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History and progress collide By Rachel Meador Daily Texan Staff By day, Austin residents and visitors choose the Warehouse District for coffee, lunch and the authentic, pedestrianfriendly vibe of the area. By night, a diverse array of people flood the district’s sidewalks to dance to live music and dine at some of the city’s premier restaurants and bars. After today’s City Council meeting, the look and feel of this historic area could change drastically. The council will vote on the Downtown Austin Plan developed by ROMA Design Group, an Austin-based city design firm that aims to keep the Warehouse District unique. The plan would implement a 45-foot height restriction, which already exists on Sixth Street, for buildings in the district that spans roughly between Third and Fifth Streets on Guadalupe Street and Congress Avenue. Other restrictions include preserving the architectural elements that classify a warehouse, including tall windows and wide sidewalks. These restrictions would preserve the area’s old-school charm yet prevent property owners from developing as freely as before. “We’re trying to do an improved version of what happened on Sixth Street to preserve what matters and allow for adaptive use,” said Michael McGill, downtown resident and leading volunteer for the Save the Warehouse District campaign. “The goal is to preserve and enhance the vibrancy of the district.” The Save the Warehouse District Campaign’s petition has amassed more than 500 signatures. Volunteers for the cause have been busy going door-to-door through neighborhoods to rally support, researching historical significance of the warehouses and encouraging individual business owners to seek historical landmark status for their properties. So far, the Spaghetti Warehouse on Fourth Street and Congress Avenue is the only building to receive the historical landmark status from the city. McGill said gaining protection of the area as a district is more secure than individual buildings because all owners will be held to the same standards. “I’m a pro-building kind of guy. The more tall buildings we have, the better,” McGill said. “But I see this as something that has a larger value than any single building we could replace.” During the 1880s, the warehouses’ original purpose was strictly for stocking and unloading trains. Soon, though, the spaces housed brothels, and the 5,000 resi-

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The Austonian is one of the tallest residential buildings in Texas. Construction on the $250 million, 188-unit luxury condo tower began two years ago and its scheduled completion is spring 2010. dents of a then-dusty and desolate Austin faced an area saturated with booze, violence and prostitution. Angry neighbors’ protests encouraged very few arrests and even fewer brothel-busts, according to the Heritage Society of Austin’s Web site. When UT opened in 1883, Austinites had no choice but to accept the sex trade, as prostitutes now had all the business they needed due to the influx of young male students. The Warehouse District earned the nickname “Guy Town.” Eventually, anti-prostitution crusaders of the early 20th century shut down the red-

light district in Austin. The evolving nature of the downtown area is one of the primary reasons why some community members are rallying for the district’s preservation. “The Heritage Society normally advocates to save buildings because of historic value,” said Jacqui Schraad, executive director of the Heritage Society of Austin. “But in this case, it is especially important because preservation of the area is important to successful urban planning

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UT System officials laud Prop 4 result By Lena Price Daily Texan Staff UT System presidents expressed relief after the passage of Proposition 4 this week. The proposition created the $500 million National Research University Fund, which seven schools will eventually be able to tap into to help them achieve national research university recognition. The money was already available in a dormant fund that the legislature created several years ago, and the proposition made it more accessible for emerging tier-one universities. Four schools in the UT System will be able to use the funds — UT-Arlington, UT-San Antonio, UT-El Paso and UT-Dallas. UT-Dallas President David Daniel said access to the money will stop the flow of top high school students into other states with more national research universities. He estimates that Texas loses approximately 10,000 students a year because the state only has three research universities. “If Texas is successful, not only will we reverse the loss, but we will eventually begin to attract top talent from other states,” Daniel said. “That was one of the main goals of the proposition.” Daniel said he hopes that the city will also benefit from having a tier-one university. Cities containing emerging tier-one universities voted overwhelmingly in favor of the proposition. “Dallas-Ft. Worth is already one of the largest and most economically productive metropolitan areas in the country without a tierone university,” Daniel said. “If we achieve tier-one status, we will be raising the intellectual bar for the city.” UT-El Paso President Diana Natalicio said that as one of the only research universities with a major-

ity of Mexican-American students, the money will help the school alter the perception that traditionally Hispanic institutions cannot become nationally recognized research universities. “One of the things this fund will do is start to change the attitudes about minority institutions and what they can achieve,” Natalicio said. She said all students will benefit from the school’s access to the fund. “Our primary motivation for us to seek tier-one is to create an enriched campus for all our students, including undergraduates,” Natalicio said. “Most of our students work while going to school, and they will be able to participate through the creation of new jobs and research positions.” The Young Conservatives of Texas opposed the passage of Prop 4. “If supporters of Proposition 4 take the time in a few years to look back on the proposition, I think they will be very disappointed,” said Tony McDonald, the YCT vice chairman of legislative affairs. “We were up against an organization that had a $100,000 war chest and seven universities that were using their alumni networks to pass the amendment,” McDonald said. “YCT’s budget, on the other hand, was the time we had between classes.” Before they can access the money, the emerging universities will have to meet four out of six criteria, including awarding a minimum of 200 doctoral degrees a year and having a $400 million endowment. Daniel said UT-Dallas already meets several of the criteria but still needs to work to meet others. “What it comes down to is that some of the emerging schools will meet the criteria in two or three years, and some won’t meet them for 10 years,” Daniel said. “But we are all on the right track.”

Kinky pledges honesty, transparency Friedman up against incumbent, senator in second race for governor

in this race.” More than 100 people attended the University Democrats meeting, which featured the UT alumnus Wednesday night at the Jackson Geological Sciences Building. By Viviana Aldous Friedman emphasized the need Daily Texan Staff With his black cowboy hat and to get rid of the “career politicians a cigar in his mouth, Democrat- who are gaming the system,” inic gubernatorial candidate Kinky cluding Republicans Rick Perry Friedman said he wants to give and Kay Bailey Hutchison. “Rick and Kay have been in the power back to the people. “The politicians have hijacked hands of big money for so long the power from the people, and and [have been] in politics for so I want to give it back,” he said. long that they really know how “There are lots of people in Texas to game the system, as any career that are more qualified than me to politician does,” he said. “Gambe governor, but none of them are ing the system is never a good

thing. If [it were], Bernie Madoff would be a good governor. We want transparency, honesty and someone who can fix a few things in Texas.” Friedman, who ran for governor as an independent in 2006, said if elected governor, he would focus on issues including education, the environment and abolishing the death penalty. He said he would appoint people for their skills and abilities and let them do their jobs. “Why the hell are we at the bottom of everything we should be on top of and at the top of everything we should be at the bot-

tom of?” he asked. “The governor’s got to get the right people in place and has to set a tone. He needs a vision which I don’t think Perry or Kay have.” If elected, he said he will immediately provide a $3,000 raise to all teachers, which Friedman described as “probably the noblest profession of them all.” According to the state Web site, 32 other states have higher average teacher salaries than Texas. Tamir Kalifa | Daily Texan Staff Andy Aus, a Japanese and East Asian Studies junior and Richard “Kinky” Friedman, author, songwriter, humorist and Texas politician a Friedman supporter, said is making his second gubernatorial attempt following his unsuccessful run in 2006. A University of Texas graduate, Kinky has established himself through his “cowboy” attitude and passion for social justice. KINKY continues on page 2

APD announces ruling in police shooting case

Erik Reyna | Daily Texan Staff

Austin Police Department Chief Art Acevedo addresses the media about the May 11 officer shooting incident involving Austin police officer Leonardo Quintana. Quintana will serve a 15-day suspension without pay starting immediately.

By Bobby Longoria Daily Texan Staff After six months of investigations and review, Austin Police Department Officer Leonardo Quintana will be suspended 15 days for not recording on his dashboard camera the events that led to the shooting death of 18-year-old Nathaniel Sanders in May. APD Chief Art Acevedo announced the decision Wednesday, saying Quintana did not use excessive force and did not escalate the situation beyond what was necessary but did fail to abide by APD’s mobile video recorder policy. Acevedo said the

infraction was a very serious policy violation. The events leading to the shooting at an apartment complex in East Austin began May 9 as an investigation of a series of robberies. A Mercedes-Benz station wagon has been linked to the incidents. On that same day, residents of the complex complained that shots were fired from the occupants of a similar station wagon. The morning of May 11, Quintana encountered the station wagon and approached it with his emergency lights and ondash camera turned off. He detained without incident the driv-

er of the vehicle, Michael Franklin, as he stepped out and walked toward the complex. Officers John Alexander Hitzelberg and Mohammad Siddiqui arrived as Quintana placed Franklin in his patrol car. Hitzelberg was the only officer who had his on-dash camera turned on, but it was not pointed toward the incident and only captured audio. The officers discovered Sanders and another passenger, Sir Smith, asleep in the vehicle. According to APD officials, as Quintana attempted to awaken Sanders, a struggle began and Sanders reached for a handgun. Quintana

retreated and fired three shots. The third struck Sanders in the back of the head, killing him. Smith exited the vehicle, and Quintana fired at him as well, striking him once in the stomach. “The use of force by Officer Quintana was objectively reasonable based on the totality of the circumstances,” Acevedo said. Adam Loewy, attorney for the Sanders family, said the video camera was a red herring and is distracting APD and the public from the actual shooting. “ I t hi nk i t ’ s i ns u l t i ng i f

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says â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;nobody to blameâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; From page 1 [Acevedo] is focusing on this camera issue, when you have a young man who was shot in the head, and I think we need to talk about that more,â&#x20AC;? Loewy said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The forensic evidence in the case â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Nate Sandersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; fingerprints were not on the gun â&#x20AC;&#x201D; thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pretty big evidence.â&#x20AC;? Acevedo also suspended Siddiqui for three days for not turning on his on-dash camera. He proposed a new camera policy, effective immediately, which suspends an officer for one to three days for the first incident and increases the punishment for each subsequent violation. For intentionally not turning on a camera, an officer may receive a four to 15 day suspension and for a second intentional violation, the officer will be suspended indefinitely. As a result of Austin residentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; uproar over the incident, the Citizens Review Panel asked City Manager Marc Ott to request an independent review of APDâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s internal affairs investigation of the incident. Keypoint Government Solutions reviewed the case and found â&#x20AC;&#x153;internal affairs to be biased toward the involved officers in a way which undermines the credibility of its investigation.â&#x20AC;? Acevedo said the area Quintana responded to was known to be a high crime area.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Based on that history and a myriad of other issues and factors, he decided to approach the problem the way he did, though I personally wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have approached [it] the same way,â&#x20AC;? Acevedo said. Acevedo will discuss the internal affairs investigation today, It, along with the Keypoint review of the investigation, will be released to the public. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This was just a tragic incident,â&#x20AC;? said Wayne Vincent, Austin Police Association president. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sometimes there is nobody to blame. If there is anybody to blame, it could be the individual that made the choice to reach for the weapon. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think this situation called for him to do that and [Quintana] explained why he took the actions he did and it was reasonable.â&#x20AC;? Vincent and Acevedo both agree that emotion must be taken out and facts need to be assessed when analyzing a situation like the Sanders shooting. They both said digital on-dash cameras, which record at all times, could help avoid a future controversial shooting. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have to make our decisions based on the facts, based on the evidence and I would just ask people to please judge this incident based on the evidence that will be part of the public record,â&#x20AC;? Acevedo said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We cannot make our officers pay the sins of their fathers.â&#x20AC;?

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kinkyâ&#x20AC;? Friedman speaks to the University Democrats about his 2010 gubernatorial run. Kinky is running against incumbent Rick Perry, U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison and former ambassador to Japan Tom Schieffer among others.

KINKY: Detractor calls campaign â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;PR stuntâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; more than 12 percent of the vote in 2006. Friedman is the ideal epitome of â&#x20AC;&#x153;We as Republicans donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t realTexas politics. ly see how Kinky Friedman idenâ&#x20AC;&#x153;The thing that pulled me to tifies with the Democratic ParKinky the most is heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sincere ty,â&#x20AC;? Garcia said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about the policies within Texas, beneficial for the Democratic Parmore so than other politicians,â&#x20AC;? ty for him to run because theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re Aus said. going to have an uphill battle But College Republicans Pres- anyway for the governorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s race. ident Mikael Garcia said Fried- Maybe he knows the Democrats man did not talk very serious- arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t going to win, so heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s trying ly about his campaign during to pull a PR stunt.â&#x20AC;? the 2006 election. He received Candidates running for county

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commissioner and district judge were also in attendance. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think Kinky is serious about his run for office,â&#x20AC;? said Tim Sulak, Democratic district judge candidate. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s serious about his belief that Texas needs a change of direction. But I wouldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve liked to have heard more specific plans about how, in the governor â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mansion, he would bring about the changes he says he envisions.â&#x20AC;? Friedman said Texas needs

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someone who is not afraid to mess with Texas and to keep messing with Texas. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A guy I ran into at HEB in Kerrville a couple weeks ago told me, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Kinky, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re forcing me to be a Democrat,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? Friedman said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And I said, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Nonsense. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not forcing you to be a Democrat. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m allowing you to be a Texan.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? The gubernatorial primary election will be in March 2010 and the general election will be in November 2010.

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Obama focuses on education, offers $5 billion in grants

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U.N. Climate chief Yvo de Boer attends to the press conference after the opening session of the U.N. climate talks in Barcelona, Spain, on Monday. Barcelona is host the final round of climate talks before December’s Copenhagen UN climate summit.

U.N. works on climate change By Arthur Max The Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain — Negotiators at a U.N. climate conference in Spain further defined plans for reducing greenhouse emissions and continued work on a draft climate change treaty, with next month’s deadline for a legal document increasingly in doubt. Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, whose country holds the European Union presidency, said the holdup in the U.S. Senate of a climate bill made it impossible to meet a deadline next month for adopting a binding agreement regulating the world’s emissions that cause global warming. A flurry of diplomatic activity reflected high tensions worldwide as two years of negotiations

approach a climax at a major climate conference opening Dec. 7 in Copenhagen. But expectations of a deal have been eroding for months as the ongoing negotiations have bogged down in the minutia of a vastly complex agreement that would alter economies around the globe. Though a full treaty appeared out of reach, U.N. and European leaders have said it was critical to sign on to an agreement containing the essential elements, with the details to be filled in later. But Reinfeldt indicated even that might not be attainable. “It is often like that within political leadership, one promises to do something that one still hasn’t got into place and that one might not even always have the com-

plete technology or knowledge to get into place,” Reinfeldt said in Stockholm after returning with other EU leaders from a summit in Washington with President Barack Obama. At the talks in Spain, industrial countries responded to demands by African nations to spell out how they intended to meet announced targets for reducing carbon emissions. Retreating behind closed doors, Australia and several European countries gave details of how much pollution they intended to cut and how they would meet the remainder of their emission targets by buying credits on a carbon market or by helping poor countries, for example, to build clean energy or avoid deforestation. A study published this week in

Nature Geoscience magazine suggested deforestation is responsible for fewer carbon emissions than generally accepted. The paper said the destruction and degradation of the world’s forests accounted for 12 percent of humaninduced emissions. Emission pledges submitted by the industrial countries fall far short of the 25 to 40 percent reductions below 1990 levels that scientists say are needed to avert dangerous and irreversible climate change. The Copenhagen agreement is meant to succeed the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, which required 37 industrial countries to cut emissions an average 5 percent by 2012. The United States rejected that deal because it made no demands on major developing countries.

By Julie Pace The Associated Press MADISON, Wis. — Pushing for a link between student test scores and teacher pay, President Barack Obama on Wednesday dangled $5 billion in federal grants to states willing to undertake a top-to-bottom overhaul of their schools in support of White House priorities. The day after fellow Democrats lost gubernatorial races in New Jersey and Virginia, Obama tried to turn attention to his education agenda, an area in which he has made significant progress. While the president said his first obligation was bringing the U.S. economy back from the brink of collapse, he added that long-term economic success can only be achieved by making investments in education. “There is nothing that will determine the quality of our future as a nation or the lives our

children more than the kind of education we provide them,” Obama said at a Wisconsin middle school. Obama’s $787 billion economic stimulus bill included the education grants — the most money a president has ever had for overhauling schools — for which states can compete. Only Education Secretary Arne Duncan — not Congress — has control over who gets it. And only some states, perhaps 10 to 20, will actually get the money. States can’t apply for the money yet, and relatively few may end up getting grants, but it’s a key incentive for Obama to push forward his education plan. The administration can’t really tell states and schools what to do, since education has been largely a state and local responsibility throughout the history of the U.S. But the grants gives Obama considerable leverage.

Pablo Martinez Monsivais | Associated Press

President Barack Obama, accompanied by Education Secretary Arne Duncan, meets with students at Wright Middle School in Madison, Wis. Wednesday.

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HORNS UP, HORNS DOWN

The cost of your shoes

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By Jacob Weiss Daily Texan Columnist

College Councils speak up Yesterday evening, the Liberal Arts Council and Senate of College Councils hosted a forum on foreign language requirements at the University. Although they didn’t get around to it until two weeks after proposed changes to the curriculum had been dropped, we applaud them for taking a step in the right direction. The council and the senate are meant to represent undergraduate students’ academic interests. In a year where undergraduate students seem to be lowest on the list of the administration’s priorities, it is encouraging to see our academic representatives speaking up and providing an avenue for us to voice our concerns. While President William Powers frequently lists hiring world-class faculty and graduate students among the University’s priorities, undergraduates frequently go unmentioned. Unless undergraduates become invested in the restructuring of the UT budget and curriculum, they will end up in larger classes with fewer staff and faculty to help them find their way to graduation. As Mykel Estes, Liberal Arts Council president said, “We’re the ones in the classroom, and our voices have been noticeably absent up until this point. There’s been a lot of confusion and not a lot of transparency to the students.” Perhaps next time the councils will weigh in on curriculum changes before the decisions have been made.

Capital Metro raises fares Capital Metro voted yesterday to ring in the new year with drastically increased fares. The board had already approved minor fare hikes but scheduled them for August of 2010. Now, the fare hikes will be steeper and kick in eight months sooner. Monthly bus passes will go from $18 to $28 dollars. Express bus passes will go from $36 to $63, and MetroRail passes, originally set to cost $36, will now cost $70. This is the second major fare increase in a little more than a year by Cap Metro, which increased fares by 50 percent or more last October. The fare increases are a response to low revenue and depleted reserves. Since 2002, Capital Metro reserves have shrunk from $200 million to $3.8 million. This fall, Cap Metro was forced to cancel its Dillo bus service and announced that the MetroRail, already nearly two years behind schedule, was indefinitely delayed. The rail program has already run millions of dollars over budget, and costs of expanding the line are partially prompting fare increases. After former CEO Fred Gilliam took early retirement this fall, interim CEO Doug Allen addressed the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization to discuss the MetroRail, calling the delays, “no one’s fault but Capital Metro’s.” We’re glad to see someone taking responsibility for at least one of Capital Metro’s woes. But while we understand that the organization is somewhat hamstrung by financial constraints, we cannot support its decision to nearly double its fares, passing the cost of its botched light rail onto Austin’s bus riders.

The Free Flow of Information Act The Senate Judiciary Committee is set to consider The Free Flow of Information Act today. If passed, the act will protect journalists from being forced to reveal confidential information, including anonymous sources. Using anonymous sources allows news organizations to do their job better; Reporters are able to inform the public of crucial information in cases where sources are too vulnerable to disclose their identities. According to the amended text of HR 985, the act will cover, “[People] with the primary intent to investigate events and procure material in order to disseminate to the public news or information ...” This encapsulates everything from bloggers to student journalists to The New York Times. While newspapers should not use anonymous sources lightly, there are cases — often involving government or corporate corruption — where promising anonymity can help them inform the public. Texas Sen. John Cornyn serves on the Senate Judiciary Committee. We encourage him to vote in favor of this act and protect the right of the public to information.

THE FIRING LINE Government and the free market Joshua Avelar is correct in his Nov. 4 column, “UT and the public option” — competition does work. But competition against the government sets a free market up for failure. Government industries historically lead to higher costs and higher taxes. We should focus on our fiscal health more than anything. Comparing the public option to public universities is exactly why we cannot let our government create another bureaucracy. Tuition at public universities in Texas continues to rise, and with a public option, entering the already long health care line will be even tougher for the Democrats’ “struggling” middle class.

— Geoffrey Geiger Government junior

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for each of my two tickets. Effectively, I paid $60 to sit outside in the cold to watch a movie I’ve seen before. This was on top of the parking fee I paid a wild-eyed, twitchy attendant to park my car in 6 feet of mud and broken asphalt. My dismay at being forced into the poorhouse couldn’t even be lifted by two hours of Jeff Bridges in a bathrobe. Parking here is the bane of my existence. Basically, anywhere you go, you must rent a space for a sizeable chunk of change. Of course, I realize this can be alleviated by taking the bus for free, but my need to arrive at appointments across town punctually rather than in the next century often makes driving a better alternative. At least, it seems that way until I get the bill. And while CityData assures me that your apartments cost well below the national average, I can’t contain my sticker shock. Many an apartment locator representative has fanned me back from unconsciousness once I hear that 520 square feet of space costs $700 a month if I don’t wish to be robbed or live in a dumpster. One of my professors explained that while you still have the attitude of an inexpensive place to live, dear Austin, Dell’s settling in the city drove up the cost of living for your citizens. This may be a natural economic effect, but it does make it very difficult for a newcomer like me to afford a place to sleep. I’m not mad at you, Austin; I’m just frustrated. I feel like, when it comes to money, we just aren’t communicating. You think that Wal-Mart is the epitome of frugal, and I happen to be acquainted with flea markets. You think living on the interstate is cheaper, and I’m not even really used to living on a paved road. Austin, it seems like you have champagne tastes while I only have a beer pocketbook.

Ask anyone the simple question “How much did your shoes cost?” and you will most certainly receive a simple monetary answer: “Oh, about $35.” Follow that up with the question “And where did those shoes come from?” and you will almost always receive the same answer: a store. Right. Though, unless that store is constructed by some sort of fantastical, otherworldly magic allowing it to spontaneously produce shoes out of nothing, that response is incomplete. The real answer is embodied energy: the sum total of the energy necessary to make a product. Look at your person and everything attached to it — shirt, pants, shoes, cell phone, backpack, glasses, etc. Think about how much all of this cost you. A hundred dollars? A few hundred dollars? Probably a decent bit of money, but nothing too spectacular. Now focus on one single item, such as your shoes, and think about everything this item has been through: raw materials of cloth, rubber, plastic and nylon; processing in factories requiring labor and electricity; shipping requiring trucks and packaging and fuel; advertising, distribution, storage and retail costs. Once you’ve done that, move onto another item, and then another, and then everything in your closet and then everything in your room. After you get through all of your material possessions, begin thinking abstractly: How much does it actually cost to send an e-mail? To be on the Internet for an hour? How much does lunch actually cost, after you factor in growing, harvesting, shipping, packaging, cooking and labor? It’s all quite overwhelming. The truth is, you probably have no idea how to answer a question like “How much did your shoes cost?” if you are expected to trace each element back to its actual location and the energy required to extract and modify it. How much, then, does a pair of shoes actually cost? Roughly 14 kilowatt hours over the course of its entire lifespan, from raw materials to landfill. This is the same amount of energy it takes to use a laptop computer for 280 hours. What about a pair of jeans and a T-shirt? Jeans cost 20 kilowatts hours, and a T-shirt costs 14 kilowatt hours. Add in socks at 5 kilowatt hours and underwear at 3 kilowatt hours, and you already total 56 kilowatt hours, or more than 1,000 hours of laptop usage. You are literally wearing converted energy every single day of your life. The reality of our lifestyles is that the myth of our goods coming “from the store” is simply a mental trick that we play on ourselves to get past the reality of our over-consumption. We like to live in a state of disconnect because we don’t have to experience any consequences, and that seems good enough for us in the short term. But it isn’t good enough for the reality of the world. The World Wildlife Fund’s Living Planet Report states that we will require two Earths’ worth of resources by 2030 in order to sustain our current lifestyles. Combine this with the International Polar Year’s report that the Arctic is experiencing ice loss that is worse than the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s official forecast. Finally, top this off with Dan Miller’s “A Really Inconvenient Truth,” which basically states that the panel’s worst-case scenario concerning global warming is actually far outdated and is now the best possible scenario that we can hope for at this point in time. If we are ever going to level out from this divebomb of material excess that we have been in for the past few decades, we simply must incorporate the concept of embodied energy into our daily lives. We, modern societies, are consuming the planet at an alarming rate, and it’s time we adopt a realistic world view.

Shew is a psychology junior.

Weiss is a journalism sophomore.

The trouble with affording Austin By Ashley Shew Daily Texan Columnist Dear Austin: I give up. You have bested me at every attempt to be frugal. I now have $100 and 87 Bevo Bucks left to my name. What do I have to show for the money I’ve forked over to you? Peanut butter and jelly on wheat bread and several parking garage receipts. Austin, I know your proud citizens will jump at the chance to defend you as an economical place to live. After all, even The Daily Texan reports that you rank 56th out 77 U.S. cities in highest occupational wages. The Austin Chamber of Commerce’s Web site assures me that living in Texas is still cheaper than living in another state and that living in Austin is cheaper than living Houston. But I’m not from Houston or another state. I moved here from one of the numerous tiny, no-name rural towns in northeast Texas. I am accustomed to a different definition of “cheap.” Maybe it’s not you; maybe it’s me. After all, in a recent discussion in my anthropology class, I revealed that I have never been inside an Ikea and confessed that my experience on the acquisition of inexpensive home furnishings consisted of cruising the affluent Highland Park district of Dallas on trash day. My admission was met with laughter from my city-dwelling classmates. Apparently, I need a course in urban economics. But aside from my obvious unfamiliarity with city life, Austin, you still manage to wreak havoc on my budget. I don’t appreciate incurring some fee or another every time I turn around. Stubb’s Bar-B-Q lured me out Friday night for the screening of the greatest comedy of all time, “The Big Lebowski.” This was easy because the $20 tickets advertised were not out of my price range for a worthy distraction from midterms. But alas, I was met with a $12 “convenience” charge

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UT rock climbing team debuts, looks to boost numbers

Sara Young | Daily Texan Staff

Tom Dodson, psychology sophomore, poses a question for Vinoth Ramachandra during the question and answer segment of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Is Justice Blindâ&#x20AC;? presentation. Ramachandra, secretary for Dialogue and Social Engagement for the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students, discussed human trafficking at the Hogg Auditorium on Wednesday evening.

Human rights talk draws crowd By Priscilla Totiyapungprasert Daily Texan Staff When a student at the Veritas Forum asked how to change the mindset of a crack addict begging for money on the Drag, Vinoth Ramachandra responded by asking why people always question the poor, not the rich, when it comes to change. Ramachandra, author of several theological books and member of the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students, spoke Wednesday night at Hogg Memorial Auditorium to address the relationship between Christianity and justice, the way humans value each other and how overindulgence perpetuates injustice. Various campus organizations, including the Texas chapter of the International Justice Mission, sponsored the two-night forum, which focused on human trafficking and human rights. More than 100 students filled the auditorium Wednesday night to hear

Ramachandra speak. Ramachandra criticized American societyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bias toward those with wealth and social power, describing the rich as â&#x20AC;&#x153;perverse often in the face of suffering not [their] own.â&#x20AC;? He also accused the media of having an obsession with rich people and celebrities, which he believes encourages people to obsess about their statuses and ignore injustice. In one example, he explained that it is theft for a family with an overabundance of food to refuse to share their food with a starving neighbor. If the neighbor must resort to stealing the food, however, it should not be considered theft. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The right to life trumps the right to private property,â&#x20AC;? Ramachandra said. Ramachandra advocated that people follow the teachings of Jesus to bring about social change. The Bible heavily emphasizes themes of social justice and equal-

ity between people of all backgrounds, he said. People who complain to God about the lack of justice must realize justice requires lifting up those at the bottom, he added. Georgiann Dealey, an advertising and Plan II senior, and finance senior Eric Robinson emceed and helped coordinate the forum. Robinson suggested those who do not consider themselves to be Christian but hold the same values of equality and justice might be more Christian than they think. Dealey and Robinson also emceed the first night of the event, which featured guest speaker Blair Burns, a member of the International Justice Mission. The mission is a human rights agency that secures rights for victims of slavery, sexual exploitation and other forms of oppression. The U.S. Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 defines human trafficking

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as the obtaining of a person for labor or services through use of coercion. The act listed slavery, forced commercial sex acts and debt bondage as different purposes for trafficking. Reports estimate 17,000 to 20,000 people are trafficked into the United States each year, but definite numbers are hard to determine, said Kate Rocke, the chair of the Central Texas Coalition Against Human Trafficking. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 25 percent of trafficking incidents occur in Texas. Dealey said it has been eight to 10 years since the Veritas Forum has last occurred on campus, but she and Robinson hope to turn it into a yearly event with a new social justice topic each year.

By Perez James Daily Texan Staff Of the hundreds of student organizations on campus, one more has joined the ranks. The Texas Rock Climbing Team is a new organization created for UT students who are interested in the sport of rock climbing. Spanish junior Adrian Resendez, the president of the new group, gathered all the necessary paperwork to establish the group over the summer. Resendez said there has been a student rock climbing group in the past, but the old head of the group did not have enough time and the group fizzled out. Only three students showed up to the groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first meeting on Wednesday. Resendez says he plans to make a Facebook page for the group and look for potential members at the rock climbing wall at Gregory Gym. The group, which will promote competition, will also give students the opportunity to have fun, Resendez said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This organization gives you

the chance to have fun together as a community and share the interest of rock climbing,â&#x20AC;? Resendez said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the chance just to hang out with people with the same common interest.â&#x20AC;? The groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mission statement â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a testament to their passion for rock climbing â&#x20AC;&#x201D; states that members will organize and participate in competitions and meet others who rock climb. Members of the rock climbing organization will climb both manmade rock walls and natural rock formations. Rock climbing is a physically and mentally demanding sport, one that often tests a climberâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s strength, endurance, agility and balance along with his or her mental control, said English sophomore Raanan Robertson. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Its an excellent sport that helps strengthens you while building your self esteem,â&#x20AC;? Robertson said. The organization will also give students the chance to come together to meet new people. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like providing a community to people,â&#x20AC;? Robertson said.

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to polish up warehouse district sprawl and less automobile traffic, he said. downtown.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;You can have some of the same Not all downtown residents sup- kind of character that is there now port this strict preservation. at the bottom of tall buildings,â&#x20AC;? Roger Cauvin, vice president on Cauvin said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Then, when you the board of the Downtown Aus- have the additional density above tin Neighborhood Association, said them, it makes the area that much that while the Warehouse District is more vibrant.â&#x20AC;? a great amenity for the city, it could Opponents and proponents of be better. enforced preservation can agree Cauvin points to the areaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s po- that they both want a vibrant and tential for residential density, which highly functional downtown. could lead to an even more vibrant â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is a great area,â&#x20AC;? McGill pedestrian community, decreased said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not going to come back.â&#x20AC;?

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Latin American cinema collection displayed at UT By Perez James Daily Texan Staff The Benson Latin American Collection invited the UT community to view memorabilia from all eras of Mexican cinema on Wednesday, including posters, movies, books and photographs. The collection consists of a specialized library focusing on materials from and about Latin America and materials concerning Latinos in the U.S. It includes more than 970,000 books, periodicals, pamphlets and microforms in addition to manuscripts, photographs and other media. The collection makes up approximately 10 percent of all volumes in the UT libraries system, according to the library’s Web site. “We hope this showing would stimulate interest by letting everyone on campus know that this material is available,“ said librarian Adrian Johnson. The event allowed people to explore the collection housed in the library and sample some of the different materials that the library offers to the community. Included

in the collection is the VHS version and still photographs from the 1931 movie “Santa,” Mexico’s first motion picture with sound. Also available are posters and a set of stills from the 1981 film “El Sargento Capulina,” one of the later films represented in the collection. Materials were shown from the collection that represent a wide variety of genres and eras in the history of Mexican cinema such as the Academy Award-nominated “Marcario” and films starring Golden Age actors Pedro Infante and María Félix. According to Texas Archival Resources Online, there are also 103 Mexican movies donated by Mexican producer and writer Rogelio Agrasánchez, Jr. in the collection. Interim Head Librarian Margo Gutiérrez said she believes the unique materials in the collection are a draw for UT students. “I would like people to know that we are here with a diverse collection that would be in good use to the community,” Gutiérrez said.

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by 25 percent since the first contest. “UT has won it the past two years, so this year, A&M wants to bring it on,” Rowe said. The center has two blood donation sites in Austin, one on North Lamar Boulevard and one at the Southpark Meadows shopping center off of Interstate Highway 35. There are additional donation sites in Cedar Park, Georgetown and Round Rock. UT students can participate by visiting a blood donation van on campus. One van will be located at the College of Pharmacy Atrium on Nov. 16, and another will be at the Speedway Plaza on Nov. 23 and 24. Everyone who donates can enter a raffle to win two tickets to the UT vs. A&M football game. The center will also distribute 500 $50 gift certificates to Kruger’s Diamond Jewelers and T-shirts at its locations on a firstcome, first-served basis. — Priscilla Totiyapungprasert

Annual blood drive banks on rivalry to boost contributions During the annual UT and A&M rivalry, blood will be shed, but not on the football field. The Blood and Tissue Center of Central Texas will hold its third annual UT versus A&M blood donation contest the week before the Nov. 26 game. From Nov. 21 to Nov. 25, Longhorns and Aggies who are eligible to donate blood can visit one of the center’s five locations and donate to support their favorite team. An eligible donor must be at least 17 years old, in good health and weigh at least 110 pounds. Center spokeswoman Cindy Rowe said the contest has drawn people to the blood drive, and the number of donations has increased

Curt Youngblood | Daily Texan Staff

John Quinones, author of Heroes Among Us and host of ABC’s “What Would You Do?” speaks at Book People on Wednesday afternoon. Quinones told stories from his career as a correspondent for ABC News.

Anchor’s speech pushes service By Alex Geiser Daily Texan Staff John Quinones, an ABC news anchor who grew up in San Antonio, stressed the importance of people engaging their communities and lending a helping hand to others at a book signing Wednesday. Quinones, who has worked for ABC since 1982, was invited to Austin by the Texas Campus Contact, a nonprofit organization that promotes civic service in higher education. Quinones, who said he can relate to the struggles of underprivileged youths, told a crowd of 20 that civic engagement increases the overall chance for success. Katie Hardgrove, the AmeriCorps Vista leader for the nonprofit, said the organization works toward getting more minorities into higher learning insti-

tutions and successfully completing their educations. “We are closing the gaps between higher education inequity,” Hardgrove said. “Quinones is an example of somebody who knows about service learning.” The organization will host a gala Thursday featuring a silent auction, book signing, a dinner and a keynote speech delivered by Quinones. Money raised at the event will go to the nonprofit to further fund their service-learning programs. Quinones, a New York-based journalist, works primarily as a correspondent for “Primetime” and “20/20.” Most recently, he has worked on an undercover series called “What Would You Do?” that tests human behavior by creating scenarios and filming people’s reactions with hidden cameras.

His book, “Heroes Among Us,” details what he saw while filming the series. He wrote about the people who did not help the actors who were seemingly in need and the few who became heroes, in his opinion, by lending a hand. He cited an instance when his team hired an actor to dress as a homeless man and pass out in a pedestrian-heavy walkway in New York. More than 80 people passed by without offering help before a woman, homeless and partially blind, stopped and waited until the police were called. At this point, Quinones and his team came out and explained the show. “We are showing a side of humanity you couldn’t see in normal circumstances,” he said. Shernaz Garcia, an associate professor of education focusing

on multicultural special education, said service programs share the ultimate goal of getting people involved in and more connected with their communities. She said many minority students lack motivation because they cannot connect their education to their own lives. “Service is a way to link their community to what they are learning in school and what they are learning in life,” Garcia said. “It makes it more personally meaningful.” Quinones said the lack of immediate response by bystanders in his show reveals the need for more civic engagement and service-learning education. “Education, in my opinion, is the only way out of poverty,” Quinones said. “If I can make it to network television, anything is possible in this country.”

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Thursday, November 5, 2009

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Brown’s dream comes true Former standout Texas quarterback inducted into Longhorn Hall of Honor

By David R. Henry Daily Texan Staff Former Texas quarterback James Brown remembers walking in L. Theo Bellmont Hall as a freshman and seeing pictures of members of the Longhorn Hall of Honor on the wall. Bobby Layne, Tommy Nobis, Earl Campbell. “I thought ‘Man, what would it take to be on that wall?’” Brown said. “I wanted to be one of the eyes of Texas that looked down on people when they walked in.” Fifteen years later, Brown’s wish has been granted. The Longhorn quarterback who set 30 school records while playing from 1994 to 1997, is one of seven inductees in the Longhorn Hall of Honor’s 2009 class. “I didn’t know what to say when I found out,” Brown said. “I had been playing phone tag with [Associate Athletic Director David McWilliams] and I thought he was just trying to call me about season tickets. I wasn’t expecting this. It’s an honor and a pleasure to be a part of Texas history.” Brown, who went 25-13-1 as a fouryear starter, may be best remembered for leading Texas to the inaugural Big 12 championship over heavily favored Nebraska by converting a fourth and inches on a play that went down in history as “roll left.” Texas’ 37-27 victory in that game set the stage for its rise to dominance in the Big 12, which transpired a few years later during the Mack Brown era. “He turned our program around,” said Bill Little, Texas’ Sports spokesman. “That win gave Texas a swagger in the Big 12.”

Bright beginnings Brown came to Texas from Beaumont West Brook High School as the top quarterback recruit in Texas, throwing for 2,207 yards and 20 touchdowns and rushing for 305 yards and six touchdowns as a senior. Since Brown stood just six feet tall, most schools recruited him to be more of a running quarterback. But Texas coach John Mackovic wanted to turn him into a drop-back passer, which was a critical factor in Brown’s decision to come to Texas. “[Assistant Coach Steve Bernstein] met with James’ father and talked to him about how I would provide James a real opportunity to play quarterback and not just be an athlete,” Mackovic said. “James wanted a fair opportunity,

and we gave it to him.” Brown’s opportunity didn’t come overnight. He redshirted his first year, 1993, and began the next season on the bench as returning starter Shea Morenz’s backup. That all changed with a stroke of fate. Morenz hurt his knee in the Colorado game, and Mackovic sent Brown in to replace him. “We didn’t really have a backup — me and John Dutton shared that role,” Brown said. “I just happened to be standing the closest to Coach Mackovic at the time and I had my helmet on, so he sent me into the game. All I was thinking to myself at the time was ‘Man, I don’t want to fumble.’” Brown didn’t fumble and was named the starter for the next week’s game against Oklahoma. He rose to the occasion in his first start, completing 17-of-22 passes for 148 yards and a touchdown while also running for a score in Texas’ 17-10 victory over Oklahoma. Morenz would come back the next week, but by the end of the season Brown had beaten him out for the job, and the rest is history.

Roll left Heading into the inaugural Big 12 championship in 1996, all the power lay in the north division. Nebraska, Kansas State and Colorado were the conference’s premier programs. The Longhorns were able to slip into the game as the South’s representative, but were 21-point underdogs to the third-ranked, 10-1 Huskers. “When people told me that, I said we were going to win by 21 points,” Brown said. With the Longhorns up 30-27 with 2:40 left to play in the fourth quarter, facing a fourth down and inches from their own 28 yard line, Mackovic called a play the Longhorns had been saving for that exact moment — roll left. “I had told him the night before that we would use that play if and when we absolutely needed to make it,” Mackovic said. “It was always going to be roll left — never right. When the official signaled fourth down and inches, I simply gave him the play. I knew he would execute it perfectly.” Brown faked the handoff to Priest Holmes in the backfield and then turned to his left with the entire Nebraska defense converging on him. He then threw the ball downfield to tight end Derek Lewis for a 61-yard gain that set up the Longhorns’ go-ahead touchdown and sent them to the Fiesta Bowl. “I looked short and saw Pat Fitzgerald open, but then saw [Lewis] farther down the field and made the throw,”

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Former Texas quarterback James Brown rolls out during a game in the mid ‘90s. Brown is a member of the 2009 class of athletes that will be inducted into the Longhorn Hall of Honor on Nov. 20. Brown said. “I remember being so focused for that game that I didn’t even feel any emotion after that. After the game, I just sat in front of my locker staring into space trying to come down from it all. To this day, people everywhere I’ve gone, even in Scotland, Germany and Paris, know about that play.”

“He never complained, but it was obvious he could not do the things he Brown entered his senior year as a had done before,” Mackovic said. The Longhorns also lost 22 seniors Heisman candidate, but was hurt in the first game of the year and never real- from the year before, including key ly recovered as the Longhorns finished players such as All-American guard 4-7, which ended up leading to Mackovic’s ouster. BROWN continues on page 8

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Overtime goal helps Texas advance

By Chris Tavarez Daily Texan Staff For the first time in 27 matches, Texas has lost a regular season contest. In its final match of a tough three-game stretch, the Longhorns weren’t able to pull it out as they fell 2-3 to Iowa State in Ames, Iowa. “A lot of goals can still be accomplished with one loss, or even two or three down the road,” said coach Jerritt Elliott. Despite putting up four separate career highs — seniors Destinee Hooker (27 kills), Ashley EnPeter Franklin | Daily Texan file photo gle (54 assists), sophomore Rachael Adams (12 kills), and Syd- Texas’ Destinee Hooker goes up for the block against Colorado on ney Yogi (16 digs) — and three Oct. 24. Hooker had a career-best 27 kills in the loss to Iowa State. double-doubles (Hooker, junior When Texas dropped only in the second frame, it became Juliann Faucette, Engle), Texas’ .189 hitting percentage was its its second set in Big 12 play, and fifth overall of the season, worst of the season. LOSS continues on page 8

By Laken Litman Daily Texan Staff After 107 minutes of play, the Longhorns found their last inkling of energy to clinch a spot in round two of the Big 12 tournament. Although the win was a complete team effort, it was freshman Hannah Higgins who was at the bottom of the burnt orange celebratory dog pile at the end of the game. Higgins, who is one of the team leaders in scoring with four goals, scored the game-winner with 3:14 left in the second overtime against Colorado on Wednesday afternoon at Blossom Soccer Stadium in San Antonio. “It was an all-around relief,” Higgins said of her goal. “Right before we went out for that second overtime, we talked about how we deserved this and no one wanted to go into [penalty kicks]. The whole team stepped up and found that motivation to keep going. We wanted this more than anything and didn’t want to end our season tonight.” The game played to the same tune of the teams’ last contest, which was just over a week ago with the majority of the game taking place in the middle of the field. Texas won that game 1-0 in double overtime. “We attacked with a lot more purpose and aggression today,” said head coach Chris Petrucelli. “We ran at players and took them on while going forward. We haven’t done that as much as we should have this year, but we worked on that a lot this past week.” The Longhorns defense, led by co-captains Emily Anderson and Erica Campanelli, kept Colorado’s Nikki Marshall, who is one of the top players in the nation, at bay

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Horns take top spot, Tide falls to No. 3 By Austin Talbert Daily Texan Columnist

Recovering from reconstructive knee surgery is not a lot of fun. First, I had to fight off the loopyness of being knocked out for several hours while a highly skilled surgeon sliced me open to clean out my shredded ACL and a large portion of my shattered meniscus cartilage and replace my torn ACL with a bundle of muscle fibers from my hamstring. It was at that moment, when I

woke up in the post-op recovery room, confused, hurting, tired and hungry, that I felt like an opposing quarterback trying to survive the onslaught of Texas’ defense. I tried to run away, but the brace on my knee was locked. I looked around for help, but everyone else was either knocked out or in the same state I was. And if you happen to play quarterback at UCF, Baylor, Kansas or Texas A&M, take note of the latest episode of “Man vs. Wild,” where Oklahoma State’s Zac Robinson channeled his inner Bear Grylls in attempt to survive a whole game against the Texas defense.

Robinson’s survival skills were top-notch, and he became the first quarterback to actually complete a game against Will Muschamp’s “legion of boom” in a long time. Robinson discovered a secret to completing a game against the Longhorns’ dastardly defense — appease them with the ball. Instead of trying to drive deep into the mouth of the beast, Robinson smartly kept the predators at bay simply by continually throwing them the ball. Four interceptions later, his team had no chance of winning, but he had survived.

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Freshman Hannah Higgins dribbles the ball down the field. Higgins scored the overtime winner Wednesday in San Antonio.

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the entire game. “Nikki is one of the best players in the country and has been that way for four years,” Petrucelli said. “Anytime you keep Nikki off the board, you’ve excelled, and we were able to do it.” Campanelli explained that although Marshall has a lot of speed and skill, the Texas defense is able to stay with any type of player. “[Marshall] has a lot of pace and is dangerous up top,” Campanelli said. “But we know we can stay with good players and so we just stayed confident and we got the job done. We played as hard as we could, lights out for [107] minutes.” In addition to blocking just about every scoring opportunity the Buffaloes had, Campanelli almost had the game-winner. Before Higgins

scored, Campanelli headed a corner kick that hit the cross bar. “I was thinking, please go in, and when it didn’t, I was just hoping my team could pull out a win,” she said. “We had so many opportunities and shots even from inside the 18 [yard box] that I knew we were going to get it done. It was just a matter of when.” With the win, Texas advances to the Big 12 semi-finals for the first time since winning it all in 2007 and for the eighth time in program history. The Longhorns will move on to play the winner of Texas A&M/Baylor match on Friday, Nov. 6 at 8 p.m. in San Antonio. “Now is when you refocus,” Campanelli said. “You can enjoy [the win] for a little while, but not too long. We’ve got to be ready for Friday.”

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TOP 10: Top three teams reshuffle while rest of contenders feel big shake up after Halloween 10 less turnovers than the Longhornsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 26 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; it hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been for lack So wish me, and all the quarter- of effort. Not only are the Gators backs Texas has faced or will face, trying to strip the ball, they are luck. Because we all have a long going the extra mile to make oproad to recovery. posing running backs cough up the ball, with linebacker Brandon Spikes even sticking his fingers Texas into a running backâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s eyes. Watching the Longhornsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; deThat is dedication. fense makes my inner-anarchist giddy. Destruction? Yes, please? And while the defense is busy Alabama dropping turnover bombs on opNot only are Alabama and Florposing offenses, Colt McCoy finalida jostling for a Southeastern ly played a game without throwConference championship and ing an interception. eventual spot in the BCS national The combination of McCoyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s title game, but they are also comdead-on aim, and the demolition peting to see whose passing attack induced by the defense, puts Texis more inept. as above both Florida and AlaThough the Tide fell behind earbama. lier in the year with a surprising string of deep completions from Greg McElroy, Alabamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s offense Florida has cooled off and now ranks as While the Gators may not force the 93rd best passing attack in the the number of turnovers Texasâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; nation by yardage, besting Floriexplosive unit does â&#x20AC;&#x201D; both Flor- da by three spots. ida and Alabama have forced But neither one has the worst

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return for a touchdown after the ball ricocheted off of every eligible player on the field . This week against Northwestern, the Hawkeyes will punt on first down every drive and defeat TCU the Wildcats 4-2, securing the winUNLV: shutout. Total defense: ning safety with only a few secNo. 1 in the nation. TCU: really onds left in the game. good. The Horned Frogs are only alCincinnati lowing 235 yards a game to oppoTony Pike ... who? The Bearcats nentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s offenses, while on offense, TCU is rushing for 233 a game. continue to cruise, regardless of who the quarterback is, or how many You can do the math. metal plates he has in his arm. passing offense in the vaunted SEC, with four other teams ranking ahead, or behind if you arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t an SEC homer, of the juggernauts.

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Who said Boise Stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s schedPete Carroll is having ule was weak? They already nightmares about Chip Kelly have a win over what will be the wearing the duck mascotâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s head PAC 10 champs. as he surgically demolishes his team of 100 five-star recruits.

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Georgia Tech I am beginning to think Iowa Paul Johnson and Josh is rigging their wins, the last of which included an interception Nesbitt are only having a little

Cody Johnson runs the ball against Oklahoma State on Halloween. Johnson helped the Longhorns take claim to this weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s No. 1 spot. bit of fun orchestrating the Ramblinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Wreckâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rambling wreck. The Yellow Jackets are rushing for more than 300 yards a game this year as they are busy destroying the ACCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Coastal Division. The only standing between them and a spot in the

BROWN: Former Longhorn legend defies odds, goes down as one of teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all-time greats Once he got to UT, Brown said werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t thought of as a dominant quarterback school,â&#x20AC;? said Neil, he never saw any of the racism he Dan Neil, who went on to play for who played with Brown for three had been warned about. the Denver Broncos. Star receiver seasons. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He changed that.â&#x20AC;? Almost 10 years after Brown Wayne McGarrity missed the seawon Texasâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; first Big 12 championson with an injury, leaving Brown ship, Vince Young, the third black Breaking barriers with inexperienced receivers. quarterback to start a full season, Brown didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just break the stig- became the first to win a national â&#x20AC;&#x153;We tried to pick up where we left off the year before, but prob- ma of Texas not being a dominant title at Texas. ably should have simplified the quarterback school. When Texas â&#x20AC;&#x153;The barriers were broken offense for all the new people,â&#x20AC;? integrated in 1970, it was one of down long before with Donnie the last schools to do so, and before Little, but he didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have success Brown said. Despite his injury and the in- Brown, only one black quarterback, to the extent James did,â&#x20AC;? Neil said. experience surrounding him, Donnie Little in 1978, had started a â&#x20AC;&#x153;It probably did help influence a Brown refuses to make excuses full season at quarterback. guy like Vince Young.â&#x20AC;? Brown said people told him for that season. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I stunk that year and now not to come to Texas because that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m coaching I try to make the fans wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t accept a From player to coach Brown, now 34, is back in his sure that the seniors finish their black quarterback. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve never been one to just fall hometown of Beaumont as the last year without a letdown like I in line when people say things quarterbacks coach for the brandhad,â&#x20AC;? Brown said. Brown left with 30 school re- like that,â&#x20AC;? Brown said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They new football program at Lamar cords, almost all of which were shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have used the word im- University, which starts play next broken by his predecessors: Major possible â&#x20AC;&#x201D; because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an opin- season. After playing at Texas, Brown Applewhite, Chris Simms, Vince ion not a fact. When somebody tells me I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do something, it played in the arena league and NFL Young and Colt McCoy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Prior to James coming here, just makes me want to do it more. Europe before moving back to Auswe hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really produced a lot You saw that when people said tin to finish his degree and work in of quarterbacks except for Bob- we were supposed to lose by 21 real estate. Brown, a licensed real estate appraiser, was the offensive by Layne and James Street and points to Nebraska.â&#x20AC;?

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coordinator at Hyde Park Baptist School from 2003 to 2005. When Lamar Head Coach Ray Woodard, an assistant coach for the Scottish Claymores while Brown was on the team, took the job in 2008, he offered Brown a position on staff. â&#x20AC;&#x153;About a year and a half ago, the real estate market went bad and I thought â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;What am I going to do?â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? Brown said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Then I heard about the opportunity at Lamar and it was a dream come true â&#x20AC;&#x201D; being able to go back home after 15 years.â&#x20AC;? Helping start a Division I program from scratch hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been an easy task. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re having to do a lot of things normal position-coaches wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to do,â&#x20AC;? Brown said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have to do purchase orders, put equipment together, work on the field, work in the weight room. But I like that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a unique situation where we get to build the traditions ourselves. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a great bonding experience.â&#x20AC;? Brown says most of the players he recruits now are too young to remember his famous â&#x20AC;&#x153;roll leftâ&#x20AC;? play, but most of their parents do. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I tell the kids anything they want to find out about me they can Google,â&#x20AC;? Brown said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Google tells you everything.â&#x20AC;? Brown ran into the quarterback who followed him at Texas, now UTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s running backsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; coach, Major Applewhite, while recruiting at an Aldine Nimitz game in the Houston area. â&#x20AC;&#x153;James was probably one of the most competitive people Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been around at Texas,â&#x20AC;? Apple-

white said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He played and carried himself with a confidence that made others believe in him regardless the opposition. He had a genuine love for the game and was a true teammate to me as a young freshman trying to learn the position.â&#x20AC;?

Brownâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s legacy Brown threw for the most yards of his career, 2,468, his junior year, which broke the school record he had set his previous season. Applewhite, Simms, Young and McCoy all broke his record, but unlike those four; Brown never got to play in a modern spread offense. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The hardest part about playing quarterback back then was the drop back because I had to make sure I got the snap, go through my reads and decide whether I needed to pump fake or not and watch for the blitz all while moving backward,â&#x20AC;? Brown said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was always a good reader of defenses, so I think my numbers would be a lot better if I got to play in the spread.â&#x20AC;? And though his records are getting wiped away with each passing week, Brownâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s enshrinement to the Longhorn Hall of Honor on Nov. 20 will ensure that his competitiveness and toughness forever remain a part of Longhorn lore. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Out of all the quarterbacks Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve played for in college and eight seasons in the NFL, I enjoyed playing with James as much as or more than any of them,â&#x20AC;? Neil said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one of the best in Texas history.â&#x20AC;?

ACC Championship â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Duke, who has only lost one conference game.

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Two teams from the Big 10 in my top 10? This canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be right.

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despite Hookerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s career-high kills From page 7 evident that this was going to be a slugfest. Even though it faced an early disadvantage in a close opening set against Iowa State (20-3, 12-2 Big 12), Texas appeared to be on pace for its usual three-set sweep after the first stanza. The Longhorns (18-1, 13-1) took an early lead in the second set, but ISU was able to knot the score up at 15, and from there it wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t relinquish the lead. The match appeared to be slipping away from Texas in the third frame when Iowa State took a quick 17-7 lead in a set that eventually ended, 25-15. In the fourth set, however, Texas appeared to regain its confidence. Behind three kills and a solo block from Hookerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kill/block doubledouble, Texas jumped to an early 11-5 lead. Hookerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 11th kill of the set brought about set-point, and a double block courtesy of juniors Jennifer Doris and Faucette closed the set and forced a winner-takeall fifth set. It looked like Texas would be able to take the set when it jumped to a 9-6 lead. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I thought we played in the first set, the fourth set, and the start of the fifth set, but Iowa Stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a good team,â&#x20AC;? Elliott said. The Cyclones would prove just how good they are when they went on a 9-2 run to end the set and Texasâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; dream of a perfect season.

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UT professor receives grant for new process screen door, his wifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tea strainer and the aerator from his kitchen faucet. He went outside, used a hose to spray water through the mesh materials and observed the waterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s exit path. He then drafted a plan to create a mesh material soaked in a chemical that allows certain compounds to travel through but traps enough as to not let every metabolite escape. After the unwanted materials are sorted out, the desired compounds attached to the mesh are released and analyzed by the spectrometer. Before Chipukâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s square, the desorption process played out very much like a complicated billiards shot. The spray came down at an angle, hit the slide holding the blood sample and ricocheted off carrying the compounds through the spectrometer. The new technique allows the compounds to be sorted and analyzed at a much faster pace than before. Chipuk said they can now analyze 50 samples in approximately eight minutes, whereas before, analyzing 50 samples would have taken more than 24 hours. The team is focusing on improving the reliability and consistency of the mesh squares, Brodbelt said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The hope is that this could be a way to diagnose patterns of disease or determine a prognosis based on the pattern of metabolites,â&#x20AC;? Brodbelt said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The sooner you have an idea that you might have cancer, or that you are on track to develop cancer, you could have screening done earlier and more frequently.â&#x20AC;?

By Alex Geiser Daily Texan Staff Using a pair of tweezers, a UT graduate student carefully lifted a nylon mesh square about the size of a thumbnail out of a small flask in his teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lab. The nylon had been soaking in a clear, watery solution containing a chemical compound â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the â&#x20AC;&#x153;capture agentâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; that it would bind with during a process tweaked by the student and his team. Jennifer Brodbelt, a chemistry and biochemistry professor, received a $734,068 grant from the National Institutes of Health Oct. 1 to further develop the process â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Desorption Electrospray Ionization (TM-DESI) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and perfect the nylon squares which isolate desired compounds from solutions. Brodbelt, UT graduate students and two professors from Southwestern University in Georgetown were given a two-year deadline to gather blood from people of varying ages and levels of health, and to develop a more efficient method of analyzing the samples. Results will be used to spot trends in the frequency of certain biological compounds, including amino acids. A mass spectrometer, the machine Brodbeltâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s team uses, can identify specific compounds in a mixture like blood. The tricky part was getting the sample to spray into the machine. Joe Chipuk, a graduate student currently working on the project, was struck by the idea of having samples sprayed directly through a sifting material into the spectrometer. day, monthran day,home 2008 and began Chipuk collecting mesh materials to spray water through. He cut up his

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Public option rallies mixed responses By Melissa Pan 1 the one-year anniversary of the election of President Barack Daily Texan Staff Holding a peace sign made of Obama, said Stephanie Hamm, multihued feathers in one hand the Central Texas regional coordiand a handmade sign that read nator for MoveOn.org. LASSIFIEDS Hamm made an appointâ&#x20AC;&#x153;Corporate Corruption Opposes Our Public Optionâ&#x20AC;? in the oth- ment with four other MoveOn. er, Julian Ward stood outside org members to speak with KathSen. John Cornynâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office at noon arine McAdin, Cornynâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s deputy regional director, about the pubWednesday. Ward, who has been unem- lic option proposal and to give ployed for six years because of the office two buckets filled with his disability, was there to urge 6,000 statements in favor of the the senator to support the public proposal. The statements were printed on folded pieces of paper health care option proposal. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have diabetes, high blood from Bell County, Travis County pressure, heart problems and ar- and other Texas residents. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was very, very cordial,â&#x20AC;? thritis,â&#x20AC;? Ward said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even Hamm said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mainly everything have health care.â&#x20AC;? About 15 other Austinites Katharine said was in support of joined Ward with their own signs Sen. Cornyn.â&#x20AC;? In a statement from Cornynâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in hand to urge Cornyn and Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison to sup- office, spokeswoman Jessica Sanport health care reform that is dlin said the senator remains opcurrently being debated in Con- posed to the public option progress. Some, including Ward, posal and will continue to push were members of MoveOn.org, a for reforms â&#x20AC;&#x153;that lower costs, innonprofit progressive advocacy crease access and do not add to group. Other people not officially our national debt.â&#x20AC;? Bill Hamm, Stephanieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s husaffiliated with any organization band and the council coordinagathered in opposition. The date was chosen to mark tor in Austin for MoveOn.org, said

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Jennifer Cruise protests in favor of a legalization of gay marriage with members of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Join the Impactâ&#x20AC;? at the state Capitol Wednesday evening. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Join the Impact,â&#x20AC;? a group for activists seeking equal rights for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people, organized the protest and will hold a rally this Saturday at Austin City Hall.

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the meeting was only symbolic. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We want to show the media that there are a lot of people from Bell County and Travis County who want the public option, regardless of what senators think,â&#x20AC;? Bill Hamm said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The public option wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t benefit me. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m concerned about kids and people who will have no jobs if we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do anything.â&#x20AC;? Stephanie Hamm also went to Hutchisonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office but was not allowed in because she left her identification in her car. She said the two MoveOn.org members who went into the office gave two buckets of stories to Hutchisonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s staff, who accepted the buckets and told them that they should have made an appointment. â&#x20AC;&#x153;While we agree on the need for additional access to health care, the government takeover of the health care system would hurt the Texas economy and Texas health care, while doing nothing to improve access for Texans,â&#x20AC;? Hutchison spokesman Jeff Sadosky said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Government interfering in decisions made by doctors and patients is bad policy

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Artist sculpts her PLAY: Dancing distracts from storyline way to foam-filled dream, gives back tion onstage. The dancing portions, however, are another isof â&#x20AC;&#x153;Trojan Womenâ&#x20AC;? are certainly sue. They feel cumbersome and unnecessary, distracting from the among the playâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s strengths. The stage, designed by Peter plotâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s progression. And then there is the final song, Holtin, is a rocky domain littered with found objects. Broken televi- where Queen Hecuba, speaksions, bicycle wheels and scraps ing for all of the Trojan women, reprimands Helof sheet metal all en for her sleazy lend an interestways. Sadly, this ing texture to the musical numset, juxtaposing This is a heavily ber adds very litpost-apocalyptic tle to the piece. modernity with stylized production, We already unRoman antiquity. but not all of the derstand the anThe costumes, instances of style imosity between designed by Althe women and ison Heryer, are work in its favor. Helen, so the another example music about it of this mix beis overkill. One tween new and gets the sinking old. The chorus feeling that this girlsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; costumes, while all similar, are modified interlude has been tacked on in just enough to show the indian attempt to rouse the audience, viduality of each girl. Their cos- which it fails to do. The spectacle of the production tumes are made up of youthful gray, ravaged skirts, tights does not outshine the overdramatic acting, though. Early on, and sneakers. This is a heavily stylized pro- the women give way to bouts of duction, but not all of the instanc- hysteria as they realize that their beloved city is now destroyed es of style work in its favor. The production mixes high and all their loved ones are dead. drama, dance and musical inter- This is understandable, but this ludes to create a different kind of overwrought drama seeps into the rest of the play, as screamtheatrical experience. The original music for the ing fits become the norm. Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s play is a great addition, lend- missing is that sense of variety: it ing a soothing ambiance to feels like the actors are hitting the the otherwise overheated ac- same note over and over.

UTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s production of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Trojan Womenâ&#x20AC;? is being performed through Sunday at Oscar G. Brockett Theatre.

From page 12

By Katherine Kloc Daily Texan Staff Faith Schexnayderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s house is always inundated with oversized chickens, fish and hamburgers, but sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not a gluttonous eater â&#x20AC;&#x201D; she just enjoys sculpting foam. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have a giant chicken [at my house] that I carved back when I started having children,â&#x20AC;? Schexnayder said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about 5 feet tall and 6 feet wide.â&#x20AC;? Although Schexnayderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s home is filled with her personal effects, she is primarily a commissioned artist, only constructing pieces when there is a demand for them. Schexnayder has worked for many prominent companies and restaurants around Austin, such as Dell Computers and Hula Hut. In 2006, she was asked to repair Hula Hutâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 15-foot-long fish that resides in Lake Austin. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Hula Hut fish needed some serious maintenance, and they were interested in spending the money to repair it and getting it back into the water,â&#x20AC;? Schexnayder said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I sandblasted it all completely back down to bare bones and redid it. It only took me two weeks; I spent about four hours a day on it.â&#x20AC;? Schexnayder has been a freelance artist since high school, when she was commissioned for prints and posters and did drawings of people and houses. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was raised with the idea that it was very difficult to make money and earn a living as an artist. I

used that as my drive to make it happen,â&#x20AC;? Schexnayder said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That was my dream.â&#x20AC;? Almost immediately after graduating from UT in 1989 with a bachelor of fine arts degree, Schexnayder won three ADDY Awards for illustration and art direction for two commercials. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The ADDY Awards were given out by the Austin Graphic Art Society back in the late â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;80s and early â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;90s,â&#x20AC;? Schexnayder said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was an art competition between a lot of professionals and art students and I was very fortunate to have gotten a few of them.â&#x20AC;? Schexnayder has recently begun teaching classes for people interested in learning how to sculpt foam. In addition to the classes, she is working on a book and a video that will instruct readers on how to carve step-by-step. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been carving for a while, and I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time I start giving back,â&#x20AC;? Schexnayder said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Right now, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m working on two projects. One is a beagle that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been filming [for my video] from start to finish. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been working on it for about two months now. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll probably take me another month to finish it.â&#x20AC;? When she is not filming, writing or constructing giant fish, Schexnayder is constantly searching for new projects. Next time you need a life-size foam sculpture, you know who to call. Schexnayder â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work can be found online at flatforkstudio.com.

TROJAN: Drama incorporates

humor, retains sense of tragedy From page 12 en at the end of the Trojan War, when their families have been killed, their statuses have been stripped and their worlds turned upside-down. In order to lighten up the play, the new adaptation strives to bring conflict and resolution to the stage instead of the long and drawn out monologues of the original. The writers and director also chose to search for humor and relief in the story. This was a commendable effort, and the crying and emotional outbursts on stage are constant reminders that the story is still a tragedy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The girls in the chorus can tell you their name and their occupation,â&#x20AC;? Kays said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They can tell you where they were, where they have bruises and they can tell you their stories.â&#x20AC;? One way that the writers and director modernized the play is by having a live band of electric guitars and bass, drum and cello

playing on stage during the production, something somewhat unheard of for a dramatic play. The costumes also support the new, modern take on the plot. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The costumes arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t of a specific decade, but you get the sense that it is now-ish without being too particular,â&#x20AC;? Kays said. The play also features quite a few unique and exciting special effects, which Kays hopes help will draw in the crowd. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I want the audience to be inspired to see live performance,â&#x20AC;? Kays said of the decision to direct the play. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think it creates a community unlike in film or television ... the exciting thing about seeing live performance is that you are seeing it with everyone else, going through it together.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Trojan Womenâ&#x20AC;? continues through the weekend with performances from Friday through Sunday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. at Oscar G. Brockett Theatre. Tickets are $20 for adults and $17 for UT faculty & staff, with $15 student tickets available online at utpac.org or by phone at (512)477-6060.

Courtesy of UT Theatre and Dance

We do get a breath of fresh air toward the end of the play. After the retrieval of the dead body of one of the characters, Queen Hecuba delivers a wonderfully written monologue. Lamenting the death of the character, she weeps at all the things he could have done. The poignancy of the piece almost makes up for what the production lacks.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Trojan Womenâ&#x20AC;? is not for everyone. It has moments of wonderful spectacle, but the drawn-out drama and awkward musical styling become tiresome. Like the women of Troy at the end of the play as they stare off at the wreckage for one last time, viewers are left wondering â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;What just happened?â&#x20AC;?

BOOK: Author encourages researching own history From page 12

and I could relate to my grandmother because our values were this book shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really be about similar. It was easier for me to me. It should be about my moth- capture her voice,â&#x20AC;? Walls said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Half Broke Horsesâ&#x20AC;? is written er. She had a more interesting life in the first person, from Lilyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s than I did,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? Walls said. Walls wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t immediately point of view, which caused â&#x20AC;&#x153;a little bit of a crisis of categorizaconvinced. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I resisted because I couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t tion,â&#x20AC;? Walls said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I just wanted to do storytellinterview Lily. But when I sat down to write it, I found that ing, but I wanted to bring the mom was actually right. Lilyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s reader into the moment,â&#x20AC;? Walls story had much more of a clearer said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;To do that, I took cerstoryline than my motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s did, tain liberties with what could

be strictly called nonfiction, so I called it fiction,â&#x20AC;? she said. Still, Walls has never thought of herself as a fiction writer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve always been drawn to nonfiction,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have no imagination. I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make things up. But Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve come to understand that so many fiction writers borrow from life. They just sort of cobble together pieces.â&#x20AC;? This idea of creating fiction from true events can stem from the area with which one is most

familiar, Walls said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m on a campaign to get everybody to research their own history,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always illuminating to find out something about where you come from. You should never be held hostage by your past, but at the same time, it does make you who you are. I think that anybody thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s interested in researching their own history will be shocked at the patterns that emerge.â&#x20AC;?

FOOD: Drive advocates community Food Bank truck to arrive, the circles of produce that extendcolors,â&#x20AC;? Stovall said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;All over ed across the South Mall tightthe world, and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve lost that in ened around the pile of cans in a post-modern world. We want- the middle. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re trying to say, in a very ed to try to draw people in, to want to know more, and to inter- shattered and fragmented world, act with it. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the idea â&#x20AC;&#x201D; to you get to focus on wholeness,â&#x20AC;? Stovall said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the whole come together.â&#x20AC;? As the drive came to a close in point of the circle: itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s beautiful anticipation for the Capital Area and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s whole.â&#x20AC;?

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Tragic play excels in stage design, production lacks

By Javier Sanchez Daily Texan Staff The tragedy that has befallen â&#x20AC;&#x153;Trojan Womenâ&#x20AC;? is a difficult one. Their men are dead, and Troy lies in ruins at their feet as they grovel amid the decaying landscape. The gods Poseidon and Athena discuss their fate, toying with their destinies. But most of all, they are faced with the destructive actions of the seductive Helen of Troy, who,

in her own special way, aided the fall of Troy. If this sounds like heavy content, it is. After a godly debriefing of the events leading up to Troyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s destruction, audiences see the first glimpses of the women, slithering about on the ground like a gaggle of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rocky Horrorâ&#x20AC;? floorshow dancers. The heavy design elements

PLAY continues on page 11

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Trojan Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; puts new twist on old tale Student playwrights, director craft modern adaptation of classic

Since last January, the department has been working to create a new adaptation of the play. In doing so, playwrights Meghan Kennedy and Kimber By Sarah Pressley Lee collaborated with designDaily Texan Staff ers and director Halena Kays In ancient Greece, Euripides to produce something that is wrote â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Trojan Women,â&#x20AC;? one not only a fresh look at life afof the first plays to show the im- ter war, but also a showcase of pact of war from the victimâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s many of the talented individuperspective. Thousands of years als in the department. and quite a few wars later, the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Trojan Womenâ&#x20AC;? follows UT Theatre and Dance depart- the story of a group of womment has given a modern spin to the classic tragedy. TROJAN continues on page 11 UTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s production of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Trojan Womenâ&#x20AC;? is being performed through Sunday at Oscar G. Brockett Theatre.

Courtesy of UT Theatre and Dance

Erik Reyna | Daily Texan Staff

Austin artist J. Muzacz places an arrangement of fruit and vegetables at the Capital Area Food Bank of Texas food drive.

Collection unites art, charity By Alexa Hart Daily Texan Staff Makeshift signs crafted from old cardboard boxes donned slogans including â&#x20AC;&#x153;You CAN help!â&#x20AC;? pointed in the direction of can mountain, a pile of goods collected for Wednesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s third annual Harvest Mandala Food Drive. The drive, hosted by the Freshman Signature course Living Color, gathers non-perishable food items and fresh produce to donate to the Capital Area Food Bank. This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s event featured performances as well as merchants selling

items from eco-friendly T-shirts to jewelry. A percentage of the proceeds from each item was donated to either the food bank or the event. As much about art and culture as it is about food, the drive focuses on using the colors and arrangement of the donated items to make a statement. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We only really have Thanksgiving nowadays, with eating a turkey inside at a table,â&#x20AC;? said Luanne Stovall, the eventâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s coordinator and lecturer in the College of Fine Arts. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve kind of lost our roots with traditional cultures that

celebrated harvest by laying produce on the land or making a madala, which means circle in Sanskrit. We thought we would reconnect with those roots and bring, in a creative way, locally grown produce.â&#x20AC;? The overall atmosphere of the event had a festive tone, with dancers and drummers providing entertainment while the can mountain grew. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Basically, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about not being your ordinary food drive,â&#x20AC;? said advertising sophomore April Bingham. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Instead of giving people horrifying statistics about how many people are

starving, we want to encourage people to give by letting them have more fun as opposed to being morose and somber.â&#x20AC;? Stovall said the visual aspect of the food drive is one of the most important factors. Fruits and vegetables were arranged around the pile of canned goods in groups of colors. She said the different colors faced north, south, east and west to echo the beliefs of ancient cultures. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The different Native American people always associated the cardinal directions with

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Author finds stories within own family

By Kate Ergenbright Daily Texan Staff Through MSNBC.com gossip columnist Jeannette Wallsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; wildly successful and riveting 2005 memoir, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Glass Castle,â&#x20AC;? readers were introduced to a cast of vibrant, eccentric characters from the authorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own life. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novelâ&#x20AC;? is the New York Times bestselling authorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s highly-anticipated new release.

The novel tells the story of Wallsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; grandmother, Lily Casey Smith, a strong, resourceful woman who triumphed over any obstacle she encountered, whether natural disaster or personal tragedy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a tough old broad, and I say that with great affection,â&#x20AC;? Walls said last weekend while in Austin for the Texas Book Festival. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lily was one of those largerthan-life characters. She was just

the sort of woman that never said anything, she always shouted it.â&#x20AC;? Walls didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t always intend for her grandmother to be the subject of her new book. She had originally set out to tell her motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tale because of a strong reader response to the eccentric Rose Mary Walls in â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Glass Castle.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;While I was interviewing Mom, she kept saying, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;You know,

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