Saturday in Manhattan at 6:30 p.m. The Longhorns have struggled on the road this season, going 1-4 away from Austin.

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Oakenfold, who isn’t performing at ACL, has been DJ’ing since 1994, and has released three studio albums, including 2010’s Pop Killer. His music has been featured in films such as “Collateral� and “The Bourne Identity.� Oakenfold will be joined Thursday by Toddy B and Jason Jenkins of Hypersonic Radio. WHO: Paul Oakenfold WHEN: Today, 9 p.m. WHERE: Austin Music Hall TICKETS: General Admission price: $25; Tickets are still available

Monsters of Folk Monsters of Folk, performing at ACL on Saturday at 6 p.m., is made up of Bright Eyes’ Coner Oberst and Mike Mogis, My Morning Jacket’s Jim James, and M. Ward. Formed in 2004, the band didn’t release their first self-titled album until 2009 and are best known for their single “Dear God (Sincerely M.O.F.).� Monsters of Folk will be joined on Friday by Jimmie Dale Gilmore. WHO: Monsters of Folk WHEN: Friday, 7 p.m. WHERE: Stubb’s TICKETS: General Admission price: $35; Tickets are still available

Girls Girls, performing at ACL on Friday at 3 p.m., released their first album in September 2009 to great acclaim. Pitchfork.com rated the San Francisco band’s song “Hellhole Ratrace� as one of the best songs of the 2000s and the band is notorious for drug use during production of their albums. Girls will be joined on Saturday by the Soft Pack. WHO: Girls WHEN: Saturday, 10 p.m. WHERE: Antone’s TICKETS: General Admission price: $20; Tickets are still available.

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MOCK: Nonalcoholic drinks rooted in remedies From page 12 lemon, that honey is another classic sweetener. Then there’s the common citrus theme. From your modern margarita with its lime to one of the first cocktails, the old fashioned containing an orange slice, many cocktails pack a vitamin C kick to help the drinker’s immune system. But of course, the main element was the liquor, and it was consumed for recreational purposes as well as for their health. “Father and grandfather (not mother, she drank tea and lemonade) will still argue that [the 1890s] were the days of real drinking and proper drinking, too,� wrote W.C. Whitfield in his 1939 book “Just Cocktails.� “[Late 19th century gentlemen] knew [their] liquor and how to take it — and when to stop.� As a classic mocktail, “mother� might have had the lemonade and tea separately or together in what’s called an Arnold Palmer or a half and half — a drink that plays off cocktails’ citrus motif but without the alcohol. Although Palmer, an accomplished golfer, didn’t become a recognizable figure drinking half and half on the green until the ’50s, the concept of steeping tea for long periods of time is also one way of simulating the bitter kick and coloring of those more golden alcohols like whiskey. Another two key ingredients are bitters and ginger ale, both well known for their ability to sooth upset stomachs. According to discoveryhealth.com, ginger

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Josh Loving, bar manager at Fino, pours the finishing touches to the nonalcoholic Mint Cerveza — a house cocktail. contains essential oils that work with the lining of digestive system to ease the process. When consumed together with a bit of lime, the mix provides a refreshing variation on the classic vodka cocktail the Moscow Mule. For those who like to keep

strictly dry, bitters are technically alcoholic and are made by soaking and infusing herbs into a neutral spirit. Nevertheless, the usual couple of dashes only yield a concoction that’s about as alcoholic as a nonalcoholic beer or a fermented kombucha tea.

Of course there’s always the go-to mocktail component of Sprite that will get you the citrus and sugar elements. Instead of resorting to a canned drink, with all it’s controversies over corn syrup or aluminum, try going with the

classic tonic or seltzer water and some fresh citrus. The only difference between the two waters is that the more bitter tonic water has an FDA approved amount of quinine — originally a natural anti-malarial substance found from the Chichona tree.

BEACH: Duo credits fan base to endless world touring From page 12 AS: [laughs] Yeah, no I don’t. I don’t know what I was thinking doing that. Really silly. DT: Anyway, you’re currently on tour and you’ll be headed to Europe pretty soon. What’s your audience like overseas? AS: I think it’s a lot like it is in the U.S., actually. We’ll do better in the U.S. than some places, but in Europe, every culture is so different. We’ve toured so much in the last two years — we’ve done 131 shows this year. We just tour so much and that’s what‘s been building our fan base up. They say it’s harder to keep your fans abroad than in the U.S. but I think the way we tour that isn’t [necessarily the case].

DT: Any places in particular you’re looking forward to playing in Europe? AS: Well, we always love going to Portugal, but we’re not playing there this time around. I really like Scandinavia, mostly because it doesn’t seem like it’s European. It’s so wild there and they all speak perfect English there.

AS: I think that people label things because they feel a need to categorize something or understand it more as a way to place it inside their life. I think labels are just a natural thing people do, but that’s the way they are.

ing up there? AS: For me, growing up it was nonexistent. I wasn’t part of anything cool, I loved music and I went to alternative music fests and that sort of shit, but it was in the ’90s when the underground was harder to access. Everything was major labels and the only thing we ever got was major labels from the radio. But I mean Baltimore has always been an interesting place — Lungfish was pretty big in the ’90s and Baltimore was a part of that. Now they’re huge hometown heroes, everyone loves them. But it’s not like everybody in Baltimore doesn’t have a long history of music — it’s only been the last five to 10 years that’s it’s gotten this big.

DT: Well, on Last.fm, where Beach House has nearly 13 million plays registered, people have tagged your music as “auDT: So I think readers and tumnal,� what do you think music journalists alike real- about that? ize by now that Beach House AS: [laughs] I think people say is probably tired of the “dream “autumnal� because people assopop� label, and it’s been noted ciate certain chords with emotions. in previous interviews that you Our music isn’t really happy; peoin particular don’t like it when ple often say that it’s autumnal or writers call Beach House’s thoughtful or melancholy. music “languid,� among oth-1 er words. Why do you think DT: I want to ask you about these labels on your music are growing up in Baltimore. What DT: Why do you think [the so pervasive? was the music scene like grow- music scene in Baltimore] is just

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now getting big? AS: See, it’s not a focal-point kind of city, it’s not a place to pilgrimage to try and “make it.� It’s a cheap place to live and thrive on people’s originality, it’s not like New York or L.A. People just do what they want and it breeds a lot of interesting stuff that isn’t selfconscious. But then again, a lot of great music dies in Baltimore and kind of stays in Baltimore before it can really [permeate] American mainstream music. DT: Sort of like Baltimore bass music, yeah? I visited for the first time this summer and found a bunch of great electronic music that you can really only find in small shops in Baltimore. AS: Exactly, Baltimore bass. A lot of music never gets out of the city.

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FOALS: Live settings

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as “Blue Blood.� What do you think is most responsible for the Foals: The way we see it, it’s change of direction displayed kind of like a big slogan. Like a on the new album? big billboard slogan. You think of Foals: Maybe we desired to have it as something extremely positive a bit more space on the record. We at first, but then you think about it listened to the first record and it’s for a while and it’s not so great. like nonstop ... we wanted to create an actual world around the alDT: Do you intend for this to bum so it’s something you have to be a more somber album than immerse yourself in. We used the your debut? studio itself as an Foals: Absoinstrument. Our lutely not. I think producer put a we wanted to lot of effort into make an upbeat processing evWe wanted to create erything through pop album. It just came about that an actual world these moduway. Before we lar synthesizers, around the album went to record in tweaking every so it’s something Sweden, things little detail. w e re a c t u a l l y you have to immerse sounding upbeat, DT: What’s the yourself in.� but something hardest thing to about Sweden — Foals recreate in a live brought a differOxford band setting? ent vibe. We lived Foals: The hardin this industriest thing to recreal complex that ate is the mood in was being demolsome of the songs. ished around us. We got there in We went through a painful recordthe summer but then it quickly ing process where we tried not to turned to winter and we never use overdubs. So we had to try to left the studio. We just played a get things right in one take. lot of darts and kicked a football at the windows. Then we just reDT: You guys have played in sorted to throwing bricks at the Austin as far back as 2007, I bewindows — cheap thrills. lieve. Any favorite venues or restaurants in the city? DT: The new album has a Foals: We saw every bar on much more expansive sound Sixth Street like a 100 times and and many songs that slowly played this venue called The build from a quiet start, such Mean-Eyed Cat.

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Christian Letts, frontman of Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, said that instead of writing music, they let the melodies come to them.

ZEROS: Ensemble invites fans to stage From page 12 couple thousand,� Letts said. For Letts, the novelty of experiences such as this one still hasn’t worn off. “It’s fucking incredible,� Letts said. “It’s a really humbling thing. It’s so weird to go from recording at Alex’s studio apartment to playing some of these really beautiful venues and meeting some of the most beautiful people, as well. It definitely solidifies to me that anything you believe in is absolutely a possibility. I don’t think anything is impossible.� When the band first came together, Ebert had already written most of the songs they used for their first album. After that, song writing became a group collaboration between all of the band members. However,

the group rarely sets out to write, and inWHO: Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic stead waits for the music to come to them. Zeros “I have a hard time sitting down with the purpose of ‘I’m going to write a song,’� Letts said. “That kills me, that expectation. WHEN: Sunday at 5 p.m. The songs just kind of come and you tap into something for a second or it taps into you.� This collaboration has taken the band STAGE: ZYNC Card from a group of musicians to a musical family. Those planning to see Edward Sharpe TRACKS: “Home,� “Simplest Love,� “Janglin� and the Magnetic Zeros at the festival this weekend can expect to become a part of that family during their set. WEB: edwardsharpeandthemagneticzeros.com “There’s not much of a separation between those who come to the show and us on stage,� Letts said. “We all really believe that everybody there is a part of the evening so memorable. We sing in the audience and and the band, and the people coming to see we have the audience sing on stage with us. the band help contribute to make the night It’s a very communal feeling.�

YEASAYER: Band chooses to remain in artistic control “I think at the base level we just want to make sure that we are However, the band wasn’t nec- holding the reins all the time and essarily trying to prove a point, whoever we are working with is they just wanted to remain in ar- helping achieve our vision,� Tutistic control. ton said.

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AUSTIN CITY LIMITSpreview Yeasayer pierces through grassroots with hit album

By Sarah Pressley Daily Texan Staff Sitting in a bar in New York City, Ira Wolf Tuton of Yeasayer watched as a man came through the doors carrying a harp, asking if anyone wanted to buy it off of him. On a whim, Tuton gave the man $30 and went home with a harp that night. Years later when Yeasayer, who Tuton plays the bass for, recorded their next album, Odd Blood, Tuton brought in the harp and sat it in the corner of the recording studio. One day he decided to hit it with a pair of chopsticks and heard a sound resembling a synthesizer stab on a record. It later became one of the experimental sounds that helped gnetic Zeros make Yeasayer famous. them. Yeasayer is now known for their psychedelic live shows and experimental rock music, namely in their hit singles “O.N.E.” and “Ambling Alp.” The members of Yeasayer, Chris Keating, Anand Wilder and Tuton, actually started the band as part of a grassroots musical effort. Since they first came tonetic gether and started practicing, everything the band has accomplished, they have accomplished on their own. They never paid for marketing or took out ads, and didn’t even take band photos at first. “Part of that was not being very ed-

Beach House flows past labels

WHO: Yeasayer WHEN: Sunday at 4 p.m. STAGE: AMD TRACKS: “O.N.E.,”“Ambling Alp,” “Madder Red” WEB: yeasayer.net ucated about the world we were about to enter,” Tuton said. “And part of that was also not having a lot of people and basically just relying on ourselves to become an entity that would enable us to quit our day jobs.” Luckily for them, their method paid off. Yeasayer’s debut album, All Hour Cymbals sold over 60,000 copies and eventually led them to tour with MGMT and Beck. “The idea of being in a practice space and saying that someday you are going to be discovered and then you’re going to get a record deal, it’s been an antiquated idea forever. That doesn’t exist,” Tuton said. “I don’t really think you will get very far out of your garage with that attitude.”

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Yeasayer, a BrooklynJanglin” based rock group known for their zeros.com senusal shows and experimental music, will play at ACL this weekend.

Band members Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally of Beach House have been relentlessly touring, playing 131 shows this year alone.

Band hopes to drift by ‘dream pop’ brand, thrives on originality By Francisco Marin Daily Texan Staff “Dream pop.” “Languid.” “Autumnal.” Those are the labels that fans and music journalists alike have attached to Baltimore duo Beach House since their first hauntingly beautiful self-titled album dropped almost exactly four years ago. And those are the labels that vocalist-organist Victoria Legrand and guitarist-keyboardist Alex Scally have been working ON THE WEB: to avoid since they first began playing Read the full music. It’s not that interview with they necessarily disBeach House agree with them, @dailytexan but those labels, in online.com Scally’s words, “got

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old really quickly.” But how else do you describe Beach House without fawning or undermining its body of work? The Daily Texan spoke with Scally in an attempt to find out what those kind of labels mean to Beach House, why Baltimore is finally becoming a music haven for artists and what it’s like to tour constantly. The Daily Texan: Where are you currently? Alex Scally: We’re in Tulsa. We’ve never played in Tulsa before, so this will be interesting. I actually haven’t seen any of the town yet, though.

WHO: Beach House WHEN: Friday, 5 p.m. STAGE: Honda TRACKS: “Master of None,” “Gila,” “Norway” WEB: myspace.com/beachhousemusic House play was last year at South By Southwest and you were rocking an oldschool ’70s moustache; do you still have that going on?

DT: So, the last time I saw Beach

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Foals grow in talent, videos reflect change Strong friendships,

eclectic vibes lifts rock group to fame

Five-piece band combines spastic rhythm piece with intricate guitar harmonies By Allistair Pinsof Daily Texan Staff Five-piece Oxford band Foals have been on the rise since releasing their debut album in 2008. The combination of their spastic rhythm section and intricate guitar harmonies garnered much attention at South By Southwest in 2007. The band is set to return to Austin for the Austin City Limits Festival to play songs off their Mercury Prize-nominated followup, Total Life Forever. The Daily Texan talked with guitarist Jimmy Smith about their bodybuilder-obsessed video for “Miami” and why Sweden isn’t always cheerful, among other things. The Daily Texan: How difficult was it to get the picture that became your album cover, where you and the rest of the band are submerged deep underwater? Foals: That’s kind of a blessing in disguise; we didn’t intend it to be a main cover. It was for a press photo shoot we did with this guy, Steve Gullick. He did a lot of photos for Nirvana and other bands. It’s totally painless the way he works. For us we were going up and down in this pool sometimes thinking we were going to drown, but he knew exactly what he was doing.

demos and we got into a stuBy Sarah Pressley dio with another group of old Daily Texan Staff In 2007, two best friends decid- friends. We recorded the whole ed to record music together. Flash album at their house. It’s kind of forward three years and those like a group of old friends and two best friends have grown to new acquaintances that you feel a group of 10 known as Edward like you’ve known forever.” Since their beSharpe and the ginning, EdMagnetic Zeward Sharpe ros, an indie-rock and the Magnetband with an upic Zeros quickcoming perforly rose to fame mance at Austin It’s kind of like on the indie muCity Limits Mua group of old sic scene thanks sic Festival. friends and new to their eclectic Alex Ebert sounds and laid and Christian acquaintances that back vibes, someLetts began Edyou feel like you’ve thing Letts is still ward Sharpe known forever.” amazed by. and the Magnet“The first time ic Zeros (a stage — Christian Letts w e w e re t o u rname, there is no Vocals and guitar ing, we would be actual Edward) in some random three years ago city and there’s when they startlike 300 peoed making muple there singing sic together and inviting friends to play and re- along, and we would go back in the winter time and all of a sudcord with them. “Alex and I have been friends den there’s 800 people, and then since we were three,” said Letts, we go back again and there’s a who sings and plays guitar for ZEROS continues on page 11 the band. “We started recording

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Guitarist Jimmy Smith of the band Foals said the hardest thing to recreate when playing live is the mood of the song. DT: The music video for “Miami” was a bit more ambitious and silly than ones you’ve done in the past. How did it come about? Foals: “Miami” is done by our friend Dave Ma. He did all of our videos, including “Balloon.” He’s been growing with us in his talents. We thought, let’s just try something a bit more tongue in cheek, something people wouldn’t expect. For

the “Miami” video, he just flew out to LA and did it — we were on tour at the time. He told me the idea for the video a year ago. He was going to use it for someone else and I told him to hold on to it. DT: What does the album title, Total Life Forever mean?

FOALS continues on page 11

WHO: Foals WHEN: Sunday, 1:15 p.m. STAGE: Honda TRACKS: “This Orient,” “Spanish Sahara,” “Olympic Airways” WEB: subpop.com/artists/foals

Mocktails exceed dry reputation, offer great flavor options THIRSTY THURSDAY

“wet” fun to fit in at a party or club. Regardless of their reputation, nonalcoholic mixes have been around since alcohol and tobacco were considered restorative medicines. “A hotel saloon, where [clasDepending on your opinion sic cocktail bartenders] first of alcohol, mocktails, or nonal- worked, was not a dive bar,” excoholic mixed drinks, are often plained Josh Loving, the wine considered to be lacking enough director at Fino. “They were or-

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eficial and they can be easily converted into a more classicalstyled mocktail of your creation. If you keep in mind the basic history, you can create a whole lot more than a Virgin Mary or a Shirley Temple. Initially, distillation — the process of condensing the vapors of whatever substance you boiled — was used just to extract essential

oils of various flora and fauna. According to Adam Harris, Maker’s Mark distillery diplomat for Central Texas, the root for the word “julep,” like the popular mint julep, comes from the Persian word for rose water, “gulab.” Back in the 12th century, juleps referred to a dram of distilled rose pedals used to sweeten some medication or rejuvenat-

ing substance. Although the julep was not solely responsible, many cocktails still do retain that basic sweetened element that initially helped the medicine go down. Imbibe Magazine notes in an article on the bee’s knees, a popular gin cocktail with honey and

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